They were smart enough to instantly know it had a better chance than fighting.
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Brought To You By posted:Disappointed that Crocel didn't try and attack with Ice when she did against the teachers a chapter ago. But as a hairtrigger response, an appeal to cuteness makes sense. I saw it as an attempt at a combination attack against Kalego. Full Love and Idol makes more sense than Full Love and Icicles. Work with your partner, not against them. Also lol at thetoughestbean posted:They tried to seduce Kalego, on of the least horny people alive
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# ? May 2, 2022 15:36 |
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To be fair, Crocell was using a different kind of seduction! She's an evidol, after all. It's the sort of appeal that makes you empty your bank account for handshake events, figurines, and posters.
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# ? May 2, 2022 17:24 |
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This arc has been a nice mix of showing how much everyone has grown whilst also making it clear they have so much farther to go.
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# ? May 2, 2022 17:56 |
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Alpha Kenny Juan posted:I saw it as an attempt at a combination attack against Kalego. Full Love and Idol makes more sense than Full Love and Icicles. Work with your partner, not against them. Eh, Ix's ability doesn't really synergize with other people seducing the same target since it's not an ability that just boosts the horny factor overall, it's all about the target's attraction to her. I'm fine with Crocel not using the Ice for the reason Tenebrais said plus again, it was a hair trigger response to a huge threat and Crocell is more themed around her desire to be cute/beautiful than her ice magic. Basically I think more along the idea of going on the full offense in a situation so ice magic is in line with that.
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# ? May 2, 2022 20:13 |
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The Easy Way Out
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# ? May 17, 2022 03:31 |
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This continues to not really feel like an effective teaching exercise.
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# ? May 17, 2022 03:40 |
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The point was less to be an effective teaching lesson and more of a "the teachers are bored and also want to knock the misfits down a peg just to keep them from getting too arrogant and also because demons enjoy loving with people like that" scenario.
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# ? May 17, 2022 03:53 |
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I notice the author has a particular page they like to draw. A single page of one of the misfits pouring their heart out while staring at whoever they are talking too, but the framing has them looking the reader in the eyes. Everyone is shouting during this page. I love it every time it happens, I look forward to collecting each and every one As for the chapter It was really nice of Balam Sensei to let Agares school those two punks. I never liked them and wanting to outright surrender after all that's happened was the final straw even for me.
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# ? May 17, 2022 03:55 |
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Brought To You By posted:I notice the author has a particular page they like to draw. A single page of one of the misfits pouring their heart out while staring at whoever they are talking too, but the framing has them looking the reader in the eyes. Everyone is shouting during this page. I love it every time it happens, I look forward to collecting each and every one I love for the author's closeups. They're just so good
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# ? May 17, 2022 06:18 |
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yeah, this is definitely the author yelling at the reader lol
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# ? May 17, 2022 11:29 |
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Captain Invictus posted:yeah, this is definitely the author yelling at the reader lol Hi Oreki Rand Brittain posted:This continues to not really feel like an effective teaching exercise. It is insofar as it's a lesson on not being so cocky and knowing where they stand compared to their teachers. They're learning a lesson on getting a whuppin' Xelkelvos fucked around with this message at 14:57 on May 17, 2022 |
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They're also getting pushed to their limits, which is helping some of them develop. The rest who are knocked out quickly just learn they have a long way to go.
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# ? May 17, 2022 22:58 |
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Blind Spot
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# ? May 23, 2022 02:22 |
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I don't know if torturing students is good but also I'm not a demon so who am I to judge
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# ? May 23, 2022 02:30 |
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The Eggs are going to come in clutch I just know it
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# ? May 23, 2022 02:46 |
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Adnor posted:I don't know if torturing students is good but also I'm not a demon so who am I to judge Judging by everyone's reactions it seems a bit much even for demons.
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ThingOne posted:The Eggs are going to come in clutch I just know it
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# ? May 23, 2022 03:25 |
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https://mangadex.org/chapter/0dfc95b9-2ba6-424d-b59d-ae96dcdbfc20/1 That was almost really hosed up.
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# ? May 28, 2022 19:59 |
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I am reminded that this story is about demons living in a demon world. Because that was potentially really hosed up.
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# ? May 28, 2022 22:59 |
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Yeah, I'm not gonna lie, this is actually a serious tonal shift from pretty much everything that's come before and it's kind of bizarre.
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# ? May 28, 2022 23:11 |
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Rand Brittain posted:Yeah, I'm not gonna lie, this is actually a serious tonal shift from pretty much everything that's come before and it's kind of bizarre. It is somewhat on par with the Six-fingers stuff, which I also frankly don't really care for.
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# ? May 28, 2022 23:20 |
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Agreed on the "wow that was hosed up part", but also I'm extremely amused Iruma's strategy appears to have become "just move to fast and too hard for anyone to do anything and hope the heart doesn't pop".
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# ? May 29, 2022 00:16 |
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On the other hand, this is a demon school in hell. Why wouldn't torture be on the curriculum?
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# ? May 29, 2022 00:49 |
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Darth Walrus posted:On the other hand, this is a demon school in hell. Why wouldn't torture be on the curriculum? I mean, there have been references to demons doing fairly evil things in the past, but actually having it be explicit that our buddy Jazz was just waterboarded, and obviously pretty genuinely traumatized by it, is on a very different level than the part of the exercise where Sullivan was sitting in a tank as part of a hilarious "pretending to be an enemy bioweapon" act. It's really hard to look at Babylls the same way now that they're actively breaking the students they're supposed to be protecting, and like I've said before, it's a big swerve because previously the teachers have been pretty consistent about being fair and supportive even while also being harsh.
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# ? May 29, 2022 01:24 |
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Rand Brittain posted:I mean, there have been references to demons doing fairly evil things in the past, but actually having it be explicit that our buddy Jazz was just waterboarded, and obviously pretty genuinely traumatized by it, is on a very different level than the part of the exercise where Sullivan was sitting in a tank as part of a hilarious "pretending to be an enemy bioweapon" act. It's really hard to look at Babylls the same way now that they're actively breaking the students they're supposed to be protecting, and like I've said before, it's a big swerve because previously the teachers have been pretty consistent about being fair and supportive even while also being harsh. To add to this, the only other time torture came up was when Iruma was getting ready for exams and Balam made him text books. They did mention torture at that point, but it was just a tiny part of the "gee, aren't demon subjects weird" joke and didn't really get any focus.
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# ? May 29, 2022 02:58 |
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Marbas has been mentioned as the torture teacher several times. Even had the panel of him covered in blood after working with his tools. It's definitely an escalation, but the demons being kind of messed up has been a running theme.
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# ? May 29, 2022 03:03 |
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Nemo2342 posted:To add to this, the only other time torture came up was when Iruma was getting ready for exams and Balam made him text books. They did mention torture at that point, but it was just a tiny part of the "gee, aren't demon subjects weird" joke and didn't really get any focus. It was mentioned in chapter 3 too alongside the textbooks they were getting before Clara showed up.
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# ? May 29, 2022 19:19 |
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It's definitely been mentioned before in a "ha-ha" kind of way, but there's a difference between "hee hee, demon classes involve blackmail and torture" and "Jazz gets brutalized on-page by someone he's supposed to be able to trust so that the Misfits can have a fancy classroom". Like, seriously, at this point is it even worth trying to win? Is avoiding losing Royal One and not dropping a rank really worth what just happened to Jazz?
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# ? May 29, 2022 19:39 |
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Rand Brittain posted:It's definitely been mentioned before in a "ha-ha" kind of way, but there's a difference between "hee hee, demon classes involve blackmail and torture" and "Jazz gets brutalized on-page by someone he's supposed to be able to trust so that the Misfits can have a fancy classroom". Jazz is studying to become a professional thief and con-man. He's just being taught important life-skills in a relatively safe, supportive environment.
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# ? May 29, 2022 19:45 |
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Rand Brittain posted:It's definitely been mentioned before in a "ha-ha" kind of way, but there's a difference between "hee hee, demon classes involve blackmail and torture" and "Jazz gets brutalized on-page by someone he's supposed to be able to trust so that the Misfits can have a fancy classroom". Owl Boy just got his rear end beaten into unconsciousness while functionally not fighting back against a teacher. Even before this arc, Jazz's entire training arc consisted of being abused, lied to, tricked, exploited, and abandoned by his supposed mentor to acclimate him to others doing that to him(even his little flashback features his mentor laughing at him for getting scammed). We've long since thrown out the "the kids are meant to feel safe and trust their teachers" concept.
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# ? May 29, 2022 20:58 |
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Are they setting up torture teacher being a traitor?
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# ? May 29, 2022 21:02 |
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I don't think so. We already have a couple of traitor teachers, I think torture guy just loves torture and every opportunity he has to try it out on people, because he's a demon and this is a demon school. The only weird part of this chapter is that I expected the torture to be portrayed a lot more cartoonishly.
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# ? May 29, 2022 21:05 |
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Darth Walrus posted:Jazz is studying to become a professional thief and con-man. He's just being taught important life-skills in a relatively safe, supportive environment. Yeah the teacher was careful to make sure they had medical staff standing by before he started trying to traumatize Jazz beyond his breaking point
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# ? May 30, 2022 05:09 |
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The demons have shown time and again to not have morality the same way humans do. Like in Walter Park (which is in itself built over a prison), even the sympathetic, "good" demons were baffled that Iruma wanted to help trapped children.
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# ? May 30, 2022 06:04 |
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Yeah the teacher was careful to make sure they had medical staff standing by before he started trying to traumatize Jazz beyond his breaking point I mean, if he wants to be the demon equivalent of Lupin III, he's going to have to start learning how to shrug off torture somewhere and somehow. This isn't even just a 'demons have incredibly skewed morality' thing - the Misfits have signed up to be the absolute best of the best at what they do, and are being pushed to their limits in their preferred skillsets. For Jazz, that involves keeping secrets and misdirecting people under the most extreme duress.
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# ? May 31, 2022 12:30 |
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new chapter whoever predicted iruma'd yoink kalego at a pivotal moment, you win a prize even yoinked cerberus too!
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# ? Jun 2, 2022 23:45 |
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Captain Invictus posted:new chapter The reaction to being turned cute was amazing for both Kalego and Cerberus.
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# ? Jun 2, 2022 23:57 |
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This was everything I've wanted and more.
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Eye to Eye
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