What I Want from Weekly Shonen Champion

I noticed that over the years of keeping this blog I had never written I piece on what sort of stuff I want from Weekly Shonen Champion. I realise that a magazine will never really appease me fully but over the years I have grown to hope for changes in Champion especially as my magazine losses appeal to me rapidly over the last few years. So I will indulge myself a bit in this piece. 

The spin of Mairimashita! Iruma is also a great sellers for Akita Shoten but its sales are not necessarily moved by its presence in the magazine. The Iruma namesake is just one factor for its popularity, the other and bigger factor is the presence of the Wareware Shuuyaku group. This group of youtubers have a large dedicated fanbase which has even made their own isekai manga reasonably successful.One of the first things that I want to see is a removal of spin off series.  For instance Worst Gaiden Guriko is a spin off Worst a series that originally was serialised in Monthly Shonen Champion. It has filled a space of yankee series in Champion that has been left unfulfilled since Gmen ended and it sales are reasonable. These sales, however, are not moved by the series itself but by its association with Worst and this is shown by how others spin off from Worst in other magazines are able to sell just as well. 

Weekly Shonen Champion - Akita Shoten

Hence, these series could easily be placed elsewhere else and they would still sell well. So, they are simply occupying space that I feel would be better filled by an original series. An important reason for this is because Weekly Shonen Champion is one of the biggest magazine for Akita Shoten and wasting a potential space that could be filled with an original hit is not a good thing in the long run. 

Aside from the spin off works, the magazine has mellowed out a lot over the last few years. By this I mean the magazine has become lighter with more upbeat series especially with the recent addition from webseries such 'A Girl Who Cant Speak...' and 'Meika-san...' which are more simple upbeat series. This became a problem for me because the magazine was never fully dominated by a sort of series, it had yankee, sports, gags and some other genres but that dominance of upbeat series made me miss something with a bit more atmosphere like BEASTARS in its early days. The popularity of BEASTARS did not make them move one inch towards more series like it, in fact they have probably moved to more upbeat works probably due to the influence of Iruma-kun. 

Weekly Shonen Champion - Akita Shoten

I want to see this reversed even if all evidence goes against it, I would like to see unusual series like BEASTARS that do not necessarily have their genre singularly defined. Series like this that stand out from the usual in shonen magazines are in themselves a good thing in minor magazine like champion because their size should give space for experimental series that audiences could not find elsewhere A series like AI no Idenshi or BEASTARS would never be serialised in a shonen magazine but Champion made it work and both were popular works, the latter a lot more. However, one of the problems of this is that there is probably a limited amount of talented authors that can match those two. So, it might not always work as series form the get go and this leads to my next point nicely. 

AI no Idenshi - Yamada Kyuri, Akita Shoten

Short series are a great way to gauge interest of readers in a series and at the same time develop authors. Many hit series from champion originated as short series such as Mitsudomoe, Shinryaku! Ika Musume, Furutto on Thursday and BEASTARS. Part of this originates from how almost all series that are cancelled usually fail to grasp people attention in the first few chapters and it is hard to recover from that. Short series gives the chance to see if a series will work or not by being a test run of the first few chapters the most important for any manga to grab readers. This is exactly what the last head editor Sawa did but I would like to take it up a notch which would mean there would be less new series starting but many more short series with popular ones being made into official serialisation. Short series would became a key part of the magazine way to find new hit. It would be more effective than simply starting a new serialisation, since readers input would have more weight and in the end they are the ones that the magazine is trying to satisfy. 

BEAST COMPLEX- Itagaki Paru, Akita Shoten

In addition, short series of three chapters allow more time for newbies to explore their ideas. short series are a great way for newbies e to test themselves, since they can not necessarily rely on just a simple one off story but instead have to build and pace a wider story, in very few chapters. For instance, Hamayan one-shot Madoromi was a very simple and self contained story that was good, whilst his short series required a lot more of him, since he had to shape a story that was well short but that felt naturally paced and he paced his test with flying colours.We just need more of that and this year Champion has had more short series than it had in its last few years combined. 

To be continued - First I want to talk about Sunday though.

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Manga in Danger - Kurobane Hakusho

Introducing a new segment focusing on seeries in danger - first of we have Kurobane Hakusho by Uchida Kouhei from Weekly Shonen Champion.

Kurobane Hakusho began a few weeks ago and whilst it does not seem to have picked up a lot of steam there is an aspect of the series that appealed to me. 

Copyright - Uchida Kohei and Akita Shoten

First, though let me tell what Kurobane Hakusho is about. The series features Kurobane, the school council president at middle school and he wants to devote himself to resolving any issues student have.  When I first read the synopsis of this series I believed it was going to a school life manga with dramatic elements here and there but it would still be mostly a light hearted story. 

These expectations were betrayed when the series began however instead proved to be focused a lot more on the school drama aspect through exploring many things such as bullying, jealousy, hate on social media and the likes that students face. The main character seeks to resolve these issues in other to guarantee everyone at school is happy. It is not exactly the focus on these aspect that make the series dramatic but how it dramatises them through the art by using a lot of black inking and more impactful panels. These panels good because it allows the artist to show the strength of his art but also its ability to plays well in setting the mood. 

Copyright - Uchida Kohei and Akita Shoten

Another aspect that stands out is his storytelling. The first chapter for instance only teased many aspects of the story such as the main character ability and his past, it did not give away too much information for instance, the main characters ability was shown in use but it was not exactly explained and only certain hints were given. In this sense Kurobane Hakusho has a more active story telling that expects more from the reader, even if the hints and the how the story unfolds can lead to obvious developments. However, I can still appreciate shonen stories that can hold themselves back from simply using passive forms of story telling, and in this case Uchida Kouhei manages to use his art alongside the narrative. 

Copyright - Uchida Kohei and Akita Shoten

I believe that the author missed an opportunity though. This setting is too simplistic and overused and the 'special' touch he added is a weak. No one expect the issues from school life to be exactly new but the way its dealt whilst it is impactful in regards to art, it does not stroke emotions so it feels weak and the pay off is never quite satisfying because the author is not great at portraying lighter moments like something like Mairimashita! Iruma-kun. This comparison is valid because these series in a sense are like polar opposites whilst Iruma-san has a dark set up it is used as gag and it is light hearted series with minor elements of drama whilst Kurobane Hakusho at first seems light hearted but it is a serious series maybe even too serious, it is weak at balancing lighter elements from serious ones. 

This is why I believe this series might struggle to garner anyone attention whilst I recognise his skill at telling the story, the story itself is not strong enough to draw eyes and the art by itself will not carry it. In part because whilst shonen works live of their art most have stylistic appeals and Uchida Kouhei's art whilst good it does not have its own style.

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Heaven's Design Team and How to be Educational and Entertaining.

Heaven's Design Team - Kodansha USA

Heaven's Design Team stands out initially with quirky setting in which god has outsourced the creation of animals to a  group of designers. This setting has many uses but it is perfect because it serves as a means to end for the author to do what he really wants to do with the series and that is explore the intricacies of the natural world. Consequently, every chapter has focus on a few animals, so it has no particular overarching story and the focus is specifically on the particularities of animals. 

The way god gives a certain comment of what he wants from the designers, in this context represents a way the author builds every chapter to have elements of surprise as well as comedy since the vague requests by god are transformed through various experimentation and prototypes until they somehow reach the shape of animals that actually exist. The reader throughout the chapter is kept guessing on what they could possibly be building from their propositions and various ideas until it comes to you. This component makes the series quite engaging as the reader actively follows the narrative and when the conclusion it reached, it is rather satisfying.

Heaven's Design Team - Example of prototype - Heaven's Design Team Anime Commitee

The series because of this exploration of the real natural world has a lot of educational value. In a way it is similar to Cells At Work, another work with an education edge. Heaven's Design Team differs in that it focuses not on the inside workings of the human body but on animals. For people like that have an interest in the natural world there is a lot in this series to enjoy.

The anime managed to capture the original work essence incredibly well. Apart from a few re arrangements in the chronology of the manga chapters, the anime was a 1 to 1 adaptation of the manga. It even added breaks at the middle of the anime to talk more in detail about the animal featured in the episode, a feature the manga also does at the end of every chapter. 

There is not much to complain here. Heaven's Design Team is an entertaining and educational manga which became a likewise a entertaining and educational anime. It is a series I would recommend to anyone even if they do necessarily have any interest in anime as long as they are interested in learning about animals and biomes. 

The Chosen One - Rokudou no Onnatachi

Rokudou no Onnatachi is coming to conclusion with in a few days, It went through many stages during its run that started back in 2016. I hope to highlight here the start of its journey in Champion and hiccups and problems it faced.

Rokudou no Onnatachi began in issue 30 of 2016. It raised eyebrows with its quite quirky setting that involved delinquent girls falling in love with the Rokudou, a weak and bullied boy. This is caused by a strange onmyodo technique that Rokudou and his friends stumble onto in an attempt to relieve themselves of the bullying they suffer at school. This quirky mix of elements of romance comedy featuring intimidating girls was an interesting proposition for Champion readers at the time. 

Rokudou no Onnatachi 1 - Akita Shoten

One of the key aspects that caught the attention of audiences was the main character Rokudou. He starts as previously mentioned as a weakling that goes to a bad school filled with delinquents. Hence, he finds himself preyed upon alongside his friends by these same delinquents. To begin with Rokudou does not sound like a particular interesting character but it does not take long for him to show growth, after he stands up to his bully and whilst he is beaten up, it strengthens his resolve to change his status at school. His newly found willingness to standup against his enemies even if with only resolve and no strength starts of Rokudou path to development. Technically, he has the strength in the form of the girls delinquent that are hopelessly in love with but at the same time he does want to exploit the girls because their love is only due to his ability. Rokudou's initial charm comes from this resemblance with classic shounen main characters because of his strong personality and the will to do things even if it involves many struggles. 

Journey on the Champion Road!  

The journey of Rokudou in the magazine started with a rapid rise. It received an opening colour page on its 8th chapter and it was not willing to leave the upper placements of the table of contents after that. It had captivated the readers of Weekly Shonen Champion. This initial popularity of the series in the magazine excited the editorial department, which for the release of its first volume release gave it cover and opening colour page to celebrate. In addition the sales department also arranged a signing event.

Rokudou on the Cover of WSC - Akita Shoten

Rokudou no Onnatachi seemed to have met the sales expectations and it received reprints and showed sales growth.  The big editorial push for the series continued for the first few volumes and this include gravure idol collab and a second cover all before it even reached its first anniversary. However, this push gradually faded. The popularity of the series seemed to have peaked and it struggled to raise sales past this initial peak. After that the series established itself in the middle pack of the magazine and it continued receiving attention but it was never to the same extent of the past. It reached a great number of 2.1 million copies in print with its latest volume, however, the editorial department might have felt it could have reached more. 

Rokudou Second and Last time on the cover of WSC.

The story itself continued to be consistently good. Rokudou specifically grew significantly as a character becoming much stronger and earning the respects of people that previously bullied him. The girls which are the other main attraction of the series also had their own time to show off alongside Rokudou, especially the latter ones that were given larger arcs to show of their story. 

The build up of the cast in these more longer arcs later on was quite interesting because they were more embedded into a wider narrative since each had their own purpose for the story to move forward, which the initial first one did not necessarily have. Nakamura was slowly building his manga brick by brick through these arcs by developing characters and moving the story forward. Another part that showcases this construction was his use of flower to reflect the main female characters characteristics was a great backdrop. In contrast to to that he also made references to buddhism through his villains which served the same purpose as the flowers to highlight personality traits. The series had a strong base and the building on top of it is good but it felt like it was building to something more and thats probably why its sudden ending feels like a let down. 

BEASTARS X Rokudou. Rokudou failed to achieve the same level of popularity as BEASTARS.

Why Did it fail to Struck Gold? 

In the interview between the Weekly Shonen Champion head editor Takekawa and Weekly Shonen Magazine Kurita. Rokudou no Onnatachi was brought up. Both talked about how Nakamura was able to create as previously highlighted a main character that draws the audience into to supporting him through his sheer will to move forward with his ideals. Takekawa agreed that this was an aspect that drew audiences in Champion to the manga and Kurita praised Nakamura for being able to create a main character with these characteristics. 

Rokudou no Onnatachi - Nakamura Yuuji

In the same conversation, Kurita also bought up a interesting topic regarding Nakamura's art, he pointed out that he might have had Nakamura only write the story and pass the artist duties to someone else. He  felt like Nakamura was an author better fit for writing instead of drawing, and that his art was not quite right for the series. This was interesting because the art style of Rokudou has been described as perhaps a bit more aged and not quite appealing for modern audience and most japanese readers seem to point it out as the cause for the manga not breaking out into a hit. Nakamura does have a more rougher and old looking style but his art is not poor, in fact for me it makes him stand out. Though at the same time, a more polished and clean art style which seems to be the more modern option might have made the series more appealing to anyone on the fence about reading it. 

Whatever Nakamura works on next, hopefully he can improve from his first work faults by reflecting on its fault and working on improving himself. He does not far to go and I believe he will excel with whatever he does next since he seems to be perfectly in tune with champion's audience. 

Links - 

WSC Takekawa x WSM Kurita

https://natalie.mu/comic/pp/weeklychamp02

The Problem With Shonen Manga

I have been reading manga for over 10 years. I obviously enjoy shonen manga and this was even why I created this blog to talk about manga to begin with. However, all this time reading shonen manga has made me well aware of its own flaws. One of these flaws that particularly stand out for me is with the how the narrative is delivered to the reader. I hope to highlight this issue through a few examples and hopefully you will understand what I mean after that.

In SHY, we have a scene in one of the chapters when one the characters describes her experience of being under the influence of what seems to be the main antagonist of the series. Through two chapters she details her experience and what she could draw from it in regards to the antagonist's intention. This is done by the author to pass information to the reader of the villain through this relatively minor character who re-appeared precisely to fulfil this narrative role. This is problematic because this is is a form of passive narrative that infantilises the reader and in practice it simply means the author is spoon feeding information. Part of the problem of this form of narrative is that it is ineffective because it does not actively engage the reader, it leaves no room for the reader to actively be shown the story instead of simply being told. 

SHY - Miki Bukimi

Alternatively, these very scenes of experience under the villain influence could have been showed in the actual moment she was under his influenced and subsequently she could have been brought to reflect on  the experiment. With only this minor change in the delivery of the narrative, it would have felt more natural because it would not feel like a sudden pop up for a explanation of the villain and more like a piece of a wider narrative.  At the same time it would be more engaging since a gap of time through her experience and her reflection would allow the readers to reflect on the imagery themselves as well. In this it would have been a more active narrative which is what the manga medium should be used for. 

Gon - Masashi Tanaka

One manga that does exactly the opposite of shonen manga is Gon. In part this works because the series is simple. Gon focuses on the adventure of a small dinosaur Gon as he fights, helps and anything between the two with other animals. The series is completely episodic and every chapters focuses on a different biome and subsequently animals. It is a simple story with fantastic art and it is incredibly fascinating.

However, most importantly is how the author Tanaka Masashi took active story telling to the fullest extent by making Gon have no speech or sound effects. Consequently, the author had to compensate this limitation through his art which led him to portray every action and movement with more detail. These greater focus on the art means the reader is shown the story and has from the art read the expressions and imagine the sounds, the reader is actively reading the series not being infantilised and fed the story. 

Example of Clean Art with speech or SFX from Gon

Gon is great example here because it uses the tools of that the medium of manga provides. It relies on its great visuals to show the story in a way that a novel could never replicate. An animation likewise would ruin it and it eventually did when it was animated over ten years ago. 

One might say but this works because Gon is rather simple. However, a manga could still hold a more complex story but use its art more affectively to actively 'show' the story without having to rely on passive story telling told through speeches that feel out of place. Others might say but Gon is not a shonen and I am aware of that but that does not change the issue. In addition, I believe the stagnation of shonen sport series that I have explored is part of a wider problem with the narrative used in shonen manga. 

I believe authors should experiment more with series like Gon. The Silent Manga Award is one example of what I feel manga editors should use to allow authors to develop their narrative skills with manga. It would allow authors to develop their art and panelling to naturally make them easier to follow without relying on speech or narration. Many newbies are unable to do this effectively, so I believe this would allow newbies to improve exponentially. However, the industry seems so conservative that any change feels like it would take too long but hopefully it eventually comes.

Silent Manga Award  - A manga award that truly speaks the international language of manga. 

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Three Newbies Authors to Look Out For

 Hamayan 

He has a published a total of three works. His first two works both one-shot did not stand out but it did show off his particular quirks of more subdued story telling with a focus on reflective themes. However, his artwork still needed work especially his backgrounds but most importantly his art style had an identity of its own. 

His short series ' The Human' would show great improvement over his previous two one-shots. It did not take too long as it came only around half a year after but his art had taken a step up but it still had its own distinct style.

THE HUMAN by Hamayan

The storytelling most importantly had also improved to match the art. Hamayan's two previous work had simple stories, one featuring a boy who does not realise his talent for long jump and the other featuring a bullied boy who tries to awaken the inner potation of the mind. 'The Human' is a blend of the two in many ways but with a more refined story and a set theme. To highlight it without spoilers, the story explores issues such as surrounding sportsmanship but it is about the humanity of the athletes in a world where the olympics has allowed performance enhancement drugs and body modification. I believe his ability to write a smooth and reflective narrative whilst subverting expectations perhaps,  might mean he is wasted in shonen magazines. 

Arai Shuntarou 

Another author who emerged from Next Champion. However, Arai Shuntarou is a lot more experimental with his works. He has published many one-shots and had two short series in champion. In all cases they were vastly different in setting, theme and mood. This great range in story telling is one of his greatest assets.

One thing that all one-shots had was a high shock factor. His sketch- like art is great for shaping at shaping the mood and all his one-shots were incredibly immersive, it drew you in with the magnetism that the blend of his art and storytelling have. 

Ishumeriumu by Arai Shuntarou

That leads me of into the next topic nicely. His storytelling is rather smooth and in all his works there is little direct narrative to guide the reader. This might leave readers confused especially in shonen magazine but he can successfully through his presentation and script direct the story effectively. However, this is probably one of the reasons i see his future in seinen magazine and not in shonen ones. 

Sacco

Unna Bohan by Sacco

There is less information on Sacco out there and unlike the previous two his debut was only last year by winning Shogakukan newbie award. His one-shot was published in  Big Comics Superior and then online for people to read. So unlike, the previous two whose works are not available outside of their magazines, you can freely read his one-shot which I highly recommend. 

The one-shot has a very clear direction and theme it explores. The story has a clever initial set up but it then it goes of to a fantastical place where pre birth babies are left at the care of young angels. These angels take care of the children until they are taken to be born but they are warned against getting too attached. The main character in this story does not heed this warning and grows attached to the baby he is caring for. This gives rise to many anxieties and worries for the angel over the fate of the baby when it inevitably is born, in regards to whether its family will be loving or if it will not be loved. Through this set up it explores many questions on regards to why we are born in the place we are born with a touch of christianity. 

The art has this christian artistic style that goes along with the religious yet fantastical setting. In addition, the art is also naturally rather expressive with the worries darkening the usual brightness of the world, it actively reflects the the mood of the story as it progresses. Sacco is one author to look out for in seinen magazines. 

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Four Interesting Currently Ongoing Manga!

 AI no Idenshi Blue Age - Yamada Kyuri

AI no Idenshi Blue Age - Akita Shoten

A continuation of a classic series that has received widespread praise and the first shounen manga to land an award at the Japan Media Arts Festival. The Blue Age series is a return to the episodic story telling of the first series. This turn to the first series story telling is very much a return to what the series defined itself as to begin. The more story centered series in the form of Red Planet was effective but the world Yamada Kyuri created just has way more stories to tell into these shorter self contained stories. 

This series still explores humanity and artificial intelligence with the same effect as the previous series. It raises many debates over what humanity can look like in a future where artificial intelligence exists. These debates and the questions it raises are dealt so naturally that it has earned the praise of Hideaki Anno and Mamoru Oshii but also experts in the field of AI alike. In part this is because of Yamada Kyuri's knowledge that comes from background as a social studies graduate and person who worked as a reporter for IT news, a news site that focuses on news on technology. He clearly has a personal interest in technology and humans relationship with them which has been a big part of all his manga so far. His knowledge and his subtle story telling allows him to create clear focused stories and explore rather important themes to consider for the future. 

Heterogenia Linguistico - Seno Salt

Heterogenia Linguistico - Kadokawa

Heterogenia Lingistico is set in a fantasy world where humans and monsters reside. Humans live in their own segmented world distant from the world of the monsters. This setting and the use of the world monsters might suggest that this has some sort of battle component between humans and the monsters but thats not what this series is all about. In fact, the word monster might not be quite accurate, a better word would be different species. This is a distinction that is relevant because the story is about studying the lives these species lead and of course their language. 

The story begins when the professor in charge of the research at an university hurts his back and is unable to continue his travels to study in the monsters world. Hence, its he has to entrust his research to one of his students. Our main character Hakaga is the one given this burden by the professor, so he has to go out for the first time to actually see and study the species living in the monster world in person.
The author of this work clearly shows his linguistics knowledge. Not only can he can come up with the various different ways creatures communicate via sounds but also corporally. These are all experience by the main character and he has to try his best to communicate to them by mimesis. 

This is not a trip that last a week or a month, it lasts instead an entire year. The Professor knowing Hakaga had no experience of the monster world gave him a diary of his research and arranged a guide to help with his research that he has to meet in the werewolves village.  This set up is rather interesting because it clearly resembles basically a PHD student in social sciences possibly anthropology to carry out a research project into a particular aspect of the society, and for that they need to live in that society learn the language and experience it with the help of a local.

However, what Hakaga soon learns is that being a student is one thing and part of the story is also how  he realises how complex is gathering data in practice is. His knowledge of different species languages is not directly translated into practice, so he struggles with communicating and adapting to the different cultural and linguistics trait of different creatures and this creates a wonderful atmosphere of adventure. 

An important aspect that is drawn of this is the reflexive nature of the Hakaga and the work more generally, Hakaga meets many different situations many of which are unusual for his own cultural background but he does his best to go along with them. I find this valuable because it naturalises the differences between cultures and how there can be an exchange between them even if they can be very distinct from each other. It is has a valuable theme of understanding cultural differences that it explores through its ethnographic cross cultural outlook and portrayal of linguistics and cultural differences. But if you do not care about anything I just said them there is at least furry loli to keep you interested.  

Hakumei to Mikochi - Kashiki Takuto

Hakumei to Mikochi - Yen Press

An iyashikei blessing, the little life in the forest of Hakumei and Mikochi is one of the most comfortable series to read that are currently ongoing. The setting helps in this as it creates a minuscule fantasy world replicating our own. Hakumei and Mikochi live out their lives in this world and we explore this small society through their eyes. 

Hakumei to Mikochi taps into the iyashikei aspect with precision through its well crafted art and its sweet story telling that is for the most part episodic in nature. It has as a result of that no plot or climax to speak of. It is really just a story about the daily life of Hakumei to Mikochi in this small yet really interesting world. An iyashikei blessing, the little life in the forest of Hakumei and Mikochi is one of the most comfortable series to read that are currently ongoing. The setting helps in this as it creates a minuscule fantasy world replicating our own. Hakumei and Mikochi live out their lives in this world and we explore this small society through their eyes. 

Even if The World is Over, It Is Fun To Live - Tottori Sakyuu

Even if The World is Over, Its Fun To Live - Overlap

A series I stumbled onto recently from Comic Gardo. It is a survival series in a post apocalyptic world in which the world has is covered by a strange mist from time to time, and from that mist emerges monster like creatures seemingly mutated versions of normal animals. In a sense, it is clear this is our world but completely destroyed and devoid of any human life. However, there human like creatures such as the main character who resembles a human but with a miniature size. 

She is trying to survive in this dangerous world swirling with monstrous creatures alongside er friend which resembles a mutated ferret It would be more wise of her to find a place to live distant from the fog however, there are reasons for her travelling and putting herself in danger. One of the reason she is travelling is to fulfil a mission left by her father for her and for that she has to bypass many monsters which requires many battles wit and resilience. 

The setting is not unique. However, it shapes a vast but eerie world to explore in which the main character is never too far from danger. There is a natural tension as a result because of her miniature size in opposition to the creatures at large. However, those things are not exactly what made it stand out for me. What actually did was how it can shift mood from a more on the edge feel into a more comfortable chill one. One of the ways it can do that is with by slowing down the pace and inserting more daily life scenes that help build the characters and the relationships. In this sense, ot feels like a iyashikei series but at the same time not really because it is building a story slowly through pieces given to the reader and things are not peaceful, instead they are often incredibly dangerous. In a sense this is why i feel this series is captivating since it can subtly control the mood from a iyashikei series to a action more dramatic horror series so easily and effectively. 

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