I Am Now Haha 😅

Manifesting a NobaMaki hug for the next chapter (I know it will probably not happen but a girl can dream!)

Do you have a favourite manga panel/page?

these r art. to me

Omg I wanna read this!!

It also doesn't relate to my research topics

it's truly a curse that whenever i'm researching something for uni i'll come across a billion interesting articles and books that have NO connection to my topic :(((

I love the message this chapter was sending.

It's so cathartic to see Yuuji, a character who had embraced the worst parts of the cog mentality, realize that there is more to life than what he could do for the machine that is life and a society like ours.

It's also such a great message; to enjoy the mundane in life, to live in the details and the memories you had. It might not amount to anything at the end of the day. Hell, it might not even amount to anything at the end of your life, but at least you can say that you lived, not as a cog in the machine, only designed to fulfill your role in society, but made to fill your existence with the experiences and people around you.

That's why his grandfather told him to die surrounded by loved ones.

We're hearing weird noises outside....

It's either an idiot with a moped or a crazy chainsaw murderer....

unconditionally

This articulates so many of my thoughts! This rushed ending really made me wonder what might be going on behind the scenes.... I don't know much about the industry and don't want to speculate too much, but I found it weird that he had a hiatus and then the ending came so soon....

I really don't know what to expect from the ending and maybe that's better, going in without clear expectations....

I guess I'll have to wait....

Honestly, considering how Gege is treating JJK in interviews and talks about it and the characters i also doubt he will continue it

Again, JJK as we know it now is NOT what Gege intended for it to be

He changed a lot of things to please a editor of his and ended up with a complete different story and had to adapt characters to fit the new concept

Yeah, I know those interviews where he wasn't pleased with his first editor he had right before the JJK serialization and at the start of it. He did have to change many things because that editor didn't think his original ideas would work. In a recent Q&A he talked again about the changes JJK went through at the beginning before the current characters and storylines were ultimately decided on.

Those original ideas included having Megumi as the main protagonist, him being possessed by Sukuna, the story starting with a Culling Game like setting and other things.

To say though, that because Gege didn't/couldn't start his manga like he wanted to means he would be glad when it's finally over now... that sounds a little ridiculous. It's like saying Gege doesn't have ownership or love for his own story and chaarcters and that's... not something that I ever got the impression of.

In his last interview he talked openly about how he changed things to make the story work better. A bad editor at the time of course would've soured that process but with a good editor changes like that would've happened anyway. Look eg at the original concept of Demon Slayer.

And in the end, Gege still got to implement the ideas he had. Megumi still got possessed. The Culling Games were realized. From what I remember, the things Gege regretted in the story are bad buildups and that he didn't manage to have Yuji and the real Tsumiki meet once.

On that note, if we go with "he couldn't write the story he wanted to", a JJK Part 2 would actually be something he could look forward to in that regard. Starting everything with a fresh chapter 1 with editors he actually gets along with, he can write the story as he actually envisons it. I guess, but I have no idea about the actual industry machinations here, that he could negotiate better pay and the like for himself as well.

Of course that doesn't mean JJK 2 is guaranteed or something. Gege could love his story to bits and still not make more of it but ultimately we'll see that next week (or next year if we look at other manga that got a sequel where they waited some time before anouncing anything)

Oh yess the angst of self sacrificing idiots! That's what I'm here for!

Okay this random soul eater rewatch while I'm sick turned out to be wireder than I expected.... I remember having to ignore a lot of oversexualised stuff but some scenes almost physically hurt now that I watch them years later....

I just wanted to know if the cool world building and character interactions held up and I think I remember it getting better as the anime went on...but damn..... that really makes it harder to watch than I hoped....

Not me listening to Famous Last Words again in quite a while and instantly imagining a jjk animatic.

I can't animate. I'm not a good writer.

I can't swim, I can't dance and I don't know karate.....and need to face that this will only ever exist in my mind.