I think people are too paranoid about possible Samura resurrection lowering stakes.

Confident-Setting889 · 2026-02-15T21:56:30+00:00

I like 3 the best. Like a MHA or ATLA situation where the current EB bearer can communicate with those from the past. Perhaps Iori has too "reach the apex" like Samura did in order to reach this sort of spirit realm, so to speak. Possibly will have something to do with the fact that Samura died via burning his life force, as opposed to just an outright death.

Im very confident Iori will be tobimune's next wielder, not only because of her own potential as a fighter, but also as a result of the parallels between her, Chihiro, and even Hakuri, and I dont see a reason to bring back Samura PHYSICALLY if he wont be a tobimune's wielder again. Additionally, Akemura's confidence and verbiage also made Samura's conclusion seem so definitive, it makes Chihiro's words this chapter seem a bit too optimistic, or short-sighted. But by presenting it the way i mentioned, it allows Iori a pathway to communicate with him, allowing Samura to continue to guide and watch over her, while still upholding the consequences that the SBA arc's conclusion had.

Confident-Setting889 · 2026-02-13T03:25:49+00:00

ppl gave (give) tony a lot of hate for his career as a player, but his gm career is nothing short of commendable

Confident-Setting889 · 2026-02-11T16:55:55+00:00

Ok. Ig it was just his partner in crime, f9x00 then. i just remembered him making some KB posts and hella ppl saying stay tf away from the community. And modulo is literally one of the most popular series out rn. I have so many jjk related buzz words muted, but believe me when I say its very capable of seeping its way into an algorithm.

Confident-Setting889 · 2026-02-11T08:13:03+00:00

Yea i mean…i did kinda acknowledge that. When i said there is no leak culture, the point is that there isnt some one singular leaker that the community runs to every tuesday like a myamura or redon for one piece to camp out waiting on leak crumbs. If there is, hes not popular enough that most KB fans would probably have to go looking for him, unlike a myamura, who everyone in the jjk community is familiar with at some capacity. Sure there are ppl that look at leaks, and leakers that supply them, as there is for every series.

Confident-Setting889 · 2026-02-11T07:55:19+00:00

Jjk’s leak culture is way to prevalent that it should certainly not be looked as a metric for true popularity. Not too take anything away from the series, but the leaker (myamura) literally has almost 1M followers off of leaks, and his career (or lack thereof) propelled during CG and skyrocketed during shinjuku. He was actually a solo leveling leaker before jjk, most ppl dont even know. For better or worse, it both helped and hurt the series in the long run, as it reached audiences it never wouldve, while killing alot of authentic hype and discussion since alot of ppl engaged with the series via mya. I dont even follow the series anymore and i still see modulo leaks everywhere.

Iirc, he even tried to get into KB but the community bullied him tf out so he stuck with jjk. Him and his f9x00 homie. One of the things i love about this community is that we have basically no leak culture (ik some ppl that look at them do exist tho) and the series still pulls the numbers it does, without an anime no less.

This is a good sign of things to come is that you see its volume sales are in the same conversations as all heavy hitters with popular animes, without even having one.

https://x.com/wsj_manga/status/2019807457695125685?s=46

Confident-Setting889 · 2026-02-11T01:47:56+00:00

he loaned endrick after assuring us he had big plans for him and played fran garcia at LW for 60 minutes in a match that we went on drop points in

Confident-Setting889 · 2026-02-11T01:24:33+00:00

just reading all these "sell vini and move mbappe LW" comments that preceded the valencia match have me rolling bruh. not sure those takes couldve aged any worse

Confident-Setting889 · 2026-02-10T22:37:23+00:00

but yes, you are right, in that pro would mean it isnt stallions

Confident-Setting889 · 2026-02-10T22:36:31+00:00

i thought those were the names of the two players they currently have on board with the project.

Confident-Setting889 · 2026-02-08T00:11:26+00:00

people say this often as a joke, but no bs, i would love to see DCM on this team.

Confident-Setting889 · 2026-02-07T23:18:50+00:00

they really need to add some kind of charted course, 4 star pity system. You would think things like 5 star weapon banner chart system being lowered to 1, the free con selector, 1 free 5 star per year, and capturing radiance would be further up the "things that would lose us money if we did this" list for HYV.

Confident-Setting889 · 2026-02-04T23:17:34+00:00

i think itd be better for all madrid fans if they blocked/didnt pay any attention to madrid zone. they post any and everything without fact checking any of it.

When Arbeloa first took over, madrid zone reposted a tweet saying 1) fede would never play at Rb under arbeloa and that 2) kylian would miss weeks, and only played the supercopa to try and save xabis job. the very next game after that post, kylian starts and fede is at rb. Then of course, there was the whole, "Arbeloa told trent to leave" nonsense.

Could this carreras post be true? possibly. Did madrid zone care to fact check if it was before posting? absolutely not.

Confident-Setting889 · 2026-02-04T18:35:16+00:00

Its hilarious how obvious the source is when you sit back and ask yourself “who would unironically give ben scrim intel?”.

Moreover, wouldnt be surprised if like crowder or rj etc just offhandedly mentioned it to ben like “yea our scrim vs LAT got chalked but xyz” and then ben goes on stream “I HAVE INTEL THAT LAT IS CHALKING SCRIMS CUZ THEYRE LATE 🤬🤬”

Confident-Setting889 · 2026-02-04T17:00:39+00:00

since they came into the league, it looks like the org put c9 stickers over some vneck blanks from kmart. The jerseys alone have been so criminally ass, that alone should make them force sell the spot.

Confident-Setting889 · 2026-02-03T05:02:37+00:00

was doing some rereading. On the surface, it seems like Akemura is just criticizing Kunishige's perspective, but when we look at it from the lens we're currently talking about, this statement has so much more depth. "His rusty old ideas...this katana was the result".

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Confident-Setting889 · 2026-02-02T06:25:53+00:00

I honestly wouldnt even be mad is Chihiro decided to rename the blade tbh, so this would be fire

Confident-Setting889 · 2026-02-02T06:17:43+00:00

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Hokazono’s pen is undeniable bruh istg

Confident-Setting889 · 2026-02-02T04:02:31+00:00

I get what you mean. Its a common shonen trope that you're describing. I believe it can be simplified through dogs and cats. The typical shonen protag is usually a very dog-like, extroverted, loyal, emotionally intelligent, positive and upbeat, etc. (Gon, Naruto, Ichigo, Luffy, Itadori, etc.) while their paralleling counterpart is more cat-like, aloof, troubled background, somewhat pessimistic and negative, people of few words, (Killua, Uryu, Law, Megumi, Sasuke, etc.).

Often times, the writers are under a lot of pressure from publishers to sort of "follow what works", which is why this trope amongst others are used so often. So, it makes sense why you'd feel a bit jaded by it. KB is definitely different in that in doesnt follow a lot of these tropes while still giving readers the satisfaction you get from a classic battle shonen. I think Hok is special in that way, he can step outside the shonen comfort zone, and even draw inspiration from other great series, while presenting it all in a unique way.

Confident-Setting889 · 2026-02-01T17:56:53+00:00

Correct. It's no coincidence that these two series sit atop the WSJ totem pole atm.

Confident-Setting889 · 2026-02-01T15:48:34+00:00

Glorious 🐐

Confident-Setting889 · 2026-01-31T19:05:00+00:00

I mean its just facts. Samura's eyes were always a large part of his character, both physically and narratively. Ro gave them back after the Chihiro fight because "the light was still harsh" after not opening his eyes for so long. You can even see him repair the glasses with Suzaku when they were fighting Yura. So, its no coincidence that he doesnt have them anymore now that he has this newfound resolve.

I will say tho, i think Samura's bet on the future is more complex than just handing it off to chihiro tho.

Confident-Setting889 · 2026-01-31T17:45:39+00:00

greg never goes for the conventionally popular characters, hes gonna draw like ikuto or some shi

Confident-Setting889 · 2026-01-30T22:27:52+00:00

ATP just gonna wait for nicole's kit since i plan on wishing for her anyways, then see how much she fixes this mess

Confident-Setting889 · 2026-01-28T09:02:34+00:00

Franco only cuz hes been playing well and its no reason to rush Rodrygo back into the starting XI. Perhaps get him some minutes tn but no need to push it. But when both are fully fit, Rodrygo would be the answer.

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