Dr Stone: He seems like a nice guy. Kudos to Senku for being flexible and changing plans right away.
BB: And now the boy is talking to fish. Can’t say I blame him, his human conversations aren’t doing much. This is the first time I wish there was a bit more happening (like, they could at least have shown us a bit more of the aquarium before returning to the status quo).
UU: Lol! That was some really cool action from Fuuko, and a romantic touch to boot. Nice.
OP extra: Hmm, not that wild about this one. The story was good, but some of the drawings were off (I wouldn’t have recognised Vivi if they hadn’t called her by name) and the constant glorifying doesn’t fit the OP characters.
Red Hood: Well, that was a giant waste of time. I usually like smart plans, but this one was so needlessly convoluted and impractical (“This will work great, as long as the giant leaping predator keeps sitting still right on top of this chimney and never moves!”) that it became stupid again. And now everyone is
going to die anyway, so the whole thing was completely pointless. And the next chapter will probably feel pointless too, since we already know how it’s going to end (thanks, narrator)… Seriously, if you want to do the old ‘lone survivor’ cliché, why not have the village attacked at the beginning of the second chapter, after their little chat? That would’ve gotten the story rolling right away. Instead we wasted chapter 2-4 on some useless sideshow villains, and I’m honestly not sure the story could afford that.
Neru: The first half was a little slow, but the skull twist was neat and the story got moving after that. Still not sure where we’re going with this, but we got some decent character introductions out of it, so that’s that.
TES: The part with the brothers was interesting and nicely shown. The humour, on the other hand, simply doesn’t work for me.
BC: Great reaction there at the end.
MHA: I feel tired just watching them.
Mashle: This is losing me. The idea of a boy countering magic with force is still cool, but Mash is so overpowered that it sucks all the tension out of the fights. And the humour isn’t doing anything new anymore either, so… yeah.
WW: Kan has gained my respect (a little), and I really liked the “Is that what it looks like to you?” moment. I wouldn’t mind a few more of these serious chapters (but with a bit less exposition and a bit more action, please).
CF: This was very enjoyable to me. Which is unusual, because not much is happening and I generally don’t like childish jokes. But the characters and the humour have endeared themselves to me so much that their crazy antics make me laugh.
Oolong looks good.
Goku looks terrible. And why is he destroying their own car? They were riding into battle together in the original.
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