#marriagetoxin spoilers

[chipchopclipclop]

current marriagetoxin manga developments have placed gero in the midst of another threesome in an already stacked romantic lineup, love once again weaves its complex web

[ququoquaw]

im having fun.

[fategoflatass]

FINALLY, SOME FUCKING FOOD.

[purple-petrichor]

[itspneu]

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMF OMG OMG OMG OFM OMF OMG OMG OMFO FO GOMFONGONFOF GOMFOGNFOFMFO

[marriagetoxic]

marriagetoxin is a story about a marriage swindler helping an assassin find love only to end up the most prospective marriage match- THEY WANT TO KISS SOOO BAD

[bluevelvetea]

I love him

My boyfailure guy

[greengargouille]

Those past MarriageToxin chapters have been really interesting (especially as I was finding the Beast Island Arc rather long), so I was intrigued to see this part wrapped up soon But oh booooy, the designs they choose for Kinosaki and the new target are really going straight to my tastes. Buttoned shirt and business pant might seems bland but I love it so much on women (or... whatever is going on with Kinosaki (I need to make a post about Kinosaki actually I have thoughts on him)).

[weeb-polls-with-pip]

Hmm...

Hmmm...

Okay...

[sanguinesucker]

[mcspoofyvt]

MARRIAGE TOXIN BABY YAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

This recommendation will contain somewhat light spoilers, but nothing that should hurt your experience in reading it

Marriagetoxin is an action comedy romance manga series about the head of a family of assassins who decides to seek out marriage in order for his sister to be with her girlfriend instead of being forced into a marriage to continue the bloodline. He ends up seeking out the help of a swindler who helps him in his love life.

Marriagetoxin does indeed have queer representation, though it is more subdued than the initial tweet I saw recommending the manga portrays. This is neither a bad thing, and the series doesnt hide its queer representation, its just not (as of right now) a major element of the plot. This could change in the future, but currently it holds no bearing on the mainplot.

The main protagonist’s gay sister has so far not made many appearances in the main plot, though I do not mind this so much for a couple of reasons. For one, her gayness is very much explicit whenever she has made an appearance, we actually get to see the girlfriend and a little slice of what their relationship with each other is like. I do hope we get more appearances of those two because I do like them and think they can serve as a good example of the kind of life the main protagonist is seeking out. Secondly, the main plot is in fact about the brother’s search for marriage and did not set the expectation for anything else. I think mostly as a way to hook people on reading the manga, people wanted to play up the queerness of the story, which is there but not as a big element of it (so far). If the book had set out the explicit expectation that the sister was going to be a major element of the story, I would be more frustrated with it. I wont disagree with people that there could be more gay elements within the story, but I think some people are putting their own expectations upon it when the story from the beginning tells you what it is.

The secondary protagonist of the story is what I read into as a genderqueer character. Current translation Ive been reading refers to the character as a man for the most part, though the character seems to be comfortable in taking on the role of a man or a woman and usually represents feminine in the story. I dont have the language knowledge necessary to determine if the translation is accurate on this account, but from what is widely available that is what seems to be where the character is at.

I do have to give a content warning for incest as there is a character who is the main protagonist’s cousin who has romantic feelings towards him. So far the character has only showed up in a couple of chapters, and is rejected by the main protagonist. Its still an uncomfortable element I wish was not in it but from whats currently out is not something that is focused on or indulged in.

Otherwise, I have a blast with this manga. I hope it does more with its queer representation but its a big fun ride all around and Im excited to read more!!!

[ququoquaw]

not how it works but i appreciate the passion

[fategoflatass]

Every day we get closer to them becoming endgame.

[purple-petrichor]

‘So no Teruaki date?’

[itspneu]

marriagetoxin 108 spoilers

i absolutely adored that while yeah gero gave the first kick when he arrived to rescue himekawa it was actually her who delivered the last punch, and adding that they only found the secret room bc of kimie and how gero praised her so it wasnt just gero saving the day they all contributed omg i love how this manga keeps doing this

about the dangerous guy idk what to feel ig he was consumed by capitalism boo hoo thats why we avoid capitalizing off our hobbies my guy. while he was having his sob story he was also thinking that himekawa can right his wrongs that is just awful and selfish and i hope it KEEPS that way. shes an empath i understand her sympathizing and pulling the forgiveness talk like shes on character but if they actually pull a power of friendship reforms the bad guy on him i'll be mad ngl let me hate him pls

[megaboy335]

Weekly Anime and Manga Log [06/11/2023]

This was a quiet week overall. I read the new volumes of Komi Can’t Communicate and Call of the Night. My goal is to catch up to Viz’s simulpub chapters later this year when the gap is closed. I finished the most recent Conan volume on the Viz Manga app. There was a new series from Jump+ this week. Next week starts a round of 2 new series from Jump. Mashle likely ends for 1 slot, and the other slot is a good question right now. Discussion and spoilers for the following titles below: One Piece 1086 Blue Box 104 Nue’s Exorcist 5 Cipher Academy 27 Marriagetoxin 50 Magilumiere Co. Ltd. 73 Demon Lord Exchange!! 1 [NEW] Pokemon Horizons Ep.10

One Piece 1086 This chapter concludes the second half of the Reverie arc with a few major reveals. We first learned the names of all the elders, which has been a long time coming especially given that we found out about Saturn several months ago. Secondly, we saw the leader of the Holy Knights and the Figarland family. This name was first revealed in Film Red because Shanks belongs to that family too. Overall the mid-arc intermission was longer than I expected for sure. Its cool to get all the background to why characters are where they are right now, but at the same time the Reverie was 5 years ago. It feels like we should have already known everything about how it resolved. We haven’t seen Luffy since March. One Piece will be on break on a month while Oda recovers from Eye Surgery. Hopefully it’ll go well for him! Blue Box 104: Well folks it actually happened. Taiki confessed at the end of last chapter and.... Chinatsu successfully heard it. She took a moment collect her thoughts and responded in the affirmative. Taiki and Chinatsu are going to be going out now. This is where a typical Jump rom-com would be ending because the love triangle is over and the main couple is going out. However, this very much feels like the mid-point in the story. I hope they don’t keep it a secret from their friends if the series continues. It would be really interesting to see how they balance their sports and love life. Chinatsu and Taiki still haven’t won anything notable in their respective sports yet either. I’d like to think we’re simply moving into a new phase of the story. Nue’s Exorcist 5: My goal is never to be overly negative if I can help it, but I also want to share some thoughts on Nue’s Exorcist. When the one shot was published last year I thought it looked promising. It had striking art and enough personality to make want to see more. Well now we’re 5 chapters into the serialization and its been an endless string of disappointment. Nue is a boring character outside of her design and the male mc literally no reason to exist in this story. In the first chapter they had to use the same flashback panel 4 times to get you to care. There’s also an exorcist character who I can’t figure what her purpose is because the story can’t define any character traits. The art striking from the one shot is largely gone. Not a single spread page yet. Jump usually likes to have an exorcist series around at all times, and this one is the weakest in recent memory. It’s surprised that someone is approving such bland chapters. Tokyo Demon Bride Story had personality despite its mostly unoriginal concept. Sorry Jump, this series is a miss. Cipher Academy 27: Coming off the heels of Tayun’s overwhelming win last chapter, we enter the second match of this code battle. This time staring the bandage girl Shutan. The theme of the game is a password guessing battle where everyone needs to be on the same page about the correct response expect for the enemy “spy”. Using Jojo examples and a character speaking upside down are both very Nisio things. I was actually able to understand the punchline of this code match for once. It relies on Japanese having multiple ways for people to refer to themselves in the first person. Next chapter promises a 2v2 match to speed things up. Just maybe our class can walk with a clean sweep of victories.  Marriagetoxin 50 I figured now would be a good opportunity to discuss this series since its been licensed by Viz and reached 50 chapters this week. Marriagetoxin is about an assassin named Goro who is looking to find a marriage partner. Throughout the series he meets many potential partners and helps them in some way. After a battle heavy arc that culminated in the classic shonen mc power up moment, the newest arc comes back to the series roots. Goro’s family will never allow him to be happy. It would go against the traditions this family of poison users is built upon. I think the art and direction are both fantastic. Its the kind of series that’s entertaining to read with some heartfelt character arcs. I just don’t think it has a lot of depth for week to week discussion. Anyhow, I think the story is in a good place right now. A lot of manga serializations tend to feel better about fleshing our their characters at about the 1 year mark. Magilumiere Co. Ltd. 73 Similarly, Magilumiere was also licensed by Viz this week. Its an adult magical girl series where this is a full fledged job profession. Think Symphogear but they do this for a living. The story focuses on corporate big business vs. start-ups and Regulation vs. Deregulation of technological innovations. I wouldn’t call this a mature title by any means, but the business commentary can be interesting. The current arc is versus a man made Kai that was planted to show the public how dangerous they are. The enemy is looking to deregulate magic technology by scaring the public. While our main characters argue that regulations are a necessary tool to keep peace and stability. At the core of this battle is a rivalry where a girl in a rival company has to overcome her long held mentality that she is nothing more than a tool for her company. I enjoy the series for being a different take on magical girls that is more than a kids show while not being mature and edgy like the late night anime versions of the genre. Demon Lord Exchange!! 1 [NEW] Let me start by saying I’m that into stories of RPG style parties beating the Demon Lord. I find them to be very often uninspired and too close to video game logic. But, I’ll always give everything Jump+ publishes a try. The spin for this series is the Demon Lord is bored and instead of killing the hero’s party he offers to switch souls with the heroine character. The Demon Lord wants to experience the human realm for a year to get a different view on life. I didn’t find the premise nor its characters that interesting. It might have some funny moments here and there with the almighty Demon Lord reacting to mundane things he’s never seen before, but overall I am pretty sure this series won’t be for me. Surprisingly its not perverted for the time being. The artist does a good job capturing the sense of scale for both the size of the creatures, and the wider world near the last page I plan to give it a few more chapters to see what happens before making a final decision about whether to follow it or not. Pokemon Horizons Ep.10 This week was the long awaited debut of Nemona from the SV games. She is the exact same down to the mannerisms and constant desire to battle everyone she comes across. Nemona is also voiced by the amazing Eri Kitamura. The plot of this episode was meeting the grass gym leader Brassius to find out what he knows about the shiny Terra Rayquaza. They helped him overcome an artistic slump and Roy battled him. I was somewhat surprised to see Roy lose (I was worried for a moment that he might display Ash behavior). That likely means Roy might re-battle him later or possibly Riko takes a turn. Nemona was mostly here to add commentary and nudge the story more into the gym leader route from SV. Regardless, they’re off on a mini adventure to the nearby forest to investigate the information they learned. It seems we’ll be in Paldea for a little bit based on the upcoming episode titles.