Is World Trigger worth reading?

>world trigger
>long running
but yes, its pretty good. But don't go in expecting anything more than what it is; a shonen.
If you want a completed series, I'd recommend Monster, Kengan Ashura, Medaka Box, Bokurano, Imperial Guards, Shamo and Sekai Oni for a few things of different flavours that were all about the same length as world trigger or actually long running

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Thanks. I prefer my series still running, because it draws out the enjoyment.

It's a decent battle-shounen that very quickly starts to read more like a sports-shounen. The basic premise is fairly basic, although it executes on its power system and worldbuilding better than similar series. The designs and characters are somewhat unique. The "main" protagonist was, for me at least, a little harder to get to like than usual, but one of the best things about the series is how the character's skill and power levels are very consistent - including the MC. It's all very slow paced, but that's where the sports-shounen feel helps to balance things out, as the play-by-play of each fight in what is ostensibly a never-ending tournament arc is what the plot treats as important, rather than just the result.

>in what is ostensibly a never-ending tournament arc
ouch, sounds horrible

Nah, fights are in teams and are way more interesting than the average battleshonen tournament arc.
Also, it doesn't matter that the pacing is slow because the plot isn't important, the manga is carried by the character interactions.

To clarify, the tournament is actually an internal rankings system where the characters compete against each other to gain points and raise their ranks. They do actually have an end goal in regards to where they want to place, and they do things other than the tournament, so it's not really a never-ending arc in a traditional sense. Instead the arcs are smaller and focus on either a single match or series of matches. I call it never ending only because even once they achieve their goal and go off to do other things the tournament is still technically going on.

Also, see for why, due to what I said about it reading like sports-shounen, the tournament isn't the same as a standard battle-shounen tournament.

what sort of sickness does the author have?

Motivation fracture.

Is this pasta?

I don't think this is popular enough to have a pasta.

at least the monthly threads are comfy

It's the closest Jump will ever have to an e-sports manga

Cervical spondylosis, he had to go on a two year hiatus to recover from the pain.

Stop liking WT to a garbage series like Black Clover. It's fucking disgusting.

>how do you dare compare them, as if they were in the same category and magazine or something

It really does, and the first 20 or so chapters being slow paced and painfully uninteresting doesn't leave a good first impression. Wasn't until I heard a few people saying "the team battles are really neat later on, trust me" that I finally picked it back up and stuck with it.

They aren't in same category. WT isn't another generic shonen like BC. Also WT have too much original content to compare it with BC.

Spinal AIDS.

It's actually fucking great.

>hostile aliens appear out of nowhere to destroy glorious nippon for no reason
>random japanese high schooler and his friends have to save the day
>over the course of 200 chapters

go figure

It's only never ending because the author has been dead for the past two years. Now he's better.

what are you talking about?

That's not how WT goes.

Honestly World Trigger is weird to me. I’m not caught up yet, about 80 chapters in or so and the series feels simultaneously unique and very bland. The artwork is the strongest case of this, it’s not bad by any means but lacks any form of punch or impact. The characters are decent especially Jin who is just bowl of fun, but Osamu is a bit boring at times, though it’s great to see a genuine underdog protagonist who works to improve but it takes a long time for him to get anywhere.
The battles are fairly tactical but get kind of annoying since they happen really frequently and the fights don’t have many stakes since even if a character is cut in two it’s just a Trion body meaning that they didn’t actually take real damage.
Overall it’s a fine series so far, but there are certainly better shounen out there.

>but there are certainly better shounen out there.
this type of comment is redundant

Try Seraph of the end

>I’m not caught up yet, about 80 chapters in
Then shut up and read.

Nasu is cute.

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shonen with brains, but without a soul

>seraph
its like what 80 chapters now?
god damn i want to see more shinoa

okay, now ill have to read it

D. Gray-man mangaka isn't terminally ill, though.

Should be

>The reason for the hiatus is because I damaged my neck, but in the first place I believe it was due to how I recklessly took on too much work (besides the weekly manuscript) without considering my capacity, and then not being able to properly cut corners (conserve energy) on those subsidiary jobs.

>After I damaged my neck, for a time I was given a week’s rest every 4 to 5 issues to deal with it, but the symptoms gradually grew worse. A high quality pain penetrated through the painkillers and spread from my neck to my back and head, there were more times when I couldn’t get up, manuscripts were delayed, and the result was that I entered a dark downward spiral where I had to push myself even further, drinking energy drinks every 2 hours to force my body to move in the style of a doping enemy from a sports manga to do my work. Perhaps because of that, I was becoming more and more worn down mentally, my eyes were spinning and in the end I was having trouble speaking.

>For about a month after starting the hiatus, I pretty much lived on my back. From the 2nd month, I was able to get up for about 4, 5 hours a day, and from the 3rd month I could move around for about half a day.

>Because I became unable to ride inside anything after damaging my neck (I would get dizzy after about 15 minutes from the pain in my neck), it was about 6 months into the hiatus that I could be properly looked at in a hospital.

You'll soon see that Trionnbody enables Ashihara to INCREASE the stakes

She has neck and wrist AIDS.

>the fights don’t have many stakes since even if a character is cut in two it’s just a Trion body meaning that they didn’t actually take real damage.
This is a thing that people often criticize WT for, but how often in shounen manga are there actual real stakes with battle damage? At most, someone will get "seriously injured" with tons of cuts and bruises, but they'll heal back up in the next arc. At least with Trion bodies, the fact that limbs can be lost means that battles can be more varied.

Even early on it's made clear that when combating an invasion there are plenty of ways for there to be stakes even with trion bodies. Whether it's rescuing citizens who lack triggers or accounting for the loss of usable power in the field, dying isn't the only bad thing that can happen - and there are still ways it can happen. As for Rank Wars, the stakes there are the same as in any major competition.

Yeah, this is something WT shares with mecha anime (of all things). In ordinary shows, you can't actually damage the protagonists too bad, because lost limbs have consequences beyond the scope of the fight, which isn't acceptable for a long running series.

In WT/Mecha anime though, the "body" of the combatant can be damages, putting the fighter at a disadvantage. This heightens the tension, as now you feel the main character is at a greater disadvantage and makes the fights more engaging.

As for stakes, WT did a good job of creating stakes for the B-rank ladder wars. You know that someone getting knocked out is a bad thing, because it's a huge detriment to the team's end goal. As readers, we don't know if they are going to be able to rank 2nd, or if there's some new plot twist in the future waiting for us. We also got the ministakes, such as "will Nino get his comeuppance" and stuff to keep us engaged in the fights.

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i always thought koshien was overdone myself.

it probably is, but there are better manga in the same category out there

reading the first chapters and hooked so far

the blonde kid is a total mary sue, though
and the black haired kid just his timid sidekick

will this change?