starting a new longform series of threads on here twitter & bluesky, figured I'd bring them here as well to spur discussion.why? mostly because i haven't actually read the manga since i did a storytime on /a/ back in 2021, and there's a lot to see from r

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Tomobikanon 2/1/25 (Sat) 16:37:35 No.789

starting a new longform series of threads on here twitter & bluesky, figured I'd bring them here as well to spur discussion.
why? mostly because i haven't actually read the manga since i did a storytime on /a/ back in 2021, and there's a lot to see from rumiko's first.

Tomobikanon 2/1/25 (Sat) 16:38:10 No.790

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>>789
starting off, here's what the cover of the issue of shonen sunday it debuted in looks like. not only is it ataru and shinobu, it's ataru that looks like he wants out! pretty much the opposite emotions of the chapter cover, even if both of them are "shinobu keeping hold of ataru".

Tomobikanon 2/1/25 (Sat) 16:38:53 No.791

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>>790
and right away the original anime completely changes the opening to not have shinobu involved at all. only recently did i learn this is actually supposed to be a parody of kyojin no hoshi. it's a strange change to be sure, since it cuts out how their relationship is on ice…

Tomobikanon 2/1/25 (Sat) 16:39:59 No.792

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>>791
the nature of the setup is simple enough to hook the reader. we also can't help but root for ataru who's got to deal with all this bs (he's got his own flaws of course, big ones). flip flopping between absurdity and seriousness helps a lot of these gags land.

Tomobikanon 2/1/25 (Sat) 16:40:45 No.793

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>>792
i wish they stuck this pickup truck in the adaptations. for a series that's going to go big on machines, it's nice to have something more down to earth.

Tomobikanon 2/1/25 (Sat) 16:41:10 No.794

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>>793
the night scene of lum and ataru's fight was also cut out, which was a shame. you kind of get the sense that there's a touch of flirty energy here even if it's mostly played straight

Tomobikanon 2/1/25 (Sat) 16:41:43 No.795

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>>794
the manga ending is clearly better from a story perspective, but i can't help but respect oshii for putting the brazen plunger gun ending which has become iconic in it's own right, even after requests from fuji tv for it to be cut, but now he's stuck with lum.

Tomobikanon 2/1/25 (Sat) 16:42:26 No.796

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for chapter 2, the cover of the issue features the art from chapter 1 with lum, and yet the chapter inside is totally absent of her, a complete flip of the first chapter. funny how that turned out.

Tomobikanon 2/1/25 (Sat) 16:43:11 No.797

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>>796
not a whole lot to say with this chapter, it's simple and fun. it's more interesting in hindsight because it's the only UY chapter to stick with the initial direction of "weirdness comes to ataru/shinobu" before lum was brought back. i wonder how that plot would have developed.

Tomobikanon 2/1/25 (Sat) 16:43:39 No.798

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>>797
that aside, the story is lower stakes (necessarily imo), and a lot of these panels are all time greats. it's hard to describe rumiko's early style - it's a touch closer to realism than what it would develop into, giving the characters a "mature" flair, but still clearly cartoony

Tomobikanon 2/1/25 (Sat) 16:45:54 No.799

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>>798
this chapter's adaptation (ep 6b) felt the need to put lum in the middle of things - all it really serves is to repeat lum vs shinobu story beats
it's also a good example of the "rough" look the early anime had (due to being rushed).

Tomobikanon 2/1/25 (Sat) 16:46:59 No.800

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>>799
it's also the first gag ending where status quota saves the day - and this is a really fun panel, especially with all the imps just fooling around.

i plan to cover two chapters a day. most of the trivia comes from https://furinkan.com/ who's been doing this longer than i've been around.

Tomobikanon 2/2/25 (Sun) 22:34:43 No.801

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>>789
Why don't you storytime the manga here? I was in those threads back in 2021 and they were pretty fun. At least until the ranfren showed up

Tomobikanon 2/2/25 (Sun) 23:51:00 No.802

I wonder what Japanese society was like when this came out in 1978. The late 60s and 70s is sometimes called the cultural Americanization period. I'm pretty sure in 1930s and 50s Japan, dating was pretty much unheard of back then or socially unacceptable? Ataru is skilled with the plunger gun clearly he's done this before.

Tomobikanon 2/3/25 (Mon) 02:17:58 No.803

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