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Magician's Red was so broken it's all but patently obvious Araki "Killed" Avdol to avoid having to write fights around him. I wouldn't mind a remixed Part 3 where Magician's Red was a little less powerful just so we could have more Avdol.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 08:49 |
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Bad Seafood posted:Magician's Red was so broken it's all but patently obvious Araki "Killed" Avdol to avoid having to write fights around him. it's called steel ball run but we didnt
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 08:56 |
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well actually we did technically
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 08:56 |
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'maybe being able to literally create a gigantic blazing inferno with little effort when fighting people, not to mention a vampire, would be too strong' 'hmm'
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 08:59 |
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Hi Wa Mata Noboru released a v1 (the v2 isn't guaranteed) of JJL 53 https://hiwamatanoboru.com/2016/04/19/jojolion-53/ They're not happy about being beaten to the punch at all and might drop JoJolion because of it.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 09:00 |
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Amaryllis posted:More spoilers about the raws: Can't wait for the translation to come out so that I can know exactly how heartbreaking those final pages are. And I guess this means that the photo and most of the other stuff to do with Karera really is either going to be retconned or revealed as something that she made up? I would've been just fine with a bunch more chapters about those guys that would've made her account of the events line up with what we've seen, and I'm weirdly disappointed that the flashback looks to be finally wrapping up even though I really want to know how this Damo fight is going to be resolved. Also, there's no way that Hato won't have a stand. There is a ton of stuff that's gonna have to be retconned here. Karera's photo, a bunch of stuff from the beginning maybe? Like, about Kira's apartment? I really need to re-read that beginning part again. I'm extremely sad about that update
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 09:01 |
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lol i keep forgetting how hardcore josuke is ": hi can i kill your boyfriend" also josefumi nooo
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 09:03 |
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TWIST FIST posted:lol i keep forgetting how hardcore josuke is Guess what no one can say that hardcore part of him is JUST kira anymore, kthx
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 09:06 |
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Stairmaster posted:it's called steel ball run but we didnt
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 09:06 |
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Bad Seafood posted:SBR Avdol didn't have a stand. you don't know that
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 09:08 |
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I do, actually. My dad works for Araki.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 09:09 |
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Josuke Higashikata posted:Someone on /a/ knocked out a quick scanlation of JJL drat, Araki knocked it out of the park with this chapter. Fumi brings one of the nastiest beatdowns and one of the saddest moments in Jojo in a single chapter. The wait for next month is going to kill me. Also, Josuke "Please let me kill your boyfriend" Higashikata is solidly in the running for best Jojo Daxing Dan fucked around with this message at 09:13 on Apr 19, 2016 |
# ? Apr 19, 2016 09:11 |
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Daxing Dan posted:Also, Josuke "Please let me kill your boyfriend" Higashikata is solidly in the running for best Jojo TBQH he's been my #2 Jojo after original Josuke for a quite a while now, I would not be at all surprised if both he and JJL as a whole edge out DIU for me eventually as favorites. I liked Josefumi quite a lot before; he is now one of my definite all-time favorites just on the strength of the two recent chapters Okuyasu Nijimura fucked around with this message at 09:22 on Apr 19, 2016 |
# ? Apr 19, 2016 09:16 |
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If I had to describe this entire flashback and Josefumi + Kira segment. I'd say it's sweet like a chic-a-cherry cola. And just like being called Yoshikage Kira means you're the best boy, being called Josuke Higashikata makes you best JoJo.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 09:20 |
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I'm going to murder you
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 09:20 |
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 09:28 |
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It's not on baoto anymore
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 09:39 |
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Zeruel posted:It's not on baoto anymore It never was. I think it mistakenly uploaded or not set public or something, but that should get fixed. Download it for now.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 09:42 |
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There's so much characterization in that one sentence. The implication that he CAN kill Damo, the implication that the only way he can stop Damo is to murder the poo poo out of him, his respect for the family by asking permission even in this ridiculous scenario, etc.. guys I think part 8 might be really good, I dunno.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 09:51 |
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Yinlock posted:There's so much characterization in that one sentence. The implication that he CAN kill Damo, the implication that the only way he can stop Damo is to murder the poo poo out of him, his respect for the family by asking permission even in this ridiculous scenario, etc.. Seriously, in a chapter full of absolutely serious badass action and drama, that is the most bad-rear end part. He says I'm going to murder him first. And then he admits he's stuck in the room and can't get out, but it's secondary to the fact that he's going to murder Damo.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 09:58 |
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God loving dammit hurry up Araki I want to read JoJolion.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 10:06 |
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Man, what a good chapter. The JJL translator said in his rant about getting sniped that digital Ultra Jump scans were worse than physical ones; how so?
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 11:02 |
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ChaosArgate posted:Man, what a good chapter. The scans they're using are the ones from this post: Josuke Higashikata posted:Full Jojolion raws! And if you blow them up, you can see that they're rather riddled with artifacts and I can't think of a proper term to describe it but the imgur album images here are sort of one "factor" less than the ones HWMN use from Kewl0210's personal scan of the Ultra Jump he purchases. The imgur single page resolution is about 836x1200 and HWMN's are around 1107x1598 and scale down in ratio to 1200 just about perfectly. So he's using a good scanner to get a better source image than what the UJ team are apparently doing and the cleaning and redrawing is better too. If you go back to chapter 52, you can see quite a big jump in quality between the two, but all said, I think the images from imgur are very much serviceable for a first pass scanlation. I appreciate Kewl and all that he's done for the JoJo fandom. He finished up Steel Ball Run and has done all of JoJolion, but any idea of ownership is out of whack and simply doesn't exist. (And the anonymous translation of JJL was accurate and well phrased, arguably better than HWMN's in some places). Should the JoJo fanbase have respect for him? Yes Should they let him have first dibs? Arguably. Is getting bent out of shape appropriate when you got beat to the punch? No. The only person who has any right to a grievance is Araki and all involved with JoJo's publication, particularly when it comes to raws. Raws are more harmful to Araki than any scanlation because his market is Japan.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 11:28 |
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Actually I have right to a grievance because I am Araki's distant uncle
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 11:40 |
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Man, this loving flashback. I've not super hot on Part 8 to begin with honestly and it's probably to do with the monthly format. I enjoyed what little I had to binge read, but coming at the end of Doobie Wah and reading monthly sapped a lot of my hype for it due to just getting fuzzy on the details and forgetting a lot. But this flashback arc rejuvenated a lot of my interest in the story, made me way more interested in Two Good Boys Save A Mom then I thought I would be, and really feels like Araki truly knows where's going with all this and can start building momentum towards the end. In a part full of cool and interesting poo poo, these last few chapters have totally been the most cool and interesting and I'm 100% confident in saying JoJolion Is Good. RIP Two Good Boys.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 13:05 |
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Okuyasu Nijimura posted:There is a ton of stuff that's gonna have to be retconned here. Karera's photo, a bunch of stuff from the beginning maybe? Like, about Kira's apartment? I really need to re-read that beginning part again. Also, I was thinking: there's no space in the timeline for that photo, but it's possible that they took the branch to Kira's apartment before settling on planting it out on the rocks, right? Karera said that Kira had a tree at his home, but she could've just watched the guys hide it there temporarily after they stole it. The stuff with Karera happened so recently that it'd be weird for it to end up as another Araki Forgot thing. About the competing translations: I read the HWMN version first and I appreciate the high quality and the consistent releases, but I have to say I kind of like some of the phrasing better in the /a/ one. Like, "That is my image of happiness" (HWMN) vs. "That must be what happiness looks like" (anonymous). They're both communicating the same idea, and if I had to guess I'd say that HWMN's is probably closer to the literal meaning, but the other one sounds closer to what an actual human being would say. It'd be cool if people could somehow collaborate/contribute suggestions or something instead of scrambling to push scans out ASAP. Sorry I'm late to this, but yes, Zaggitz: the French edition of Vento Aureo is really good and also cheap, so if French is your first language you have no excuse for not buying it (and imo anyone with high school level French should be able to parse it). I bought the whole set on amazon.fr last year because I was tired of waiting for quality scans, and the price was super reasonable including shipping to Canada. I'm sure there are even cheaper options (it looks like the price on some volumes has gone up since then) but that was the easiest way to import it. By the way, for French speakers, the Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe collection came out over there last week-ish! I've been thinking of getting that too to add to my growing pile of Rohan merchandise, but I'm still holding out for an English release of DiU proper. Still hoping that Viz will announce something about it while the part 4 anime hype is still high.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 14:21 |
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One of the people from HWMN is posting on /a/ now (their versions up on Batoto for rereading now btw) and he actually agrees that the /a/ version was better than theirs in parts. He's a lot more level headed about it than Kewl on the whole, and I think people have driven home the point that no one wants to see them bail on JJL. But if they're being beaten to the punch every time, they're probably done. I just think she's bullshitting, honestly. There's absolutely no reason for Kira to have had a Roka tree at home yet needed these grafts. They only took the branches after all and they're both accounted for where Kira and Fumi die. The twins and photo corroborate Karera but everything else contradicts her pretty hard. It's weird but it doesn't bear overthinking.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 14:33 |
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Guys... I think Jojolion might be really, really... Good?
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 14:37 |
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Josuke Higashikata posted:I just think she's bullshitting, honestly. There's absolutely no reason for Kira to have had a Roka tree at home yet needed these grafts. They only took the branches after all and they're both accounted for where Kira and Fumi die. The twins and photo corroborate Karera but everything else contradicts her pretty hard. It's weird but it doesn't bear overthinking.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 14:46 |
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I think she is the first to say Rokakaka, but I can't 100% remember. e: Wait no, Dainenjiyama says Rokakaka to himself here http://bato.to/reader#6e4c42a3b6bc2013_7 I've not gone back before the Dainenjiyama fight to see if it's dropped before he's first introduced but I believe this is the actual first time. Josuke Higashikata fucked around with this message at 15:00 on Apr 19, 2016 |
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Fiend Computer posted:Guys... I think Jojolion might be really, really... Good? Jojolion is real good but I still hope the dumb kid becomes stone.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 14:59 |
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How long ago were the karera chapters? Is this the quickest that araki's started a plot thread and then abandoned it because drat none of the karera poo poo makes sense now lol
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 15:01 |
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The Karera incosistencies really, really bother me. Like, I know Araki forgets stuff all the time but usually it's stuff like miscellaneous stand powers (like Whitesnake's goo or Gold Experience's reflect bullshit) or little details like whether or not Rohan was shot with the arrow. The stuff with Karera is a major plot point though and it hasn't even been long since it happened.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 15:01 |
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Josuke Higashikata posted:e: Wait no, Dainenjiyama says Rokakaka to himself here
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 15:06 |
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FirstAidKite posted:How long ago were the karera chapters? Is this the quickest that araki's started a plot thread and then abandoned it because drat none of the karera poo poo makes sense now lol She shows up in chapter 43, so 10 issues ago. Amaryllis posted:Good catch! I forgot about that, probably because when Karera drops the name to Gappy it seems like such a big deal. I still wonder how she knows what she knows, but probably the answer is just some kind of stalker bullshit. Maybe she shopped herself into a photo. Alternatively, Karera is a rock person but not allied to Damo's crew? It's a big thing because it's the first Josuke hears of it, at the least. Jobin also knows what the fruit is called however because Aishou checks in with him about the fact he's being stalked due to it.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 15:06 |
The most important thing about this chapter: we finally know the origin of the stone dog.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 16:25 |
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Also Josefumi is SBRverse's Kakyoin. If Josefumi married, I'm sure he'd want a woman like Holly.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 16:29 |
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Moltrey posted:Also Josefumi is SBRverse's Kakyoin. If Josefumi married, I'm sure he'd want a woman like Holly. I vomited
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 16:31 |
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It's the truth
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You're lucky Seafood's the sheriff of these parts.
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