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Opinions on this?
I find it to be very entertaining even with it being full of inconsistencies, but DS is a great MC, the reveal that the storytakes place in the future instead of the pastwas hype and I suppose it was the first time "God and the angels) are the bad guys" was used in a manga series.
Still, after the defeat ofAnthraxthe series turns 180° over and becames a bigger clusterfuck with the story, power levels, etc. It even feels like a different series with new art, different MCs, no dark fantasy and a lot of questions.
For example:
WasAnthraxa bio-weapon created by humans or by theAngels?
After getting defeated by DS,Anthraxrevealed to be God,was he imprisoned inside her or what?
WasGod and the angelsalso created by humans or actually divine?
Who was the other half of DS?
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Next chapter when
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>>151956733
the authour makes the story as it comes with anything he thinks its COOL
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>Main cast has trouble beating monsters
>Suddenly they are even against angels
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Was Bastard a Powerhouse series for Jump in the past?
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>>151957603
it's in the top 15 best selling jump series l think, 30 million copies sold
personally l thought it was a lot of fun, completely brainless power fantasy that never pretended to be anything else
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Is this still serialized?
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>>151957838
>Last chapter was 5 years ago
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>>151956733
It is great but I wish the author wasn't so OCD that he redrew his entire manga like one or two times already with his new style.
That is just a waste of time before he went on his hiatus.
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>>151958084
Did you read some of the author's translated afterwards?
He has complained about bad eyesight for a long time now.
I don't like reading his afterwards because it sounds so depressing.
Author likely would have been a Hikki if you didn't have manga drawing skills.
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>>151957812
That's exactly what's so amazing about it. Modern authors just can't pull off the classic heavy metal as fuck balls to the wall action the way they did it back in the day, I don't know what it is but there's just something about the bygone era that cannot be replicated, and Bastard!! is a radiant relic of that majestic era.
I guess if I try to put it to words, I think it's like this; when they try way too hard these days to make something like that, it can be awfully cringey and comes across juvenile and moronic. When they did it then, it was like the harder they tried the more fucking awesome it was, even the sheer stupidity of it somehow made it more cool.
I have the strongest urge to listen to some Blind Guardian or Napalm Death or something right now.
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>>151958309
This guy basically invented the demon king genre in Japan.
Look how much manga and anime have a demon king but none of them are as hardcore as Bastard.
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I think we're thinking of different bastards, senpai
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>>151956733
>the first time " God and the angels) are the bad guys" was used in a manga series
Go Nagai's Maou Dante was in 1971.
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>>151958440
That was Devilman
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>>151958309
>when they try way too hard these days to make something like that, it can be awfully cringey and comes across juvenile and moronic
l think bastard!! is all that while still managing to be awesome
that's actually part of the appeal, it really doesn't take itself seriously and comes off as a borderline gag manga at times
l mean dark schneider is essentially a M rated looney tunes character
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>>151956733
It's haphazard D&D power fantasy, but the later sections' art make up for that.
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Best motivation?
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>>151956733
Wasn't this just the author's epic-level D&D campaign turned into a manga?
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>>151960307
Also, Kai a best.
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>>151958440
>invented the demon king genre in Japan
I thought it was Dragon Quest.
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>author says he slept 30 min.on the floor 2-3 times a Day
Being a mangaka Is shitty as fuck
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>>151961370
I've heard of worse though.
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DS is literally me in real life.
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>>151962322
Horny, Foul-Mouthed, All-Powerful wizard with a great bod and a harem?
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The Crime and Punishment arc is fucking tedious and drags a lot.
Feels like i'm reading Bleach
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>Satan is The Genie from Aladdin
What the fuck Hagiwara?
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>>151963522
l feel like it lost its way after the destruction of King Crimson Glory.
The wole incestuous melodrama with Uriel and his sister was boring as shit and felt really jarring, it's like Hagiwara thought he was a real writer and could do emotional subplots or something.
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>>151965382
It lost its way after it changed "Heavy Metal / Dark Fantasy" to "GOD IS EVIL LOL"
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