#Mapollo 3

[squirrelstothenuts]

[wickedsick]

SHUEISHA'S STRONGEST YURI WARRIOR AT IT AGAIN

[superellysan]

Please read this series it is fantastic so far

[themangaiveread]

[demifiendrsa]

PPPPPP chapter 61 color page

[coloredmanga]

[chitincooties]

hi i just wanted to share this amazing (unofficial, obviously) music video my little brother (16y) made, for the song All Circles by mewithoutyou, based on the manga Magical Girl Tsubame: I Will (Not) Save the World.

If you like either, or just like seeing cool art, please check it out :)

[geekeryisafoot]

NOOOOOOO I'M NOT READY FOR IT TO BE OVER 😭

[sapientandroid]

Magical Girl Tsubame has continued to be one of the biggest surprises to me personally

[oratokyosaigunda]

PPPPPP series banner

[squirrelstothenuts]

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PPPPPP

Mapollo 3

[saqvobase]

I read the 39 chapters of "Magical Girl Tsubame: I Will (Not) Save The World!" by Mapollo 3-go

I enjoyed PPPPPP a lot, so I was excited to read another work by the same author.

This is the first piece of magical girl media I've read or watched from the beginning.

The art style is something I am familiar with from their previous work. I really liked the character designs and costumes. The splashes of color and photo realistic images mixed in really give it an esoteric and bizzare vibe that increases the impact of certain scenes.

The worldbuilding is really cool and scary. The high magnitude Notion events would be incredibly terrifying without the magical girls. The lore of the past and creation of magical girls was really interesting.

Despite their cuteness, the powers of the magical girls are unparalleled. The collateral damage is devastating.

The plot structure seems pretty simple so far. If it continues like this, the end of the series is near. Although, the title might be a clue of what's to come.

I'm excited for the next chapters.

[themangaiveread]

[miminmimikyu]

Hearing that PPPPPP has been cancelled is making me feel so sad and so angry. It's not the first time Jump axed one of my faves (RIP Mitama, Magu-chan, Agravity boys...) But this one really stings.

PPPPPP was a real gem among the current lineup-- unconventional and with so much potential. Of course an introspective story about classical music was never going to be the number one series in the home of the battle manga. But it took some other Jump staples as a starting point (the school setting, the mediocre main character persevering through effort, friendship and (piano) battles) and turned it on its head-- using beautiful silent panelling to convey sound! And convey complex emotions! Gently twisting reality and portraying devastating loss by making chapters 61-64 feel off and dreamlike. Losing competitions but winning the bigger fight: helping his siblings one by one by showing them kindness and love. A manga you'd expect in a magazine like Harta, or published alongside Totsukuni no Shoujo.. but read by thousands in Shonen Jump!

Yes they took a risk but you'd think that PPPPPP did enough to prove its value in Jump during its 70 chapter run: Despite not scoring high in weekly rankings, the volumes sold well (350.000 for 7 volumes in one year is not bad!!), it's been recommended by other mangaka (including Shiro Usazaki, artist of Act-Age), it ended up on a few lists of manga to watch out for (THIS MONTH placed #10 in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2023). It was by no means an unpopular or bad manga! It did not deserve to be cancelled like this. It's not even moving magazines or to Jump+. Not getting a long epilogue chapter in Giga or online. Not getting extra chapters in the final volume. Just an axe.

This story deserved a proper ending. No way Lucky is getting his catharsis in one 24 page chapter. No way are we going to gain insight into Gakuon's mind. We won't get proper reconciliation between the siblings. Find out how Don and Shikato played the piano, their relationship with Lucky. Or see what happens to Lucky's friends who have been deciding on their own futures.

I can only commend Mapollo 3 for still giving us so much in those last few chapters. I don't know how much notice he was given before the axe, but I am thankful that we got to meet Don and Shikato and got Dada's flashback. Shikato's creepy, dissolving smile and the "average Gakuon fantasy" two page spread will be seared into my brain for a whille.

For us readers, for a few days more, Lucky is still lying in that graveyard with Gakuon gazing silently at his unconscious body. It seems like a cruel, poetic coincidence that actually feels fitting for this manga. I hope chapter 70 takes us back there, so we can say goodbye to Lucky, and Mapollo 3's quietly captivating story.

[coloredmanga]