Shitpost… Continued.
Don’t really have much to say, just felt like doing this one.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Bunkoban 19 - Bobasa
So last weekend I went ahead and bought the rest of the Millennium World Arc as bunkoban (in fact all I’m missing now are some Battle City volumes - I found a load of volumes half price in a Book Off in Shinjuku 8D)
As I figured, it is indeed the arc with the highest number of new pages (in fact the only arc as I haven’t checked the others thoroughly yet!).
But first to what has changed! Now I admit I didn’t photograph a couple of pages when Bobasa has whipped out the Millennium Key and Scales inside the museum but you get the idea by that point!
So for images 2 through 7 you can see the otriginal manga on the right and the bunkoban on the left. Let’s play the spot the difference!
Ok so it’s obvious. Bobasa has gone from having sunken portions of his chest that fit the items to having this weird metal shirt thing that the items slot into. Makes slightly more sense on apart from being a magical being not sure how you’d end up with a chest like that! And I can’t imagine a sunken chest was actually very grippy as far as holding onto the items go.
And finally we have two new pages. So this is after Yami has travelled to the Millennium World and Bobasa has transported Yugi and co to inside the Puzzle. As a quick reminder Ryou ran out the museum crying as the Millennium Scales tipped when faced with him on account of him having the Ring/Yami Bakura hanging around.
Also a reminder that Ryou WAS IN HIS SCHOOL UNIFORM. I don’t know if Takahashi-sensei just forgot to check the manga before drawing new pages?? Or if Yami Bakura is just that much of a freaking nerd that he had to go change into his stripey top, black trench coat and trousers that certainly aren’t the school uniform ones. But for whatever reason when Yami Bakura comes in at I dunno maybe a max of 15/20 minutes later he’s wearing different clothes. I guess it’s to make sense with the tabletop RPG pages later where Yami Bakura is in his stripey top/trench coat outfit but at least then it was less obvious about the change in clothes!
We then see him take the Puzzle (integral to his whole dark tabletop RPG thing). And I guess actually making the point that Shadi is a spirit/dead? Unlike when Yami Bakura was cut off before explicitly stating it back in Batte City when Shadi was mentioned by Malik beforethe Yami Malik vs Yami Bakura + Malik duel. You can find that page here (ok so there’s no hint that that is what Yami Bakura is going to say but given that we find out later that Shadi is a spirit - I forget what is stated in the manga exactly - it’s a safe guess, I think.)
But yeah, more pretty pages and damnit I wish Takahashi-sensei would redraw this manga!
Yu-Gi-Oh! Bunkoban 21 - Chapter 312
So back in the day when the bunkoban was released I found this website documenting the differences and extras. They covered that there were some dialogue changes and a few things tidied up (such as the BEWD
tablet being tidied up) but that was it. And considering it was random volumes I assumed they were finished.
Until I bought volume 21.
I don’t have a full set yet but from what I have this seems to be the only one with added pages. I wonder though if the other volumes for the AE arc have added pages given how much Takahashi was rushed for the arc AND ill.
But anyway. Chapter 312 contains 6 BRAND SPANKING NEW PAGES and I have to say I do love Takahashi’s updated style.
So it’s just been announced that Atem has been found so Aknadin is rightly freaking out because he thought he had it in the bag of Seto becoming King. He heads down to the prison cell with thoughts of killing Kisara so he can give his son the White Dragon.
Guard tells him that Seto ordered that she be moved and the guard can’t tell Aknadin where to. Poor guard gets stabbed for his trouble.
We then see Kisara looking out at the mess caused by Thief King Bakura crashing out of the palace and being chased by the others. She thinks that ‘the people and the town are being wounded’.
Next page is her thinking that ‘this calamity is perhaps….’ She then remembers what she was told about the ‘demon she is carrying within her own heart’ ie her ka (and way to give the girl a complex). So given her thoughts and memories she seems to be wondering if she herself caused what has happened (either physically or metaphorically as she is told a lot that she is bad luck). Guard tells her time is up and she has to return to her room. We then pan up to Seto watching and the next page is him watching some more before turning away.
We then go back to what was originally the next page which is everyone gathered with Isis as she explains what she found.
My personal opinion is I love these pages, not just because I’m a fan of the pairing but also Kisara. It’s so nice for her to get some more screen time, to get more insight into her and the pretty art hardly goes amiss!
The Fool with art of Ryou is the tarot card for this volume.I never knew Takahashi added pages! O_O
Ohoho~
Bye Grandpa.
I love Duelist Kingdom. What a great way to end this arc.
Oh Rishid, nobody will understand how much I admire you ∩(︶▽︶)∩. He’s such an under-appreciated character.
(via fujiwarayuusuke)
(via fujiwarayuusuke)
Isn’t it considered extremely rude to have your feet up like that in Japan or even have them pointed towards another person?