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Manga the Week of 1/26/22

The last week of January brings us no manga whatsoever!… OK, I lie, there’s a lot.

ASH: You almost had me there!

SEAN: Airship, in print, has the 8th volume of Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear.

And in early digital we see Berserk of Gluttony 5 and She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man 3.

Dark Horse has the 3rd volume of Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!.

ASH: Which reminds me that I still need to read the first two, but I suspect that it’s a series that I’ll enjoy.

SEAN: J-Novel Club has two debuts. The light novel debut is Forget Being the Villainess, I Want to Be an Adventurer! (Tensei Reijou wa Boukensha wo Kokorozasu). You can likely guess how this one goes.

ASH: I do find it fascinating to see how these trends evolve over time.

SEAN: The manga debut is Full Clearing Another World under a Goddess with Zero Believers (Shinja Zero no Megami-sama to Hajimeru Isekai Kouryaku), based on the light novel J-Novel Club also puts out. This runs in Comic Gardo.

We also see the 7th An Archdemon’s Dilemma manga, the 5th Black Summoner manga, By the Grace of the Gods 10, The Ideal Sponger Life 6, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! 11, the 2nd Reborn to Master the Blade manga, the 6th Record of Wortenia War manga, and Sweet Reincarnation 6.

Kaiten Books has a digital 3rd volume of The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting.

Kodansha debuts in print a new boxset holding the first 7 volumes of The Quintessential Quintuplets. Go read the part of the manga that everyone loved because they were sure their girl would win.

ASH: Haha!

SEAN: Also debuting in print is The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse (Mokushiroku no Yonkishi), a prequel to The Seven Deadly Sins that runs in Weekly Shonen Magazine.

There’s also the 13th and final CITY, If I Could Reach You 6, the 12th and final Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight, Knight of the Ice 8, Saint Young Men omnibus 7, To Your Eternity 16, Wave, Listen to Me! 8, and Yuzu the Pet Vet 7, the last volume before the timeskip.

MICHELLE: I need to catch up on Knight of the Ice and Wave, Listen to Me!.

ANNA: Knight of the Ice is one of the rare series that I’m actually caught up on because it is just that good!

ASH: This is a good Kodansha week for me! In addition to those two series, I’m particularly interested in Saint Young Men and To Your Eternity.

SEAN: Digitally the debut is Zatsuki: Make Me a Star (Zatsuki ~Watashi o Sutaa Nishi Nasai~), a shoujo title from Palcy. Two teenage stars whose careers are going in opposite directions meet at high school.

MICHELLE: I’m at least moderately interested in this.

ANNA: Me too.

MELINDA: This sounds very enjoyable!

SEAN: Also digital: Back When You Called Us Devils 9, Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest 3, Harem Marriage 13, I’m Standing on a Million Lives 12, The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World 3, ONIMAI: I’m Now Your Sister! 4, Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence 8, Tesla Note 2, Those Not-So-Sweet Boys 5, and What I Love About You 8.

Seven Seas debuts The Girl I Want is So Handsome! (Ikemen Sugidesu Shiki-senpai!), a done-in-one omnibus from Comic Yuri Hime. Shiki falls for an older girl at her school. She’s so handsome, and so cool… and so oblivious!

ASH: Count me as curious.

MELINDA: Same.

SEAN: Also from Seven Seas: the 10th and final Gal Gohan, Happy Kanako’s Killer Life 3, Harukana Receive 9. Tamamo-chan’s a Fox! 4, Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs 3, and Wonder Cat Kyuu-chan 4.

Square Enix has A Man and His Cat 5.

MICHELLE: Yay!

MELINDA: I, too, say “yay!”

SEAN: Tokyopop debuts Double, a manga from a magazine called Flat Heroes. Two friends are actors in the same theater troupe. One is asked to “double” the other, even as his career takes him in a new direction. Somehow this turns into a seinen thriller? Gonna be honest, this sounds fascinating.

MICHELLE: Hm.

ANNA: You still won’t trick me, Tokyopop!

ASH: Exactly so.

MELINDA: Ugh, the nerve of them releasing something that sounds interesting. I mean that with complete sincerity.

MICHELLE: Yeah, I’m certainly trepidatious. Speaking of hurts I shall never forgive, I have taken to requesting Silver Diamond on all of Seven Seas’ monthly license-request surveys. It’s BL and isekai-adjacent, so maybe? I figure it’s at least worth a shot!

SEAN: They’ve also got The Fox & Little Tanuki 4.

Viz has another massive One Piece box set that has Vol. 71-90 of the series.

Yen On has a 2nd volume of Spy Classroom.

Two debuts for Yen Press. The Abandoned Empress is a Korean webcomic that is one of those “spurned noble ends up going back in time to try to fix things” stories.

ASH: I like that Korean comics haven’t been forgotten by publishers these days!

MELINDA: Ah! Agreed!

SEAN: Spy Classroom is an adaptation of the light novel – see two lines up. It runs in my nemesis, Comic Alive.

Also from Yen Press: Breasts Are My Favorite Things in the World! 4, Cocoon Entwined 4, The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess 4, High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even in Another World! 11, I Cannot Reach You 3, I’m the Hero, but the Demon Lord’s Also Me 3, Kaiju Girl Caramelise 5, The Maid I Hired Recently Is Mysterious 2, My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong As I Expected 17, Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online 4, The World’s Strongest Rearguard: Labyrinth Country’s Novice Seeker 4, and Yowamushi Pedal 19.

MICHELLE: I need to catch up on I Cannot Reach You and Cocoon Entwined and, most especially, Yowamushi Pedal! I reckon the Inter High has gotta be finished by now!

ANNA: One of these days I need to read Yowamushi Pedal. My kids read it though so I just need to figure out where it is in my house.

ASH: I’m slowly catching up, myself. Hime Hime!

SEAN: See what I mean? Barely any manga at all. What are you getting?

By: Sean Gaffney

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Ride ‘Em Cowboy! (McHanzo Week, Day 3)

Prompt: Undercover or Downtime

Rating: General Audiences (warnings for alcohol)

Words: 2063

Summary: A new bar opens up in town, and McCree convinces Hanzo to go on a field trip.

Notes: Based on this video and written because @regalmisfortune told me not to. Beta’d by the lovely @stationoracle.

[AO3]

All was peaceful for a blessed moment in the common room of Watchpoint Gibraltar. The gentle murmuring of the television filled the air, mingling with distant conversation as everyone went about their business. It was something of a day off for everyone; Winston had decided to declare a holiday rather than let his agents run themselves into the ground in a move that had just about the whole team singing his praises.

Jesse certainly was. He turned his gaze from the nature documentary on the screen to the man leaning against his side. Hanzo was out for the count, poor thing. If Winston hadn’t called for mandatory time off, Jesse would’ve had to do something drastic to get his partner to rest. As it was, with nothing else to do, all it took was about twenty minutes of footage of hawks in flight and some subtle arm maneuvers on Jesse’s part to convince the great assassin to actually take a goddamned nap.

He smiled to himself as he watched Hanzo snore softly beside him, curled under his arm. It was rare that he got to see him so unguarded outside of their rooms. The simple fact that he had his feet on the couch was practically a sign of the apocalypse. He looked so small when he was asleep; and Jesse felt his heart melt just a teeny bit more as he did his best to commit the sight to memory and reached out to brush a lock of hair from his face.

“Holy shit! Guys!”

Jesse yanked his hand back as Hanzo startled awake, almost falling off the couch as he scrambled to get up. Jesse jumped up and had to do a quick check to make sure there wasn’t a knife in Hanzo’s hand ready to throw down. Old habits died hard. Satisfied no one was about to get stabbed, Jesse followed Hanzo’s confused glare to the door where Lúcio came striding in. He was waving a piece of paper, though he froze as he caught sight of the two startled men.

“Oh… Sorry about that. Didn’t mean to interrupt, but you have got to check this out!” He bounded forward and slammed the paper down on the coffee table. Hanzo sat back down, rubbing his face and probably reminding himself that he’s not allowed to strangle teammates. Jesse sympathized. Lúcio, unaware of how close he’d come to the abyss, looked positively giddy. Jesse shook his head and picked up what looked to be a flyer of some sort. Apparently some kind of new bar was opening in the nearby town…?

Jesse’s eyebrows rose as he read the advertisement, a large smile slowly growing on his face as he reread it to ensure that no this wasn’t some sort of prank. He felt Hanzo lean over his shoulder and turned to show him the flyer with a grin rivalling Lúcio’s.

“No.”

“C’mon, darlin’. We have to go.”

“Jesse. I will not–”

“Babe, please?”

“We are not going to a place called ‘Tandy’s Taphouse.’”

oOo

Jesse won the argument. It had taken two sweethearts, four darlin’s, and a punkin, but he’d convinced Hanzo to come with him and the others. As an added bonus he’d even managed to get Hanzo to add a bandana on top of the plain button-down he wore in town. (

That

had taken a whispered sugar directly into Hanzo’s ear, and Jesse was pretty damned proud of himself.)

He tore his eyes from the cutest thing in the west to inspect the troops lined up in the light of the neon cactus logo of the bar. Hana had already taken out her phone to document the entire evening, and Lúcio and Genji had both dressed for the occasion with bandanas as well, raided from Jesse’s own closet. Lena kept giggling and bouncing on the balls of her feet, ready to get the night started. As for Reinhardt, he looked about as cheerful as he ever did, eager to spend time with good drinks and better friends.

“Alright, folks,” Jesse said as he put hooked his thumbs on his belt and sauntered forward with is serape fluttering in the wind like a magnificent cape, leading the charge and smirking at Hanzo’s exasperated sigh, “Let’s get this show on the road.”

He threw open the doors and the group was immediately assaulted by the Wild West. Jesse felt his heart sing for joy as he looked around. It was as though someone had managed to take the entire Southwestern United States and distill them into a single European location. Neon signs advertising beer were everywhere with cacti and cattle and boots. Down-home country sayings on wooden signs joked about the excesses of booze carried dire warnings about cowpokes who left the seat up in the bathroom. Country music blared overhead with a twanging guitar and proudly singing about horses and ex-wives with nary a hint a shame.

Jesse wiped a bit of moisture from his eyes. It was like coming home.

There was a collective gasp from his group, and they dispersed to take in the atmosphere and find a table. Jesse watched them go with a swell of pride in his heart as he moseyed up to the bar with Hanzo in tow. After ordering their drinks, Jesse leaned back and surveyed the building with a content sigh.

“Was it everything you hoped for?” Hanzo asked, scooting close enough that their hands touched. That was about all he could bring himself to do in public, but it still made Jesse grin like a loon.

“Oh yeah. There are places like this all over back home. Didn’t realize just how much I missed it.”

Hanzo was quiet for a moment, thinking. “We’ll have to ensure this place stays in business then, won’t we?”

Jesse’s eyes widened as studied his boyfriend for a moment before nodding with a gentle smile. “Thanks, darlin’.” Hanzo shrugged and answered his smile with one of his own. It wasn’t much, but it felt as good as an “I love you.”

They were in the middle of sipping their glasses of whiskey and counting the stars in each other’s eyes when Genji and Lena bounded up, flushed and filled with mischief.

“We found something,” Genji said without preamble, throwing his arm about his brother’s shoulders and clearly ignoring the resulting attempt to dislodge him. “You have to come see.” Jesse and Hanzo exchanged looks of curiosity, but neither Genji nor Lena seemed interested in elaborating as they dragged the duo with them to where the rest of their gang was waiting in front of a wooden rail, reminiscent of an arena.

Jesse’s eyes lit up as he realized it was an arena, and that smack dab in the middle of that arena sat a mechanical bull in all its red, white, and blue glory. “Oh hell yes,” he said. “Now that’s what I’m talking about!”

Lena giggled and tugged him forward. “We’re all going to try it and figured you didn’t want to miss your turn.”

“Well that was right kind of you, ma’am,” Jesse replied in an exaggerated drawl. He glanced back to see how Hanzo was taking this and was mildly surprised to see him in conversation with his brother. There was a breath of unease ghosting through him, but neither Shimada seemed angry or even irritated. That was progress, and Jesse returned his attention to the bull and the rest of the crew as everyone queued up to try the machine out.

What followed was an event that, through Hana’s determination to have a record of everything for her stream, would later become infamous enough to reach several top viral video lists as well as the Overwatch end of the year video reel.

Hana herself went first, and Jesse had to admit she had a lot of pluck despite getting slung off the bull’s back within the first second and a half. Reinhardt waved off his turn, claiming he was too old to be thrown about by anything other than his dearest Ana and moving to lean against the rail next to Hanzo, who’d somehow managed to retain his drink. Lúcio fared slightly better, lasting three seconds before slamming into the safety mats lining the arena. Lena did her absolute best, but she found herself flying as the machine started up. Surprisingly, Genji lasted almost eight seconds. It figured that a super ninja assassin had some form of balance training.

Finally, it was Jesse’s turn. He secured his hat on his head and waved to Hanzo for luck, his heart fluttering as Hanzo actually waved back, and stepped towards the metal beast. He squared off, taking a deep breath before launching himself on its back. The moment his butt hit the saddle, the bull was off, bucking wildly underneath him. But Jesse was an expert, and he hung on for dear life, clutching with his knees and yelling up a storm. He held on until the clock said fifteen seconds and figured that he’d showed them how it was done enough and jumped off. Applause sounded through the bar, and he swept off his hat and took a bow in the direction of Hana’s camera before making his way back to Hanzo’s side.

Who was still talking with Genji. The unease returned, but Jesse brushed it away as Genji clapped Hanzo on the shoulder with an air of encouragement. Everything was fine. Probably. He grinned wide and propped himself next to Hanzo.

“Well, partner, whadja think?”

Hanzo took a sip of his drink, clearly thinking through his answer. There was something percolating behind those dark eyes, and Jesse felt a thrill of excitement at the scent of a challenge. “It was… alright.”

“Alright? Alright?” Jesse repeated, clutching a hand to his heart. “I’ll have you know I was once a professional bull-rider!” Well, undercover as a professional bull-rider, but it counted.

His boyfriend scoffed and had the audacity to smirk at him. “I suppose you’ve gotten a bit rusty, then.”

“Oho, think you can do better, then?”

Hanzo drained the remaining whiskey from his glass before slamming it down on the rail with a haughty expression that looked downright dangerous. “Watch and learn, cowboy,” he said in a growled voice that gave Jesse shivers before hopping over the railing and striding towards the bull.

Which he proceeded to sit on backwards.

Jesse gulped and tried to regain his words as he heard a suspicious snicker from Genji. Yeah, something was definitely up. “Uh, Hanzo…? That’s not–”

With a mechanical whirr, the bull started up. Jesse winced, fully expecting Hanzo to slide off the beast’s back immediately. Instead, Hanzo slid forward just a hair and then… Jumped. Up. To a standing position. And started dancing.

Jesse’s jaw hit the floor.

He couldn’t tell how long Hanzo danced on the back of the bucking bull, but it didn’t matter. What mattered was the smug smirk on his face as he jumped and stepped back and forth on the back of the bull, even dropping briefly into a sitting position once or twice, his eyes never leaving Jesse’s face. Dimly he heard Lúcio and Hana both cheering him on and Genji laughing beside him at whatever face he was making, but he couldn’t tear his eyes away from Hanzo.

And the the asshole ripped off his bandana and threw it at him. Jesse caught it on reflex before dying as he realized Hanzo had rolled up his sleeves and unbuttoned his shirt to reveal his muscled body. Suddenly the room was too hot and Jesse couldn’t breathe. Hanzo grinned straight through his soul and dismounted as lightly as any gymnast. The bar erupted into cheers and laughter as he, too, took a bow for Hana.

He swaggered over to Jesse and placed a finger under his chin, closing his mouth. “What’s the matter?” he asked, cheeks flushed and eyes dancing merrily. Jesse’s reply was little more than a gurgle.

“Come on, now, Jesse,” Hanzo said with a laugh, leaning to murmur straight into his poor frozen cowboy’s ear. Jesse was pretty sure he’d died and was heaven at this point. Or maybe he’d fallen off the bull and hit his head. But then, that wouldn’t explain the cackling from Genji next to him.

“You should know by now that I have plenty of experience in riding.”

#mchanzo #mchanzo week 2017 #jesse mccree #hanzo shimada #overwatch #alcohol /#kat writes #i'm really enjoying this

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