Shuukan Shounen Hachi

[lightng]

The author seems to have found himself with this manga. It takes advantage of what he does best. Characters and their Interactions. Funny expressions. Absurd situations in a normal setting (high school).
A linear, inter connected story is another positive. It's not just one chapter one plot/joke.
Also, people using tweeter is new for manga, usually mangakas are old and don't represent technology this well.

 

[Lyendith]

@lightng And it's very ironic considering Masuda himself doesn't use social networks…

 

[Colard]

YOOOOOOOOO

Spoiler

YASAKA RAGE MODE REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

[Shinramyun]

This was really great! It is so interesting and damn... Makes you wanna root for yasaka

 

[ShinGetsu]

Honestly, I never liked Jitsu wa. The humor felt forced, the cast was too big, and I just didn't like the rythm of the story overall. It was wacky, but not the awesome absurd wacky of a manga like D-Frag.

But I really like this one. The author really managed find the right balance in this.

 

[Lyendith]

@ShinGetsu If you have trouble with Jitsu wa (I certainly don't, but I can get why some wouldn't like it), maybe try Sakura Discord, the series he did before that. It's a bit more similar to Hachi in tone − though Masuda was obviously less experienced back then, and his writing was more awkward.

How to Make an Invisible Man is also interesting in its own right, although it's straight up horror/drama.

 

[LegendaryBoyA]

It's been awhile since Masuda Eiji has made me cry. This was a good time to find this manga.

 

[Isekaijin]

Holy crap, they actually got kicked out of the school. Even big name shounen are afraid of actually delivering on that end and he actually did it the absolute madman.

 

[RedOnYellow]

Really enjoying this manga. If you had told me that making a shonen out of a mangaka school would have caught my interest, I would have laughed you off, but here I am after marathoning 29 chapters.

Like:
All the characters really, but after Jitsu Wa I've come to expect that from this author
The overall premise
The pacing never made me feel tired
Holy shit they actually expelled the bottom 12. Savage. I secretly hate it because I'm all for happy endings, but I've seen "We'll expel you, no wait just joking" so many times I can't believe he actually did it.

Dislike:
Too many "Other character stares at other character in awe" moments. It's overused and we're still presumably early in the story
Worried about the girls getting blushy over the MC. I don't mind romance, but I dislike harems, and it seems there's already two girls starting to pine over the MC with the glasses girl possibly being the actual main girl

 

[tony246]

Hm, so if we're looking at the premise as a metaphor for the manga industry, we can call the students the authors/artists, the teachers the editors, and the class ranks like the life cycle of a mangaka. Naturally class E will be where one would start, either as your first break or as someone who never even made it to the public eye and therefore get through via alternate means (ala twitter, doujins, etc.). I figure class B is where someone actually makes it big, and then class A is the whole "are you a one shot wonder or can you keep cranking out hits" people. All that's left would be the C and D classes, not sure about those honestly.

 

[Siquall]

Same as @ShinGetsu , i really like this manga, but couldn't really get into Jitsu wa story or characters .

Everything here is nicely done, the progress for our main characters , the story, comedy, romance or whatever else.

If this one get a localization , i will buy it.

 

[nivkh]

Speaking of "if this will get a localization"

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSSNOgZDE3k6c1TtaUZoVLoHCrdunM_ZebKevmu4VJiyss-g/viewform

7Seas makes monthly surveys and you can suggest a Japanese Manga you wish to get licensed. I write it every month, and i'm sure if more people were to join they would do it eventually. Since Jitsu Wa is doing great im sure it will be localized eventually too, but this could speed up the process.

 

[bastek66]

Are there any changes in tankobons?

 

[Lyendith]

@bastek66 There are in volume 1 at least, hence why we are redoing chapter 4, 5 and 6.

 

[xyzzy]

@Lyendith

What changes does the tankobon version have compared to the magazine version?

 

[Lyendith]

@xyzzy An extended scene and a different monologue from Alice. The magazine versions are still there so you can compare the two.

 

[borngis]

GOD this manga is so good. I've been loving Masuda's works since 2016 and this is so good, especially for so early on. It definitely like... expands on the things that I wish Jitsu Wa did more of (though I still love Jitsu Wa to death). It would be kinda nice if we got cameos from his prior works, since that happened in Jitsu Wa. It'd be cool to just, like, see Sakuragaoka and Mebuki around.

 

[Tyizor]

I'm really happy with how far the mangaka has progressed. This is a ton of fun to read.

 

[Bored_Pray]

This mangaka and his giganto mouths

 

[Harvester]

I find this one sits beneath Masuda Eiji's other works for me (barring Sakura Discord which I haven't gotten around to yet). It's not that there's anything particularly poorly done, but everybody's character just seems way over the top for something taking place in an ostensibly real world. Jitsu wa... and Toumei Ningen... don't have this issue because the former takes place in a larger-than-life world to begin with and the latter's premise is based on breaking the rules of the world as we know it. It just comes across as being way over-the-top and contrived for my taste.