#manga thoughts

[seishiroses]

Episode Nagi special chapter thoughts on that one line.

At first glance it felt like Nagi's parents telling him something like "don't die before me" was the most insensitive thing they could possibly say to their teenage kid as he left for high school. But the interesting part is that Nagi mentions this as an example of something they did that made him happy.

One could infer that Nagi is used to receiving such little love and attention from his parents that them merely mentioning that he should stay alive was something he accepted as a moment of joy. However, that might be too simplistic.

Just like being monster parents can create a very strained relationship with your child (e.g. Reo's parents, or even more evidently, Hiori's parents), a too hands-off approach could also easily lead to neglect and suppressed feelings of loneliness within the child. In the panel above, Nagi states that Reo's parents being meddlesome isn't so bad since it means he's important to them. The implication is clear, and sad. But later, when he repeats the words his own parents said to him, it complicates things a little.

Perhaps saying this was a way for Nagi's parents to subtly remind him that despite their chosen (and arguably flawed) parenting style which grants him free will to live however he wants, he is in fact important to them. Sort of like "you can do anything you want, but this is our only rule." They want him around. They don't want to live in a world without him.

And perhaps that was why it made him happy. He recognised it as something you would say to someone who was important to you. And so he says it to his friend (very possibly the first friend he's had). It is also very reminiscent of the promise he asks for later while entering Blue Lock: "Stay with me until the end." It definitely sheds some more light on the things Nagi values when it comes to interpersonal relationships, and adds a tender and wistful layer to his backstory.

🤍🖤

On a lighter note,

I LOVE that Nagi will be full on judging rich people interior decor one second only to suddenly turn around and say some of the most mysterious deep shit that will turn your insides cold and in the next second just shrug and be like oh well, later then Reo, byeee.

What a strange loveable creature. ❤️🤍🥺🥰

[matcha-kat]

How am I not supposed to ship this. Impossible challenge literally holding her hand while she goes crazy. I bet his hair isn't even black it's dyed that way from the ink

[infriga]

This kind of shit is what I love so much about Gear 5 it's so fucking funny, and him spinning them like pizzas after? Bro that fucking SENT me, Kizaru is having the worst day of his fucking life right now and I'm living for it.

[mahaguro]

TALKING JJK CHAPTER 253

At this point, I don’t know what to say.

Going into this fight, Maki showed great promise. But in the same breath, it’s that same excellence that pushed Sukuna to landing a direct Black Flash.

Well…she lasted just as long as Kashimo, but most definitely outperformed him at least.

Sukuna was off the shits though lol. He started going after Maki with so much aggression and vigor that he was a lot more talkative than usual.

At first, I thought maybe he was ideologically threatened by Maki, but no. He appeared rather stoked by the opportunity to test his jujutsu on the Heavenly Restriction—a prowess that goes against the very essence of sorcery.

Although she was able to put up a great fight, albeit briefly, it left Kusakabe as the last man standing. He almost couldn’t believe it 😭

At the start of the chapter, Kusakabe is stated to be the strongest Grade 1 sorcerer. Right above Nanami, Mei Mei, and another by the name of Usami. Of course, Kusakabe rejects this and couldn’t be bothered, but I don’t think the appraisal is meaningless.

(loved gojo and nanami cameo, god I miss them)

There’s speculation that Kusakabe may very well possess a CT, but haven’t shared it out of self-preservation and not wanting to be given Special Grade duties. Honestly, he’s so real lol. He’s notorious for avoiding unfavorable encounters, but has never failed to come to someone’s aid when needed. He impressively countered a fully amped Uzumaki and survived.

I don’t expect to Kusakabe to win, but I have high hopes that he’ll show out. Which might actually work in his favor. Sukuna tends to leave openings when it comes to abilities unbeknownst to him, so this should be no different (hopefully).

Yuji is still around kinda so maybe Kusakabe won’t be alone for the entirety of the fight.

I’m thinking 254 will start or include some flashback to a conversation in the time-skip or why he became a teacher at Jujutsu Tech. Would be interesting to see that.

The shiesty sorcery tried it. Ino need to run 😂

[troythecatfish]

[tapiokauwu]

I'm asexual and also I'm not reading things for the smut scenes, I'm only reading them for the romance. If you want to put a smut scene there, do it well. MORE PASSION. MORE LOVE. MORE EXPRESSIONS or something idk...

I don't need to see guys with the expressivity of a freaking wall in those scenes. STOP LOOKING LIKE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE THERE, WHERE ARE THE FEELINGS??

I JUST WANT TO PERCEIVE THE LOVE BETWEEN THE CHARACTERS PLEASE

let me feel ✨ the love ✨

plain smut scenes with no love involved in romance stories are so unnecessary, do some people actually like them? What's the point? I NEED TO SEE THE CHARACTERS LOVING EACH OTHER PASSIONATELY FOR GOD'S SAKE

[mythicalartistx]

So I decided to read the KH mangas

A week or two ago I read the kh1 manga, it was cute and love how Amano's art style developed (Since I've seen kh3 manga) and saved some of my favorite panels as I do.

Then two days ago, Tuesday night I decided to read the chain of memories manga. And I have opinions.

First of all I love Repliku, he is so silly and so bothered by Riku. I love all the Repliku moments those were the best. From first meeting Sora was super excited he was there— even blushing but Repliku didn't care 😭😭😭

He looked bored and then annoyed and so bothered. It didn't help that Sora was saying the "Riku is fine he can take care of himself.." scene when Repliku first arrives.

But then I got to this scene after it was revealed Repliku is a replica and Sora already fought Larxene. It was a scene I didn't know existed where Naminé brings Repliku to a hallway in Castle Oblivion and she says," I'm sorry I made you face a painful memory," and she takes the star charm as she says "it's not necessary."

And during this moment she just feels his hair and it's so cute. Like I didn't know his existed until now

But it's basically the last time he's seen in the manga and that's where I have problems with the manga. He's not there defending Naminé with Sora before Marluxia. Sora doesn't tell him he is his own person and he's thankful that Sora's feelings are real.

I wish it had that because it's such a great scene. Also he doesn't die he just leaves. So there a bonus scene basically after com events and he wakes up is confused and wonders where Naminé is, runs into Riku. Then he leaves carrying a bag like he's the sad ant meme 😭

And I was thinking it's sad because that's probably the last time we'll see Repliku. In the kh3 manga, he's cut out. Dark Riku wasn't shown. They skipped Fransankyoto a long a few other words, but that word has Dark Riku.

I was afraid they would cut him out completely even though that's a big plot point.

However THE VERY NEXT DAY, yesterday I find out the next chapter of kh3 manga released and had Repliku, however only certain people can access it and I have not.

Though I heard they skipped the sacrifice scene with Riku and all the guardians falling which is disappointing 😢💔

But I'm so excited when it's there for everyone to see on February 15

[anotherfandom]

I just read the Princess Knight omnibus (the one VIZ released in English) and I enjoyed it. This was essentially my first read of any Osamu Tezuka manga and apparently, this version of Princess Knight is the one from the 60s rather than the earlier 50s one.

The Disney influence is plainly obvious. The manga has that energy that I think of from Carl Barks Donald Duck comics. Honestly, there are only a few tells for me that it is Japanese at all, since the setting is Medieval European. It is earnest and fun. There are a few gags that play with the idea of it being a manga here and there, but it isn't ever overwhelming.

Since I got the book physically, I don't have any decent screenshots (only photos of the book) so if you are interested, I highly recommend you check it out.

[deaddee-anime-brownfanlady]

Heard the recent news that Atelier of Witch Hat is getting an anime adaptation! I'm pretty excited about it and also real curious to see how an anime series of Witch hat atelier will turn out in terms of animation and such.

It's likely still way too super early to tell when exactly said series will come out, such as having a year and date for it, since it's obviously in the production stages at the moment, hell you don't even have the name of a studio working on it yet.

I totally see either WIT studio or Kyoto Animation, MADHOUSE, or MAPPA and even Orange or Production I.G handling the series animation styling and the overall anime as a whole honestly. It would be very cool to see all of the magical elements and visuals from the manga fully animated, especially the scenes of the Sliver Night Festival / The Sliver Night Procession or the scene and chapter when Coco did her very first test.

There are just so many beautiful and great moments and scenes within this manga series that I'm seriously super in love with and can't wait to see how the anime series could do with these scenes and the rest of the storytelling from this thus far really good manga I'm super fixated on.

[jubileemon]

Why is Sarada an only child? Because Sasuke wanted to end his clan's bloody history and Curse of Hatred. Had Sarada had a sibling, it's entirely possible that they would have been competitive... or otherwise found out about how to unlock the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan by killing one's sibling. Sasuke is continuing his family while making sure to leave the Curse of Hatred in the past.

[y0uc4n7kn0w]

Kuroshitsuji -- A small rant on why I should really stop reading Manga

I can't believe this happened again.... I keep saying I need to stop reading manga but Kuroshitsuji WHY you do me dirty like this #kuroshitsuji #blackbutler #manga

That’s right everybody I, Luna, am back — and I’m honestly frustrated. I’m going to go ahead and skip over how busy our past few months were (you can read all about that here) and go straight into content warning. Ahem–SPOILER ALERT– if you have not read up to the latest chapter of Kuroshitsuji (212 I believe) you are about to get majorly spoiled. Proceed with caution. Otherwise, let’s dive right…

[thefunbanshee]

Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai not having an official english license makes me want to cry. It one of the first manga series I read as a teenager that gripped me so hard with unknown emotions. I mean I am so grateful for online translators doing god's work, but I really want to buy the series and support Ai Yazawa. May just bite the bullet and get the japanese copies and translate myself slowly

[matcha-kat]

Ok so everyone knows about the big reveal in chapter 96. This one here was the funniest joke to me anya knowingly (or not) accidentally breaking loids arm. 😂 I hope it continues in the next chapter. Also chapter 100 coming up soon wonder what endo sensei is cooking. 👀

[infriga]

I know I should be excited about this and I am excited but at the same time something about the way this panel was built up to and how it's composed feels so... Ominous. I'm excited, but I'm also kinda worried and I can't put my finger on why exactly. It's just giving me the heeby jeebies.

[mahaguro]

Sukuna’s defeat is on its way.

With how the story is going at this moment in time, I’m convinced it’s happening within the next few chapters. 1 or 3 more, give or take.

He’s opened black box and a new domain expansion, which I can only believe are the final cards in his deck. Both attacks are lethal and seal the fate of imminent death, so unless a miracle happens (which I expect), I don’t know how any of the characters plan to survive.

Because at this point, what more could Sukuna have in store besides initiating the merger?

I do think something or someone may intervene. I have an inkling that Megumi could reprise himself as a result of Yuji’s soul-damaging barrage. Yuji may have yet another ability up his sleeve and that’ll do it. Or it’ll be a combination of both.

I’m very certain 259 will begin the downfall to the King of Curses.