Cirque du Freak is a Japanese manga series illustrated by Takahiro Arai and based on the book series The Saga of Darren Shan by Irish author Darren Shan. The manga was published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from August 9th, 2006, to February 4th, 2009Chapter 90Previous thread: >>272514562To find the other chapters that were posted thus far; https://desuarchive.org/a/search/subject/%20Daily%20Cirque%20du%20Freak/
Google drive folder that contains the complete Cirque du Freak manga:https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1J6EO5ZrQUGq1hDQ71g6xTSYsbsdgTlCq(Messed up subject but we keep going to avoid three threads).
Nice thread title, Darren.
Chapter 90 - END
>>272552690Thanks.
>>272552540Charna Christ that thing really is grotesque
what even is this volume? We went from interpersonal conflicts and the culture of a proud race of homosexuals...to adventures on an alien planet.
>>272552670Kid Steve looks a bit different
>>272552874Me thinks Darren got bored of vampires and decided to try writing fantasy instead.
>>272552874Darren without an editor.
>>272552874Darren's post-Crepsley-humous vacation.
>>272552874It's a parallel to Harkat's journey. Dude went from eating raw meat as a circus stooge for 7 years to a fucking majordomo of a vampire prince within a couple months. Darren's just experiencing a complete life switch like Harkat had.
>>272552429Spits is in the right here. Darren is a control freak.
>>272553196>the crazy drunk should be allowed to tilt at actual dragons and eat the resources they nearly died to collectFuck you, Steve.
>>272552540Not super huge on this one, but I do appreciate the work Arai puts in to make these monsters look as fucked as described.
>>272552540The chapter name was on point.
>>272553345We all know it's true...
>>272553488He jerks off with this hand and thinks about Darren.
>>272553515
>>272553380great job, would worship and milk it's fangs.
>>272552874Crepsley was a rock of stability in Darren's life. Without him, everything goes tits up and now he has to go on weird journeys to other worlds.
>>272552411I assume that bag is just bottles of Poteen. Funny to think it's just constantly clinking as they walk.
>>272553916>Crepsley was a rock of stability in Darren's life.To think all he ever did was to show up at the end of the volume to clean up Darren's mess.
>>272555654Forever written to be offscreen...
>>272552714Thank you OP!
>>272553380>>272552540What the fuck is thatAlso, great coloring
>>272552874It's kind of a victim of a bunch of planned books getting scrapped, so this book that was supposed to be setup for later events ended up not having a point in that respect while still having the importance of Harkat's quest for his identity. So it can't be cut, remixing the Lake of Souls into another book's story would be super incongruous, and you can't have just the Lake of Souls by itself either because the reveal of Harkat's identity needs to feel earned.So that's how we get this - a bunch of half-baked mini-challenges with little rhyme or reason to them, just to have some conflict before the Lake of Souls. So the first half to two-thirds of this volume ends up feeling kind of random like this, but at least it gets good again once we reach the lake for the climax. Also, I see a lot of this as refining ideas and imagery for the Demonata series anyway, so I'll take the roughness here for more polish there. The one advantage this does have after all is that it's pretty self-contained - sloppy storytelling here doesn't impact the overarching story all that much, as long as it sticks the landing, which I think it definitely does despite the rough road to get there.
>>272557884the way the setting ties back into the plot is kind of retarded though
>>272559107It is, but I think that makes it all the better for why it didn't ultimately pan out the way it was intended, don't it? I kinda prefer just the taste of the insanity and implication that was averted because of the events of book 12.
>>272552502>Brown skin>Are they "people"What the fuck Darren
I want Infinity Blade to get a manga.
>>272561018Arrow thaught him well.
Kulashkabros...
>>272552348Thanks pp
Bump
>>272561018Based
>>272553380Niiice. Its name checks out. To me it looks more like slug rather than a snake.
>>272557884i hate this retarded apologist shit so much
>>272552540The double nose at the top almost looks like a bow, which almost makes this thing kind of cute.>>272557884>refining ideas and imagery for the Demonata seriesI could definitely picture something like the Grotesque appearing as a demon there and the adventure to the Lake of Souls has similarities to the likes of Demon Thief.
>>272552714Thank you for posting.
>>272553758>Why I fell in love with a raging faggot?
>>272567793Thanks for contributing to the conversation, asshole. It's not like I said it was good. Charitably it's a result of poor story planning, which is still squarely the author's fault.
>>272567793You can just ignore it.
>>272561018He must've watched K-On!
>>272571063Darren is straight. He just turns people closest to him gayor dead
>>272574557>Evra is in a happy hetero relationship.EVRA RUN, YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED!
>>272571644Quick Question, if you don't mind are there more marionette flashbacks in the manga or were those we got it?
>>272574749Since Evra has had a close call already he might be immune now, paid his Darren dues.
>>272575960No more!
Are these encounters like metaphors for something or is Shan just dumping all his crazy ideas here?
>>272578868They'll be some explanations and tie-ins to the actual plot but it isn't really gonna be that important until later on
>>272552874Darren really wanted to write his own take on something like the dreamquest of unknown Kadath but didn't care to consider for even a second how tf to fit it in a teen vampire story
>>272579392Mhm gotcha.
>>272561018Lovecraft inspired volume, prease understandu
Couldn't help myself and just read ahead until the end. There are a few chapters where I can't wait to comment.
>>272579875Death.
>>272579907Unlike the thread
>>272581074Soon.
>>272552874It's setup. By volumes end you'll figure out the purpose
>>272582398Which turns out to be not that much anyways.
>>272582398>>272582406Still feels like an asspull
>>272583524I still stand by what I said with the issue of the story post volume 6.
>>272574557Pretty sure Alice was a dyke before meeting him
Soon.
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