And we're back for a second chapter, todayChapter 2: Dumb and Smart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YGHFJCG9IM&list=RD_YGHFJCG9IM&start_radio=1
Kanji fuckery is beyond my brainlet capacities
Even in more lighthearted manga Ohba doesn't lose the cynicism
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>>272585165You have lots of readings. Moritaka getsSaiko that could be:> Saik(y)o which could mean the "Best" or "Champion"> Saiko as in "Psycho"the one that Takagi gets it's clearly explained on the page.
>>272585368Thanks, yeah Takagi is easily explained, don't know how I didn't think of psycho tho
Yeah, Bakuman has some weird faces sometimes
Death Note moment
Holy shit Takagi
lmao?
And that's a wrap, weird chapter I guessDo you have goals anon?
>>272586332Thank you for posting.
>>272586332Thanks OP!>Do you have goals anon?Fuck you OP!
>>272587124You too anon! love ya
>>272585165I remembered this page when the Persona 5 protag went to his new school and immediately realized life was gonna suck there
>>272585165Japanese is a clown language.
>>272585650>You can't become one if you're dumb.lol. lmao even.
>>272585841It's like he never left.
>>272586103based based based based based
>>272585841Takagi is a wife beater
It'd be helpful if you linked to the previous chapter in the OP or first post>>272551250
>>272585740>>272585797Based take.
>>272585072ah damn, didn't know someone would do that. I just recently reread the entire manga myself. Hope these threads get some more interactions, unfortunately you upload them as a bad time for me, as it is 2am for me when you upload them>>272586332Whenever I see the sketches from the writers of a writer-artist duo, I always want to see a version of the manga in that artstyle.
>>272586332Thanks for posting OP. I really love the moment between Saiko and his Dad/Grandpa, and how animated Bakugon feels in comparison to Death Note. I hope these threads get interaction. Shujin is based and redpilled, Azuya is very cute. >do you have any goalsMy friend wants to write a manga/comic with me. Currently trying to think of a story with an interesting plot that matches his artsyle.
>>272585072Thank you, OP. It's been a long while since I've read it, and I have a lot of thoughts on the series. Blogpost incoming.>>272585694Yeah, Saiko does tend not to think much of other people.I really like Bakuman as a whole and especially the characters... But Saiko is the odd one out. He's got no major quirks and feels like an observer vast majority of time. Over time, even his internal monologue loses what little character it used to have. He only gets fired up when it comes to Miho and manga... sometimes. Eventually.In fact, once comedy and gags become a larger part of the manga, Saiko is still the one who gets the least amount of jokes at his expense. And whenever he does, it's almost always as a part of Ashirogi Muto. Very jarring in retrospect, since Takagi and Miyoshi get to be called out on acting foolish all the time.Obciously I'm not counting Azuki, since she's more of a plot convenience than a character.
>>272585841>>272585797Was that really how the 00's was like for Japanese teenagers? Sounds like a sentiment from the Showa period.
>>272591616You do know this is just the opinion of one fictional character which the author wanted to emphasize that he thinks too much about stuff, right?
>>272591799>that happens to match the author's own insane misogyny on display in everything they writeSure anon, I'll believe Ohba can be self-aware after fucking Platinum End.
>>272592296>that happens to [headcanon]Nothing in Bakuman or Deathnote shows misogyny, other than people complaining that in a fucking shonen manga there are not more female main characters.I haven't read Platinum End, thus I can't comment on that. But if the arguments are the same as people say for Bakuman, I won't take your word for itThe two protagonist from bakuman get constantly called out for their wrong perception about women. Character are allowed to have flaws, you know that, right?
>>272586332Thanks OP.>Do you have goals anon?My short term goal is to read this daily again tomorrow desu
>>272585841Takagi sounds ridiculous but it's worth remembering that these are two smartass teenagers who act like they have the world figured out and end up getting humbled constantly later. Still the thought lingers that Ohba either can't write women or simply doesn't care. Not that a writer is obligated to write complex female characters or romance if those aren't the focus but it does become a sticking point if someone keeps including them and fumbling. I wonder if this is something Ohba consciously worked on improving in Bakuman since characters like Azuki and Iwase get more development throughout like with Iwase becoming a manga writer rival to Takagi and Azuki dealing with the gravure offer, idol purity scandal, and va competition stuff. Some clumsy handling there too but at least it's a step up from "a woman must fly under the radar to be cute" and maybe ultimately the goals of this manga lie somewhere else.
>>272593090There is a difference between>a woman must fly under the radar to be cuteand>a woman shouldn't be an arrogant bitch like IwaseAlso since it has the artist though a different writer, one should look at Hikaru No Go for example. Because that manga has also been criticized for having shit female characters and the main protagonist being a misogynist(even though the co-protagonist tells him off immediately afterwards). Why I bring this up? The author is a womanPoint being, "The author simply hates women or looks down on them" is quite the accusation one shouldn't take lightly. Give people the benefit of the doubt and assume you have misunderstood something instead of thinking the worst of another person.
bampu
>>272585072Oh hey, we're doing this now, nice.
>>272585072
>>272585740Oh we're getting more excellent takes on what makes a good woman from this duo.
>>272585841>>272586103We live in a different time.>>272586332I always wanted to read Bakuman. It looks promising. Thank you, OP.>Do you have goals anon?Nothing worth mentioning for now.
>>272595248Glad you're on board.
>>272586332Thank you OP! While Bakuman is inconsistent in its quality i would still call it a favourite of mine.>Do you have goals anon?I wanted to make card games or comics since i was a kid but those dreams got crushed i would say early on because i had to aim for something more "realistic" like becoming an engineer.>>272586103This is one of my favourite moments from the manga. It really is just like that sometimes, tears just come out especially when it comes to your dreams/ambitions.
How much does a Ferrari F8 Spider cost in Japan? Surely you can’t make that much money with just one hit manga that has less than 100 chapters
>>272586332>Do you have goals anon?Own a home.
>>272600579>How much does a Ferrari F8 Spider cost in Japan?$340,000It's probably way out of reach for most, but the top dogs can afford it.
>>272585841Holy based
>>272585072Good show. Manga was meh
>>272604202Blue Bird and Dream of Life are certified bangers.
>>272604202The third season started speeding up and cutting stuff, which is sad.
>>2726060542 stellar seasons and an ok final one, is fine. The Nanamine stuff being cut isn't the biggest loss. S2 is my favorite one: When Mashiro goes to his uncle's grave to show him that he ranked no1 in the Toc and the OP is playing. I tear up
>>272606054So it goes.
Hello everyone, earlier chapter today since I'm not that busy. One anon mentioned I forgot to link the previous chapter, sorry. Today...Chapter 3: Pen and StoryboardLast thread:>>272551250 (Cross-thread)
>>272608349Nice. Also they sure got a headstart with the studio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liGRChNyvdU
I think I recognize some of those figures
Fun fact, this was the first time I ever heard of Ashita no Joe
>>272608817Fuck, spokonbros...
>>272604202But the anime is a slideshow of manga panels?
>>272608903You never stood a chance...
Whew...
>>272608511>I thought I had a lot, but this place has like 100 times as muchHyperbole, surely, but that is a pretty decently stacked collection. You can see 8 shelves on this pic alone, and I'd assume the other room has more.I'm working on the 4th shelf myself.
And that's a wrap, see you tomorrow guys.What's your favorite manga?Mine? I'll never tell you
>>272608669>I can't just write the story in sentences?>If you're going to just give me a bunch of sentences and tell me that's the story, then you should become a novelistThese will age well, I can tell.
>>272608892>Greatest one-hit wonderMight be Kishimoto for now, but eventually One Piece will win that too, zero chance Oda is writing anything after it.
>>272608752>Ashita no JoeBased beyond belief
>>272608669Mashiro is a liar>>272608717Good tastes
>>272585841Not the last or worst thing Takagi will say.
>>272609242Marvel did something similar called the marvel method, where the writer only gives the artist the synopsis of the chapter/issue, then the artist makes up mostly everything and at the end the writer fills in the dialogue.
>>272608717>I hate sex, rape, pregnancy and abortion>That stuff is for girls anywaysWhat did they mean by this?
>>272609598Just facts. I remember watching Nana back then and not understanding why girls (or anyone) would like it.
>>272609193>What's your favorite manga?Sumire 16>Mine? I'll never tell youPlease...
>>272609193Thank you once again OP!>What's your favorite manga?What a tough question. At the moment i would say Jojo (All parts) or Tetsugaku Letra or Blue Period.
>>272609193>What's your favorite manga?Hard question, especially because many good manga fuck up the ending, and it's hard to compare finished series anyways.Ongoing is easy to measure, whatever you look forward to the most every week/month.100 girlfriends
>>272608752Nice foreshadowing. He ended up doing near 3 simultaneous series: PCP, the last chapters for Tanto and the early storyline for Reversi
>>272609193>What's your favorite manga?Houseki no Kuni (Read 3 times)Steel Ball Run (Read 5 times)Akagi/final arc of Ten (Read 8 times)It's either one of those or Gintama (Read 1 time) but I have re-watched the anime 4 times and individual episodes whenever I feel down or nostalgic.
>>272585072sweet, we're doing a Bakuman-daily
>>272609193It's complicated because taste changes through the years. But my special manga would be Hayate no Gotoku, Negima, PokeSpe and Kaiji.
>>272611867>PokeSpeWhich one? All the arcs are basically a different manga.
>>272609193Thank you for posting.
>>272609193Thanks OP. I love seeing the storyboards at the end of the chapter.>What's your favorite manga?Eden: It's an Endless World or Bad Boys, those two are tied for me.
this manga unironically changed my life for the better reading this weekly in highschool
>>272612819Well that's part of the manga's charm, but I do liked it better when the stories were interconnected.RS was prime. Ruby best boy.
>>272609558How well did that work out ?
>>272616201Huuuuh Why did you have to pick that one, I hate it thanks to the OH MY POCKET CELEBI. It retroactively makes 90% of the story worthless.
>>272609558>>272616542Hellboy's author has that approach too, first he draws the mute chapter and only at the end he thinks about the dialogues
>>272616726nta, but without Celebi, the story would be really good for being what it is. I get that the ending can ruin it, and I do agree, but you know.
BAKU
>>272609598Staples of Josei, though I guess pregnancy and abortion are rarer than the other two.
>>272608380not just the studio, they get lucky in life a LOTSaiko grew up studying under a mangaka, and while the mangaka wasn't a good artist he still learned a lot of technical stuff. Plus he was born with an innate talent in drawing, where even stopping for a years he was already pro level at 15.Shujin might have shit parents, but by just being pressured he was able to become the best student in his school where everyone hailed him as a genius and he was able to remain a good student despite working constantly on manga. Both of them also had hot girls lusting after them without even trying, meaning they didn't had to worry about that either."Gamble manga" my ass, they got everything handed to them and only had to worry about WHEN they will get serialized, not if
>>272610947you got that slightly wrong, it wasThe last chapter of PCPThe first chapter of PCP-Middleschool(like Naruto Shipuuden)The first chapter of Reversi
>>272616542Some artists really liked it because it allowed them more freedom, some disliked it. The big problem a lot of artists had with it was that they weren't compensated properly since the artist did the heavy lifting but not getting any writing credits or paid for it. ComicTropes on youtube did a video on it with examples and such, i would recommend it.
>>272609193>What's your favorite manga?I really liked Morris the horned cat.
>>272622234Sure Saiko had talent but he did draw/practice all the time so i wouldn't call that luck. Takagi is smart but just this chapter he said that he did research so his knowledge isn't from nowhere. They will obviously practice and work much, MUCH more so they aren't just handed the reward. I agree that they would eventually get serialized but that's the thing, to reach their goals, the time limit they set for themselves is just as important.
>>272608782I just realized Saiko is doing the final Joe pose.
>>272624268Haha it really is.
>>272608511>they left the page he was partway through drawing in the exact same spot after he diedHaunting...
>>272609558Apparently, the original author of Wonder Woman would give his artists ridiculously specific instructions for how to draw the bondage she'd end up in.I'm not sure if artists would prefer or be annoyed by such an autistically detailed amount of instruction from the writer.
>>272609598Read any josei ever.Women are fucked up.
>>272608892>>272609417I don't really like calling Oda a one hit wonder despite how objectively true it is because it comes with the connotation of the wonder's success being a fluke and him being unable to recreate it.But Oda started One Piece at 22 and he'll likely be nearly 60 by the time he finishes. And every single one of his one-shots were just prototype One Pieces. He's a one hit wonder because he only ever tried to make one thing in his entire life and he succeeded. I don't think he'll have any interest in making another manga once One Piece is done.
>>272585072I have many fond memories of this manga, undiluted kino. Thanks anon.
>>272624159>Sure Saiko had talent but he did draw/practice all the timeso does everyone else, both in reallife and in this very manga. Same with the dog femboy who is so talented, despite never learning proper mangaka art, he still outclassed the other two who spend years trying to become actual mangaka>the time limit they set for themselves is just as important.shows how privileged they are, that they can allow themselves to set a time line as crazy as "anime by 18 years old" even if it didn't work out.
>>272625082>I don't think he'll have any interest in making another manga once One Piece is done.he once did say he wanted to do a sci-fi story after one piece, but that was over 20 years ago. He probably included all the stories he wanted to do all into One Piece, so he can leave the industry with a successful franchise and no unfinished business left
>>272625297I do agree they are "handed a lot of things" but not everything. They do have to push through many obstacles and they do sacrifice things during their career.
>>272625442I never said they got everything handed to them, I said a LOT, especially compared to everyone else both in reallife and in the manga.To avoid spoilers, let's just take his uncle for example. He also worked himself to literally death, and yet he was just a one-hit wonder. He had to pay his own studio, he had to learn everything himself, he had to somehow be able to draw a commercial product with no talent in art and only somewhat good sense in comedy.All I wanted to point out that the two protagonist were never gambling as they anticipated they would have to do, they simply had to be patient as they already won the lottery before the series begun.
>>272609193Thank you OP. That's a good start. They have all the material needed to fulfill their dreams.We're going to see if they have the necessary talent.>What's your favorite manga?I don't really have one but my greatest reads were the first manga I read when I was a teen. Namely Tokyo Ghoul, Death Note, Doctor Slump, Dragon Ball and lesser known manga like Eden no Ori...
>>272625523Oh yeah i do agree with that.
>>272622234Serialization was never the end goal. It's making something popular enough for an anime.You can see this with all the axebait. Yeah, they got into the magazine. And what do they really have to show for it?
>>272626996Stop spoiling bruh.
>>272628212Spoil what, real life?
Don't think I will be following this one daily but glad to see some Bakuman appreciation. Prefer it to Death Note.
>>272628212Ah yes, a manga about making manga with 170 chapters will never have the protagonist be serializedAnd did you know, Son Goku will be able to find the Dragon Balls
>>272628883>Ah yes, a manga about making manga with 170 chapters will never have the protagonist be serializedIt could happen I read manga about diving where they only dive in alcohol.
>>272585476Imagine Light making that face
>>272585740Classic Ohba
>>272629248Kek.>>272585476>>272629392I really enjoy the wackier side of Obata's style.
>>272586037I don't think Saiko is all that smart
>>272608511>the best reference material for manga is mangaMiyazaki is displeased
>>272608717fuck these faggots
>>272625329This. To be honest, rather than as one big manga, sometimes I consider One Piece arcs to be a bunch of sequential manga
>>272609193>What's your favorite manga?Probably Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro
>>272629830To be fair they're trying >>272629830to get into Shounen Jump. When you think of Jump you're not going to immediately think about sex or rape, or anything involving things girls like or go through. You'll probably see more lowbrow stuff like gag manga and Punchy Punchy series (and sports, but that's on again off again)
Which chapter has the incel rant from Takagi?
>>272608817Boy wait until Haikyuu and Kuroko come out. Plus are they forgetting Slam Dunk came out and became Jump's big ticket series? Maybe sports wasn't as prominent because everyone was too afraid of living up to being "the next slam dunk"
>>272608858>narutoI mean yeah there are swords but that is not the appeal at all
>>272629999They haven't mentioned Jump specifically yet, have they? Anyways, it seems to me that they're trying to get into WSJ because they enjoy WSJslop, not the other way around.
>>272608858>>272630117Did you know that golden age DC had a policy of putting gorillas on the covers of their comics? They noticed that for some reason they sold better. It doesn't need to make sense.
>>272630149They should make a manga about a sword-wielding gorilla.
>>272630149They should do that again. Hell they even have sctual simian villains and characters to use for it
>>272630076Fair, you could also mention Eyeshield 21 and Prince of Tennis as well but i think Takagi's point still stands if we look at Jump's lineup in 2008.
>>272630299Kondo exists anon
>>272630315I'm betting if they even considered Prince of Tennis it will be in that dismissive "eww, cooties" way Shujin talks about things popular with women. They did specify MANLY, HOTBLOODED sports manga
>>272630009It's in this thread
>>272630315>>272630076I think they mean not just a successful IP, but a VERY successful one, like One Piece and Dragon Ball.>>272630126>trying to get into WSJ because they enjoy WSJslop,I think they mentioned going to WSJ because it is the most popular one
>>272609193>Mine? I'll never tell youHow dare you, OP. I'll never forgive you!
>>272585165
>>272585224I might have inherited my cynicism from this manga.
>>272585582>I prefer people who are losersYeah sure dumbfuck
>>272585650I have to wonder what Ohba and Obata's academic creds were.
>>272585740>people who pay attention in class are actually dumb, the real smart people are those who don'tYou could have just said she had emotional intelligence as opposed to book smarts. But nah, let's hear your tirade about women who won't date you, Kenji.
>>272634249I see you forgot the>But still get low gradesI.e. he is talking about people who just do what the teachers say they should be doing without actually thinking about what they are doing. Just taking notes, just doing homework, won't make you actually understand the topic.
>>272585797>You can't be prosperous unless you're really good at what you doOr maybe you've been born into pre-established wealth that you've done nothing to personally earn.Oh wait, you think "it's in the blood". That's sure some amazing societal awareness you'd expect from a monarchist.
>>272585841>accepting your pre-ordained lot in life is smart>having ambition is dumb>Oh but don't worry, we're men so it's okay if we have ambitionI...I've got no idea how to respond to this with wit.
>>272585870>Miho was born with class, so I find her classyNaturalistic fallacy
>>272585920Just push Kenji off the roof, Mashiro.
>>272586103Way to not examine anything you write, Ohba.
>>272634507She's the daughter of a CEO, his mother is the girl Mashiro's uncle used to sent letters
>>272608511So what were Obata's actual references?
>>272601081Could the protag be among the top dogs with just one hit manga? I doubt it. That too involves the profits being split up in two for Ashirogi Muto
>>272608717Hypocrite.
>>272634699Yes, look at Gotouge and Kimetsu no Yaiba as someone with a meteoric rise. Oda is valued around 200 million, Tite Kubo around 50 million.
>>272608858>my favorite is the absolute most popular manga ever made everI have to wonder why Shonen Jump even allows non-DBZ manga to exist if none of them are ever going to be as good as DBZ. Anyone who publishes inferior manga to DBZ should be rounded up and shot dead.
>>272585841Unfathomably based
>>272608892>what's the best manga drawn by a non-genius?You literally just said DBZ was your favorite.
>>272609116So your father is a loser.
>>272634699Yes you canAuthor of Crow, which is based on popular manga like One Piece and Naruto, has become a millionaire(as in dollars, not yen) in just a few years of serializationIn shonen jump, if you make it big, you make it REALLY big, but if you don't, you're lucky if you can pay rentIt's a high risk high reward magazine
>>272634798Toriyama is a genius, a lazy one at that. The best manga drawn by a non-genius will either be Kinnikuman or Hokuto no Ken (both with an artist/writer duo).
>>272634939Plagueofgripes said that Toriyama was a moron whose expertise was in comedy.
>>272635045literally who
>>272635100The guy who said the Cell Saga sucked.
>>272630505But that was slam dunk. It was quite literally the only reason anyone read jump before dragon ball came along in the drought after it ended
>>272635157????Dragon Ball came out in 1984 and ended in 1995.Slam Dunk came out in 1990 and ended in 1996.
>>272630505>WSJslopYou tell me what manga exists that's superior to Dragonball Z.
>>272635224How the hell did I get that jumbled in my head
>>272635275The manga is called Dragon Ball. Only the anime covering the second half of the manga goes by Dragon Ball Z. You don't call the manga Naruto, Naruto: Shippuden.
>>272635145I'm sure lots of people have said that, anon.
>>272635463Dragonball Z is a special case. You know that, and you know why that is.
>>272622234>all this complaining Anon there are literally children of billionaires, Presidents and Hollywood actors that get everything handed to them on a silver platter and yet are unable to come even close to their parents’ success. There are countless examples IRL.Sure the duo had some luck , but we have other characters in this manga that do it the hard way to achieve success.
I didn't like the second half of the manga, some characters just became too unlikeable and started getting repetitive.
>>272593090Nah the author isn't that self aware, usually when characters go on these long tirades they are just the mouthpiece of the writer. If someone either next panel or next chapter started contradicting him I would buy it but this is supposed to be 100% straight.Ohba 100% hates women, just accept it and move on.
>>272585072Isn't Bakuman one of those rare cases where the anime is one the same level or even better than the manga?
>>272635834Only the first 2 seasons. Season 3 rushed like half the manga.
>>272635797But I also hate women and believe they should be exterminated and replaced with synthetic wombs.
>>272635638I was just correcting, not complaining.The original comment said they had a headstart with the studio, even though it was far more than "just" a studioThe characters in the story are saying they are gambling, even though they have won the gamble before they even started.All the text I wrote was just the explanation for why I say this, to give context to my corrections.
>>272635797>If someone either next panel or next chapter started contradicting him I would buy it but this is supposed to be 100% straight.which happens constantly in this manga? You know this whole "There are dreams men have women can't understand" bit that is constantly being quoted from this manga to prove how misogynistic it is? A few chapters later a woman calls the protagonist off and says she does understand those dreams.
>>272635834not even closeIt's "fine" for an anime, as there is no need for big movements and it's mostly just talking, but it's still a very cheaply made anime.
>>272635045And yet, what he made is still the most important series worldwide, while barely putting in effort.Not because of the comedy, either.
>>272635045Toriyama isn't dumb he just doesn't give a shit, his paneling and movement is god like, he probably gives it a lot of thought while drawing.Air Gear author is a total idiot, you can 100% make a successful manga while being brain dead.
>>272635834I'd say that, in a story where 90% of the time they're talking on a chair, the manga-book format is better than anime
>>272636083Women can't understand men. If they could, there wouldn't be women in the workplace.
>>272636379Oh Great! might not be the brightest writer, but his art is on another level. I would say his artistic skill puts him on the genius level.
>>272634939>KinnikumanI don't want to downplay its importance in jump history but this might be the answer. It might have been the very first gag -> battle manga switch (or at least an early one) but it feels more like a lucky break than a calculated detour from the humour oriented start.
>>272636985>non sequiturwhat did he mean by this
>>272585072Op, are you the guy that dumped Death Note?
>>272637967No I'm not, but the Death Note daily did inspire me to storytime this
Speaking of which, I'm back from work, so let's get startedChapter 4: Parent and Child
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnFgsQUqugI
Look at these two
>>272639893>I have no intention of creating gag manga.Heh
Devastating
>>272639953These early chapters really did revolve a lot around the relationship stuff. I wonder if it becoming more of a shonen battle manga(with manga) was always the intention, something that happened naturally, or they changed their plans because of reader feedback?
What a tweest!
>>272640157I don't remember much from last time I read, but I think it would be a natural progression towards "battle" manga
Obligatory self reference of course
>>272640222that is what one would assume, but based on what this manga is telling in a later chapter, it supposedly happens a lot that a manga changes genre when it lowers in the rankings
>>272640222There's some kind of DNA joke about souls that goes here.
>>272640324>GevanniAre you going to plagiarize an entire manga overnight?
42-year-olds look so young these days!
>>272640419>No wife of mine will curl her hair like that!Thanks Mashiro, I agree.
>>272640469I'm sorry anon, you might have bad taste, just like Mashiro
>>272640469>neither you nor mashiro want ojou ringlets For shame
>>272640537I simply don't think they're a good fit for them in particular.
And that's it for today, hope you have a nice dayDid you exchange letters/texted/talked with your crush?I did
>>272640880>Did you exchange letters/texted/talked with your crush?2D technology wasn't there yet.
>>272640757>>272640796>>272640839Well, even our main duo acknowledge that they are in fact blessed. Now they only have to capitalize on this!>>272640880Thank you OP!>Did you exchange letters/texted/talked with your crush?Lol no. I'm still chickenshit.
>>272641003I believe in you anon!
>>272640880ey OP thank you, this is a long series and daily chapters will take half year to complete, so best wishes, hope you could make a habit of it.>Questioni recived a letter once but i was scared i guess, so i didn't reply
>>272641016Thank you!>>272641216
>>272640619I really like how he uses the tones here for Mashiro's hair. I think that only Sinohara does something similar currently with Witch Watch.
>>272640880Cellphones were just starting to become a thing when I was a teenager, and since that time I only had one girlfriend for like 2 months. We didn't text, but we did call each other a few times. She was a golddigger and I broke up with her. Come 20 years later and I'm still a virgin.
>>272640685>Takagi gets his comeuppance because he shit-talked smart girlsI hope the anon that was complaining about it doesn't miss this page.
>>272640880>Did you exchange letters/texted/talked with your crush?Yeah to all of them, however the exchange letter was something that was forced on us during elementary school.
>>272640721mom is a cute
>>272640222Monarchist.
>>272640324Man I didn't even remember how often the mangaka self-reference.Also LOL that they're referencing a support character whose main purpose was to take up chapter count by stalking Mikami for way too long and treating that like a positive memory.
>>272640419What was the reason Misha in Cripplefuck had drill hair? Was it like that in Raita's reference material?
>>272643428>Also LOL that they're referencing a support character whose main purpose was to take up chapter count by stalking Mikami for way too long and treating that like a positive memory.Sometimes you get attached to characters that bail you out when you really need it. I think that's the reason why Toriyama was so fond of Freezer and Majin Buu.
>>272640462>coughed up evidenceYou're not writing a thriller anymore, Ohba. Calm down.
>>272640486But she's not blushing.
>>272640619More like "Romanticizing Abuse Man".There's nothing sweet or gushy about wage slaving for an ideal you've pushed out of your grasp. You're just taking stoic samurai machismo and claiming it's love.
>>272640880I really like ohba's doodly art
>>272642137That's not comeuppance. That's Mrs. Azuki saying smart-alecks like Takagi aren't her type.
>>272640757You're using "romantic" in the wrong context. You're using the term in the "adventurous spirit" sense while talking about pursuing courtship with a woman.
>>272643482What's Frieza got to do with this? I at least understand Buu as being characterized in a way that lets him go in any direction Toriyama wants, at least until he becomes Super Buu.
>>272644426Some guy was saying that the author was using Takagi as his own voice to call smart girls undesirable, the same applies now that he used Azuki's mom to call smart boys undesirable too. >>272644570Toriyama wanted to finish Dragon Ball with Namek but the Editor didn't want to kill the Golden Cow so soon, so he convinced Toriyama to keep stretching the fight and Toriyama decided that Frieza will have several forms to keep the fight going. Supposedly, he was only going to have the 1st and Final form so he managed to squeeze the other 2 out of him. Also, he used Frieza surviving to hype up Trunks and his cells (heh) to hype up Cell.
OP HERE WE'RE GETTING ANOTHER CHAPTER RIGHT NOW (I'll be super busy tomorrow) let's goChapter 5: Time and key
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK8Xr7wyRIg&list=RDrK8Xr7wyRIg&start_radio=1
I wonder how much input Obata had in the story
That's so stupid
>>272646450They're both right.Modern Jump will accept literal scribbles after all.
>>272646349Let's GO!
haha yea
>>272646717It is stupid, but I've always found their relationship weirdly endearing.
Who might this mysterious Nizuma be?
And that's a wrap, no chapter tomorrow, so see you all on Friday, probably later than earlierWhat's one qualification on being a man?Don't say having a dick
>>272647036Thank you OP!>What's one qualification on being a man?Trying to achieve your goals no matter what. And also having a dick.
>>272646946Man, all the faces on this page are golden. Saiko squinting and Takagi being all smug just looks really funny
>>272646997>ODA ENTEEEERSI didn't remember it was so early.
>>272647036>What's one qualification on being a man?Living in a way you can be proud of. And also having a dick.
>>272588834You're just a smooth brain
>>272647036>What's one qualification on being a man?Keeping your inner fire of enjoyment eternally burning whether a task is easy, hard, mundane or rare.
>>272646997>ten thousand nip dollars for coming 2nd place in a oneshot contest
>>272647466Japanese is not a human language. Anything that relies on so much vaguery should be rounded up and shot.
>>272647036Thank you for posting.
>>272646857It's so sweet that it's almost insufferable, but i like it as well. It also helps that Shujin does tease Saiko about it.
>>272652695not just teasingboth him and his girlfriend constantly berate him and Azuki for being stubborn and weirdos for taking the promise that far, it's considered a flaw at that point, not being romantic
>>272650199I agree, anon.
>>272654434True. I like the group dynamic they have. It also feels nice when a character gets called out for their stupidity.
>>272640169Azuki is the spitting image of mommy at the same age. Color me surprised. I like the braided megane.>>272640419Look at this mommy here...
>>272640169What a twist. What a motivation buff.Not only MC will have to draw the manga his uncle couldn't but he'll also have to conquer the bloodline his uncle couldn't.
