I've been waiting for almost 13 years for this day to come. Since I read Ushio to Tora a few years ago, I was always interested in the way Fujita created interesting stories, and Karakuri Circus was my next manga to read. And I was excited, since Null (the same guy who translated Gash Bell in its entirety) was working on it. The wait was tortuous, since Null abandoned the project precisely where the story would have its turning point.
It was so frustrating to see how this manga was forgotten while other series that didn't deserve to be translated (imho) were at the top of manga reader pages (One Manga and Batoto, to name a few examples), and even more when Fujita was writing a new manga (Gekkou Jourei at that time), I had no choice but to look at the raw and calm my curiosity a little, but it's not the same.
That's why I'm very grateful to Funnuraba and Nakamachi Scanlation for translate this manga in its entirety. To everyone who was involved in this project, I don't know if you will read this post, but I sincerely thank you for not abandoning it, this is a story that deserved to be translated in its entirety. Honestly, thank you so much for your time, I know is very hard getting proper raws, redrawining, translating and proofreading a manga. Translate a Fujita manga is not easy, so for that, you guys have all my admiration.
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It was a good ride, but this is where the "curtain falls" and the story ends, I like that Faceless, even with his thoughts of "believe in yourself, never give up, your drems will come true", deep down, It knew he had screwed up a long time ago, that "I was wrong" at the end was painful to read after all he did. Fujita knows how to write a main villain. It was a satisfying ending, with a good ending for everyone (it hurts me the most that old fart Houan died in the timeskip, he was a badass character, even without any special power), from this long journey, I'm more than satisfied, as Tora said in the last volume of Ushio to Tora; "I'm full", I feel like that after all those years. Great read and top notch story, definitely in my top of shonen manga.