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Well I tore through those chapters in a single day, now back to waiting for months. Honestly, of all the zombie apocalypse stories I've read, this series is by far the best. It strikes a great balance between body horror, the break down of society and the interpersonal tension of small groups under pressure that you expect in the genre without getting bogged down in the cynicism or wish fulfillment you tend to get in a lot of stuff.
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cafel posted:Honestly, of all the zombie apocalypse stories I've read, this series is by far the best. It strikes a great balance between body horror, the break down of society and the interpersonal tension of small groups under pressure that you expect in the genre without getting bogged down in the cynicism or wish fulfillment you tend to get in a lot of stuff. Hideo looks like the author.
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Hideo is the best.  dmboogie posted:I KNEW that we were gonna get more about the trans dude from the other group than we initially saw, considering how little screentime he had before he was offed.
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Sindai posted:
Oda talks about her sibling, who fits the description of the person from Kurusu's group that got infected.
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dmboogie posted:I was initially leery of the side arc, but it didn't last too long and revealed some interesting stuff. Confirming that England is hosed, hosed up mutant zombies... I do wonder what the new guy's deal is, but I also don't want to spend too much time away from Hideo and co. learning about him.
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Having read the raws in French, recognizing the uniform of the soldier zombie at the beginning, and recognizing some of the architecture, it's most definitely France. Pretty sure the dude is in Paris and the fortress his girlfriend is calling from may be the Nantes Castle,but I'm not 100% sure on that last one.
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Yup. The Chapter was set in Paris. It was very fun to read since I live here. It's probably the first time I saw modern Paris looking "real" in a Manga. The background were probably made using photos. I'm not sure where the girlfriend is supposed to be calling from. The name of the Castle doesn't seem to be french.
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Does anyone know what that French/Japanese pages say? I'm curious if it's interesting.
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Pretty sure it's the French => Japanese translation for the two French chapters' dialogue.
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So presumably the French guy was changed like Hiromi, since he had bite marks and gaps in his memory. It's really interesting that alot of the zombies seem to go non-hostile once they've been in that state for awhile. Speaking of Hiromi, drat she's superhuman. Shot up 10 centimeters in 2 weeks, has enough strength to lift a person above her head like it's no thang. Her description of mental state was real interesting. Certainly proves there's a sort of hive mind going on, and a Kurusu is at least attempting to direct them.
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[quote="JanVanHouten" post=" I'm not sure where the girlfriend is supposed to be calling from. The name of the Castle doesn't seem to be french. [/quote] I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be Breton
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redstormpopcorn posted:Pretty sure it's the French => Japanese translation for the two French chapters' dialogue.
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Huh, I was slightly off with my guess, the castle named and pictured is probably Gaasbeek castle in Belgium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaasbeek_Castle
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Can anyone summarize Boys on the Run because it seemed pretty eh from what I read compared to IAAH.ViggyNash posted:That side story was all kinds of messed up, and this world keeps getting stranger and stranger. Also, I'm glad the story's back on topic: Hideo being goofy in zombieland. ..I can't help but wonder.. Hideo's not exactly right in the head. Is this going to go Silent Hill?
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eh his hallucinations seem to be limited to when he is alone. Being around other people is pretty good for his mental health! Now if you're asking if he is going to go all Kurusu since he got bit well then no idea on that one vvvv his girlfriend bit him near the start A big flaming stink fucked around with this message at 11:14 on May 9, 2014 |
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A big flaming stink posted:Now if you're asking if he is going to go all Kurusu since he got bit well then no idea on that one Wait what, he got bit? When did that happen?
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A big flaming stink posted:eh his hallucinations seem to be limited to when he is alone. Being around other people is pretty good for his mental health! He was also hallucinating while with his girlfriend and also in the manga office, too. Maybe not literally seeing things like the demonic imagery in the first few chapters, but definitely having conversations that only he could hear and talking to himself.
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The_Frag_Man posted:Wait what, he got bit? When did that happen? He got bit, but as far as anyone could tell, she didn't break the skin because she bashed her own teeth out before going full zombie.
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Yeah but Hiromi got infected from a baby that bit her and she didnt get her skin broken either. It's pretty likely that he didn't get an infection from his girlfriend but it is something to keep in mind. also why are you guys talking in spoilers about something that happened at the very beginning of the series
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Anatharon posted:Can anyone summarize Boys on the Run because it seemed pretty eh from what I read compared to IAAH. I personally enjoy BOTR as much, if not more than IAAH. It's a "finding yourself" series. It can get pretty messed up sometimes but for the most part it's a really cringeworthy, enjoyable ride for this total shithead to come to terms with it and change for the better. Not Masturbation Master Kurosawa levels of that, but he definitely has a significant and interesting growth arc over the course of the series. Unfortunately it seems it's been dropped by scanlators with like, 8 chapters to go before the ending or something? Also the romance is actually pretty great. Sometimes. Other times it makes you want to die. In summary, 
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Captain Invictus posted:boys on the run if you have a desire to read about a total shithead who never ever learns to change for the better check out Ressentiment. actually dont because the vast majority of the plot is the 40 year old protagonist trying to figure out how to have sex with the AI equivalent of a 14 year old girl
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Ressentiment is great, it's a perfect example of someone given the opportunity to change their life for the better and then making the stupid, stupid decision not to and ruining everything they could have had. It's wonderfully cynical. It also rips the poo poo out of otaku. It's incredibly unflattering to them, which is great.
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I had to re-read the Paris chapter, I completely missed the shadow behind the windows. Also something in the smoke has a lot of arms and something about it makes me think they're "eyelashes" 
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We just released a new volume. http://reader.manga-download.org/
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GGpX posted:We just released a new volume. Oh wow, sweet! I assume you're party of the translation team then? Good work!
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Yeah, I do a bunch of stuff for Illuminati-Manga. I run the group, and scan/typeset/QC/translate (from French).
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Well uh, those last few chapters sure were... something.
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Judging from what Hideo was seeing, he was experiencing memories of other people. And since they reacted to him as though he were there, it might be some kind of hive mind? It might explain why Hiromi can somehow understand the 'dead.' That's still a weird-rear end direction. 
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Going full-blown Fortress of the Apocalypse in here, jesus christ. Let me know when the human-dogs, human-whales and human-seals start showing up.
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It seems like all three Kurusu kind of fused together into a bizarre zombie-killing fatmass, introducing Hideo into it by accident. Wonder if that means he is special, like they are. It looked completely hosed up and excellent though.
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Wow. What the gently caress is going on. When the Zombies turned on each-other, it seems that some of them are lining up to turn into a centipede in chapter 165. The fat guy monster looks like one of the Kurusu guys but he died right?.
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Mighty Dicktron posted:It seems like all three Kurusu kind of fused together into a bizarre zombie-killing fatmass, introducing Hideo into it by accident. Wonder if that means he is special, like they are. I count 8 limbs? Looks to me Takashi did not finish off 2knives-kurusu and 2shovels-kurusu and they fused. Anyway whatever is going on, it's awesome. Thanks GGpX/illuminati-manga for another great volume. e: Oh man I love that double page of the trio announcing "B-bath time!!" in the face of certain death Webcormac McCarthy fucked around with this message at 14:04 on Aug 11, 2014 |
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Just when I thought this manga couldn't get any weirder it reaches a whole new level. I wonder if this is peak weirdness.
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Whatever the gently caress is happening right now, I love this manga so much.
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I had a tenuous grasp of the plot before this mess. I don't know how much more I can take.
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DiscoMouse posted:I had a tenuous grasp of the plot before this mess. I don't know how much more I can take. It's especially hard since it's real hard to tell what's real and what's not, considering that multiple people tend to hallucinate. The infected hallucinate, Kurusu hallucinate, Hideo hallucinates without being infected at all. Was that human centipede looking thing even real? At the time I kind of thought that the infected guy hallucinated it, but given recent developments it might well have been real.
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The centipedes confirmed to be real based on that... thing? which the destroyed the cathedral. But yeah, those last 2 chapters are definitely the current peak of weirdness. Anyone else think Hideo was perceiving an amalgam of Hiromi and Oda when they came down the stairs? Artum fucked around with this message at 23:11 on Aug 11, 2014 |
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