Shounen Shuumatsu no Laughter by Tanabe Yellow

[Kaiten]

Shuumatsu no Laughter
By: Tanabe Yellow
Genre: Fantasy, Supernatural, Action
Serialized In: Shounen Sunday
Publisher: Shogakukan

When corruption consumes the world, the akuma with 101 mouths shall appear. Humanity forgot about their existence, continuing to indulge in sin, until the day when the akuma arrived, and dark descended. Some continued to fight, and after seven days of struggle the akuma were destroyed. Or so they thought. Immortal men marked by the "mouth of the akuma", continue to wander the world. A man bearing the mouth of the akuma, named Godot, has blackmailed a town, extorting food and supplies, and in exchange promises not to harm the inhabitants. One day a man appears, also bearing the mouth of the akuma, accompanied only by a young girl named Haru, whom he calls his sister. Claiming to be an akuma eater, he promises to rid the town of Godot once and for all. Who is this young man, and what are his intentions? How does he plan to kill his fellow immortal, Godot?

By the Mangaka of Kekkaishi

 

[k-dom]

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Hum, the translation of this first chapter was quite confusing and prevented me from completely enjoying this first chapter.

 

[Estranho]

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Hum, the translation of this first chapter was quite confusing and prevented me from completely enjoying this first chapter.

Me too. There was a lot of weird sentences that made no sense to me. Sounded like a translation from Google or something like that, some phrases were very unnatural.

Really looking forward to another translation.

 

[Galactic Tomahawk]

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Seems interesting so far, but as said the translation was a problem.

The World Eater thing looks really cool.

 

[Bomber D Rufi]

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Hmm...I got my physical copy in the mail apparently the day after the scantlation. I haven't read the scantlation, but from the raw version the series seems to be quite good. I'm not sure whether I like it or not yet....it feels like the story is dark for the purpose of being dark. I will say it has heaps of potential, and after Tanabe's work with Kekkaishi, I'm sure she can pull it off. Sunday seems to favor it's female mangaka after all.

Sooo...should I do another translation? It sounds like the scantlation is kind of..iffy.

[tmod=Doraku]Please do it, if it's not a big problem for you. [/tmod]

 

[Doraku]

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Moderator Notice:
Allright folks, let's stop the discussion about the quality of translation here and start the discussion about the manga itself, shall we? I will not tolerate any more post complaining about the translation. Just click "thanks" if you want to appreciate Bomber's effort. ~ Doraku

 

[Bomber D Rufi]

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I'll do my best then. I hope to have time within the next couple of days since it's a rather loooong chapter. Of course anyone faster and or better can tackle it before me...which is usually what happens anyway. lol.

As for the chapter itself, I wonder why everyone seemed so shocked that the dude has a little sister? Are the Akuma not allowed or unable to have families?

 

[Kaiten]

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The nice folks at Red Hawk and Imperial Scans have just released chapter 1. Anyone looking for a better translation should head over to one of their sites.

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Hmm...I got my physical copy in the mail apparently the day after the scantlation. I haven't read the scantlation, but from the raw version the series seems to be quite good. I'm not sure whether I like it or not yet....it feels like the story is dark for the purpose of being dark. I will say it has heaps of potential, and after Tanabe's work with Kekkaishi, I'm sure she can pull it off. Sunday seems to favor it's female mangaka after all.

I did not find the tone that much darker than Kekkaishi, at least after the Kokuboro first appeared. While she always maintained a healthy ense of humor, Kekkaishi was mostly a pretty serious manga. Now that a better version is out I need to reread chapter one, but overall I think it is off to a good start.

 

[Crude]

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I cannot wait to read this! Unfortunately at the moment I'm forced to use a (pretty old) laptop instead of my actual computer, which makes reading manga pretty hard. Also, I admit that at first I also thought the protagonist resembled Naruto, but looking at some of the first chapter's pages lowers (is that even the right verb?) the resemblence.

 

[Josef]

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Wow, pretty interesting, I guess some mangaka are quick to release their new series. I guess that little title at the end of every finishing series of looking forward to the next one really stands here.

A little over a year and another quality shounen appears from what I can see from an already awesome mangaka. It really looks promising, and the art is very significant here. I really like when shounens have a distinctive art style apart from the regular one.

 

[shukketsumaru]

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I like Tanabe Yellow's work and I like this.
It's rare for the first chapter to be a "part 1" though I'm certainly not complaining.
Going off of the first chapter alone, I want to think that he wants to eat all the mouths and become some sort of super being to bring peace to the world. Perhaps?

 

[Maxy Barnard]

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Hated Kekkaishi, so went into this with some hesitation, and oh look it really didn't accomplish anything with the debut chapter (usually a big no-no for me) but it did make whatever happened gorgeous and interesting enough for me to want to see something proper happen in the coming weeks, so that's good enough for me to keep reading, at the least

 

[HalcyonDigest]

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I've seen a lot of complaints about the "pacing" but I actually really liked that the author didn't rush in with the story and instead just worked in setting up the setting and the two characters. I wasn't really keen on it at first, seemed like it would turn into a cliche action series about a demon who just fights other demons, but I have to give the author props for adding some depth to his story.
I didn't like Kekkaishi too much and I'm typically not a Shonen Sunday fan, but this has definitely sparked my interest.

 

[Doraku]

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Just finished reading the first chapter. I was really into Kekkaishi back then, so I'm always anticipating Tanabe's works. I really liked the first chapter, the art of Shuumatsu is just gorgeous and I found the design of the MC is really cool. I cannot see why some people think "Demon" is similar to Naruto at all besides the spiky hair. He's more mature and he is not as cheerful as Naruto.. I think his character is pretty dark.

As for the content itself, even though some people might be disappointed by the first chapter since it does not reveal anything much about the bigger plot, I believe it's still a good start for this Manga. The whole references about Demon, God, and Church made me think that this Manga is going to be more.. serious than Kekkaishi, and Kekkaishi is not a simple battle/action Manga, so I'm definitely looking forward to read the next chapter.

 

[k-dom]

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Spiky yellow hairs, an hairband and a mark on the cheek, isn't that normal to think of Naruto with just a cover image ?
I doubt anyone said it again after having read the chapter though.
I didn't really bad comments about the pace myself. No big fights between the 2 demons but some good introductions and mysteries.
In particular, I'm curious to know more about demon and time. The coment he made when looking at his watch intriguated me.

 

[cearon]

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1 of the better starting chapters of this year. i get the naruto comparisons from the char and the overall reaction of the townspeople and maybe 101 mouth demon but they r superficial overall in my opinion. i infact felt this is more claymorelike than any other manga. the demon hunting and the opposite gender kid. also the chapter ending mysteries opens up a lot of possibilities. i also liked the tanabe taking her time to try to slowly build her world rather than jumping straight to action. hopefully some other magazines learn some thing *cough WSJ cough*.

 

[Koen]

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One word: wow

I was a huge fan of kekkaishi, not because of the art but more because of the settings, the characters, the plots and the storytelling. This manga starts more serious than Kekkaishi and I wouldn't be surprised if Tanabe is doing this on purpose. His audience has matured from back when he started kekkaishi and it is known that even older people still read shounen in Japan.

What amazes me is the pace of the story. It is not fast but it doesn't feel slow at all. If you expected a conclusion halfway then you illusioned yourself. You could clearly feel that mangaka wasn't aiming for a conclusion already. He is drawing out an interesting plot and setting with some potential. The main character might look like a - yondaime - matured naruto but everything stops there. He acts like a detective which mixes the good and the bad in himself but he remains mysterious himself. What and who is bad in this world? Which is the purpose of these sides? What's the main character's view on the world?

It amazes me how humans are described as being sinners to an extent that they are like demons. I really loved the dialogue between the main character and the priest in the church. The ending line is awesome too your god, shouldn't he have said "Love thy neighbour?" I wonder, are all immortals truly bad people?

And why do I think the mayor is Godot?

 

[Bomber D Rufi]

Re: [New] Shuumatsu no Laughter by Tanabe Yellow

The nice folks at Red Hawk and Imperial Scans have just released chapter 1. Anyone looking for a better translation should head over to one of their sites.

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I did not find the tone that much darker than Kekkaishi, at least after the Kokuboro first appeared. While she always maintained a healthy ense of humor, Kekkaishi was mostly a pretty serious manga. Now that a better version is out I need to reread chapter one, but overall I think it is off to a good start.

Beaten again~ Not surprised though since Red Hawk tends to pick up...everything. I'll have to read their scantlation.

I mean compared to Kekkaishi's opening, this is a bit more serious. As for the pacing, Tanabe's always been more about world building and character building than plot building. There were times where Kekkaishi did feel like it was stagnating, but that's not at all a bad thing. I like her approach to stories...not every chapter needs to have good vs evil right away to be good. I'm hoping that she'll build upon the world she's establishing more before introducing the big bad.

 

[Josef]

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And why do I think the mayor is Godot?

I actually thought that the priest might be Godot, using religion as a cover. But I guess still we will be getting religious themes here. Maybe more than just traditional Christianity. The religion in the manga seems to be a version of it.

I am expecting more cool designs, the white demons was really something with it's multiple mouths and stuff. I hope it develops well.

 

[cearon]

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well i read the 2. chapter (not the red hawk scans) the town has more than meets the eye. i am not sure "godot" is a bad guy and mayor is hiding something big. other than that it has been implied our MC maybe adopted and haru may not be his real sister. (pretty much deducted from the 1st chapter) so far the battle wasnt all that much thou Mc has a kunai handle on a western sword. i am just w8ing for the demon mouths to take effect. will they have other powers or not... and what the towns ppl will do aftermath.