Last thread is dying faster than a customer at Yakou's cafe so here's a followup for the latecomers.Dump thread: >>290824894
>anon enters a thread
>>290830508Our storytime was rather fast because of kengan posting and shitflinging partially, but it was mostly the last doomp being THAT good
For the anon making fade-out edits I have another idea.>>290826112 this Oshi turning into this middlefinger >>290802315>>290830817Nah, that was just that we had like 7 pages that were kino.
>>290830866It was a good dump, solid, good texture, rich in nutrients.
>>290830889Grilled to perfection, enjoyed with tasty pickled plum on the side.
As a GM I really wish I could come up with fun and interesting gambles that would fit in a fantasy world and still be somewhat interactable by the players instead of them trying to roll to succeed and hoping for the best.Funny enough tower of karma is one of the best ones to adapt to the ttrpg format.
>>290830937The problem with adapting gambles to RPG players is the skill roll abstractions and testing your knowledge and planning against their reaction doesn't make for strong gambles. Spoiler is correct, along with maybe the entirety of RPG Island but it'd be hard to adapt Hangman for instance without some incredible skills as a DM. Also, easier to do so in a more intrigue-heavy system like WoD's storyteller rather than DnD (which is more fight-heavy). Essentially, it's hard to bring a complex game to a bunch of Marco's
>>290830937not the abandoned building or the labyrinth? Lot of Kakerou bs could be more easily explained with magic, which makes me think that the best system for Kakerou style games would be WoD Mage.
>>290831062Party full of Marcos would be OP.
>>290830937>>290831062Just make them gamble against each other with mindgames.Like drop the napkin
>>290830617>AfterpartyKill yourself
>>290830937If you are lucky enough to host games IRL you can do a bunch of the games rather easily.
>>290830617>AfterpartyLove yourself.
>afterparty
>>290831096Yes, but they'd be painfully easy to manipulate.>>290831097Part of the problem is the mindgame angle, getting players cooperative and descriptive for those sorts of things are kind of hard to do in game itself. Now, if it were done in a game like G-mod though to help along with the visualization, I think that could be pretty good
>>290830617Still the greatest. But Midara was cool and so was Mii-chan and Baku
>>290831571Kadokura felt like a perfect blend of affable, prickish and violent. Hell, the fact he fell for baku's scheme's just make him more endearing. Him being half dead with his brain splattered and still announcing baku as the winner with a smile was one of my favorite moments of the arc
>>290830617Ha, I got the feeling by the end of the chapter that the guy who couldn't read the room wasn't really the killer. The tell was actually Baku leaving early.
"I" am late to the "party"....>>290827837Definitely 10/10, it's my best arc, on par with Air Poker
>>290831571>He thinks Kadokura was the best Just wait until later, he gets even better. Though, Yakou is my number 1 referee
>>290831876Yakou definetly is the no. 1 referee. As only Kyara can be the no. 0.
>>290831857Does the machiavelli card game being a bit halfassed and not important not bring the score down at all for you?
>>290831857Bold claim anon, very bold claim.
Usogui if he was a musician :>You are a lyre aren't you ? lol
>>290831896 Touche, Kyara will always be number 1 in my heart
>>290832067I think the name and the structure itself makes it somewhat clear that the cards themselves are just a way for Baku to assert that he had absolute control over the situation. Midara realized halfway that the real game was actually not being done with the Machiavelli cards I think Probably part of the reason he decided the perfect game for Baku would be turning him into a slave for a bunch of tax evaders and psychopaths
>>290832181Big spoilerMidara just wanted the referral bonuses for inviting new players.
>>290832234Based
>>290831896>>290832093We all glaze Kyara, not that I'm against it, but we never see him presiding over a gamble other than that flashback. That always iffed me.
>>290832480 Yeah, currently he's way too much of an edgelord to really seem like a referee but I'd kill for a Kyara gaiden volume like we got with Yakou. Presumably he overlooked a lot of Usogui's gambles
>>290832517Yeah being his dedicated referee and all. And from that flashback we get the sense that he never fully fell for Baku's charms, and doesnt let his bullshit go too far, thus staying neutral to the gamble. he probably enjoyed watching Baku suffer a bit too
>>290832480You get to see him preside over Baku's gamble with that weird pedo guy. It's how he got his burn scar.
>>290832480I don't disagree, seeing at least one game organized by him in a flashback would have been great. But I also absolutely love his part in this story. the closest we ever get is him acting sort of like a referee is offering to help Kaji with the bull.With how aloof he acts, you can infer a little on how he'd act.
>>290832553He was Baku's ally through and through but he also took his duties as a referee seriously, however that was never really an obstacle for Baku since he can easily manipulate Kakerou for his own ends
jokes aside, I did start reading Kengan Asura thanks to these threadsactually enjoying it
>>290833786Asura is actually really good, I'm honestly a bit shocked Omega turned out the way it did
>>290831783How is baki leaving a tell?
>>290830866If fadeanon is reading this, I also would like to suggest the Yakou holding a knife page but have the knife fade into coffee. Or the coffee fades into the knife, whichever makes the punchline feel more natural.
>>290831571I will never really care Kadokura, I feel bad because he's like the yaoi manwhore of this series. I feel like on re-read it's been even further cemented for me.Kaji needs more love in general, >>290831876Eh. I never really liked him during the hankerchief game, it was really shitty what he said to Marco. Yeah like Marco isn't a ref and is retarded but he has every claim to at least be a purifier for the referees that would be against Baku.>>290832234I still think he cares a little more than just what his willy wants. He ends up having more of a better reason in the hankerchief fight than the Buddhist lad. Although I may be mis-remembering. >>290832636>>290832517I have feeling he didn't because he wanted to really push the difference between past/now Baku trying to split the difference in goals/attitudes in a sense the same way the (actual) ending ends playing out. This also includes Kyara and Yakou. I also fee; like Kado's final fuckup is also because he used the hairgel, he returned to the past instead of killing it and moving forward. Which Yakou even his old age, never does and always moves forward too.
>>290833786Asura is goodJust pretend Omega doesn't exist when you're done
>>290834387There's already art for that.But a fade of Yakou into coffee could still be good.
>>290834619but my "nutrients"... I want "in" on the shitposting
>>290834509Interesting interpretation of the themes anon, I like this.
>>290834728You really don't, it's more of a curse than a blessing and most Omega readers unfortunate name aside will tell you it's not worth it.
>>290834332Because if the host was a liar, then Usogui would have to autisticly stay to prove it
>>290834728No anon... it's not worth your sanity over shitposting. It's like the wretched manga is brainwashing you and some very common phrases or words are enough to trigger it. I tried to retain some semblance of sanity and cut my loss by getting the fuck out of the storytime before the so called battle royale arc, but it's too late.
>>290834827Thanks, I do think it's been pretty consistent thus far too with a sort of "kill the past" theme.>Artist guy getting a death "alibi" so he can start living (Marco's drawing is comradery in that respect)>Kaji having to let go of his previous life/views in order to keep going and this comes all together with the sword/shield>Labyrinth game with Baku's promise to Marco vs Kado holding on past grudges giving them different outcomes (and Marco "living" at the end.)>2chan guy >Osshi/Kent's entire final chapters. Osshi is the one who realizes it and forcibly drags Kent to not live in the past and move in, which is actually how they'd been before the hit and run.>Midara consoling his father instead of trauma dumping or vegencemaxxingProbably a spoiler but it even creeps up in Yakou's coffee a couple times with people.The other example is Baku himself who deletes his own identity when he has finally buried his past. Unless that changed in the epilogue that Sako drew years later. I never read that actually. >>290834927>spoilerPlease don't put sandro alpha mpregging in my mind please.
>>290835071YOU VILL IMAGINE KOGA GETTING GAOH RYOKI PREGNANT I'm sorry Omega is fun, in terms of watching a car crash, but it isn't fun like Asura in terms of being stimulating or making you think about how cool some shit is
>>290835071You should read the Gaiden chapters, honestly one of the best gambles in the series
Kaneko doesn’t deserve a friend like Oshi
>>290834970you really should have spoilered that image, why is it so hard for some to not spoil Midara?
>>290834728You want "nutrients" of the same "quality"? Go "consume" One Piece Elbaph or Wano. It's the same "writing" as Sandro.
>>290834728I'm "green" anon before the recent daily and I enjoyed Asura so much I was so exciting for the "meme" shitpost, then I got it all wrong, I really shouldn't read that shit.It's a miracle I survived the gu ritual, but "I" felt like "I" am not the same "me" anymore, it's like "I" have gone through a shitty Huisheng
>>290830866>>290834387Sure, I can do that
>>290830866I don't know how to fix backgrounds so this it the best I could do.
>>290839715LmaoThe transition is fast enough that it doesn't really matter if the background is a bit fucked
Shifting into third at 8000 rpm
So why did yakou try to kill baku?Was he sick of his shit or did he want to see if he has the balls to continue
>>290840452He refused his coffee
>>290840452Both, Yakou has already been charmed likely since Hangman by Usogui but wants to make it clear he's not going to be a second Kyara essentially. Yakou really is the type of guy who WOULD have killed him if he didn't have a good response, but I also think Yakou would have accepted Usogui's surrender if it came to that.
>>290830617Just want to say that the chapter with Yakou taking Baku to the Tower is one of my favorites in the entire manga, it's so good.
>>290832234Kek
>>290840516I agree.>>290839715lol this is a good one.
It's nice that Baku gave Mii-chan his director's shirt when he let her take over.
Its funny that Nitro guy did not get his shit uncoveredProbably Domestic Abuse
>>290840653She'd have gotten the broadcast cancelled otherwise
>>290839715We need a page where all the three fadeouts are together and we get Suckerman, Middlefingerman, and Kariumeman transitions
>>290832090good one
>>290834970pls spoiler the image, but great edit
>>290840697She had her old clothes too. It's a nice touch that she took over as director for the last minutes of the show, and got to wear Baku's director's clothes.
>>290839715Top kek, it's so dumb it just works.
>>290840693I never even noticed this. That might be a legitimate slipup too because I'm pretty sure later someone points out how he noticed Kaji was the only panelist who didn't get his secret revealed, so he knew he must be working with Baku or something.
>>290841057Kaneda already knew kaji was a plant
>>290840693Because all the other contestants are midwits and Nitro is a low iq high iq retardmaxxer.
>>290841114I went back and checked and I misremembered it anyway. Floyd just says he knew Kaji was 'the panelist who was controlling the whole place', he doesn't mention him being the only one whose secret wasn't revealed.
>>290825179Thx factsanon. The backside screen is stylish, I like this one a lot.
>>290840723Don't forget the piggy and chicken.
>>290834387Also done!
>>290827837>RATE THE KY DECLARATION ARC7/10. And don't get me wrong, it's a good arc. It's better on re-read when you can see how scummy Kaneko is, the Midara vs Makuro fight is cool and all in all, the arc is very entertaining. It's also the most>Usogui enters a gamblearc lol.This read was the first time I understood the card game, and as a game it's def not my favorite.So this arc is 7/10, because we have to make room for the real 8/10 and 9/10 arcs.
>>290841331>the sweatdropsPerfect.
>>290827102I love that you know what yakou's reaction is here
>>290828106Usogui is the best manga ever made.
>>290840452>So why did yakou try to kill baku?He wanted to see what he'd do and if he'd really planned for everything that COULD happen. Yakou really does kind of feel like a little kid who just likes seeing his favorite superhero fight sometimes.
>>290841331lol
>>290841320Genius, yes
>>290840452It was just a joke
>>290841340What about the 10/10 gamble?
This storytime has gotten way more traction and oc compared to the last one a few years ago huh?
>>290840693Before the gamble even starts it's mentioned he's a violent guy with a bunch of assault lawsuits, so his shit is already out in the open
>>290841828Some anons will protest this theory but I think it's because a bunch of people migrated over from the very popular kengan storytime
>>290841889>>290841828>Bunch of mind-broken Kengaverse need to read something smart just so their mind wont get Huiseng'edIts really funny, huh
>>290840452The serious answer is that it's a mix of things.As Yakou himself mentions he wants to make sure he's not being underestimated. At some point the gang started getting closer and closer to him to the point that Kyara uses his cafe as a safe place for Kaji and Karl, and now Baku calls him up to be escorted to the next gamble.It's like everyone is already operating under the assumption that he's under Usogui's control, and he doesn't like that. He still has his pride as a Kakerou referee first and foremost, he's supposed to be neutral and impartial particularly when it comes to members.So it's like a "don't fuck with me" kinda thing.He also wants to test Usogui and see if he's truly prepared for anything, because if he's going to try and take a shot at becoming number 0, it needs to be for someone who's worthy of it.
>>290841998I don't read Omega anymore but someone described it as the opposite of Usogui which I find apt. Either way I'm glad anons are enjoying Sako's wild ride.
>>290841998Sako will cleanse their Sandropoisoned mind
>>290841564Air Poker as a standalone gamble is indeed peak manga and might be a 10/10, and Protoporos as a whole is a 9/10 arc.
>>290841828I think the half-volume pacing OP does is perfect for Usogui.
>>290841889I like to think /a/ natively crossposts between threads/generals
>>290841889I leave that open to interpretation.
>>290840723>>290841320If "you" know how to do it, go for it because I have no idea.All of the gifs have their timing wrong, because I made most of them at 1 AM. Except the sucker, which I didn't make.https://files.catbox.moe/57cvsf.zip
Wait...the TV show gamble is just a bait for another gamble...?I think I finally see the formula here..
>>290846126It was setup for the real gamble yes
>>290846126What did you think>this is all merely a trick to bait another person into a gamblein the copypasta meant?
OP revealed another hint about his location in the previous thread, if somebody didn't see it.
>>290846126Yes>draws country wide attention to the L-file, including the listed themselves (powerful / rich / influential men)>tests the limits of Kakerou again (one of the listed had his alibi involved with Kakerou, similar to what he did on the first part of Labyrinth)>money scheme (rips off 50 bi from one of the participants)>amuses him because he's a troll like that>probably soft spot for Oshi if he learned of his struggle beforehand
>>290846306Nigga's probably czech or magyar
>>290846309>probably soft spot for Oshi if he learned of his struggle beforehandIt's hard to feel too bad for him when he still for all intents and purposes (from his perspective) ruined that girl's life and tried to cover it up all this time. When he does finally own up and take responsibility he does redeem himself a bit by acknowledging that he was still a big part of why the crime went unsolved, but I dunno if that's something Baku would've predicted just from knowing Oshi wasn't the one who actually hit the woman.
>>290846126>>290846241KY declaration/ Tower of Karma was the basis for the copypasta yeah
Did I just miss the explanation on why Kakerou didn't jump on Baku while he's riding the car with Yakou?
>>290846615What reason would they have for doing that?
>>290846615The members are applicable to the rules and constraints that the organization itself is. Aka baku isnt at fault for his TV show gamble at all.
>>290846898Then why was Nowa shitting himself and trying to take it down
>>290847209Because Kakerou had to protect the alibi it had collected.In the same sequence, Nowa explicitly says that Usogui is not at fault for trying to expose the collected alibi.It's Kakerou's philosophy.
>>290846615Leader essentially said "I want to see this play out," but on top of that, Kakerou was overconfident in being able to hide the alibi. Simply put, Baku outsmarted them too much but because he's working within the rules of the org they can't touch him without admitting to a fault they can't fully pay for with regards to the investors and their members.
>>290847283So its a paradox>we must let the gamble play out because...we're "neutral">we must stop the gamble because its iterfering with our debt collectionAnd whatever outcome was good enough for them? If Midara got fucked they blame him for failing to protect the gamble, and if he succeeds just shrug it off.
>>290847344Ye
>>290847344Yeah, Kakerou is also a might makes right organization. The reality is the refs are the real heart of Kakerou and their own fighting and power determines Kakerou's direction/judgement.
>>290847344I would explain why Leader and Kakerou's thought is like that but that'd be a spoiler, and fundamentally the core philosophy of Kakerou's referees are that they cannot be anything less than perfect when acting as a referee.>Midara winsHe's the referee, to be expected>He losesHe was never meant to be a referee
>its Chewsday
>>290849018Tch... what a shitty coffee. I see Yakou missed the "timing"
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>>290846455fun fact, oshi is not legally liable for anything. he could probably be convicted of a bunch of stuff because it would be insanely hard to prove he didn't know, but legally he did nothing wrong.
>>290850174Kek
