Volume 01.This is a spinoff from Black Lagoon, starring Frederica Sawyer, The Cleaner. This manga is very different in style and tone from the original series, and it's based in the light novels written by Gen Urobuchi, where Rei Hiroe had asked him to write in a way which "challenged Black Lagoon's canon." It is written and illustrated by Ida Tatsuhiko, with co-writing by Rei Hiroe.It's more or less like an alternate canon to the main series, presumably the same events but if the setting was much less grounded in reality and where every character is like an exaggerated version of themselves (ergo, the Urobuchi novels). There are themes of the supernatural, which are sometimes gray, with Sawyer being depicted as occasionally experiencing hallucinations (for varying reasons), sometimes making it less clear which events really happened as shown.Though she is canonically capable of speech with the help of handheld speaking aids, she is depicted as basically a silent protagonist in this series, mostly communicating with facial expressions. This is almost unfortunate, as I find her speech very cute, but it works well for the series and the style it's going for.Starting from the top, as these aren't too long, and it's been a while.
Apologies for delaying, I was really going to start hours earlier, but it might still be Sunday in some time zone still.
Chapter 01 : In The Mouth Of Madness
Chapter end.
Probably not the strongest kind of chapter to start out with, especially if you're averse to the notion of this series, but IMO it really picks up as it goes.I'll be back in a bit.
what a shitty first chapter
>>289337151What a shitload of fuck.
Chapter 02 : The Shadows Over Roanapur
Chapter end.If you excuse me, I have a labrador with FILTHY paws, which must be washed. Back in a bit.
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>>289338521Wonder if she'd shave with that, too?
>>289338288spooky
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Chapter 03 : Stand By Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gyF_5GBMj0
Chapter end.This Boingopilled me the first time around.
Didn't you dump this before? I remember there being a story time thread for this.
>>289340301Yes, but it was a long time ago since the last volume (because of IRL reasons), so I made a thread a few days back asking people if they wanted to continue on directly, or if I should start over (since it's fairly short), and most responses said the latter.
Chapter 04 : Soap Opera
Chapter 05 : A Quiet Place
Chapter end.Carry-okay.
Chapter 06 : Spring Heeled Jack
>>289341240So was this one Sawyer's backstory and that guy was a hallucination or something, or was he real, and the story just struck a nerve?
>>289342264It's never made clear, but I feel like what makes most sense is that it's a wild coincidence and that he, A, hallucinated something very similar to what Sawyer experienced herself, out of just a wild gunshot brain damage fluke, or B, that he happened to just have done a very similar thing to what happened to Sawyer in his own past.Either way, she takes it personally.Sawyer had her throat slit by her first boyfriend, apparently, and she killed him in revenge. She used to really enjoy singing, and misses being able to properly do that, hence why she treats herself to karaoke at times.
Chapter 07 : The Rats In The Walls
>>289341400hooo boy do they look weird in this art style>>289341595some doors are better left unopened
>>289342572I don't LOVE this style, I must admit, but it works well enough for the emphasis on exaggerated faces.
Bonus Chapter : A Momentary Lapse Of Reason(Republished doujin.)
This is probably not really intended to be canon to this series (and predates it by some time).
I actually really like the style of this doujin a lot more, would have preferred if Ida used it for Gore Gore Gore Girl.
I was going to make a Twilight Zone joke, but then realized that my tired ass has been awake for like 18 hours now, and I mixed up Tobe Hooper with Jon Landis.
Bonus chapter end.
End of volume.Thank you for reading, now I need to go and sleep. I will try to storytime more volumes during the week.
>>289341632Eko Eko Azarak
>>289342817cute butt
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>>289345488Another one!
I do enjoy the straight up Lovecraftian shit in this spinoff
>>289336651Not Enough Lotton
>>289347283He shows more later, gets at least one chapter of his own
>>289342587I think Sawyer looks fine. It almost seems like the artist has more experience drawing her. Shenhua and Lotton look fine too.
>>289348980She looks fine, Ida puts a lot of emphasis into her facial expressions, which is fun and cute.
Speaking of, wtf happend to the Eda-arc?Nothing been subed for years atlest not with my source.
I really like the plot of this, the art-style not so much. Feels like a downgrade.
>>289350067Eda's spinoff? I have not kept tabs on that at all, your best bet is to look up the author of that and see if he says anything on a blog or xitter of his.Ida doesn't talk a ton about Gore Gore Girl on his xitter, but looking there you can see announcements for each new volume, and stuff like that.
>>289350291I was very hesitant to both myself at first, but it came to grow on me a lot.
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>>289342466Rat in the walls is where the infamous niggerman comes from
>>289350924Yes. My favorite Lovecraft story that I've read so far is still The Thing On The Doorstep. Good horror, made me feel unclean.
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