It has now been confirmed that IDW will be handling the English translations of this manga.Need it or keep it?
>>744229303
>>744229303>sonic products by idw
>>744229303FUCK I THOUGHT YOU WERE TROLLINGhttps://xcancel.com/IDWSonicNews/status/2082209531736781048
I can't wait for the inevitable scene where Yuuta interacts with Whisper and Tangle
yayyy
I haven't read more than 2 issues of IDW Sonic but is it good or bad? I see mixed reception here based on the characters created for the comics that are added to the games.
>>744231565What do you like about reading comics?
>>744229303>"Yuuta, use your sword to stop the train! Man...this is like if I used Caliburn to stop Eggman's Radical Train when he was threatening to un-alive Elise with that bomb, not to be confused with Heavy's pal!"
>>744231565It's ok, then it's bad, then it's boring, then it's boring and bad.
>>744229303I'm so tired of idw shit. It honestly killed my love of all things sonic
>>744229303>IDWSo more overly serious shitty cringe dialogue
>Sonic X 2.0Who cares.
The best part is they could use this as an opportunity to see how to correctly write Sonic as a character but will instead feel a need to "fix" and "punch up" the dialogue by making it boring and shoving in references and censoring the brown chick's design.
>>744234986>Sonic X 2.0>Who cares.People who like good representations of Sonic as a character?
Sonic got RAPED by the hulk btw
>>744235271While propping up some annoying kid who does everything and Sonic telling him how awesome he is. Fun.
>>744235364Sonic carries the team hard, just say you never read it.
>>744235364And how many times does that happen?
>>744235271Easily the best representation of Sonic we've had in years. And of course drawn by an artist that isn't afraid of saying he finds women hot
>>744235587Doesn't the kid have some kinda magic sword that only he can use?
>>744229303Oh god. The only reason I even read the comic anymore is Belle. They're going to give THESE writers something Japanese and expect it to be translated properly?>Y'all>Gender politics>Y'all>Sneaking in gay past the radar because Sega Japan is retardedI'd rather fucking TokyoPop handle it and they're the 4Kids of manga.
>>744235658He does but he wouldn't get to use it in a lot of instances if Sonic wasn't handling everything else.
>exclusively available through their online appoh noooo... Wait I can just buy it raw from Japan and read the fan translations if I really care about English.
>>744235364>>744234986Jesus christ, did you come from the 2010s or something?
>>744235661>The only reason I even read the comic anymore is Belle.L O N D O NONDON
why is there a thread about comic books on the video game board?
>>744235778
>>744235739>Wait I can just specifically not pay localizersThat's PIRACY and economic TERRORISM
>>744229526>>744229303>majority of the comments are either pre-emptively shitty on IDW's potential tranny dialogue or idiots not realizing they're releasing it by chapters and obviously plan to do a volume release at some point A mixture of based and retards, much better than usual which is all retards.
>>744235836It's manga, it won't be a comic until IDW shits on it.
>>744235271>>744235825One thing I don't like about the manga is how he draws Sonic. He looks very weird, it's clear the artist is not used to drawing him or anything like him at all. And the expressions he uses like in the second reply look so eerily stiff and lifeless, making him look like a psycopath, like that one Goku image that gets memed a lot. >>744235851Kill yourself AI faggot.
>>744235825It really is that simple to write him.
>>744235836>
>>744235878>not realizing they're releasing it by chapters and obviously plan to do a volume release at some pointWhat does this have to do with the fact that the official localization is going to suck
>>744235993>making him look like a psycopath, like that one Goku image that gets memed a lot.Does he know?
>>744235993>it's clear the artist is not used to drawing him or anything like him at allHe was a fan artist that managed to get hired for the Shadow tie-in manga and now this Sonic manga. He's been drawing this way for a long long long time. I don't necessarily agree that he looks too uncanny or deranged either but that's just how I see it.
>>744235364Shut up boco you sick idw troon
>>744235993I like the energy his style has but I don't particularly like his style in general, I have more problems with the human characters than how he draws Sonic's worldians
>>744235993Commission me to.
>gets btfo'd>hides threadtripkeks, everyone...
ITT; retarded bullied off /sthg/.
>>744231565The first arc is Sonic Heroes nostalgia wank, the second arc is a super long not-zombie arc I never finished. Nothing cool.
>>744236691>Nothing cool.Super Neo.
>>744235364If you haven't read the manga then stop talking like you know anything. Sonic's the star. Yuuta gets his time in the spotlight when it's his turn but even in the SOL chapters Sonic still steals the show
>>744235836Nobody gives a shit about humans in Sonic besides Eggman and his family. Only Xfags do.
>>744229303Oh my god! These fucking fags and their FUCKING comics...! I am DONE with Sonic.
>Imada's favorite story-driven videogames are The Last of Us, Bioshock Infinite, Portal 2, Dragon Quest 4, and Uncharted 4What the fuck? This was the best he could pull?
>>744236128This one looks fine, it looks more like character profile art done for details, like how there's one for Mickey Mouse and his ears always being displayed. >>744236134I don't remember the Shadow manga looking off but I've only seen some panels that got memed on for being retarded, I never read it yet. >>744236743I'm sure that doesn't come back later and doesn't matter at all.
>>744236779Seems pretty dumb to even have the kid in the first place.
>>744229303>Blade of Courage:)>Blade of Courage (Translated by IDW):(
>>744237264Why? He's the slow one to counter Sonic's speed. Where Sonic is more impulsive, Yuuta's slow and careful. The whole story is about the two learning from each other. Yuuta to be more impulsive and enjoy the thrills of life. Sonic to be more careful and see the subtle beauty in the world.Then again I guess it's hard for someone like you to appreciate since Sonic isn't spouting game references each line and the supporting character isn't some fat dyke that cries a lot.Instead we get a decent young guy, a sexo amazoness and a twin drill loli on top of having Tails, Shadow, Knuckles and Eggman(so far).
>>744229303Why is the cover art so much worse? Look at the color and sense of speed in the original. Why remove that?
>>744235271ok i think i know why japanese girls say he's handsome now
>>744237787Because "token kid added to be the audience surrogate" has never been good.
>>744237931I'm sorry your shitty western cartoons and comics can't do it well. Stop trying to make it everyone else's problem.
>>744237012It doesn't, IDW peaked very early but giving us an actual fight with Neo was one of the few things it did right.
Never forgetMARIA SEX
>>744237264>why do stories focus on more than one character?I can tell you don't write stories, at least not ones that mean anything beyond self-fellation.
>>744238140He actually hates Archie and SatAM, and thinks Colors was the best.Pathetic, I know.
>>744236573>ITT: ESL
>>744229303>We could have a fun manga about Sonic, expanding his universe and characters>Instead we get isekaislopThe japs really don't understand Sonic
>>744238358ok boco we get it
>>744238649Wasn't me this time. Its an isekai too?
>>744238358>isekai>there's no reincarnating into another world>there's no guild>there's no statsHow is it an isekai in any way?
>>744238358Isekaislop is what Sonic has always been based on.
>>744239405This literally has never been true.
>>744239405If you only watched Sonic X
>>744239816>>744239827If you look at the classic wallpapers and the increasing addition of realistic elements in the games, the devs always wanted an aspect of Sonic being in a version of the real world.
>>744240184Are you retarded?
>>744240184>Sonic being in a version of the real world.And they got it with Sonic Adventure, but that's not Sonic transported into a different world like Sonic X, that's just expanding their own world and make it make sense in-universe.
>>744236286Meanwhile
I'm still waiting for the Jet Black Shadow manga. The mangaka says he doesn't want people reading it online but it's kinda hard to read without pirating
>>744231565It's very milquetoast. Some good ideas and cool designs mixed with some bad and faggy ones in a series that's mandated to be as safe as possible, kinda like the inverse issue of pre-softboot Archie being too wild and weird. Still less dreary than the mainline games' new direction as of Frontiers but after the Zombot Arc it's no longer enough to hold my interest anymore either, all Sonic has left to me now is nostalgia and fangames.
But where is the game news?
>>744240259>>744240457>but that's not Sonic transported into a different worldIt's not directly isekai but it is a thing that has no traceable foundation for existing in the real world existing in the real world and I'm assuming that's what the original anon who's argument I'm defending for no good reason probably meant.
>>744240606You mean he doesn't want non-Japanese people reading it.
>>744231565It pleases no one but the most hardcore Ian Flynn and Evan Stanley fanboys. Game purists hate how out of character the Sega characters are written and comic fans hate how it has to follow any kind of rules instead of just giving the writers ultimate freedom.
>>744240589And here's Shadow from someone that doesn't think he's lame
>>744240663Crossworlds will continue to exist, that's about it
>>744229303Isnt this the manga with the hot anime girl?
>>744240663Sir, Sonic is a MULTIMEDIA franchise first and foremost. You'll get Frontiers 2 in 4 years and be happy about it.
Shadow is so lame and gay.Where's Metal?
>>744240968>comic fans hate how it has to follow any kind of rulesFucking kek. Just like Archie, mandates are the only thing stopping the comic from being complete garbage and even then the writers try to ignore them when they can. Sega had to fucking tell IDW to use game characters more and to make more short fun stories. Yes, IDW had to be told to make Sonic stories more like Sonic stories.
>>744232897I like story and character moments, I have never cared for the action in comics.
>>744241114yes
>>744241124Later in the manga. Part of the big climax for the first arc
>>744241260Nice>>744241179HOLY SEXO
>>744241179What does this random anime hot woman have to do with Sonic
>>744241306This could have been honey. Is Sonic the only animal person in the series or this is a weird Sonic-in-earth series?
>>744241334She's in the new manga
>>744241375She doesn't look like she belongs in a Sonic the Hedgehog product
>>744241372Tails and Shadow show up. So maybe they're all hiding in Chris' attic again
>>744241260>>744241179>The only mobians are male>All the girls are humansWhy do japanese mangakas have such shit taste?
>>744241334She resides in the Blade of Courage as the last member of her tribe that can seal Amo and aside from teaching Yuuta to use the blade she also explains who Amo is and how the blade came into existence. Key points needed for Sonic to work out how to defeat him since he can regenerate and crystalize every living thing.
>>744229303So does that mean they're gonna butcher the Shadow manga as well? Shame because I was actually curious about Blade of Courage but now it seems I'm gonna have to rely on fan translations.
>>744241516I guarantee Amy will show up and probably Rouge(with a much needed breast size increase) in due course.
>>744241372There's no isekai nonsense. Tails hangs out at Spagonia University. The gang take a tour of Empire City. The humans don't freak out over Sonic existing. They know he does since he's a world saving hero.
>>744241516You're a bit stupid aren't you
>>744229303This manga is great but idw being involved in the eng adaptation is a big red flag
>>744242020At least we have a great fan-translator
>>744231565Imagine gay furfags writing Sonic by making their own ocs like a talking sheep or a duck scientist or a wolf that cries 24/7.
>>744241372Honey honestly doesn't need to exist in the Sonic franchise in any capacity.
>>744241417Funny where people draw the line considering the myriad designs present in the series, from knights to Final Fantasy monsters. But yeah this anime woman is just too out of place. Sonic has at least two notable official anime? No, sorry. This anime chick still doesn't belong.
>Everyone always says Ian Flynn is an amazing writer>None of the problems with the Sonic comics are ever his fault>It's always SEGA's fault, or IDW's fault, the mandates are just holding Flynn back>Read some of his non-sonic stuff>it's just alrightHow's Drogune?
>>744241661The Shadow manga was meh anyway.
>>744242541Just alright. Art carries it hard like IDW but the writing is at least better than his post-Archie Sonic stuff.
>>744235045>ImplyingSonic Team is too tryhard in how they write Sonic, it explains how they thought 06 and Shadow were a good idea.
>>744241046Okay THIS is how to write Sonic
>>744242621It wasn't the best but there were some beautiful moments
>>744242902>literally opening up to shadow, saying something that means a lot to her, intimately touching him with tears in her eyes>he just goes "yeah whatever bitch" and doesn't care or think about it at allThis is the shit you niggas read? Why the fuck is he so out of character?
>>744244075He IS a black guy.
>>744244075Shadow having crippling autism has always been canonical.
>>744242902Maria remind me of a old one piece character there
>>744240841Japanese people don't give a shit about Sonic though.
>>744244395I didn't ask about your headcanon.
>>744244075Because he doubts why he was even born at all. In the same chapter we get this moment
>>744245296
>>744245329
>>744241091>figure 8 dash
>>744245381
>>744229303It's ok. No better or worse than the current comic. People will pretend it's leagues better solely because it's a manga and has a brown girl, so that'll be annoying, but I guess shit's as in the toilet as it could be since there's already schizos shitting up every comic thread.
>>744244842It's a very personal manga for him alone.
>>744245965I mean there's no tranny OCs or bullshit plaguing the writing so it's already leagues above IDW.
>>744245296Women describing their sexual fantasies
>>744245965It's better for using game characters more and for the OCs feeling more genuinely meaningful.
>>744231565It's not awful, but it's limited. Like if you read post reboot Archie, this is like a more locked down, restricted version of that. None of the games have been adapted, it starts Post-Forces, but then games like Frontiers and Dream Team happened off screen, so characters like Sage are just thrown in with the characters already knowing them.Personally, I just don't like what it's done with some of the original characters, but ultimately its harmless in the grand scheme of things.
>>744247593Why would Gerald write these things
>>744242324That sounds like Archie Sonic, ngl
>>744247593>but ultimately its harmless in the grand scheme of things.Seeing how trannies try to shit it up and Ian is part of it, no, it's plenty harmful
>>744247782Twitter drama is not the comic, the comic itself is neutral.
>>744247815You do know there are actual trannies on the comic staff right? And there's been LGBT propaganda by the stuff they keep saying they want to push and keep mentioning it gets rejected by Sega?
>>744247593>but ultimately its harmless in the grand scheme of things.With how much that green dyke is posted, I wouldn't be surprised if Sonic Team eventually used her.
>>744247887Thank god this shithole isn't indicative of popularity in a franchise then.
>>744247593God her cock is massive
meh I have fan translation just waiting for the issue Rouge canon size tits appears
>>744247887She's in the mobile game right now, but other than that Sega hasn't said a thing about her. Funny, she's one of those originals I just don't care for her current direction, in that the writers are trying to turn her into an anti-hero.
>>744247593>uncut
>>744247937it's like a meme magic summoning ritual
>>744235836
>>744229303Kino back on the menu? Kino back on the fucking menu!So when is SEGA hiring this woman to direct their next video game and TV show? https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zmcEuocbSMAPH0Cdu0neR7qOYrOad6dB_PXEnPRM24Y/edit?tab=t.0
>>744247858So you're admitting exactly what I said? The trannies get told no, the comic stays neutral because of Sega.
>>744238358>>744245965> No better or worse than the current comic. Shut the fuck up you tasteless contrarians. Sonicfags REALLY don't know what's good for them.
>>744248205Tails looking cuter than usual, but why does he get magic attacks?
>>744248374>>744248205Kill yourself AI faggot.
>>744248453U mad?
>>744248205>WomanThat's a man.>>744248374>heThat's a she.
>>744248564No, I just think you should kill yourself. I mean it.
>>744248608Yea you mad. Keep seething.
>>744248603You mean to tell me A MAN prompted all that Tails and Amy art and made that disgusting joke typical of a woman?
>>744229303>>>/a/
>>744248892>>>/out/
>>744248286
>>744248985a fucking /co/fag, yeah no wonder you're a retard with no taste. Go back to your dying shithole, tranny. Learn English you fucking ESL.
>>744249337>seething with buzzwordsI accept your concession.
>>744231565It’s safe and boring, the definition of corporate mandated comics that serve no purpose but to showcase an ip within a different medium for the sake of it.
>>744249738Yeah FUCK OFF, Fuck off already you literal transgender retard, go fuck your axewound boyfriend you faggot. You ran off here cause /co/ is fucking dead.
>>744229303WE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE NICE THINGS!
>>744249337>>744250067>>744250967>mfw this nigger monkey babble
>>744229303Neat. So long as it's a good translation.
>>744251930It's gonna be exclusive to their app for whatever reason
>>744251930It won't
>>744251930We have a better translation from the guy that made subs for the Japanese dubs of Sonic games
>>744255020It seems like he untrannied himself lately. He used to go around saying he was a girl before.
>>744255139That's good
>>744229303they will make sonic more nortubel tier?
>>744235825Damn, why is he so strong?
>>744256926He has blue powers.
>>744235778CALLING
>>744235851Based.
(Chorus)>All over her face>All over her face>I have cummed onto Belle>It is not a disgrace(Verse 1)>I thought I'd put that dummy in her place>I locked her up inside a nice ornate case>But>Though it won't continue my race>If I cum only in her pseudo-womb place>It is a fate, I cannot erase>I think I will cum, right onto Belle's face(Chorus)>All over her face>All over her face>I have cummed onto Belle>It is not a disgrace(Verse 2)>You say "That's awful" or "She's trans" (somehow)>I think she's a girl, but she expands in my shower (She is wood)>That is not an inflation joke>She is made of wood, like a puppet>Now she expands in my cum pit>(Why?)>Because I went and cammed, onto her face(Chorus)>All over her face>All over her face>I have cummed onto Belle>It is not a disgrace(guitar solo)>All over her face>All over her face>I have cummed onto Belle>You think I'm a disgrace?>But I'm winning the race>And I'm taking first place>I've decided that place>Is to cum on her face>Face>Face...
>>744236930Topaz tho
>>744241046>Barrage of kicks>Sonic, mid-dodge, breaks the fourth wall and makes a cheeky punYep. That's Sonic.
>>744260060Uh, no! Sonic should give a big speech about being bad is bad and being good (like him) is good!
>>744231565Angel Island Metal Sonic arc was an okay start.Metal virus arc was fun, although some characters act nothing like their game counterparts.Everything after is fanfiction tranny furry ocs doing one off adventures with sonic and friends. Id watch the fan dub covering the first two arcs on youtube and hop off there.
>>744233492Why does this read like a Family Guy joke?
>>744259778Fat fuck
>>744235364Sonic telling people how awesome they are was basically half his character for a good ten years, before Canadians started writing him.
>>744260781Deliciously so.
>>744229303>IDW will be handling the English translations of this manga.oh fuck nodepressing that their localized version is going to usurp the fan translation as the main one you'll find and being discussed
>>744229303Can't fucking wait
Sonic was always sort of a role model character in Japan, but this also means that he generally needs someone to be a role model for. This is why most games give him someone to bounce off of, someone who, after being exposed to Sonic, undergoes a change to their character. Sonic Battle, Sonic Rush, Sonic '06, Sonic and the Secret Rings, Sonic Unleashed and even Sonic Frontiers operate off this principle. Sonic X and this manga do the same thing.You might say "Just use Tails for that", but that's inevitably gonna get old.
>>744241516The main character is a boy and there will probably be new mobian girls introduced later
>>744261595GIWTWM
The teacher is fucking hot
It's outSeems each chapter will cost $5
>>744231565made by people who forget sonic's core appeal is to be cool, and not a mouthpiece
Sonic, please don't sit like that...it gives me "it ain't gonna suck itself" vibes.
I use this as my Steam avatar.I wish I could get it vectorized, though, because it doesn't scale down properly (it gets dithered if its shrunk so it becomes a mess of dots at lower resolutions).
>>744261851I love this artist art
>>744262151Kat-chan?!
>>744262198Actually that should be "Kitten-chan", now that I think about it.
>>744261797my bad, it's actually 3.99
From what i'm hearing, it seems they didn't fucked up the translationFor now
>>744261797If it's actually faithful I'll gladly support it.
>>744262340I'll be really suprised if they don't censor or tone down Metstli's design
>>744262198He's a big Kat fanhttps://x.com/pungter/media
>>744233492This line physically aged me.It must be an Ian Flynn translation!
>>744238358>Instead we get isekaislopSonic lives on Earth.>>744238720>Its an isekai too?No
>>744262601He's Based for giving Rouge big fat tats
>>744260781Don't worry he loses it right away
>>744261318That shit is already old.How many more times are we going to get Tails needs to prove to himself he's capable. Repeating it again Frontiers was another obnoxious attempt. Making it a direct response to his actions in Forces doesn't make it good either.
>>744261797That was actually really good
>>744263275I didn't mind it in Frontiers, especially with the dlc, but I agree Forces is straight dogshit.
>>744263275This. Tails grew out of his audience surrogate role and into a new role of tech genius and supporter that can do shit on his own when needed.It'd be sad to see him regress to being useless again. In the manga he's been support and also offers advice on dealing with Sonic to Yuuta.It does lead to a funny moment where Sonic just sits down to take a break so Yuuta can take over since it's his job to use the blade.
>>744261595>he thinks there’s gonna be mobian OCsthere’s barely any Sonic characters in this to begin with
>>744263707At 14 chapters in we have>Sonic>Tails>Shadow>Eggman>Metal>Knuckles(introduced at the end of chapter 14 so he'll be making a more prominent appearance next chapter)Amy and Rouge will likely appear during this arc
>>744261851>YouAreShadow.jpg
>>744255020>>744255139Windii is the one who does the translations and she is a Female and a FujoshiSo you know she's actually Female, you're probably thinking of Speepshighway, I remember blocking him on Xitter cause I thought he was unfunny
>>744238140Sonic X did it just as bad, don't you dare pretend Chris was a good character.
I actually went through the effort of buying the manga in that stupid app and, the translation work is actually solidI can confidently say that Go support the manga if you want kino Sonic stories
>>744264001How many "Ian Flynn-isms" are there?
>>744263969Ah, thanks for that Anon. Genuinely forgot she's a chick.
>>744264127None
>>744259824Only yurifags who want to see her and Rouge fuck each other care about Topaz
The only good piece of Sonic media outside the games that Japs have ever produced is the Sonic OVA. Most Japanese creators outside of Sega and Sonic Team don't care about Sonic enough to make a good product.
Sonicfags defending this garbage generic manga is the reason why you people deserve less in life
>>744246861>>744247113>>744264127Go back to /sthg/.
>>744235754That's just Boco, he's in his 40s and still uses this place. Sad, isn't it?
>>744241136>Sega had to fucking tell IDW to use game characters more and to make more short fun stories. Yes, IDW had to be told to make Sonic stories more like Sonic stories.That's kind of insane for me to hear. People shit on Archie for all their OCs and weird story arcs, but remember that their original source material (SatAM) was cancelled within a couple years of the comic starting and SEGA totally neglected the franchise between the releases of Sonic & Knuckles and Sonic Adventure, so Archie had 5 years without any "official" material to draw on. But the comic kept selling, so the writers had to keep making shit up and enough adolescents got attached to Gallagher and Pender's furry freaks to justify keeping them around even after SEGA finally revived the franchise.Now, we live in an era where we have a new Sonic game every couple of years or so, in addition to tons of crossovers/spinoffs, official art, and character guides one could draw on to produce many years of plot for an ongoing comic book. And the fact that Ian Flynn can't help but fixate on his own stupid characters kind of defeats the purpose of the Archie-IDW handover.Kind of weird that despite reading a bunch of Archie growing up I never saw a single clip from SatAM anywhere, but have seen plenty of AoSTH and Underground via syndication and meme clips. It must have been pretty dire.
>>744263646Why is the art so bad compared to the comic?
>>744241136>Sega had to fucking tell IDW to use game characters more and to make more short fun stories.No, SEGA never said that. It was Daniel who suggested them to do more short fun stories.
>>744264898They're gloomy fucks who make no time for gooning.
>>744265387The main difference I'm seeing for IDW and Archie is formatting. Archie had 2 plots per issue, and Sonic had 2 separate Sonic comics set in that universe going on at once. (Boom and X had their own thing) At least one of the stories told on any given month had a game character at the center, so if you didn't care about anything else, you had something to go off of. IDW only has one story per issue, and no second comic outside of specials. If any story there doesn't hard center around a game character, it is much more noticeable.Its something I just noticed while actually putting time in reading IDW.
Amy Soon
>>744265387>spoilerSame here. Never watched SatAM despite it apparently being the best, watched a few episodes of AoSTH, in addition of all the YouTube Poops from back in the day, and a year or two ago I binged Sonic Underground for some bizarre reason. Was it Tamers? Was it something or someone else? I don't know.
>>744262601You can tell the author of this manga is a thighs manPretty based
>>744265537Why are (you) such a contrarian prick?
>>744266345HNNNNNG
>>744265894Without a doubt. When I visited the SEGA store in Shanghai earlier this yearthe Japanese occupation never ended there was a decent amount of Amy merchandise right next to the rest of the popular characters already in the comic, so it seems very clear that this manga's plot is well-influenced by whichever characters are selling possibly bad news for Rogue and Vector>>744266128Has Tamers produced any Underground material in the last year? I tried getting into the p*ny stuff but it got too drawn-out and gay even by his standards
>>744266730Good god he likes his Big Breasts, my kinda artist
