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respectthepetty · 1 month

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Not a Review: Manner of Death - Manga Version

I got the manga versions of Manner of Death that were released in 2023, and y'all . . .

This is wild bananas! Bun has an older brother and ex-boyfriend in Bangkok even though he is in the closet and dating women as a cover. Tan is younger, has a sick mother, and he thought Jane died by suicide because she was sad he was gay. Bodies are dropping dead left and right until the very end. Sorn and That aren't even side crumbs because they are just a crumb, as in one single crumb and nothing else. Oh, and the inspector is married, to a woman.

Pretty sure it follows the novel closely, so congratulations to Screenwriter Title, who was also behind He's Coming to Me, Dark Blue Kiss, Love Stage, and Low Frequency, for condensing the novel and making the series into a BL because looking at (a version of) the source material, Title really balanced this bad boy out for the show.

Combined, the two volumes are over 500 pages, which, once again, even though they aren't the original novel, probably are close to it, and there is constantly something happening on every single page. If this is how the novel was, trimming it down to a fourteen-episode series took skill. I loved Manner of Death, but people had issue with some of the plot holes in the series. However, compared to these versions of the original novel, the show is very focused and balanced.

These two volumes are enjoyable. I'm glad I have them to add to my small manga collection of BL favorites with Old Fashion Cupcake and Our Dining Table, but this journey is a lot. Seriously, Bun walks out to the balcony after having sex with Tan on the very last page since they got engaged in New York after reconciling two pages before, and a body falls from the sky. The End.

I know Tan proposed to Bun by pretending they were being taken hostage with guns pointed at their heads in the series, but . . . it wasn't a dead body jumping out of nowhere, you know?

Now I see how Dead Friend Forever aligns with Sammon's style, which is a non-ending ending where something ends, then starts again. That also happened in Make a Wish. And I ain't mad at it! It's just a lot, all at once, constantly. But it helps me appreciation the show more. I got two gay men who never felt bad about being gay and scoffed with the inspector even suggested they were straight. I got murder-mystery and romance. And I got a settled ending with Tan and Bun married.

Oh, and I got that kiss in the very beginning.

So this isn't a review. It's an appreciation post.

Because Manner of Death, the series, is solid.

#manner of death #manga version #this was a journey #I keep opening the book in shock #bun was mean #and I didn't like it y'all!#like he fought with tan THE DAY HIS MOM DIED #AFTER NOT SPEAKING TO HIM FOR MONTHS!

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blacktiger666 · 6 months

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The special Oropo episode was announced for November 17 in Original Version (french) with English Subtitles so, in the meantime, I made this double page :)

#Wakfu #Oropo #special episode #manga version #fan art #fan manga #drawing #digital art #Ankama #Bouillon #english #french #Double page

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rufwooff · 1 month

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I FOUND A MANGA PANEL WITH CHILCHUK AND DECIDED THAT THIS IS IT. Teen Donnie surrounded by his big brothers. Looks like that episode from 2003 turtles where Donnie was transported to the bad future

#rottmnt #michaelangelo #donatello #leonardo #raphael #ruf doodles #ruf comic #I prefer the manga version #but I still like how it turned out

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sh1nsoukoku · 2 months

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dazai showing anger/annoyance/anguish is my religion

#god he’s such a brat I love him #I need to make a manga panel version of this cause it would be sexy #bungou stray dogs #dazai #dazai osamu #bsd anime #soukoku

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lambswe3t · 6 months

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It’s for his own good

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thatsmimi · 4 months

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my hyper specific dungeon meshi headcanon is that chilchuck has a purely aesthetic crush on senshi but marcille makes it her own mission to Make Sparks Real bc she's sooooo romo pilled.

it goes nowhere bc neither chilchuck nor senshi are interested in dating let alone each other. however it makes for very funny scenarios.

re: chilshi: i kinda dont remember the og post for it but here are references from the top of my head. of course i believe it's somewhere ryoko kui did confirm that halflings generally admire dwarven beauty standards but bwaaah. let me have fun. bisexual chilchuck win.

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #chilchuck #senshi #my art #marcille donato #marcille #chilchuck donato #laios touden #eh. not tagging all of it.#dunmeshi spoilers #dunmeshi manga spoilers #im gonna tag this #chilshi #but it kind of only half is?? it's like. a version of it that makes most sense for their characters. to me anyways #dunmeshi

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fure-dcmk · 6 days

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when your romantic gesture involves destroying 3 layers of your bff's clothes

#choosing anime's version instead of manga cuz 3 is funnier than 2 layers #the secret theme of this arc is heiji getting his outfits destroyed by kudo faces #my art #dcmk #shinran #ig but this isnt rlly about them aldkasjd #hattori heiji

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ifearloveisviolence · 1 month

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Been listening to 'drag me under' (vigilante deku song by divide music) and I realized I haven't drawn my all-time favorite version of Deku EVER in all the years I've been a fan ???

#bnha #midoriya izuku #izuku midoriya #bnha deku #mha deku #deku #vigilante deku #bnha fanart #mha fanart #fanart #also I havent actually caught up to the vigilante arc #neither in the manga or the anime #but I've researched enough to get it #also my preference is mostly based on how feral he looks #I didn't draw full beast deku #but honestly I love that version so much

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revenantghost · 20 days

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You ever just

#Trigun #Vashwood #The base was made by someone else with the anime boys #But I NEEDED a version with the manga #So I slapped it on there

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weirdplutoprince · 3 months

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Trauma in Solo leveling

Always haunted by what could have been of Solo Leveling if the narrative acknowledged the inherent trauma vision that guides most of Jin-Woo's actions through the series instead of glorifying him for that.

Like, it is pretty clear to me from the start that a lot of his obsession with self reliance and his increasingly cynical views of the world ("The weak are destined to be betrayed") are a direct response to the double dungeon incident, and in more ways than we initially realize.

I think it's particularly obvious in the way he is paralled with Lee Joohee; while they're both shown to be traumatized from their encounter, Joohee is supposedly 'worse off' than him. She has noticeable flashbacks to that episode and withdraws from life and work in an attempt to avoid possible triggers - becoming paralysed when she fails to do so. And because, while also afraid, Jin-Woo is instead making a point to return to dungeons we are very clearly meant to think that he is moving on when she is not. ...Except that he isn't.

Because, you see, along with withdrawing, the reenactment of a traumatic event is also a very common response to trauma. And so is the risky behaviour that might come with it. And what does Jin-Woo does as soon as he's able to leave the hospital again? Immediately throw himself into dungeons, alone, with a clear disregard for personal safety and an extreme need to both prove himself and give meaning to his near death experience before.

Not only does he goes right back into the very same place his trauma took place, but he seems to subconsciously be trying to recreate said event in a way that gives him control of the situation. This time, he wasn't abandoned to die alone in a dungeon: he did it himself, willingly. He placed himself in that position. And later on, when he risks himself with shady parties he expects to betray him, he seems almost content; once again putting himself in risk by creating a scenario where he is 'abandoned' and 'betrayed' but where he can come off on top. He is desperate to both have his belief confirmed that someone perceived as a weak hunter like he is will always be betrayed, always be left behind, and to fight that supposed fate. To prove that he has 'fixed' this aspect of himself and will thus not fall victim to that consequences of that abandoment again. In fact, he is so detatched from the current scene that he deliberately ignores the fact Yoo Jinho challenges those believes by protecting Jin-Woo, whom he believes to be an E rank at that point.

And were this any other story, all his development from then on would prove the faults of this mindset. The dangers of self reliance, of cutting yourself off from any support network, from depriving himself of any sort of meaningful trust or vulnerability with others. But instead, we're meant to respect the fact he is increasingly isolated from everyone else. That he becomes cold, emotionally withdrawn and paranoid (his refusal to join any of the existing guilds always felt to me like his need for control taken to extreme, plus the fact he could not deal with how exposed he felt working with others again). And I think that's really sad.

It would have been really interesting to have a story that is willing to challenge the notion that he is better off alone, and that trust in others is ultimately unecessary. And that would acknowledged the strength necessary to allow himself to trust and be vulnerable after everything - and the importance of surrounding himself with people he loves and knows will protect him too. Sad 😔

#falando #long post #analysis #manga posting #solo posting #solo leveling #sung jin woo #every day i think of the version of solo leveling that exists in my head #analise

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mahouwotsukae · 6 months

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