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[Shinuki no Reborn]

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[Kiaida]

You can have a master and pupil dynamic without the kid being basically Satoru Gojo. He's also ugly and that can hurt sales, something that is sadly needed for the manga to keep going.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Like i said, should've made Ur a girl companion, one of the points from the online comments is also that there's no female character so far, so the author could've killed 2 birds with one 1 stone by creating a "father & daughter" type of dynamic duo.

 

[LogicoftheVI]

But the thing is that online jp readers don't like the dynamic lol

if they aren't liking the character dynamics then what do they like about it? Is the JP reception for this series shit? Is it a DoA title? I quite like it, but what I like doesn't seem tonlast l I ng in jump these days.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

if they aren't liking the character dynamics then what do they like about it? Is the JP reception for this series shit? Is it a DoA title? I quite like it, but what I like doesn't seem tonlast l I ng in jump these days.

They like the art, the action and Bharat, like i commented the only thing online readers are not vibing with so far is Ur. Doesn't mean the series is DoA, is just what they're saying they don't like.

 

[Wookitake]

Like i said, should've made Ur a girl companion, one of the points from the online comments is also that there's no female character so far, so the author could've killed 2 birds with one 1 stone by creating a "father & daughter" type of dynamic duo.

Do you remember other father x daughter manga? Other "lone wolf and the cub" type series with father and daughter.

In the West, crossing to the game genre, we had The Last for Us, for example.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Do you remember other father x daughter manga? Other "lone wolf and the cub" type series with father and daughter.

In the West, crossing to the game genre, we had The Last for Us, for example.

Dr. Slump

 

[Wookitake]

Dr. Slump

But in this case the focus is on Arare

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

But in this case the focus is on Arare

The "father x daughter" is just the type of dynamic, it can be simply a companion that Bharat found without parents after the said war that happened and took her as a guardian or something.

 

[LogicoftheVI]

You can have a master and pupil dynamic without the kid being basically Satoru Gojo. He's also ugly and that can hurt sales, something that is sadly needed for the manga to keep going.

the OP kid stronger than his mentor is what draws me to the series. I don't find Ur to be all that ugly and the character design really isn't bad.

Like i said, should've made Ur a girl companion, one of the points from the online comments is also that there's no female character so far, so the author could've killed 2 birds with one 1 stone by creating a "father & daughter" type of dynamic duo.

for me it doesn't matter if it is male or female character. Though now that you mention it there really haven't been any female characters of note.

They like the art, the action and Bharat, like i commented the only thing online readers are not vibing with so far is Ur. Doesn't mean the series is DoA, is just what they're saying they don't like.

the action in this latest chapter was done really well imo. The art is magnificent and the panaling has been a strong point as well. I'm not sure how they like Bharat without Ur tho? Again for me their relationship and the dynamics of said relationship is really the best thing the series has going on. I hope it isn’t a DoA title as I'm really liking it.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

I'm not sure how they like Bharat without Ur tho? Again for me their relationship and the dynamics of said relationship is really the best thing the series has going on. I hope it isn’t a DoA title as I'm really liking it.

Because they find the kid a bit annoying and doesn't think the manga needs the kid when Bharat himself is already strong and charismatic.

 

[Shonenfan]

the OP kid stronger than his mentor is what draws me to the series. I don't find Ur to be all that ugly and the character design really isn't bad.

for me it doesn't matter if it is male or female character. Though now that you mention it there really haven't been any female characters of note.

the action in this latest chapter was done really well imo. The art is magnificent and the panaling has been a strong point as well. I'm not sure how they like Bharat without Ur tho? Again for me their relationship and the dynamics of said relationship is really the best thing the series has going on. I hope it isn’t a DoA title as I'm really liking it.

Ur is written too “one note” for the current JP audience. He’s like the pure 2000’s Shonen protagonist where he is super positive, cheery, naive, but stupidly strong for no reason; sort of like a flanderized Luffy/Goku archetype. JP audiences do not like that anymore as it’s too “simple” and unrealistic; they need a hook if they are. Right now, it’s more in for the battle Shonen protagonist to be more serious. All Ur is doing is basically just repeating the same stuff about how great the master is and falling for all of his tricks. I was little tired of the trope before the last chapter and I tend to overlook a lot in fantasy adventure series.

I think a good chapter 7/volume 1 cliffhanger would be to make Ur a girl though. Very easy to retcon and would differentiate Ur more from the flanderized archetype.

 

[Wookitake]

Ur might be genderless if he's (they're) actually part-Regilith or part-"demon".

 

[Jorden Rivera]

I don’t feel like Ur is a big enough problem to get this much of a reaction from people. Most people just seem to be upset that he’s powerful, but A: he clearly can’t control it properly yet so it’s not like he’s unbeatable, B: we’ve only seen him fight two Regiliths and there are going to be more powerful ones (not to mention the demons), and C: him being that strong is clearly part of the story and is gonna be explained.

All in all, we’re only five chapters in, I think people are overreacting. Everything else about this series goes so hard. The character designs are sick, the backgrounds and cityscapes look beautiful, the power system hasn’t been fully explored but it looks good so far, and (as the most recent chapter showed) the fight choreography is also great.

 

[monstera11]

Speaking about cute little girl character.... anyone noticed Char has completely disappeared/irrelevant since Sojo arc? Probably Hokazono was experimenting giving Chihiro an "Imouto" to balance the cast. But it did not work because a lot of people find her annoying (at least the EN online side, idk Japan).

Kagurabachi hardly has any female character in a "traditional trio". Which I like and works. I think KGB works better as a BL bait full of handsome men surrounding Chihiro. I think Takeru may have tried to have a "proper" FMC now with Iori, but it remains to be seen how relevant she will be / if she sticks around more often. The problem is that Iori come waaaay too late when people are already comfortable with Chihiro solo or trio with Shiba/Hakuri. And I also hope Iori does not become cliche love interest (it is just so forced??? She works better as her own person instead of getting delegated to love interest)

 

[FantasticFootno]

Speaking about cute little girl character.... anyone noticed Char has completely disappeared/irrelevant since Sojo arc? Probably Hokazono was experimenting giving Chihiro an "Imouto" to balance the cast. But it did not work because a lot of people find her annoying (at least the EN online side, idk Japan).

Kagurabachi hardly has any female character in a "traditional trio". Which I like and works. I think KGB works better as a BL bait full of handsome men surrounding Chihiro. I think Takeru may have tried to have a "proper" FMC now with Iori, but it remains to be seen how relevant she will be / if she sticks around more often. The problem is that Iori come waaaay too late when people are already comfortable with Chihiro solo or trio with Shiba/Hakuri. And I also hope Iori does not become cliche love interest (it is just so forced??? She works better as her own person instead of getting delegated to love interest)

I mean thats just a symptom of the larger problem of the supporting cast being pretty poor. You can feel it worst during the samura arc when its literally just chihiro and those 3 mob characters from samura's guard + iori. And clearly he tried to rectify it with introducing a bajillion characters within the invasion arc, but that just created a new problem of that arc being pretty bad/underbaked lol.

 

[Wookitake]

Speaking about cute little girl character.... anyone noticed Char has completely disappeared/irrelevant since Sojo arc? Probably Hokazono was experimenting giving Chihiro an "Imouto" to balance the cast. But it did not work because a lot of people find her annoying (at least the EN online side, idk Japan).

Kagurabachi hardly has any female character in a "traditional trio". Which I like and works. I think KGB works better as a BL bait full of handsome men surrounding Chihiro. I think Takeru may have tried to have a "proper" FMC now with Iori, but it remains to be seen how relevant she will be / if she sticks around more often. The problem is that Iori come waaaay too late when people are already comfortable with Chihiro solo or trio with Shiba/Hakuri. And I also hope Iori does not become cliche love interest (it is just so forced??? She works better as her own person instead of getting delegated to love interest)

Hakuri plays the girl role in KGB for now.

 

[monstera11]

Hakuri plays the girl role in KGB for now.

I am a believer of bottom Chihiro though

/jk

--- Double Post Merged, Jul 21, 2026, Original Post Date: Jul 21, 2026 ---

I mean thats just a symptom of the larger problem of the supporting cast being pretty poor. You can feel it worst during the samura arc when its literally just chihiro and those 3 mob characters from samura's guard + iori. And clearly he tried to rectify it with introducing a bajillion characters within the invasion arc, but that just created a new problem of that arc being pretty bad/underbaked lol.

Naaaah do not insult Ro, Sumi and Moku. I love them so much and they were one of the highlight in the arc.

 

[FantasticFootno]

Naaaah do not insult Ro, Sumi and Moku. I love them so much and they were one of the highlight in the arc.

Well, maybe to superfans they are, but that reveal of them coming in like a big calvary moment was personally one of the biggest misses I can think of Hokazono having. They were not only severely underdeveloped, but their names and appearances all blended together into a big, boring, amorphous blob. Like even now I'm struggling to picture what they even did, and I'm in the middle of a reread before bachi's return.

 

[icrawfish]

Speaking about cute little girl character.... anyone noticed Char has completely disappeared/irrelevant since Sojo arc? Probably Hokazono was experimenting giving Chihiro an "Imouto" to balance the cast. But it did not work because a lot of people find her annoying (at least the EN online side, idk Japan).

Kagurabachi hardly has any female character in a "traditional trio". Which I like and works. I think KGB works better as a BL bait full of handsome men surrounding Chihiro. I think Takeru may have tried to have a "proper" FMC now with Iori, but it remains to be seen how relevant she will be / if she sticks around more often. The problem is that Iori come waaaay too late when people are already comfortable with Chihiro solo or trio with Shiba/Hakuri. And I also hope Iori does not become cliche love interest (it is just so forced??? She works better as her own person instead of getting delegated to love interest)

I would argue 2 big points for Char’s functional absence from the story since Sojo arc. One is mechanical: having a heal bot on hand that can regenerate any injuries the MC takes after the battle removes a level of gravity from the fights. The other is more grounded; Char is 4, and does not need to spend a ton of time hanging out with a guy who is actively on a mission for revenge/disabling dangerous weapons. Compound that with the fact that Chihiro has functionally had no public-roaming down-time since the start of the Sword Bearer Assassination Arc and it makes a lot of sense why Char would not appear.

If we’re talking other female characters though, the main discussion becomes Hiyuki, and in her case I think it was a matter of her being too strong to introduce into the chaos of everything. I do hope we still get something for why she wasn’t able to make it, if there was only time for the call to reach Shiba or she just literally couldn’t make it in time between the comms being unlocked and the end of the fight (Shiba only made it that fast since he can just warp, and the fight was feasibly little more than like 10 minutes after that before all was said and done).

For the remaining girls, Iori after her emotional stuff did not play a part in the remainder of the arc until the end since she had no business on that frontline, and with the introduction of Kiri we seemed to have settled into a mode of “you will get one important female ally at a time and nothing more”.

While I have minimal expectations for Char (and Hinao too honestly, but it’s still very possible to see her again if Taco wants to), I have no doubt that both Iori and Hiyuki will play big roles in part 2, and I’m sure Kiri will be around to do things as well.

 

[KrenKren]

Sumi has such a cute design I hope we see more of her with all the Iori stuff that's inevitably going to happen after the flashback.