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[MangaDex]

 

[Serenata]

That's one way to kill a ship, put them naked together and see how nothing really happens... I guess she's like family now.

Spoiler

or maybe because she doesn't flush

But I get it, It was a traumatic event, it's gonna take time.

Also holy shit, no magic /ass pull healing for everyone, they're dead for good and Angel won't get his arms back... Fack

 

[seekermoc]

I'm going miss Shark bro. I mean... how much better does it get than a flying shark and a dude with a chainsaw for a head riding on his back?

 

[skullapius]

Poor Power....there, there

 

[Malta]

pretty spicy for something running in WSJ

 

[K_Takuya]

Power regressing into a scaredy child like that, kinda cute ngl.

 

[NotFrosty]

Power is best girl and she must be protected at all costs.

 

[Bobbleknob]

Fuckkk.... RIP sharkbro. Forever in our hearts :'(

 

[Fullapple1991]

Popularity poll:
1st place: Power

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3ALwKeSEYs

 

[Mikhail]

Power was already best girl, but now she is even more bestest girl.

 

[Kefio97]

Loooool kobeni's car. F

 

[Makenai]

I'm still really surprised Power got first rank. I mean, I don't hate her or anything but she never grow on me. Thought Makima or Denji got way more votes.
Also Denji feels nothing because she's like a sister to him or what?

 

[moozooh]

@Makenai
Yeah, she's basically a little sister to him. Not the ecchi manga concept of a little sister but an actual family member.

Here's what I wrote in a comment in the r/manga thread in a discussion whether the scene can be interpreted as fan service:

Power, in addition to being distinctly more feral due to her non-human nature, has the mental faculties typical of an 11–12 y.o. girl at best. If you've had sisters or just remember your childhood friends, you should be able to tell.

Your mind interprets nudity and skinship with a tinge of sexual subtext because you're in the mindset of an adult being in a similar situation with another adult. In such a situation between two adults it would be perfectly normal to expect sexual tension. The only difference here is that Power looks like an adult but she's really not. She's portrayed as being just at the mental age where she'd be somewhat aware of her body features (to the extent of "boys are interested in boobs lol") but is still all-around childish, living in the moment, not very self-conscious about her appearances or behavior, and so on. Reread chapters 4–12 with this perspective, and it should become obvious that this was her character all along.

Denji, who is more developed (but still only about 14–15 mentally), is similarly confused at first when he's confronted with her naked body but quickly adapts to the fact that her behavior just isn't—and has never been—sexually charged, and suddenly being clingy is just her childish way of coping with the trauma. So it properly registers for him as being a platonic bond between close family members, and stops bothering him.

I'm actually quite impressed with the psychological nuance put into this work. I'm sure it will be lost on the core audience of WSJ as it actually requires some life experience to see that teenagers just don't normally have.

 

[cuckedirl]

well that went heavy real quick.

 

[orochijes]

I voted for Power, you're welcome.

 

[TrueGoddessReincarnation]

Power is shit man. Car and Shark should have been number 1.

 

[ScubaFox]

I think it's fair to say we'll never this much platonic leg-lock ever again.

 

[Yaboi27]

Gandalf SHARK BRO NOOOOOOO

 

[Serenata]

@ScubaFox platonic sharing a bath while embracing each other naked ...never again.

The door could've been the door to pseudo incest

 

[datsundacar]

wow what a garbage chapter