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I think it'd be nice to not have a chapter marked as "read" until you've actually gone through most of the pages. Let's say, maybe something like 75% of them. I'll sometimes go into a chapter, and just flip through the first few pages just to get a sense of what the art is like, without...

Not sure if you guys realized or not, but there's a second "bonus track" at the end of this volume. 🙂

This chapter's title is based on a 1985 track called "Act Natural" by Don Grolnik. Being released in the 80s, the sound of this jazz tune strays a bit from the hard bop of the 50s. However, it's smooth synth backing gives it a unique sound, and Michael Brecker's sax solo makes it a great fit for...

This chapter's title is based on the jazz track "Move". Composed by Denzil Best, this track is probably most well known as being the opening track on "Birth of the Cool", a legendary jazz album which was recorded in 1949-1950 by Miles Davis and many other notable artists of the era, it was later...

I couldn't find a jazz song with this title, but it's possible that this is a reference to a 1974 funk song called "One Tear" by former Temptations member Eddie Kendricks. Have a listen: https://youtu.be/xVS0TIW1JIk

This chapter's title is based on a classic by the exceptional jazz singer Billie Holiday, written by both her and Arthur Herzog Jr. Recorded in 1944 and later released as a single in 1946, it's become a popular and well-known Jazz track, with a decent number of artists covering it. Here's the...

This chapter title is based on track called "Cherokee", first introduced by Ray Noble and his Orchestra in 1938. It has since become a jazz standard, being covered by many other artists. The original is certainly a bit dated, but here's one of my favorite versions, by Clifford Brown...

@g_z: As somebody who's been translating Akimoto-san's recent manga, Black Tiger, I think he's just always had a thing for guns.

@harryexplorer: I thought the same thing at first, but the kana is コンストラクション and you can even see the name Romanized on pg 30 of the chapter. I did a bit of research trying to find a real-life ship called the "Construction", but I didn't find anything. Apparently, it's just a fictional ship...

@DjAlexDubCheck Yeah, I definitely get the sense that this is a passion project he's wanted to do for a long time.

@harryexplorer: Hmm... about the "backfire" line... In Japanese the line reads: 送弾不良が無かったら… 立場は逆になっていた Or, very literally: The bullet was sent bad, it wasn't there... The position became reversed. Through my localization, I thought she was talking about backfiring, but now I think she's...

I tend to post more links than click on links. This is usually just because I have an understanding of Japanese so I can search for the official release information on my own. I'd imagine those links would be useful for people who can't do that, though. As for buying imported manga, most of...

It'd be nice if there was a method of searching the forums, or even searching specific forums, to see if something we were going to post has already been posted.

The title of this chapter, "More Than You Know", comes from a composition Introduced in the Broadway musical, Great Day, by Vincent Youmans with lyrics by Billy Rose and Edward Eliscu. Despite the fact that the musical only lasted for 29 performances, the song became a hit and was covered by...

@Mat87: Hey, so, there's a page missing in this chapter. In the Japanese raws I have, it's page 141. In the chapter on Mangadex, it's supposed to come right after pg 13. this page:

It could also be referring to "Gone Gone Gone" by Miles Davis, off of his 1958 album Porgy & Bess... considering the protagonist was much more influenced by the jazz of the 50s and 60s than that of the early 1900s.

@BilliusX Nah, it's no problem if you'd like to continue. I wasn't actually familiar with Coltrane's Evolution, so I was having trouble figuring out the source for this chapter's title. You've helped me out. ^_^

@Nullify: Who?

Oh... so they didn't stop the train from crashing. Well, then... Glad to see Red was able to kill that commander of the Blue Platoon, it was even cooler that he sliced him up without giving the commander a chance to finish whatever garbage he was saying. Also, that chapter ending illustration...

Holy shit, is that train gonna jump? This series is great. 😆