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Chapter 48: John Thunder
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>>288464584
MAD? more like MASS
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>>288464632
That design reminds me of A Quiet Place
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>>288464690
Why so big?
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>>288464739
Best girl makes an appearance.
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>>288464789
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>>288464789
>Become John Madden
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>>288464789
She looks older. Dropped.
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>>288464856
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>>288464739
>>288464789
>>288464808
>I know what I have to do... I have to hallucinate my imouto again for another power up.
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>>288464877
oh no
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>>288464789
>>288464808
ah yes, the schizophrenia is kicking in...
also IMOUTO SEX
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>>288464886
Schizophrenia is the strongest power
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>>288464877
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>He actually fully transformed already
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>>288464574
>manga is called MAD
>I'm actually GLAD each time a new chappy drops
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One-horned John >>>>>>>>> Fully-transformed John
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>>288464903
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>>288464908
It's called MAD because that's how you feel when you have to wait for a new chapter
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>>288464923
Half transformed mode honestly looks cooler in my opinion. The one horn is so swaggy
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>>288464908
Sir that is not allowed.
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>>288464877
>>288464903
Is that a tongue?
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>>288464945
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>>288464892
they can heal bro
pano got healed from baiscally just being a torso, john himself grew back his arm already
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>>288464900
that seems to be the moral of the story yes
>>288464789
>>288464808
>weakest siscon
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>>288464963
He's gonna hit him with the john thunder
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>>288464985
Become
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>>288465002
Cool page but wtf transforming already
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>>288465002
These are all the MADs for today.
See you in 2 weeks, MADbros.
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>>288465002
Badass spread
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>>288464985
>>288465002
>>288465032
FUAAAAAAARKKKKKKKKKKKK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxL6xFyRqSs&list=PLWdUkdaN3GL2Kc7dAzJBbORVwBCk0UXEx&index=37
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>>288465002
>become John Thunder
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>>288465032
John Thunder.
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Bongo is trying to say it on the who is who page...Bongo noooo
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>>288465002
Uh hello, kino department?
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>>288465032
...john thunder
Thanks for the dump
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>>288465002
>>288465032
kino but I NEED him to say John Thunder for the transcendent kino
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>>288464985
BEEEYBLAAAADE
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>>288465032
What now? John is too strong, so author has to introduce some complication.
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>>288464886
I interpreted it as him letting go of her. I guess we’ll see if he talks to her again.
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>>288465080
The Alien Queen thing that was teased in an earlier chapter and I'm guessing Leon receiving some sort of power-up
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>>288464985
https://youtu.be/TyuQw33kqcU?si=FTEFTzdU-yiLhdsi
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>>288465080
I wonder if he will lose control again now that he full transformed, maybe he might attack Alda and kill him
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>>288465002
RULES OF NATURE
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>>288464985
JOHN
>>288465002
>>288465032
THUUUUUUUNNNDDEEEEER
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>>288465080
He has limited stamina still and the other characters are at risk, I don't think this was ever meant to be a series where we'd be worried that John would lose a fight or die himself, it's more about general survival and the planet being taken back.
Pano was already established as on the higher end of the power spectrum and this arc still had risk for a lot of the other characters and she herself lost, so I'm sure the mangaka can come up with stuff to limit John's power if it's ever needed.
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>>288465096
>The Alien Queen
Future waifu for John
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>>288465032
>John Thunder shooting off into space
>this actually ends up being a signal for more aliens from outer space that are introduced in a much later arc
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>>288465108
Alda is OC level. Nothing will kill him.
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>>288465108
Pano is going to there, so something is going to happen, otherwise the mangaka would have made her stay with the group
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John CHADwakens
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>>288465080
Yazur became strong by eating other hybrids and other people, Leon will probably do something similar but he’s so insane he won’t lose control necessarily. Probably something where he eats people and they’re all “truly connected” as “family”.
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>>288464604
They look funny here, wearing basically the same clothes.
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>>288465002
>>288465032
He just blew a hole through the atmosphere holy FUARK
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Pigley
I just know he's going to be crazy important later
Putting all my stock on Pigley
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>>288465085
I also thought of this but I simply refuse to accept it as a possibility.
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>>288465192
He's going to eat Pano out if you know I'm saying haha
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>>288465192
Culo
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>>288465215
He is going to be adopted by John and Pano or Bob and Lily
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>>288465002
and they run when the sun comes up!
with their lives on the line!
(alive)
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>>288465196
They're going to start a band next arc.
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>>288465096
The alien queen, yes, and probably an army of horned aliens.
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Now, I doubt that's gonna happen just because of how these things go, but I'm really ready to move on from Yazur. This fight has dragged on for a little. I liked Yazur as a character but after he transformed into a brainless monster, well, that's what he became. I'm really interested in seeing where the manga will go after the church arc if finally over since it's been 2/3 of the story so far.
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>>288465287
*horny
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>>288465292
I want to know the lore behind humanity being in an alien planet.
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>>288465002
>>288465032
become MAD punch
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>>288465367
Why do you assume it's "alien". This could just be a non-solar system civilization to begin with.
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>>288465292
I want a long stint of comfy chapters of John, Alda, Pano and everyone travelling as a caravan in search of a new home. People drinking around campfires, playing music, dancing, having a good time, and every so often they kill an alien or two. Maybe a little John and Pano romance? All of it will be for the sake of building up to the next tragedy when the next antagonist kills 90% of Grius but still, it would be nice while it lasts.
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>>288465414
What about Leon's group.
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>>288465367
We do not even know if they're earthlings.
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MAD sales.
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>>288465557
New highs, MAD sweep
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>>288464903
Don't say it!
DON'T FUCKING SAY IT!!!!!
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>>288465002
Looks like they are going for a high five.
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>>288465592
John TH*NDER
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Character chart.
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I didn't like how it hinted at this being the last Emma appearance...
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>>288465557
Glad we are in Jump+. They just axed Alien Headbutt, which though had its deffects, was very promising.
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>>288465468
They could show up next, or they could be saved for a later date.
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>>288465633
Nice work
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A reminder that Leon wants to turn Pigly into a living nuke.
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MAD?
More like NOSTAKES
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here's the schizo
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>>288465215
Pigley is the key to all this
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>>288465032
>this is the punch he delivered while being almost out of juice
Jesus fuck
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>>288465215
How does anyone feel about Bob and Lily dying against Oscar?
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>>288465877
NOSTAKES? More like MAD
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The alien-human hybrid transformer angle already feels played out, and it's been power-crept anyway.
At full strength, John is theoretically just stronger than Leon, so their eventual showdown will probably need some kind of equalizer to make it interesting.
This arc seems to be establishing the whole "gain power through cannibalism at the cost of your sanity" mechanic. Is that where things are headed?
The current boss fight is already operating at roughly city-level stakes, and from the perspective of basically any NPC, it's an absolute nightmare.
So where does the story go from here? Do future arcs have to keep escalating the scale and spectacle to stay compelling?
Humans are already mostly irrelevant outside of the mandatory elite antihero sword guy. Now he's got a lightning sword too, apparently (sold separately).
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>>288466863
Farmland Saga next
John and the rest will find a new place to settle, and he will teach them how to work the land
THEN Leon will show up to ruin everything
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>>288466736
Bob will shoot a laser out of his mask hole

JOHN THUNDER AND BOB LASER ARE GOING TO KILL YOU
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>>288466947
>YOU THOUGHT IT WAS FERTILISER JOHN ?!
>IT WAS PIGLIES SHIT AND DANDELION SEEDS
>YOU WILL NEVER HAVE A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST JOHN AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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>>288466947
>Shota Pigley, the youngest adapter
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>>288467040
Leon would never, he'll fight John one on one like a real family man would do
THEN he will shit in his porch
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>>288466986
>Bob Laser
I will now read your manga.
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>>288466863
>Is that where things are headed?
I have a feeling Leon is cannibalizing hella adaptors off-screen and he's going to be really powerful, but he has also turned Pigley into an adaptor since he was a baby and that process has made Pigley enormously inconceivably powerful, his potential is beyond comprehension!! Maybe he has done something with Pigley and the Alien Queen which has led to some abomination.
Leon goes to kill John and co. but John easily murks Leon right in front of Pigley. From Pigley's point of view he sees John as a merciless and brutal murderer who mocks Pigley and Leon. This fuels Pigley's revenge, now he finally understands why Leon raised him like he did and what it means to hate.
Timeskip and Pigley is now a teenager and has grown unfathomably powerful, he is going to get revenge on John, because Pigley is MAD while John has settled down and carved out a strong and self-sustaining community that can thrive in the hostile world of the Aliens.
Le sins of the father and revenge and so on and such and themes and stuff.
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>>288465002
JOHN THUNDER
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>>288465032
He tanked that right?
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>>288465002
>>288465032
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>>288467264
Probably. But not for too long. I'd image 2 chappies max left.
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>>288466863
>So where does the story go from here?
Knowing the author, it's gonna be something unexpected. The whole church thing came out of the blue.
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>>288467248
I definitely can see Leon ding and Pigley being the main antagonist. We already know what lean is trying to do, feed Pigley other adaptors and turn him into a super weapon against John. Now, Leon is all sort of wacko but imagine what Pigley be like growing up thinking John is his personal enemy and being feed on adaptors since childhood. Pigley is probably triple horned or some shit.
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>>288466863
We are still fighting hybrids. Now its time for the hive
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>>288464574
This manga is getting a bit boring lately. I hope we go back to exploring fucked up post-apoc communities with the "can turn into an alien on command" flavor on top soon, like in the first chapters, because these aliens vs aliens fights are a snoozefest. They were funny when it was gruesome executions in two or three pages like John vs the soldiers squad, but drawn out battles between two aliens like what we just got? Zzzzzzzzzzzzz...
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This is the manga Fujimoto wished he would write
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>>288468207
>drawn out
John vs Yazur started in chapter 38, exactly 10 chapters ago, and it's pretty much already over, which is hardly a lot for the climactic battle of the arc. As a binge you'll literally breeze through it. You'd think a chainsaw sister wouldn't be filtered by a bi-weekly pacing.
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>>288468327
Unironically yes. At least Otori knows how to make a compelling hero story and doesn't relly in irony and subversion like a lot of milenial mangaka
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bad art
bad pacing
bad choreography
nothing happens
two week breaks
shonenisms
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>MAD already has an obsessed schizo
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>>288468401
>John vs Yazur started in chapter 38, exactly 10 chapters ago

10 chapters of generic aliens punching each others out is very long, yes.

>As a binge you'll literally breeze through it.

Not even. It feels long even when reading all chapters in one go.

>You'd think a chainsaw sister wouldn't be filtered by a bi-weekly pacing.

Part 2 was garbage.
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^
Holy reddit spacing.
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>>288468449
We made it to the big leagues
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just let john keep his power up
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>>288465192
>John I need you to fuck Pano and continue the brown bloodline
>Bajiro after this arc
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so what's the point of bob?
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>>288468578
When you really think about it, what is the point of any of the humans?
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>>288468578
He's family
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>>288468488
>not spacing my only weakness aaaaaaaaaaaaa
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genuinely MAD was pretty intriguing at the beginning but I haven't been a fan of this cult arc
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>>288468762
Reddit dog. That's strike two.
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>>288468578
Moral support.
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>>288468578
augghhh...
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I really like how the author portrays movement
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>>288468958
I love the way he shows the tails moving fast by having them sort of disappear. It's very effective. There are way, way better examples than picrel but you get the idea.
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>>288468958
Absolute kinema.
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Fire Punch had a tranny
Will Mad introduce one too
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>>288468578
Bob Laser
Thats why he has a hole in the mask
To shoot the laser
He and John will have a combo attack
THUNDER LASER
Imagine it in a super sentai scream
THUUUUUNDAAAAAAA LAAASSAAAAA
Buy while the stocks are low
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>>288469441
Yes,three in fact
Liam was one
Oliver will have his nuts ripped by Bob and will be left with a rotting hole
And finally,you after I get you
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>>288469483
Thunder is John's gimmick, Bob should have something else.
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>>288464985
>>288465002
>>288465032
fucking KINO
I know that some people liked Mad more before it went full shonen, and a part of me agrees with that but this scene is fucking peak shonen
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Is J+ anon here?
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>>288469680
>but this scene is fucking peak shonen
yikes man have some taste
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>>288469690
what else do you want from a shonen manga?
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>>288469741
>>288469759
are you still here, schizo?
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>>288465002
>>288465032
JOHN THUNDERUUUUUUU
KINOOOOOOOOO
>>288465049
good song
>>288465078
agreed but we can say John Thunder for him I think he was a bit busy being an alien face
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>>288469815
why am i a schizo now im >>288469680
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John? More like Yawn.
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>>288465215
many are saying this! Become Pigley Fire!
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I for one don't mind a schizo poster, it really makes me FEEL like I'm in the world of MAD where everything is CRAZY and DANGEROUS
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>>288466863
>This arc seems to be establishing the whole "gain power through cannibalism at the cost of your sanity" mechanic. Is that where things are headed?
Do you people even read the manga? Leon established that there was something akin to this right when Jericho fell. It was directly brought up again at the start of this arc by Bob that the character Leon was talking about did, in fact, go crazy from cannibalizing.

This manga isn't even particularly long or verbose, you speedreaders are the worst.
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>>288469858
Bongo is the key.
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>>288469928
well to be fair this page just says that matilda did something to gain power which went crazy, it never states that she did this through cannibalism
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>>288470030
speedreader..
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>>288470092
well why didn't you just post that page and not one that just alludes to that concept?
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>>288470030
>>288470133
I mentioned that page when I brought it up that Leon himself brought up Matilda over 20 chapters ago. Some another anon posted the follow-up of Bob explaining it.
You are just proving you are retarded and a speedreader.
Allow me to quote myself
> It was directly brought up again at the start of this arc by Bob that the character Leon was talking about did, in fact, go crazy from cannibalizing.
My point is that this was hinted at early on, the manga was clearly headed in this direction since Jericho fell, if not before. The cannibalism is not a new plotline, it's just one that's been expanded on.
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>>288465080
It would totally possible to simply scale the story down and take it back to its roots, a road-trip across a post-apoc wasteland where the protagonist simply can turn into alien if needed and wreck shit, but the focus would be on exploring the world and its weird societies.

But yeah, from now you can be 100% sure we're in for a long power creep where 90% of the Adaptors we'll encounter in the future will be horned Adaptors that can throw city-destroying punches like John, then we'll be introduced with a continent-bursting four-horned Adaptor and John will find a way to safely developed a new pair of horns to 1v1 him, etc, etc.
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>>288470254
So if John can’t turn into an alien to save people from aliens, then what are they supposed to do about the aliens while they go on this journey?
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>>288470092
>No sucking dick and no eating pussy
>Are we clear?
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>>288470325
>So if John can’t turn into an alien to save people from aliens
what?
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Alright, hear me out. Tail bullets. Chop off the very tip of John's tail and attach it to a cartridge. You would've effectively made adaptor-piercing rounds.
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>>288470483
What part of that do you not understand?
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>>288470254
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>>288465085
but i like the schizophrenia more...
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There is no need to fear John getting stronger. The emotional stakes of this manga is revolved around keeping the humans alive since they represent the support pillar for adapters. The theme of family has been omnipresent throughout the story and it made it clear that hardships can only be overcome with having others around you, especially if you don't want to lose yourself in the process.
Even if you divorce the situation from its emotional weight and purely looked at it from a pragmatic angle. Humanity needs regular folks to survive since adapters are infertile. It means nothing to survive alone in the ruins of the world when no one is there to build afterward.
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>>288469680
it was pretty weak and bland before desu
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>>288470905
fuck off from here already schizo
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>>288470643
I'm confused because you're replying to me but you're saying something that has nothing to do with my post.
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>>288470930
the start of the manga was a slog anon
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>>288469662
Bob should become a cyborg with an eye laser.
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>>288470903
It's just a matter of the first segment of the story being somewhat refreshing and the manga just falling back to a very generic template that we've already seen thousands of times but without the vast array of wacky esoteric abilities that you'll usually see in other battle shounen, which helps in reducing the fatigue. If the author really goes the "from now on it will be about John just punching other alien-men" route, I at least hope his opponents will get some interesting mutations that display something else that big explosions.
(Also you can still tell a story of a guy traveling a post-apoc world and saving people without making it a serie of city-wrecking punch-fests.)
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>>288470952
stupid zoomer
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>>288464908
Isn't that RAD?
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>>288471600
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>>288471110
>RAD mentioned
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So Pano is useless then?
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>>288471920
>saved the manga
>useless
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>>288464574
>>288465002
>>288465032
>he didn't say it
I am so MAD
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>>288465002
>>288465032
JOOOHHHN THUNDEEEEERRRRR!!!
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Will they force alien meat down Lily's throat?
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>>288470602
One problem Mr Browning
Bullets wont go JOHN BULLET while being shot
I say we let John plapp Pano till we have 20 little adaptors and let them loose
Hell kill 5 of them so that remaining 15 get schizophremia and can go even harder
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>>288465592
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>>288465002
they call me john gutter-respecter
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>>288465557
it has the same "gaijin love it" armor as Centuria
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>>288472964
>be gaijin
>love both
It checks out.
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>>288465002
>>288465032
JOHN THUNDER

KIIIIIINOOOOOO
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>>288472809
Me when Pano
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Pano you didn't help at all
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>>288465557
2028 anime...
Also alda shouldn't be okay after point blank explosions
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>>288465215
The twist is Leon’s crazy ass starts feeding Pigley all sorts of crazy shit to turn him into a monster
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>>288465002
BEYOND JOHN THUNDER
THIS IS
JOHNNIEST THUNDER
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Tell me about Bob, why does he wear the mask?
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>>288475424
He has some nasty scar on his face
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John Stamos
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>>288475290
>Not John Thundest
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>>288474324
Pano is going to save them from whatever shit come next
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>>288465032
I want to say he's still alive and Pino kills him at the end.
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>>288464789
>>288464808
She's so fucking cute bros, why she goht she dead
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>>288469820
Bob owes me sez
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>MAD
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>>288471600
Is it me or Pano looks like an inverted color version of Emma
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>>288478145
MAD
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>John can now fully transform
What will the story even be like going forward with a power creep like that?
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>>288479330
There needs to be a catch. Like he can fully transform, but it gives him erectile dysfunction.
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>>288480132
Probably a time limit, like 10 seconds. Otori been reading too much Bleach lately.
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I don't care about BAD
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>>288471012
The series was obviously going to be action-oriented as soon as adapter Leon appeared. Thing is even without the action parts we had a lot of good interpersonal conflict and thematic parrallels. Such as John's character development and dilemma after the Jericho rampage, or how each of the major adapters define the concept of family. The author really has no shortage of ideas to utilise beyond the battle appeals. I trust him enough to use them well, especially after reading his oneshots.
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>>288480338
Whyfor? I thought the "morally questionable bunker shenanigans" start was pretty solid
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>>288480358
Is Alda horny for John?
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>>288464789
>just as i finish the thought ''john madden needs his sis right now''
BECOME MAD PUNCH
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>>288480378
Don't reply to the schizo pls.
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>>288465032
FUAAARK
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>>288469483
>firinma leizaa
>BRRROOOAAAAGHG
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>>288464574
...?
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>>288480311
He can only get a boner for 10 seconds?!
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>>288480796
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John Mad dieded?
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>>288480358
>>288480379
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>>288481918
Keky
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>>288480311
Fairly sure all adaptors have an inherent time limit because of how much energy the metamorphosis requires, all of them end up tired after mutating for just a couple of minutes so it's clear they can't keep the thing up indefinitely.
Given how all of them are sorta MAD I can see the twist being some sort of progressive loss of sanity, the more you transform the more your brain permanently becomes alien-like and you start turning into a mindless beast, it would also possibly explain why cannibalism makes adaptors go insane as it might accelerate a permanent mutation process.
John being a horned mutator could mean that the process is even faster so he can't use his full form all that much.
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zetman/bleach/firepunch vibes
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>>288464856
panel 2
>I Have No Hands, and I Must Fap
sure is funny
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>>288481918
NANDO DEMO
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>>288464584
Pano butt
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>>288472964
centuria has evil women
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>>288464632
HAYAI
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>>288464739
Pano thighs
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>>288482001
>all adaptors have an inherent time limit because of how much energy the metamorphosis requires, all of them end up tired after mutating for just a couple of minutes
Unless this was stated somewhere, I don't think that's the case. Pano's explanation didn't mention anything about a time limit. Yeah it consumes energy and they need to eat a lot, but that's about it. It's more about the mastery than about a powerlevel. To begin with, they've all 'adapted' to being part aliens. This is not some power they exude, this is part of who they are now. The only matter is the control, like a child learning how to walk.
So with John's horned form, it will take longer to master, so it makes sense to give him a time limit for the time being.
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>>288464789
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>>288465002
He has become the JOHN THUNDER
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>>288465032
Another kino chapter, thanks anon
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Is MAD one of the few stories where its best girl is dead before the story even began?
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>>288482442
Emma lives on in John's heart!
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>>288482442
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>>288482442
Another coincidence it has with Centuria
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RAD
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>>288483031
nice butt
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master forgive me, but I'll have to go all out... just this once
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>>288483565
but -
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>>288484176
HOWEVER
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>>288484224
mentalize the fragrance
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>>288484224
Look at that face, she is going to break John's pelvis after this arc
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>>288484154
>master
Dad*
Actually i think he would be pround
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>>288464574
I’m happy for MAD
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>>288485684
cute panoblob
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>>288464789
>>288464808
Imouto chan…
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>>288464903
It’s almost like he’s an alien
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>>288465002
>>288465032
>Become Mad Fist
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>>288465002
Leonbros, how do we counter this?
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>>288471903
I hope her new job goes well
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>>288486923
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>>288482442
2nd best girl you mean
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I'm surprised there hasn't been any "Are you really John Madden-kun?" thing like Parasyte with how much he's acting like a normal battle shonen cool guy now
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John is such a stupid name for a protagonist
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>>288487506
You're stupid.
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>>288465002
Magnificent spread. The whole chapter felt like the mangaka took the art up a notch. Was hoping Pano would get to participate as well, but winning with broforce is fine as well.

John landing that final punch after all his hard work and newfound mental resolve made me think of this:
https://youtu.be/_yEJkWkcIok?t=118
Incidentally Inner Light works great as BGM for this chapter.
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>>288464789
>>288464808
Damn, she's great. Too bad she never got to see Oniichan in badass mode.
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I normally don't do this type or reddit ass post.
But i have been wanting to read Mad for a while now and since people in WSJ keep confusing my posts about Centuria with Mad i might as well embrace it.

Not gonna ask if this series is actually good or not, i just wanna know if there is at least some nice wank material i can look forward too.
I'm always more invested in a series that has cool fights AND sex appeal.
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>>288488325
She would love it
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>>288488558
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>>288488558
There are some cute girls with good designs. I guess it depends what you're into.
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>>288488325
>world's biggest brocon never got to see her brother step the fuck up and become a badass
This is so fucking sad man. Fuck.
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>>288488805
She always knew that John would become badass
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>>288465002
Did John pulverize his clothes with the full transformation? Might be Naked John next chapter.
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>>288489618
Next chapter is going to be Pano fighting Alda to see who gets to touch John's horn
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>>288489869
He has 2 horns now, so they each get one as a symbol of trust.
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>>288490223
Pano is autistic, I don't think she would like to share
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Do you see MAD ever getting an anime?
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>>288491290
Yes and something tells me Mappa would animate it
Probaly in 3d ala dorehedoro
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>>288491290
Not anytime soon that's for sure
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>>288465032
Thank you for posting!
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>>288487506
Behead those who insult John
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>>288494436
Many are saying this
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What happened to make everyone like this series? I remember last year threads for MAD would die within 20 posts
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>>288495822
It started picking up when Pano showed up due to obvious reasons, then John stopped being a whiny cuck.
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>>288495822
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>>288491290
It's hardly a financial hit. It gets a fuckton of views and comments, but I dunno if that's enough to get an anime.
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It's probably been like this for a few chapters, but I've only just noticed that Luo's listed on the Grius side of the end page now.
I hope she doesn't die too soon.
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>>288496465
/ourgirl/
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>>288496531
She WILL kiss Alda next chapter.
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>>288496925
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>>288495822
It grew slowly and started reaching around 150-200 posts and then csm ended and it jumped to over 300+ posts
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>>288497275
t-thank you chainsaw man
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man trying to find fanart for this series is impossible with a name like that
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>>288497765
Post the ones you found
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>>288498617
nta but this is the only MAD fanart I have saved
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>>288498617
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>>288499675
penis in
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>>288496465
The question now is, does Alda go his separate way or does he join John. If he joins, the powercreep will be insane..
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Miss him yet?
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>>288491290
No. It'll be a manga that had a following but will be remembered as the mangakas unadapted work before his breakout hit (his next series).
You know, like that Kino, Fire Punch.
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>>288502819
We just saw him last week.
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>>288502875
>his breakout hit
MAD MAN
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>>288502877
So do you miss him?
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>>288502657
He is going with them. They will find some horned adaptor enemy later on
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>>288502875
Unlike Fire Punch, which would need to have animated fire in every fucking shot, this is actually adaptable.
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>>288503685
A lot



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