Chapter dropping tonight!>Chapter 72 Part 3 Behold the marked>Yaiba Club VS Arle! What will the result be!?
>>288099324This is probably the last chapter of the volume with the page count we got, so expect a cliffhanger and another decent break.
why earlier than usual?
>>288100212cause Ishida feels like it
>>288099357Wonder if we'll be waiting a month again after this one
>>288102349Probably,it will end with Tokio reveal and then waiting again, there's no way something major isn't shown
>Tokio is allegedly the strongest nowHow is he supposed to stop this?
>>288102620By not getting hit
>>288102620Sandek needs time to charge this attack. Tokio is likely the fastest and physically strongest choujin in Nanasu and he literally just needs to wound someone to completely cuck their Raise. If he can physically pull through Sandek's gravity blast and barriers i can see why he's the strongest.
>>288102620I could easily raise from that btw.
>>288104239nuh uh
>>288104163Sandek can supercharge his attack like he did for the Nue, but he doesn't *need* to.In the instance the earlier person posted, he practically ambushes Zora with it right after flying out of the clouds and catching her notice - and it incapacitated her long enough for him to deal with Batista 1-on-1. It's hard not to see a similar attack devastating any non-chaosified or monster Choujin a la the Nue or Zora.Until Tokio manifests gravity shit of his own, it feels artificial to have everyone aurafarming for his little melee antiheal, especially the bitch who can turn you into salt without giving a shit about your ability to raise.
Guess I'll dump
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Uh... not too sure about Tokio's new hairdo...
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I knew it wasn't 'evil Koemori'.
>>288106804F Shadowl
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>>288106804>Yeah I don't know how I'm in Nagamata to do this either
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>>288106913And that's it. Certainly a choice in hairdo.
>>288106930No wonder they never bothered to remember his actual name. That's Toyota not Tokio
>>288106930Makes sense, you'd want shorter in such a situation.
>>288106930JUST
>>288106930He looks like a edgy kpop boy now
>>288106930Are we sure this is the same bugger?
>Yeah I'm in Nagamata now>Damn Higashi-San isn't here either...>Welp gonna salt your uncle now Arulu byeeeFire Tokio and Sato they can't guard shit
>>288106930His hair looks better now
>>288107103He looks generic now
>>288107159I think that's because of how his face is drawn there, the hair isn't the issue.
>>288107204Bro his face in general has been generic but the emo cut was his saving grace on standing out. Now he just looks like a generic dude
>>288106930The chestplate is to short, it should cover his abs
>>288106677GOD DAMN IT FRENCHIE DO SOMETHING MY HOUSE IS ON YOU
>>288106930Is edgy finally back on the menu?
Now that the real heroine is hre we can finally kill Palma off.
>>288106804THIS WRETCHED FUCKING BITCH!
>>288106930Palma is going to get pregnant just by looking at him
>>288106930Looks like the Kaneki Ken hairdo (with different eyes)
>>288106953Eh we can't put reality rules here when we had Sora and Vlad fighting years in war with their long hair flowing around
>>288108002Well, he's in a mentor role now, so he kinda needs to look like an adult. Like Haise actually looks like an adult, while Kaneki looks like shit
>>288106816Who is the stitched guy?
>>288108214Jing. He actually got a cosmetic change
>>288108089It kind of reminds me of Black Reaper Kaneki vs Eto.
Posting the V14 omake translated since the previous thread died
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>>288106610>So, can you still call out shadows?>You'll just have to wait and see...>As you can guess...>I can't call anymore powerful shadows...>Suppose I just have to find out.>Is he the main body...?>Chapter 72-3 Behold the marked>>288106641>The real>Jing—>A jump!>Where did—>>288106660>...Does he>have jets stored behind his knees?>Say, boxers>have good eyes, don't they?>But in practice,>apparently the trick is they practice multiple response patterns>based on what they see until it becomes automatic reaction.>The human reaction time is roughly>200 milliseconds>These eyes are specially made for 50 milliseconds.>The direct connection to the brain makes your actions look effectively slow...>It's far easier than training all seriously,>and far better performance.>I can even catch a fly with chopsticks the moment it flies.>>288106677>So.>squeeze>What's the response for the fist being taken pattern?>Aaaaahhh!!>...Also, seems you really are out of shadow fuel.>*pssshhh*>It's not only his eyes; his hands have mechanisms, too. >It's completely shattered...I can't use my left anymore.>Is it hydraulics? Synthetic muscle?>No, it doesn't matter...>...Fuck.>Ugh...>I shouldn't have saved that guy...
>>288106703>It was the....wrong call...>I've learned several phrases to describe this situation.>Which is best...?>Let's see...>Behold, Arles.>When covering these legs in dark...I'm faster than a canine.>This is Dark Step.>It's gross!>>288106722>Ha ha, gross, is it?>Listen, Arles.>In all things,>the grosser is it, the better it is.>Dark and light are two sides of the same coin...>...Arles, you have great makings in you.>In time, you will surely become a spécial Choujin like myself.>Conquer the dark.>Those who grasp dark will, too, grasp light...>Dark and light are two sides of the same coin.>You just said that.>Your uncle is indeed stubborn. I shall say what's important as much as it takes!>To begin with, uncles as a breed are fundamentally stubborn.>Now!>Let us raise the curtain on these dark lessons!>Yes!!>That is good darkness!!>Go, unleash your darkness even more!>Splendid! The darkness shines!>Aim for a darkness that surpasses myself!>Nice darkness!>>288106739>Dark running!>Stamina is the currency for darkness!>Darkness appears to be reticent but it is actually vocalistic. >The dark we see is nothing more than the cortex of a massive brain.>I don't get it.>To use an example, it's like cornflakes floating in milk.>Arles, your dark mass has grown!>Like cornflakes becoming thicker.>Really?>Yippee!>Dark weight reps!>Aim for Sadnek's physique!>I heard you began boxing! A splendid choice!>Calmness and ferocity are two conflicting qualities necessary to boxing.>Such it could be called the dark martial art!>The dark sets loose the inner beast bound to the chain of reason...>This is why bygone soothsayers would not look at the sky even when around the fire.
>>288106758>You wish to change instructors...?>What for? I have far more understanding of your power.>I still>want to change out.>State your reason, Arl!>This manner of being is enveloped in dark...!!>I wish to make you into a wonderful dark choujin like myse—>I don't>want to be like you, uncle.>I—>I don't want it.>>288106775>Ha, heh...>I...>I see...>The time has come>For you to find your own darkness, has it...>...I'll ask my colleague.>She's a wanton woman named Roja...>Well, just don't take on that particular influence of her.>Have I—>>288106804>seen this face somewhere?>*various, 'ah', 'kh', etc noises>Director Shadowl!!>We can't handle her power..!!>Perhaps it was when I killed the Nagamata director?>Not that it matters in the least.>>288106826>Arles!!>We're retreating!>We cannot best her!>Withdraw!!>—"Dire straits." "The end of the rope.">"Back to the wall.">Hrm...."Dark days.">>288106845>You suck.>Die with your back tur—>Shadow Boxer!!>>288106862>She made the debris shadow into "fuel".>So she can turn 'shadows on the spot' into a resource as well?>I see.>That didn't do it...>It was too light...>I don't need any more data; don't be stubborn.>That's right.>It's over for me.>I'm stubborn.>I can't win.>I gotta...>run...>away...>>288106893>W-What?>Something black>just came flying—>>288106913>...The hell? Sure are a lot of the same guy.>Is Guelta having a bargain sale or something?>>288106930>Garbage collection is Tuesday,>Jing.>Don't make more trash for me.
I can't believe Jing actually would have beaten someone if Tokio didn't show up. He was supposed to be our biggest jobber...Simon, old friend old buddy, you got promoted
>>288106877>>288106893Funnily as it is, Jing's actually a pretty hard Tokio counter since the Adamntine Harpe likely won't do much to him unless he cuts his head in half or something. Which might even be why Jing has stitches there now.
>>288108565I dunno about that, he was fully incapacitated by Simon after being similarly sliced in half back during the Tower arc. It won't necessarily kill him (he was squabbling with Simon about putting him back together in one of the extras) but we can assume unlike Batista whose lopped arms can just go into joycon mode, Jing does have limits to his sturdiness.He definitely gave an impression of being sturdier than before thanks to his clone army appearing to be capable of functioning even after their heads are punched off, but we dunno if Jing himself has that extent of capability yet.
>>288108508Thanks for translations, anon!As everyone expected, Tokio came to save the day. Shocked the chapter title and cover ended up literally not mattering at all, aside from the presumption that Tokio probably got intel from Ely's predictions to come save Arles' ass. Ely fans starving
Jing's lips in this chapter resembles I.C.'s...
>>288108531He did already KO Rhetoric. Until further notice we have a new jobber king already lol
>>288108887We also had some theorizing last thread that Tokio's improved his bird network performance and got intel from his birds were depicted a few times flying alongside the train. So it could just be his own thing rather than Ely's.
>>288108910>turns out Tokio already killed IC and Tawashi offscreen>Jing's new design is just incorporating stuff from them as memory (while Jinglings were just him prior to their deaths/if they hadn't died)yfw?
>>288106930Not as cool as I hoped it would be
>>288108962I was expecting him to completely ruin his first impression for Arles.I'm still expecting it, really.
>>288108002Bador was the coolest..
>>288106930>Batista wearing Bejita's suitjobbing inbound>>288107752>Palma is going to get pregnant just by looking at himabortion inbound too
>>288106930This panel definitely feels like it'll be touched up in the volume to me. Bro looks dead behind the eyes - which wouldn't be a shock for someone fighting in an active war, but his dialogue (taking the gist of the translations) doesn't seem to reflect that at all.He just looks goofy staring dead-eyed into the camera head-on and in high detail, while trying to aurafarm lolJust making him not look at the camera directly makes him look cooler
>>288109355>but his dialogue (taking the gist of the translations) doesn't seem to reflect that at all.People in his situation tend to resort to humor to cope, often dark humor. It just happens that's Tokio's usual thing to start with.
>>288106930Shoulda given him a backslick or buzzcut
>>288108981Eh he already made a better enter than last time. If he ends up fucking up is due to Koemori suddenly waking up and being dead weight at this point
>>288109637Besides being in a cast, his entrance for the ice fight wasn't bad. He royally fucks up the end of it was the problem.
>>288109663And that fuck WAS due to the cast and him being a dumbass and not raise it when he should (like how Sato admonished him for), a problem he doesn't have now
I don't care about some retarded jojo escapee. Ishida is back to his :re days. Stop introducing new slop just because you feel like it.
>>288109685>not raise it when he should (like how Sato admonished him for)You have it backwards. Sato was the one who told him to not rely on Raise and instead forced him to use a Choujin's natural healing. It wasn't really ever explained why, but we know Raise has long-term demerits and there might be a merit in itself to using healing. It's extremely powerful anyway going by Hume coming back from being a head.
>>288106930ENCHAD THE BLACK BIRD OF DEATH
>>288109769>You have it backwards. Sato was the one who told him to not rely on Raise and instead forced him to use a Choujin's natural healingAnon did you actually pay attention to the follow up of what Tokio was trying to say?>Ely: Why didn't you raise?>Tokio: Well Sato-san said->Sato: WHAT did I say?Tokio WAS supposed to Raise here instead on listening like a dog and go "owie muh leg isn't healed yet!"
>>288108961Or Jing slaughtered his former comrades for their abilities to become a pseudo-Nue Chimera.
>>288109822Nah... doesn't seem like it. Him and Tawashi were too stuck to the hip for him to do that
>>288109813That's a fanfiction interpretation. The Japanese leaves it a bit more vague, and even then it's not like the English translation is wrong even, you're just misinterpreting it.>Ely: Why (didn't you) Raise...>Tokio: Um, that's (because) Sato...>Sato: What about me, now?Then he admonishes him for not finishing the fight when he had the chance via using his broken leg which let I.C. back into the fight, not for not Raising.Sato also practices what he preaches, since after the Sora fight, he also relied on natural healing instead of raising and was wheelchair bound for the trip to Iwato.
>>288109885>I.C. back into the fightYou mean ESCAPE. IC was trying to escape here, and he would've succeeded if Azuma Simon and Momo hadn't comeThis wouldn't have happened if Tokio just broke the rule, raised, and caught himAlso>Sato also practices what he preaches, since after the Sora fight, he also relied on natural healing instead of raising and was wheelchair bound for the trip to Iwato.Sato didn't need anyone immediately after being injured after the Sora fight, he was just in a teaching position, of course HE doesn't do that. He doesn't need to run after escapees
Going by the page count, volume 16 is going to have 13 bonus pages. Two of these are usually blank/editorial, so effectively 11 bonus pages. Wonder if he's doing character stats again.
>>288109885You do realize Sato is pretending and is the final villain, right?
>>288109885That's a really good point you made about Sato practicing not relying on raise himself. He was seriously injured from that battle, but still didn't raise (or had run out of the ability to?)It's a little muddy still what factors control how many times a Choujin can raise, and this passive healing separate from raising (Azuma running out of healing cells caused him to have permanent loss of his hand)Either way, Sato had his hands blown off at the end of the battle in 34.4, but they've seemingly regrown already by 35 (unlikely to be surgical reattachment since they're not bandaged, unlike his lower body).I wonder if repeatedly relying on passive healing alone can eventually train it to become stronger and faster - the way Vanya was able to shrug off Shadowl's headstab without a raise
>>288110057Are you saying he pretended to teach Tokio how to go chaos at will and pretended to teach him how to handle gunfire?
>>288102620Sandek is a joke
>>288106930NOOOO I DON'T WANT EDGY GIGACHAD TOKIO
>>288110125>the way Vanya was able to shrug off Shadowl's headstab without a raiseThat would certainly be an interesting application of it. I was just chalking it up to Vanya being a Queem clone and she's literally just built differently, but it'd be interesting if it was a learned aspect.
How much of a sexbomb is Palma going to be?
>>288106877Finally, a full-length harpe
>>288108829You can see blood coming out of Jing in that page, mouth and waist. In >>288106877there's no blood, we see mechanical fragments splintering off, and he isn't pouring blood from his mouth this time. It's very likely he learned from the Simon thing and made his waist mechanical. He's probably either going to reattach it next chapter, or steal a Jingling lower half.
>>288110170>calling Sandek a joke when Arthur existsAt least Sandek saved the protags several times, and helped to implode the Nue into bits.Arthur has the same ability as Vanya, but does jackshit with it (even when not written out of battles - he was present at the first battle against Zora and could have literally just turned bitch into sand, but didn't)Still nowhere to be seen on the frontlines where his ability would be most useful against the Guelta's endless waves of meatbag soldiersHis biggest moment to-date is using his powers to reveal the 911 airplanes were made by Choujin, immediately made redundant by Ely getting a prophecy of the same thing
>>288106775>>288106804Shadowl... Roja... why....
>>288106877Aruru culo
>>288106930WTF what is Urie doing in this manga!?
Was thinking Ely's blindfold was probably essential for public speaking, so she suddenly doesn't have a prophecy seizure since she can't control when they come or not.
>>288109637I liked that introduction. Coming from Not Detroit and still looking like a goofy idiot was cool.
>>288110364I think it's because Ely has developed a third eye and don't want people to freak out when they saw her
>>288106610Ah. so this guy was just Jing prime. Ishida really got us with that last cliffhanger.
>>288110399Seems likely. No wonder we haven't seen her face post-timeskip, even in 72's cover
>>288106677the little textbox for the arrow pointing to Rhetoric to remind you which dumbass she saved is great lol
>>288106930>Tokio got JUST treatmentfuck me, should have ended on the shadowed silhouette. This design needs a week or two more work on it, he wanted to do Black REaper Kaneki but ended up with some edgy protagonist #65852 from TEMU
>>288106930Expand the chestplate a little, make the wings bigger or change it to the design from poppy field where his wings made a cool cloak, add some dark bags under the eyes or more lines to show how tired and broken he is after the timeskip.The dead eyes are good, the bad humour to cope is good too, his bangs could have been a little longer, they kinda look strange. Like if he didn't want hair to get in his way when fighting then he should have cut them shorter, if he doesn't care about how he looks (and hair don't impair his fighting) then he shoudl have kept his hair longer than before.The only thing I truly don't like are those dumbo-like ears, lolHe can hear my thoughts with them.
>>288110613To me it literally just needs his signature hair tufts at the back. See >>288109355 for a mockupIt's moreso how silly he looks in this frame, staring at the camera like a robot (instead of down at the people on the ground) thatt deflates the aura of this scene
>>288110705This. The only thing that I would add is some more muscle. It is hard to see how tall he is now, but all that fighting should have made him a little bit wider.He IS a melee fighter after all. Mainly. Kinda? Hard to say when his harpe behaves like his feather bunshin no jutsu from I.C. fight.
>Tokio went from being le funny cartoonish pervert to being a safe edgy :rehashI think I'm gonna be sick, Ishida really hasn't learnt a thing
Character stats as of this chappy. Tokio looks like shit
>last chapter many anons were convinced the goofy guy Arulu saved would be who we learn this chap to be Jing Prime>many anons this chapter convinced Tokio's new design is bad My gut it telling me we'll warm up to this new design after seeing him on page for longer than just 2 full single pages. I think the best way to think about it is this isn't the Tokio we know anymore, the Tokio we know is a goofy guy who was still trying to find his place in the world. This is Tokio after having done that, he's the grim reaper of the battlefield now and he knows it himself.
>>288106739God, I wish I had a niece like Arulu
>>288106930Looks cool, you gotta think he isnt going all out rn
>>288111721Doesn't work, too fast. and if that's what you're going for it still doesn't work because it's too choppy and not smooth enough
>>288111737Anon got that from xitter, but I agree. Arulu's shadow thingie also doesn't work with a just 2-frame animation
>>288111770>xitterAh, I see. Many such cases.
>>288106930Eh, hair looks fine, I'm not a fan of bra chestplate and dishwashing rubber gloves.
>>288111737>>288111770Theoretically it should be fine if it respected frame timing, and it works fine on my PC, but I guess the converter process fucked it? Have a shitter quality gif instead.
>>288111850He's been wearing the dishwasher gloves nonstop since volume 10. Should be used to them by now.
>>288111855Cute! It's a shame Shadowl had to die, I really hope we get to see Ely's reaction to the news as well, I'm sure she'd be upset about one of her teachers getting done in like that.
>>288111880True. But they had bright uniforms before so they didn't stand out as much.
>>288111855The converter process fucked Shadowl by making him too fast (because he in just a 2-frame animation works as proven by the gif)Arulu's shadow thingie does need more than just two frames to animate tho
>>288111905I think we got that off-screen when Arulu joined YM>Meanwhile Azuma is side-eyeing because Vanya technically sniped the guy he was with when they first met and might've potentially overheard Azuma being a Queem copy
>Roja? VANYA'd>Shadowl? VANYA'dSato hiding behind Master Elma right now
>Higo and Nowaki are holding Nanasu's defenses against II Guelta>Shadowl became Nagamata Mori's Director (aka he was mainly in Nagamata for command sessions)>The Nagamata Mori soldiers in the flashback Vanya Ilyarakov? Here, like a totally true citizen of Nagamata
>>288106930I fucking called it he was gonna come to the rescuehttps://youtu.be/DW6toOrQkkU?is=EFyd4mKFhpp8lGlJ
>>288112551Anon, you made a prediction 99% of other anons made, you did not "fucking call it".
>>288112613fine fine,I didn't read the previous threads desu
>>288112052Unironically would be insane if Sato got salted lol"All your theories are wrong"I really hope we get to see him properly fight someday (not just ambush and KO a rando) tho
>>288112715>Sato died offscreen>So no cover for him lmao
>>288112715>>288112052I don't want Sato to die but I also don't think he's Gueltan or a Queem Clones. I think he's a secret third thing, a pure Choujin Supremacist, pulling the strings as best he can to create a world where Coujin are properly acknowledged and respected as a the Godlike beings that they are.
>Jing has one of the best skill sets to hard counter Tokio between his modified body that can just plug and unplug body parts and the reaction/strength augments he installed>even his strongest version gets completely gigafucked by a casual choujin slayer throw that literally breaks through him with sheer force>he couldn't even see the attack with his fabled modified visionDamn
>>288112746Same. Rereading recently he's pretty endearing and respectful of Tokio, especially post-first-timeskip, even if he clearly has fucked up morals. To me it really would make no sense for him to be pro-Gueltan, not just because it's too obvious or shallow, but simply because thus far they've proven literally zero depth other than Nazis meant to be evil bad guys Tokio can beat up without guilt, forces Ely to rely on prophecies to counter, and eventually expose Azuma as a clone.
>>288111850Chestplate makes a lot of sense since the heart seems to be a weak spot for choujins.
>>288106930I like how he appears and starts quipping immediately. But it's quite a more threatening kind of humor.
>>288106930Man he looks so generic now,I've seen this exact design in so many doujinshi,I seriously hope he won't ruin Palma too
>>288112940tbf it'd be more shocking if Tokio couldn't onetap a goon like Jing. Tokio has years of war experience now, and was singled out in the war room as the sole reason the war has stalled somehow.That said, Jing isn't out for the count. He seems very difficult to kill, even dismembered. As the other anon said, no blood. He might be able to even survive being cut in half now. HnK Phos-style.(Also, even if Tokio did take him out, Arulu and Rhetoric are still incapacitated on the ground, and he has more clones nearby. If he just sets all of them to explode and cling to both of them, he's got pretty good odds of at least injuring/killing either, or at least injuring Tokio in any attempt to protect them)
>>288113053Jing has massively improved, it's actually incredible how strong he became compared to his past self. If he was like this during the Tower arc i don't think Simon could do jack shit to him, Arulu is way stronger, but she nearly got bodied.
I bet Tokio tried to get an induction cut and didn't like it lmao
>>288113024Agreed. Feels bad to say, but his design has gotten more and more generic as the story's progressed. I loved his stupid little pre-timeskip bird plume hair and its silhouette, before he turned into Ishigami from Kaguya-Sama.It was still better than this edgy mop though
So Arulu is clearly going to be a part of the card-themed Quinx 2.0 together with Rhetoric. I assume Palma is a part of it too since she fits the imagery of Hearts.This means the Reaper's squad involves at least a Shadow Choujin, maybe a Zombie-maker choujin too. I wonder if Rhetoric's power is edgy sounding as well to fit with the theme.
>>288110187she's too old to grow anymore, anon
>>288113165Tokio's hair in 1999 was still a natural evolution from Tokio's hair in 1998. Also his shaggy hair had some contrast with Azuma's much cleaner haircut in 1999This new one tho? No
>>288113365Tokio 2003 has short hair and is edgy. Azuma 2003 has long hair and looks like a shoujo prince. Themes and such.
>>288106953thats skill issue >>288106930Should have made his hair longer isntead of cutting it
>>288113024he doesnt look like the image you posted though?
>>288106930ENTEEEEEERThe fuarking BEAST of YamatoI really like it when main characters are allowed to change their design, even if it's a "worse" design. Makes their progression more impactful and clearly visible.Garbage hack shit like Frieren expects me to believe she wears the same clothes and same hairstyle for hundreds of years. Utterly ridiculous and the best way to make your timeline feel static as fuck.
>>288113512>Azuma 2003 has long hair and looks like a shoujo princeEh depends on the panel. He sometimes has 1999-esque hair just with a side parting instead of a middle parting
>>288113615nta but here's a more accurate one kek
Tokio still has his sense of goofy humor but i do wonder how much of his old self is left at this point. He just unceremoniously cleaved Jing in half instead of going for a limb like with Ice.
>>288113660Koemori in the team is there for a reason. To provide the comic relief because I doubt Tokio is still gonna be able to do the same as he did in 1999
>>288113660>used to believe in talking to his opponents before fighting them>now lethally sneak attacks themA changed man ... >>288113657Strongest btw
>>288113162who wore it better
>>288113839Hageo (Baldkio). Actually fits his vulture destiny
>>288106930Huge Gintoki introduction energySame dead fish eyes
>>288113800Facial hair might've saved Tokio shitty new hairdo...
>>288113740>Koemori pulls some dumb shit off duty>Tokio joins the fun too>Arulu seethesI can already see their dynamic
>>288114066>>Tokio joins the fun tooIf by "joins the fun" you mean Tokio making apathetic comments while Arulu overreacts then yeah
I never expected Shadowl of all people to receive more characterization, he felt like a one-off joke character. His obsession with darkness is humorous, but it looks like he was a genuinely awesome uncle for Arulu, and she regrets pushing him away.There's still hope for our bro. Maybe he enlisted too.
>>288114140man I miss Mic and Michael
>>288114147I wish... Ishida did bother to bring back Roja and Shadowl in 1999 before their deaths (with Shadowl having the bonus from Azuma and Arulu flashbacks). Shiozaki got 0 mentions
>>288114147>Maybe he enlisted too.I hope not. I hope he's just taking care of his brothers. Shiozaki is too pure for this world ending shit.
>>288114158They are at A-line with Arthur... wherever that is...
>>288106703>>288106722She looks like a happier ely>>288106877YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO>>288106930HAHAHAHAHA WHAT THE fuck he looks so ugly
>>288113839AHAHAHAHAHAHAH
So we can agree that Aruru will be the cover of the new volume right?
>>288114365her stand
>>288114365Yeah>inb4 Ishida trolls with Shadowl just to fuck with Satofags
Welcome back, Urie.
So V16 is 244 pages>70-72 make up in total 231>Add 5 pages at start for contents page + mini map (to recap events of V15) = 236>the structures between 70-71 and 71-72 leave room for 2 extra pages in between chapters (either blanks or extras) = 238Which leaves 6 more pages for extras (this including the song playlist page)
...but who scored during the timeskip? that's the real question
>>288114524Probably just Masamune
>>288114524>Tokio and Palma likely spent 3 years apart>Ely got mindbroken by the Mark and Azuma is too autistic to make a moveUnironically Hume
>>288099324Still don't know how I feel about the way tower raid ended.
>>288114863About what specifically?
>>288114880Bit of everything I guess? Felt kinda underwhelming outside of MC talking to Zora.Vlad was pretty cool until it turned into a Raise fiesta.Not a lot of interesting character interactions. Batista made me roll my eyes real hard when he bullshitted his way into getting the mark.Noh Mask was a boring antagonist even if the Batista flashbacks were mildly interesting.I don't remember well but did that one swordsman even come back after he got knockback'd out of the tower?
>>288114927Bucket is still swimming
>>288108498>>288108508Goddamnit, why is Shadowl such a COOLEST UNCLE EVER? I really wish he got together with Roja in the meantime, "Auntie" teaching her while teasing Shadowl would be pure SOUL.Thanks for the translation, Anon!
So any bets on Jing's fate?>Tokio kills him>Somehow he escapes>Someone else bails him out
>>288114927>I don't remember well but did that one swordsman even come back after he got knockback'd out of the tower?Bucket drowned under all that armor
>>288113839fucking kek
>>288115100It would be cool if Tokio actually murdered him in cold blood to showcase how much he has changed.
>>288113839Kek. Also this made me realize how big tokios ears are.
>>288115185I mean if we're going by the hypothesis "Jing's new design takes from IC and Tawashi's designs (jacket style- Tawashi; hair parting - IC; hair color could be either for example) as memento because Tokio offed them" >>288108961 that could also show Tokio's change
>>288114058God, I would have loved if he had some facial hair.Imagine the omake where he tries to shave with mini-khopesh/harpe razor and cuts himself like the retard he is and since then just left his facial hair to grow, lol.
>>288114524Hume and Yubiko
This is how Tokio will look 15 years later.
>>288115284That would be absolutely brutal since all of them are Sora kids>We report data on laying and hatching asynchrony in the Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus, and provide the first detailed description of the provisioning of nestlings, sibling aggression and cannibalism. The results suggest that brood reduction was mediated through the age and size differences between siblings, which resulted in the superior competitive ability of the older chick. Thus, brood reduction occurred through starvation facilitated directly by the older chick's aggression.Oh.
So what class is Tokio in RPG terms?
>>288115374lmao I was about to post this.I hope he won't be a deadbeat das because he gives serious bum energy
>>288115374>big, muscular, depressed man who's so used to killing that he can only cope with dark humourI would kill for such post-timeskip Tokio design. Add some initial symptoms of ongoing chaosification (maybe the wings being permanent now) and it would be 11/10IMHO he already was drawn much more muscular (pic related) but got reverted to being a little more lanky looking but still tall guy.
>>288115374>>288115514lol, that was a good doujinAnd it would fit Tokio, since it kinda would give him that adult feel that TokioDad had.
>>288115604>adult Tokio fucking the life out of adult Palma just like that dude did with the ghost chickImagine
>>288115472Sasuga Ishida...
>>288115635Meanwhile the TokioDad in heaven: "Hell yeah, I'm proud of you son."
>>288106913>he can teleport weapons now tooShit man, this is literally fate defying skill. He similarly escaped the AzumaStab and went chaos.
>>288115771The only thing left is to telepathically control it.
>>288115787Seeing how Zora used her crown, I wouldn't be surprised that down the line Tokio will just imbue his steel feather storm with harpe properties.The teleporting gimmick relies on the feathers after all, both with the khopesh and with the bodies.
>>288115509>high speed melee dps who'd capitalize on slip ups with oneshotsA max level rogue
>>288115821>>288115509Her also has a switch to juggernaut berserk mode if forced to Chaos.
>>288115821He also has a summoned weapon though. And not just a simple weapon, that's some dnd level 9 spell tier weapon, like Black Blade of Disaster.In BG2 he would probably be a Mage / Thief
>Arulu lost an uncle who was raving about how cool the darkness is>a rugged mentor figure with a blade made from pure darkness enters her life
>>288115661Kek
>>288115891Not to mention that Shadowl was proud of him and Tokio really liked the guy.Arulu herself looks like TokioSis.Can't wait for their interactions after the fight, shit shapes up to be ultra interesting.
>>288115904>Arulu herself looks like TokioSis.not really
>>288115817He has already manipulated the state of his feathers before. Won't be surprised if there's more to choujin slayer than just a blade of death. Sora unwrapped her own crown into it. Maybe Tokio can actually learn to use the crown as well down the line.
>>288115661>He can hear your fears
>>288115904Honestly these few chapters sold me on both Arulu and Koemori. Assuming they become Tokio's sidekicks, there's going to be absolutely fantastic chemistry between them. Tokio already dealt with dumbasses like Nude, Koemori will fit right in. Arulu is a mix of Ely and his sister, certified new imouto figure for him to protect.
>>288115947>dumbasses like NudeNude was smarter than Palma
>>288115947Yeah, I can see that. Especially what was said in the thread already- Koemori feels like the dumb humour and cringe womanizing attempts that Tokio lost along the way.You know what would be awesome? If after the fight ends, they all join the 01 unit and all and they see Tokio behaving like a completely broken human being. Like just standing still and looking into the distance to wait for potential attack from II Guelta. Or sleeping completely ready to fight. Or even no longer caring what he eats as long as it provides enough calories to fight cannibalism when, Ishida? Can't have vultures without eating corpses....>>288116006His biggest sin was not being a busty pervy naked lady....
>>288116021>Tokio slowly turns into Shin from 86, and Palma-Lena is too far away to helpCinema
>>288113839Ubrega bros we keep winning
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>>288116085Das rite!
>>288115891>Arulu will win the Tokio BowlBecause X-related inbreeding could literally destroy the worldWe need a wholesome pairing
>>288116304I think it's pretty clear she's getting imoutozoned. Too flat for Tokio.Palma and Tokio's kid does sound like an interesting protagonist for another story.
>>288106930THE GRAY REAPERTHE SHEIN AVENGERTHE REINCARNATION OF URIETHE BLACK BIRD OF TEMUTHE MOB THAT MIGHT BE PSYCHOTHE USURPER OF THE SKYTHE ALL SEEING TRASH COLLECTORTHE ONE WHO'S NAME ALL SHALL FAIL TO REMEMBERMY GOATEDENTER
Oh fuck, she's a black star.
I think I jinxed it when I said he was gonna be handsome righteither that or Ishida is back to reading the threads like late TG
>>288116837>I think I jinxed it when I said he was gonna be handsome rightTokio is good looking, hell of a genes too, it's just that Ishida seems to randomize the sliders on the character creator for him in particular
>>288116919>Tokio is good lookingeeeeeeh, let's not get ahead of ourselves
>>288116982untrue
I wonder what the nipponfolk think of his looks
>>288117116except it's true, Tokio looks average at best dude isn't handsome in universeIt's just that his flop of a new haircut got the worst of him on display
>>288117181nah
>>288116837Tokio has unusual but attractive face. This extends to the post-TS design as well.
>>288117175For some reason they seem to consider his new hairdo... cool...
For some reason Tokio's new design has an extremely strong association with a fallen angel for me and hairstyle actually plays into it extremely well.
>>288106930>Coat? Lost>Head band? Also lost>Chest plate? 2 sizes too small>Name? No one bothers to remember>Azumarino? The one who got away>Hair? JUSTBUT THE SORA BELT! THE SORA BELT MUST STAY INTACT!
>>288117364>For some reason Tokio's new design has an extremely strong association with a fallen angelThat's because it's exactly whats supposed to representIt's just that Ishida fumbled diabolically in recreating/resembling the look of Lucifer with tokio
Going on a reach, but Koemori, despite how much he acts like a clown, might be more emotionally intelligent than he lets on
>>288117660He's an artfag. Probably pic related when it comes to reading people and potentially cheering them up. He did manage to open Arulu up.
>Ishida introduces a few new characters but immediately murders a chunk of old support cast to compensateGlad he learned his lesson about uncontrollably expanding character cast.
>>288117788>Glad he learned his lesson about uncontrollably expanding character cast.He has the complete opposite problem now though, too few charactersFuck this is like the 3rd time Tokio fights the retard trio (now probably a chimera)
>>288117840>Fuck this is like the 3rd time Tokio fights the retard trioHey at least he varied this time. We could've had Ice round 3
>>288117840If Jing is indeed a chimera, this means either Noh was a Gueltan project or they captured a surviving splinter of it and now use it for their own goals
>>288106930>*background kyaaaa sounds intensify*This is 100% getting an anime now.
>>288116588I don't see the resemblance...
>>288116527>not even a lick of goateeYeah, he's USURPER of the sky alright.
Would be cool if Tokio masters Choujin Slayer enough to give it other forms. Sword, hammer, etc.
it's a shame most of his enemies are clones since tokio would probably be a pretty scary enemy with any bird in the sky potentially being a recon drone for him
>>288115509Jack of trades jrpg protagonist with high mobility, like noctis or lightning
>>288119346It's cool how fast he got informed about the trainwreck. Hilarious that his ability to talk with birds which was used for comedic purposes gives him eyes and ears all around Nanasu.
>>288106930He has Yakumo's haircut from NG4 lmao.
>>288120044They are literally nothing alike.
>>288109813No he wasn't. This page shows both that Sato doesn't want Tokio to rely on raising but at the same time wants him to better think about his options.
>>288106930bro is that john psycho
>>288115817>>288115909Wait when did that happen? I don't remember that.
I imagine Tokio will just style his hair next chapter and go back to normal.
>>288122107His hair is a lot shorter now
>>288119532Was thinking if Tokio got a similar powerup to Jing aka can make small bird clones of himself for scouting purposes, that way he gets real-time intel that skips the transmission time.
>>288106826Speaking of birb network, this page also has another panel dedicated to showing spy birds.
>>288115100He will escape, Ishida don't like to kill characters
>>288123423He usually doesn't but he may make an exception here to portray why Tokio is called a Reaper now.
>>288122007Pretty sure they're referring to when Batista frauds out in ch60 and tries to assault Zora himself head-on. Her crown expands around her instantaneously and slices Batista in half, who internally realizes he can't raise, to which Zora confirms is due to that attack being a flash of her harpe while her crown shimmers in the background.
But how Jing would manage to convert himself into a chimera? I think the only pausible hypothesis would be is that another Queem clone that Vanya has in her army is experimenting or creating them.
>>288123536Oh the point-blank teleport Harpe nova explosion. Yeah that was pretty bullshit.
I find it funny that people were making all sorts of theories about blonde Jing involving Koemori, but nobody managed to guess that it's literally an ultra augmented Jing who replaced a part of his head.
>>288123664Someone noted that his outfit had a Chinese aesthetic like Jing's typically does, which I also noticed and considered, but I guess neither of us explicitly said he was Jing. I was too busy explaining all the ways I thought he wasn't Koemori.
>>288123562It's Nomnimer's power. Notice the stitches on corpses.
In retrospect the entire poppy-hunting arc ended up being completely pointless since Zora was perfectly sane and lucid despite supposedly going mad from cocaine withdrawalsHonestly the entire tower-invasion arc was pretty scuffed, it felt like Ishida had no idea how to get to where he wanted to go with the story and relied on a ton of bullshit asspulls and character assassinationsalso batista's drama was boring and nue was a terrible final bossreally the best part of the arc was Azuma's schizo reveal, and that was sandwiched between some bad chapters
I'm just eyeing the reply count, I think this is the largest one yet on this serieswhat the fuck am I about to see
>>288123918The poppy thing probably wasn't pointless; it likely somewhat returned her to her senses instead of being a crackhead who thinks she's invincible. It was also one the factors that put the Nanasu side in the 'superior position' in order for the talk to even happen, since if she had drugs, she might not have cared.Not that the poppy burning thing is very realistic since if Sora wasn't stupid as fuck, she'd have a large storage of the shit since she had like a 200 acre poppy field just for her.
>>288123918>Zora was perfectly sane and lucid despite supposedly going mad from cocaine withdrawalsShe was literally on her last legs, even against Batista she held one hand eye with another, against Nue she was running on pure willpower.
>>288123960pretty sure queem mpreg got the most attention
>>288123981>Sora wasn't stupid as fuck, she'd have a large storage of the shit since she had like a 200 acre poppy field just for her.She might smoke a ton of it for storage to do much tho, remember she ate a herd of pigs for a normal Tuesday dinner
>>288123981You continually build tolerance to opiates with no limit, and a choujin can certainly use them and keep pushing way past what a human could. It might have taken the entire field just to keep her at a maintence level after decades of superhuman levels of use.
>>288123918Honestly you are too gloomy and you need to take a walk outside
>>288123918She was in a weakened state because of the poppy burning. I don't think she would've lost the mark to Batista if she had her opium and could raise.Also the poppy arc largely existed to introduce and develop new characters like Palma, Nude, Mic, and Mike.I think tower arc started okay, suffered when Ishida did a temporary weekly schedule, then became very solid when the Azuma vs Vlad fight was wrapping up.
Well we're getting the tl in 20min
it's out, dump it
https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/viewer/1029328Here's the link. I'll try to get the pages, but if someone can dump before that, that'd be great.
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>>288126849>Has the perfect opening right here>"NAH! LET'S START MONOLOGUING INSTEAD!" thus giving the enemy a chance to strikeJing truly was Sora's kid
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His old look fit the vulture vibe way more desu. nuTokio is unironically too chad
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>>288126875>It was the wrong choice... I didn't make the right decision...Why did they translate the same one line twice in two different ways. What am I looking at
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>>288127035>Yeah I don't know how I snuck back in Nagamata either
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>>288127020>I think you're lame and I want to be nothing like you at allChill on your last words to your uncle there, yeesh
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>>288127118She was in Nagamata with him when he died, so it's very likely those weren't their last words. They do appear to be some of her most memorable ones, though.
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>>288127156Don't call Simon to fix that shit. He jobs to IKEA
>>288108482>>288106930>X scar on his cheekHe truly is… the Choujin X
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>>288127236ENTE-!
>>288127251OH SHIT OH FUCK!NEVERMIND!!!GO BACK GO BAAAAACK!!!!!!JESUS ISHIDA, CENSOR THAT SHIT!
>>288127251-R!
>>288127327That's actually better.
>>288127327PARTYposting, how I've missed you
>>288127327Do one with Vancouver (Burning!)
>>288127327NOOOOO TOKIO DON'T TURN EVIL
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>>288127111This reminds me of both when Jing was looking for a term to describe Azuma getting trapped by his wire trap and when I.C. was getting ready to kill Ely with the ice-knife he made. Although Jing isn't smiling like both those examples.
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>>288127482IC at least had the excuse that he was talking to Hume while doing this. Jing tho...
>>288127501KEK perfect
>>288127501woops forgot the arm
Actually what am I even complaining about his hairstyle makes it 10 times easier to draw porn with him when he eventually corrects the loli dragon, I kneel ishida
>>288127808> loli dragonI see anon did not read the last chapter
>>2881278651000% red herring
>>288127880He's like Michelangelo bro
>>288100212>>288100634>motivation based uploads, he seems excited for this new arc. It must still be a fresh idea. >>288102620>Sandek is the guy with gravity powers, not sand ones
>>288127251>breast plate (bone and muscle already covers this part) >nothing covering throat?
>>288128050Please understand the melon was life changing experience for him
>>288126849Alright; I consneed anon, he was a totally different guy
>>288127175ENTER>>288127275he just looks like a generic japanese celebrity now, not a fan of the change, reminds me of tokyo ghoul somehow>>288127035>2 dead instructors yeesh, poor girl
>>288106930Fucking eww, he looks like a korean webtoon mc now. Huge downgrade.
>>288128222>reminds me of tokyo ghoul somehow>>288107499
>>288106930>>288127275If it wasn't bad enougn this is how his hair would look like if he combs it btw
>>288110946what does vanya mean?
>>288127054>>288127075>>288127094>Shadowl was still alive by June 2000 when Azuma was still on the front Higo>Azuma was supposedly still on the front in Higo with Tokio by the end of 2000, then returned to YM sometime late>The Arulu-Azuma flashbacks happens 6 months before now so in September-October 2002So basically Azuma's return to YM, Shadowl's death and Arulu's transfer to YM and training under Azuma happened in early/mid 2002 at the latest date
>>288128549Exactly what it says. At some point in the past between June 2000 and September-October 2002 she killed Nagamata's Director (this time Shadowl) again, despite Higo and Nowaki being defenses against her and her forces
>>288128615There's a chance Ely did predict that Shadowl would die and intentionally let it happen so Arle would fulfill her part of the prophecy. Would also explain why Azuma hates vision meetings.
>>288128635There's also the chance Shadowl was warned about Vanya coming to kill him and told to retreat but he didn't listen because "Revenge for Roja"
I better cum fucking buckets when we see palma
>>288129030is that your choujin power
>>288129030hope so
>>288129030Tokio...
Just catching up on the manga and noticed this...Ishida...!?
>>288129570Wait til you see the Luigi's Mansion song
>>288129570Yeah that was Sato's mindbreak song.
>>288116021>that spoilerI wonder about that but he doesn't have the guts to do his favourite girl like this
>>288129732I kinda wonder if we're getting another "Azuma goes to the beach" scene
>>288127075>he's trying to tell her something as he's salt-ifiedPoor Shadowl, truly the coolest UncThis one is for youhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ugtWT_iNqw
>>288129732I can see Palma feeding Tokio her flesh in a desperate situation where he needs more life force.
>>288127275>those dead eyes and weary expression>no time to keep his hair in good condition anymore>chest plate protecting the heart, already scratched to shit>attacks from stealth with a clear intent to kill, took Masamune's lessons to heart>starts mocking Jing immediatelyHe really needs some time to rest.
>>288130237>>no time to keep his hair in good condition anymoreIf that were the case it wouldn't have been chopped in the first place
>>288130277Can't afford to have hair in your eyes when you fight armies and need to be 10000% efficent.
>>288130295Skill issue
>>288130307More like "having a way to shut down everything with D100 and blast everything with gravity so you don't have to fight physically" issue
>>288130320Vlad???
>>288108467>Sora during war times>You can see the Jobbermuras and Vlad (her army) in the background>Bucket nowhere to be seen Where did that guy even come from?
>>288130331Literally doesn't need his eyes to fight judging by his Tower self.
>>288130369The horns were a result of him getting the mark, which happened in like the 60s WAY after the war
>>288130387The point still stands. One of Tokio's gimmicks is his bird like perception, and it relies on eyesight. This dude doesn't need them to fight.
>>288128050Have you forgotten about one organ choujins should really protect?
>>288107752If they didn't see each other for 3 years, i wonder how the reunion will go.
Shouldn't choujins already have faster than human reaction times by default?
>>288130727Depends on the choujin but some should. Tokio noted he already had amazing kinetic vision during the Sinker arc due to being a vulture. Choujin already come with generalized superhuman abilities, like Raise and regeneration, but we aren't told too much about other general powers, if there are any. I believe it also said Azuma and Tokio's transformations greatly benefit from their base body ability, so lifting weights helps a lot, but it's not really explained how it works with choujin that don't transform.
>>288130430yes
>>288129148what happened to this guy anyways>hype him up>absolutely fucking cuck him>not even a mention since????
What revived the hype?
>Shadowl had control over darkness and Arulu immediately mentions that Choujin Slayer is darkness tooReplacement uncle arc here we go.
>>288132222>2222Your quads of hype, Anon! We PARTY now!
>>288106930Why does he look like Urie now !? What the fuck Ishida...
It's cool to realize that even Sora had to treat toddler Tokio seriously the second he pulled Adamantine Harpe because of how insanely broken that power is.
What If Palma and Tokio had a baby and Tokio is just an absent father?
>>288134938Nah, he got shipped off to the frontline before they could even hook up, that's why Palma is nearly crying when they are all forced to go their separate ways.
>>288134938I won't forgive hackshida if he skips their babymaking, we've already got enough fight scenes skipped
>black white hairHmmmm.
>>288130494AYO! Where's this from?
>>288137592Tokio's new wife
>>288138043>Anon wants Twokio to become a pedophile
>>288137718Take a wild guess anon
>>288137592What's with Ishida's obsession with dishwasher gloves?
>>288138312Too hot for mittens. Not elegant enough outfits to wear fancy leather gloves (like Urie and Furuta)
>>288129570Isn't "Human Error" what's written on Yubiko's hat?
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>>288106877>>288106893>>288106913Holy aura>>288106930What the fuck
>>288138312Who wears them aside from Tokio and Palma?Tokio really likes them for some reason.
Next chapter reveals Palma was killed in the timeskipWould this subvert your expectations?
>>288132501She calls it black, not dark, which is a fuck-up by Viz in this "dark"-keyword chapter in their worry of coming off racist by simply using the word "black".
Nanasu's unified front should mandate every female fighter to wear a skintight leotard.
>>288140489>Who wears them aside from Tokio and Palma?The entirety of Sandek's squad, that girl, the entirety of sandhag's neo-nazi squad, the entirety of Tokio's squad, bucket and much more that I can't bother to rememberMind you of all of them palma is the only one that's justified since her blood might as well be radioactive
>>288140600>spoilerIn the sense that it would subvert my decision to continue reading the manga, yes
>>288132159All the crew knows about him is that he killed Nude randomly, and they never learned he had ties with the Tower of Mourning because Sato decided to not share that with anyone. Could've been a random murder, could've been a one-off hired hit like paper lass and Cthulhu chad.Regardless, he's still swimming. He's gonna be the very best swimmer, like no one ever was.
>>288129030how would YOU make palma hotter than she already is anon
