I've grown to fuckin' love these comics they make more sense and hook me more than a lot of official KOF manga, plus, Beni and Freeman are perfect together.
Extra points for them sharing Yamazaki's story over later night beauty routines they're adorable
Oh, the female lycan... Cheza, the savior of the fallen wolves. Awww. It made me nostalgic. (ಥ ʖಥ)
Does anyone read Ennead on tappytoon as well? I want to buy the chapters there using their free points system, but they cost some tokens and I don't Know if I can buy tokens using the free points from watching ads and all that jazz. I've looked around the app with no success, but if anyone has info or a tutorial, I'll be forever thankfulヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉ~
Welcome to the ace spectrum, bby! (づ￣ ³￣)づ haha
No, but for real, tho, the mangaka is a darn well constructed character. We can see he's off in some way when relating to the editor (I really thought he was being a manipulative weirdo in the first chapters, and genuinely scared the editor was being tricked), the editor being a guy who easily falls in love, and we see him questioning many things we take for granted in BL (and other kinds of romantic stories) and in his own relationships. I see how many people (including me) can relate to him and I love that this is taking a second volume for him to figure out how he comes to terms with his own feelings. I want to hug this mangaka so bad.
I mean, he struggles to connect to people romantically, and he has a hard time trying to connect to people while dating because he can't understand their attraction, but I love how in this chapter he could connect over a random talk about food and had fun being with the editor. I know he's struggling now, but I see how the editor's attitude can help him. The editor can't put a feeling into words, which is tough, and really hard to rationalize as the mangaka is trying to do because he's struggling and frustrated, but at the same time, the editor is willing to wait for him to fall in love back. I really want the mangaka to come to term with love not being a formula, or an essay, or as simple to summarize, but with it being a connection. GIMME MORE OF THEM! ;3; And thank you, translators!
This is solely my personal view on the manga, sorry for the ted talk. lol
well said, my dear ^^
I... I... Really want to enjoy the best of this manga but the art reminds me of a different author and my mind keeps trying to remember who is It. Help me（/TДT)/
Oh, found it. It's Fumikawa Jimi. Thank gawd. ┗( T﹏T )┛
I love that the Tan Jiu touched the subject of "being a woman", especially in a GL comics, and that it touches some discourses we face in society. I love it so much I had to give my ten cents in this discussion, because I feel like it's my duty being a girl.
(I love writing so bare with me. Also, take it as my personal opinion. I'm not pushing my views of the world to you. If you decide you agree, great. But you are entitled to your own view on this, because experiences and lives are different, and so are people's opinions)
Most of us women were raised to believe we are fragile, we are vulnerable, we are prone to being hurt and unable to to perform as well as men in society. This is not a thing of men, like a male person, but the patriarchalism that shaped the way we think about women. It is a matter of discourses. It is useless to try to trace back who first started saying these things, because these discourses regarding women have transformed and shaped our society and who we are, to the point where even women reproduce generalized speechs that sometimes seem harmless, like 'women suck at driving' and some that limit and break us, such as 'it's your fault you were raped, because you chose to go there/wear those clothes/walk alone at night'. I think sometimes women are even more cruel then men because they are hurt by these discourses, while men are taught women are fragile and need to be protected. Maybe some people believe women suffer less violent actions then men, but heck, being a woman is suffering violence from words from the day we start learning who we are.
The good thing about this is that we are always changing the way we think. By pointing out these biased truths that maim us, and acting on day to day basis in reshaping the way we think, we can deconstruct the idea that women are fragile, vulnerable and unable. This is the purpose of chapter 189. Make some of us realize what's happening around us. It seems like a sad ending for a chapter, but, think about who Sun Jing is. She's precisely as (who I think is) her father described her, even if she faced all of those walls and limitations. She's strong. We women are strong because despite all of this, we find reasons to be happy and celebrate being a who we are.
Sun Jing is a strong go-getter, Qiu Tong is a shy gentlelady. None of them is less of a representation of what is a woman. They are different, and differences do not make us less than others. They just make us different. There's no right way to be a woman, so there's no use to keep pushing the idea that Mulan is a better woman than Cinderella (for Disney fans) just because she can fight like a boy. We should celebrate the strengths in each of us and in others (Cinderella keeps gentle in face of adversity and abuse, for example). Though, remember, some women are less priviledged than others and are faced with many more walls: Sun Jing and Qiu Tong are girls and lesbians. Some women are black, some women are refugees... these people need to face with a load more of challenges to be happy, and are compelled to fight for themselves in a way people might reprimand or behave as to flow in a different direction from our known societies.
I take myself as a feminist because I believe in equality between men and women, and I do what I can to rethink and reshape these views. Sometimes it takes a minor action, for example, instead of passing judgement on 'why a girl is behaving like that', think 'why is that girl behaving like that?'. That way you've eliminated the idea that there's an especific way girls should behave, and thinking of the needs of an individual. I'm not irresponsibly saying go out, wear short skirts, get plastered in a party, because defying these conventions mean we will be probably met with words of violence, or violent actions, because that's how society is now. But we fight the way we can in our limitations.
If this theme interests you, I recomend reads by Chimamanda Adichie for feminism and recognition of differences; Catherine Walsh for decolonialization (it's interesting but it's a tough read); Hilary Janks for talks about how power, acess and diversity shape our discourses (she's a linguist, so might be a bit on the teaching side of things). Or if reading isn't your thing, take these two great talks that help us understand these topics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg - By Chimamanda Adichie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueOqYebVhtc - By Colin Stokes
tl;dr - Celebrate being a women because we survive these society pressures everyday. We are strong, and different, and that's ok! There's no right way to be a woman. Join this fight for equality!
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk. Good night.
thank you for bravely and thoughtfully speaking out
<3 Falou tudo gata <3
All I'm missing from this manga is the Brazzers logo (≧∀≦) LOL
Eu bem queria dizer Brasileirinhas, pq a atuação ó, tá no grau kkkk
I love Berserk and I understand art changes over time but all the characters look so young and round-ish that it's kind of off-putting. Either way, I'm happy to get a new chapter. Even If it's Griffith-focused. ╥﹏╥
Ikr! I accept that it changes but I didn't expect the big head and child-like figure Σ(っ°Д °;)っIt feels so weird with the dark theme of the manga
He probably played idolmaster too much that its channeling through his drawings.
This manga hits all my sweet spots: murder mystery, phantom thiefs, detectives, sexy secret club... All that with an antique aesthetics. Love the semes wavy hair. Also, doesn't it feel like reading a dj? Anxiously waiting for updates.
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So, I have a question about the plot, but I may be forgetting some things from season one, so if anyone can help... I remember Horus and Anubis have a talk in season 1 in which horus tells Anubis that in order to become a full fledged God, he will have to forget everything about his memories or something, about Set... Like, leaving those weaknesses behind to be reborn.
Is it explained anywhere if that's metaphorical? Because Anubis indeed forgets everything and becomes an "adult" God. But when Horus met Set he was also a kid. When he turned into an adult God, shouldn't he have forgotten about set in the temple as well? Was that explained and I missed it or is that a mystery for later on?
you didn't miss anything! and no, I don't think it was meant to be metaphorical. looking at how Anubis turned out, Horus probably meant what he said quite literally and if I remember correctly that was also the reason he didn't want to become a full-fledged god himself? and the rest is still a mystery... hopefully we'll find out everything soon! (●'◡'●)
Mild spoiler : in the recent chapter, after Horus face reveal, he explains how to access Godhood and that's exactly what he said.
Horus is still a demi-god. Even if Seth's curse was lifted, he didn't ascend yet. He knows the drawback (forgetting about his previous life) and he doesn't want to ascend. He just doesn't want to forget Seth.
To explain further, a God has the memory of his biological family tree, his duty as a god and maybe to a certain extent the status of all the other gods. That's why Anubis knows that Horus is his sibling, Seth is his uncle and a traitor and Osiris is his father.
But for Anubis case, his "ascension" wasn't a normal one. Osiris must have done something else.
Yes, that's true! Thanks, I forgot about that about Horus
Oooh, that puts things into perspective. Actually, I totally had in mind that Horus was a God, I don't know why, or that he had certified that status after the whole competition for ruling Egypt. But that makes me anticipate for further drama and reveals. Thanks for the mild spoiler (๑•ㅂ•)و✧
thank you so much for explaining!!! I don't know Korean so I didn't get most of that from the raws but now it all makes sense thank youuuu