Maria no Danzai - Ch. 50 - The Child of the police VS The Child of the Yakuza

[pink_rabbit]

I DID NOT expect that plot twist with the yakuza helping out Maria without her knowing....

Okaya has always been zesty, but has he been drawn more feminine lately?

I think its just the artist improving their skills? The artist has drawn BL/yaoi.

 

[zuranthus]

this series really went off the rails in a bad way

But still a long way from the depths of juujika no rokunin

 

[retrocognition]

My suspension of disbelief could handle Maria somehow being this super skilled psuedo assasin/spy type. But it can't deal with basically everything around Okaya and Ajiki. The bomb plot, the stabbing, all of this - this series really went off the rails in a bad way.

My main problem with the manga right now is the tonal shift. It went from this story with a dark atmosphere + Maria's mental issues rearing their head here and there to this oddly upbeat atmosphere. Its like tonal whiplash. This is something interesting to note, but I wonder if a change of editors is why the manga started to decline. I swear I saw the author say that somewhere around the Kinugawa arc there was an editor change. That would explain some things.

 

[Alzu]

This is something interesting to note, but I wonder if a change of editors is why the manga started to decline. I swear I saw the author say that somewhere around the Kinugawa arc there was an editor change. That would explain some things.

Man, if the change of editors is what cause this decline, then that's a tragedy. I much like it when the series was a psychological thriller/drama

 

[Fuhgeddaboudit]

you know his gay ass is not doing that, chubby.

 

[Boomburst]

Did the fat kid even take part in bullying Nagare?

So far with what's been revealed? No. Other than being part of the friend group, he doesn't seem to have done anything.

 

[Jampolo]

Fat kid is surrounded

Now THAT would be an asspull

 

[Virtualplayer]

Somehow fat kid will die spectacularly because of plot armor.

 

[Jampolo]

My main problem with the manga right now is the tonal shift. It went from this story with a dark atmosphere + Maria's mental issues rearing their head here and there to this oddly upbeat atmosphere. Its like tonal whiplash. This is something interesting to note, but I wonder if a change of editors is why the manga started to decline. I swear I saw the author say that somewhere around the Kinugawa arc there was an editor change. That would explain some things.

Pardon me, but how is this upbeat?

 

[rckvnka]

We all know Okaya will survive this. Plot armor.

 

[itschiko]

https://imgur.com/a/low

 

[JVick]

Pardon me, but how is this upbeat?

It's so goofy it feels like a comedy now.

 

[ryuumajin]

wait wait wait....

This is supposed to be vacation with students, right?
Like... OTHER students?

 

[Insignis]

So far with what's been revealed? No. Other than being part of the friend group, he doesn't seem to have done anything.

I am not so sure about this. The way the gay-lord talked to fat-ass about Nagare's death cause of an unforeseen truck being his mistake and then outright telling the fat-ass that if he wants to fuck with his gay plans he should resolve himself - it could mean either that he just knows fat-ass is yakuza and all that last ark where he tries to kill the gay-lord was seen through by him already - aka he knows fat-ass kinda wants to kill him, or it could have go even further - that the truck that killed Nagare was there cause fat-ass "interfered" with gay-lords bully plans.

The latter could be more interesting - cause at least fat-ass would have a proper place on the "Maria's people to kill" list.

 

[Jampolo]

wait wait wait....

This is supposed to be vacation with students, right?
Like... OTHER students?

This is happening at night, the rest of the students are probably in their rooms since the power went out

 

[OSAITUS]

How many sharks can a story jump?...

I left for a while the moment main psycho had their parents as pets... but i see that at least they keep the same... Tone?

 

[LittleSwanPG]

What chapter exactly did this turn into a comedy manga?

Comedy? Naw Dawg. This manga was secretly a yaoi manga and author is distracting us with Maria's sexiness.

 

[EchoGirl]

Okaya has always been zesty, but has he been drawn more feminine lately?

I think it's the hair, tho idk if the author doing it on purpose to show like the passage of time versus just trying to make him more distinct now that the focus is on him again

Did the fat kid even take part in bullying Nagare?

maybe the author wanted to pad the numbers (well, even just sitting by and watching isn't that much better) and just give him a more important role later versus "the fat person in the bully group just snacking as things are going on" (since that's usually more so a comic relief thing in some series, if not the ones in korean manga being comically evil) if not the girl and delinquent not being enough after the first one she got rid of

LOL even as the son of a policewoman i wonder when nagare had time to actually train and stuff versus tormenting/bullying ppl

 

[wizard_mouse]

Aight, imma be honest and confess these past few chapters I have been practically binge reading without putting much attention, but still, It feels really weird how all of a sudden his last ally turned on him, and it won't matter much since we know he is gonna stay alive as he's the main antagonist... It isn't just me right???