Here There Be Pirates

Life at sea can be rough. 

Maiwai ch. 009

Rage

Yes, Maguro... that is very strange... that is very very strange....😒

Maiwai ch. 008

I am living my life to the fullest!

The past is never gone.

Maiwai ch. 007

Mysteries that lay deep

The deep sea really is fascinating... but also weird... and scary.

I really like some of the visual transitions Mochi is doing even so early in the series, like on pg 152, that was really cool

Maiwai ch. 6

The deep sea is a truly horrifying place, here are some examples of the monstrosities lurking there like the goblin shark as well as other assortment of underwater spiders and vampire squids. There are also cute lil guys like this though.

Odd shaped head, odd shaped eyes

Gero gero gero gero. That's the sound frogs make in Japan, they're ribbiting in japanese. That has nothing to do with anything but in case you missed it, the lovely group We Need More Yankiis did Gerekusis. We were actually planning on doing it... like, two years ago😅 but it kept getting pushed back and then we started on the translation late last year and almost got done with the first volume but didn't have a ts so it was on hold. Good news is that they already finishing the entire thing (h-hayai!) which is cool because it's funny and all but I think the pacing is... weak. I'll go ahead and finish it myself by reading their scanlation, the theme is evident once you get a few chapters in but the execution he went with is quite unique. I'm curious about the ending because I know he just deiced to end it one day out of the blue and then he disappeared... never to be found again.

Anyway, Minoru Furuya is awesome, go read it and drop a thanks to these lovely people.

And now back to another very influential managka that never really managed to have a huge breakout hit but always did thins his way:

The answer is very simple, Funako. They are called douchebags. 

Also another thing you will say when reading this chapter: "Funako, noooo!"

Maiwai ch. 005

Hoshin Maru

The seventh page in this chapter (098) is beautiful, you can see him developing toward that art style he used in Tokyo Kaido and Chiisakobee.  

Maiwai ch. 004

Set sail for fail

People that wear shades are shady. And people that take steroids are boneheads.

Maiwai ch. 3