AD2080 Things are really bad for Japan, despite the fact that the state took control of the marriage and reproduction of its citizens 30 years ago, there are only 50k children left in the country today. Protected from the world and harmful information, they waste their young lives in gated schoolsBut for one school everything changed - they witnessed a god. A Tall and jacked old man without any clothes fell from the sky and paid respect to a dead student. Someone said it was Santa Claus and that gives them hope.But what if the smiling and good-natured 14-year-old Sanda received this divine power? Will he be able to bear all the adult responsibility on his shoulders, which hit him out of the blue like a knife blow?Chapter 1 >>268175901Chapters 2-7 >>268207825Chapters 7-13 >>268436956
Chapter 14 - My emergency airbag system.Well well we'll Mr and Ms Tiny
This cat has a sharp tongue
I believe Fuyu used a fake ID for infiltration, she doesn't have an arranged husband
>>268644641Very cost-cutting of the principal that the girls' uniforms are just boys' uniforms with an extra vest on top.
>>268644727Also I just noticed Amaya and Fuyumura wear opposite uniforms.
Sanda got a long waited rest from his alter ego
So nice to be just a kid again, right?
Sorry kiddo but it doesn't work like this in the world of adults
Yup, you can't be a careless kid anymore
What a heartless bastard
It's a good day for the fight
Nani?
>>268645486Now, did he strip between panels or burst all his clothing to shreds?
What this cheeky cat did with you? Looks like you lost all your power
Congratulations with the first adult punch in your face
KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF, FUCKING NEKO HARLOT
>>268645814I was way too hyped by how this chapter end
>>268645814I really forgot just how hard I have fallen fo fuyumura. She never stopped occupying my heart but damn this reread really letting me feel it at full again
That's all for today, Santa believers, unfortunately, as you see, even the strongest faith can be eliminated by just one women but don't lose the hope, this kid will not lose the way
>>268644641These two are my favourite recurring nameless background classmates
>>268645814fuyumura in this outfit is making me feel thing
>>268644803Nice details considering Amaya likes to cook and has more female features
>>268645814>I'm going to fucking kill you>:3how next chapter is probably going to play out
>>268646021It's amusing how she does not hesitate for a second in any possible situation but that cat put all points in the speech skill
>>268645814Thanks. I believe this is the last chapter the first translation team did before they dropped it and it was picked up by the second team much later.
>>268646302The cat has a plot armor thicker than Santa's biceps. Some anon said she's Satan an I will be disappointed if she is not, I can't explain her out-of-the-world vibe
I always thought she was Cheshire the cat
>perpetual smile>never loses her coolI think the christmas thing she represents is a snowman
>>268646703Interesting what happened, because it's the point where the rollercoaster goes down for like 4 chapter, Paru did a perfect baiting for the end of the volume 2
>>268646860This is suitable, honestly, but maybe another famous cat from fairy tales exist
>>268646860After anons pointed out last thread that her face looks like how Paru drew rabbits in Beastars, I started to feel Easter Bunny might make sense too
>>268647726Some of her expressions are basically copy pasted from Haru in Beastars
Paru really need to learn to stop with the anti-climax
>>268647726>Santa>Easter BunnySo Jesus is the final boss I'm guessing
>>268648723final boss is Children's Day, the nefarious leader of the evil organization Golden Week that rules Japan from the shadows
>>268644965He's back!
>>268645814Kazao is so charming
>>268649680She's cute and funny
>>268644965>his id card picture:D
>>268644577fuyumura contemplates murder
Really the mail in cast are just the Beastar school cast blended and redistributed.
>>268645814If only I had an anorexic insane lesbian like this. Trash really does sometimes have the best girls.
>>268645638sanda mochi butt
>>268645274This guy keeps getting freakier.
>>268644727>>268644803i don't think there is any difference in dress code desu
>>268644965look at that big smile on his id pic
>>268647726It makes sense, because her braids look strange, but if you consider they are bunny's ears...
>>268646095she looks so dumb.i love her.
>>268646095She's that beauty queen of the class, right? Can be sure because Paru likes bob cut too much
>>268644577>Mister and Missus tinyLmao
>>268644402>sanda>sad>pandaParu confirmed for pervert
>>268644641Cute maiden in love.
>>268644882Look at that cat being playful
>>268645381>Devoid of appetite, libido and energyHaha, imagine living a life like that.
>>268645814CAT FIGHT! CAT FIGHT! CAT FIGHT! CAT FIGHT!Thx mate.
>>268657206I gotta admit that keeping your own heart on display by your chair is a power move.
>>268645486THERE WILL BE BLOOD! SHED!>>268645548THE MAN IN *pow*
>>268645635He should tear clothes during the transformation but probably Santa's magic takes them off and fold them somewhere
>>268659777The trick is, you don't need to be 90 for that. Just being on SSRIs is enough.
>>268661127Eventually when he transforms he starts manifesting his hoodie out of thin air no matter what he transformed with so yeah probably the clothes magically go into hammer space (or "gift bag space" for Santa).
bump to say that fuyu is best kid
>>268654858It's probably the only case I can remember where an unattractive anime girl was so charming
interrupting this thread to tell you all that we're getting an anime by science saru https://x.com/sanda_anime/status/1811052794021040455
>>268663643Nice art
>>268663643>>268664368>>science saruit'll be kino then, happy for you guys
>>268664368>>268663643Too many projects from saru, I hope it doesn't turn out to be another moppa situation of taking on many shows and shitting the bed
>>268665297I hope they know what they're doing, especially with OG gits
>>268664368anime fuyumura when?
>>268659572She is, how many toilet scenes did she make?
>>268665297>Too many projects from saruwell as of now, they have really good project management considering cour 1 of dandadan is already finished and they are now going to work on cour 2
santa
>>268668908I hope this anime is real and it will bust her popularity, the anorexic yandere deserves love too
>>268670754>real?
>>268648723If it was true, Sanda would convince Jesus to help him
>>268671891I cautiously consider it a vaporware
Did the manga end? Wikipedia makes it sound like serialization ended.
>>268672962Anons posted that it ended last week(?) But we are translation plebs, so we are like 5 volumes behind
>>268673069To be fair that's because the high concept is so alienating nobody even wanted to touch it for a long time.
>>268673196I believe OPT sold it to me with this
>>268644402How come she wears pants instead of a skirt for her uniform?
>>268673670She lives in a society where children aren’t allowed to have sexual feelings, so all females are made to wear pants
>>268664368At least people should now breathe easier post TOHO buying Science Saru. People were worried they would stop doing adaptations of obscure manga.
>>268673670You missed that chapter about genderless toilets with differentiation by age, It's an interesting dystopia I would say based on ideas from the 20s of twentieth century where progressive things are unisex clothes and guaranteed wife\husband
>>268674041Is Paru okay? Beastars is about sexually frustrated teens, Bota Bota is about a sexually frustrated adult and now Sanda is about sexually frustrated children
>>268674074>is about sexually frustrated childrenThere are adults too
>>268644402One question is it ever talked about how fucked the rest of the world is, or is it just a japan thing
>>268674435I believe in translated chapters lore was concentrated on Japan but significant exposition about the world outside the school's gates was dropped like in the last 3 chapters and it would be very suspicious to think that Escape from New York-like Japan would exist without something similar around the globe
>>268674435It would be pretty out of character for Paru to think it through that much
>>268675001I believe she expands ideas over time, I am pretty sure Sanda started just with the idea of jacked Santa Claus
Santa believers I hope you're feeling well after the double cliffhanger of the previous chapter. It's time to continue, so stay tuned
Chapter 15 - Nameless Girl
Damn, she put Sanda's shirt, right?
This neko-bunny is too cocky
She doesn't sound like a good wife material
>>268675671>You're
>>268675746is this where some other scanlation team took over?
Did she already try this on some 14-year-old boy?
Speech>Strenght\Dexteritythis womanlet won this fight
>>268675765considering the font changed it's probably that
>>268675800Flattiebros...
She not only won but pushed Fuyumura to a series of bitter thoughts
She was just a lonely kid(girl) who thought she had found a friend
Boys' club of lonely hearts
I have a feeling the translation isn't good here
>>268644965Can japanese teachers just wear wrappings to hide their Yakuza tattoos to become teachers?
3 panels with confused Fuyumura? Who can it be now?
Well, just in the moment when she reflected on her own sexuality and her feelings
Could it be a Christmas miracle?
>>268675963>>268675994i'm the anon who mentioned his friend last thread and this reminds me a lot of how she recounted her experience with questioning her gender, sexuality and body dysphoria. First you compare yourself to others, wonder why you're not normal, then after a lot of soul searching you realize you don't have to be what others expect of you, you can just be you. Fuyu specifically here never really felt this dysphoria with ono, and i wonder how much she even loved her or if she just relied on her as a source of comfort since she coudl only really be herself around her before she met sanda
This translation is kind of rough.
No, don't think so, this creature is lewd
>>268676276Christ there are mistakes on every page, was this storytime really just to get a new group to redo all this shit?
This scene is straight out of a horror movie
>>268675633>>268675800>resumen>intensaGreat. New TL is Spanish and forgetting he's typesetting this in English.>it's odd he suggested it to you like a fianceeWhat the fuck is that sentence? Surely even the slighest consideration of the context of the scene should've told them that's completely wrong.
I am not sure what she means
Looks like Fuyu has lost her #1 yandere position
Yup, Santa believers hard times come not only for Sanda and his friends by for the translation too. Now a Spanish-speaking student (with mediocre grades in English) will lead us, but don't be too harsh, he improves like every good kid
>>268676716She fell hard for the gender ambiguous skeleton build, the intense desire wasn't reciprocated by fuyumura and being left unrequitted, along with ono suddendly becoming an adult made her go full yandere. She admires and envies fuyumura.Fuyumura though only sees her with eyes of a lost child who finally find a friend she can trust. A tragedy truly.
>>268676190>Sanda family are Santa's heirsNow this got me wondering whether the OG Santa was exclusively a weeb or if he spread his White Christmas in every country to split the workload.
>>268676262They can if the school principal is on their payroll.
>>268676716Infinitely free? That's quite a discount.
>>268676980And like in a good tragedy, if Ono hadn't run away, Fuyumura wouldn't have stabbed Sanda and their adventures wouldn't have changed her inside. Ono had a good chance to push Fuyumura to the dyke way but she lost it.
>>268644402WTF I just thought this was Paru fulfilling her Santa fetish and not some dystopia future
>>268676588idk man, gives me bad vibes, too forceful. It's probably some metaphor for the power adults have over kids or whatever, i just find it creepy
>>268676802Thanks for the storytime, anon!
>>268676516How did she hide this body that time when they saw her in the school? Was it really Ono at all?
>>268676462For some reason it seems to me that these thoughts are the author's own, they feel too real
>>268677538it's always great when art manages to represent some niche human experiences and i sure as hell didn't expect to find that in a manga where a dude transforms into santa claus
>>268677365I assumed the growth hadn't kicked in yet. The funeral seems to be a cover up for her hitting puberty. They want nothing to do with you when you stop being a kid
>Horny women the chapter
>>268678670Not the last time she did this
>>268676802Thanks. You picked a hell of a time to start storytiming this series.
>>268676412>oh no!! It can't be!!rude
>>268678670Just wait until the best teacher gets a kouhai.
>>268676802Thanks for the dump like always OP.
I just realized that I misread this line about the population.There's 50k children and they make up 0.1% of the population (of 50M).I thought that 50k was the total population that that children were 0.1% of that (50 children in the whole country).This setting is way less fucked than I thought it was.
guys, i have a feeling Paru likes tall, lanky characters.
>>26868230250m doesn't sounds too scary but it's almost 50m of bogged oldies who are willing to drink children's blood just to stay a little younger
>>268682324We can't blame her for this, they are cool
>>268682324And height difference.
>>268675671:3 girl is going to end up in a body bag one of these days.
>>268676131it's funny how fast the teacher become part of the gang
>>268677365It's a visual metaphor, Ono doesn't actually look like that but Paru drew her looking older for this scene to drive home the point
>>268686080He's also the best and what these kinds of kids vs adult stories need, a kinda dirtbag adult with a heart of gold who the kids can bounce shit off of without being controlled by
>>268682863Oh fuck. Are freaks like the principal the norm?
>>268669007Sanda has one of the teacher. Beastars had at least one but given that's furry shit I don't count them.
>>268677001I want to believe its some deepest lore thing where the clan migrated to japan after the santa heir of the time fell in love with a japanese kfc manager
>>268686080Sandals pretty much becomes friends with people who stab/tase/shoot him after a couple days.
>>268644965I like this art, very expressivemakes me think of France>hon hon
>>268675800>fuyu has the same defense mechanism as a red panda
>>268690996That's cute
>>268689566Based
>>268676066this page is sad, lonely depressed fuyumura is just sad
>>268675866wait so the lie from chapter 6 is from her? what?
>>268674074she's married.
>>268694301Yeah, she lied so she can use the toilet.
>>268694301Translation is rough, guess it's related to the scene when someone said " Ono is dead " in the class
>>268674074>Bota BotaThat one is so weird.
>>268672962Yeah, she’s celebrating her new found free time by doing two Beast Complexes in a row.She usually only gets to fit in 1-2 of those a year while she’s busy
>>268689566Yes, it reminds expressive french comics too, good thing she decided to draw humans(mostly) this time because I have an allergy to anthropomorphic animals
>>268694716it's the opposite, she lied about needing to use to toilet to get off the meeting.
>>268687622The principal is just a little more unhinged and much more wealthy than other adults. Yagiuda is an exception
Christ why the fuck are toilet freaks allowed to post
>>268681780>>268680680>>268677347Thank you, Sandabros for reading!
>>268696711Just you wait
>>268694795I would say the idea behind it is too shallow
>>268689495An interesting way to find new friends
>>268676716>>268676802I was not expecting a creepy almost rapey lesbian scene on my Santa Claus manga
>>268644402>Looks like a 60s manga Picked U...>Beastars authorwell it was fun while lasted
>>268701446I don't know what happened during that time but Paru used every trick possible for this sequence of chapters to bait readers. IDK maybe sales weren't good or so.
>>268701446Oh wait for the fullbore lesbian sex.
>>268702060>emo haircut protagonists are actually a renaissance
>>268703330Life is a circle.
>>268675963look at how flat she is. god damn that's hot
>>268706233She's like the inverse of a Raita character. Where Raita draws women by maximizing all of their sexual traits and minimizing everything else, she has almost no sexual traits at all. She has negative sex appeal.
>>268706481I think that was exactly the goal - to create a likable character without relying on sexuality
>>268675963They backpedaled so hard on that plotline, I'm still mad
>>268708472I don't feel the same way but I understand.
>>268708472I didn't get what the reason was behind it, I am pretty sure she couldn't surpass vol5 with new characters
>>268709872What do you mean?
>>268697815I know and I'm not looking forward to it
Scary things happen, Santa believes, missus tiny entered the game and immediately overturned the table. Sanda lost his magic abilities because of confusion in his heart, and Fuyumura was lost in thought that only lowered her self-esteem. And it was at this disturbing moment that Ono appeared in a raincoat, like a maniac from a horror movie. Stay tuned, this train is just starting to accelerate
Chapter 16 - The Night in Which Cells Are Altered
Why? Maybe Fuyu doesn't want to die?
>>268713696Does telling a hysterical person to calm down ever work?
Be rude? How obsessed is this girl?
Silly sexy skeleton sleeping
"I love her because she is sleeping so well"
>>268713868she litterally looks like a man
>>268713868In this specific page, she look like a guy 100%
Damn, pharmcorps finally built their dystopian world, let me guess, adults don't need to sleep to work more?
Well, that's sad, the doctors probably said that she would never have boobs tits pretty early
So are those dark circles because she oversleeps regularly?
Did she grow hair overnight?
Was it a gal cleaning move?
It was a wet dream
>>268714468>>268714535>>268714583This is getting pretty heated!
>>268714632i wish i could have a wet dream and wake up with a bigger dick
What a sinful creature, maybe it was a dream but your intentions were real
Guess "secondary sexual characteristics" in this case mean something different
your inner Santa is saying the right things
>>268714801Where did she stay during her runaway? Was she dumpster diving the entire time?
But those things may not appeal to certain persons
>>268714989Dude's the most traumatizing thing in his trauma-free school by far.
So that was the last chapter of Vol 2 and as you see, this woman tries her best to bait you with the next one.That's it for today Sandabros, don't molest your autistic friends in pre-puberty, this adulthood isn't right for both of you.
>>268714215>I'm sorry but your daughter will grow up to be a tall flat skeleton abomination>there is no cure
>>268714899Well, she got a knife and was pretty aggressive, maybe she robbed passers-by
>>268714989Since they held a funeral for her, is he gonna kill her for real?
>>268714632>you Sanda, a cute and cheerful 14-old-boy>you live your best life in a gated school, the best place possible in this dying country>you have a crush on a strange girl who is also a class rep>everything will be ruined shortly because some girl you barely knew had a wet dream
>>268714989Thanks for the storytime, anon!Also those feet are fucked up.
>>268715919They look more like animal legs than anything else
The idea that you can delay growing up by just not sleeping is really tickling me for some reasonIt's some elder scrolls: oblivion shit
>>268715919>>268716170I think she regrets drawing Louis' foot so well on that scene of beastars and ever since has avoided giving feet too much attention to keep out the freaks.trying to think how to ammend the sleep part of Ono's attraction to >>268676980 but honestly it doesn't matter all that much other than I guess the matternal instinct of seeing a child sleep led one thing to the other?>>268715895yet, this ruin gives an opportunity to grow and changes things he wouldn't otherwise. The complexity of life!
>>268716555if you read drip drip you'd notice tat paru loves some insane exaggerations of medical things.Sleep does in fact affect growth a lot, the growth hormones part is true, Paru just loves to exaggerate tidbits to absurd levels that gives her stories this fantastical realism-absurdism edge.
>>268714087No wonder every kid is insane
>>268716580Funny thing is Fuyu had socks in the previous chapter
>>268715694You can predict what the school rep will do the next moment but he was a genuinely evil unit Paru fell in love with him
>>268714215Extra cute short hair Fuyu in bottom left.
>>268717185Lewd
>>268676066socks exist>>268676412socks are still here>>268676483and here>>268676588and even here>>268713655socks were stolen
I took a glance at the raw for the ending of the manga. Kazao won the Sandabowl, not Amaya or Fuyumura.
>>268720597Which one is Kazao?
>>268720698The assigned fiancee
>>268720721Gonna be honest, the Haru winning again was kinda obvious the second they backpedaled on the Sanda / Fuyumura romance and even went with the 'we can't define it' cop out.It was also between Fuyumura (who's Legoshi) and Kazao (who's Haru) and since Sanda stopped being a Haru himself, it was a foregone conclusion.
>>268720597Well, it was too obvious in 8 vol that plans rapidly had changed and she did everything to remove Fuyu from the plot and I don't understand why. If you take the manga somehow seriously and its statements about adulthood this is an example of not a good message.
>>268713868That is a dude
>>268714087Oh I want to not need sleep
>>268721726I need to all this for myself because I'm quite in disbelief. How many years will this take consideering current translation pace?
>>268721803They translate ~1 chapter per week, one volume includes around 9 chapters, 5 volumes left.So around 1 year
>>268720918>'we can't define it'That was so cowardly chapter, like wtf? After everything you did for each other?
>>268707719What the fuck are you talking about? She's sexy as fuck
>>268714801What kind of dystopia is this?
>>268722225Made by a bureaucratic Peter Pen
>>268722033>That was so cowardly chapter, like wtf?Yup, I hated that chapter
>>268722257If the country is running out of children, shouldn't they encourage teen pregnancy instead of prohibiting it?
>>268721726>and she did everything to remove Fuyu from the plot Was it because people didn't respond well to her lesbian arc? Or because she regretted said lesbian arc?
>>268722332This chapter drops after Sanda and Fuyumura become very close like "The Gift of the Magi" level of closeness if something could make fans angry so probably this. But I doubt it, the manga is very niche but you can guess who is the most popular character
>>268721726You could reason that part of adulthood is losing contact with your school friends, but the decision to lessen Fuyu's role in the story is baffling and considering the ending, rather mean spirited.
>>268716696She is really is good with world building and to etablish a power system that makes sense in that world. It was what I also liked the most about beastars with all its meat-eating effects.I hope she doesnt drop the ball again with the story.
>>268714632>>268714801Wait, so kids magically become adults when they have wet dreams?Am I understanding this properly?
>>268722760>This chapter drops after Sanda and Fuyumura become very close like "The Gift of the Magi" level of closeness if something could make fans angry so probably this.What do you mean?
>>268723187Sounds like Paru dropped the ball toward the end, again.
>>268723187I had a faint hope that 'we can't define it' was something meaningful, because it was said in the context of how sleeping Fuyumura makes Santa stronger so they can't be defined by human terms because they are both superhumans and their connection is much deeper But it's always the most obvious guess
>>268723696>I had a faint hope that 'we can't define it' was something meaningfulI immediately knew it was a copout.
>>268723466its more that she had a wet dream because puberty hit her like a truck while she was asleep
>>268723537I have a tin foil hat theory that Paru tried to boost the popularity of manga in different ways one of them was "fixing" moments that can repel the reader, maybe she planned to reveal Kazao somehow, but it's because of fixing she became a copycat the character from Beastars, I also doubt the school principal was planned to be such important and ambiguous character.
>>268723696>>268723746I wish she would have left it at that. ENDING SPOILERAfter the timeskip in the second to last chapter, Sanda spies on Fuyumura who is now a preschool/kindergarden teacher (the kind with the apron, which is cute). He chickens out and doesn't talk to her.I thought, well where are we going with this? Then the final chapter opens with Sanda reuniting with Kazao and quickly skipping to them moving in together and getting married.The final few pages are Sanda and Reindeer getting ready to head out on Christmas for their first real job as Santa. Reindeer looks at the list and sees the name Fuyumura, comments that Fuyu is too old to be on the list, and wonders if her husband took her name. He then asks if they should go to that house last, to Sanda's surprise at the 'child' existing. That is the last page.
>>268723948>I also doubt the school principal was planned to be such important and ambiguous character.He was clearly planned to be at least a starting villain but then Paru seemingly backpedaled and made him a pseudo ally.>>268724020>He then asks if they should go to that house last, to Sanda's surprise at the 'child' existing. That is the last page.I think the implication is that there's no child, it's still just Fuyumura.>Sanda spies on Fuyumura who is now a preschool/kindergarden teacher (the kind with the apron, which is cute). He chickens out and doesn't talk to her.>I thought, well where are we going with this? Then the final chapter opens with Sanda reuniting with Kazao and quickly skipping to them moving in together and getting married.That on the other hand is fucking gay and that's despite me being fine with Kazao 'winning'.
>>268724119I agree, which is why I used 'child'. But like you said, why, for what purpose, because he is now married to Kazao. So the ending is ambiguous, but Fuyu gets no happy end better than possibly being a child at heart. Lame.
>>268723466I believe it's a censorious metaphor for trying to fuck her. Come on, Ono tried to seduce her from the start, that's why she got a book with drawing references. She tried to create a situation where this autistic skeleton couldn't say no.However, Paru physically can't make a bad person, so that's how the obvious situation turned into a wet dream.
>>268724237>I used 'child'. But like you said, why, for what purpose, because he is now married to Kazao. So the ending is ambiguous, but Fuyu gets no happy end better than possibly being a child at heart. Lame.I will headcanon it means Sanda fucked both.
>>268724294Based. The only good ending.
>>268714345>>268714424Fuyu need to sleep MORE for MORE HAIR growth.
>>268713696>Calm downLegit the worst thing you can ever tell a woman
>>268724288>Ono tried to seduce her from the start, that's why she got a book with drawing referenceseh, this is kind of a big reach imo. looking at forbidden penis together is the kind of shenanigan that teenager girls are up to since forever, not to mention the ultra sexual repressed dystopia that they are living in
>>268714632Christ puberty hit that girl like the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs
>>268724643Idk anon, I clearly see the IRL archetype of a person who tries to use autistic kids to fulfill some sexual fantasies . And it works like a symbol: the kid who had sex, isn't a kid anymore, it's an adult who pretends
>>268724020She does smile at him, but yeah, that reunion felt anti-climatic.
>>268725034but like none of them have has sex yet, Ono just had a dream, and the only reason Ono is considered an adult is this world fuck up standard with is not something the readers are supposed to agree with.idk, this just seem like a way too negative of a read when both Fuyu and Ono were supposed to be innocent children.
>>268713868>ono disappeared >fuyumura immediately stopped doing her hair and let it grew outyeah that's the depression talking
>>268714424>>268714468>>268714535>>268714583gotta say, I did not expect lesbian sex scene in my santa superhero manga
>>268727658Total curve-ball.
bump
was this the last chapter of this volume? can i let the thread die?
>>268731635Yes, it's the last chapter of the second volume but there is no logical ending, next 2 chapters continue the scene so I don't see any reason to start a new thread
>>268730170>>268731635Thank you for keeping the thread alive
>>268644402I already got caught up to current scans last week, but fuck it I'll read it again with you guys.>>268689566I love Paru's linework. Unfortunately around volume 8 she switches to an all digital workflow and I think it suffers a bit. Maybe it gets better again later on in the series as she gets used to digital.
>>268675728Reminds me of the insane harlequin rabbit from Beastars and Beast Complex that leverages anything that happens to her into social clout, even getting mauled by her BF.
>>268701446Paru's manga are full of unexpected scenes.>>268678670This is only the beginning.>>268687622Eventually we get to go outside and see what a shithole Japan has become.
>>268723466It's later revealed that Ono is an unusual case and that children aren't normally supposed to mature that quickly.>>268722331Their ideal is to prolong childhood as long as possible, not to maximize the number of children possible.>>268723570The writing is pretty erratic all throughout the series in a way that reminds me of the Melon arc in Beastars, but I've enjoyed myself regardless. I think Paru is probably just someone who's better sticking off to miniseries like Drip Drip or anthologies like Beast Complex.
>>268734061>I already got caught up to current scans last week, but fuck it I'll read it again with you guys.Welcome to the Christmas party, anon
Sanda!
>>268722331Peter wanted to hang out with his friends forever, not to produce more friends
>>268715154it's trauma-free because he's giving trauma for free
>>268738263But this Peter is an old man
>>268739928WHAT DID YOU SAY?!!
>>268740302Death is the only adventure you have left!
>>268740489Sanda tried to be as cocky as you, let's what will happen with him next
>>268737488Claus!
>>268739122There is no traumatic experience if the traumatized children disappear
>>268745031i love yagiuda so much bros/sises/sibs
This thread is the last Fuyumura Shiori-themed, vol 3 has this cover
>>268745095
>>268745792he looks like a polite young man, I would trust him with my children
>>268713868wait does this mean sanda had a crush on fuyumura when they barely knew each other and she looked like a boy?
Ono's story was revealed to us yesterday, Santa believers, yes, she's an adult now and she has an unhinged yandere with a knife. When Fuyumure tried to calm her down director Oshibu noticed them. What will happen to them now? Let's see it!
>>268747402I believe Sanda said they were class reps for 8 months when Ono missed 6 months ago
Time to punish this adult!
After 1 chapter they return the socks to Futyumura, but now they are black(?).
Yup, tears accumulate sadness and pain
Finally, Sanda came, but what can he do right now?
Bunny-neko took your power, little guy
Who are you, without your red jersey?
A person who is ready to help
The point of no return to carefree school life
This grandpa fallings apart from excitement
Right into the horror
Good to have a friend like Amaya
>>268747996>>268748028Oh, he somehow got even more creepy
>>268746681tnx fren
Fix your mindset, kiddo
- powerful battle music is playing -
to be continued...
>>268747619Children are known for their emotional stability and how rarely they cry
>>268748282I feel like I never know what'll happen next when I read this, but in a way that makes me think the author doesn't either.
That's all for today, Santabros, this rollercoaster of cliffhangers doesn't stop. Maybe we will see the real fight in the next chapter, or maybe not, who knows?As you see, being a real adult is hard, even if you are a jacked Santa Claus, only your actions define who you are. Thank you for reading, see you again next time.
>>268748028Jesus
the way Itagaki draws humans is just so
>>268748912>Itagaki is my father, you can call me Paru
>>268748912I'd say the animal people in Beastars was also weird.
>>268748912I prefer exaggerated humans over anthropomorphic animals, also it's probably an edgy westaboo move in Japan, to base your style on French or European comics.
>>268747562He is smaller than Fuyu when nobody is afraid of him
>>268748912Paru is her father's daughter.
>>268747779>>268747845Random Fuyumura at the top. Did the TL edit out author comments or something.
>>268748979That's because she draws them both identically.
>>268748282Thanks for the storytime, OP.>>268748435Yeah, sometime it's for the worst tho
>>268748028>>268748065It gets worse
>>268644965is it just me or does he look non japanese for some reason?
>>268750264I guess it's just an archetype of a hot ojii-san
>>268748226He finally got his double-layer tracksuit cloak also seen in the anime promo art
>>268750856On the art his shorts are black, interesting is it Kazao's influence?
>>268747619I guess empathy is a bad thing now
>>268748226My hero
>>268749832It's a pretty normal cartoonish style but she doesn't refine linework to eliminate this classic soft look, also she loves the sticking frames in perspective, so those flat characters get a volume
>>268751815wrong picture
Billionaires be like
>>268748226Absolute kino spread and outfit
>>268748282Too bad we are too far from that era if cheap licensed fightings
>>268747996>>268748028What the actual fuck?
>>268755856Don't be a bigot
>>268748226ENTER
>>268748226>HENSHIN MUSIC START
>>268747996>>268748028local trauma-free man literally cannot stop traumatizing young children
>>268759246Make a lot of sense
>>268757400>>268758519Based
>>268745031fuyumura looks like she's about to mug someone
>>268748028So why the fuck At the end of last Sanda fight, he reverted back into old man?
>>268755856the boggind is always leads a horror
>>268748226
how many chapters until best girl?
>>268765317the basement dweller?
>>268764357Nice.
>>268765317The other assassin?
>>268765317Reindeer?
>>268748226Santa... You've arrived.
>>268765317What do you mean? She already appeared.
>>268768545Was here from the first chapters
>>268768545
>>268755856Behold the power of medicine
>>268752668kek
>>268769848Cute
>>268748226https://youtube.com/watch?v=fWGnHrQKFFE
>>268775294I like this one.
>>268768545>>268769848Harem ending confirmed
>>268759246Traumatized? I think you need to be transferred to basement classes. Oh, you say you're ok now?
So, Santa believers, we were teased by the fight between Ooshibu and Sanda who has finally got his grip (a damsel in distress does things for a young man) but what will happen next in this unpredictable manga? Stay tuned!
Chapter 18 - The Artificial Human Vs. Santa ClausAdulthood is restored
No more naked Santa Claus, kids
This is an unexpectedly generous offer
>Speech check
Guess, his speech doesn't work in the same way as Kazao's on enemies
>72 operationsLet me guess, he's doing it every year?
This rejuvenated man doesn't care about the pain
This man could fight with the Bognanoff brothers and win
>>268780570No pain, no gain
Run, Santa, run!
Finally, a super-villain mode
Another impressive spread
Yes, he's a completely sane young person
>>268780781I know questioning either Itakagi's takes on mental states affecting anatomy is futile, but how does synthetic skin scar up.
WE HAVE ONLY STARTED, OLD MAN!
>>268780781>>268780921I have got to say he looks way better with the scars
That's all for today, Sandabros, as you see this chapter is still not final in this substory, maybe we will see the real fight next time? Who knows.Keep calm and believe in Santa, kids
>>268780949it's so cute how influenced by her father she is.
>>268780827The power of the elderly...This kick would have liquefied Krillin.
>>268780476Dr. dickhead
>>268781001That jumping panel feels straight out of Baki.
>>268780949It's honestly, a pretty believable concept, No technology is better than biology, any prosthesis is inferior to the real thing, so artificial skin was cut into segments to match the head and then sewed together
>>268780331ah yes, TN notes about whatever funny comment the translator could think of, truly the peak of scanlation.
>>268781268Dr. Beaver Dickhead
>>268780921Paru draws him and thinks "I can fix him"
>>268780635>He's a monster!
>>268780827I know it's Paru yadda yadda but that pose really reminds me of Jack kicks in Baki
>>268780827>>268782011The strange hand position reminds me of Q from 3rd Strike.
>>268782294Yes, I didn't play guilty gear much but this pose reminded me it
>>268782361That's Street Fighter
>>268782658he knows. he said that to piss me, personally, off.
>>268782722As the original anon who posted the Q gif, I didn't have the heart to correct him. It wasn't really important, but I am glad to know there is another Anon who takes his Street Fighter seriously.
>>268781001Thanks for the dump, anon
>>268780827I think there's a name for this kind of kick. It's like a drunken master thing.
>>268781837I just realized Paru made a series with TWO sexy elderly men
>>268783529Wait, why two? Santa, Yagiuda, Ooshibu...
>>268782294Looks like someone with an artificial body too
>>268780674She definitely likes this gesture
>>268780163I mean, the director is like 90. How strong can he be?
>>268780635Damn, is this old guy secretly jacked?
>>268780732>>268780781Pickle?
>>268787255He's probably got robolegs or something.
>>268749772Probably yes, as a watermark, they used exactly this picture with her for their promotion page.
>>268783505yeah, that's what I was thinking too
>>268780781How is he making expressions now?
>>268783754How old is Yagiuda?He's an adult, but he doesn't seem elderly.
>>268789556Something around fifty iirc
>>268781001Thank you for posting.
>>268786331This looks like a twink and his sugar daddy, yet the youngest guy is on the left and is 8 decades younger. How exquisite.
>>268789508Magic.
>>268780252>>268780331KEEP'EM GUESSING PARUKEEP'EM GUESSING
>>268780476>>268780525surprise he didn't pull a jack and put on a few inches
>>268780163It's time.
>>268780781I like how he used to make facial expression with his cane but this is great too
>>268780635Oh no, he got hit with the jobber hex!
>>268790068Damn. He's a good looking 50.
>>268787198>Underestimating an old guyYou're still green.
>>268788575Nah, that would be going too far, into the realm of hackery. It's better to have him be strong through willpower and ???.
>>268788575>>268797961It's already confirmed his hands are the only original part left (+ the brain, presumably, unless they digitized that too). And since parts like his eyeballs are fully cybernetic rather than organic implants harvested from young bodies, why wouldn't his legs and other muscles be too.
>>268644402faggy art style, i'm guessing MC is pathetic and sexless
>>268798778You sound like a naughty kid without a Christmas present
>>268789508His anger stretched the skin, sews were revealed but now he can move facial muscles
>>268749772She's in raws too
>>268802175Yes, but with text.
Not yet.
Remember to moisturise and use sunscreen so you too can look like Ooshibu at age 92.
>>268804725Just a gluten-free diet, 100% achievable natty
>>268797961Willpower is the only thing that matters in this world
>>268791823>>268783249Thank you for reading, anons
>>268804725Is there a secret to moisturizing other than slathering on cream?
>>268798778MC is a thot magnet
the scanlator has a bad dim display
So, Santa believes, we're still alive as Santa himself after the first adult kick from Ooshibu. But what will happen next? In any case, your faith is needed more than ever! Stay tuned!
Colored pages they said
The little guy is not ready for the popularity the jacked old-timer got
The duality of man
Time to start fighting seriously
a fight makes things clear
Believe in Santa, kids
Winners Don't Use Drugs?
So kids don't sleep anymore because of this?
>principle powers up when his scars appear>Santa power up from dopingParu did the Pickle/jack rematch first
Not the best move to stop the blade
Two worlds collide
You heard that, right?
Luckily, Santa has the best sleeper in the world on his team
He can't lose when Fuyumura is asleep
>>268814319What about learning well and moving well?
That's all for today, Santa believes. Your faith saved today his junkie ass be what will happen next? Maybe this fight will take the entire volume? See you next time
>>268814563Santa cares only about his doping, not about the healthy and meaningful life of children
>>268644402This comes from that degenerate of Paru, right?
I swear if the battle theme for this fight is not a remix of the Lullaby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t894eGoymio
>>268814563they already do that by going to schooleven your parents told you that if you don't eat and sleep you won't grow
She seems to have way less fun drawing this then beastars. The fighting has no real punsh to it.
>>268815959none other
>>268816657Honestly, this is the author I prefer restricted
>>268816899Eva 01 who eats the heart of an angel is the most precise depiction of the unhinged Paru for me
>>268816657I don't think she likes fighting, even if her longer stories all end up as battle series.Even in Beastars the final battle spends as much time as it possibly can not actually showing the fight.
>>268816238It would add to it a lot, the manga balance between quirky battle shounen and restoring the magic of Christmas
>>268813708Kek
>>268814374Oooo that has got to hurt.
Well, I see where this is going, it was a fun and dramatic thread: Kazao's appearance and Fuyumura's jealousy, Ono's return, and the battle with Ooshibu at the very end. Thanks for being here, kids, see you in the new thread
>>268814467Thanks for the storytime, Santa.
>>268814374No shit
>>268818062She's so cute
>>268644402it's weird how i could tell it was a female author just from that retarded face, didn't know it was paru until read itwhy are they like this?
>>268822224It's a very feminine and expressive pose, guess male authors don't notice subtle things
Last for Fuyumura.
goodbye fuyumura bread (for real this time)
