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a cartoon duck
Sep 5, 2011

Rand Brittain posted:

Ichi doing something so impressive that he is obviously the "winner" while still losing on a technicality, is basically the optimal ending to this story, because we all want Ichi to be cool but also want to see the School Arc.

i don't think togeice is so petty as to claim a technical victory when ichi stopped to deal with the bigger problem at hand

also the whole wager started due to disagreements over whether to announce ichi's existence now versus giving him a proper witch education first. i'm not sure "hide his existence" is gonna be on the table for much longer when he's fighting the atomic bomb majik

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Julias
Jun 24, 2012

Chapter 16

Some fantastic art this week.

There's no way this is going to work, right?

DrakePegasus
Jan 30, 2009

It was Plundersaurus Rex's dream to be the greatest pirate dragon ever.

Well, our BBEG didn’t expect it! I think the winning play here is stir things up enough to evacuate the citizens. Unless the future can be changed the land itself is still hosed.

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.
Yeah the prophecy said nothing about people dying, my guess is Ichi with Uroro amplification is going to be able to stall things long enough for Dess and Togeice to free people from the barrier..

SpacePig
Apr 4, 2007

What's the matter?
Is there a problem?!
Yeah the prophecy even said it'd take 15 minutes. And who knows, maybe acquiring some majiks of his own and having a proper "wand" means Ichi won't pass out immediately.

Oxxidation
Jul 22, 2007

i'm a little concerned about the speed of escalation here, but with the way Jump is advertising it's hopefully not feeling the axe just yet

SpacePig
Apr 4, 2007

What's the matter?
Is there a problem?!
It got color pages and I think even the cover last week. I also don't know how much of an indicator MangaPlus numbers can be, but it's been pretty consistently in the top 5 for weekly Jump stuff. I think it's okay.

Shinji2015
Aug 31, 2007
Keen on the hygiene and on the mission like a super technician.

SpacePig posted:

It got color pages and I think even the cover last week. I also don't know how much of an indicator MangaPlus numbers can be, but it's been pretty consistently in the top 5 for weekly Jump stuff. I think it's okay.

Yeah, I'm not worried about it. I think this is more to show that not every being in this world is an idiot and there's some dangerous ones out there that are actual threats

Schubalts
Nov 25, 2007

People say bigger is better.

But for the first time in my life, I think I've gone too far.
Every single majik that has been fought has shown itself capable of massive amounts of death and destruction. Only real difference is this one makes a cage beforehand and is better able to hide due to looking human.

narm00
Feb 18, 2006
Basically, there's no indicator saying it's facing the axe and a lot of indicators saying it's successful (getting Jump covers, getting color pages, regularly getting high placing in Jump's contents page). If it were in danger of the axe due to underperforming, it would have become apparent around now, and it's not happening.

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

HEAVYARMS

Oxxidation posted:

i'm a little concerned about the speed of escalation here, but with the way Jump is advertising it's hopefully not feeling the axe just yet

And then some idiot (male) under the tutelage of the greatest witch to have ever lived (Desscaras) captured the God Majik, bringing peace to the world and she became famous far and wide for her skill, grace and beauty. Ichi the Witch Chapter 21 END.

I Am Fowl
Mar 8, 2008

nononononono
Nah, this rate of escalation is just right. He's been clowning the basic bitch magiks, so now on his third proper hunt we get to see what the bigger picture is and the overarching threat of the manga going forward will be.

Fabricated
Apr 9, 2007

Living the Dream

Oxxidation posted:

i'm a little concerned about the speed of escalation here, but with the way Jump is advertising it's hopefully not feeling the axe just yet
Most series big-bads show up around Chapter 15-20 as far as I've seen, cancelled or not cancelled.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
The only thing I don't like about this manga is that the mangaplus site doesn't stitch together two-page spreads and I swear like half the pages in any issue are part of a two-page spread or otherwise overlapping panel work.

But it's nice to see somebody go so heavy into spread work to frame the story.

SpacePig
Apr 4, 2007

What's the matter?
Is there a problem?!

Glazius posted:

The only thing I don't like about this manga is that the mangaplus site doesn't stitch together two-page spreads and I swear like half the pages in any issue are part of a two-page spread or otherwise overlapping panel work.

But it's nice to see somebody go so heavy into spread work to frame the story.

Change your reading reading direction to horizontal.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry

SpacePig posted:

Change your reading reading direction to horizontal.

Oh, thanks!

It's not perfect (it sticks together the third-last and next-to-last pages instead of the last two) but that's much better.

Glazius fucked around with this message at 13:32 on Dec 23, 2024

BearDrivingTruck
Oct 15, 2011

You see the most shocking sights sometimes
A whole bunch of chapters of various series just dumped on MangaPlus for some reason, so here's 17

https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/viewer/1023085


Goddamn

Last Celebration
Mar 30, 2010
I think Jump in general just comes out early after the holiday break

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.
DESSSSSSSSSS

SpacePig
Apr 4, 2007

What's the matter?
Is there a problem?!
Starting to think she might be the best character in all of Jump right now.

ZenMasterBullshit
Nov 2, 2011
MAD at videogames
HORNY at anime
EPIC at posting
~ZMB~
I see Ichi is chasing the fujoshi audience like kagurabachi.

Julias
Jun 24, 2012

Dexo posted:

DESSSSSSSSSS

BigOwlGuyBMJ
Dec 13, 2022
That look ichi gave the humanoid majik as he stared deep into its eyes that can only be described as passion

And the absolute unhinged desire just said out loud with no need for subtext

Frame it in the lourve

Put it in a 90s shoujo amv
This is true peak shonen now.

Shinji2015
Aug 31, 2007
Keen on the hygiene and on the mission like a super technician.

SpacePig posted:

Starting to think she might be the best character in all of Jump right now.

:hmmyes:

BigOwlGuyBMJ posted:

That look ichi gave the humanoid majik as he stared deep into its eyes that can only be described as passion

And the absolute unhinged desire just said out loud with no need for subtext

Frame it in the lourve

Put it in a 90s shoujo amv
This is true peak shonen now.

:hai:

Ytlaya
Nov 13, 2005

Sick as hell chapter (17)

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Everyone's favorite uber-talented badass!

Though this is interesting - even an Uroro-amped human-hater majik didn't do a whole lot to Ichi's new boyfriend. I suppose after this all dies down we'll learn one way or the other how majiks might get stronger, given this was aiming for some kind of school arc.

SpacePig
Apr 4, 2007

What's the matter?
Is there a problem?!
I figure it's gonna be like the current Kiyoshi arc and be more about learning to actually make proper use of the very strong magic he has instead of going full tilt all at once. We're gonna see Desscaras clown this guy for a bit with "weaker" magic than Uroro.

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.
Yeah like the Path for Ichi is pretty clearly, learn how to use Uroro's power without passing out immediately.

where the red fern gropes
Aug 24, 2011


who is this successful and uber-talented badass, who is clearly imitating desscaras and could not actually be the woman herself as she is a disaster

Ytlaya
Nov 13, 2005

SpacePig posted:

We're gonna see Desscaras clown this guy for a bit with "weaker" magic than Uroro.

Tbf, the biggest thing Ichi did here was stop the big row of spooky guys that was going to crush the town, and I imagine that probably did require the sheer power from Uroro's magnification.

BearDrivingTruck
Oct 15, 2011

You see the most shocking sights sometimes
https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/viewer/1023352

18


Can't help but feel a little worried about Dess here

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

Dexo posted:

DESSSSSSSSSS

The trial thing is clever tho.

Lt. Lizard
Apr 28, 2013

BearDrivingTruck posted:

https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/viewer/1023352

18


Can't help but feel a little worried about Dess here

Does Dess has to repeat for the third time who she is? :colbert:

Shinji2015
Aug 31, 2007
Keen on the hygiene and on the mission like a super technician.

Lt. Lizard posted:

Does Dess has to repeat for the third time who she is? :colbert:

:hmmyes:

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry

BearDrivingTruck posted:

https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/viewer/1023352

18


Can't help but feel a little worried about Dess here

I know what you mean. When this all started out I was like, "this doesn't seem like they're setting up Dess to be the starting mentor who bites it for protagonist motivation", but now I'm not so sure! She has so many gimmicks going for her! But that means it'd be really impactful if she went down!

Shinji2015
Aug 31, 2007
Keen on the hygiene and on the mission like a super technician.

Glazius posted:

I know what you mean. When this all started out I was like, "this doesn't seem like they're setting up Dess to be the starting mentor who bites it for protagonist motivation", but now I'm not so sure! She has so many gimmicks going for her! But that means it'd be really impactful if she went down!

I wonder if the trial to defeat this rear end in a top hat might involve a sacrifice of some kind, like she would have to give up her power or something. Maybe something that takes her off the board for a while, but maybe not permanently

a cartoon duck
Sep 5, 2011

it's the first time desscaras is allowed to cut loose since the manga started with the women-repeller majik, it'd be a bit silly to already depower or put her out of commission, if they go down that route at all.

Last Celebration
Mar 30, 2010
Alternatively, they will depower her because being reduced to a level 5 scrub with a handful of majiks would be extremely silly and fun to see her mald over.

Xelkelvos
Dec 19, 2012

Shinji2015 posted:

I wonder if the trial to defeat this rear end in a top hat might involve a sacrifice of some kind, like she would have to give up her power or something. Maybe something that takes her off the board for a while, but maybe not permanently

I feel like the trial is probably something specific but trivial based on how he's hiding it so strongly. If it was difficult, he's probably have no problem with revealing it.

Also I assume it's something comedic and humiliating. To whom, idk.

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Shinji2015
Aug 31, 2007
Keen on the hygiene and on the mission like a super technician.

Xelkelvos posted:

I feel like the trial is probably something specific but trivial based on how he's hiding it so strongly. If it was difficult, he's probably have no problem with revealing it.

Also I assume it's something comedic and humiliating. To whom, idk.

Oh, I like that. Very possible that he just doesn't want to reveal his weakness, but especially if it's something dumb

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