AIR POKER CONTINUES!Thanks for Karl-san (once again) for dumping yesterday even though it was so late too keep the daily storytime going.Karl-san really is a gambler who cant stop...
Looks like my "references" are "outdated"
Other Volumeshttps://pastebin.com/9HGt1efZVolume 40 1/2>>291759018
>>291784633Are Baku/Kaji more homoerotic than Baku/Hal?
>>291784699>Kaji figured out the law, not just before Baku but also LaloBiggest feat in the series
>>291784640Baku TRUSTS Kaji!
MADARAME BAKU IS A GAMBLER WHO HAS TO GAMBLE!
>>291784774Bakus hand looks a little funky here.
>>291784640Very moe Lalo
>>291784740Assuming he figured it out
>>291784673>lalo suddenly gets a lot more oxygenated
______ _____ __ ___ ___!
>>291784809I keep imagining *blorpolopop* sounds whenever Lalo loses his shit underwater
>>291784892>tfw you realize you just bet everything on Kaji
>>291784919BAKU! THE OXYGEN, YOU NEED IT!
>>291784935>4 air bios left>shows Bakus hand with 4 fingersSAKOOOOOOOO
I bet we will have a lot of >Weekly manga by the wayPages today...
>>291784991We had like 10+ yesterday
>>291784832Kaji... smart?
Start holding your breath
>>291785007And they were all Kino
>>291784991Baku slowly dissolving into the rusemaster
>>291785062OP only posts a page a minute so I can't last many pages.Also Lalo and Baku have the benefit of being underwater
>>291785015This is one of the most boneheaded moves in the manga, but I get it
>>291785121Lalo thinking at moderate speed of ways to drown Baku
All right you all! Are you ready to breeeaaaathe?
>>291785101I mean considering he's past the borderline it makes some amount of sense that he'd go all in.
>>291785141Kek, relatable though
>>291785163Being in cold water would actually let him hold his breath longerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_reflex
>>291785189this angle... it almost completely hides it.
PUMP THAT OXYGEN IN THE WATER INTO YOUR BRAIN BAKU! KARIUME DAMASHIII
>>291785215Now kissss
>>291785188Nice read good to know
The real move would be to piss in the water
>>291785241There is oxygen in your piss, don't think that's a good move.
>>291785257You are still "green"...
>>291785282Baku suddenly gets a lot more spooky
>>291785310Ref, what are the rules on telepathic communication?
>Autist to autist communication
>>291785310>source? it came to me during a rape
>>291785310>Kaji has the power to telepathically communicate with Baku
>>291785342"Can't hear them, therefore no proof of cheating. Moving on."
>>291785382... I'm already jobbing at maths...
>>291784832my boy kaji aura farming>>291785163and perhaps one more reason
This is Bullshit, Baku has Kaji helping him but Lalo has no one
>>291785442Maybe Lalo shouldn't waste his guys so haphazardly?
Billy would have figured it out
Imagine still needing "oxygen"...
Did you solve it anon?Give your theory before opening this pageAND DONT BE A LIAR!
I’ll say it again, just a few months ago Kaji was getting duped by rental stores. Now he’s figuring stuff out before Baku. The development is crazy and feels earned, after 400 chapters. Ironically the best decision he made was losing the zero yen gamble
>>291783599>13 26 31 32 40By this point I haven't figured out shit, I'd do exactly what Baku and Lalo did, which is pick a number in the middle and hope to figure it out. 31 is the bet.The only thing I know it's folding makes no sense, so I'd call whatever raise comes.
Funny and sad thing about figuring out this gamble.I actually knew the answer after the first round because my buddies and me played this version of poker a few times.One friend came up with the idea after reading about it online.Now i know where he got the idea from!My friend Anon is a GAMBLER!So kinda sad i dont have a theory for this game :(
>>291785486You just know Baku is smugly proud of Kaji right now
>>291785538On my first time reading this? I totally did not even come close to guessing it.
>>291785538No I absolutely did not figure it out
>>291785566Who mogs?
>>291785521he's just like a merm-
>>291785538Brother, I can't even do basic maths to save my life.
>>291785566Keep thinking OP, you may have missed something blatantly obvious. Like how the poker hands were literally shown to us by the referees at the top laying them out on their table.
>>291785609CHADJI because he was the first one to solve it.Surpassing both those gamble goblins
>>291785538Nope.
>>291785627Shiii it's not done???Ok then i'll start thinking...
>>291785480Should have figured out how to beat Marco lmao
>>291785486my 2nd favourite page of the whole series, baku looks like a proud dad and it kinda gets me every time.
>>291785093Drowning together with Miku…
>>291785538No i'm a total poker noob.
Baku and Kaji have "scaled the wall of sound", they have "surpassed" the "oral" communication to "evolve" into telepathy... Unfathomable...
>>291785744That's our Kaji working on assumptions
... I don't get it...
Imagine if neither Baku nor Lalo didint knew the poker hands without the help of a cheat sheet.NOW THAT WOULD BE A GAMBLE
>>291785854The numbers on the card are the sum of the numbers on the cards in a regular 5-card poker hand
>>29178583125% chance calamity could've occurred and ended this whole game on the first round.
I feel betrayed, Kaji is meant to be the normal one but his math and cognitive skills mog mine.
>>291785854Poker is math!But the difference here is explained in this page.You could say that they aren't playing poker with one deck but with a "infinite" amount of poker decks so the combination of the numbers is alwalys the best hand that is possible.It takes some time but it is possible to calculate that.
>>291785859"36" was too strong, that why it lost to "15".
>>291785920You need to participate in more life-or-death gambles and you will reach his level
>>291785926>poker is mathSo, that's why I'm always jobbing in poker... Game is fucking rigged...
>>291785919wasn't it just if they used a card that was already used up. Don't they get rejected if they try to use the same one in the same round?
Manga which released once every 7 Earth rotations btw
>>291785985Goombling...is like faiah...
I’ve seen enough, Kaji top 3 gambler in the series
>>291786024No, you're misremembering how the rule for the calamity works.
>>291786042>wasting all that oxygenngmi, don't let coach see this.
>>291785985BAKU NO YOU'RE HEXING YOURSELF
I don’t know about everyone else, but this is the 1st or 2nd most satisfying payoff in the series for me. It all started with Baku and Kaji meeting in the first chapter after all.>from the beginning, Kaji wants to be Baku’s equal. Now in this moment, he actually surpasses Baku for a second and figures the law out before him>Kaji is the one to save Baku here, not the other way around and he does so with his own skills>after this, Baku acknowledges how far he’s come in his hallucinationHundreds of chapters in the making
>>291785985>>291786042manga released every 604800 seconds btw
>>291786024No, they only redo if both fail to build a valid hand. Calamity is specifically when the current set of hands overlap in a valid game. If one person fails to make a correct hand, then it's just an auto loss.
Guys I also have unsolicited thoughts on this arc that I want you all to read I think it's good please everyone pay attention to me I'm so lonely
"I" didn't get my "nutrients" from the "Gu ritual".
>>291785985The implication here is that Baku has been gambling since he was a little kid.
>>291786093NOW THIS IS HOW YOU WRITE A COMPELLING CHARACTER AND STORY.Was this really Sakos first story he wrote?
>>291786122OP you skipped some pages.
>>291786122Yup, they off screen Air Poker. Sorry.
>>291786117You could always collect them in the new Homoerotic baki chapter which was dumped today...
>>291786149Leader looks too feminine
>>291785926That's one hell of an assumption
>>291786127Really?Im going after the file and the manga site shows the same pages
>>291786149"We" already did. But the "nutrients" we're too "dry" for the "bladder" to get anything.
>>291786184It was a joke about the timeskip, sorry anon
>>291786184He's messing with you OP.
>>291786184OHHHHH ITS A JOKE.You got me Anon...I OP am still "green"!
>>291786120>Baku eat your broccoli!>fufu...mother how about we gamble for this broccoli!
>>291786198>>291786200Yeah i noticed it a few seconds after the post :P
What's the extension used to make archived threads more readable? I missed a few threads Also where do I find the old threads?
>>291786064Yeeeeee
>>291786240Holy aura, as the kids say. Coldest line in the series
>>291786149Hal looks wrong with that hairstyle
>Baku sees Kaji as a Equal nowKINO
>>291786240MY HERO
>>291786240GODji CHADaomi
>>291786240>went from being a body double for StL to an actual contender
>>291786223>>291786240This exchange is rent free in my headspace, what a delivery
>>291786239Pastebin-anon keeps the threads updated in the link which is in this post>>291784673
>>291786239SpookyX and search the archive or use the links at the start of the thread.
>>291786239Old threads are in the pastebin of links at the beginning of each thread. I forget what extension lets you read archives more smoothly though, spookyx maybe? I seem to remember that name.
>>291786291THATPLAN
>>291786240Major spoilers This line comes full circle after leader returns from his Perfect form back to the normal human Hal in his final rounds
>>291786240MY FUARKING RAPIST
>>291786265This is Kaji’s ceiling btw
>>291786265>Baku in the beginning says Kaji has no chance StL>now sees him as someone that can sit at the same table as him soon>gets a gambling boner from the idea of going against Kaji in a gamble nowAre there any interpretations of this scene? This feels like the main and most obvious one
>>291786398Is he ok
>>291786398Baku...DIED
>>291786368Ooh that's what the thickness was about. I reread the previous thread before this one started to try to figure out the game and I spent a while thinking about the page where he comments on the thickness, but didn't get it.
where are Hal and Marco during all this?
>>291786184OP who doesn't fall for jokes... doesn't exist.
A Gambler who keeps on winning doesn't exist...
>>291786383You're reading too deep, Baku just wants a threesome with Kaji and Hal.
>>291786368Wait you mean, they didn’t communicate in that headspace? Baku did all that math by himself while underwater struggling to breathe, bullshit
>>291786420Marco is stuck in the bathroom for eating all that drug laced food. Gave him the runs.
>>291786398WMBTW
Tch... What a shitty gambler...
>>291786398That freaking eye freaks me out, man. It would be one thing if it replaced his face, but no, it looks like it's just floating in front of his hair, tilted to the side.
>Where are Hal That's what i been thinking about and fukurou has been missing as well.THE Poker guy who is known for it i wonder why he didint have a part in this game
>>291786439I feel like Hal is probably having a rematch with Fukurou or something, because that didn't really go anywhere.
>>291786493that's my zero
>>291786464Spectators here so far aren’t annoying like the man owners in ToK
>>291786398Baku was a cyclops!?
>>291786493KYAAAAra
>>291786398Manga by the way
>>291786493I’m glad Kyara hasn’t been forgotten
>>291786506Because they're (mostly) normal people not epstein island regulars
>>291786493Kyara's ghost coming in clutch once again. Baku won't even let him rest when he's dead.
>>291786493He's still carrying Baku after death
>>291786493I AM THE ONE THAT HAUNTS YOUR DREAMS!
>>291786493>>291786536>>291786543It really is insane how hard he carried Baku's team this arc, especially considering how much Marco didn't do lol
>>291786514https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jeMzpJiSB4
>>291784740baku and lalo ARE severely nerfed right now though
>>291786569Best page in the whole manga, no contest.
>>291786569this nigga GAMBLIN
>>291786493PUMP THAT WATER OXYGEN USOGUI
>>291786240Best page of the whole manga so far
>>291786569>o my rubber gambling
can they even hear anything or see clearly under water?
>>291786493I AM THE ONE WHO WAKES
>>291786601HURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
>>291786627Thank you for that last panel, Sako.
>>291786627Into his anus...
>>291786617>see clearly under waterKEK that's what i've been thinking no chance they can see anything clearly OR both of them have superior eye sight but who cares it's the rule of cool so i dont think about it
When was the last time these guys ate?
>>291786638It's honestly a well timed piece of levity after that fucking stress fest of Baku drowning.
>>291786627>cold water tickled his retard button and woke him up
>>291786617They can hear yes, although not as well. As for sight, I think they can see well enough to play cards, especially since the numbers are embossed on them.
>>291784809>>291784832Is kaji gonna win midara over?He likes to see smug winners lose so maybe he'd sympathize more with an underdog type
>>291786685very kino sendoff
>>291786627Feeling something going up his butt made Baku think of Kyara
>ghost Kyara doing more than Marco in this arc
>>291784774PUSH TO THEN LIMIT!
>>291786657This gamble would not be as cool if they were forced to wear goggles or something to see underwater, I guess.
>>291786717Very classic Baku face
>>291786731Marco increased the odds for the Untouchables and protected Kaji.He also ate yummy food and met with Hachina.
>>291786717Can't decide which page I like the most in this gamble, Sako really went all out for this
>>291786773Motherfucker is firing off spreads every other page it feels like
>>291786741>Eiki didn't want to deal with Baku so she just sent him back
guys, how often was this released again? i keep forgetting.
>>291786717Shut the hell up, Nowa, you stupid bald midget. We don't need you confusing everyone again. >>291786766 you're right, a pretty classic Usogui face, but in Sako's new style.
>>291786790As of then as Centuria if the crab was forced to not take breaks.
>>291786790Manga which released every 7 units of the internationally recognized 24-hour interval btw...
>>291786790Monthly I think
>>291786790Daily
>>291786793Baku and Lalo only pick the numbers though, so who’s forming the actual poker hand? Are the referees just assuming that each one is going for the strongest hand but that limits many aspects of the game
For Manabe’s first actual gamble he sure did good
here it comes...
>>291786848Hmm True good thought
>>291786848So far the assumption is that it's just the strongest hand you can form yes. Whether there's more to it or not is up in the air
None of the referees noticed that Baku technically got outside help
>>291785442Could Billy uncover the rules of this game?
>>291786872Well he didn't come up with it right
>>291786902BAKU THINKING AT INCREDIBLY HINGH SPEED!
>>291786887Is that even against the rules?
>Lalo still hasn’t figured it outSuteguma would have solved it already
>>291786717>Baku (El cucaracho)
>>291786902>>291786920Fucking beat me to it!
>>291786944Could Baku take Pistol Foot Pete?
>>291786935Lalo has no Kaji-tier allies on the island. It's quite unfortunate for him.
>>291786935No he wouldn't but he'd match Baku's consumption to make him think he does
>>291786902BLBLBLBLBLBLBLBL
Could Rolon Donaire figure out air poker?
>>291786975It's his fault for teaming Billy with someone who wanted to kill him
>>291786987Sako is a man who once dined at the same family restaurant as Tokoro Hideo?!
>>291786956Editor-san was unfaithful with an idol...
That's it for Volume 40!Thanks for reading and dont be a liar anon or the Bluff Barnacle will come for you!See you tomorrow for the first half of Volume 41!Really great Volume really liking it but looks like there are still some questions like this >>291786848 and where Hal and fukurou are kinda surprised fukurou doesnt have a bigger role here
>>291786975Torpe and Bai Long were elite but they were intruders. He really should’ve chosen them over Bum Lee and Robert Kek
>>291786902YAMATO DAMASHII BAKU USE YOUR OXYGEN
>>291786627>Kaji puts his hand against the glass>Something immediately penetrates a nearby person without their consentOur villain has learned how to telepathically rape... Who can stop him now?
>>291786975Most of Lalo allies weren't really allies.
>>291787038It seems like Lalo chose people who were in Japan
>>291787027Thanke OP, I still get hyped over reading this part even if this is my 6th time reading Usogui.
>>291787027Thanks op
>>291784640Baku doing the big steppy
>>291786956>Without doing anything, just like a worm, with clouded eyes, having nothing but appetite, I turned into a living corpse without any humanity.Wow he's literally me
>>291786240Aside from this being a cool line, it fits with Kaji’s, Character who’s retained his humanity despite becoming part of underworld gambling
>>291784699Kaji is a champ at making assumptions, just ask DJ Karl Belmont
>>291785538I got it here more or less >>291784673But I have demented thought processes, after all these mentions of air poker ever since we started this storytime, I thought it was something like imagining the cards, kind of like air guitar lmao.
>>291786601>looks just like a baby in the womb with an umbilical cordCute
>>291787111He’s been getting burned for making early assumptions all throughout the series even in the gambles he’s won, so it’s kinda cool to see him getting the law right on his first read
Yeah there’s not much marco can do this game when there’s no violence allowed
>>291787106That means that if Sako managed to turn his life around, follow his dream career and become too swole to control, then you can too. Ganbare anon, I'm rooting for you.
>>291787010Lalo being pretty retarded is the biggest issue with everything involving him, getting his most competent subordinate killed is just one of several instances.
You can't just say "best page in the manga" for every page even if it's true.
>>291787106Same
Billy outsmarted Baku so he probably could have solved this as well if he was here. I can’t imagine him putting his hand on the glass like Kaji though. That seems way too intimate for him, lol
Underwater death air poker is quite the mouthful.
>>291784892kaji what the fuck???!
How much do you think Air Poker was influenced by Fukumoto's One Poker and 100 Card Poker?
>>291786265Baku is rock hard right now from the goombling that will ensue.
>>291786569Abstract Baku always looks so demonic.
>>291786627Cold water enema
>>291787358Zero adaptation never...
>>291786265How would a three way surpassing the leader even go here? What game could they play?
>>291786902Accurate visual representation of how much Baku thinks in every goomble
>>291787518Rock Paper Scissors
>>291787518Time deviation game similar to bulls womb. I wonder how Baku would do. Leader is leader and Kaji has experience from it already. would the leap second plan still work in this game
>>291787518Mini-kart racing
>>291784740Tbf, Kaiji figured it because Ryuusei almost spelled it for him. He gave even less of the same clue to baku and Baku figured it instantly
>>291785538guys, this is not about math, Kaji literally shows his HAND to Baku by pressing it on the glass. By that point it was quite an easy guess.
>>291785215lalo kinda cute
>>291787518Mario Party
>>291786383My interpretation is it’s an allusion to Kaji’s vital role in making Yakou mistrust the clock in the tower thus allowing Baku to utilize the leap second in StL
>>291785442maybe lalo should've made some fucking friends
>>291787896Would be funny to see them play video game and figure out glitches and hacks on the fly
>>291785566Kaji the BIG BRAINED
>>291787358What is Fukumoto up to these days anyway? Is he still drawing time loop golf?
>it’s “air poker” because they’re underwater and betting their literal air supplies>but it’s also “air poker” because they have to visualize the possible hands associated with their numbered cards>while also being “air poker” because their hands are being assembled behind the scenes by unseen allies>who are also playing “air poker” because they have to assemble said hands in their headsSuch a layered name for a gamble, idk how sako came up with this shit, pure art
>>291786935Lalo literally hasn’t tried to resolve the law at all
>>291785093>39You're welcome
>>291788384He has an interview after the manga ends where he speaks about how he came up with the gambles. I am not shitting you but he says "I was writing labyrinth around the ending where kadokura and minowa fights. I was in the toilet shitting thinking about what I could do afterwards and it just came to my mind like a bolt of lightning" Not his exact words but carry the same meaning. Hes just cracked
>>291786426O.O
>>291786569AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>>291786627was the last part really necessary
>>291788882It's what happens when you drown manYou might not know this but your muscles completely relax when you die including the sphincter, so people just shit themselves when they die
>>291785015Motherfucking all in, baby!
>>291786493I really appreciate these ambiguous hints of the supernatural in this story. From the bull womb burns and Baku's victims' haunting to Tatsuki's parting monologue and Kyara's lingering presence, these elements make the world feel so much more rich and mysterious in a way that really highlights the theme of "everything is a gamble" by challenging our assumptions about what it means for these characters to "die" and "kill" ~WHILE ALSO~ clearing room for the comparatively grounded "it came to me in a dream" sequences - a device for which Sako is obviously fond, and which might have started to come across trite by its nth incarnation in a more committedly realistic manga, but which seem like a perfectly natural way to gain insight in a world where a ghost might otherwise have told you what's up
>>291785241>just pissAmateur.
>>291786627Kaji... learned telekenesis. Nobody in the world is safe now.
>>291785442It's funny, because Fukurou was shown as THE motherfucking poker guy.
>>291785015Weekly manga, bee tee dubya>>291785101Baku's gambling kink pushes him to acts some might consider extreme and unusual
>>291785538I did, by taking my time to reread the dump and examined the panels slowly. Though I didn't figure out the whole thing is only using a single deck of playing cards. I wasn't sure how they determined the cards' suits before.
>>291786149Huh? No way they skipped that stuff, right?
>>291786240THE RAPIST MURDERER! MY RAPIST MURDERER!
>>291786493THE MAN WHO KEEPS ON KILLING RETURNS TO SAVE THE GAMBLER WHO KEEPS ON WINNING
>>291786584>>291786569This page is certainly among my top 5 but I think there's a better one coming up
>>291786265Wait a fucking second... This is a hallucination, isn't it? Baku's face is veiny/cracked and that middle panel looks like he's nosebleeding underwater.
>>291789201
>>291786398Shiiiit. I knew it.
>>291786493KYARA-SAN!
>>291786627Kek, fuck you Sako.
>>291786772Oh, the dumb point is not related to the game. I was racking my brain about it, thinking it had to do with the cards' suits at first.
How can we get OP to post more chapters next volume
>>291786935Picrel is what Lalo's doing.
>>291787027Thanks OP.
>>291789633I'm not going to open that spoiler. I'm more scared of spoilers now after knowing how good it feels to figure things out on my own.
>>291785232I love how Sako portrays two very similar individual but with two very distinct approaches to gambling.Lalo isn't thinking about the rules. He's thinking about oxygen and how to read his opponent.
>>291785141This is me when i try planking
karlanon dump the next volume already gogogo fuck it
Why is Douji's face like... that...?
>>291785538I knew it, but knowing that fact doesn't make it any less complicatedManabe's panel with the poker hands kind of soft confirms it a few chapters ago too
>>291785859If you cant play poker you arent a real gambler anyways
>>291790262Face muscles in moderation
>>291788337Appearntly he is just sbout to stsrt a new manga. Kaiji part 7 never
>>291787010I'd chalk that up to Billy wanting to hold the knife by the handle and failing, like almost every failed schemes of his
>>291787302Billy would go even further beyond.
>>291786935this but unironically
>>291785418Damn, I hadn't considered it.
>>291785442>Shoots at people>Starves people>Drugs people>Sends killers on a rampageWhy doesn't anybody think of poor Lalo :(
>>291786093The "HAND" page is the main visual symbol of the payoff, but the entire mental conversation between Baku and Kaji is like a victory lap for all the reader's investiment in Kaji's growth. Baku asking Kaji "Will I win?" with a subdued expression, as if looking for reassurance from someone he considers an equal, is the icing in the cake and it's delivered perfectly.
>>291790875I love the newer clean art of later volumes but the older rough art had so much personality and grit to them. Kind of miss it, but the new one handles the schizophrenia behind Usogui and Genikasuri much better
>>291790599the good ending.......
>>291787945Kaji also left for the tower right before the leap second round with Marco, bringing a CPR machine. I chose to believe he figured it out since Yakou described the game.
>>291786666>>291786638I don't think that piece is for levity, having cold water enter your anus is honestly horrifying
>>291786922I am breathing so much oh my goooooo-
remember marco?
>>291791137like a life or death enema
>>291791225What about him?
>>291791225Who?
>>291791225
>>291791225whorco?
>>291790562Did he even finish Hell Golf?
>>291789042I agree. For a manga that at first seems to focus on money and strategy, the way it flirts with spiritual interference becomes increasingly more intense as the story goes on.
Marcobros...
>>291787081Lalo only had half a day and can only communicate through Kakerou before he got shipped to the island. That's why he chose the number of allies to be just 4, if he had full freedom from the start he probably would roll 50.
>>291791624>Usogui brings in Ranko and her goons to fill his ranks
>>291790599Yobbos...
>>291790599>Billy and Kaji both do this at the same time
>>291787027Thanks OP
>>291786717Kinda looks like the Baku face in the very first volume cover
>>291791406No. It's not even close to ending.
>>291792110And he's got Mamiya, Zero and Kaiji unfinishedFuck this guy bruh
>>291792129He's still working on Nikaidou. He never misses a week.
>>291790599>>291791733if Billy was on the island, Kaji wouldn't be alive at this point.
>>291791681>they all contribute more than Marco
>>291791624yeah I'm sure soda pop jimmy or whatever really woulda turned the tides if he was there from the beginning instead
>>291786935Lalo playing entirely off vibes
>291787132ANON...
>>291784855>>291784892>>291784935Honestly thought this sequence would get more replies. Lalo brought priority bullying into a gamble as a genuine tactic to deplete his opponents resources, and that's one hell of a table flip if you ask me
>>291785215One of my favourite troll faces of all time
>>291785538I didn't figure out the law beforehand, just vague notions of combinations of cards. I did, however, see the penalty for figuring out the law coming from a mile away
>>291786317I'm so tired of this "return to Hal" reddit shit, Souichi is still perfect, he just forgot the finer points of his Leap Second deduction. The conclusion that "he looks different so he MUST be just like one Boku he used to be now" is almost as retarded as "Tatsuki held back because Yakou said he was stronger than himself"
>>291786493If I had a nickel for every time a deceased former No. 0 Referee appeared in the dreams of their greatest friend during a period of forced unconsciousness to help them reawaken, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice
>>291786731For fucks sake. Marco not only bought the Untouchables a good chunk of time to run out the clock, which was vital for Baku to ramp into the Kyatto gamble, he even trekked across all of Protoporos Island to ensure the safety of Kajis group
>>291787027Thanks OPYou are so fucking close my god
>>291788917That only happens one third of the time, ackshually. And because it's one of those "it happens but it (usually) isn't relevant" facts of reality, it almost never comes up in fiction for the sake of efficiency
>>291791624>>291791681Ranko would probably make the situation worse for Usogui. Either way, Lalo being limited to "whoever is located a reasonable distance from Tokyo such that Kakerou can contact them" really limits his options after both Martin and Billy croaked
>>291793775>Ranko, unite the sex-workers of the island. I call it plan-C
>>291792154It's a shame Billy never interacted with Kaji, I wonder if he would underestimate him also
>>291793774If you got poop in your ass when you die it'll happen
>>291793176Truly this game is a paradise for the schizophrenics>>291793337It's a core element of the game this time, more of an alternate playstyle than a tableflip. Lalo might struggle to flip the table now that it's literally bolted to the stage.>>291793781Who could beat Ranko in a gamble?
>>291790599Where the fuck is this from?!>>291791112This implies that Marco just instinctually knew Baku won, which is kino
Chop Stock Johnny vs Soda Hands who wins
>>291793801>It's a core element of the game this time, more of an alternate playstyle than a tableflipNah, it's a table flip. Lalo's abusing the fact that he's safe from an all-in to constantly reset the "showdown" timer in order to whittle down his opponents air supply. If it was just exploiting the fact Baku needs info to confirm his deduction of the law, then I'd say it's intended, but this is clearly a rules exploit where Vincent can just bludgeon his opponent instead of dueling the proper way
>>291786493HE IS THE BEAR THAT SHOOTS LAST
>>291787518
>>291790599Weekly spork btw
>>291793916He even laments that the result was revealed sooner in the 2nd round compared to the 1st, ruining his attempt to delay and drown BK. He was so fucking excited to not have to play the game.
>>291784962>>291784991I really like the intensity in these two pages. Especially the way that Lalo is goading Baku like a car salesman, "c'mon doooo it"
>>291784962>Kaji having cuck rage over Lalo reading Baku's mindset
>>291784673Give some credit to our boy Ryuusei.
>>291785015Madman
>>291785121Leopard print girl.
>>291785141>are you even a kaiser?lol
>>291785141>>291785163You really feel these pages if you try to hold your breath cahack haghdh
>>291785215So smug.>>291793356Same
>>291785347This page, this is the most important page in order to understand Baku's thought process during every gamble and one I always keep in mind.
>>291795574The funniest thing about is that he doesn't have a bias against or aversion towards gambling like Billy. Lalo sincerely believes not giving a shit about the game and just gunning his opponent down is the best way to play
>>291785568>>291785688True.
>>291785538Nope, not in the least.>>291787132>>291789368Good job.>>291787859In hindsight, yeah...
>>291785541True>>291785566Oh really, that's pretty cool.
>>291784673For reference, the Ryuusei clue
>>291785347Doubt its intentional but the arc and cards at the bottom remind me of a mouth with teeth
>>291785926I think the page you just posted says the opposite of what you wrote.
>>291785985Interesting page. The Baku at the back seems so young, how long has Baku been betting his life, exactly? Maybe he's like Fukurou.
>>291786120Yeah, messed up.>>291786093This manga has good pacing too despite being so damn long on paper.
>>291786240Enter?>>291787110True.
>>291786439lol>>291787518Remember that time Baku and Kaji rented that one DVD?
>>291786291>Playing cards of lifeLife = Bios
>>291786398I don't think that's suppose to happen>>291786522lol
>>291786426Good point, Lalo. Well don't worry about, just goomble.
>>291786240I like to think he reaches this level at the end of the series
>>291786493>>291786685Kyara's spirit can't pass on until he sees the end to all this huh
>>291786569Even Lalo is disturbed.>>291787432So many characters see Baku as a demon at some point. I think of Suteguma, who is good at reading people's inner selves, seeing Baku as a devil with horns and all.
>>291786601Crystal flash>>291787146That too.>>291786627That's a funny line and all but yeah you don't really think about how the sphincter is working until it's not (I'd rather not experience that).>>291786718lol
>>291786659And slept, yeah.
>>291796599Soggy dvd?
>>291786717>>291786766>>291792087Oh yeah, it's literally like the Volume 1 cover. With the collar standing up and all, had to be intentional.
>>291786659I imagine they probably got a snack once they got to the dev area
>>291789734Manabe...
>>291786956Subtle
>>291787027Thanks OP! Amazing volume.>HanakoBut what did Tokoro Hideo mean by this
>>291784976dam
>>291790118That's the beauty of each gambler in the entire series. There's a lot of character to read behind each action.
>>291790960I was just gonna say, the pre-digital Hangman to Bull art has a good edge.
>>291792901Hey. Soda Maker's chainsaw was vital in capturing Ryuusei's group. Put some respect on his name.
>>291786601Feels like a rebirth metaphor after all the deaths and struggles he went through just before this gamble
>>291787518In this timeline Lalo survives and wins the right to join in surpassing the leader as well and so the four of them play THAT___
>>291796856Wait I'm mixing up Soda Maker and Jones The Neck Cutter. How embarrasing... Yeah I don't think Soda Maker did anything except in Amen's nightmare.
>291786291>Baku sees the game they're playing for StL is a card game>immediately starts thinking about "that plan"Sako you motherfucker.>291786344>"Why isn't leader here"Sako you double motherfucker.
>>291790599I'm dreaming
>>291786956>Just like a worm
>>291786120It's neat that at this point we still know fuck all about Baku and Lalo's background. Really makes you relate to Kakerou having 2 forces of nature dragging them into an international gang war
>>291793711You must be acting obtuse on purpose. When people complain about Protoporos Marco, they don't mean he fell into a box and got stuck there for the entire arc. They complain the 3rd most relevant character (2nd most relevant in a couple of arcs) suddenly got demoted to 8th. People really need to stop being so defensive about of the few headscratching writing decisions Sako has made, he already gets glazed more than enough.
>>291793783On the surface, he would call him a monkey and talk shit to him. In his inner thoughts he would sooner or later notice Kaji's potential and try to get rid of him.
>>291790599ENTER
>>291793810It's obviously AI
>>291791406Hell Golf is great and ongoing.No one is just translating it.
>>291797017Which shows how much ahead of everyone else Baku is.At this point he solves the rest of the puzzle and figures out what Hal should do to get the win while also finding a way to teabag on Lalo.Which makes me wonder if getting Kakerou's leadership isn't also a plot to train Leader (and also Kaiji at this point) to "fight" Gonen
"At Tsunashima Mizuki Hall Day 2 of the Lies Eater Charity Original Art Exhibition has opened."
"The order for the duplicate original artwork this time seems like this manuscript is going to become popular."
>>291799033"What a great character! It really broadens the range of expression, huh ^ ^"
>>291784633Can't seen Baku midget leg
>>291796724That's cool
>>291786935correct.
>>291786935suteguma might be unbeatable at poker
>>291785442power of B O N D S
>>291785015KAJEE, IM GOOOOOMBLIN!!!!!!!!!111!
>>291796412for full air poker experience, you need to read it at least while holding your breath, prefferrably in your bathtub
>>291785538i'm nao tier when it comes to gambling
>>291786569KINO
>>291786240I take it back, this is the best Kaji page
>>291787110No no, he totally should have shot Floyd. That TOTALLY would have been a better character arc.
>>291786240I know it's not a fair comparison, but it's crazy that these are the same character.
>>291785382>>291785418Is it possible to figure this out on your own
>>291801918Kaji must’ve gotten plastic surgery with all the money he won from abandoned building, seven stud, and hangman
>>291797872You need to stop being an obsessed faggot over such a small bump in the road of Marcos character
>>291786064>>291786122>Baku won!>Followed by airport sceneOh no...
From 1 hour ago"I took a look at my own mitt work for the first time in a while, and it was totally different from the movement inside my head... About 50% of the image was off in a bad way. Yeah, I really need to watch my own practice footage more frequently."
>>291786506Also they are spreading misinformation just making the whola match more confusing
>>291801918the fucking simpsons artstylesako please redraw abandoned building
>>291786240FOUR LETTERS IN HIS NAMEKAJITHE GOAT
The writing in this arc and the next one is so insanely good
>>291786816Say what you will about Kaji's assumptions, i think that's one key element for this advanced thinking. If you try to not assume anything, you'll edn up trapped 'inside the box'
>>291803885I want that kyara shirt
>>291786569LALO SAW SOMETHING HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO SEE
>>291786627All the main characters have officially been rapedExcept for Kyara
>>291803990nah it's charming
>>291799963Is Suteguma even good at Poker? He would basically just operate on math and have 0 mindgames.
>>291786887its no different from kaji shooting the cameras accidentally that one time
>>291804828And he makes up for it by being unreadable
>>291787010Billy is the one who chose to team with him, im pretty sure he planned the whole operation in fact. It's likely lalo didnt even know martin was a schizo to begin with
Unironically how much preparation does someone need to pull an arc like this off? Or is it an iq thing?
>>291804828>0 mindgamesI think you need to re-read the tower if you think he's got no mindgames. He put up a bluff so big Baku had to risk his life and give up an eye to figure it out.
