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Sense is caught up to chapter 38...?

I'm still waiting for the first arc to be scanlated.

What chapter ends the arc where the girl first shows up?

So how far along is the english translation?

Interesting. I think I'll get caught up when the current arc is finished, but I'm interested.

At this point in my life, battles rank pretty low in terms of spectacle. I'm more interested in stakes and being invested in the characters taking part. I know for a fact young boys feel differently as I used to be one. To learn to care for and understand a character is a long process. But I...

Well, I didn't like the start, but I'm warming up to the last few chapters. As has been noted, that is not unusual, so the manga is probably safe. I hope Ohtaka isn't distressed.

The protagonists also need a proper launch point for a long term goal. I don't think it can be said they've really broken away from their childish games of pretending to be Bushi. There's been no transition from back then and reality. So them determining to not be that guy and what he's done...

I think rather than a death flag, the probability he'll abandon the Fortress and leave everyone to die is high. Not because of cowardice or selfishness, but pragmatism. If you look at everyone and everything as war material, civilians certainly have their place, but safeguarding comes at a cost.

You mean Sinbad's makeshift loincloth?

Making her a shameless unscrupulous rogue type character would certainly set her apart from Morgiana and Kougyoku. But for those types of characters to work, they need one thing above all else; independence. Literally after introducing her, they have her fangirling over a local Bushi lord, and...

Mangaka tend to become less perverted as they grow older. Compare Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2 to Inuyasha. Or Akira Toriyama's Dragonball to Dragonball Z. Or Kubo Tite and his early work with Bleach to the later years. Or Sumomomo to Magi.

@ Magi stuff; There was build up and context for all of that, given before and after the fact. So if she'd just slit their throats in their sleep we should be okay with her just because she's cute and quirky? Regardless of that, my objection was to the idea of her being the heroine of the...

Why should Musashi and Kojirou have to put up with her? She's cruel, manipulative, and violent. She is not a good traveling companion nor does she perform some vital function. Musashi and Kojirou don't even have a particular place they want to go. They don't need a guide or someone wise to...

Ohtaka's heroines in Sumomo were shameless. Of course that manga was toilet trash. I don't think I have the patience to put up with vulgar girls like them anymore. I mean, Magi had some really nice female characters, but Ohtaka DIDN'T USE THEM. We basically went 4 years without Morgiana even...