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a long long while ago I started to read Kaiji, I stopped around the (keeping things as spoiler free as I can) very improvised gamble following the second card game was held... I felt like that was starting to dwell too much into "misery porn/the good guy never wins/you know the status quo needs to be restored if you want the story to continue, but OMG that is a gross way to do it!!!!" And yet years after and thanks to Ootsuki's spin off... I'm back! I love the art style (some people might find it ugly but it's really funny to me that you have these CLEARLY EVIL people smiling like assholes all the time), I love the narrator, I love how HIGH STAKES everything is, and of course I LOVE LOVE LOVE that the spin off takes that same style and uses it for the dumbest stories. A long while ago I also tried to get into the tonegawa spin off but bounced off. I think it's time for another try hehehe. Anyway this is a very long winded way to say thanks to Emzedoh 
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Lavender Jack        Chekhov's dog finally goes off.
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the holy poopacy posted:Lavender Jack This chapter reminds me that one of the things I like about the comic is how well it gives the main cast designs that look distinctive in silhouette. That design principle has stuck in my head after hearing the Futurama creators discuss it years ago, and it's always neat to see it used well.
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So Maldoror is a cat, basically.
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Sweetness And Lightning        I mentioned in a previous post that the anime actually omitted the summer festival chapter, mashing its recipe up with a later chapter. This is actually the later chapter that it mashed up with! In the anime, Kohei wakes up while Tsumugi is still out, realizes she isn’t home and goes searching, where he finds Tsumugi and Kotori returning home. He yells at her for leaving the house on her own, and then the rest of the episode plays out as it did in chapter 10. I think having both of these stories is good, but I can understand condensing them for the anime adaptation.
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Tenebrais posted:Star Impact I like it when older generation characters have plot-relevant conversations where they can vaguely refer to that incident and that person or what happened 30 years ago and there's no one going "Huhh what does that mean, exposit it clearly to me please!"
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Kit Walker posted:Updating my dating profile as we speak Lol it's true!
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You need a bug catching net to catch a bug. Thanks aliens!
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A Haunted Pug posted:a long long while ago I started to read Kaiji, I stopped around the (keeping things as spoiler free as I can) very improvised gamble following the second card game was held... I felt like that was starting to dwell too much into "misery porn/the good guy never wins/you know the status quo needs to be restored if you want the story to continue, but OMG that is a gross way to do it!!!!" You're welcome! I was maybe a little worried the silliness of One Day Outing would undermine the seriousness of Kaiji (or maybe it will? We're far from peak silliness still), but I'm glad it got you to give Kaiji another chance and yo're enjoying it! Not that I've ever properly read or watched Kaiji. One of these days...
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Synthbuttrange posted:You need a bug catching net to catch a bug. Thanks aliens! To equip fishing lure, first catch bug with net
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BUG HUNTING is proof of your SKILL
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Squidster posted:The Sludge Knight will have to wait, because a fresh chapter of Bugle Knight just dropped! When it gets dark, it gets dark
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I like grumpy boxing grandma.
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One Day Outing Foreman chapter 20: Boon       This chapter is actually a semi-crossover with Middle Manager Tonegawa - for more on the Chairman's good mood, read this chapter here: https://mangadex.org/chapter/793cfb54-c4d1-4611-ac68-a06141c89d47/16 The first page in each chapter is basically the same, it's great.
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Totally read this as "LMAO" at first Here, eat this, lmao
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Grumio posted:Totally read this as "LMAO" at first The jesuit's expression certainly does not help prevent this reading.
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The Vagabond of Limbo   I thought the translator was loving up, but mithridatized is totally a real word! I can't believe The Princess Bride missed that. SimonChris has a new favorite as of 15:21 on Jan 24, 2024 |
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Captain Hygiene posted:This chapter reminds me that one of the things I like about the comic is how well it gives the main cast designs that look distinctive in silhouette. That design principle has stuck in my head after hearing the Futurama creators discuss it years ago, and it's always neat to see it used well. First time I heard of that principle was with TF2.
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SimonChris posted:The Vagabond of Limbo Yup! After this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithridates_VI_Eupator
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mrfart posted:I found the first multi-page story I ever made for my Anchovy comic in a dark corner of a hard drive. This was fun! Thanks for sharing it.
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Kit Walker posted:Spirit Circle It's cheesy, but drat if it hasn't earned it. drat I love this comic.
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Emzedoh posted:This chapter is actually a semi-crossover with Middle Manager Tonegawa - for more on the Chairman's good mood, read this chapter here: The entire time reading One Day Outing Foreman something has seemed really familiar. Seeing Middle Manager Tonegawa finally unlocked in my brain what I was thinking of: this clip I saw a few years back when the pandemic was first happening! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-LnKCSFEXg
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We Are Reproducing Spoilered for sex (the aforementioned “how to use a baby to seduce men” bit):  More sex:   “Fountain shows” or “water illusions” are a traditional form of entertainment (and I use that term lightly) where a smug-looking guy with a fan pretends to direct spouts of water controlled from offstage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bOeaYR8XgA  “Babies are just like cats really” is sort of the quintessential WAR observation.
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Giant Ethicist posted:“Babies are just like cats really” is sort of the quintessential WAR observation. capitalisation doing a heroic job here in preventing the sentence going some really dark places
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Grumio posted:Totally read this as "LMAO" at first the holy poopacy posted:The jesuit's expression certainly does not help prevent this reading. Jesuits, of course, being famous for their light heartedness and senses of humour.  Hyouge Mono Ceremony 50: Just the TEA of Us (We can make it if we try)      Hmmm. The Dragon, the Hero and the Courier Episode 26.5: Verification Office's Conquests       And that's the end of volume 4.
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idk I'm sure those good catholic missionaries have only the best of intentions
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The secret is that thinking in terms of "living up to your greatest possible potential" is depressing in the first place -- how that comparison actually comes out is a red herring. In fact, I've got a great comic to recommend which touches on that theme. Can't remember what it's called though.
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Ditocoaf posted:The secret is that thinking in terms of "living up to your greatest possible potential" is depressing in the first place -- how that comparison actually comes out is a red herring. Peanuts
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Lavender Jack    The first time I read this I assumed Peoria was just annoyed at Masters for being persistent. Now that I'm reading more closely I think she is supposed to be chafing a bit at her orders--but not enough to refuse to do them.
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