I personally like that a manga has a nice male-female friendship without it being the set-up to 200 chapters of pointless 'will they, won't they. A good romance is nice, but if not done right can ruin a good thing
on a side I hope for Gabimaru for her to be real, on the other i feel like romance has no place in this manga considering how it ended between Nurugai and Tenza. On this note what are the chances of him returning? To me the Elixir of Life feels a lot like the philosopher stone so i wouldn't exclude the possibility
I'd say very unlikely, but like you said, the elixir feels like a general life giving 'thing'. I bet that there'll be a happy ending to this manga, the tone fits it.
Nice to see someone dumping this manga, it's definitely worth more attention on Yea Forums. The art style in particular is great. I do think all the power system stuff is not that interesting but still. Also is this ripped from Mangaplus? Because there are Viz rips on the goddess up to chapter 57 that seem to be higher resolution.
To be honest it might be cause the cover on manga aggregate sites is the one of Sagiri flashing a boob which might give a wrong impression if you're just randomly passing through. In fact I originally skipped past it until I was looking for things with a horror tag.
It's popular enough in japan, volume 6 sold 88k in a month, which seems to be more than a lot of Jump+ titles. I'm not sure but wasn't the official translation only available to Viz subscribers at one point, before Mangaplus was a thing? That plus the scanlations stopping might have caused it to be less discussed in the west (like with Grand Blue).
Jeremiah Sullivan
> All the men we sent to that bizarre island came back as flowery cadavers. > Marvelous! It surely means that we'll find the secret of immortality somewhere on that island! Send even more men! > I'm not sure I follow your logic sir... Aristocratism is absolute shite.
I hope some people were convinced to pick this series up.
Nathaniel Jenkins
Thanks a lot!
Brandon Hall
Thank you
Carson Lee
thank you for your effort
Cameron Lewis
Oh hey, blind guy and bishe are in the background.
Gavin Morris
Not really a huge fan of the Blind Asaemon. He's a cool character, but him being there kinda screws over Sagiri's shtick and makes her look pretty weak. I mean the series harps on her being really powerful, but this guy who underwent probably the same training is far stronger.
Kinda throws me off.
Adrian Cooper
I couldn't tell until the colour cover that what'shisname had dark skin.
Liam Morgan
Uh... why does ch3 end with that weird panel?
Jonathan Scott
After the first two long chapters I was kinda surprised at the abrupt ending of ch3 and 4...
Sebastian Cooper
Is this Kisuke from Muramasa
William Fisher
Its meant to be a cliff hanger I suppose. "Is this Asaemon gonna try and kill Gabimaru?" is the question its supposed to be making you ask. Its too abrupt to really work, imo. Most chapters average ~20 pages so the first two were odd balls.
Justin Stewart
Based. This pleases Rin-san.
Dylan Campbell
Made folder in mega for VIZ releases, currently uploading.
Nicholas Garcia
For the recent chapters, search Viz Weekly Shonen Jump Rips in the archive. I think some of them are also in nyaa.
Wyatt Foster
Thanks, will do.
Joseph Ramirez
Sick page
Joseph Davis
Good start, this shit is great
Nathaniel Flores
Shading changed I think, its easier to tell that she is dark skinned if I remember right.
Carson Mitchell
Good series. Really underrated.
Nolan Rodriguez
If it's not a WSJ title then it usually won't unless it's sufficiently shilled enough. Unless it's Spy x Family, but that one had the big spy romance hook so it's understandable.
Elijah Rogers
>power system I dont get it. Something like devil fruit power level or such?
>If you sent enough men they'll create a human shield protecting those in behind from transforming. Am I missing something? Even if some of those people survive, it doesnt mean the place has the elixir to begin with right?
I love this series at the first sight. Read its first two chapters long time ago when it was just got released.
Jackson Reed
I'm Oh shit, sorry. I mean I dont care about spoiler as long as it's not spoil the juicy part.
Carson Peterson
This shit big tho?
Dominic Bennett
I was up to date with it for the first 30 chapters or so, I really need to catch up because I do like it.
Parker James
Alright I'll try not to spoil too much. For the power system, the island that the groups are going to is a mix of Taoist and Buddhist in nature, this is a plot point. Some of the beings on the island make use of Tao, which enhances physical and spiritual abilities and make is so that anyone without Tao can barely if at all harm someone with Tao. Tao is split into natures that follow a simplified version of the ancient Chinese elemental system (pic related). A lot of the later story is influenced by Taoist traditions. Certain characters are shown to be able to use this power system and others are shown to not.
As for the Elixir, the Shogun cares more about the possibility of getting it then whether or not sending people there is a waste of lives.
HURR DURRR IAM DEPRSEED. IMMORTAL AND SO COOL. SELF INSERT KIDS
Asher Nelson
Heh, I see. So, that's how it works.
>As for the Elixir, the Shogun cares more about the possibility of getting it then whether or not sending people there is a waste of lives. Jesus. So typical.
Anyway, thanks a lot dude. Gonna resume this series.
Jonathan Clark
Have you read any of the pages that were posted here? Its a comicbook, you could have done it in less time than it took you to post that comment. I mean the story goes in just about the opposite way of what you posted in the first two chapters.
John Foster
People hooked by its first couple of chapters because none of those things that you describes exist.
Cooper Morgan
If this series ever get an anime adaptation, this is your average animeonly contrarian will look like.
Benjamin Davis
I have mad respect for Gabimaru Guy's the embodiment of "do it for her"
Cooper Clark
>tfw just read all 68 volumes in a row after seeing this manga for the first time in this thread