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>Final Volume
>>279620578

>>279627371 (OP)
Don't cry because its over. Smile because it happened.

Cool, I can post this stuff now.

Thanks for this op

Not too fast though.

>>279627371 (OP)
Oh shit, it actually hit bump limit.
Now I feel like an idiot for thinking I could read it late like I always do.

man, like most big storytimes are done now

>>279627646
Between this and the Jojo storytime ending, I'm gonna have so much more free time now.

>>279627630
Don't worry, that's why OP made this thread in the first place. You can just reply to whatever posts you want to in this thread.

I've been thinking.
There's a page in the final volume in which Faceless/Jin mentions that at some point Masaru would've reached young adulthood and match Shirogane's physical age. Combined with Faceless original 2 years of fights plan that was forgotten when the final act started and the editor forcing him to speed up the series, it makes me think that Fuhita originally intended for Masaru to grow up and fall in love properly with Shirogane.
Jin says Masaru loves her, but even then I actually never saw it as romantic love, it felt more like a little brother trying to prove himself to his protective sister or puppy love at best. If Masaru had reached, say, 16 or 17, I could've see it as romantic love instead.
Also, Fujita probably planned an even longer arc in the village training with Guy.

>>279620876
FRESH!

>>279620959
>Mitsuushi and Naota aren't in heaven
Harsh but deserved.

>>279627775
He didn't even know that they betrayed them.

>>279627715
>an even longer harem arc
kill me please

>>279621174
KKKKKKKKKIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO
>>279627806
He just knew in his heart that the pearly gates would not open for them.

>>279627371 (OP)
you know it's really funny how late-stage Eren's character is really really close to Bai Jin, I truly think Yam read Karakuri Circus at some point and he just never mentioned it to anyone, he even used MulLuv as one of his references. I made a shitpost a few years ago when Final season 2nd part last movie aired

>>279627031
the chimney sweep scene (crazy that Fujita was able to remember this little detail and use it at last)

>>279627880
kiiinnoooooo

>>279621957
>>279621976
OUR HEROES (and Mitsuushi and Naota) FUCKING LIVED

>>279622102
Inside you, there are two Francines.
One wants you to fuck Narumi.
The other wants you to fuck Narumi.
You want to fuck Narumi.

>>279627715
I wonder what else may have gotten cut. Narumi never mentioned what happened in the village to Shirogane. Maybe Yin's memories would become important later on? It seems weird to me that they never came up again. Narumi also mentioned that his left eye never changed colour, which really seemed like it would come up again later.
>>279622102
I feel like this would have been expanded on too.

>>279622777
Faceless didn't account for one thing.
By giving Masaru his memories, Masaru became a cuck and would take any path possible to avoid ending up with any variant of Francine. Consciously or unconsciously.

>>279623098
>>279623112
>I finally get it... I'm... cringe...

>>279627371 (OP)
Glad I caught up just in time for the last two volume dumps.
Anyone find a site the translations have been uploaded too since it got killed on Mangadex? Really want to introduce this series to some friends.

With this foreboding text back in vol 34, I actually thought the village was going to get blown up, but no turns out Masaru never went back to visit.

From the gacha game. Future Masaru as ringmaster.

>>279624246
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>>279624271
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>>279624297
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I thought the ending of Toriko was beautiful, but this honestly knocks it out of the park.

If I compare this to Ushio and Tora I thought that most of the earlier parts of that final arc were better, but the fact that Karakuri Circus was technically axed and how good this volume was, it's a little hard to say which arc I liked more. I loved the final chapter and the Curtain Call so much in this manga. I love happy endings like this.

>>279624283
Damn, they didn't even let her put her pants back on. Had to pose in her panties.

I feel like no matter what Masaru having romantic feelings for Shirogane would always feel forced.

>>279623850
Man, worm'd from the past. I feel like I'm living in a simulation.

Here's the image that some anon deleted last thread to fit in the last page for that bonus chapter that some anon TL'd.

>>279629686
I'd imagine Sandro read Karakuri Circus and got all his inspiration for tongue sticking out from there.

>>279627535
>>279627548
>>279627604
>>279627620
I liked his old man look better.

>>279628317
that looks sick, do you have any other character cards?

>>279624564
Thanks a lot Tin. Didn't catch much, but it was fun.

>>279621957
Houan is MY HERO.

Did anyone ever tell Eleonore that Shouji was her Dad and Lucille was her Grandma?

Thanks for the dump.
I loved it, even parts like the flashback namek, and the Kuroga village romcom. The ending didn't feel as rushed as I expected, and the finale in space was great. Although the contrivances to avoid the main trio meeting went absurd fast. And things like Eleonore going from worrying about Masaru 24/7 to not mentioning ever again. Also >>279629292
I'm surprised I liked Masaru so much as a protagonist. Punished Narumi I didn't care much about, but he didn't get that much time either.

George best character. Wish he'd made it.

Damn I missed the entire volume chapter dump. Shit must have archived fast.

Some of my thoughts now that the ride is over, one of the most original shonen I've read with a big focus on drama and characters. Straight into my favourites.
First volumes are an amazing introduction, it becomes apparent overall that the story formed in the mangaka's mind over time since there's a lot of retcons and incoherences but it's doesn't change the fact that vol 1-3 are an almost perfect hook. Overall I thought the first half of the manga up to the end of Sahara are outstanding in spite of this fight-heavy arc that aren't the manga's strong suit.
I'm more ambivalent towards the second half, we get the full story, Masaru gets a lot of development and some characters like Arlecchino and Pantalone get such a satisfying conclusion. On the other hand Narumi and Shirogane flip flop on their development or get stuck in place for several volumes and right at the end the conclusion feels really abrupt. A shame since I believe it could've been fixed with one or two more chapters of them interacting and less out-of-character behavior. I believe Vilma and Ashihana deserved a bit more, especially taking into account Masaru's harem Namek.

More broadly speaking, really loved the themes and imagery of history repeating itself, even if it is not that original it really permeates through the entire story. There's also some universal appeal, Masaru's story is about finding his own individuality instead of becoming another Bai Jin (the weird "you love Shirogane don't you?" hammered to him) like he was destined to be , Shirogane's is somewhat similar and Narumi is just about persevering in spite of all the shit you get handed in life (The Struggle™ as known from Berserk fans).

Amazing art in my opinion. Very stylized and unconventional so most people will either love it or hate it but I'm in the first camp. Also when Fujita tries he can really make some visually impressive martial-arts focused fights.

>>279627371 (OP)
Fun fact, before getting EOS the final banner for the Karakuri Circus gacha game was Faceless of all people. What sadistic joke from the devs haha

>>279627371 (OP)
italianon here
i wanted to say cheers for the storytime. i had a lot of fun with it

>>279624648
all me btw
as i said, i regret my actions, i am happy we got a cool storytime out of it

>>279628227
It's on nyaa, you should share that version.

>>279627659
Kurumada was also the first one that came to my mind, but it makes sense to be Koichirou Yasunaga. Here's the google translated thing I found: He is said to be modeled after Yasunaga Koichiro, who has another pen name "Zuboshi Kyoichiro", which is the model for his name, but there are various theories and it is not certain.

>>279628227
Any aggregator should have it since it was on dex and they all ripped from it.
comick, weebcentral, etc

>>279637572
Aggregators might be hosting outdated chapters. You can check this by looking at volume 26 in weebcentral and comparing it to the one in the nyaa torrent.

>>279635616
>>279627450
so it goes

>>279627646
Someone should do Moonlight Act

Her smile: discovered
His humanity: restored

so did Narumi ever know about Masaru? or..

>>279641499
Imagine if to this day he still believes some rando called Chimney Sweep saved za warudo.

>>279641499
I'm sure they had a nice reunion with Eleonor after Masaru got back. After fixing any immediate damage they probably put on a new Circus act too. Fujita just didn't have an extra volume to spend on it.

>>279641893
Some random Shirogane that either survived the Midnight Circus or just didn't show up.
Kinda weird Masaru didn't become a Shirogane in the end after imbibing so much blood.

Anons i have bad news, they never met again.

https://x.com/ufujitakazuhiro/status/36841048181309440

>>279642278
daaamn, this sucks :(

>>279642278
Even with the manga over, the suffering never ends.

>>279642278
I'm going to choose to not believe that

>>279642278
I don't understand why he thought that this is a good idea. Narumi and Masaru should've been reunited after the Kuroga village arc at the latest, Narumi himself should've stopped acting like an idiot after the bus hijacking. It's a shame.

>>279642947
Masaru fears turning into bai 2.0 from watching Narumi fuck her

>>279643083
Yeah I always headcannoned that Masaru intentionally avoided them for that reason. Just a bit more self-sacrifice bitterness to round it all off. At least he is still part of the Circus.

Good Fujita anime adaptation NEVER...not even Souboutei...what the fuck, Japan?

>>279643134
To be fair, its got to be hard to know that they'll get 300 years of lovey-dovey time together and not be envious.

>>279624564
As one of the voters for this story, thanks for delivering. It's nice to have the proper story with all the anime gaps covered even if some of those flashbacks were testing my patience.

That one /a/non who said he would dump Souboutei has started if anyone is interested.
>>279643390

>>279631923
When it comes to Narumi's story I'd say that it's about the struggle for the first half of it, but the later half morphed into being about letting go. He needed to let go or his hate, his past, his guilt, his responsibilities and just do what he wants to instead of burning out. I think Lucille mentioned that he should focus on what he loves and not what he hates when she was leaving for the After Life.

Reminder

>>279641499
He's around in >>279623627 so yes.

>>279643232
Wasn't Ushio great?

Can any manga character ever hope to beat Chimney fucking Sweeps?

>>279644430
Very fitting.

>>279646266
Naw. He sweeps them all away.

>>279644830
Delete this right now

>>279631427
Did people not like flashback Namek?
That was probably my favorite part.

>>279649190
It's not that it was bad, but it just dragged on and on and was too much for some people like me.

>>279644068
Not like he can't just find Shirogane and ask her for some Aqua Vitae for him and Lisse.

I'm glad anon posted that Shimamoto comic at the end, it gave some extra context even if I'm not sure how much of it is BS for the sake of comedy.

>>279651330
Yeah, I find it helps give a bit more closure.

>>279651330
It was a nice way to wrap it up.

>>279643232
The struggle is real.

>>279644370
Marathoned the manga.
Was breddy good even if the start was weak.

Holy shit Fujitas romance though is pretty consistently lacking.
Main heroines are usually cute and all but they tend to have a single conversation with MC then at the end are kind of shoehorned in a romantic relationship

>>279655217
I haven't read Souboutei yet, but yeah...... Romance in Fujita manga does seem to stay on the back burner until the end.

I don't know if this will be one of the last posts or not, but if so until the next time that the circus comes to /a/, goodbye!

>>279644370
WOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>279644370
Almost missed it.

>>279624564
Thanks for dumping Tin. I wasn't able to really engage with this one despite loving karakuri Circus. But I'm glad other anon's got to enjoy the rollercoaster.

>>279627646
The era of big storytimes is over. Now begins the era of medium sized storytimes.

>>279627371 (OP)
Thank for this job op

>>279656590
It was fun posting with you, anon. See you again.

I loved this series wish it got a good anime adaption, the DESPAIR was great. Ushio and Tora may be a classic but I like this more

>>279656590
Until we can all laugh with our Francine together again, anon.

>>279642278
So odd considering the final chapter being about how anything could happen and how happy it is

>>279642278
Fuck.

The last 20 or so chapters were very good, I had Masaru fatigue at that point so whenever he showed up I rolled up my eyes and blitzed through the dialogue.

A little longer.

>>279669295
How much longer /a/non?

Just wanted to say I started reading this during the Hack Days and only after 4chan came back I noticed these threads and I've been enjoying it a lot. I love Flame of Recca and Gash Bell so it's cool to see the work of their master. I'm at Volume 29 now and I like Masaru the most, but I like Narumi's story too. I think my only major complaint is that it feels like it's doing too much. I was surprised hearing the series actually got axed considering Fujita's notoriety and how long the series already was. Even so, I've been enjoying the hell out of this, and though I'll read a few things after I'm done, I look forward to reading Ushio and Tora.

>>279670631
Tin the 2nd started the Storytime on the day 4chan came back as a celebration. All of Fujita's manga are good, so enjoy Ushio and Tora when you get to it.

>>279669418
Can I pick forever?

>>279630565
Here's the twitter link. Expect lots of them to heavily lean towards heavy fanservice, because gacha, but there's a couple of cool cards for the male characters.
https://x.com/karakuri_gameC/media

>>279672656
All good things must come to an end eventually /a/non, but I suppose you can extend this a bit longer if you wish.

>>279670631
>I was surprised hearing the series actually got axed
Wait, was it? Is there any actual confirmation for this anywhere on the internet?

>>279675442

>>279625002

Baseball arc translation when.

>>279675823
Giving Arlequin and the other puppets is cursed.
Surprised it wasn't given a bigger role in the story, the only remarkable thing about it was its durability and that it was never fully repaired for whatever reason.

>>279672904
>heavily lean towards heavy fanservice
Sheesh you weren’t kidding. I know the manga didn’t shy away from it exactly. But I wasn’t expecting to see a scantily clad Vilma using a stripper pole. That aside, there were some neat pieces there.

>>279672904
There's also the pachinko game, think that's still alive and raking in dollars because it's fucking pachinko.
https://youtu.be/OQkXLRBrkzU?si=t-wvrtD6SKXJXH9r
Got wacky shit like devil Narumi. I hate what I'm seeing.

>>279677122
MY DEMON KING and his ANGEL WIFE!

>>279672904
wow you weren't kidding

I've been looking at pixiv and Pantalone is oddly popular with the ladies

>>279680509
It must be the big arms/hands. Being able to shoot air out of them is a bonus.

>>279672904
Incredible how not a single one of those Shirogane ever show her flexibility and legs. It's literally all she does in every appearance.

>>279680741
.......imagine.......