Blattodea - Vol. 4 Ch. 19 - There’s No Point in Making Them Slaves

[MangaDex]

 

[DLRevan]

I think my reaction to this whole chapter can pretty much be summed up by mantis's face on page 5 lol.

 

[PokeHeroRed]

Meet Serena Cervantes from Himenospia. The biggest retcon in the series. We still don't know if she's also a mutant with phallic vagina dentata in this universe.
Murata rewrote Arachnid as Himenospia so he could rehash Himenospia into Blattodea and, most likely, eventually rehash Blattodea into Himenospia 2...

Also, this is one of the chapters that remind me that whenever Alice says her own name, it is emphazised in kanji, unlike how every other character spells it in katakana. One of those things that don't get conveyed even in the official translation.

 

[mushroomers]

I'm convinced this takes so long to update because the author is just doing research on animals/insects to create bs abilities for his different series. Wonder if there's a plant-based series in the works 🤔

 

[PokeHeroRed]

I'm convinced this takes so long to update because the author is just doing research on animals/insects to create bs abilities for his different series. Wonder if there's a plant-based series in the works 🤔

The author Murata is a funfacts manga machine who sends detailed storyboards for a bunch of series each month, but the illustrators working for him aren't as tough (the former one for Caterpillar actually died).
The current illustrator, Tokisada, keeps having various kinds of health and work troubles (his bike got stolen sometime ago) and either releases Blattodea chapters in two parts or takes break months. They even put the Kamikatsu spinoff in indefinite hiatus because it clearly was overworking him that much.

Now the scanlations, those were dead for years because Ravens Scans went inactive and no other group cared. Even the official translations at Manga Up stopped with Caterpillar. There was also a person scanlating it to Spanish but they stopped at chapter 40.

 

[sassinos]

Meet Serena Cervantes from Himenospia. The biggest retcon in the series. We still don't know if she's also a mutant with phallic vagina dentata in this universe.
Murata rewrote Arachnid as Himenospia so he could rehash Himenospia into Blattodea and, most likely, eventually rehash Blattodea into Himenospia 2...

Also, this is one of the chapters that remind me that whenever Alice says her own name, it is emphazised in kanji, unlike how every other character spells it in katakana. One of those things that don't get conveyed even in the official translation.

I was thinking the girl on the cover of volume 8 looked familiar, guess I just blocked Himenospia from my memories. I really hope he's just re-using the character name and design here. I've found most of Murata's works entertaining or interesting in some way or another, but, not that one.

 

[BatNova]

That woman from the beginning of the character looks like Alice. That can’t be her mother? And looks like Serena (from the Himenospia series) is a part of this. Shared Universe I guessed? Hopefully the author give her more yuri moments in this manga than in the Himenospia manga.

 

[voltaseca]

lmao Himenospia crossover confirmed

 

[yatanogarasu]

I was so annoyed when Arachnid ended what seemed like a cliffhanger, Blattodea is the saving grace.

 

[T-sama]

So if she's the same Serena Cervantes from Himenospia does that mean all the insect bullshit everyone pulls is also due to aliens?

Actually, it can't be the same due to how Himenospia plot goes, Himeno was pretty open about all the shit she did later, people literally knew she was mind controlling people

So either Murata is basically reusing Serena basic character or he did some big retcons to connect the series

Alternative, this is same Serena but it's an alternative timeline where Himenospia plot didn't happen

Eh, who are we kidding? Murata plots have always been bullshit from beginning to end, it doesn't really matter much either way

Really, next we know it he'll put Killing Bites, Jackals and so on in same world too, Murata shared universe of animal kingdom bullshit