I think you’ll be in for a treat when you get to it!

Right? Also here’s how little I knew of it going in: I only knew the name of it and thought it might be an edgy show about some yakuza or something that was constantly going all out 😂

How do you go about following manga btw? Physical copies, or can you buy them digitally now? I used to try to follow some manga with physical copies, but for long-running series that got silly, and libraries around me only carried a few older volumes if they carried any.

(I know of other ways to get them fwiw, but a quick glance at the terms for this instance says not to discuss those, so let’s not get into them 😅 )

Aah, I’m only in the midst of season 4 right now, and I’m not sure if what I’m watching it through goes to season 5 or not. I’m only now realizing this series is still ongoing, so I may stop after season 4, particularly if that’s all that’s available anyway. 😄

Btw, if you go to the site linked in the article and click buy tickets for the upcoming movie showing, you can enter in your zip code to see which theatres around you may be showing them!

You might want to try cross-posting this to [email protected] for more responses.

In the meantime though you might check out Boogiepop Phantom and Robot Carnival on Retrocrush. Boogiepop’s a show, while Robot Carnival is an anthology movie.

Oh whoa, I’m familiar with Monster but didn’t remember the author’s name, so didn’t make the connection! That probably explains some of why I enjoyed it, as I also appreciated Monster, even if it does drag things out a bit.

Also yeah, I don’t remember specific examples of the dialogue, but it definitely has those awkward/clunky moments of, “Did you really need to say it?” I think it’s something I’ve grown to kind of take in stride with some media though.

Always nice to see when an adaptation stays close to the source material! I may have to pick up the manga sometime and do the reverse, lol