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origami10 · 3 years

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Ajin ch 86 thoughts

Okay, it’s been a little bit! Thoughts and spoilers under the cut! (Warning, this is very long)

Writing this in a word doc because a) I don’t want to risk going on tumblr and b) I don’t want to risk the post getting deleted in the middle [note from the end: this ended up being four pages long in a Word document, so I’m sorry]

Ahhhh, last time buying the digital magazine >< Until... if... Sakurai starts publishing something new...

It seems kind of unfair not to have Ajin be the cover feature if it’s ending DX I guess they’re just starting with a new series, though. Is that how that works? (It has a main character with white hair so I might be interested...) It’s at the beginning of the mag.

Okay, yeah, pages 111-175. Aggghhhh I’ve always put off reading the end of series, but I think this is the first one I’ve been up to date with when it actually ended. Promised Neverland was close.

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

ooh completely new characters...?????? whoops overshot the starting page by a few ughhhh it’s definitely the last one... I mean we knew that, but still..... OMG NO IT’S IZUMI AND TANAKA ISN’T IT?? jeez woah I can’t wait to hear other readers’ reactions [edit: yes this was about clover, and she recorded her reaction, which was beautiful ;u;] also omg they’re at least appearing together

omg Sakurai’s author’s note: “It’s very cold, isn’t it. Everyone, I hope you don’t catch a cold.” YOU’RE NOT EVEN GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT’S ENDING?

okay, so at least some time skip Tanaka: New identity, who dis Ooh, Izumi called Tanaka “anta” – the rude/familiar version of ‘you’, rather than the polite one. Honestly I don’t remember but it’s probably what she called him previously. And then turns around and called him anata the next page X’D Okay, I’m glad that not being consistent is okay in Japanese, I always worry/wonder about that ooooh so Tanaka doesn’t have a new identity YET. I wonder how long it’s been?? omg Tosaki prepared it?? Was he thinking that far ahead? Or is he not dead.... ??? okay so he made it ahead of time oh, and Izumi was the one who asked him for it??? Oh wow, Izumi has yet another change of identity. I wonder if she’s back to (omggg I forget D: her original name... Tainaka [hah]) Also another great shot emphasizing their height difference X’) lmaoooo I always love when there manages to be some humor oh, they’re only about three years apart! I wonder if that helps pin down the timeline at all??

Aw, Izumi still respects Tosaki lmao “I’m going home.” “You really have places to be?” Oh I guess that wasn’t quite it- she really was wondering if he was had a living location... so he has been kinda on the run >< [Sakurai. Sakurai, happy ending. There is, right? Right?]

Oh dude I really didn’t think we’d get any resolution on that ship and like, idk if this counts as resolution but it sure looks like it does right now okay I’m really sorry but part of me is like ///we’re using so many of the remaining pages on this/// although oh I guess it’s only been 10 pages... it feels like so many since the chapters have been so short lately...

heyyyyy I mean we kinda knew the U.S. ajin would be back or else what was the point of introducing them Ogura not being dead at the end of the series is extremely impressive (also hopefully Kai :prayer hands: as in I think he survived) so Ogura didn’t tell them he was coming back huh ... with the crew??? :eyes emoji: lmao AND they thought he was dead, I’m cackling oh okay so they had heard he wasn’t dead the close up of Jim’s face reminds of Kai somehow I guess this manga isn’t so long (and the U.S. ajin left enough of an impression) that at least we’re not like WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE “I’ll kill you!!” “Go ahead!!” HA Winnn I think the people in this series need to get their idea of ‘fun’ checked I don’t really understand what he says in the bubble after that... I’ll have to check the English did he like, metaphorically die because he’s out of FKs? I’m not up on my cigarette brands enough to know if that’s an FK or not... I think it’s what the brand turned into...? oh no what’s this omg is it gonna be Kai? Are they all gonna be in there? Kotobuki?? also this is already super sad that not everyone got out of jail free... unless they did and I’ll see... but also it’s realistic so all for the best I guess? i have no idea OH HA I thought it was the juvenile detention center but it’s Takahashi ! o_o not entirely sure I understand what Takahashi says to the guard either at least everyone’s having... fun??? KAI KAI KAI gahhhh this looks exactly like how ch 69 started and agh they’re both in juvie but ahhhhh they’re together?? I’m already scared to read and actually find out –o- oh wait they have dates to get out! and they said plural ‘we’ “That was fast” I feel like that panel represents what this chapter means to me somehow lmao they just want them to be not their problem anymore... that really wraps it up nicely, hilariously, and realistically I’m glad I’m not translating this because there are really a couple lines where I don’t completely understand them “something happened that day” um, yeah WOW I did NOT think we were going to get an answer to whether Kai was an ajin now or not, but I feel like that definitively answers that question????? also that’s terribly funny HE DOESN’T EVEN KNOW KEI REVIVED HIM?? -punches a wall- Kai’s whole personality is ‘I don’t really remember that happening’ >_____________________________> Kei... gave Kai a reason to live... because he almost died...? I still kinda have faith in this wrapping up well but GOD Kai is not a character to invest all your emotion into, laughs cryingly Kotobuki: “You literally never make any sense, man.” oh no “ano natsu” GAH

I just realized that this almost certainly means Kai and Kou never met. There isn’t enough keysmashing in the world to express my desire to throw my laptop at a wall right now

In no way shape or form did I ever expect to get closure on Akiyama, even on him getting out of the barrel

Manabe definitely stole whatever it is he’s holding but it was probably some kind of personal effects...? [my powers of prediction suck most of the time] he really looks beat up now ;u; Izukyū-Shimoda... Win, that’s not where you traveled, is it? Maybe I saw it on the Sunday NHK travel program... but it’s also the end of the train line and has ferries going out into the ocean islands. Is he getting away, or going home.......? or to Hirasawa or something...?

well that was an extremely abrupt shift are they really shooting Satou up into space they’re not using him as a test subject are they that sounds like an even more awful idea than I ever could have come up with okay... oh jeez can we please please not have Satou be Captain America you just KNOW he’s going to make trouble again, ,, , , ,!!

oh jeez Eriko! I didn’t expect to see her but it’s nice! it’s really sinking in that that’s all the closure we’re going to get on Kai isn’t it Eriko tsundere as if that needed confirmed okay cool, so she’s out of the hospital (for now)

It does seem appropriate? Likely? That Kei didn’t go home. WE BETTER SEE KOU THIS CHAPTER oh, it’s fall (or winter? Izumi said it was cold...) oh phew

Sakurai said RIP KeiKai shippers I guess.... but they still influenced each other so that’s still shippable even though they’re not together? sigh not everything is so straightforward and I guess it’s good it reflects that

Kei looks happy enough was Kei working a blue collar job with Kou or something? That’s 100% unexpected Kou adorable omg what is his new name gonna be Also ;-; so they’ve giving ajin rights but everyone’s still staying undercover...? or Kou isn’t I guess, that’s sweet oh wow we admit Tosaki’s great I guess last chapter’s statement that they found his remains must have settled whether he’s alive or not ‘iroiro atta na’ YOU THINK also pretty sure that’s Kai’s line from the drama CD what’s with that Kei face??? OMG PERF also that is scarily close to what I wrote in a fic, but also pretty much to be expected crap I guess at least Tanaka and Izumi are with each other? KAI’S MOON JACKET WITH THE SMILIE we really messed up characterizing Kai as the sun haha he’s out he’s out he’s out is he going to meet someone literally zooming out on everyone (like at the end of last chapter too) is kinda messing with me Like they’re still around and doing stuff but we aren’t (don’t get to) watch them anymore Kou saying ‘let’s all meet again’... my heart is warm ;0; LMAO

we can at least rest assured that everyone stayed in character

I can’t I can’t I can’t [note, this was when I thought Kei saying ‘nah’ was the last page]

O MM FRICKING GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

omg Sakurai you’ve done it again bwahahaah a coworker hit him and is like ‘oh cool fine nevermind’ this is WAY more hilarious than I was expecting for this chapter How do I always forget that Ajin has so much comedy not remembering what page number the chapter ends on is nice

Tankobon releases May 7th in Japan Elizaaaaaa Kei’s got a Shion coat

alright uh well I guess that’s good, in a way, we still get to imagine whatever we want

Finishing it hasn’t sunk in yet, I’ve have to get back to you on that one.

#Ajin #Ajin spoilers #ch 86 #ahhhhh

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origami10 · 7 years

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Ajin Live Action Movie --FULL SPOILERS-- (may also include spoilers for the Ajin manga and anime)

Table of Contents:

1. Overall verdict

2. Plot summary

3. Detailed plot (coming later)

4. Other thoughts

5. Thoughts about each character (long)

6. Final status of each character (summarized)

--under a cut because of spoilers and length--

1. Overall verdict: Good. My friends liked it a lot too!!! (Two of them had seen the entire anime, and the other one had only seen the first two episodes.)

SPOILERS BELOW, LAST WARNING

2. Plot summary:

-(I was late and missed the first few minutes of the movie, but I’m guessing Kei gets hit by the truck and gets taken to the lab.)

-Satou comes to rescue Kei, Kei escapes, Satou makes his announcement.

-The nice lady in the countryside looks out for Kei.

-Izumi comes to question Eriko but Tanaka attacks.

-Kei goes to the hospital and gets Eriko to come with him to the old lady’s house.

-Satou flies a plane into a building and gathers his team of ajin.

-Angry mob of villagers comes to the old lady’s house, and Kei and Eriko run away, wandering around the city. (No one appears to notice them.) Kei decides he and Tosaki need to join forces.

-manga version of the Forge arc

-Final battle between Kei and Satou on the helipad.

-Satou and Kei are both blasted with dry ice, frozen, and smashed into tiny ice bits, but Kei regenerates from a leftover hand, and it’s implied in a trailer scene that Satou has also regenerated.

3. VERY DETAILED plot summary:

Coming soon, it’s taking me forever. :| May be in a separate post. 4. Other thoughts –WOOD. CHIPPER. SCENE. – The entire Forge arc is very close to the manga version!! –There were a few Kei lines and Satou lines that were delivered in pretty much the same voice (tone of voice) as in the anime, though, that was pretty cool. –It was neat that Miyano Mamoru voiced Kei's IBM, too, since that's the same as the anime. – Apparently Polygon Studios did the animation for the IBMs!! I thought they looked pretty good. They were vaguely color-coded so Izumi's and Kei's were slightly bluer, and Tanaka and Satou's were slightly red. (We didn't see BroBM or Okuyama's at all, not much of a surprise there) –YouTube dude: In the attempts to imitate the original story and include the media as a significant factor, a random YouTuber popped up a few times to serve as a public reaction to the news. This is significant to me because I just get this feeling that Shinya is hiding out somewhere and using YouTube to make a living... but you can ignore me. They did briefly use the last name Nakamura for a separate news anchor. –There were a few spots that were even more pointedly violent than the manga, which surprised me. When Satou took on the SAT, [also omg I heard a really good pun in there, it was 'satto owaru', as in 1. Satou 2. SAT and 3. satto (I'll finish them off -quickly-)], at one point he grabbed a guy for shelter, regenerated, held a knife to the guy's throat, pulled out a grenade, stuck it under the guy's riot helmet, and then shoved him into his teammates where it exploded. They also had Kei cut off his hand for the decoy in the lab like the manga, vs. the anime leaving his shoes or something. And they had Satou fly the plane into the building... that's still hard to watch coming from the U.S. after 9/11. They didn't show Satou on the plane at all, only after it had crashed. –I was rewatching some episodes of the anime with the friend who hadn’t seen it, and the action scenes when Satou comes to rescue Kei from the facility last for longer screen time in the live action than the anime. The action was definitely a focus. There was also a cool background song that played at three(?) points in the movie (major action scenes), which started with the spoken words “Three, two, one, start! [enter action scene].” 5. Thoughts about each character: Kei: Kei felt a little lame to me. I think they did subdue Kei’s character a little bit. My friend that didn't like him for being a jerk in the anime did like him a little better in the movie. As a fan of the K boys in the series, it did make me kinda sad, but overall I think the movie captured got the essence of the series without the details, so I'm pretty happy with it. I felt a little bad for Takeru Satoh because I don’t think it was his best role. (I really enjoyed Ruroni Kenshin and Bakuman but Kei wasn’t a very expressive character, and not even that interesting when you tone him down a bit.) Eriko: She had freckles! She was really cute! And not quite as antagonistic towards Kei as in the manga/anime. Still somewhat antagonistic, but not as much. Her hair braids were thinner than I was expecting. Izumi: Izumi was perfect so that's all that really matters. Nothing more to say here, she was just badass and cute and didn’t get wrapped up in any unnecessary romantic relationships. If anything I really liked her interactions with Eriko. Tosaki: He get his 30 seconds of mints and saying "It's Tosaki, not Tozaki" – in general they kept in some small things like that that are particularly recognizable traits of the characters in Ajin, so that was nice. They didn’t give Tosaki any sympathy. Tosaki looked at Izumi laying on the floor with a knife in her stomach and said "I thought you were the one who was supposed to protect me" after he had to step in to help her fight Tanaka, so yeah, he still felt like a complete asshole. I don’t think Tosaki was the one who sent Kei to the lab, but Kei comes and offers to work with them after neither of them have any more options (and the discussion is carried out in a much less tense situation than in the manga/anime). Kei still threatens to use his IBM to kill his fiancée if anything goes wrong. At some point Izumi comments that it’s unusual to see Tosaki working with anyone, and (I believe) he says that they have no other choice. Hirasawa: He wasn’t bald? This was the only thing that bothered me ^^; The other three gulf squad members were there and they looked vaguely like Manabe, Kuroki, and Suzumura, but not enough to tell who was who. Satou: I normally root for Kei, so it made me feel like I was watching it through the eyes of a Satou fan– Satou and his squad were super cool (I mean, I'll concede that they are in all forms of the story, but Satou was definitely the focus of this movie.) Satou being played by a younger actor was not a problem at all. He TOTALLY had the Satou atmosphere down. I had no objections whatsoever to that. About how old he is and whether he's American, they really didn't get into that at all. I think the movie did a good job at covering the basics, but they did have to leave out a lot to fit it within the time frame. I was glancing through the movie pamphlet and I think in the director's interview it said they got Satou's actor to talk a little faster to help cut down the time XD Oh, but one of the small changes that felt huge to me was, so you know how they said Tanaka was only in the facility for 2 years? They said that Satou was in for 20, all the way from when he was an infant to when he was a young man. (Aka, sympathy points for Satou that he absolutely does not require.) Tanaka: Tanaka is way more competent, he can fly a drone and shoot VERY accurately. He’s made out not to be sympathetic. He doesn’t hesitate to shoot humans. We never get a scene where he and Izumi exchange memories. Takahashi/Gen: Takahashi and Gen were perfect and hilarious. They were being silly in the van before Forge, but I didn't see any drugs. (Maybe I didn't notice them, or them didn't have the time to make it a point...) Gen mostly served as the gunman to reset Takahashi and Tanaka. Okuyama: Okuyama still has his limp, and it even seems more severe because they have him using a wheelchair, although he can still move around with a cane. 6. Final status of each character: (MAY ALSO CONTAIN MANGA AND ANIME SPOILERS) Kei: Revived and likely still on the run Eriko: Safely back in the hospital? (I forget...) Izumi and Tosaki: still alive and still on the Ajin Management Committee Hirasawa and gulf squad: dead Satou: implied revived Tanaka: probably in custody of the Ajin Management Committee; unclear Takahashi, Okuyama: see Tanaka Gen: see Tanaka, and was never definitively killed and revived (could be human) Kai, Kou, Kotobuki, Ogura, Naomi Li, Almeida/Myers, Akiyama(firefighter), Sokabe, Shinya/Yuusuke: never in the movie When you look at the status of the characters, there’s no conclusive ending, but somehow or other the movie felt like it had resolved things by the end. That’s it! I’m happy to take questions to fill out anything I missed, so just send me an ask~ I hope the movie becomes available internationally soon!

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