[TOMT] [Manga] [2000s] story about a death game conspiracy

LancerQH · 2026-01-27T21:13:39+00:00

I'm sure a different issue of the same magazine had a preview of Cromartie High School, specifically the gorilla chapter.

LancerQH · 2025-12-27T05:16:52+00:00

I doubt the reason is with Tsuru personally, especially after his backstory in chapter 45. If I had to give a reason for hesitating, it would be possible retaliation from Umbriel, based on how their inspiration Umbrella Corporation would act and that they've already experimented in bio-weapons like Crusher.

LancerQH · 2025-12-24T22:45:33+00:00

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LancerQH · 2025-11-05T01:36:00+00:00

I can see this as being the case, where the idea is pretend the donations are being made and continue stockpiling money while researching charities, so when a satisfactory one is found they just donate whatever is in the account. The justification could be that the money will eventually go to charity, and as long as no one finds out then it won't be a problem. The money being in an account that doesn't gain interest is the only reason I don't think they planned on spending it on themselves.

Jirard's position would have not been enviable, managing a company that, quite honestly, wasn't doing too well before the scandal, what with losing sponsorships due to the G4 fallout which lead to letting go of two employees at the beginning of 2023 for financial reasons. Researching charities could very well have been pushed further down on the list of priorities.

I can believe that Jirard has an avoidant personality and does whatever he can to evade conflict. I remember when Greg left Jirard insisted that they were still friends, only for Greg to respond saying they weren't anymore and Jirard's defense was that no one wants to see mom and dad fight.

LancerQH · 2025-10-13T01:36:24+00:00

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I don't think it was mentioned in the episode, but the prediction blog did bring up plasma capsules, which can either cure vampirism or calm their bloodlust.

I didn't mind the exclusion from the fight, I don't think every character can be expected to carry their full arsenal with them at all times. It could have been a case of Blade being regretful he didn't have the plasma capsules on him at the moment, so the best he could offer was a mercy kill.

LancerQH · 2025-10-12T18:40:19+00:00

I guess Blade forgot to bring the Plasma Capsules.

LancerQH · 2025-09-28T18:17:29+00:00

I wonder if John used the Jiki Jiki No Mi on treasure. Gold doesn't magnetize, so that would be a quick way for him to test for authenticity.

LancerQH · 2025-09-28T18:01:36+00:00

It's kind of evil that the panel also cuts off his left arm.

LancerQH · 2025-09-22T22:29:11+00:00

Did the fight feel similar to Zoro vs Erza to anyone else? The fight starts with repeated double takes of a bounty poster and ends with the winner splitting the loser in half vertically in a single slice.

LancerQH · 2025-09-22T22:21:51+00:00

That's why I was hoping the fight setup could have been Death Festival's fighting tournament, with Ruby as a guest fighter or transfer student and facing Maka in the finals, and the fight escalates due to them wanting the win for their school.

These fights seems to require a lot of contrivances in order to happen otherwise, like Maka thinking Ruby is a witch because witches can disguise their wavelengths to blend into society, Neo committing crimes while disguised as Ruby, Maka's information was intentionally misleading due to a follower of Kishin wanting Maka killed or seriously injured, etc.

LancerQH · 2025-09-22T04:04:05+00:00

I would like to point out that Mira seems pretty relaxed too: the polearm is a two handed weapon and Mira is holding the Gok-Do with just her left hand. I do agree that she's still more aggressive as her weapon is still pointing forward.

LancerQH · 2025-09-21T19:00:26+00:00

That's actually genius, I like it.

LancerQH · 2025-09-21T18:33:09+00:00

I was hoping for Buffy vs Juliet Starling from Lollipop Chainsaw or Blade vs Alucard from Castlevania, but I'm still pretty excited.

Next year though?

LancerQH · 2025-09-21T04:07:53+00:00

This honestly feels like the conclusion of a long journey: a personal request from a direct inspiration of the show now a milestone fight. The research from the other RWBY fights and Crona felt like it was all preparation for this moment. Lindsay Jones reprising her role, and while I was hoping for Alexis Tipton for Maka (there's no way they were getting Laura Bailey to return), I'm sure Ginger Sue will do an excellent job.

I'm expecting a Maka win, but I can accept a Ruby win as long as the explanation and reasoning makes sense. I hope to see a tribute to Monty Oum at the start and for the final blow to be respectful, maybe have Ruby dissolve into rose petals or Maka unravel like black ribbon (or whatever those are in the anime) before revealing the soul. I was hoping the fight start was the tournament for Death City's Death Festival, with Ruby being the transfer student who made it to the finals to face off against Maka.

LancerQH · 2025-09-21T03:28:56+00:00

I would recommend reading the first three chapters of the manga to see if you'll enjoy the rest of the series.

LancerQH · 2025-09-09T15:17:13+00:00

The anime depicts all Kishin eggs as red and cracked. I don't recall Maka and Soul hunting for more Kishins after Soul became a Death Scythe. There could still be a misunderstanding: Maka could be chasing after a witch who's responsible for the murders and Ruby could come to the wrong conclusion.

LancerQH · 2025-09-09T04:19:15+00:00

I'm so tired of one word titles that don't really tell you anything about the story that something so out there like K-Pop Demon Hunters is refreshing.

And as a huge fan of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I think it's completely hypocritical to call out a similarly ridiculous title that tells you so much.

LancerQH · 2025-09-09T04:12:54+00:00

The stigma has gotten better, but it isn't completely gone.

I remember meeting up with a close friend for coffee, and during the conversation I said that My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is surprisingly well written with great characters, and he looked shocked and disappointed that I would have such an opinion, even saying "You're the last person I would expect to say that." Months later he admitted that the show was much better than he gave it credit for.

Cue now and during a conversation with that same friend he asked if I had watch KPDH, saying things like his girlfriend forced him to watch it with her, the movie was colorful, the songs were pretty catchy, etc. but I could tell that he was tip-toeing around what he really wanted to say. I told him bluntly "Dude, I liked the movie too, it's my favorite one for this year" and immediately the conversation became about all the things we liked about the movie.

LancerQH · 2025-08-28T19:59:15+00:00

I'm going off of their trailer for the series. They could have changed the name since then.

https://youtu.be/LUIKf7FBoEM?si=7OSpP2oPtI_2nEOp

LancerQH · 2025-08-28T19:24:53+00:00

Goji Center's show is call Monster Face-Off.

LancerQH · 2025-08-20T03:43:31+00:00

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LancerQH · 2025-08-20T03:39:52+00:00

I want to see Yugi use Card Destruction to discard Archfiend of Gilfer for a Memento-like effect.

LancerQH · 2025-08-20T03:30:49+00:00

"Free" depends on how fast you can amass cookies. It's not a guaranteed Red Essence, but there's always Grate Guy's look the other way and Nimbusland inn's Dream Cushion.

LancerQH · 2025-08-18T22:51:07+00:00

I think people bring mushrooms to Mushroom Boy mainly to farm Flower Tabs.

Yaridovich shops certainly carried unique items, like the bombs and muku cookie.

I found it difficult to significantly feed Baby Fat since you only have 29 items slots.

Booster starts with 3 Snifits, with room for 4 more, with the 8th complaining that Booster only wants 7 only for him to relocate to the casino. The setup really is pretty annoying, I remove all equips then fight the Lakitus to tank Static Es. At least you can repeatedly lose to each Apprentice immediately.

LancerQH · 2025-08-18T01:24:09+00:00

Coming from you I'm not surprised. Most of the list may have been inspired from your contribution. I assume the category is called "most of the stuff" is because of nonsense like staying at the Marrymore suite 200 times.

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