#ULTIMO CHAPTER REACTIONS

[kawahageshii]

Karakuridoji Ultimo VOLUME 12

What’s poppin’, Ultimo friends?!!!!!!!! I got this volume on the day it came out last year, but life happened and I havent gotten the chance to read it until now. Aaaannd I’ve been inactive on tumblr for pretty much a whole year, and I come back and I see the fandom looks to be dead T-T. So I dont even know if anybody will even read this. But!! I wanna finish this little series I had where I read every volume and liveblog it lol. So LESSS GOOO

So yeah can we just talk about how beautiful this artwork is

I actually have not read any translations of the final chapters, so I’m going into this completely blind. Tbh I barely remembered what happened last volume (and this summary doesn’t really help lol)

Okayyyy I remember now. Yamato and Rune had just completed their Love Battle, then Sayama comes in all of a sudden and is about to erase Rune’s memories.

BUT YAMATO BEING THE GOOD MAN HE IS STILL LOVE HER (AND RUNE) REGARDLESS

AWWW SAYAMA LIKED YAMATO TOO. Also oh shit that’s right she’s Dunstan’s daughter and Yamato found out!

Murayama Musashi (I’ve forgotten a lot of things, but I can NEVER forget that name) knew too because of his #policeboy skills

OHHH that’s right Sayama joined Vice too! Wtf is going on I forgot everything LMFAO

Aww Sayama. So she knew this WHOLE time about her father and the experiment he was doing? She didn’t suddenly become aware of it when Eco gave all the good doji masters memories of the past? Wow that’s some heavy shit

Drag them Sayama it’s been 12 volumes and they still haven’t made any real progress

NO NOT A GOOD PLAN

Hana & Eater, Sumako & Desir, and Mizho & Paresse arrive all of a sudden!!

Aww Sayama. Yamato is such a good person.

Oh shit Dunstan and Milieu are here now!!

‘Reeducated” okay that isn’t creepy at all. 

Soo Dunstan took Sayama to the year 2989 and now everyone’s fucked.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Vice is having an existential crisis it seems

Awwww this chapter cover is so nice

I love how K immediately jumps to asking about Vice’s well-being while that little brat Jun is like “dafuq is wrong with you”

Nooo Vice nooo Jun is.....seriously disturbed

I’m crying K noticed Vice didn’t poke his eyes out like he normally does. ALSO LITTLE KID K IS SO CUTE LMFAO

Deep thoughts from K’s grandma, making K realize something....but what?

Awww Fussa Fusataro (a name I also can never forget) is a real MVP for sticking around.

Lmfao Rage is like “Oh. Thanks. Thanks for informing me that we’re staying here. Thanks fam”

So Vice goes out and finds Ultimo all alone???

OH SHIT ULTIMO USED TIME STOP ON VICE TO KILL HIM

But was deterred because Jun is Vice’s master now so there’s extra evil to stop his attacks (right? that’s how it works? I don’t even remember fam)

OH SHIT

Omg but Vice is hesitating when attacking Ultimo

I forgot how creepy this kid was

LMFAO EVEN VICE IS LIKE “Nahhhh that’s not cool”

AWWWW THAT SELF-AWARENESS

OH SHIT ULTIMO TOOK THE CHANCE AND STABBED VICE

BUT NOW JUN IS SHOOTING VICE??? LMFAO LET’S ALL GANG UP ON THIS POOR DUDE TODAY?????

I literally said “Yaaaaaassss” out loud. K really is the hero we deserve

Vice has learned to love I’m crying (also K’s grandma actually seems to be the real hero here)

HOLY FUCK JUN SHOT K???? CAN THIS KID STOP

BUT YAMATO AND THE WHOLE CREW SHOWED UP SO NOW I GUESS WE’RE GOING TO THE FUTURE

Oh wow. It’s the final chapter. 

But we still got half of the volume left??

Anyways, here’s a familiar scene

OH the ending already happened??

ULTI IS GONE IN THE ENDING?? EXPLAIN

Ohhh so that’s why Musashi has literally NO body in the future. Wow

OKAY I GUESS WE’RE GOING TO COMPLETELY SKIP OVER THE FIGHT BETWEEN VICE AND EVERYONE RIGHT AFTER THAT

Lmfaooo Mizho is speaking the truth here nothing happened to her at all. Because I can count on my fingers the number of times she has appeared in this manga. #tragic

Okayyy so they all combined and are now going to fight Dunstan

War. War never changes.

YAAAASSS YAMATO SAVE SAYAMA

YAAAASSS  Universal Milieu has come into the fight

Andd wiped everyone out with Dimension Hammer lol

OH SHIT IT’S YAMATO, K, VICE AND ULTIMO FROM THE 21ST CENTURY. That’s a fucking squad right there. So I guess Dunstan destroyed future!Yamato and crew, but not our Yamato?

OH MY GOD THEY’RE COMBINING IT’S HAPPENING

That’s deep guys

OH MY GODDDDDD EVERYONE’S COMING TOGETHER

(interesting how the Evil Doji are naming their attacks after the planets?)

YAAAAAAAAASSSSSS chills

wait what?????

What

Okay the fuck is going on lol

HUH??????

So all the doji are human now....I remember learning that when I read the raw last chapter, but it’s part of the experiment? Dunstan’s endgame this whole time was to create Ideos Ultimo therefore making the doji human?????

Okay??? I guess that’s the ending???

Milieu’s face is my reaction

Okay......... I guess.... at least it was a happy ending??? (even though it was total cop-out)

so let’s move onto the profiles

Takei gives us all the God/Demon Icon forms of the doji, included their combined forms and Ideos Ultimo

Jun’s Demon Vice actually looks pretty cool. Lol @ the crossbow being included in the design

Ohhh so that’s why the Evil doji has that planet naming

Aww they even included the karakuri soldiers

And here’s a cute afterward from Takei

so....that’s it...wow. That was the final of Karakuridoji Ultimo. I’m glad it was a happy one, though I do feel it was very abrupt. But what can you do

It’s been a wild ride. A wild, and often confusing ride. But I had tons of fun reading, loving, and obsessing over this manga all these years. I already made an emotional post about how much KDU means to me, so I’ll just leave this at that. I hope this isn’t the last time we hear about this manga (anime in 2040 anyone? I predict it now),and I def hope the fandom continues to live on~

[kawahageshii]

Karakuridoji Ultimo VOLUME 11

YAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

A LOT of pictures and caps lock under the cut, the word of the day here is “beautiful”

OK SO I went to Barnes and Noble and I FOUND KDU Volume 11 and I was so HAPPY (surprisingly - B&N’s manga selection is getting rather good these days…actually alarmingly so… are weebs finally taking over the world?) I would’ve screamed and just started reading it right there but I had work so I spent the next 9 hours pent up in anticipation.

Pardonner looks so beautiful. So, so beautiful. He’s my favorite character in this entire manga, and I always wished that he got a cover. AND HE DID. MY BEAUTIFUL BAE <333333333 This volume cover is seriously gorgeous, I especially love the detail on his gauntlets. It’s definitely my new favorite.

HUMANFORM!BAE

KIYOSE

Here’s the book summary of the shit that’s gone down so far

ALL RIGHTTT HERE WE GOOOOO, 5 CHAPTERS AND PROFILES AFTERWARDS

SO IF YOU REMEMBER FROM LAST TIME, YAMATO WAS SUDDENLY TRANSPORTED TO THE FUTURE, TO FIND EVERYONE TEAMED UP

Hana is now 12, and Sumako is now 34, and Hana thanks Yamato for “messing” with her back in postwar Japan.

HI VICE! Our Yamato is called Hopeful Yamato by his new allies to differentiat from Pimp coat Future!Yamato

Vice’s VBFTD Icon Form is badass

RUNE!!!!!!! #Finessing on all of us as always <3. He looks TOTALLY impressive Yamato whatya talkin bout? Also, seven years older means he’s 21 now right? mi bebe is old enough to turn up now ;~; Anyways, explanation time

So many exclamation! points! in this translation! Ok so Beginning Yamato came up with the idea to bring everyone together to defeat Dunstan, but they failed because Vice went wild and shit. Ending Yamato (Pimp coat Yamato that came and got our Yamato) tried again, and we are now in his future.

Rune ;~; someone wikiquote this shit. I wonder how him and Ending Yamato resolved - or at least settled - things between them to join forces?

YAAAAAAAAAAS ENDING YAMATO

The gang’s all here :’)

Everyone looks pretty cool - except for….Murayama Musashi. What….Happened to the rest of your body brah? Did someone finally try to chop that long neck of yours down? How did you manage to survive decapitation for more than 2 seconds? I have so many queschions

OH SHIT - BUT WHERE’S THE SIXTH MEMBER SAYAMA??

She’s joined forces with her father, it seems like.

This is my favorite title page from KDU, it’s been one of my laptop backgrounds for a while now

Yamato :(((((

Seeing these chapters collected into one volume makes it more apparent how abrupt and, dare I say, rushed this story development was? 

Ok so I guess she didn’t erase his memories, Ending Yamato sent him back in time before she was able to do that

Nooooo Yamato don’t say that. Also Ulti’s Houndstooth cap is still everything

YOICHI AND SERVICE!!!!!! Ahhhhhhh my chest hurts Service looks so freaking cute. and YES YOICHI GO OUT AND DRINK YOU DESERVE IT we all deserve one too

So at the bar/lounge place Yoichi gives Yamato a pep talk and Yamato sees that everyone has burdens that turns them either good or evil, and Sayama must certainly have a huge burden herself. 

AAAAANDDDDD

HOLY ROCK ‘N ROLLY IT’S FUSSA FUSATARO AND RAGE!!!! And what beautiful placement of the security sticker

Rage also looks so, so beautiful. 

“My duds” “Bizness” Jesus Christ

“Maybe.” LMFAO WHAT 

tfw not even Fussa has faith you’d make it in the music industry

#whohurtu

For some reason, Fussa wants to help Yamato with his quest to join good & evil

LMFAO with these lines it’s a wonder how come nobody is flocking to be your bro Fussa. They sure have had a lot of fun translating this series

Rage’s face here tho

Fussa Fusataro is probably the most well-developed evil doji master in this series (besides from Rune). bravo? bravo.

Also RUNE MI BEBE!!!!!! Oh you with your…..hurtful and misguided misogyny!

Rune dressed in a beautiful patterned kimono, flower in his hair. Kuroshitsuji!Jealous. I’m content.

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

Strategy shit idrc, but Rune’s like “FOOLISH BAE THAT’S MY BAE”

Ok Rage is a fucking badass in this battle. It’s quite a pity this is the most we’ve ever seen of his actual persona he’s a pretty cool character. He is dragging Ultimo and all of the haters that ever made fun of his hair right into hell with him

“Now we’ll NEVER be bros…but that’s reality” FUCK I love him

Rune intervenes before they can kill Yamato tho. That panel with Rune looking scary omg I need an adult. Also, for some reason it reminds me of something Togashi Yoshihiro would draw, circa sloppy YYH Three Kings arc days?

Jealous’ hesitation here is #beautiful, very nice character development

I need an adult pls 

What just came together?

Hi Ulti!

Hi Yoichi and Service!!

YAAAAAAAAAASSSS THE LOVE BATTLE IS HAPPENING

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, here we have (I believe) the last times we see my beautiful daughter Mizho and Jun up close

hahhhahahaha BURN HIM VICE

oh nooooo Sayama’s gone over to the dark side

GOD ULTIMO FRONTAL TILL DAWN

Ok so I don’t want to bend my book too much, but one of the best battles in the entire manga goes on, and Rune is getting absolutely rekt, so much so that Fussa wants to step in

This is more or less what Musashi told Fussa earlier - his rage is just a product of his love, whether it be for music or for his teammates.

For some reason Jealous can’t read Yamato’s heart anymore because it’ll make them weaker? The battle ends with Yamato managing to grab Rune’s spear, stopping him.

I’m posting this speech in its entirety because it’s quite amazingly #beautiful, and I feel that this right here both is the climax of the entire manga and a lovely summary of the message this series has been trying to convey. Yamato has truly become such a great leader, and this shows how far he’s come throughout everything that’s gone on.

Rune :-:

BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN SAYAMA SHOWS UP!! Dun dun dun - cliffhanger. To…. the next and last volume :(

Ok, now onto the Character Profiles. Yamato looks very stressed at having to memorizes all of these faces haha

They show the doji’s Icon forms and give a brief description of each of the doji themselves. It starts with Sophia. The sentences describing how their particular vice or virtue manifests is interesting. Sophia’s wisdom “consists in devising solutions and making decisions”. Also it’s nice to have a list of all of their battle moves theyve used

Here’s Pardonner’s - the page wouldn’t bend all the way so that’s why this pic is lopsided af btw. Minor typo - I believe it’s supposed to be “patience” instead of wisdom. 

Goge~~~~ His theme color is revealed to be…. chestnut?

Slow~~~~ I really like his Icon form

Service~~~~ I don’t recall ever seeing his attacks Jackknife and Jackhammer

Rage’s Icon form is a good contender for coolest design, along with Slow’s, Paresse’s, and Desir’s imo. The gauntlets on his arms are shaped like guitars. His theme color is revealed to be *drumroll* azure. Rage is blue!! Does that mean his ridiculously long pompadour is blue, or white? So many #queschions

Also I feel that they should’ve translated it as “ox” rather than cow. Demon Ox sounds a lot better than Demon Cow haha

Ahhh Paresse!! “His sloth consists in being lazy” o  k. His theme color is revealed to be pine green!! And his animal is the snake!! Ok so I know a lot of people anticipated his animal to be the snake, but idk I was looking up how praying mantises are perceived in Japan, and I feel that they fit his attack style and design more. But then again, snakes are just as dangerous lying in wait too, plus snakes are cooler lol.

Also, take a look at his attacks… the first one listed for all of the doji is their Noh… Paresse’s first attack is called “Netherworld”. HOLY FUCK. Does this Paresse’s Noh was actually necromancy?????!!!!!!!!!!! I’m really disappointed we never got to see it!! It could’ve played as a pretty huge factor in the manga - example would be earlier in this manga Rage falcon punched Yamato and Fussa went “O wait hurting doji master’s is against the rules”. Well if Paresse’s noh is indeed necromancy, they wouldn’t have to worry about that. Hmm but perhaps his Noh would’ve been limited to only doji? But also in that case, they wouldn’t have to worry about any of the doji getting destroyed?

So many #queschions and….missed opportunities…..

Avaro!! Last but not least. His theme color is revealed to be gray. You know I would’ve liked a cover with Avaro on it. And instead of just being him, it would be a bunch and bunch of copies of him all crowding the cover & the back. His attack names sound cool too - I wonder what “Void Star “ does

And…..that’s the end to the penultimate volume of Karakuridoji Ultimo :’(. I’m not ready for the end. I actually have not seen the last chapter at all, so I’m in complete suspense wondering what happens. At least a major plot point that got resolved ( well, until Sayama showed up) was between Yamato and Rune, and I’m very happy with how it was done. It was also nice to see some great action, both in doji and Icon form.

Thanks for reading, I’m sorry of the varying quality of each picture & the angles T_T please like comment and subscribe kthx&bye

[kawahageshii]

ULTIMO VOLUME TEN

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR...THE ANNUAL EVENT WHERE JUMP USA REMEMBERS TO RELEASE MY FAVE MANGA....

First off, THANKS SO MUCH TO lu—douji for the translations of these chapters! No really everyone go to her inbox now and say thank you.

~Spoilers, Confusion, and lots of pictures under the cut~

Eater/Edile/Edere on the cover~ (I think his name is supposed to be Edere?)

Purple is my fave color so I like this cover

Ume <3!

Look at this mess

Five chapters in this volume~ I hope Takei continues the character profiles, they were interesting to read.

All right chapter 39 let's do this

I love how Yamato always mentions his mom's job but he doesn't know what it is

tfw Ulti will never cook dinner for you

Ok

Aww Yamato wants to defeat Dunstan so that he can free Ultimo

Yamato's mom is the best

(also idk whether it's my dying phone or not but I'm sorry for how blurry the pictures are)

ULTI I-------

This is the first time Yamato's father was mentioned.....foreshadowing....?

If Dunstan turns out to also be Yamato's father I would lose all of my shit

tfw Ulti will never call you MOM-SAMA

I fucking cannot

for those who are new to this series and are just picking up this volume Welcome to Karakuridouji Ultimo.

SAME AKITSU

ASLK;AGDKSL;

tfw your crush keeps walking in on you undressing little boys

Ok... apparently the Good Doji Club is going on a field trip

Why though

Ok....? They're going back in time to find out how good and evil came to be in modern Japan...?

Back in her previous life she was the leader of the gang but was she really on Kaizo Oume's side or did he just think she was evil?

YAAAS AVARO YAAAS

His Noh is called Pyramid Scheme very fitting

I wonder if Ulti ever takes advantage of his Time Noh like he'd be cooking dinner for Yamato and his mom and the food accidentally burns and he's like "NO!!" and turns back time five minutes.

Cute doji and cute friends to the rescue

Sayama can be (and is) very unsettling sometimes

They say it was Regula who noticed the fight going on but we know it was her daddy who told her about it

HAY VICE

OH SHIT

VICE STOLE ULTIMO'S NOH

"THAT IS EVIL'S BADDEST MOST WORSTEST INCOMPETENCE!!"

Idk if it's intentional for Vice to always come off like a 9-year-old in his lines but it's cute

I don't like how they translated his Noh as "Incompetence" that's so...not badass sounding?

But anyways, in Vice's new form he can now steal any Noh ability, good or bad, and use it himself.

Why is Vice so amazing and cool and not my son

HAY RUNE AND JEALOUS

Hopefully Vice didn't hear that since they are on a rooftop right above him

I agree Sense Manipulation is a pretty scary Noh when you think about it

Rune gets it

RUNE'S ONTO HER

Not Sophia!!!!

But hey Vice what's up

"This is a gun" quickly turned into "this is a hand" this time

When will Murayama learn to never bring a gun to a doji fight?!

Idk what exactly happened here but Vice got distracted attacking Murayama, and that let Yamato stop time?

Murayama's turn to be badass, I guess

Lol ok, we encountered a slight delay but don't worry, Crane Plane will continue its scheduled flight to 1947. Did they just shoot Vice then run to the van?

Aww this chapter title page is a family photo. Haha @ Slow squatting like a slav

It's ok Yamato I too talk everyone's ear off when I'm driving....probably why I'm not a good driver....

Musashi is handsome when he's not being rude

MURAYAMA'S ONTO YOU GIRL

yeah wtf was Dunstan thinking giving Vice that power If I'm understanding this correctly Vice could potentially steal Dunstan's powers and shut the whole funeral down

BUT SAYAMA'S ALSO ONTO HIM BECAUSE HE'S ONTO HER DADDY

I thought Milieu only controlled Reincarnation, and it was Dunstan who had all of the Noh?

It would be nice to learn more about Milieu he's so ~mysterious~

Aww Yamato's always thinkin about his best friend

They arrived~ to 1947

Kaizo we did not just travel back in time 70 years to see you again pls go away

Pastlife!Ume!!!!

Machi and Hiroshi!!! Omg I remember they were my fave when the manga was just starting they were my dear OTP <3

Future!Yamato sent them to this time....but like....why

AWWWWWYEAHHHHHHHH So my theory from a year ago was right everyone did travel back in time

Now, the question is if it was intentional for them to travel three years before the Good Doji Club....Imagine Vice and the crew getting there and Vice is like "HAHAA GOTCHA BITCHES" cue crickets and Jealous goes "...no one is here." When everyone figures out Vice traveled them back in time too early BY YEARS they all get pissed and refuse to talk or listen to Vice for months afterwards.....

RUNE!! Or should we call him(her? I'm pretty sure this is our Rune?) Officer Rune now ;)

Does Yamato even know what erotic means either

Yoichi adopt me I'll eat dinner with you!! ;A;

Yamato it's post-WWII Japan no one's going to be swimming at the beach

Aw, Kiyose, Akitsu, and Ume are ~soul sisters~

Yay delivering food

Miyu was very wise I wonder if she would have been a good master for Sophia (then again, I think Dunstan picked Musashi because he's so naive)

YAMATO PLEASE

HANA KOGANEI AND EATER!!!!!

Yamato it's only been like 2 days how can you forget that toothy grin

Hana looks delightfully evil here

Uhh I thought her last name was Koganei? Like after the train station in Tokyo? 小金井?

Battle of the Bowling Ball Heads

Topsy Turvy Bright Killer!!

Ultimo came to stop time~

I like Murayama but why is he such an asshole to Sophia

Yamato <33

Hana's dress is too cute I'd like to think that all of the doji masters and/or Eater spoil her

You know for being the Contemplation Master Hibari doesn't think over her decisions that much

I LOST MY SHIT THE FIRST TIME I  SAW FUTURE!YAMATO AND I'M LOSING IT AGAIN

This series is reaching insane levels with every chapter

Holy Rock 'N Rolly it's Fussa Fusataro!!!

And Hidaka Akira!

AND MIZHO!!!!

Savate Deathsa-Scythe!!!!

Avaro's ICON is the best copies and copies of him are so badass

I still cannot handle K

Hay Vice and K (how did K convince Vice to lug him up there?)

Yaaa that's the end

This was a very eventful volume. But like....this series is becoming increasingly convoluted. I can't put my finger on how, since everything is explained to the point of redundancy. There's always something new developing about the plot, or a new ability being shown, but we're not actually moving forward? No one has actually made any progression in the 100 Machine Funeral yet, or find out anything on Dunstan and how to beat him?

But anyways 10/10 congratulations on reaching 10 volumes Takei, and here's to hoping you are able to wrap all of this up!

[kawahageshii]

KARAKURIDOJI ULTIMO CHAPTER 45

AFTER WAITING FOR MONTHS….

HERE IT IS….

I posted the chapter here: http://imgur.com/a/GxGlG

SAYAMAAAA

I love this title page so much

Sayama why are you crying are you going to erase Yamato’s memories?!?! Does that mean you’re sad he found out or that you have to erase his memories?!?!

-OR NOT?!! Yamato’s back in the past and he looks down about everything that’s happened

SHE KNOWS

time to sit in an alleyway

ALSO, ULTI’S HOUNDSTOOTH HAT FW14 YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST

HNNNNNNNNGGGG

that sinking feeling when you realize you will never be as stylish and cute as these shota

ok I guess time to talk to Yoichi

Is Yamato drinking coke? Why is he so cute

well whatever pep talk about women Yoichi just gave Yamato it sent him off running with his kawaii doji

oh there it is

YESSSS

RAGE OF THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS AND FUSSA FUSATARO!!!! styling on all of us as usual

Soo…….the chapter was only 19 pages…. But at least there isn’t another break? Next chapter’s out in April. 

EDIT: wtf how come the readmore  isn't working I hate tumblr html

[kawahageshii]

KDU VOLUME 9

YES

spoilers under the cut I am basically taking pictures of most of the book

also these are my reactions so expect caps lock

SLOW LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL

SO DOES AKITSU!!!!

lol I love the character pages they're so unorganized

Dunstan and Milieu get their own page~

The summary sucks but eh how can you explain what's going on

Slow's silhouette~

OH hey! This volume contains one extra chapter!

:(

YESSSS MURAYAMA SAID IT YESSSSS

YAMATO WANTS TO SEE HER IN HER HEAVENLY MOURNING GARB I CAN'T

Why is Murayama's face all shaded when he says "I suppose...she's busy too." is he onto her what

Oh so we still are fighting I thought the point now was to peacefully talk it out with the other doji masters but it makes more sense to battle them and whoever wins gets the doji & master on their side

Sayamaa

Yeah Murayama's on to her plus shipping gaze

AWWWW YEAHHHH

Rune Kodaira reveals he's an editor at the Ultimo wiki

Whoa!! So now Rune's goal is to control all the evil doji....

YESSSS BRING IT YESSS

Slow the master of Fate Manipulation said "ill-fated" lol

I thought it was surprising that Slow didn't know Kiyose's name

AND JUST CALL HIM SLOW

YESSS

YES DO IT

that was easy

yesssssss

CHILLING

i cry every time

Pardonner's Noh is great. Pardonner is great. Pardonner in WWII uniform is great.

I've missed Dr. Shakujii...

I don't get what she means by "themes" does Dunstan go by themes when he hands out doji? 

Well Kiyose's 23 pages of lecturing did nothing for Jun he went to kill K anyway

DUNSTAN AKA SAYAMA'S DAD

SHE CALLS HIM "DADDY" I CAN'T

Goge is great

Awwwww

Kaizo Oume and Avaro

I'm surprised that Avaro is that tall compared to his master haaa

what does "kawagoe kei" mean?

for a second i thought he was going to say my url and i was going to scream

K is the hero we deserve

HAHAHAHAHA LOOK HOW SCARED JUN LOOKS

So Vice likes K as a master because he's so useless - basically he's the human form of incompetence

VICE IS GREAT

aw k got all excited to see him

Vice is the best

I'm starting to love their partner....ship......

good to know

Whoa Oume.....tell us how you really feel...

BADASS

Wait what

cliffhanger!!!!!!

no character profiles in this one....

great volume, this is the first one where I did not know wtf was going on so the translation was greatly appreciated

I CAN'T WAIT TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR+ FOR THE NEXT VOLUME!!!!!

[kawahageshii]

Ultimo chapter 44

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??????????

here's the download link I used if you can recommend a good pdf reader please message me thanks

The images also became extremely pixelated because I tried resizing them and that was a horrible idea :|

so ok, here's K and Vice on God Ultimo

here are most of the evil doji... I see one two three four of them....

~feat. Volume 10 cover announcement~

Hay Jealous

Demon!Desir and Edile!!!! I really like Desir's Icon form it's cool *o*

Fun fact: It had been 2+ years since we had last seen Desir & Sumako lol

EVIL PRINCESSES SUMAKO AND HANA!!!

I guess Sumako didn't take Yoichi's advice lol but she looks hot work it

I love Hana's Icon uniform omg

VBFD YEAHHH what does that acronym even mean

ok so they're fighting Dunstan's robots/doji ok they don't really seem focused on God Ultimo I guess they really are working together then? Well besides from Yamato he doesn't know what's going on

Yay!! Vice blew them all up!!

sorry for the horrible screen stitch

me with this chapter

OMG IS THAT FUTURE!RUNE OMG HIIIIIII I LOVE YOU NICE HAIRCUT IT LOOKS PERFECT ON YOUR PERFECT SELF

So we're not going to see what happens with 1947!Rune in his/her frilly dress?

pls keep talking even though idk what you're saying

heh

YAAAAASSSS CRANE PLANE YAAAASSS

GUFTD!!!!

Ohhh I see I'm guessing VBFD and GUFTD are all the doji masters coming together with their leaders and fighting in sync that's cool

FUTURE!YAMATO WITH HIS FUR COAT AND EYE SCAR YES

And then out of nowhere Sayama comes in a Regula chariot?!?! Is she planning to erase Yamato's - or everyone's - memories?!?!?

I'm-??????!!!!!!11????!!!!

At least this chapter was a bit longer...31 pages...lol

I noticed that there isn't a sign saying when the next chapter's coming out should we be worried about this

Looks like this chapter is validating what fuckyeahvice/stuffingprize was saying two months ago about the manga's future :S. I hope Yamato being in the future watching all this DOES NOT mean that the manga is ending soon. I really hope not. 

[kawahageshii]

Ultimo chapter 43! WTF Edition!

SQ 19 can be downloaded from any of the links here

KDU starts on page 122!

Lots of capslock underneath the cut. Actually the whole post is capslock I have no idea I have lost control goodbye world

KAWAII

ALSO HANA IS EIGHT? THEY GROW UP SO FAST *WIPES TEAR*

Thug!Oume WHAT HAHAHAHAHAA

APPARENTLY YAMATO IS THE ONLY ONE NOT COOL WITH SHOOTING AN EIGHT YEAR OLD CHILD?!?!

THIS IS WHERE I LOST MY SHIT FUTURE!YAMATO?!?222//22JL?

IT LOOKS LIKE HE TOOK OUR YAMATO TO THE FUTURE

FUSSA FUSATARO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DEMON ORGULLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

HIDAKA AKIRA!!!!!!!!!!

ALSO DEMON PARESSE!!!!!!!!!!!!

MIZHO MIZHO AMSIZHGOIZHJXGKL

BADASS LOOK AT DEMON PARESSE JUST SLICING THROUGH ALL OF THEM WITH THAT SICKLE

ALSO I HOPE THESE MINIONS THEY'RE FIGHTING DON'T COUNT AS PART OF THE 100 SUPPOSED DOJI

KAIZO OUME AND DEMON AVARO[S]!!!!! 

THAT'S SO COOL YES COPIES AND COPIES OF DEMON AVAROS THAT'S ALL I'VE EVER WANTED

SURRENDERING MY SOUL JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL

K!!!!! LMFAO

VICE IS JUST LIKE THAT'S RIGHT THAT'S RIGHHHHHTT *PATS GOD ULTIMO'S HEAD*

OK I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY CONFUSED BY THIS MANGA WHAT IS GOING ON HAHAHAHA

I am disappointed that this month's chapter was only around 23 pages. It was also all over the place. Hopefully when volume 11 (wow I can't believe it's been 11 volumes congrats Takei) comes out here in English it'll make more sense.

BUT IT'S GETTING EXCITING I CAN'T WAIT FOR OCTOBER'S CHAPTER!!!

[kawahageshii]

what even happened this chapter

[kawahageshii]

Reading Uru Chapter 42!

lol idk what's even going on anymore I'm just like "ok what" every page

lots of that under the cut

aw yeahhhh all right yamato GET IT

Sayama: "lol nope"

All of the good doji masters together for a family breakfast @~@

what are they talking about here what

also shipping gaze

oh hai Oume

Who dat next to Kiyose who dat wAIT IS THAT AKITSU OMG THAT PERSON HAS A SWORD

Murayama: "That's actually pretty badass"

shipping gaze

ok what's going on now

OMG HAHAHA

PastLife!Oume is a thug straight outta the yakuza

"carry the munchies before i beat yo asses"

Thug!Oume be teaching dem life lessons

I think that's the first time I've seen Murayama look shocked and Yamato being like "ok w/e" 100% of the time it's the other way around ahaha

AWESOME HEY GOGE

FOOOOOOOODDDD

accurate depiction of my school when it's lunch time tbh

wait no

WAIT I AM NOT PREPARED

I'm always surprised at myself at how emotional I get when Murayama has a flashback about his sister I just can't with sibling relationships I get so sad

floating plants are a paragon of the future mhm

wtf Murayama why are you yelling calm the fuck down

wow I sure am glad that car name-brand Honoda survived the apocalypse

KAWAII

uh oh we know those teeth anywhere

*Yamato suddenly has vivid flashbacks*

HANA AND EDILE!!!!

PastLife!Hana? She looks really tall here

lol they look so cute

Yamato: "you gotta be shittin' me"

noooo don't eat the foood

aw yeahhhhh battle time

REGLA!!!!

SOPHIA!!!!! YES!!!

Aaand Ultimo :|

Evil Doji Mansion Party Time :D?

No?!?!?! Ok then...

so what? What happened? lol did Thug!Oume tell Yamato about the Evil Doji? What?

wat

[kawahageshii]

Ok I gotta theory as to why not all of the Evil Doji are in this group picture

So in the new chapter The Good Doji Club travel back in time to 1947 (idk why though lol) and they meet Oume’s past self, who is the leader of a Mafia gang.

There they see Machi and Hiroshi. Hiroshi is in a wheelchair, just like he is in the present day.

We see Oume Kaizo running to tell Vice (in the same outfit he’s wearing in the present day) about how the Good Doji & their masters are there, cue Vice and Hana, Eater, Paresse, unknown person?Mizho, unknown person??Sumako?, K in a drag wig, Jealous, and Rune there.

What I’m thinking is that everyone traveled back in time with Ultimo to 1947, and they’re all wearing disguises. Rune looks more like his present-day self than Lady Gekko. Plus why would his supposed 1947 reincarnation be evil? The only reason he turned evil was because of his jealousy that Yamato did not return his feelings as a boy. Rage, Orgullo, and Desir are not there, because they’re still injured in the present day.

…AND HONESTLY, I’M PULLING THIS THEORY OUT OF MY ASS RN BECAUSE WHY ISN’T THE WHOLE EVIL FAMILY TOGETHER I’M UPSET.

[kawahageshii]

ULTIMO VOLUME 8 AKA ~PARADISE~

 I'm tired from freaking out in front of my friend at the bookstore so yeah

There  are spoilers under the cut but I didn't take too many pictures of the action scenes because I don't want to hurt the spine

THE COVER IS REALLY ORANGE

THE BACK FEATURES ORGULLO'S FABULOUS BICEPS

YAMATO LOOKS GREAT

Fussa's like "lol wanna fight or do you wanna talk" and this is Murayama's rude response

Rage wants to get down to business too apparently

lol "so let's rumble" he talks likes a greaser it matches his hairstyle and leather jacket

MAD HAIR PARADISE OMFG

Hell yeah that stuff sells

i don't get how Fussa could've been in a band in the 80's because he would've been like 10 at the time but whatever Takei changes the characters' ages a lot

lol

I really liked this whole part Murayama's like "dude you really are a good person you're just acting like you're evil"

SO THEY FIGHT~~~~~

Demon Rage only uses two attacks - "Raging Thunder" and "Raging Spear"

brotp moment

you're wearing a blazer too Kiyose

Rune knows that Kiyose and Pardonner are together now and omggg I love his evil smile here

Just when Murayama's ready to kill Fussa Sophia shuts down :|

And Jealousy can't read his mind because Murayama has a modified body and Vice calls him useless :||

So then Vice kicks Demon Rage to the other side of the city and is like "I'LL DEAL WITH YOU LATER"

Flashback time: Murayama's sister called him a noob LOL

I love her

Ok apparently Dunstan is considered a hero in the future because he rebuilt their society after it was destroyed in the 21st century...... I'm confused because Murayama's trying to avert the 100 Machine Funeral but it looks like it's supposed to happen

;~;

It's Murayama's fault that Sophia is always shutting down because he stabbed Sophia when he crashed into Dunstan's laboratory

yamato pls

so then Ultimo and Vice fight

Yamato gets his ass kicked by Vice lol

Ultimo wants to kill Vice and Yamato's all like "WTF???? NO BAD ULTI WE'RE LEAVING"

they bring K to Vice instead lol TADAHHH

BEST

Okk apparently Pardonner knows German

yeah they're all yaoi

Orgullo and Akira get pulled over for speeding hahaha

so Akira orders Orgullo to kill them all then Sayama appears

i ship them really hard okay

yeahhhh man plot twist you know the deal

Is Saya her middle name?

this page wasn't in chapter 33 on the Chinese scanlation site

Jun only goes to school twice a year I see he's living the thug life

THEN AKITSU COMES TO SAVE THE DAY YES CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT VOLUME

BL manga lol

Sayama's on the "cover" of the Character Profiles

Besides from Orgullo and Regla's ICON profiles, they also have Akira, Dr. Shakujii, Hiroshi, and Machi <3. Takei changed Dr. Shakujii's age from 66 to 88

I really like Akira's profile ;>

Yeahhh I'm so happy I found this man

there's no preview in the back for volume 9, because volume 9 probably wasn't even announced when this went into print.

I'M SORRY IF THE PICTURES DON'T SHOW UP RIGHT  I'M REALLY AKHSGH;AGKALGAHG SORRY

[kawahageshii]

Ultimo volume 7 ^^Feelings^^

ok it's nighttime now so that means I can post this with minimal embarrassment ._.

So I finally got the ~book~, and under the cut are basically all my thoughts/feels while reading it. This isn't serious at all lol. I'm just going to be taking pictures of the panels I liked...

****BEAUTIFUL REGULA****

****THE BACK COVER*****

Still has the older teen rating. I like how they put the summary/synopsis under Regula's scarf :D

*****INSIDE PICTURE*****

I was really surprised with Regula's picture. Usually the inside cover is a close-up of the doji, but for him it's just his silhoutte on top of a 12th century building. Reference to his actions in that century, or maybe a foreshadowing?

******BACK INSIDE PICTURE*****

MI BEBE. IT'S MORE PERFECT THAN I DREAMED OF UGH I think the tears started spilling over at this point lol

Ok now onto the actual manga.

Lol Murayama

Omg "tear-stained memories" that sounds so emo Sayama's probably wondering if Murayama is tripping or just really fucking weird

Oh yeah and he makes her blush. Yamato's known her for two lives spanned across centuries and Murayama's able to make her blush just by smiling.

That is probably the most chill line Vice has ever said

HOLY ROCK-N-ROLLY!! #1

Wait so are Orgullo and Akira sharing thoughts or are they talking to each other in whispers?

I like how everyone's freaking out while Rune is being the perfect observant person he always is

Mizho, I . . . .

You can't see them in this picture (gomen) but I want a keychain of Kaizo and Avaro looking like that lol.

HOLY ROCK-N-ROLLY #2

That's actually a smart plan good job Rune

I also like how he talks to Dunstan so calm ugh I love him

Vice being legit

So yeah Dunstan transforms and it's awesome but I can't get a picture of that because I really don't want to bend the book ;a;

Ohohoho Yamato you're so cute

Vice being badass

Vice & K being gossipy hens

Ultimo I'm disappointed in you did you not watch Mean Girls don't you know not to listen to them

HNNNNNNNNG

Eco is seriously the best character. Also why is Lady Gekko in a barrel did Ultimo slash up her body that badly...?!

....I expected more important dialogue in the fight between Eco & Vice...

badass teamwork I love Service ;v;

HOLY ROCK-N-ROLLY #3

Omg Kaizo noticed that Ume was there. Finally confirmation that they're related. That must've been a silent car ride home. I bet he set a strict bed time for her the next day rofl.

BADASS

I can't take a picture of it but at the beginning of the next chapter you can see all of the Karakuri Crests on Dunstan. The only doji whose crests I did not spot were Paresse, Pardonner, Edile, Avaro, and Milieu. I'm pretty sure that Pardonner's is the butterfly crest on Dunstan's chest though.

I'm sorry I really have a lot of feelings when it comes to Murayama and his sister ;_;. Next volume's going to have the chapter on his backstory and I'm really looking forward to seeing them interact ;_____;

this scene still doesn't make any sense

I want an apology for this font

The Hundred Machine Funeral lasts a year...thank God. I was wondering how they're going to put all these great mecha fights in.

RUNE

HAHA JEALOUS

Murayama

I just noticed that he's supposed to look angry here. Also, [not pictured] are Yamato's sideburns growing or is that me? Like this whole volume I've been noticing them for the first time.

Vice being...tsun

This manga has the Viz rating of T+ don't ya think they can let him say something a little nastier

wow Jun's scene is creepier when it's all put together

Ok when ULTIMO first started Yamato's mother was my favorite female character

flawless

I like how Jealous and Rune talk to Vice like...~*a team*~

the best scene

flawless

This is Murayama Musashi, and I am floating in your mind. Call me Musashi.

FUSSA FUSATARO

And then Murayama takes out his gun. Are you serious, a freaking ray gun and you're pulling it on some random enemy that walks in? He's getting more and more reckless

Fussa has some of the best dialogue in this entire volume

Sayama hnnnng

BADASS

omfg bad picture but on the cover of the Karakuridoji Illustrated Profiles is K I laughed so hard

I can't take anymore pictures (iPod ran out of battery lol), but the profiles were really interesting! I didn't expect Eco to be a Capricorn (if you believe in the Zodiac). It's nice knowing their birthdays & other little factoids.

the preview for next volume~

I'm extremely happy that volume 8 comes out in January. THAT IS MUCH LESS TIME THAN A YEAR AMIRITE *sobs* Now we all have something to look forward for during winter break lol

This is probably the longest Ultimo reactions post I've ever made o_o I'm sorry.

[kawahageshii]

ultimo chapter 36 ~abridged version~

This post is a mess btw I need to sleep

-Jun learns nothing, because Pardonner and Kiyose are too sexy and flawless in their past life, and it distracts from the whole lesson-

Jun: Lol ok then! *goes and kills K*

Rune & Akitsu: *hacks blood* "H-hey guys? We're still here."

--Scene Change--

Dunstan: "HEY BABY! HOW YA DOIN'? TODAY'S THE HUNDRED MACHINE FUNERAL!"

Sayama: "...Dad....everyone's going to die....it's kind of inconsiderate asking me how I'm doing..."

Dunstan: "HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"

Milieu: I'm used to this.

Dunstan: "Now, Here's Goge and Oume! *puts chess piece down* I shall put her up against her greatest enemy - HER FATHER! MWUAHAHAHAHA!"

-chapter ends with no plot twist whatsoever-

I would willingly give my organs up for donation to save Rune bebe please don't let him die ;_;

ALSO

This scene was also kind of badass

"So Jun...you go home and think about it."

I've never been much of a fan of Kiyose but she was cool this chapter.

Aaand I'm going to go to sleep now XD

[kawahageshii]

Ultimo chapter 35 FEELINGS *~*

This morning I woke up to a beautiful day... because Ultimo was finally posted XD.

AND THEN I READ IT, AND IT WAS AWESOME, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY FEELINGS.

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO, SHIT'S ABOUT TO GO DOWN. JEALOUS VS. SLOW = RUNE VS. AKITSU, LET'S GOOO

HNNNNNG AKITSU HI

Sayama can now gtfo. lol.

So then they fight~ Rune tries to cut her, she jumps over him and gives him a nice view...

AND THEN SHE TRIES TO HIT HIM BUT NOPE, RUNE DODGES.

Creepy Rune Smile #1

Rune what are you doing are you trying to play with Akitsu's feelings again

Creepy Rune Smile #2

RUNE STOP. Idk who I wanted to win when I was reading this chapter because on one hand, I love Rune and his maliciousness, but on the other hand I love Akitsu too AND I JUST WANT THEM TO GET TOGETHER.

AND THEN OH CRAP RUNE HAS AKITSU ENTANGLED.

CREEPY RUNE SMILE/LAUGH #3

Creepy Rune Smile #4 & 5 lol. I think his record last chapter was 3 XD

Creepy Rune Smile #6

Rune wait why are you talking about your 98% sync rate with Jealous does that mean you're 98% evil now?

LOL WHAT

LMFAO

AT THIS POINT I HAD TO PUT DOWN MY IPOD BECAUSE I WAS CHOKING ON MY SANDWICH FROM LAUGHING.

Creepy Rune Smile #7

You'd think they'd give him something more masculine to wear XD.

Jealous got a makeover too. Now he has a nifty cleaver~ *waits for the emo jokes*

I CAN'T EVEN ANYMORE WITH HIS CREEPY SMILES.

Notice how his eyes look more like Jealous' now :S

Rune looks like some demon out of an Inuyasha chapter lolol.

Akitsu says "吵死了" which probably means "SHUT UP ALREADY OMG"

But omg he's going to stab her with that huge cleaver----

OMFG

THIS IS IT

This is where I offically call Rune 100% CRAZY AND BATSHIT.

AND THEN

MY JAW DROPPED

RUNE OMG BEBE NO - I MEAN YOU DESERVED IT BUT -  NO!!

Apparently what happened was due to Akitsu's awesome offensive and shitty defensive skills, she managed to stab Rune, while Rune was able to stab her back.

oh crap here we go

那一天 : "That day..."

Childhood flashbacks always make me tear up ;_;

rofl at Yamato in the back

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

LOOK AT BEBE RUNE AND BEBE AKITSU. 

It looks like Rune is inviting her to a picnic, AWWWWWWWW

THIS IS SO CUTE

我就喜欢上你了 - "I've come to love you" AWWWW

I've always shipped Akitsu and Rune and this is probably the most I'll ever get because now they're both on the verge of DEATH.

Jun does not give a fuck about any of this, lol.

bebe Pardonner WAKE UP!! YOU HAVE TO HEAL THEM!!

Pardonner *o*~ he's so adorable when he's ON THE VERGE OF DEATH TOO.

Everyone is dying

TODAY I LEARNED: You start to bleed from every orifice in your body if you get stabbed in the gut.

JUN PUT THAT CROSSBOW DOWN RIGHT NOW THE DEATH COUNT IS ALREADY TOO HIGH.

oh snap it's serious time now.

....and the chapter ends with Kiyose taking off/adjusting her glasses O_o. Ok then.

BUT STILL.

WHAT AN AWESOME CHAPTER.

It was a pretty awesome battle - action actually happened :|. I expected Rune and Akitsu to kiss or make up or something like that but no - THEY STABBED EACH OTHER.

And now it looks like Pardonner & Kiyose are getting into the fight now too. Or maybe Oume will come? Because I seriously can't picture Kiyose fighting lol.

WE'LL FIND OUT IN TWO MONTHS.

--

Number of Creepy Rune Smiles: 10.

[kawahageshii]

uruchimo chapter 34

SO.

Ultimo chapter 34~ let me just spazz about everything in here...

Uhh don't read (as usual) if you don't want to see immaturity and fangirl spazzes--

First off, alksjglahgl;khglah;lgha Sophia looks so cute in his...funeral suit....Eco's funeral was sad :(. Looking at Musashi and Eco's family was really heartbreaking.

what are they thinking... I wish I knew more Chinese to understand everything...

'

And either Musashi is checking her out or he totally knows that she's Dunstan's daughter. Probably both the latter.

ANYWAYS, ONTO THE BEST PART

Um...why is Rune talking about his computer LOL. I actually laughed out loud at that part because WHY??

"Yes Akitsu, I edited my Yamato painting in Photoshop"

I have no idea what they're saying, but what I'm getting is that Rune is trying to hit on persuade Akitsu to join the DARK SIDE with him? I don't...really....know....

I actually didn't expect Jealous so when he appeared I went "WHOA."

I seriously can't wait for them to fight this will be epic Slow vs. Jealous AKITSU VS. RUNE LET'S GET IT ON.

Bebe Pardonner he's hurt :((

That's right Rune. She gon kick yer ass.

[kawahageshii]

oh snaaaaaapppp

chapter 32 is so freaking AWESOME

KIYOSE'S HOUSE IS SO FREAKING HUGE.

And if you look on the next page Kiyose is freaking tall compared to Pardonner lmfao.

Creepy Rune smiles counted in this chapter = 4. I'm not sure if that's a new record.

That's right Pardonner, just lean against....that counter....

I wonder what they're talking about DX.

Orgullooooo DX driving Akira's car lol

In my opinion - Akira looks freaking stupid without his hat on. It should be his trademark thing - to have a cap on at all times (you know like Fussa with his sunglasses or Kaizo with his cigar or Mizho with her eyepatch hnnng) 

AND THEN----

SAYAMA AND REGLA TOGETHER ARE FREAKING BADASS. This is the most awesome I've ever seen her.

And then they turn into God Regla and it's just - no. Regla is not meant to have a skirt on lolol. 

can't wait for next chapter~~~~~ I CAN'T WAIT