Let's dump the 3 translated chapters so far. From Asper Kanojo's author. An unsuccessful mangaka goes to Brazil to clear his mind, but ends up roaming inside a slum and meets a talented boy.
Is this yaoi?
>>273402982No.
>>273403021Damn.
>>273402943Huh, didn't know the 3rd chapter got TLed.
>>273403082I guess they were naturally going to touch on that subject sooner or later.
>>273402943>cute brown shotaPicked up
>>273402992>a place more familiar to Japanese peopleWeird they say this, when Brazil has more Japanese than any other country that isn't Japan.>>273403067Wait, what? I'm not gonna deny that city is a fucking shithole, but Paulista Avenue is literally a fancy luxury tourist spot. The writer got the wrong place, I think>>273403366I might have forgotten, but I'm pretty sure most trash collectors go walking around the city taking stuff rather than staying in a single giant trash pile. That's the ones I see anyway, carrying a giant fuckoff pile of trash on their backs or on a cart.>>273403521>tourist in a FavelaIs he getting kidnapped? That's the one thing they really like, kidnap them for ransom. >>273403535Good on him for at least knowing about the absolutely ridiculous electral wiring on favelas. All that's missing is the fusebox post with like a hundred different wires going in all places.
End of chapter 1.
This is pretty good so far, I'm surprised it has multiple chapters though as it feels more like a one shot story.Just gotta hope it doesn't pull a paradox mangaka
>>273403855Pretty good, as a Huezillian this gets my seal of approval. Though the mangaka had the demographics a bit wrong- Sao Paulo is (very slightly) majority white. Funny, yes, but also, true. At least, it's a lot whiter than this manga shows.You can thank that to all the Europeans that migrated here in the 19th century. The south is a lot whiter than the north.
Chapter 2.
>>273403577>Paulista Avenue is literally a fancy luxury tourist spotThat's the joke, the guy got completely lost.
>>273403702>>273404114looks like they used a tarus pt 24/7 as a reference. probably looked up domestic guns
>>273403577>Weird they say this, when Brazil has more Japanese than any other country that isn't Japan.Well he went to Rio...>>273404295>Watermelon 8 reaisAuthor-kun... that shit is 20+ nowadays
>>273404415I don't know where the author got his info, but this shit is not normal. This would very much be seen as gay. No way a Favela kid would suggest it, or a mother allow it.
>>273404455its a conversation that could've happened anywhere, on top of thatfanservice i guess
>>273404506Yeah, that "wash your back" shit isn't something that happens here either. You wash your own back. Maybe it makes sense in an society with bathhouses like Japan, but here that page is as gay as if they kissed. If anon hadn't said this was not yaoi, I would have been surprised. Is the author some sort of fujofag or something?
As far as Latinoamerican crime manga go, I liked Nabe ni Dangan wo Ukenagara the most.
Interesting manga but I wonder which direction they the mangaka want it to go and if it's just a short story like 2 or 3 volumes long.
End of chapter 2.>>273404572I think this scene was meant to be somewhat comical. João is a big fan of manga, so he must have seen that scene of washing someone else's back a good amount of times. He probably thought it would be polite to do that to Hiroto. Also, as far as I know, the only series this author wrote was Asper Kanojo, which was about the MC having a romantic relationship with a girl that has autism.
Chapter 3.
>>273404706>He probably thought it would be polite to do that to Hiroto. Yeeeeah, that wouldnt really change that anyone there including him would see it as ridiculously gay. He's 15, not 5. Also, we don't have baths. We have showers. And they sure as hell aren't big enough for 2 people unless they really squish. So you'll understand if i find that page ridiculously extremely gay fujobait.
>>273404774>So you'll understand if i find that page ridiculously extremely gay fujobait.I honestly don't
>>273404706maybe that was the original intent, but it's not really played like a joke
>>273402992from Japan to Brazil via Qatar?wouldn't it be quicker to go over the Pacific?
>>273403923>it's a lot whiter than this manga showsthey're in a favela, aren't those known for being majority black/brown?
>>273403082just your average Brazil day?
>>273405015Depends on the favela and the region, bro. Brazil is ridiculously big. Sao Paulo, the state where this is set, has the area of Britain and a population of 11 million. But it seems like he's confusing Sao Paulo with Rio. Rio is the one where you have all the brown tropical favelas. Sao Paulo is a massive concrete jungle, it's basically a fusion of Detroit and New York.Also, even in the nicer parts of the town, most of the passersby were black.
>>273403082welcome to brazil
>>273405016kek that's pretty good
The mangaka genuinely loves Brazil and has even learned Portuguese. AFAIK, he regularly interacts with Brazillians on Twitter to get feedback. Also, it's translated up to chapter 4 in Portuguese.
>>273405215Up to chapter 5 actually.
>>273405215Is it? Where?If there is a Portuguese version I can try to translate it for you anons.
>>273405253I'm from hueland too, but I would appreciate that since I'll need to go out after dumping chapter 3. You can find chapter 5 at mangadex page.
>>273405269I'll try to do it later today, if the thread is still alive.
>>273404455it's probably that Joao saw it in a manga or smth and asked him because he's japanese
>>273402943>From Asper Kanojo's authorit's a bit ironic how he dropped his previous artist for a guy who only did oneshots beforethere definitely are some autobiographic elements here from them both
>>273403551>>273403566how do i get a favelinha gf bros
And that wraps it for now anons. If the thread is still alive later, the other anon will probably post an english translation to the chapters in portuguese.
>>273405693Yeah, if the thread is still alive when I get home, I'll try translating it for you anons.
>>273405693thanks anon, hadn't heard of this before despite enjoying asper kanojo
>>273402992I am unironically thinking of doing the same sometimes so this is relatable.
>>273405005I also wondered about that. Apparently airlines don't like flying over the Pacific since it's more likely to have rougher weather compared to the Atlantic.
>>273403657Why are editors always depicted as so harsh when 90% of all manga that get published are weak as fuck? Do they only treat newby artists like that? Look at the crap WSJ publishes or isekai and romcoms, can you imagine that someone seriously claiming that those series were "surpassing the readers' expectations?" Or that they had great character writing? Where?
>>273405693thanks for the dumpthis is pretty good. I'll keep an eye out for the rest of the chapters. it's funny seeing a manga character sharing my name>>273405967>the ocean's current name was coined by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the Spanish circumnavigation of the world in 1521, as he encountered favorable winds on reaching the ocean. He called it Mar Pacífico, which in Portuguese means 'peaceful sea'.[6][7]never trust the Portuguese
>>273406282there's all kind of editors. Some are really harsh and some others will just tell you to make boobs bigger
>>273406418God this was terrible I remember. It's even more enraging thinking how this is happening to fucking Nihei. If anything I believe that editors make manga shit instead of demanding a too high quality. Or the quality standards are just an excuse to not publish something you're not okay with for purely subjective reasons. It's honestly the same as with jobs. You can be as competent as you want, employers will tell you you were good but not good enough and turn around to give the job to the most incompetent person you ever met because their related to the manager or because they're are good at bootlicking. I feel like it wasn't always like that but it really bad the last 10-15 years.
Bumping for hueanon
>>273405967>>273406359Huh. Really. You'd think with modern technology it's be easy to find suitable routes over a bunch of nothing.
>>273407784It's not that it isn't, it's that Airlines are all about squeezing even the last possible cent; that's why planes fly in literal corridors, because of favourable winds that make them spend slightly less fuel.
After three chapters of buildup, I'm looking forward to the fourth.
>>273402943Immediately thought of this meme
Alright, I'm finally home, and I'll try translating things from the portuguese version - I'm not sure how authentic it is to the japanese, but it seems to get the message across.CHAPTER 4: GOING HOME>Magrão: Why are you trying to leave I.M?>Magrão: You know very well what the rules are, don't you?>Kid: It was because the police threatened me! >Kid: I'm sorry Magrão!>Gabi: .....>Gabi: Pedro. >Gabi: Just don't try to escape again->Magrão: No.
>Magrão: No forgiveness for snitches here. I'm not giving you another chance.TN: "X9" is slang for snitch, originating from a brazillian prison where that was the number for the pavillion where snitches were held
>Magrão: Gabi.>Magrão: Don't decide things before me.>Gabi: ......>Gabi: My bad.>He was only 15....>Did he have any dreams?
>João: Just here, until two days ago...>João: There was a real mangaka.
>>273404027Maybe it's just me but does anyone else want to cry really hard just reading this?As an artist from latam (my dad is brazilian but i'm from uruguay) I see myself in that little kid so much. When i was little my house looked like that too. Over the years my mom improved it, and none of us were ever in gangs but it reminds me of when all my brazilian relatives would come for lunch on weekends ashsjkfsad when my dad died we lost touch. I love manga too i just can't help but want to cry!!!!!!!!! He's so precious. Mr mangaka pls get him out of there. fly his family to japan
>Isabela: Did you skip school today?>João: Yes. >João: But it's because i made a promise to sensei.>João: I need to make a hundred pages before sensei comes back.>Isabela: After you finish it, are you taking a few days to rest?>Isabela: You can't keep skipping school.>João: Every time...>João: I thought about becoming a mangaka...>João: I would imagine everyone buying my manga and...>João: Getting emotional or crying.>João: Saying things like "I can barely wait for the next chapter">João: I wanted to stun the readers just like mangaka do.
>>273405098kek this kid is funny
>João: But when i'd stay home, thinking about money or my skills...>João: I began to understand it was an impossible dream.>João: Would i end up entering I.M and selling cocaine?>João: Or then would i begin killing people like Gabi does?>João: I always kept thinking about when i'd have to do things like these.>João: All because that would be the fastest way to get money.>João: But then sensei...>João: Said i would be able to become a mangaka.>João: He said it was possible.
>João: I can't give up before starting.>João: Will I really become a mangaka?>João: I want to try to achieve my dream.>João: There's no way for me to draw and go to school at the same time, so i'm sorry.>João: I also won't join I.M until i know if it'll work out.ADACHI DISTRICT, TOKYO
>>273409370Restaurant Brazilwood>Hiroto: RENAN!>Hiroto: The map you drew was very wrong!>Hiroto: I ended up in a totally different place!>Renan: Hahahaha!>Renan: My bad, yo!>Renan: It was hard drawing a map while being in japan's airport.>Hiroto: STOP LAUGHING!>Hiroto: I nearly died in a shootout!>Renan: I never imagined you'd end up in a favela.>Renan: Now that's fucked up, right?>Renan: Hahahahaha!>Renan: As compensation, i'll give you a coxinha!(Brazilian Croquette)TN: Coxinha is a brazilian snack that usually consists of a filling (just about always shredded chicken) surrounded by a fried dough. It's great.
>>273409410>lmao I almost got you killed sorry about that, here’s some foodDo Brazilians really?
>Hiroto: .....>Renan: So, how was São Paulo?>Renan: It's a fun place, isn't it?>Hiroto: Well....>Hiroto: It was a very beautiful place.>Hiroto: Save a few, most people were very friendly.>Ana: How cool, isn't it?>Ana: You going to Brazil.TN: This one's a bit more well known, but 'Brazil' is actually spelled with an S in portuguese.>Hiroto: I even learned a little bit of portuguese too, hehe!>Hiroto: The markets there were way more fun and diversified than the ones in Japan.>Hiroto: Ana-san...>Hiroto: Now i remember why i wanted to get close to you.>Hiroto: I studied more than during during exam season in school...>Hiroto: "Uma" is a quantity in feminine, "Uns" in masculine, and "Numa" is...
>>273409557>Mom: What?>Mom: You're going to brazil again?!>Mom: You were mugged and nearly died, didn't you!?!>Mom: Despite that, you want to go back?!>Hiroto: If i avoid the dangerous places, i'll be okay.>Hiroto: Most people there are cool.>Hiroto: So, can i borrow some more money?>Mom: Not a chance! How much money did you already take by now?TN: Technically speaking, "Ném a pau" would be translated as "Not even if i was being hit by a wooden stick/club", but that doesn't sound good.>Mom: You haven't even paid back what you borrowed before!>Hiroto: Huh...
>Hiroto: But the family that helped me in Brazil is having difficulties...>Mom: And what do you have to do with that?>Mom: Are you getting all emotional because you got a few compliments?>Hiroto: That's not it....>Hiroto: ......>Hiroto: If i go, i think it'll be better if it's a one-way ticket...
>Hiroto: I also had a moment of certainty.>Hiroto: I believed firmly this was my calling.>Hiroto: How much did i like manga?>Hiroto: I can't even remember anymore.
Daitoku-sha>Hiroto: ......>Hiroto: This may be the last time that i come here."The first transmission will be in 18/06""Created by Mikio Kusabe"
>Sena: Oh!>Sena: Takei-senpai!>Hiroto: !?>Sena: Heyooo!>Sena: Are you having a meeting?>Hiroto: Hyodou Sena....>Hiroto: No....
>>273403082imagine leaving Japan for this
>Hiroto: Now she's...>Hiroto: Mikio Kusabe...?>Hiroto: It's been a long time>Hiroto: So, Shinsuka is becoming an anime, huh?>Sena: Ah, you've read it?>Sena: It's already the second anime adaptation!>Sena: Takei-senpai, what kind of things are you drawing now?>Hiroto: Ah...right now i'm not drawing anything.>Sena: What?>Sena: But if you're not drawing anything...>Sena: Then why did you come here?>Hiroto: I need to talk about something with Katsumura-san.>Hiroto: I came to reject a job offer i got...
>Sena: A job offer?>Hiroto: Ah, it's not a big deal>Hiroto: It's nothing grandiose like Kusabe's...>Sena: Hmm....>Sena: Why did you use my pen name?>Sena: Please call me Sena like before, please.>Hiroto: .....
>Katsumura: Thank you for coming, Takei-kun>Katsumura: And...>Katsumura: Kusabe?>Sena: It's been a long time, Katsumura-san!>Sena: I came to watch Takei-senpai's meeting!>Katsumura: ....?>Katsumura: Why did you bring her?>Hiroto: No, in truth she just followed me...>Sena: I wanted to know what was the situation of the senpai that helped me so much.>Sena: That was it.
>Sena: It's an important senpai who confessed to me during the time i was an assistant.>Katsumura: It included an car too, Takei-kun.>Hiroto: That's okay.
>>273409993>Sena: But if you're not drawing anything...>Sena: Then why did you come here?ouch
>Sena: Senpai, you said you'd sign up to the Shiki prize, no?TN: Shiki is a japanese prize used to encourage writers and artists including many categories of literature and art.>Sena: I think i'll enter too.>Hiroto: Ah, so that was it?>Hiroto: You'll compete for the same prize?>Sena: I was a bit insecure to sign up alone...>Sena: So i'll take advantage of the fact you will too.>Sena: It'll be the first prize i try, so...>Sena: Can i ask you some questions?>Hiroto: Of course.
>>273405963You will just be mugged, raped and killed as soon as you leave a tourist area.
>Katsumura (?): Winning the Shiki prize in your first submission is incredible!>Katsumura (?): Congratulations, Hyodou-san!>Sena: Thank you! I was also surprised.>Sena: Sorry for anything>Sena: But i think i only won because senpai helped me.>Hiroto: Not at all. Winning that prize is incredible.>Hiroto: Congratulations.>Sena: Since i'll receive a cash prize, today we'll eat like kings!>Guy: Uhu!>Sena: Let's eat eel!TN: Not a slang as far as i know, she's just saying she wants to eat eel.>Sena: Eh? You like me?>Sena: I don't think that would work out, so....>Sena: Sorry!
>Katsumura: So...>Katsumura: Can i start, Takei-kun?>Hiroto: O-of course.>Hiroto: Why do you have to stay here...?
>Katsumura: So, you're teaching manga in Brazil...?>Hiroto: Yes.>Hiroto: I found a promising kid. >Hiroto: So i'm planning to stay there so i can teach him more.>Sena: ......>Katsumura: Hm.>Katsumura: It's a big lifestyle change.>Hiroto: I'm even surprised by myself.
>Katsumura: But...>Katsumura: What are your expectations about him?>Katsmura: I also receive manga from several countries...>Katsmura: But the foreign submissions aren't doing really well, no...?>Katsmura: I don't think i've ever seen one that was able to commercialize into a manga.>Hiroto: When you say that, i feel a bit apprehensive...>Hiroto: Did i act too impulsively after getting complimented by João...?>Hiroto: Though...
>Hiroto: Oh...>Hiroto: I think he has even more potential than me...>Hiroto: If i at least managed a one shot...>Hiroto: Then he'd be able to go beyond that, but...>Katsumura: .....>Hiroto: Just like i thought.>Hiroto: I have to be realistic.>Sena: And isn't that great?>Sena: Senpai!>Sena: How interesting!
>Sena: Teaching manga to a brazillian and making a debut!>Sena: It's even more amazing than an anime adaptation!>Sena: Senpai is very good at teaching.>Katsumura: That's true.>Hiroto: Seriously...?>Sena: This is really impressive! I>Sena: I support you!>Sena: Do you have a prize in mind?>Hiroto: Not specifically...>Hiroto: But i intend to register in three months.>Katsumura: Three months....>Katsumura: That's way too reckless.
>Katsumura: Very well, i'll remove that job offer as a teacher then.>Katsumura: After all, you decide what you do with your life.>Hiroto: Sorry...>Katsumura: I think the Santoku prize, with a two-month deadline, would be perfect, no?Katsumura: The release of the results is in a month and a half, so it'll be fast.>Santoku Prize...>It's sponsored by Daitoku-sha, so it'll be easy to sign up.
>>273403067>is this paulista avenue?LMAO not at all. THIS is Paulista Avenue. It's literally a tourist spot
>>273403230this is kinda racist ngl
Really liked Asper Kanojo, looking forward to this one. Will read later.
>Sena: So long, Senpai!>Sena: I'll be cheering for you.>Hiroto: Thanks, good luck with your anime too.>Sena: That really is interesting.>Sena: In any way, you'll fail and go back to being a nobody.>Sena: After all, you have no talent, Takei-senpai.
>>273402943Is this BL?
>Hiroto: Sena-san was amazing.>Hiroto: Who would have known she'd support me so much?>Hiroto: Could there be a chance...?>Hiroto: Now that i've reached this point, I can't go back anymore.>Hiroto: Both Sena-san and João are counting on me>Now the objective is already decided.>I will make João debut in the Santoku Prize in two months.
>>273411087>>273403021
Supermarket in the city of São Paulo>Isabela: ......>Isabela: That Hiroto was a nice person.>Isabela: But i don't know if the other japanese would treat João well...>Isabela: Even so, it was good João decided to continue drawing...>Isabela: Even not going to school, that's better than ending up at I.M>Isabela: That boy...>Isabela: Was always closer to I.M than Gabi...>Isabela: Because he's of the type that never stops once he's begun.
>Isabela: Three months...>Isabela: I don't even have enough for one month.>Mom...>I've decided to join I.M...>Isabela: Even if i have to whore myself out>Isabela: I never want to see João talk about joining I.M again...REALITY CORRODES HOPENEXT CHAPTER: FINGERS THAT OPEN A NEW PATHAfter a short break. Holy fuck, this shit is harder than i thought it'd be.
>>273411292A favelada this hot would easily get 2000 reais per night in the high end clubs.
So, i've been doing some searching about the shower scene, and apparently the author said that this was a misunderstanding and that he'd talk with the editor teams to change this for future releases I'd find the tweet if i could, but i haven't found anything and i can't really read jap runes.
>>273404706I get that it was probably a joke about the kid having random ill-fitting snippets of Japanese social customs baked into his little hueaboo brain, but... just, no. Wouldn't fly in that culture.
>>273408922It makes me feel bad for how little I've achieved despite being in a safe first world country. I don't have any skills or hobbies. Honestly someone else should have my life so they can do something and I should be deported
Okay, we're back, let's get it! This is the last chapter that's translated to portuguese, as far as i know.CHAPTER 5New Message Available>Hello Mr.João. Good morning.>I was finally able to get the visa to travel to Brazil. I will get to São Paulo in approximately 3 days.>t. HirotoTN: The writing in japanese just says the same thing, so to avoid confusion, i didn't translate it.
>João: Finally!>João: Sensei is arriving!
ADACHI DISTRICT, TOKYO>Hiroto: I gained the young writer encouragement prize at 26 years old...>Hiroto: And João is only 15, he's still way too young>Hiroto: But on the other side, João is already better than me at 15 than i was at 26...
>Hiroto: I was able to see he understood all the flux of introduction, development, climax and conclusion...>Hiroto: When we were making manga together, he purposefully ignored a few things i made and changed them...>Hiroto: Having a proper pattern is proof he understands how it works...>Hiroto: Anyone can make corrections, but >Hiroto: Doing so in the right way is extremely hard.>Hiroto: Somebody's personality also influences that.>Hiroto: He's very sincere, so he easily accepts advice.>Hiroto: That's not something easy to have. >Hiroto: Having a relationship of trust with the one giving advice to you is the key to the process.>Hiroto: Oh!>Hiroto: I didn't even realize there were new messages.
>You're really coming!?>I'm so happy!>I can barely wait! I can't wait to see the hour to reunite with you, Sensei!TN: Bubble is the same text as the phone.
João is cute...
>Hiroto: It's been three weeks since i came back from Brazil>Hiroto: And even so, he's still waiting for me...>>273412862He activates my older brother instincts.
I don't like this manga because I know this will end badly and will only make be feel bad.
>Hiroto: Comparing our drawing skill levels, if i was a 10, then João would be a 7 or an 8...>Hiroto: With my help, he may be able to evolve in time...>Hiroto: But it's really going to be a last minute result...>As for João's artstyle...>Since he grew up in a cruel background, he ends up having some very different ideas, this can be both an advantage and a disadvantage.>His individuality as an author isn't a bad thing, it just needs to be reserved and well managed.>Otherwise, he could be badly interpreted by the judges>Being able to transmit your idea is very important.>Hiroto: There's a minimum of 14 pages to win the prize...>Hiroto: And there's no limit. >Hiroto: Hmm....
>Altering his style will also be necessary up to a certain point.>He needs to change his art to something that will be acceptable to the japanese.>This is more important even than the quality of the art itself.>Even while being influenced by japanese manga, >There still exists a stark contrast.>He'll have to adapt the art, the panel division, and the angle of the scenes to the japanese style.>Hiroto: Even between japanese, it's already hard to convey ideas...>Hiroto: Even manga editors and mangakas can get confused sometimes...>Hiroto: That's my responsibility.>Hiroto: I need to bear all this by myself.
>I can't come back until João's debut.>Let's accomplish this dream.>It's all fine. Everything will surely go right.lol. lmao.
>Hiroto: He promised me he'd be able to draw 10 "Names" by the time i returned>Hiroto: Is everything going well...?TN: "Name" is a term used for a rough sketch of a manga>Hiroto: Anyways, if he diversifies the themes, he'll accomplish something..>Hiroto: It's always good to not get stuck in a single type of thing.>Hiroto: There's no restriction to the variety of themes to win the Santoku prize...
>Hiroto: Huh?GUEST JUDGEMIKIO KUSABE SENSEI>Hiroto: Huh...>Hiroto: Sena-san...?>Hiroto: She's going to be a guest...?>Hiroto: Sena-san....
>João: Ah!>João: Ah!>João: Fuhh>João: I nearly screwed myself>João: Good thing Gabi teached me "The Triangle"TN: "The Triangle" is a strangling technique from Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu>João: Actually, Mia was way better than me at this.
>>273411966That's commendable. This mangaka always busts his ass to educate himself on his subject matter and it shows. Clearly nobody in his editorial circle had any real understanding of just how "wrong" this would come across. Machismo is a whole fuckin' thing, and clearly this well-meaning Jap author needed somebody to tell him just how beyond the pale Japanese shared bathing culture would be seen in the context of a São Paulo favela (or anywhere else in SA, frankly).
>João: Sensei is gonna arrive in 3 days...>João: But i still haven't finished the 10 names.>João:There's still one left...>João: I wanted to draw a few samurai, but i don't know much about them...>João: What do i do?>João: .....>João: Jiu-jitsu was always fun becasue Gabi was there...Ah, fuck, i pasted too much of the text.
>João: Jiu-jitsu...>João: I wonder if i could make a "Name" about that....>João: Ah, Shit.>João: I can't stay here, thinking about manga>João: Sorry for cutting off the lights, guys>João: But it's for a good cause.
>João: If i sell this, I should get around 40 reais...>João: Mom seems to be eating way less...TN: 40 Reais roughly converts to around 6,90 dollars
>João: !>João: Is there a shootout between I.M and the Police going on?>João: Damn it.>João: I have to get back home soon...>João: Or else they'll know i stole the wires...
>João: Ah!>João: Gustavo!>Gustavo: João!>Gustavo: Did you steal those wires?>Gustavo: Give me some help here quick.
>João: They shot you?>Gustavo: Yes, it was the FSL..>Gustavo; They caught us by surprise during a party>Gustavo: They're a bunch of bastards>Gustavo: Can you help me get to the hideout?>Gustavo: Argf>Gustavo: João.
>Gustavo: Take this.>Gustavo: If someone from FSL appears, you shoot>João: .....
>These callused fingers of yours are something every mangaka shoudl be proud of...>Never use them to hold a weapon.>João: I won't.>João: I can't use any guns.
>Gustavo: How many times haven't you already used a gun?>Gustavo: You don't need to kill, it's just to scare them.>João: I'll never use a gun again.>Gustavo: .....>Gustavo: Okay, then.>João: Sensei is already coming...>João: I promised not to help I.M
>Gustavo: Tsk. >Gustavo: It'll be dangerous to go back to the hideout.>Gustavo: I'll end up being followed...>João: What'll we do then?>João: Are we going to your house?>Gustavo: That's the only option..
>Everyone: !>Gustavo: SON OF A BITCH!
>Gustavo: ARGH!>Gustavo: Huh!
>João: Gus-
>Gangster: You in a test to enter I.M, brat?>João: UAH!
>Gangster: So I.M has to use Aviãozinho for this, now? >Gangster: They really are lacking people.TN: Aviãozinho, or "Little Planes" is a term for children who join criminal gangs>Gangster: He was just a kid, wasn't he?>Gangster: Well, fuck it. It's whatever.
A SHOT THAT TEARS APART A PROMISEThat's the end for now. So what did you guys think?
>>273404415>>273404455This is "SO FUCKING GAY", Brazilians don't do this.
The problem with this manga isn't that it shows violence and death, it's that it treats these things in the most forced and cheap way possible.>B-But that's exactly how it is in real life.Sure, every day, Brazilians wake up, see murders on the street, dodge bullets, run from muggings and go eat feijoada and drink caipirinhas at their mafia friends' houses.>B-But the the author did researchOn Twitter, with a bunch of rich fucks who have never set foot in a favela in their lives.>B-But muh City of GodCity of God was made by another rich fuck who never set foot in a favela in his life. No wonder foreigners like this movie so much, it perfectly validates the stereotypical view they have of Brazil.
>>273414811You're taking it too personally
>>273414811Nigga, it's a manga. No shit they're going to show the dramatic parts. Did you want to see the three week period after Sensei left where nothing happened other than João drawing stuff?
>>273414811You're asking for a completely different story.
>>273404455I remember a friend's mother suggesting it at his house, to both of our dismay. Weird thing is it she didn't look like she was joking.>>273414811>Sure, every day, Brazilians wake up, see murders on the street, dodge bullets, run from muggingsNot too far off from slum reality, no. And Rio is a shithole, yes.
>>273413392I don't know if it's a good or bad thing that she's a judge
>>273411036100% accurate to that specific place (border between favela and normal places)
>>273411066This goddamn bitch.
>>273415075Anon...>>273411066
>>273415052I lived in the favela until I was a teenager. I know what I'm talking about. Yes, life is hard and violence is constant, but the manga makes it seem like nothing else exists. It would be like making a comic about Japan in which a Japanese person's routine consisted of watching anime, fucking a doll, eating yakisoba, going to work at a company and jumping off (or being pushed by the Yakuza) the Tokyo Tower at the end of the day. That's cheap and lazy writing.
>>273403008>And so I flew to the other side of the world, Brazil, a place farthest from JapanFun fact, South America really is what you find on the complete opposite side of Japan and it is an actual plot point in Dr Stone due to how the petrification works since it spreads with a determined range the size of the globe and it stopped short from affecting the space station above Japan thus forcing South America to be the endgame zone for Senku and his pals. However this convenient explanation for how Senku's dad avoided being petrified is probably something author thought up later because it isn't really reflected in the early manga chapters.
>>273406282>tfw you realize that the manga that gets serialized is part of the least awful stuff that gets presented to editors
>>273414811>>273415971As a fellow Hue, i think you're no fun.
>>273415971Except that's not japanese reality anywhere, while this is favela culture. If anything, outsiders don't go hard enough on exploring criminality being integral to favela culture, they'd be sickened by the social dynamics and how normal (and encouraged) it is to aspire for a crime life to the point kids are outspoken about it and families don't mind.
>>273416112To be fair a lot of manga have a decent start and only turn to shit halfway in which isn't something an editor can foresee. I swear I can only think of three longer running series (15+ volumes) from the last decade that I read that ended and did not turn to absolute shit and maybe another three with 15+ volumes that are still running and not bad yet.
>>273415971People are always biased if they haven't visited a place themselves, even if they try to be fair. When I went to Naples for a few weeks every tourist advisor was warning you to not go to le ebil spanish quarters and not walk around there at night. But they say the same shit about my own city and I do it all the time without ever experiencing anything bad so I went there and of course, exploring the quarter at night was super chill and interesting and there are tons of people that will talk to you or explain the weird maradonna veneration. It's just that if you live elsewhere all you see are rumors and news so two murders among mafia members per year are enough to burn it into people's mind that a place is scary. Those places aren't as poor and crime-ridden as favelas I assume but I still think the expectations are just as exaggerated.
>>273411011You can see the tall buildings in the background, I think the author is depicting the protagonist as being actually wrong about still being in Paulista Avenue due to getting lost. Most populated cities with "tourist streets" have pictures on the internet that are carefully selected angles to look as prosperous as possible, but generally speaking it doesn't much more than 10-15 minutes of getting lost and walking in the wrong direction from a tourist street to start hitting much less fortunate areas. This manga might have exaggerated things a little since the protagonist really ought to have noticed the change of pace around him.
So anons, what do you think is gonna happen now that Joao just straight up fucking killed a man?
>>273404415I don't think the kid offering to take a shower is unrealistic. I think what's actually weird is that the japanese guy didn't say out loud "what the FUCK" and went to have a nice chat with the boy's mother about her pushing her kid to prostitute himself to tourists for handouts, because that should be the normal conclusion anyone should arrive to in this situation.
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>>273417370Pretty sure he'd just get shot if he missed. Some gangster who doesn't even blink at shooting kids isn't gonna faint because a bullet went past him
When does the japanese guy gets killed in a execution video by the local favela faction?
>>273417480That's a Mexican Cartel thing because they're all Aztec larpers. The Brazilians usually just ransom them.
>>273406282There are mangaka who talk about/depict their editors positively, but that usually happens in volume extras and interviews.Editors are the big bad boogeyman for mangakas from their early days. Even when their input is helpful, no creative enjoys being told to reign themselves in.>90% of all manga that get published are weak as fuckThe rest is even worse. The vast majority of art ever created is complete garbage. There definitely are cases where editors make the wrong call, but overall they at least filter out the most unsalvageable stuff.
>>273406418First his daughter betrays him.Then his wife.Then his editors.I hope Tower Dungeon escapes betrayal.
>>273412295Not achieving anything is okay. Don't feel guilty for living the life everyone deserves to live. I could never feel someone else should suffer instead of me, i'd love it if both of us could live well instead.
>>273417858well at least *we*, his loyal fans, aren't betraying him by reading his manga for free FUCK
>>273403082Oh, Just a Monday in latam.
>>273418098Damn, all that's left now is his publisher.
>>273404623What about Eden It's an Endless World? A lot of it takes place in South America
>>273414643thanks for the tl!knowing it's the same author as asper kanojo makes sense, and gives me hope for the characterization. it could easily be a very very rote kind of narrative, but it feels like so far there's enough nuance in the leads and how they're reacting to keep it engaging.
>>273411036It's actually worse in real life, their first instinct when seeing a victim of a bloody accident it's literally pick up the phone and film to post on social media.
>>273405693Big "how do i teach these keeds" vibes but I'm digging it
>>273417480That's a mexican thing.
>>273414811Dude don't expect someone who's never been to brazil to accurate. Be thankful that as basic as it might be, he did some research.
>>273418667You clearly didn't see enough gore videos.
>>273406418I hate this so much because aggressive waifu shilling is the main reason for why most series annoy me. I want to choose if I like a character (or girl) and which one it is and I rather want cool art of them instead of generic fanservice. That's what fanart is for.
>>273418493>Big "how do i teach these keeds" vibesBro what are you talking about? The kid in question literally bawled tears of joy at the opportunity to get teached. It's literally the exact opposite of "How do i teach these keeeds"
>>273419224tbf he said "teach" these keeeds, not "reach" these keeeds like the legend
>>273414643Thank you for posting. It's not bad.
>>273414643Thank you for giving continuation to the chapter dump anon, I came back from my appointment only now.
>>273403212Fucking lol, the author really pulled no stops in making Brazil a shithole.
>>273422504He's in a favela in são paulo, that place *is* a shitholeThe only place worse than that is Rio de Janeiro.
>>273422689I've heard but the quickness of events is laughable. Just stepped in and a guy gets shot in the head right next to him then his bag stolen without a dropped beat.
>>273422808Don't forget the police officer asking for money to go grab the guys that stole his bag and the dude trying to snatch his phone without him noticing.
I have seen a video once where a guy robbed a store and got his stolen goods stolen by a random other criminal passing by, it was very funny. I can't remember if it was Rio or Sao Paulo.
>>273422808they just wanted to introduce the kid as quick as possible, must not be planning for a long series
>>273404415>>273404455I think the author maybe wanted to force a "He's a man" type message with the abs. There's a lot of detail you can glean from him having abs, or at least assumptions. I can understand the 'I really want to expose this information because of the layers that it holds but can't find a way to naturally incorporate it' feeling when writing.
>>273402943>a diamond in Sao PauloKEK
>>273403008>Ponte Estaiada >Guarulhos
>>273423376You do know there are way easier ways to show him shirtless, right? Being shirtless is far, far more acceptable in Brazil. It's not downright normal like it'd be in Rio, but nobody would raise an eyebrow at seeing a shirtless boy.
>>273404415No brazillian in their right mind would want to do shit like this, the author of this fag garbage really just want the BBC (big brazillian cock) without saying it.
>>273423376he could change into a dry shirt after coming in from the rain
>>273423482>>273423594Argh, don't jab at me that hard. I wasn't thinking of how to rewrite it.
>>273413392She's just going to shoot them down, precipitating Joao to actually enter the gang and get shot.
>>273423666i think you're not entirely wrong, they just needed somebody who could say 'hey japanese bathing culture is not a universal thing' or whatever
>>273417595>>273418667Mexican cartels are just the most prolific producers of execution videos, but you aren’t deep into this gore scene if you haven’t seen Brazil’s own share of said videos, they happen in a smaller scale because huge factions like PCC and CV don’t usually film their executions after "court" unless there’s a explicit order to send a message, Brazil isn’t a complete narco-state like Mexico yet so there’s still some caution against filming anything that could get authorities on your ass faster than you can react.
>>273403037this place is the pivot robbing spot in the city alongside anhangabauyes women do dress like prostitutes>>273403047this is true you can live in a 1st world area or a 4th world shithole depending where >>273403067>>273403366ofc he did this to contrast pic related >>273403082>>273403190this is normal btw>>273403212this is even more normal
>>273403230one of those days someone died in a supermarket and they just covered the body with open umbrellas and everyone just kept working normally >>273403255this happened to me in croatia>>273403284this is nearly impossible>>273403293this is more like an internal rule to not rob people who lives in the area>>273403395>file a theft report kek absolutely useless. fuck police pigs
>>273403521>>273403535absolutely never do this >>273405469they only look good in 2d as anything else >>273403566this looks a palace if compared to a real favela >>273403582>separating rooms with curtains kek this is so real>>273403615firsties have it so easy >>273406418so resta o churrasco
>>273403923>Sao Paulo is (very slightly) majority white
>>273424228Cope
>>273423919Max Payne 3 was real wtf
>>273424111big open geometric rooms are so much easier to draw than anything realistically sized + filled with stuff, can't blame the artist too much
Thank you for posting this, is very interesting.
>>273424412Somewhat, but favela thugs speak in broken portuguese, Rockstars and Remedy likely sent a script in english that got translated back and forth in portuguese so the voice actors don’t sound natural.
>>273423970>kek absolutely useless. fuck police pigsGet fucked Latuff, I hope you keep drawing these based "social critiques" that never fails to have the opposite desired effect.
>>273404572The author is male. The scene is supposed to be João trying to emulate what he sees in manga and think it's normal. I mean you see people typing shit like "WOW I WISN I LIVED IN JAPAN SO I COULD BATHE WITH MY HOT NAKED SISTERS" on /a/.
>>273424665>wants to draw a image of a cop with a evil smile to demonize them>ends up making him look completely badass insteadThat always will make me kek. That anon is kinda right though, cops are useless against thefts.
Brown girls sexo.That's all.
>>273424975That actually makes sense
>>273404415>no electric shower memesMissed opportunity.
will someone scanlate chapters 4 and 5?
>>273405693Pretty good. Part of me wouldn't have minded if it just ended with him coming back and João being dead, but since the author decided to go with the hope path surely good things await (why would anything nice ever happen?).
I like the extra edge of the mangaka being a fuckup so his teacher role feels brighter, you can tell that it was written to add more dimensions instead of being one shotty
>>273413540Kek, reminded me of a gemhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJKi3a0YxDs
What are some places to buy the raws digitally?Depending on how the story goes I might import the volumes, but first we need to avoid the axeman.
>>273402943Brazil Isekai finally happened?
My only problem with this is that it'll probably be really frustrating because there are just going to be 90% arbitrary obstacles between this guy fulfilling his role as a unique genius. If you can do something that would really impress Japanese readers you can absolutely make a living that puts you in the legitimate Brazillian working class (as in legit tradesman working for the bourgeois) without much question about it. Never mind directly drawing porno or something on twitter in this day and age, sheesh.
What a great Manga I will fap to south American femboys to celebrate the dump
>>273426806probably just a contrivance for the sake of the story, since going through the system of contest and one-shots gives it an instant built-in dramatic structure. could be in-universe naivete too i guess
>>273426806Brazil doesn't really have shit like Jump. All the manga you buy here, short of just straight up importing it from Japan, are the volumes of extremely popular stuff. Like fuck, I like Jojo, but the only stuff I found of it was the volumes of Stardust Crusader
I was hoping the MC would join the gang, could've been pure kino
>>273425640Anon, some guy already translated it here. You can put the text into the pages if you want.
>>273428099I don't mean making comics for Brazil, I mean something like remote work from Brazil for Japan. Like this guy could be a great remote assistant, there are adults that make a living in urban Japan doing assistant work. You think some mangaka wouldn't pay this guy that could support a family at a middle class level at 1/4th the Japanese rates?
>>273428283Foreign remote work, especially for Manga, might create some issues no? Now if Joao was part of the gigantic Japanese diaspora in Brazil that'd be easy because I believe those guys can even get Japanese citizenship, but for some favelado who hasn't even finished middle school, it's not so easyAgain, he hasn't even finished middle school. Dude is 15. Not even sure how they're gonna have him win the prize.
>>273404455>>273404706>>273404572>>273404774Some brazilians actually told him afterwards that this is not common in Brazil so he already said he'll change this scene for the volume release altogether.Given that, it was probably just a mistake
>>273428427Sure Sure, can we see if there's blood on the original drafts?
>>273428389Just seems like a lot of pretty low obstacles to working in a dream industry for legitimate world bourgeois pay, with an obvious path to being a true artist in a few years. It's possible this writer will make it an intentional plot point that the mangaka guy made a stupid overly romantic plan instead of just hooking the guy up with a paycheck that could save his life though.
>>273428148I only know how to use paint, can you do it for me, anon?
>>273428656the leads in asper kanojo had enough nuance that i wouldn't be totally surprised if that was the case, maybe with a touch of living vicariously through his success
>>273428656Anon, what do you think he should have done? Sold art online? With what fucking PC? He barely has energy and has to use Wi-Fi from some hotspot in the street.
>>273428735Obviously you buy him some old cheap digital tools and front him some cash to get him out of the ghetto for a few months. But this guy is tin shack trash picking poor with a world level skill at 15. You can support him up to the level of normal poor from the first world with a halfass part time job.
>>273428907And you think Hiroto, who never even got a single manga and had to keep borrowing money from his mom has enough money for that? He's already pretty much giving up his entire life on Japan to teach him. When it comes to the short term, the Prize is unironically the best choice.Like, dude, his mother says she can't even afford the next month, João can't get a real job because of child labor laws, the guy whose market tent he was working at closed, and his mom has asthma, so she can't work either.
>>273413351Name is storyboard
too many brazilians lately on my chinese cartoons
>>273429674>latelyJapan’s pool of international characters have always been American, Russian and Brazilian, these are the nations they have the most contact with in the past 100 years of their history.
>>273414643thanks for the dump
>>273426806The 3rd world type that gets exposure like that are actually middle class where they're from, not at the bottom of their already shit society with extremely limited access to anything.
I only noticed this thread because of the delicious brown shota but that was a pretty interesting read.Thank you OP.
>>273405967It's doable via the Pacific as well, I've done it a few times. But it's not popular because the usual route would have a stop in the US, which is by far the shittiest country to do a layover in.
bump
>>273429758I remember Hayate no Gotoku making a lot of mentions about Brazil.
>>273408922you will never be a woman
I thought Hiroto said he would get a job to support them. If he didn't mean getting one in Japan and sending them his salary (which they could all live off comfortably) is he planning to look for one in Brazil? Does he have any kind of plan? This guy doesn't seem like the brightest tool in the shed.
>>273433077By his conversation with Katsumura, it does seem like he is temporarily moving to Brazil. He probably plans on getting a job there, which maybe won't be too hard with Renan's help.
>>273422504Realism can enhance a work
>>273408922Calm down Juan
>>273404415maybe the kid is a massive weeb and wanted Sensei to feel at home by doing the naked ofuro thing but he has no ofuro so a favela shower has to do
>>273404415nothing like rubbing your bro's back in a traditional brazilian electric shower
>>273403935>they wont investigate itthe majority of murders in Brazil are due gang shit. you do it yourselves >>273403947oh so they are supposed to be PCC and CV >>27340398390% of BRs live with a salary like that (1k reais)>>273404070a favela doesnt look anywhere as neat as this and it's usually built on a slope >>273424320>Cope.Exactly. O bostileiro medio de QI 83 acha que existe alguma pessoa branca no pais da miscigenação
>>273433445Diz isso pra mídia que ainda chama "racistas" de brancos e pras pessoas que tiveram suas cotas invalidadas por terem a pele clara demais pra serem chamadas de pardas.
>>273433445the two biggest favelas in São Paulo are flat
While many people are arguing about the back washing. Can I ask, how often does that trope even show up considering Joao's rather limited (and lets be honest, 'popular' selection.)>>273403582>>273403615if you look around the room and assume extra there's probably like 20 volumes tops that he owns. Can a bathing custom really be drilled into him like that? Honestly he might just be a little too eager to wash another mans back.
BOPE when?
>>273433909Bope is from Rio tho, this takes place in São Paulo.
>>273433909The world isn't ready for the manga adaptation of Elite Troop.
>>273414811you have no idea how many webms i've seen posted by brazilanons about the favela
>>273403494lmao, /ic/ in a nutshell
>>273433807I decided to look it up and there's a whole wiki about it lolhttps://animebathscenewiki.com/index.php?title=Category:Back_WashingI remember seeing it in Jojo part 4 and One Piece
>>273403479Jeje i want sex with favela shos
>>273425640there's already a group working on it, just give it some time. Besides you can read them in this thread
>>273403923You all turn brown the moment you leave your mom's basement. Even the blondies.I love toasty shotas with tanlines in Minecraft.
The whole premise is retarded.>Has no money>No job>I'm gonna move to fucking Brazil and live in this gang war ridden favela and make life harder for this family>I hope I'll be able to get a job there and not get killed>All for the miniscule chance this kid makes it in a hellish industry Or he could've simply>Take the teaching job in Japan>Get paid big bucks>Marry the mother>Bring them to Japan>or just send them money from your teaching job which is going to be far more then you could ever earn in Brazil.Also calling it now>Gabu shows up out of nowhere to kill the guy before jao can shoot>the mother and teacher fall in love >Gabu gets killed
>>273434531It's less the premise and more the MC being retarded. He doesn't have the necessary common sense and cynicism to take a job he doesn't want to or get a woman to marry him for simple practical reasons instead of love. He's an idealistic chump. Hopefully the manga will show the downside of his naïveté, not just pretend the colder and more straightforward option didn't exist.
>>273403551UOOOOOOOOOOOOOH SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEX
>>273403609>I like Japanese manga because it doesn't rely on words
>>273433807Brown boy shower...
>>273434751Asper Kanojo was pretty good about treating things realistically and letting the MC make mistakes and all that, I'm hopeful.
>>273405693>Thought it was gonna be some retarded "Brazil but it is actually dark skinned nippon">It is actually goodWill follow
>>273404572Washing each other’s backs is a Jap bonding thing, supposed to show mutual trust between parties so it’s a lot less gay over there
All favelas should be nuked. All gangsters should be executed on sight.t. Brazilian
>>273434531>Urrrrrrgh why didn't the character do this ridiculously improbable, highly difficult thing that i believe is super easy because i don't know how the world works? The premise sucks!Do you think that some favelados who barely have electricity just have a bank account he could easily send money overseas from a different continent to? And do you really think it's as easy as "hehehe just marry her"? When they don't even fucking have enough money for a single month?The premise isn't retaded, YOU are.
>>273436419>Do you think that some favelados who barely have electricity just have a bank accountare they usually undocumented or something? honest question
>>273436706I'm pretty sure all poor families can get monetary support for every child they have, so it would surprise me if favelados didn't register their children to get some money.
>>273403947Oh that's pretty good, he got the PCC and the CV nailed down mostlyAlthough it's the PCC that's always in the middle of government corruption, weird to see it the other way around here but keeping CV as the violent one as they are
>>273429674At least it depicts Brazil realistically
>>273436706I looked it up to give you some accurate data. so, from a survey made earlier this year:>61% of favela residents in Brazil have a digital bank account, and 59% have a checking account>77% of the respondents stated to using PIX (a digital payment method), 60% using it daily>55% use debit cards, 42% use credit cardsin other words, basically everyone in favelas has some sort of bank account. based on this one survey, at least. another survey from 11 years ago said 53% had bank accounts
>>273433077He is probably not qualified for much besides manga but the cost of living is about half of Japans
>>273434531She has probably taken 1000 cocks to pay the bills by the time sensei returns
>>273436419It would be more common than you think, they don't live in the middle of a forest
>>273408922Couldn't he do that by marrying his mother?
>>273430039They're also not generational savants like this guy is depicted to be.
>>273411066I knew women are no good. Only men can bring each other happiness
>>273403082He's fine
>>273437581he tanked that btw
Kek fascinating shit
>>273436419Even if they don't have one, which is extremely unlikely, he can easily set one up>BB b b but muh monthWho said she was paying for the wedding, retard. He is. And he would still be sending money from his Jap university teacher job.You're acting like they're living in the fucking forest.
As a brazilian I kekked when he got into a favela, immediately witnessed a murder, got robbed, mugged, and the police asked for a bribe, all in quick succession.Truly, São Paulo is hell
>>273406282If you are making a story about a failing mangaka, the best character to use in order to illustrate that will be an editor. Given the fact that's their job.If you are talking about real life then it's more nuanced than that. Different editors for different genres and all that.
>>273405005When you make connections like this it is easier to fill up planes and thus maximize profit. Get a flight to Europe or middle east from Japan, this plane is full of people going to people going to Europe, Middle East, as well as South America, etc. Then the plane from Qatar to Brazil is filled with people from Europe, Asia, Middle East, etc. the pacific route usually stops in USA or Canada as those are places with enough people traveling to these destinations.
>>273438023I genuinely wonder what the demands for WSJ and romcoms are. Most of these series are incredibly shit IMO and I can tell from the very first chapter that the MCs are annoying and as deep as a cardboard cutout and that nothing truly surprising or cool will ever happen for the way how it's written. Not to talk about the fact that most shounen are just MC cock-sucking IMO.
>>273405016Come on man! This is so easy to understand.
>>273428427he will redraw it and make him bath with the imouto
>>273438591des the average japanese person even know how tattoos are made?
>>273409164>>273409228Giving a kid like him hope can be dangerous. Let's hope it goes well.
Seriously though, why doesn't he marry the milf to bring his family over to japan?
>>273403582Brazilians are a bunch of weebos, but i feel the choices are a bit off but not unheard of. I see much more shonen going around here>>273403609Not a hunter-chad i see.
>>273406282Anon, if you think 90% of what get published is trash, imagine the amount of slop these editors must have to filter thorughtthey are the unsung heros of the manga industry
>>273438827families aren't necessarily willing to suddenly give away everything they're familiar with to move to the other side of the world where they don't know anyone, don't speak the language, and don't know the culture whatsoeverbesides, the guy doesn't even have a job right now and is living under his mom, how exactly is he going to support a wife, two kids (one being disabled), and a young adult, none of which will be able to get jobs because they're completely detached from this new environment?he might be able to get a job now to send them some financial support, but not entirely bank their lives>>273438967if the kid is just collecting the manga he happens to find, then those less mainstream series are more likely to have some volumes lying around the bookstore. although maybe it'd be more realistic if they were random volumes instead of the first ones
>>273403787It's quite...feijoada
>>273403935>The IMF does look out for the communityhe even got the 83IQ right
>>273404133why is he living in their house again? kek>>273404279this is called "feira" in brazillian, quite accurate but a bit more narrow >>273404295theres beggars everywhere in sao paulo because nearby cities 'export' their homeless there kek>>273404415this would literally never ever happen KEK
>>273404415>>273404426looking forward to the banheirão chapter
>>273411066Yep, her eyes says it all.
>>273404151Imagive if he was a H-mangaka lmao>>273404170"My hips are moving on their own""Please stop"
>>273413392I really hope that the quality of the submission makes her change her mind
>>273413540Joaobros, we are jobbers...
>>273414643Thx mate.
>>273438827he already had to ask his mom for money for the trip. He clearly doesn't have enough money to support three more people
>>273411066What's her problem?
Sex with João
>>273439653You know, I have absolutely no fucking idea. I can't think it's as simple as her being just a bitch. She specifically rejected him, but then when she came back she encouraged him and acted like he had a chance? But she actually wants him to fail and come back to Japan? Honestly, i'd say it's 50/50 she's a yandere who wants him to be miserable and poor so she can pick him up as her personal drawing monkey since he's clearly better as an artist despite his total lack of creativity.
>>273438096Because you aren't the target demographic. Shonen for example is made for young boys, and they do enjoy it. Of course an adult who read more manga won't like it. Expectations and desires are different from the get-go. Both editors and authors know this and structure their series around this fact and it works.I like Kaiji for example. But if I had to give a manga to a kid, I won't give it to him.
>>273439717Sex with João's mom*
>>273435610Based, it's literally impossible for any normal brazillian person to see the image of a favela and not think "yup, this looks like the perfect place for napalm"
>>273405377>>273405395>>273405395firsties could never
>>273439860>"yp, this looks like the perfect place for napalm"Incorrect, the perfect place for Napalm is Brasilia.
>>273403190>Black and white hair>HeterochromiaWhy does this random-ass kid have such an distinct design? No way he's not gonna appear again, right?
>>273439933Favela are flamable, while Brasilia is made of concrete nieyemeyer bs.use napalm for favelas, and nukes for Brasilia
>>273440110he probably painted his hair blond, pretty favela-core
>>273440332Yeah, but matching heterochromia too?
>>273409410>Brazilwoodkek anon, use either the name in the original language or the actual name in English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paubrasilia
>>273440398>Click on link>First paragraph>It is a Brazilian timber tree commonly known as Pernambuco wood or BRAZILWOOD
>>273440110Blonde die + blind on his left eye.
>>273440390dunno, looks like a blind eye to me. But yeah, he's probably going to be a character in the future when the gangs get more involved with João story
>>273439653she's a woman
>>273402943It looks like he's doing Zoro cosplay in the thumbnail
>>273411292SLUT
>>273440617Thought the same thing
>>273413540What happened to Mia again?
>>273440834Some disease or something, all we know is she can't walk no more.
>>273414317what is akihiko from persona 3 doing here
>>273440834Brazilian Ligma.
>>273414811>Sure, every day, Brazilians wake up, see murders on the street, dodge bullets, run from muggings and go eat feijoada and drink caipirinhas at their mafia friends' houses.unironically yes. i just dont post webms so i wont get banned>On Twitter, with a bunch of rich fucks who have never set foot in a favela in their lives.do you need to be in India to know it smells like shit?>City of God was made by another rich fuck who never set foot in a favela in his life. No wonder foreigners like this movie so much, it perfectly validates the stereotypical view they have of Brazil.based on a real life story, N
>>273440110>Heterochromiabro he clearly lost an eye
>>273429674this was dumped on /a/ before you even started posting in here
>>273440421see the reference for that
>mid ass manga >but spics mentioned>10.000 replies per second of course, i don't know what i was expecting from nu-/a/
>>273441398It's not just spics, anon. There's also the pedohomos.
>>273441398Brazillians are the most attwhore people on the internet apart from indians, they are also weeaboos who will consoom anything japanese so that's a win-win situation.
>>273440390looks more like a blind eye since there's no pupil
>>273441398Nah, the manga is pretty good and at least it's more interesting than half of the stuff that is posted in /a/
how come 4 out of 5 people in this Japan have white/blonde hair
>>273435610Yeah, I know this is a Japanese fantasy. They really can't conceptualize how degraded people can be. Like even Ramanujan, the archetype of a "rescued" thirdie genius, was middle class in relative terms no matter how objectively poor and enmeshed in colonialism he was.
>>273438827>why don't he just bring this brown woman to a country that's notoriously xenophobic
>>273442967Yeah I'm sure old ladies side-eyeing her in japan is almost 1/10000th as bad as living in a fucking favela
>>273441398I'm here because the writer did sperg girl
>>273443168>I'm here because the writer did sperg girlIs that the one where the girl is portrayed as being wrong after some normie office bitch has a meltdown because she ordered something differen than her t in a restaurant?
>>273443583I don't remember any scene where they order in a restaurant so I don't think it's the same manga.
>>273443790Well i remember seeing some scene from a manga where some office women go to a meal and the queen bitch "reccomends" something, then when the girl orders something else she goes>WHAT???? WHY???? >Because i don't like [x]>UTERISUETRSDFHGIUS0FHWSDU WHY DID'NT YOU TELL ME YOU DIDN'T LIKE IT BEFORE WE WENT HERE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH YOU FUCKING STUPID TARD RETARD BITCH FUCK YOUUand the lesson is that the girl that ordered something different is an mentally ill sperg who needs to change because she's in the wrong, obviously
>>273439090If you think people living in favelas under constant threat of being randomly raped or killed wouldn't jump at the chance to move to a civilized country you are retarded and out of touch with reality.>b b but the moneyPeople have been providing for their family while the mother stays at home for decades. Get a fucking grip on reality. He would be teaching at uni, which is a high paid job, and the mother could work at his friend's Brazilian restaurant as a waitress.There is absolutely no way gabu survived, so he's not an issueAs for the girl, Japanese healthcare is cheap as fuck. I know, I know. Not having to go into crippling debt to have a doc prescribe you some aspirin is a foreign concept to you, but in Japan, simple surgeries don't even cost you a 100 dollars
>>273442967>Japs are xenophobic Kike propaganda. Japs don't give a shit about you. At worst you're gonna get some shriveled swamp hag give you a funny look, or get refused service in a bar if you're alone due to all the trashy tourists shitting everything up.
>>273443869No but she does kick a dog
>>273442967>I may be selling my body on the street but at least I don't have to deal with racists.lol, lmao even
>>273444115you seem extremely full of yourself, despite being extremely wrongfirst, favelados rarely wish to move away from their communities. a research last year showed that only 1% had a desire to move away from the favelasecond, art teacher is not, by any means, a high paid job in Japan. moderately paid at best. it's obviously more than what the family makes in Brazil, but the cost of living in Japan is also magnitudes higher than that of a brazilian favelathird, the mother can't work anywhere because of her deteriorating condition, and her invalid daughter that needs care. if she could work as a waitress in Japan, she would be working as whatever in Brazilfourth, we have no idea if the girl's condition is something that could be resolved with surgery, or medication, or anything. it's probably polio, which would require a long period of physiotherapy and could leave her permanently paralysed regardlessfifth, aspirin doesn't require a prescription
BLOND HAIRED BLUE EYED JAPANESE MAN TRAVELS TO THE INSIDIOUS SLUMLAND OF BRAZIL
>>273404450how old is the mom suppose to be ? she looks great for having three kids
>>273446041the older brother looks around 18-20. assuming the mom had him at a healthy age of 16 or so, she should be on her mid to late 30s
>>273446713Great,q she's still breedable.
>>273404415This is gay, even for Japanese standards.I am going to believe that he did it having some misunderstanding about bathing culture.On the other hand, Joao doesn't look like a retard.
>>273402976>fails>how about becoming a teachersenseibros... why are we a dead end?
>>273443869That's probably a different manga because I don't remember that.
>>273433807it comes up in One Piece
>>273434185>>273448162I don't wan't to imagine how this boy would suffer if One Piece was his artistic reference.
>>273438635Perfect.
time to bring out the vuvuzela
>>273445648this is a fake japanese fantasy favela where faveloids are all long suffering hard working mothers of crippled children and so on, not the real one where the favela sucks because favela people are in it
>>273451055That's manga for you.
>>273451055What are you talking about? Literally all the favelados except João's family are criminals. Even his brother is a criminal.
this was pretty decent read actually,is there anymore beyond ch 5 or this got axed?
>>273452813Pretty sure it's ongoing and very recent.
>>273452813It seems to be monthly, but there was no chapter in september and this month (so far).
>>273403212holy shit realistic depiction of LatAm if I've ever seen one
>>273452436They're still portrayed as having comprehensible motivations given their situation, not with the disordered mental and social patterns you actually find in these kinds of groups. The craziest and nastiest person shown so far is the Japanese mangaka woman.
>>273403535there is about to be a surge in Japanese tourists being kidnapped and killed in Brazil soon if this manga gets popular.
>>273453656>They're still portrayed as having comprehensible motivations given their situation, not with the disordered mental and social patterns you actually find in these kinds of groups.The only criminal that is shown as that is Gabi. Everyone else is either innocent (Isabela, Mia, João) or an evil criminal>The craziest and nastiest person shown so far is the Japanese mangaka woman.Not Magrão, who shoots a kid in the head? Not the FSL guy, who also shoots a kid in the head? Not the corrupt cops, or the guy that tries to steal Hiroto's phone?
>>273423919huh. Looks like SEA to me(Indo and Phillipine)
>>273453917What I and presumably the other anon are getting at is that in these kinds of social groups, even the nice, non-criminal, non-addict people act in shortsighted, impulsive, often pointlessly cruel ways. It's more than just being used to crime. It's fine if the mangaka believes in blankslatism, it just means those of us who don't are gonna roll our eyes a bit.>Not Magrão, who shoots a kid in the head? Not the FSL guy, who also shoots a kid in the head? Not the corrupt cops, or the guy that tries to steal Hiroto's phone?That's the thing, they're all shown in a fairly detached light. That's just how things are over there, is the overall tone of those pages. Compare that to how the former assistant is portrayed. The camera zooms right in on her smug smile. You are supposed to think>wow what a bitchwhich is a bit silly when her only crime so far is being snobbish and two-faced.
>>273408922too personal to be made up... anon I hope you make it out of your shithole and prosper.
>>273455039> That's just how things are over there, is the overall tone of those pages. Compare that to how the former assistant is portrayed.Isn't that...the point? They live in a shithole. That's very much estabilished well. The reason why the assistant girl gets more focus is because she's a much more normal, closer kind of bad person; aka, a two-faced bitch.>which is a bit silly How? She's portrayed what she is, a bitch. She acts nice around the guy, but is hoping he fails and thinks he's a loser nobody despite the fact he's the one who helped her get where she is.
>>273447893Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
>>273455179Yes, it is silly to emphasise how unlikable she is when she's competing with drug dealing coldblooded murderers on the evilness scale.
>>273455039one is relatable to the authors and audience and one isn't. like you're not wrong but a manga not being able to portray violence with the kind of immediacy it has isn't really noteworthy imho. they're still working with a kind of dramatic language and set of symbols suits for telling certain kinds of stories about certain kinds of situations, you could kinda see it in aspie gf too.
>>273454148It isn't
>>273455539Nobody's saying she's more evil than the drug dealers, anon, but she's far more personal to the main character Hiroto than the drug dealers. It's a story about being a MANGAKA, so no shit the double-faced bitch who is going to be a judge is important.
>>273455546Yeah not saying I don't get why the writer and artist are showing her like this, just defending my decision to call her the nastiest character so far. She objectively isn't, she's just who the reader is pushed to see that way via visuals and such.
>>273403082NIGGA DOWN
>>273447893>A dead endA new beginning
