I dedicate this recap's opening song to Black Star.
And to Ohkubo.
Okay, so, we'll be getting the tiny feet in a moment. First I would like to point out that this chapter opens with a two-page color spread of Crona standing in front of some rocket ships, an assortment of gigantic pencils, a hideously ugly gigantic rabbit wearing a facial expression that clearly betrays its state of more-than-half-bakedness, and a strange worm creature that also happens to be chowing down on Crona's ass.
I don't think that Ohkubo has delivered an illustration this strange since the time he drew that Gangan cover of Maka masturbating with the Little Oni's severed head while she flashed sidebutt Gangan readers everywhere. And the strangest thing about that illustration was that it was apparently inspired by the 2010 World Cup.
Yes, that's right. Ohkubo said to himself "I'm gonna do a soccer-inspired illustration of the main character in my shounen manga!" and he ended up creating THAT.
So I guess what I'm trying to say is, I don't even WANT to know what Ohkubo was trying to do when he ended up creating this month's illustration of Crona with the butt-eating worm and the drunk-looking rabbit and the giant pencils and the rocket ships. Because I bet it actually started out as a perfectly innocent bit of artistic inspiration, something along the lines of "hmmm, I guess I'll draw an illustration of Crona with roses because roses are kind of Crona's thing right now," and then, you know, OHKUBO HAPPENED, and we ended up with...
...Well, at least there are roses in the background? You can kind of see them in the background there, behind the rocket ships. If you squint.
Oh, Ohkubo. This is why we love you.
( Unfortunately from the butt-biting worm it just goes downhill from there. )
ETA the first: Insert pre-emptive "fuck you" to Bleachh here. Dude, don't you get tired of doing this every month?
ETA the second: Z-Raid wrote an excellent post explaining the difference between boring action scenes versus dynamic action scenes, and another excellent post about composition in fight scenes. Both of which articulate exactly WHY this chapter of Soul Eater is so painfully boring (in terms of the fight scene visuals) much better than I could have.
ETA the third: This month's color scans are up!
And I think that's it for this month!
And to Ohkubo.
Okay, so, we'll be getting the tiny feet in a moment. First I would like to point out that this chapter opens with a two-page color spread of Crona standing in front of some rocket ships, an assortment of gigantic pencils, a hideously ugly gigantic rabbit wearing a facial expression that clearly betrays its state of more-than-half-bakedness, and a strange worm creature that also happens to be chowing down on Crona's ass.
I don't think that Ohkubo has delivered an illustration this strange since the time he drew that Gangan cover of Maka masturbating with the Little Oni's severed head while she flashed sidebutt Gangan readers everywhere. And the strangest thing about that illustration was that it was apparently inspired by the 2010 World Cup.
Yes, that's right. Ohkubo said to himself "I'm gonna do a soccer-inspired illustration of the main character in my shounen manga!" and he ended up creating THAT.
So I guess what I'm trying to say is, I don't even WANT to know what Ohkubo was trying to do when he ended up creating this month's illustration of Crona with the butt-eating worm and the drunk-looking rabbit and the giant pencils and the rocket ships. Because I bet it actually started out as a perfectly innocent bit of artistic inspiration, something along the lines of "hmmm, I guess I'll draw an illustration of Crona with roses because roses are kind of Crona's thing right now," and then, you know, OHKUBO HAPPENED, and we ended up with...
...Well, at least there are roses in the background? You can kind of see them in the background there, behind the rocket ships. If you squint.
Oh, Ohkubo. This is why we love you.
( Unfortunately from the butt-biting worm it just goes downhill from there. )
ETA the first: Insert pre-emptive "fuck you" to Bleachh here. Dude, don't you get tired of doing this every month?
ETA the second: Z-Raid wrote an excellent post explaining the difference between boring action scenes versus dynamic action scenes, and another excellent post about composition in fight scenes. Both of which articulate exactly WHY this chapter of Soul Eater is so painfully boring (in terms of the fight scene visuals) much better than I could have.
ETA the third: This month's color scans are up!
Gangan cover: cover scan | textless digital version | high-res digital wallpaper | awesome anatomy correction by tribalpunk
Color pages: high-res scans
Bonus poster: high-res scan | color-corrected version by z-raid
Manga volume 23 cover: cover scan | magazine advertisements
Gangan mobile bonus emoji: right here!
And I think that's it for this month!
