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Oh, wow, Sako answered like, three of the questions I had immediately. Great to see Robert K and Floyd Lee again, pretty remarkable that Floyd was so impacted by Kaji that he's asking for him directly. Fukurou becoming a referee is rad as hell. I don't know how we're going to wrap everything...

@Ghetsis Amazing post, thank you! There's a lot of information and subtlety in the Japanese language that we're not always privy to reading the translation. The efforts Team Duwang and you have gone to to point these out are extremely appreciated. As for my own reactions Best boy Oofuna...

@Lithe @Veshv Thanks for all the spirited discussions! It's been a long time since I've read a manga that is this compelling, and I'm enjoying experiencing it with everyone.

@catx3 Thank you...you got a couple things across that I had a tough time explaining.

I really liked the time we spent with Champ. I was very happy that they made him an actual character. I agree with Ghetsis that with Kaji becoming more competent we kind of lost our "everyman" character. Champ really came a long way in this arc and it was great to see his growth. I'm actually...

@troita He didn't know what cards Lalo had at all. But looking at his own hand and understanding the game, he could make the assumption that Lalo has an ace card that was likely a straight flush like Baku's 25. Baku wanted Lalo to understand that there was probably a time limit on how good his...

@troita @Veshv In my estimation there are three reasons why he told him the law. Two of them hinge around something we know: Lalo was not particularly interested in trying to figure it out at first. Lalo mentions that he has seen so many people waste their energy struggling at the end and he...

It's pretty amazing how the art has changed. It almost looks like a completely different manga. It's really come a long way, extremely impressive work by Sako.

Looking back at the early arcs it looks like a completely different manga.

We've definitely learned a lot more about Baku since the Tower arc, since we now have context for the story he told Yukiide and his relationship with Hal. We've also finally been getting inside his head more and more too, especially during Portoporos and Air Poker. In a lot of the earlier...

@Veshv @Lithe Actually, your post reminded me that I HAD seen the phrase about stalling mentioned almost explicitly in the manga. Upon a re-read I was able to confirm it. "The changing of Air Bios too slowly or too frequently could be counted as obstructing the game". The referees have already...

After Kadokura lived through getting his skull cracked open by Minowa I wouldn't be surprised to see people living through anything, but they shouldn't be afraid to pull the trigger in the endgame of a manga like this especially when they've already killed Kyara. That being said are we sure Amen...

@Lithe I have a couple of thoughts. Here's how I interpreted a few of the things in this arc. (Spoiler to not fill the comment page with a wall of text. Sorry that I do this every so often, I hope it's not too annoying.) As usual, I'm sorry if you knew all of this beforehand and I'm wasting...

It's one thing for the author to be able to fool the characters in the story who aren't privy to all the information. It's another to drag a bunch of readers who can see everything and communicate/theorize into the mire of Baku's mindgames. Sako had us right where he wanted us. We knew Baku so...

Man...I'll miss Ideal. They were a lot of fun from beginning to end. Amazing gamble arc. Everything since the Tower has been sublime gambling, particularly the Tower, Battleship, and Air Poker. Thanks for all your hard work as always, Team Duwang. EDIT: as an aside, are we ever going to find...

Hah, I considered Usogui was bluffing, but I guess the wedge had been driven into my brain too, and figured he must have saved some to make it a double-layered plan. Impressive that Funeral Chief was able to see through it. I knew he had a reason to drift to him. He needed to do something...

@spence7865 I suppose Marco could be with them all here as well. But we haven't seen him at all, and without him or Kyara Usogui doesn't really have anyone there who can go get to him quickly and save him. I get that it's kind of a weak excuse but thats just how it goes. I do think Baku is...

Wow. It makes sense that he's so defensive of those diamonds now. He just wanted to turn his most precious talents into diamonds and keep them forever. I like the idea that despite his otherworldly intelligence and cunning, what undid him was that he was too emotional after losing Billy and...

Wow, it was morse code! I figured it might have been different since Fukurou would pick up on it if it was just morse code, but it turns out it was something only Baku and Hal would ever understand. I also like the idea that Fukurou lost his edge over the years because he became too strong. Kind...

@Veshv That might be it...I forgot that he got HAL from shifting the letters (PC98 -> Hachi Nana (87), IBM -> HAL). It makes sense that he might have done something similar here. It'd rely on Hal remembering what his name means, and since we saw Hal remembering HAL and 8 7, it seems like the...