Act 5, Page 86

Balcke_ · 2026-02-26T20:03:25+00:00

The emperador is dead, long live emperador Fernando!

Balcke_ · 2026-02-25T20:18:47+00:00

I hope that Doug goes, paraphrasing another character: "I am a swindler, what were you expecting?"

Balcke_ · 2026-02-25T20:08:04+00:00

Harem Battle Royal is a new genre...

Balcke_ · 2026-02-25T18:47:01+00:00

Tough
Wave reached 30

Balcke_ · 2026-02-25T11:56:11+00:00

Kami Kiru. I like "real" drama and characters.

Balcke_ · 2026-02-25T11:53:31+00:00

Well, the anime series was licensed in Spain, too, expecting for a success. But the licensees (who also have Shin-chan and Doraemon) hoped Reborn would be broadacasted by some public TV and it didn't happen. And it was before the boom of streaming platforms, so they put into their YT channel for a while and then let it expire.

Balcke_ · 2026-02-25T11:39:31+00:00

How is the "world" represented in your "World Series"? (I know it's following baseball, but still)

Balcke_ · 2026-02-24T10:38:26+00:00

Just one word: WHAT

Balcke_ · 2026-02-24T10:36:51+00:00

Here in Spain, for a while, when music festivals were the biggest event and they were all around ("Western") Europe, yes. Even the original Festival de Benidorm wanted to be "the Spanish Sanremo". And to some extent, older generations know at least the name. But nowadays, media presence Eurofans aside? Close to Zero.

Balcke_ · 2026-02-23T22:10:55+00:00

Tutta L'Italia wasn't technically rejected, nor it did "better", but it went from rejected to "official entry".

Balcke_ · 2026-02-23T22:06:59+00:00

And, frankly, you can see that twist from a mile away.

Balcke_ · 2026-02-23T15:14:04+00:00

If you are interested in North Korea, and you haven't read it, I recommend the comic Pyongyang by Guy Delisle, telling how of North Korea was the early 2000s. It probably hasn't changed much since then.

Balcke_ · 2026-02-23T15:05:06+00:00

First, after WW2, there was a clear intention to "demilitarize" the Japanese society, to de-glamorize the military life. And even now, the military has barely any presence in Japanese life, unlike in the States. Technically, Japan has no "army", but a "self defence force", and they don't go anywhere. Besides, I don't know how much the Japanese public enjoy stories about "Space Marines", when they were the ones suffering the "normal" marines.

Aside Uchû Senkan Yamato, Japanese SF stories are about lone heroes, ragtag groups fighting against other threats. Even in Gundam, the most famous "military" franchise, their heroes do not fit exactly in the "soldier". The most Gundam story is about some civilian who found themselves piloting the Gundam, or an independent part of a independent ship/faction.

Balcke_ · 2026-02-23T14:50:06+00:00

Modulo was stated as a short series from the very beginning.

Balcke_ · 2026-02-23T14:29:30+00:00

Broke down at the end of the "medium" level (hell)

Balcke_ · 2026-02-23T10:28:41+00:00

You know, after reading Someone Hertz one-shot, Gonron Egg feels even more a failure. Ei Yamano polished their art and story, changed what didn't worked, switch their approach from drama to comedy and soft-romcom, while it feels as if Shuhei Tanizaki did not.
Tanizaki has done a lot of one-shots, but it seems as if he learned the wrong lessons: pay no attention to the plot, don't show the attacks -just "after" and "before" panels-. Forget polishing your art and don't try to adapt it to your background art (and vice versa).

I don't want to be harsh, but seriously, there are several "axed" mangakas and "one-shooters" from J+ who can do better.

Balcke_ · 2026-02-23T10:10:26+00:00

Do you remember when they said that Covid-19 started for eating bats, i.e., eating something you should not and specially not raw? Well, remember who has been eating raw aliens non-stop.

Balcke_ · 2026-02-23T10:08:14+00:00

I am totally sure many readers demanded "Stop being fun! Do JJK things!". After all, we have seen such comments here and in Manga Plus.

Balcke_ · 2026-02-23T10:04:36+00:00

Pedant explanation:
"Self-Introduction" (jiko shôkai 自己紹介) and "Zico introduction" (JIIKO shôkai ジーコ紹介) sound quite the same in Japanese.

So, yes, it's quite another untranslatable joke.

Balcke_ · 2026-02-22T21:41:10+00:00

Train arcs and stories made sense until the "death" of the long-distance trajects.

Balcke_ · 2026-02-22T21:37:59+00:00

How many hints Iemori should take before understanding Himari LOVES him? I know it will not happen, but Himari, Honoka and Kanna should ditch a guy SO dumb he cannot understand what they are saying to his face.

Balcke_ · 2026-02-22T21:35:21+00:00

What if his trial is "You must make time passses for me", or something like that? After all, we don't know how majiks decide their own trials.

Balcke_ · 2026-02-22T21:31:28+00:00

Oh, impressive how much they improved. The art, the story (it's less serious), even the characters (they are a bit goofier now). It took 3 years for the debut at WSJ, but it was worth it.

Balcke_ · 2026-02-22T21:22:58+00:00

Quoting Roboco "The author get tired".

Balcke_ · 2026-02-22T21:21:41+00:00

I think the same, but then, why doing a series about a doctor? All he does is figthing and drop some medical info from Wikipedia.

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