MONDAY REPORT
BUZZERBEATER lol
Sakamoto Days
Hey, it's Tenkyu, I actually know this guy. I don't remember why or how he's here but I remember I liked him when he was here before so that's definitely good for my investment, also he just broke up the twin vs. twin fight so he gets an A+ in my book as of now lol. Unfortunately though, I feel like I might need to start just copy-pasting my previous chapter thoughts every week, y'know "cool visuals, cool moves, ultimately i don't really care" . It was nice to see the best fight results and art too ( but not entirely surprising that the best fight from the best arc won).
Ichi the Witch
Aww poor Tottie I definitely see why Fujimine was exiled now I mean lil Toxiterror was such a cutie, it is interesting that she was only kicked out for essentially doing her job and capturing magiks, putting aside the murder of course, but that makes me even more curious as to why world hater has teamed up with her and vice versa as neither seems to have any remorse for the other species. I'm starting to think they're not even enjoying their little tea party, just angrily eating eclairs lol. Also traitor arc incoming..and traitor arc resolved, its the hot butch one with the gold sideburn thingies I mean I know why I would want to show her immediately but story wise idk. I guess Nishi didn't want to have to introduce every other witch because we've only really "met" like 3 in any meaningful way so cutting straight to the chase might be for the best ,but it would've been cool to see an investigation-like arc with both the magikeepers and Ichi's squad looking into the mantinels, but nevermind. I wonder why their in cahoots though and this has got me thinking more and more about a magik PETA again for some reason like could a similar group they have worked with world hater before or would they have just been killed also also how old are the mantinel witches and if they're super old are the witches operating against them as organised or is it just some rogue traitors like Amadoro.
Hero Destroyerz
Still on this poop thing, maybe Sorachi will realise his true potential next chapter and start making some much needed piss jokes to break up the monotony . Honestly there were still some pretty good gags in this one , the super mega ultra formula for " I don't know " and Kumon becoming a 38 yr old yakuza boss in elementary were pretty funny too honestly. I'm just a bit worried this might turn into poop jokes with a side of demon lord but it wasn't egregious or anything just a joke wearing a bit thin. (tbh I think I just wanted more Vallaris )
Kagurababchi
Mashiro seems quite determined to make me look like an ass for deathflagging him huh, he has a hole in his chest but he's still pulling off crazy plays, he really said "F the boat I'm not making it home anyways" lol. It was crazy to hear then Ariu is impervious to sorcery, like all of it or just Shiba's. This battle really is working well as a pre enchanted blade scuffle too, seeing how outclassed even the strongest sorcerers are against the datenseki and Mikaboshi ,the elder Soga's tongue bite thing was cool too, even with all these new characters Hokazono is still producing hype. I agree with what some of you said tho,
i am liking this battle very much so far but the slower lore heavy part of this arc is the main attraction but I doubt the arc is gonna be that short tho so we still have time for more, I mean we still need to meet the sword bearers and Azami so were not leaving flashback land anytime soon....also. KAGURBACHI ANIME YIPEEEEE I am so exited man I watched the PV on my walk home and my reactions must have made me seem crazy lol but it looks so cool and Chihiro's voice too wow, I'm glad it's a relative newbie too, he gets to establish himself alongside Chihiro ,I hope they do keep some of the voice comic guys tho they were good. Some people were iffy on the visuals and I kind of get it, the lines seem maybe too thin to me on facial shots and it all looks very "clean/non gritty" I guess but at the end of the day I thought it looked alright and isn't that what really matters
Roku's House of Oddities
Sachiko chapter, just what I wanted, and Roku is continuing the trend of good chapters. It's less funny than last time but still solid ,Sachiko remembering parts of her self as she goes in to see Roku was good and it was nice to have a follow up on the whole science club thing, though I cant imagine that the ghosts swill be secret for long at least not Sachiko. The occult club being a bunch of dweebs is funny too I wouldn't let them in on my ghost flatmate situation either. Roku's also coming together more as a character for me too, he's still a bog standard highschool boy but he's making faces and bantering more with the ghosts outside of yelling " WHOA YOU GHOSTS SURE ARE STRANGE AND LOOK HOW LARGE THAT DOG IS" so were on the right path. I wonder if Sachiko will start remembering more of her past faster now she knows what kind of curse she is like have we unlocked level 1 of her memory. Another thought since shes a bit of an otaku I wonder what she'd think of newer jump titles since she didn't even know about Dragonball just how old is she ? Do you think she'd be a poster? Maybe she's haunting the forum right now, possessing people and posting bad takes OOOOooooOO very spooky.
Drawn to the Fire
Why are they acting like we already know these randos on the team, like who are these guys? It's kind of jarring having them act close with everyone I get Akane but why Keiki like you guys met a week ago and got no character intro,maybe their just place holders for future members but I'd rather not feel like the story also seems them as NPCs. Apart from this really solid chapter for me,an interesting way to introduce the new rival school with this undercover training bit, it also helps characterise these 2 new guys who I like fine enough and now we have a goal for this match too, prove Akane belongs at their school and prove Keiki is worth their attention. It feels pretty Haikyuu but its making me feel something so that's good at least. Also question to basketball fans here I wonder how well do you think basketball lends itself to sports manga,specifically what aspects of the game or surrounding culture. with Haikyuu I think was able to utilise aspects of volleyball pretty well (I really don't know anything about most team sports tho lol) ,serves and their impact on the game as well as Hinata's height limiting him, to create unique drama that wouldn’t appear in other series. I know almost anything can be "shonen-ified" by just having some kid scream" I'm gonna go for it RAAAH" while competitive knitting or whatever,but I do wonder if certain sports have a chokehold on the genre simply due to their popularity (baseball, basketball, football) so they don't need to explain too much or rather an aspect of the sport that really gels with shonen storytelling.
UNDERDOCTOR
Wait dont go Maxell go i still need you for like 2 more chapters dude. Aww man ig it's the right time to stop and this was an alright little fight but what I'm feeling with this is it should have been longer or more built up to I want more out of this series, the writing and art in this chapter was obviously good but it's just that it wasn't set up properly enough to have me bawling over Maxell crying for his 3 wives, like we need a longer arc for this to mean something . Also whats with that Haiji flashback " there’s someone i promised to heal" what are you doing Tanimoto you should’ve put this in ages ago. What do you mean this is our first glimpse into Haji's past and his motivation to become a doctor? This one page is way more compelling than just "gotta get more money to fight niche diseases” from a story standpoint,like who does that,why here and not before that would've worked way better no? The author can write it just seems like he cant order the story , at least to me. Please just 1 multi chapter arc no more one and done cases just pick an idea and run dude cmon.
Shinobi Undercover
Yay operation save Yoichi is a go I wanted more of him anyway so that's great.its also cool to see squad 7 in action too very cool.. not really much to say outside of just wanting more Yoichi ,he’s the most interesting part of this arc by far, his personality and back story are pretty compelling . He's just super duper loyal and trusting, mix in a psychotic ninja family and boom great villain. Also did anyone else think this would be a longer arc,we were talking about infiltration one chapter and then boom were in the very next one. I thought I'd see more ninja-ing before this point but I have yet to read many manga where the ninjas do covert op or recon for the entire story tbh.
Kitano's Magic
Linae is crying, pretty sad.. it would have hit way harder if she had BEEN THERE tho. Referring back to my previous Kitano rant but it would be so much better if she was there and saw Kitano try and use his sorcery more and get hurt because if it, her blaming herself for having encouraged him would also be better because she would’ve been encouraging him all the way and not just said something nice to him 12 chapters ago. Can anyone even give a reason why she couldn't have been going on adventures with Kitano all this time,like were the guildhouse beer drums really that vital that you needed 10 chapters to get them organised. Apart from that this chapter is pretty light-hearted, we see more of Zeo and this new octo-nurse girl with a crush on Jien and guess what its good.Who woulda thunk if you do what you set your story up to do it works pretty well. And all that goodness only for Kitano to go to see some new amazon ladies for a training arc...PINGPONGED again hopefully hes not going alone and we have to completely rely on him too keep our interest. I still believe everything I said in my post before, so I'll keep reading but its not looking too good.
Alien Headbutt
Torture chamber new alien lore and digivolved Lil Mei , interesting developments. I thought we might spend more time in this soldier factory before the jailbreak but this arc will probably run for at least 2 more chapters so we might still get more interesting alien info or we might see Haruya, Yuki and more survivors on the outside . Also Ouga must feel like a real silly goose now, fighting desperately to give your friend an alien tapeworm only to find out it might be just a little unhealthy, smh. Jokes aside the emotions and interest I feel for this series aren't anything mindblowing but it remains the most solid and thought of out of the batch, if it fails it fails but at least it wasn’t so obviously flying by the seat of its magical scrubs
Overall pretty solid week this time,we're on break next week so that'll be something ig. Oh yeah before I forget I have begun my 2000's jump pilgrimage - I am gonna try to read through a bunch of quintessential 00’s jump titles to get a better impression of the manga ( and finally get some references), I'm starting with Bleach I'm up to where Ichigo has just saved Rukia and is about to clash with Byakuya and wow this arc is so good, its so well thought out nothing feels wasted whatsoever, just all heat no fat ,personally I feel like we could've gotten here sooner but whatever. I've got a couple other series in mind like Yugioh and Shaman King but I am curious as to what other people consider true 00s jump.
anyway it's a bit late but thanks for reading x
