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RatHat posted:Sanda Ch 3 This manga is so loving weird.
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Sep 13, 2021 18:24
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RatHat posted:Sanda Ch 3 Three things. 1) Someone's about to get put on the Naughty list 2) It's refreshing for someone to be in an inverse 1000yo loli situation and rightfully turned off 3) What the gently caress kind of dystopia is Paru hiding from us?
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Sep 13, 2021 18:42
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A weirdly optimistic post-climate 2080s where people agree to take care of kids instead of descending into wasteland tribes?
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Sep 13, 2021 19:48
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I hope her dad sees her manga starring a ripped musclely old man and sheds a tear for following in his footsteps.
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Sep 13, 2021 19:54
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RatHat posted:Sanda Ch 3 Gonna reveal his ability to create coal Elfface posted:A weirdly optimistic post-climate 2080s where people agree to take care of kids instead of descending into wasteland tribes? It turns out that this is the post-Baki world, where Yuujiro finally went all out
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Sep 13, 2021 21:58
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CodfishCartographer posted:I think my problem with the culling game is that this is like, the first chapter it's really felt relevant since it was introduced. I don't even remember all the rules or whatever, I'm glad the latest chapter reminded me of them. I'm also not super clear on why it's even happening? I'm sure it was explained I've just forgotten besides "bad guy did it" - I guess to get rid of non-curse users? Except he punishes curse users by removing their curse techniques? I guess so then they'll be killed too? But participation isn't forced for curse users, unless they took a cursed tool from bad guy or whatever? It's kind of arbitrary and convoluted and there really hasn't been much focus on it. I could see it working if the plot was very heavily revolving around it, in a way that something like Alice in Borderland does it, but we still have all this other story stuff that needs focusing on so we haven't really had time to devote to it yet. This chapter feels like the first "real" chapter of the culling game imo. Well yes this is the first time it's relevant cause the main cast has just been getting ready for it and only one of them is a member. Will explain exactly what the deal is in a moment.
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Sep 13, 2021 22:09
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MonsterEnvy posted:Well yes this is the first time it's relevant cause the main cast has just been getting ready for it and only one of them is a member. I look forward to your post cus I haven't really been enjoying it much. And I get that they've been preparing, but they've been preparing for 15 chapters now. It's been six months irl, and even ignoring that it's still been almost two full volume's worth of chapters since the game was introduced until now, when we're finally starting it. I get they needed to prepare, but it feels like there maybe should have had some initial interaction with the game to establish it more concretely, and then maybe do some prep work (maybe the start of the game was sprung on them and they didn't have time to prepare before having to interact with it some, for example), or flash back to the prep-work that was done after a few chapters showing the result of the preparation.
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Sep 14, 2021 00:00
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the shibuya incident was like half the total chapters of the manga, a little downtime while they set up the arc is fine imo think the reason people have had trouble remembering things is more due to the big break the author took for health reasons than anything in the manga itself
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Sep 14, 2021 00:07
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CodfishCartographer posted:I think my problem with the culling game is that this is like, the first chapter it's really felt relevant since it was introduced. I don't even remember all the rules or whatever, I'm glad the latest chapter reminded me of them. I'm also not super clear on why it's even happening? I'm sure it was explained I've just forgotten besides "bad guy did it" - I guess to get rid of non-curse users? Except he punishes curse users by removing their curse techniques? I guess so then they'll be killed too? But participation isn't forced for curse users, unless they took a cursed tool from bad guy or whatever? It's kind of arbitrary and convoluted and there really hasn't been much focus on it. I could see it working if the plot was very heavily revolving around it, in a way that something like Alice in Borderland does it, but we still have all this other story stuff that needs focusing on so we haven't really had time to devote to it yet. This chapter feels like the first "real" chapter of the culling game imo. So Kenjaku's exact setup and plans for the game have been explained. To help explain things Kenjaku has been setting this up for over a thousand years, throughout those years he made binding vows with about 500 sorcerers to create an equal number of Cursed objects from their remains and then seal them. In preparation for the Culling Game starting he fed those Cursed Objects to people, though nothing happened to them because the objects were sealed. Also in prep for the Culling Game he marked 500 people that possessed Curse Technqiues, but lacked the Curse Energy and knowledge to use them (Megumi's sister was one of these people and fell into a coma from a side effect of it). Once he sealed Gojo removing the largest threat to his plans, and captured Mahito and his Curse Technique he was ready to start his plan. Using a ritual to remotely activate Mahito's Idle transfiguration on the thousand people had had marked as players for the Culling game. This reworked the brains of the non sorcerers with Curse Techniques to allow them to use their Technqiues and Cursed Energy. And unsealed the Cursed Objects he had implanted in people causing 500 ancient Sorcerers to incarnate in the modern age. The purpose of the Culling Game is that it's a complicated ritual that will allow Kenjaku to merge humanity with Master Tengen once he successful captures him with Curse Spirit Manipulation. Kenjaku also desires to learn from it's Chaos. In order for the ritual to work, Kenjaku needs the Culling Game to last about 2 months. On the rules of the Culling game itself. There are 8 initial ones. 1. Any players need to enter one of 10 Barrier Colonies to show they are taking part in the game and must do so within 19 days. (For the initial players should be 8 or 9 days left to this deadline currently) 2. Any player that does not do the above will have their Curse Technique removed, which will also kill them. (This should mean that normal people are safe as are Sorcerers with no Curse Technique) 3. Non-players who enter the barrier become players at the moment of entry and are considered to have declared participation in the culling game. (This means that anyone who was already inside the barrier when it was put up, can leave it once) 4. A player gets points by killing another player. 5. The game master (Kogane) decides how many points someone gets for killing someone. Generally it will be 1 point for killing a non sorcerer and 5 points for a sorcerer. 6. Excluding their own point value, a player can spend 100 points to request the game master add a new rule to the Culling game. 7. The game master has to accept any new rule, unless it would change how the Culling game works too much. 8. If a players score remains the same for 19 days they will be subject to Curse Technique Removal, which will kill them. As of the most recent chapter one new rule has been added to the Culling Game. 9. Players will have access to info on other players that can be freely viewed. Namely their name, points, number of added rules, and what Colony they are currently in. Megumi desires to force players with 100 points to add two extra rules to the Culling game. A rule that allows points to be traded between players (Kogane has already said this rule is fine) and a rule that allows a player to leave the game, though they will likely need to negotiate with Kogane to find a way to make it acceptable.
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Sep 14, 2021 05:12
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Pewdiepie posted:I enjoy reading Witch Watch. Same, it’s probably the highlight of my Sunday along with Sakamoto Days. That’s partly cause I read the illegal scans for OP earlier but still!
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Sep 14, 2021 05:16
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Sanda is absolutely wild and I'm really curious where it's going to go after the initial premise setup.
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Sep 14, 2021 05:49
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MonsterEnvy posted:So Kenjaku's exact setup and plans for the game have been explained. The thing I don’t understand is how the Culling game helps Kenjaku’s goal. Does it generate cursed energy for him or something?
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Sep 14, 2021 06:29
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RatHat posted:The thing I don’t understand is how the Culling game helps Kenjaku’s goal. Does it generate cursed energy for him or something? It fuels a ritual that will let him fuse Tengen with the people of japan. By fueling a barrier that will slowly cover all of Japan, and prepare everyone for the merger. (Minus Hokkaido)  Here is someone explaining it all quote:For those that are confused about the dangers of the culling game, the colonies, barriers, boundary, and "the other side" jargon, I will try to explain it in simple terms. MonsterEnvy fucked around with this message at 07:29 on Sep 14, 2021 |
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Sep 14, 2021 07:25
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MonsterEnvy posted:
So, basically the Human Instrumentality Project. (I'd say "But with less trying to hook up with Yui Ikari", but we can't rule that out entirely.)
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Sep 14, 2021 07:42
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Brought To You By posted:He's from a one-shot the author did titled Garaku Thank you for linking this for me. I read it. It was a pretty fun story and now I'm more hyped about this old guy as well. Also wow, the Mangaka improved his art like 100 times. 
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Sep 14, 2021 09:43
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chiasaur11 posted:Ranking's pretty bad this week, but Jump has two slots open, so it's got until the next round of serialization to shape up. It's trending on twitter in a positive way, and if the common belief that chapter rankings reflect surveys from two months ago then it's being ranked on its worst chapters so there's room for recovery.
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Sep 15, 2021 13:19
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Missed an update for Ragna Crimson and it's always a good day when Crimson gets owned. But more importantly Starlia isn't actually dead...for now. Maybe. Battle in 5 seconds has also been receiving steady updates and I like how this arc is going to pose the question "What if you could literally die from a broken heart?"  But anything to get these two to finally sort their feelings for each other right?
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Sep 15, 2021 14:53
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I've never read Tokyo Ghoul but I have been enjoying Choujin X immensely; this new chapter is giving me some Jujitsu Kaisen/Chainsawman vibes with the main mc's inner monologue also I'm excited to see how these new two antagonists are going to fight. That little paper dog army is adorable 
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Sep 16, 2021 13:18
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Desperate Character posted:I've never read Tokyo Ghoul but I have been enjoying Choujin X immensely; this new chapter is giving me some Jujitsu Kaisen/Chainsawman vibes with the main mc's inner monologue After a few really bad first chapters this is really starting to pick up for me. This chapter had a good amount of pacing, internal reflection and foreshadowing.
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Sep 16, 2021 14:42
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This week I got into Bungo Stray Dogs.
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Sep 17, 2021 06:52
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Shonen Jump is out early this week, so chapters are available now. also a note that the first chapter of PPPPPP is out, I think it's worth a shot. https://twitter.com/shonenjump/status/1438880925266317312?s=21
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Sep 17, 2021 16:43
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First chapter of PPPPPP was interesting, art is fuckin weird but I'm looking forward to more.
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Sep 17, 2021 16:48
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this latest chapter of red hood is kinda losing me again
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Sep 17, 2021 17:23
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Witch Watch ftw.
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Sep 17, 2021 17:26
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I'm down for more slime molds from slime mold man in Red Hood.
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Sep 17, 2021 18:23
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https://twitter.com/ComradeToguro/status/1438337030778392579
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Sep 17, 2021 18:27
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that tweet is way less funny when you realize that it isnt something that the guy was calling his own sword but something the cops made up to mock and publicly humiliate someone they were stealing from
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Sep 17, 2021 18:56
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MonsieurChoc posted:This week I got into Bungo Stray Dogs. Oh boy, someone else to be confused at the recent chapters with. Ibblebibble posted:I'm down for more slime molds from slime mold man in Red Hood.
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Sep 17, 2021 19:04
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I found this week's Red Hood a real charmer, especially with the art when mold man cocooned Mr Capitalism. Very interested in seeing were mold man goes in the future. Also we're getting a FRIENDSHIP STORY ARC in magu! Oh no! Will our friends break up??
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Sep 17, 2021 21:23
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Zabimaru jobs even without Renji. Mash: was solid again. Witch watch ftw! Undead unluck makes a good call. I was kinda looking forward to some fighting and focus on the other guys. Instead we just shoot naked Zombie up. I hate zombie so much. But I do appreciate how the Mangaka expedites the attack like this. Sakamoto: looking good! Elusive Samurai was sweet.
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Sep 17, 2021 21:23
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Maah coming in hard out the gate with the major disrespect. And im majorly surprised that Neru is getting less 90s manga
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Sep 17, 2021 21:47
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Mashle trying to build up this guy as a major threat only for Mash and crew to destroy it in two panels is pretty funny. Roboco is pretty great this week too.
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Sep 17, 2021 22:54
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Brought To You By posted:Oh boy, someone else to be confused at the recent chapters with. Seems to me like it's the usual billion-plan pile-ups I expect from the series, unless I'm behind somehow. I just realized the MCs have been on the losing foot for like 50+ chapters now, it's pretty impressive.
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Sep 18, 2021 01:33
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I've been trying to figure out what to say about PPPPPP since I read it, beyond "It was bad, and I spent the entire time reading it thinking about how much I was looking forward to reading Roboco instead", so I might not have this quite as nailed down as I'd like. Still, going to try. I know that how I feel about the first chapter of a Shonen Jump title isn't a guarantee of anything. Sure, Blue Box and Chainsaw Man open like champs, but I hated the first chapter of Elusive Samurai, didn't like Roboco at the start, and thought Time Paradox Ghostwriter looked really promising. (Hell, I thought the opening chapter of i Tell C, while flawed, at least showed glimmers of potential, and we all know how that turned out.) There's a lot of room for a story to improve or crash and burn past the start, and audience response is weird. That said, I have a hard time imagining a way this can work, and a harder time seeing it sort itself out before the U-19. I'll start with the art, because it's obvious and it's easy to finish off. It's bad. Moving on. Okay, I can do a little more. It's distinct, but not in a good way. The proportions shift from panel to panel, the anatomy feels off, the characters go for absurd hair to compensate for a poor ability to make faces that read well on their own, the panel composition doesn't make for a solid flow, and it doesn't feel up to Jump's usual standards in general. But that's not the whole thing. Great manga sometimes have mediocre to bad art, after all. (Even if ONE's panel flow is amazing, Mob Psycho 100 starts out incredibly ugly) The problem is the writing. The pacing is clunky, the premise has a ton of weird details that complicate the storytelling and add a ton of exposition without any immediate payoff, and one thing that really stuck out for me? The protagonist sucks. Sure, he's got a rough life. That helps get the reader in the protagonist's corner. (It worked for Denji, it worked for Deku, and it can work for you.) But it's not enough on its own. He's not funny, although it tries to have him constantly joking, he doesn't do anything to show he's an unusually heroic or self-sacrificing person, since he's obligated to be the abused kid, and, this is something that sticks out more due to the subgenre, but he's not working his rear end off in the field. If you have a mediocrity wanting to be great, that can be compelling, but you need that hard work and guts, or else the whole setup breaks down. You can't know if someone's talented unless they've put in the same hours. Salieri's hatred of Mozart works narratively because Mozart upstages his long struggle. If you have a kid plonking on the keyboard who sucks, then maybe he could stop sucking some day. If there's something with no practice, then it's talent, even if it's unrefined. And then we get that shown here. The protagonist is defended by the teacher as a mediocrity, but he only gets in because he has some supernatural music talent that projects psychic visions. It's talent that gets him his first triumph, not effort. And that kind of breaks the whole piece. There's no real competition between philosophies for our hero and his uncharacterized siblings. It's just the dad being a piece of poo poo who makes Enji Todoroki and Gendo Ikari look like father of the year finalists. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe this'll turn out to be great. But from where I am, all I see is the reaper and the beckoning hand of Jump flops past on the other side.
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Sep 18, 2021 06:54
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Speaking of Roboco, as per usual it got a few good laughs out of me.
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Sep 18, 2021 10:01
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chiasaur11 posted:I'll start with the art, because it's obvious and it's easy to finish off. It's bad. Moving on. I literally made it 2 pages before I closed it out when I saw the main character and some other characters. It’s not bad. It’s ugly. Kudos for trying something different but it did. not. work.
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Sep 18, 2021 11:54
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The base premise of PPPPPP doesn't make sense to me. If he's 'mediocre' then shouldn't teachers be happy to take him in? Like they in-universe say 'mediocre', not like actually BAD. Which implies there's some room to work with. You'd think a music teacher would enjoy the opportunity to try to mold someone up.
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Sep 18, 2021 13:22
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It's kinda funny how such a mediocre comic spends pages telling the reader that "mediocre is good actually" Also got a laugh out of protag blatantly saying to no one "I'm like Cinderella huh?"
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Sep 18, 2021 15:40
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I'm a sucker for protagonists that desperately want to succeed at something they're actually very bad at, so I like that aspect and will keep reading to see if it gets fleshed out. Overall though, yeah all those are very good points I agree with. We'll have to see how it goes from here but it was definitely a strange first chapter. This week's Neru kind of put me off a bit. Despite several chapters of DON'T LOOK DOWN ON ME JUST CUS I'M A Girl we get a chapter where she can't accomplish the thing she specifically specializes in, but Male Protagonist can because he's stronger than her (kind of implied because he's a man but maybe I read too much into that). He also has perfect form at her thing - I know his gimmick / talent is being able to mimic others extremely well, but still. Then of course because he's so cool and he showed her an ounce of kindness it's heavily implied she has a crush on him. And of course that's ignoring the kind of creepy brother who definitely doesn't have a crush on his own sister. Just all around kind of ugh, which is a shame because I liked the puzzle of "the only way to complete my challenge is to become as good of an archer as me" CodfishCartographer fucked around with this message at 22:02 on Sep 18, 2021 |
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Sep 18, 2021 21:57
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