Someone bribed a scan group into catching up with the raws for Magus of the Library instead of waiting for 2030 when the official release would come out. Dumping chapters 51-55 now.
Meet the unofficial bodyguard.
Why do strongman types end up with a bunch of fat over the muscle anyway? Is it just something that happens with the diet required to build that muscle or is it something that helps them?
I guess she knows.
Chapter 52, the Kafna's plan for the library
Always gotta worry about taxes.
>>287475345Because they don't focus on look, so they don't care about the fat.
I hate management consultants
Fuck friendship, acquire debt slaves.
>>287474968What the fugg man, I wanted to wait for the official release. Why does the devil tempt me so?Also viewership keeps dropping, it's worrying. I really, really hope this series doesn't get cancelled.
>>287475948It's not in shonen jump or anything axe crazy. IIRC last time I checked it was still the best selling series in it's magazine by a fair margin.
I was really hoping the captcha would stop shitting itself at some point. It's been 2 hours with less than 2 chapters dumped.
Chapter 53, their departure.
I already read these chapters but have my bumpAlso Sedona is so sexo
>>287476690That guy is Sedona's teacher
>>287475345booba>>287475436booba
Fuck the captcha is really breaking down now. It's been forty minutes of trying this thing in two tabs.
>>287477202You're doing us a favorMore anon's need to catch on and catch up
I wish we had more consistent threads to discuss this manga. Maybe when they make an anime adaptation it will become more popular >>287476823Based
First she gets punted off Theo, then she gets punted out of the arc. Not a good volume for Uira.
>>287477557God if there is an anime, please be Madhouse or Science Saru
>>287474968Is it on mangadex?
>>287478083For now. But chapters have been nuked from Mangadex before.
this manga is a let down
>>287478083only from Vol 8 and newer. This is one of the few manga I bought physical because fan translations were in short supply. Art and world building are worth it.I wonder if the author likes fashion design, such detail is put into the costumes and jewelry.
Nice
>Best girl Oggha is partnered with Theo so she'll be getting the most screentime >>287478485I bought some of the volumes digitally, just to support the series. First time I've actually spent money on a manga that wasn't by Nihei, but I really enjoy this series
>>287477865>Madhouse
>>287478083You can try comix if you can stomach the constant ads
>>287475345>strongman physiqueThat's how you know he's real>>287475436Imagine getting a faceful of Oggha tits every day for work.>>287475562Do you Catan?
So many nice butts
>>287479641The kafna uniform is all butt built to show it off.
>>287474968finally, based richfags
>>287474968Based Demon King molesting the Hero. Truly, just like in the books!
And that's all for chapter 53, I'm gonna call it here because I've been dealing with this fucking captcha for seven hours and I've got at least four hours to go while I can barely keep my eyes open. If this thread is still alive when I wake up I'll start with 54 and 55. Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll have fixed this shit by then.
ganbare, anon
>>287480107Thanks anonSedona is total sexo
Sex with Theo
>>287476613>pureblood elves and pureblood kemonomimis are ugly> "mixed race" elf and kemonomimi look like proper anime elf and kemonomimiWhat exactly is the author implying with this??? He never seen a halfbreed in his life?
>>287480211All of the girls in this are great. Very cute designs with big personalities.
>>287480107Thanks
>>287480882But the important question is: who is best girl?
>>287474968Perfect start.
>>287474968>Someone bribed a scan group into catching up with the raws for Magus of the Librarysomeone should do the same with kerantaru grand scene
>>287480979Sedona by farMidoreen, Madhan, and some others are good too
It's been so long I honestly forgot Sedona was a guy.>>287478485>>287478749All of the officially done volumes are free to read on on nyaa. I couldn't imagine buying digital volumes my guy, at least get the physical books.
>>287480979The true best girl appears on only 12 pages, but she's absolutely based on nearly every one. The author knew she'd be too powerful, so she got relegated to being a background character.
How is it that despite being a set of very modest robes that cover everything, the kafna uniform manages to be incredibly sexy?
>>287481913>Sedona was a guyBut she's clearly a woman
>>287481913Sedona is a chick
>>287481913>Sedona was a guyDidn't the author say Sedona's gender is "up to interpretation"?
>>287475317Abs.This should be the big hammer girl if i remember right.
Chapter 54, The Lying Adults
Huh, that one uploaded with strangely little drama. Dare I hope they actually fixed this?
>>287483333Freedom has no gender means that boys and girls can have freedom loving mindsets.Also this thread is cursed lmao
>>287483388Checked
Clearly I jinxed it because now upload is breaking in a whole new way.
I think chapter 54 should be on a different thread due to image limit. Is a full storytime too much of a hassle? Do you think enough people are interested in it?
My bad guys, I jinxed it.
>>287483459Huh I thought that one didn't go through because it took an hour to appear on my end.>>287483714We'll have a couple dozen to spare by the end of 55.
Oh, so the better off Rakta in the current day are the ones that backed slavery and didn't lose all their stuff. Wonder if anyone's gonna say something about Ohgga.
>>287475982Tummy
Boomers gonna boomer
>>287484330>>287484345The biggest flaw of this manga is the insistence on moral relativism even when one side is clearly wrong. I guess the mangaka wants to show how open-minded Theo is but it's just a pointless devil's advocate.
>>287484391I'm being charitable and assuming it's a mix of Theo going "I don't know anything about these people so I can't judge" and the author not wanting Theo to be set in his views before he's even done his first job. It'll probably change as more violent supremacists and the like come to the fore.
>crawling into your friend's bedStruggling to see the platonic reason for this.
>>287484938>>287484968Poor Ohgga is never escaping the friendzone
This imagery feels familiar but I can't put my finger on it.
Well they appeared sooner than expected.
>>287478083it is on nyaa
>>287484391Mangaka's pulling a trick, Sophie Schwimm is writing revisionist history after Sedona wins
Chapter 55, The Masked Lumberjack
Ohgga doing her best Ophelia impression for this trip to the caves.
>>287485399Bowlcut AND Hitler stache, Theo's going to wreck him with a care bear stare
>>287485439He's got the stache but doesn't have the racism so far.
>clearcutting the water trees and not planting replacementsOh they're fucked
>>287485120Only chapter 55 though
>>287480393The author is a male feminist, that’s all you need to know
And that's all for chapter 55. Chapter 56, The Sea Cannot Be Heard will probably come out a week or two after all the raws come out (or maybe when the raws for chapter 57 begin).This village looks to be on course to get turbo fucked between everything set up in this chapter and what'll probably be the third member of the Trine showing up.
This manga needs more fight scenes. Theo barely even uses his mana.
>>287485848false
>>287485956The author is Sophie, she's in Theo's class, silly
>>287480393Unreliable narrator, Theo is actually el ogro de Hylia and Ohgga is actually fat
Who else googled Kafna of the Wind by Sophie Schwimm to try figure out what the source material is like? I can't be the only baka here.
>>287475397>>287475436There she is, the best girl.
>>287486361I did after chapter 1. I was very confused until I came across an explanation that mentioned she's in the manga and stopped reading immediately. I still can't tell if she's justthe author's self-insert joke, or some sort of plot critical meta-aware time traveler.
>>287475997How did ohgga grow so much in EVERY area in just one year?
>>287484968More like Faggheo.
>>287487213They're in the 13-15 age bracket. They get these things called growth spurts especially when they start getting consistent meals.
>>287486646She's just a lonely widow who writes adventure novels anon
>>287474968I never found a thread on /a/, and thought you guys weren't interested in this seriesGood to know that's not the case
>>287487789They did a storytime a couple years ago that I missed, it doesn't have enough fights to get recommended along with the other /a/ fantasy manga though
>>287487807It does get recommended, it's just that the recommendations come with the note that you're in for a slow paced series.
>>287484717>Entertain them by letting them show offThis is too reality for me
>>287474968This is the one about the library where they constantly obsess over racism and justify censorship right?
>>287488186>about the libraryYes>constantly obsess over racismMaybe few arcs>justify censorshipOnly 2-3 chapters is about that
>>287488202>Maybe few arcsWeren't the main villains a while ago talking about how they hate racism and they all need to wear masks to stop the racism against magic-clankers?>Only 2-3 chapters is about thatI know but it boils my bloodIn the chapter on verification of truth they literally don't even mention the idea of Testing something in the Real worldIt's a hideous delusion, and all of the characters ought be shot for itIt was also kind of pathetic when the MC is shamed for seeking his job out of a sense of purpose and responsibility instead of opportunistically seeking a position of power.I think I hate this author too much to actually read much further, but that art was cool, and the worldbuilding seemed nice
>>287488186I read that as a kid being naively sucked into a ruling caste's propaganda
holy shit more Magus chapters, thanks for the dump OP>>287488186>justify censorshipdid you miss the entire point of komako's speech?
>>287488419>Main villainsIt is, but not every arc is about themAlso the villain themselves having racism as one of their biggest inner issues sounds pretty ironic to me, too
>>287488419>In the chapter on verification of truth they literally don't even mention the idea of Testing something in the Real world>It's a hideous delusion, and all of the characters ought be shot for itThey are all obviously missing important things and suffering for it
>>287486646I got the impression that it means this manga is just Theo's biography being told to the reader after his story is already done, and Sophie is the one who wrote itThere's probably some meta stuff there, like how it's subject to possible inaccuracies and revisionism. "Theo Fumis" and/or other characters might not even exist in this universe, and they were just made up by Sophie
>>287489071I think the context as implied by Sophie is different from what she expects her readers to pick up, the way this sequence was framed would make Sedona saving the world almost an obvious twist. Remember the title of the book is "Kafna of the Wind" and Sedona has wind magic, this is an adaptation of the Theo Fumis chapter.
>>287481913>It's been so long I honestly forgot Sedona was a guy.HUh? >>287477566
>>287489260Scanlator
>>287489284Fuck you
Sedona has a HUGE cock
>>287489199Mind you, this imagery also seems to point towards the more standard explanation there rather than any shenanigans of Sedona being the hero all along.
>>287489417Red herring, notice it's just describing their color schemes and is a yin-yang
>>287489417But if >>287485180 is correct and Sophie is writing this while Sedona is considered the savior of humanity they could both be right
>>287483714I'm down regardlessI love this series
>>287485980Chapter 56 opens with Theo bringing up the idea of spirits leading an attack on the town in revenge for destroyed homes and gets dismissed because a spirit with the power to do that would have to be tied to something ancient while the ones tied to things like crops have fuckall power. So yeah Trine interrupt seems certain.
>>287489417Maybe it's a red herring but man it would be crazy if she is actually the main antagonist
Always a treat, thanks for the dump OP.
Wew
>>287492073Theo is /not/ catching the hints that Ohgga is one of the heroines.
>>287492102Aya looks to be in the lead.Doesn't help that Sedona awoke in Theo a taste in Rakta women
It was always in my mind but the series is more of commentary on internet more then anything right? But then again I might need to read about the history of literacy and it affects
>>287484806>>287484788>These City slacker are steeling our woman's!
>>287492073>>287484986I honestly don't get the impression that Ohgga is attracted to Theo, she seems to just like him as a friend and the physical intimacy is just an aspect of Creyak culture
Kek
>>287492995Oh right she was the racist one
>>287492922There's no way cuddling with a guy in bed is just being friendly in any culture. Also Theo isn't Creyak so it'll look like flirting in his culture.
Rakta are a fun bunch
>>287493350Just think of her as a really big cat.You have cats, right anon?
>>287493355I love how it read like a racist anthropologist note
>>287480393It does feel like wokeshitter behavior.
>>287474968Nice desu
>>287493343*one of the racist ones
>>287489417It's implied, but this prophecy doesn't necessarily state that either of them are evil. Considering what we now know about THE BOOK and how the story of the seven magi is inaccurate but still taken as history, I wouldn't be surprised if Sedona agrees to become the "villain" so that the world will see Theo as a hero.
>>287475798Magus of the Library is a c̶o̶o̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ economics manga.
>>287495434I've said it multiple times that this is a pretty feminist and left leaning mangaBut it's done in a way that it doesn't feel offensiveffs I'm a massive simp for Sedona but she is a very feminist character
>>287496154My only grip is that, there's the danger that the author will not be able to finish the story,simply because of the slow pace with the fact it looks like a grand narrative.It took 10 years on real life to they graduate, and only NOW they are working.
>>287496699I'm more worried about WW3 or Japan going through a really bad economic crisis or a proxy war with China honestly
>>287486299>>287486330>pretending to be retarded
wokeshit is completely fine as long as its entertaining thoughit's not a cognitohazard; nothing will happen the hot female antagonist is a feminist
How exactly is this manga "woke"? I don't see it.
>>287489071Oddly, the book is called "Kafna of the Wind", so you'd assume that the titular subject is either Cynthea or Sedona, or maybe both since Kafna could be plural. I suppose it's from Theo's perspective because he's the link tying the two together. >>287497293It's not "woke" at all. It depicts a society with prevalent sex discrimination, but the author acknowledges opposing points of view, and said society isn't presented as irredeemably evil for barring women from certain professions. A "woke" story would have been about letting women become Hamnas.
>>287496536>fanart
>>287497293It's not exactly "woke", but it sounds a lot like big management consulting rhetoric
>>287497638It had not occurred to me that Kafna of the Wind could refer to Cynthea. That means both titles could be about her.
>>287497736I didn't know anon...
>>287497293It tackles racism, feminism, and classism. The MC is a Jewish-Aryan boy who's helping the globalist polity unite the world through his empathy and compassion.
>>287498147>The MC is a Jewish-Aryan boy
>>287498147Aren't elves Africans? He's just your average black Muslime
>>287498343Not if you're making a holocaust analogy
>>287498585So is Sedona literally Hitler?
>>287499099What? No, by this analogy, Hitler would be the Hyron king who tried to genocide the Haupi. You DO remember the lore of the worldbuilding manga, right Anon?
>>287498147Don't forget to mention that the work involving safe guarding magical scrolls and important text/documents are done mostly by women, lmao. Not to mention making Kalergy mutts more attractive than their purebreed counterparts
>>287497293Its basically a little bit woke, not on your face woke like witch hat. That's why most anon are ok with it
>>287499258I'm just fucking with you
>>287485061that'a lot of fluff
>>287493408She's not actually a cat though is the thing. She's a teenage girl crawling into another teenager's bed.
I thought the Haupi were Amerindians
>>287501540None of the tribes in MOTL are close analogues for any real world ethnic group
>>287501540Do you mean the Kokopah? They're the ones who wear feathered headdresses, but I think the similarities mostly end there.
>>287475345He's cute and has a soft yet strong body. If I was a woman I'd definitely fall for him.
>>287501634Well, the Rakta are clearly Chinese and the Kadoe Japanese, but I certainly don't think that applies to the other races. Even the Hyron are a sort of mix of Indian, Arab, Ottoman, and European. >>287501832No, the haupi speak a kind of Nahuatl, and this disc is obviously based on the Sun Stone.
>>287502360Fair point on the Rakta, and I remember that the Kadoe are supposed to be Japanese but I honestly don't recall why
>>287503737>I remember that the Kadoe are supposed to be Japanese but I honestly don't recall whyI mainly remember the fact that their ruling family name is almost literally Satan.
>>287503737I think it's mostly an aesthetic thing. They're "Japanese" because they wear kimonos and put tori gates outside of their temples. It's hard to come up with completely unique cultures, so author's just borrowing inspiration from real life.
>>287499986What was especially woke about witch hat, I remember the brimhats telling her to check her privilege but they were also body horror mages
>>287492073How can the other girls even compete?
>>287474968>>287474971What's with this interaction? Is he a submissive boy for her?
>>287505948Yes, he's an impressionable, naive young man facing his mentor and saviour who clearly isn't above using the kid's admiration for her (him?) to have some fun. This is because there are no laws forbidding grooming of children in this land.
>>287475258He's technically correct, at least if theo is inside the room.
>>287475854>>287475878Good thing that repaying debt interest isn't forcing local governments to sell off anything valuable they might have in the rest of the world, right?
>>287477988Dude is playing monster rancher in fantady land.
Is it just me or to Rakta frequently have names based on colors? Sedona's a bleu, there was that Rakta author named Lugei Noir, Kana's last name(Midoreen) is from the Japanese word for green, and the third Rakta classmate is Yuki Chairow(Chaairo is brown in JP)I just noticed this but I think it's true
>>287484291A classic quote, in another form.https://youtu.be/bXb3if57sug
>>287475436I ship em
>>287507089Alpha Centauri was great.
>>287484391It's not pointless. Everyone makes their choices and is forced to pick sides and deny the opposition, but being willing to learn the different perspectives forces you to solify your own reasoning.
>>287498147The Hyron are strange to be honest They are your usual Arab/ Persian/ Indiana hybrid you see in fantasy but there origin might as well be that of new world hespinic
I remember dropping this once the boy was in school and they kinda just kept going in circles with with the whole allegories of modern world problems and classwork. It just kinda got boring, art was atleast always consistently amazing.
>>287507172How would their kids' ears be shaped?
>>287494821Every race is racist, in this manga
>>287482779Early Sedona was so much more of a hottie it's honestly disappointing how both the art shift and apparently more deliberate decisions made by the author turned her androgynous.
>>287484989Marriage dance on Theo's first trip to town
