Gather 'round ArtCHADS, Exorcisters and Paranormal Enjoyers, here be volume 8 of Souboutei!
After saving Flor, Takoha is brought face to face with the owner and creator of Souboutei, Sakamaki Deido, meanwhile, two new heroes show themselves inside Souboutei as unlikely saviours of the invasion team, Kaerikuro and Zanka.
Who are they and where do they come from? What awaits OUR NARRATOR Takoha now that he finds themselves in the lion's den? Is Deido an alien collaborator? Will the exhausted members of the invasion team manage to make it and get outside of the accursed mansion?
The questions keep piling up, but there's one singular answer:
SOUBOUTEI MUST BE DESTROYED!
Volume 1: >>279643390
Volume 2: >>279668930
Volume 3: >>279694957
Volume 4: >>279722661
Volume 5: >>279752425
Volume 6: >>279781578
Volume 7: >>279809076

>Wait a minute, these aren't pleasant childhood memories, this is mind shattering horror!
>Yoshitarou, you rat! How could you give your own friend the ol' mind shattering horror?

>Turning me and my men into soulless meat puppets for demonic aliens?
>i sleep
>Sneering at me?
>THAT'S IT, SOUBOUTEI MUST BE DESTROYED!
BEAST

>>279837789
based KINOshita

there she is

>>279838104
>that paint
Water mixed with the aliens?

>>279837527
Think on the bright side, at least it's not the the ol' hot coffee.

Deido, stop schizobabbling and aswer Takoha's questions

>>279837923
>you are so ugly, girl
>never let anyone see your ugly ugly face
>look at this living idol
>she's an angel sent from the heavens!
???

>>279837759
Damn, he survived. Good job.

>huh, this looks interesting
>hmm the wonky art feels familiar...
>mfw it's a fucking Fujita series
please tell me there's no Masaru-likes in this, PLEASE

>Siscon
Oh...

There's hardly anything more pure than an outoto's love for his oneesan

>>279838181
Tongue slut

But now, back to the scheduled eldritch horrors beyond human comprehension

>>279838340
Maybe one of those "Biblically Accurate" angels.

>>279839153
He's really photogenic.

Ḣ̷̢̛͙̟̬̙̙̪̰̳͙̦̣͂̊̈́̒͊̓̾́̋̇͂̃ͅͅͅÖ̷͚̭͓̉̔̈͒̀̄͒́̀͛Ẅ̶̧̛͍̈́̐̎̿͐͒̋̇͋̿̈̕Ẹ̶̡͙̪̭̱̳̣̰̠͖͍̑V̸̙̰͙͖̙̬̦̗̬̇̆͋̔̍̆́͆͠͠ͅĖ̴̜̱͓̝̆͌̈́̄̃̂̕R̴̜͍̹̪͚̄̋̐̋̆̇̑̽ͅ

>>279839362
Jinbros....

It was at this moment that the aliens knew they fucked up

FUARK

>>279837224 (OP)
Time for some mystery soldiers.

>>279839527
Painters......are strong

Absolute Kino, nothing else needs to be said
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uMnxoqTnBA&list=PLcKdf1uirGrJYr0sKgArNiHkWjUeu-S8y&index=32

>>279838476
>>279838501
Missing page here.

>>279839813
Fuck me, gonna post it at the end of this chapter

ROKUROU
DON'T LET HER TOUCH YOU ROKUROU
SHE WANTS TO INVADE YOU, SHE IS GASLIGHTING YOU ROKUROU
ROKUROU
ROKUROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU

>>279839993
Todd?

missing page inbetween>>279838476 and >>279838501

>>279840178
Leave them to me!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Rokuroubros...
See you tomorrow for Volume 9...

>>279840385
No more missing pages OP and thanks. It's RokurOVER.....

>>279839993
>alien that can figure out your deepest fears and mind break you with them
>jobs to a painter
The mind of a schizo is truly defies logic

>>279840385
Thank you. This wouldn't have happened to Masaru...

>>279839153
>I drank Shirogane's blood, Faceless!

>>279840708
Jobbed to two different artists, mind you.

>>279839585
>the plane passengers taught their water alien joy, love, and hate
>Deido taught his water alien FEAR

>>279840708
>Paint jobs to a painter
I see no issues here

>>279837286
One hell of a face from someone usually so composed

>>279838535
>>279838569
Lol lovecraft’s color out of space reference.

>>279837400
That boy is GAY

>>279837426
Alright nevermind
That boy just wants his sister

>>279837484
>wouldn't let his sister go
>wouldn't let Takoha go
This guy has issues

>>279837620
>caped badass soldier screaming in horror at childhood trauma
Powerful image

>>279841519
>created a murder mansion full of paintings made of evil aliens
You don't say

>>279837759
What a fucking beast
FUCK IT UP

>>279837814
Sakamaki Must Be Destoryed

>>279837923
How rude

>>279838051
The Lieutenant has a habit of treating allies like monstrous enemies

>>279838149

>>279838181
Don't stab Kaerikuro in the head please

>>279838233
Is that Squidward

>>279842006
>Deido: I call it 'Bold and Brash'
>Prime Minister: More like, 'Belongs In The Trash'!
>Deido: REEEEEEEEEE

>>279838535
So what happens when he finishes his painting and lets his mind wander and it turns into a sheet of solid colour

>>279838594
What a cutie
I'd love to feed her (not a fetish)

>>279839385
am I reading this right, she asked him to euthanize her? so the sister was the fucked up one after all

>>279839474
>DAMN PAINT
>NEEDS CANVAS CORRECTION

>>279842178
>letting his mind wander
I see you don't fully understand Deido yet.

How to resist being possessed by Souboutei:
option 1:
>look deep within yourself and overcome your past trauma
option 2:
>fill yourself with so much hate that there is no room for trauma

>>279839153
Very Alice there

>>279837998
>Well, my life in the cult has been fun but I just realized that SOUBOUTEI MUST BE DESTROYED. Seeya later!

>>279838827
Don't be enchanted Rokurou

>>279837286
sad that Daido doesn't get off like this anymore when someone gets sucked in

>>279838964
>water aliens were in Souboutei before Seiichi's enemies were
This place is so absurdly cursed

>>279837286
Why did he sneer?

>>279839097
>making demands of the hivemind monster that just kidnapped you
He's evil, but the dude's pretty cool

>>279841392
Doesn't every man?

>>279837759
How dare he smile like that? Fucking asshole, smiling like some queer asshole.

>>279837647
>>279837673
>that voice
soft enter?

>>279837759
>>279837789
BEAST
BASED KINOSHITA

>>279839153
>lolified alien onee-san harem

>>279838569
>>279838594
What a siscon

>>279839414
>>279839444
>local man too angry to die

>>279844203
Water aliens ARE Seiichi's enemies, these were just scouts meant to find a suitable planet and bring over the rest of them through the gateway that the bombing made until grandpa water interfered.

>>279839527
Gaylord aliens need to learn there's nothing logical about human spite

>>279839560
>cosmic terror is terrified by the vast abyss of an autist's mind.

>>279839585
>>279839646
>villain has the persevering of a protagonist
Fucking 10

>>279839959
>entire plane's worth of people go to war with the water for fifty years and eventually make it choose a Plan B
>Deido encounters the water once and reduces it to tears and terror
I can't tell if he's a beast or just a fucking lunatic

>>279840228
Fuck them
Fuck aliens

>>279838476
>What is this color!?
you can even call it The Colour Out of Space...

>>279840335
>trusting ayys

>>279840385
Thanks OP
Really great volume

>>279843051
I see the error of my ways now

>>279844867
Deido is a fucking menace and I say this affectionately, if he were the one who got accidentally teleported to grandpa he would have ended the war in a week and we'd have a planet worth of genki water Shino rather than giga cursed Shino

>>279844189
That was his friend, and his only friend
Why would he get off from anyone other than Zanka

>>279844667
Mind rape planet not so tough after being painted

>>279838380
I love these two pages, such a good display of Deido's mindset

>>279838901
>>279838931
>>279838964
reminds me of Samurai Jack, the Birth of Aku

>>279839993
Props to Shino she's a good actor. I knew she was up to something here but still started to feel a bit of pity.

>>279845135
>planet worth of genki water Shino
That's a cursed mental image, now I kind of want to see this timeline.

>>279844867
>>279845135
it's Setou Kaiba level autism, for the water's brazen audacity to defile his waifu's image

>>279839646
"Actually guys, I don't see what's so scary about Steven King and Lovecraft."

>>279839527
Welcome to humanity. Get fucked, ayys!
>>279839560
>>279839585
>the hunter has become the hunted

>>279845836
If Souboutei ever gets an anime in our lifetime Deido should be voiced by either Tsudaken or Tomokazu Seki because nobody else can properly give voice to his autism

>>279845836
>>279845871
I was going to say I'm already reading Deido in Tsuda's voice.

>>279839993
Do not trust Souboutei, Rokurou! Don't trust this chick!
SMBD
SMBD
TSD

>>279840335
FUCK
>>279840385
Thanks OP

I love how the mysteries are slowly being resolved one by one in a satisfying way. It's all too common in other manga for chapters to leave off on cheap cliffhangers. I'm also glad character backstories are elaborated on as soon as their introduction. I'm used to backstories being held back for later on.

>>279839231
>Body violated
>it was a good thing
gaaaaay

>>279838413
Not quite sure what you mean. There are kids, but not super-prodigy types like Masaru. One of them has superpowers and is probably easier to compare to beast-spear Ushio.
The narrative is also more focused than Karakuri Circus, to the point where it has a mantra. A larger main cast, but a much smaller supporting cast overall, and still plenty of flashbacks.

>>279847201
it was stimulating

>>279838273
the what

>>279847201
>Sentient alien hivemind makes full contact with elder got tier autismo who can discern people's minds just by looking at them
It was a good thing for Deido since it was basically a free ticket for mindfucking the paint into submission

>>279845871
Deido feels more like a Sakurai Takahiro to me, too bad he ain't really getting more jobs nowadays

>>279840335
This is what happens when you let yourself forget about DESTROYING. The urge to DESTROY should be kept in your heart at all times.

>>279840385
Thank you for posting.

>>279847846
I was thinking of the Symphonia version (pic related) of the ol' spicy keychain (video is the Symphonia scene):
https://youtu.be/ku44Sc-jCX4?si=MW_TcyNj2rMfMJjZ

>>279839679
>taming a bratty alien hive mind organism into your personal loli
Deido... I kneel...

>>279838413
But /a/non Masaru was a good kid. What else do you want, Narumi? Ushio? Gekkou? Engekibou? Tora?

>>279850017
heh

>>279850844
Masaru was boring as shit

>>279838181
damn

>>279850844
Masaru was a good kid but Fujita mismanaged him as a character by having tons of veeeeeeeeeery slow SoL arcs for him with a lot of his usual harem antics that ultimately go nowhere, and a very rushed finale.
Rokurou shares some traits with Masaru but he's handled a lot better, all of the chapters dedicated to his growth as a person don't destroy the pacing of the story and are always intertwined with something else rather than being little self contained pockets of narrative.
Souboutei in general is more focused compared to Karakuri, on one hand due to the setting being much more limited, on the other it was simply planned better as Fujita clearly had a much more definite long term plan for it and also kept it relatively short.

>>279839619
>>279839646
Is this a
>humanity, fuck yeah!
moment or just an autist going berserk?

>>279853448
Both
It's magnificent

>>279853448
>Cosmic eldritch horror is unlucky enough to meet a human that might as well be a bigger cosmic eldritch horror
It's both, Deido violent, autistic rage at having the memories of his beloved sister violated by sentient alien paint is one of the highest points of the manga and believe you me, there's going to be other peak Deido moments in the future.

>>279853461
>>279853529
haha
looking forward to it, i love unhinged bastards like Deido

>>279853461
Oh boy

>>279839527
The indomitable autistic spirit.

>>279847201
Deido put the Brock Samson ass clamp on the invaders.

>>279846827
It's a refreshing change of pace compared to the usual.

>>279837224 (OP)
mysterious

>>279840255
>Soubotei must be destroyed!
>Soubotei tells a sad story
>Falls for it

God dammit Rokurou, you had ONE JOB

What part of "Soubotei must be destroyed" you didn't understand? I guess it wasn't stated enough

>>279862573