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fable exudes strong (& deliberate) boomer throwback energy in its views on proper masculinity and today’s youth, as well as pretty much misaki’s whole character, but that doesn’t preclude it from kicking rear end
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volume 15 of The Fable scanlated into english good setup volume. RIP boss. pretty sweet kill method. I kind of hope the mushroom hitman gets away, his consummate professionalism and attention to detail are admirable. conversely, I'll be mildly disappointed if we don't see someone take a luger bullet to the face before this arc is over.
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interested in Out, but the early volumes don’t seem to be up on mangadex in english. can someone give me a link to the aforementioned (or tell me which scan group did them)?
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found the early vols of Out on Kakalot. so far it’s a pretty by-the-numbers youth gang delinquent tale, but the characters are all pretty likeable so I’m in
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Apr 6, 2022 14:12
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okay by chapter 33 I’m invested in out. manga has fukumoto-esque ruminations on masculinity and freedom but also, good art
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Apr 6, 2022 15:42
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I just got to the wartime yakiniku party and yall aint kidding
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Apr 6, 2022 20:54
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this park arc in out just went on and on
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final verdict on Out: It’s an entertaining read (and definitely ultra-violent) but the plot progresses way too glacially for me to recommend it over similar titles. For me a large part of the appeal of delinquent manga is watching them horse around together in peacetime, and as the series got mired in the park and the junkyard that fun element has been predominantly subsumed by endless backstory. The fights are sick and this one seemingly upcoming seems like it’ll be one of the sickest, so I remain “in.”
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Apr 8, 2022 14:55
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I’m not sure I like where the plot of The Bouncer is progressing to but at least it’s actually going somewhere, unlike Out
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May 5, 2022 19:03
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maybe I’m a prude but I’m not sure a thread about a manga with a deuteragonist whose main character trait is “wants to rape maidens” and which features ambiguously underage dragon twin sisters whose main character traits are “want to gently caress each other” would be very good. these aren’t even uncharitable readings.
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Jun 28, 2022 17:21
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fable ended perfectly. everything I wanted to be acknowledged, they did. cinematic as gently caress, as befitting yamaoka. incredibly funny as well. an alltimer seinen manga
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speaking of urasawa, I thought asadora! started off strong but it’s been meandering on her high school years. It looks like we’re due for a timeskip (reading the viz english volumes) soon though. I also read master keaton recently and thought that started off strong as well, though by volume 3 it was apparent how formulaic it would be for its duration. Some chapters are really good post-unification spy fiction with conspiracies and scandals contemporaneous to its date of original publication. I think as far as urasawa goes, nothing touches the heights monster/pluto/20th century boys did.
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this is why I rate pluto the highest of his works, because he’s iterating on an existing narrative he keeps it pretty punchy monster and 20cb I haven’t read in more than a decade so I accept that I’m remembering mainly the big beats, but I nevertheless was left with a lasting impression from them (whereas I can barely recall the main plot thrust of billy bat) Asadora! does look like it’s on a dramatic upswing so I’m looking forward to the next volume
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Jul 21, 2022 02:50
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I’m happy that Fable: Second Contract hasn’t had a palpable drop in quality from its predecessor, which has happened to so many of the seinen I’ve read. No new volume yet but I’m not sure if these omake were posted in this thread
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Sep 24, 2022 02:52
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oh yeah I guess it’s on me to say that new chapters of The Fable: Second Contract were translated into anglish
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Nov 28, 2022 22:23
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also I forgot to post this from volume 2
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imho 2nd contract is kind of jumping the shark a little especially with regards to yoko but it’s still more entertaining than most manga. we’re due for a volume drop soon
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ReadSeinen released The Fable - The Second Contract Volume 4 earlier this month. I've kind of looped back around on the tako/yuko plotline because the authour writes him as a paragon of middle-aged soft masculinity and it's very endearing; in other words, I see what yuko sees in him
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Feb 22, 2023 06:22
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yeah by far the most objectionable part of the manga is the authour's seeming inability to have a woman character not serve as a damsel in distress. even yoko, by far the woman with the most independence and agency in the narrative, gets put in situations like the one in this volume's, though the authour probably thinks it empowerment to have her flawlessly triangle choke her assailant. Hopefully by arc's end she'll get to say, it's alright now.
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Feb 22, 2023 07:16
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verbal enema posted:that manga sucks for real. im gei ate a month for singing its praises earlier itt and I can’t imagine it got any less headass or horny in the interim
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Mar 8, 2023 23:10
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thanks. I read it earlier this week but selfishly did not link it. this arc has kind of a dumb initial premise but it’s heating up nicely. loved youko’s way of blowing off steam. it’s alright now.
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Mar 18, 2023 04:36
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fable: second contract volume 7 these rumour-affiliated killers really getting up to some villain poo poo 
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Sep 22, 2023 18:44
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Tosk posted:About the last volume of The Fable: have we met the guy that betrayed Rumor before? I haven't reread in some time and his name sounds familiar but I can't recall. sasaki/suzuki is from way back. he was working with disgraced former yakuza utsubo on extortion schemes, and ran afoul of satou and youko when him and utsubo targeted satou and misaki’s pervert coworker at octopass (the one that had an obsession with/was secretly filming misaki). he got outclassed during an encounter with youko that left him with a lasting impression, and was imperative to the resolution of the arc by operating an excavator to hold down the mine that would have blown off wheelchair girl’s legs. he left on good terms with the gang, good to see him again.
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Sep 23, 2023 16:30
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Squidster posted:It's been a long time, but a new chapter of The Bugle Call just dropped. thanks for posting. this manga owns.
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Sep 27, 2023 04:49
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good ending. love the mangaka’s macho boomer rants. strange development with the suicide frequency which left things a little too clean but otherwise very satisfying. all the best characters survived, hell yea. the sequel was shorter and as such had fewer slice-of-life/laid-back moments but I’m looking forward to the third contract (and hoping that everyone but akira and youko stay out of it)
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trillion game seems to be getting scans again, its by the writer of eyeshield 21 and the artist of crying freeman. I like it a lot because it’s basically a gambling/psychological thriller manga but on a corporate scale the aeron panel… shits about to go down
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