I smell a lot of flashback in these near death experiences, like, i would be surprised if there's none of that since this is the one gamble where it should happen.
Well true selfishness wins this one out. Who else can actually make the game interesting other than the man who's simply obsessed with the game itself.
At first i thought this referee battle royal is just a filler for some hype but damn everything in it makes perfect sense narratively, not some mindless match-ups.
Now I'm waiting for Egg Man's backstory
@Ghetsis i guess you are right. Been a long time since I read that chapter. Their 'humanity' definitely came from a different place than Nowa though. Baku is an admirable and charismatic man and it made sense for his comrade, kyara and yakou to help him. Nowa didn't exactly admire shion and...
Baku lookin real handsome on the first page.
Anyway, I really love that Nowa decided to abandon his greatest magic secret just to save his son in law. Given how cold blooded his line of work is, a semblance of humanity isn't something we'd expect from him. Even Yakou or Kyara show affection...
@Solano that's my biggest gripe too. It would be better if Baku and Lalo noticed some sound from above because of the moving iron maiden, and so Baku formulated a plan accordingly since it's possible to hear some sound from above and consequentially it's possible to make audible message from...
Forever grateful for team duwang.. looking forward to the next batch, no matter how long the wait is
Being a veteran gambler and then become a kakerou referee, that's so badass and fitting. And I can't wait to see Suteguma even for a panel. Really love all the closure here. The only closure we...
@saxifraga
That's a real good read.
I don't think Arata emphasize too much on 'the strong survives'. It's more like he's interested in people who managed to 'finish the puzzle in the dark'-- a task detached from the concept of survival. He has a god complex first and foremost, and I think...
@saxifraga I get where you are coming from. I too wish Arata to be more prominent. But for a different reason.
Unlike you, I was let down by Arata's role and his supposed final moments in 417. I was really intrigued by his masterpiece that is protoporos, and I was very surprised when such a man...
I was plenty satisfied already but then another chapter be like "but wait, there's more!"
I really like how Arata ended up being a real enigmatic person just like Lalo, Usogui, and Hal. It may doesn't seem much, but it adds up worldbuilding in how in this world there's always a madman with...
This Anoma guy isn't really necessary for the story except to give Lalo a poetic end. He's funny though.
I was so eager about the next bout and completely forgot about Champ and Ryusei. I'm glad Sako-sensei made them an actual character that has actual attention from the author to the very end...
So in the end nobody from kakerou died? Or am I forgetting someone...? A little bummed out because of that, but I will consider it as kakerou's 'perfection' karma.
Fukurou suddenly came out like that beside Hal and Gakuto cracks me up. Also a little disappointed that Fukurou didn't even say a...
Even though we've seen the Usogui title drop everytime, this one really takes the cake, since we finally have a character (Shion) acknowledge Usogui's 'big liars' diet. Everyone lies shamlessly against Usogui and he expose them everytime. The only one who ever somewhat stood his ground was...
@Lithe
Lalo is a man who switch plan as naturally as changing TV channel (as Usogui stated in the manga) and I think his action this time is exactly that: calmly grab the opportunity when the chance shows up (agreeing Souichi invitation, going for Arata's vest, grabbing Usogui's leg). Although...