Gather 'round ArtCHADS, Exorcisters and Paranormal Enjoyers, here be volume 16 of Souboutei!
Izu Oujin & Koremitsu have ENTERED the fray, adding yet another fearsome foe to the villains' side, what's more, it turns out Oujin is the Kirita sisters' father and a legendary exorcist, but why would such a person work with Souboutei?
As Rokurou hangs on to dear life after being nearly headshotted, our HEROES are finally all together again, the Kirita sisters are reunited as well and after an intense pokemon fight, Kikuyo is finally put the rest, but not before leaving her dwelling pupils to her little sisters as a parting gift.
As the party recovers, Deido keeps painting, unaware of some plan brewing on the invaders' side, we're clearly entering the last stretch here, which is all the more important to yet again remember why we're here in the first place, that's right:
SOUBOUTEI MUST BE DESTROYED!
Previous thread:>>280039361

Barret please come over and tardwrangle Travis

hnnnnng Makoto's makotos get bigger with every volume

Grandpa's carrying these fools AGAIN, what a madlad

>Malnourished as a child
>A literal giant in his old age
Does not compute

Travis, please...

Deido is far too patient with these fools

>>280066092 (OP)
Uh, I think you should get that leg checked out.

Oujin, you RAT
What are you scheming?

>>280066279
Is she the most voluptuous girls he's drawn?

Yadorigi's HERO!

>>280066432
>The Last Supper
Uh, Judas?

>>280066571
>Alright, let's get this onto a tray.......nice.

>>280066571
That happens alot. My cousins on my mom's side were skinny as fuck and small yet by the time they were around 14-16 they were 184 cm(SEA too btw). This was also barring their diet because at one point, they had to conserve food. Today their height is 191cm. Some people just GROW.

Also it just gets me that Fujita just spouts all this American trivia just for his characters backgrounds. Not a lot of mangaka put all the emphasis on their foreign character counterparts.

The paintings TANKED that

>>280067827
He's going to see her sister naked, isn't he?

>>280066129
Now that the gang is together the party can REALLY get started.

>>280067188
Oooohhhh

Oh shit

Finally, DEIDO CULO

Deido, I...I kneel

HOLY FUARK

>>280066165
What a chuuni
But I am once again wondering if 'picturebook' is some bizarre choice in translating 'manga' or if he really does want to write for toddlers

Goddamnit Oujin, you're an absolutely vile cunt but you're also funny as shit

>>280066190
Everyone in this is some flavour of autistic

>>280066312
>THIS PARANORMAL NONSENSE IS BULLSHIT
>BUT NOT ALL THAT OTHER PARANORMAL NONSENSE I LIKE, THAT'S SCIENCE

>>280068284
He likes the crying.

RUN ROKUROU
RUN

>>280066340
Grandpa literally cannot stop saving the day

>>280066407
>>280066432
Nice colouring

>>280068760
Did the evil mineral water from another planet just say "Fuck"?

>>280067953
I genuinely thought he came back. Damn you Souboutei!!

>>280068479
I need to start using the phrase shake your brain.

>>280066432
Kinoshita and Kaerikuro must be famished
The last time they ate was a century ago

Jesus christ how horrifying

>>280068874
I can see the alien hivemind picking that up from Oujin, he's a bad influence

>>280068874
She might be distilled water.

>>280066571
>some guy named Napoleon
Is he a dunce in everything but science

>>280066628
Augusto is jelly

>>280069023
I love the horror.

>>280066092 (OP)
SOUBOUTEI MUST BE DESTROYED
LET'S GHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>280066754
Hair down Kurenai is nice too

>>280066793
Nice ass

>>280042276
Reminder that the Invaders destroy the soul upon hijacking the body, so even though her original self shined through in the end, the other two will not be meeting their sister in Heaven.

Looks like Deido will have to slap some disobedient little bitches again
That's all for volume 16, see you tomorrow for volume 17!

>>280066165
Yadorigi please don't insult the image that shakes a man's brain matter.

>>280067044
>>280067079
He's fucked that water avatar

>>280066165
>calling the art that won the Kirita sisters' fight crap
Deido is right. Death to all critics!

>>280069519
No missing pages OP and thanks for the dump. I don't have to do this anymore, but I'm used to it now.

>>280066340
Grandpa is the GOAT.

>>280068617
I think it may be an actual picturebook, something like those bear books for kids with minimal writing..

Anyone else having connection errors?

>>280066657
>You've been of no help whatsoever
Souboutei, please, humble these ungrateful idiots. They need more humbling.
>>280066688
And only the man of Japan gets it. Common KINOshita W

>>280069989
Yeah. I blame Souboutei for this.

>>280070072
Your post didn't even show up as a (you) for me. Screw off Souboutei! If you play with the captcha and post button it does eventually go through though.

>>280069519
Danke dumpman

>>280066165
Takoha's art is too deep and soulful for her to comprehend

>>280067188
Cute, I ship it.

>>280067931
Hot

>>280066340
Grandpa continues trolling the Invaders from beyond the grave.

>>280068013
I like that, despite his gentleness, Grandpa takes children seriously

>>280068884
Don't diss Grandpa like that

>>280066571
I wasn't expecting Brooklyn, my hometown to be mentioned here.

>>280068150
>!

>>280066657
I can't tell if Yadogiri is low key tsundere for Takoha or just randomly spouting nonsense.

>>280067827
Rokurou's resolve is insane, even by adult standards.

>>280070298
Really? Fujita already referenced a Broadway musical after all.

>>280068675
I still don't understand what Oujin gets out of all this. Deido's in it for the art, Invaders are in it for taking over Earth and Oujin...maybe he wants to watch the world burn(drown in this case)?

>>280068760
Rokurou has some incredibly bad luck here

>>280068608
It's funny that Fujita found a way to keep drawing a girl naked for at least five volumes now.
>>280069519
I really liked the chase sequence and the party's interaction, my favourite volume so far.

>>280069289
>deduces the situation while under fire
SMARTkurou

>>280069519
Haha get fucked Oujin
Thanks OP

>>280069989
Yes.
Deido must be messing around.

>>280066718
>>280066754
Fujita's a pitsman.

>>280068407
HE HAS BECOME ART
THE CREATOR OF WORLDS

>>280068441
>soul manga doing meta commentary on what the soul in art is that captures your heart from the man drawing paintings that allow invaders to enter the souls of those who see it
I kneel

>>280066571
Apparently the rations Kinoshita would've received in his time were a rice and barley mix, sausages or local tuna or squid, and foraged fresh fruit. I'm surprised he didn't find the flavors of the MRE excessively extravagant in comparison.

>>280066833
Shino continues to be corrected.

>>280066340
isn't Kaerikuro's hair water also made of Grandpa?

>>280072399
Yeah, even weirder since Kaerikuro spat a carbonated drink some volumes ago.

>>280067044
Reminder Deido hadn't realized Takoha hadn't died up until this point. So he's basically just happy that he can chat with another artist some more.

>>280067116
>guard duty just consists of her sticking her tongue out until everyone else is done
It's funny when you think about how silly she must look just standing there.

>>280066628
How do you exactly perform exorcisms by shooting balls of fire? do they just go around burning down haunted houses?

>>280072871
Now that I think about it, he saw Rokurou but not Takoha when he was astral projecting?

>>280068258
>that weak-hearted expression...siste- you were not that kind of woman...

>>280068319
Somehow this man manages to keep being even more insane than I previously thought

>>280067335
That does sound like something Zanka would do.

>>280072951
He have seen Takoha but figured that Takoha must have finally died in Souboutei. I think Takoha dying was a disappointment to him.

>>280067440
Time for them to become the best recon asset of the team outside of characters that die and become ghosts.

>>280068284
>>280068319
It'll be so funny if Deido got Yomiza'd in the distant future too.

>>280067741
paint has leveled up it seems

>>280068700
>dem Shino lips
hnnggg

>>280068150
>Is there another siscon in the room besides me? That's good, we can talk about our sisters.

>>280068407
Always love it when Deido becomes abstract.

>>280073088
Shino was in the room back then too, but I don't remember if she reacted to him.

>>280070839
For her it's felt like weeks at this point.

>>280070679
It'll make sense, everyone has their own sense of aesthetics. Hyougemono taught me this.

>>280066165
Yadogiri and Deido must not ever meet. He'll destroy the world a hundred fold.

>>280068700
Oh so the reason it didn't work was because it needed to be Takoha (or another artist) who smears the grandpa paint over the paintings. I can't imagine Deido liking Takoha much if he rapes his art this much.

>>280073461
Deep down, Deido and Takoha are homies

>>280069519
Thanks OP

>>280070033
Rape

>>280073527
Homies don't paint over another homies' painting. That's just rude.

>>280072599
It's literally her entire purpose

>>280073643
It's fine as long as brushes don't touch

Fujita always makes manga that start off well then become mediocre or bad.

this and karakuri circus and the one about fairytales show this pattern , and his short manga like black museum springald and the one about the crazy owl also show this pattern since they're short and great.

the exception is ushio and tora which is ok from start to finish.

>>280066571
>kinoshita holding the spoon
cute

>>280073732
I feel like Souboutei has been consistently good. Karakuri Circus dragged at times, but I wouldn't call it bad or mediocre. Never read his fairy tale manga, what's it called?

>>280073840
This is danji way of holding a spoon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukt4iyO4jdI

>>280073732
Ushio and Tora drags in the middle because it's just going on adventures while waiting.

>>280073732
Yeah but then he always land the ending well which is something even the most popular manga lacked the ability to do, so I'll take it. Besides even at the most mediocre part of his manga there are still fun shits to see.
Black Museum is different because its just a different mish mash of tales, so it's virtually fumble to fell and so is that other one shot manga. Souboutei on the other hand I actually enjoyed more than Karakuri Circus from my re-read, its definitely more concise and to the point than the circus shenanigans Masaru got in KC. I'd say Fujita's biggest fault is overdoing expositions a bit, everyone has to explain things which I can think some people won't like. Also his romance subplot is always subpar.
Well at least there hasn't been any major deaths in Souboutei so far. Oh god Karakuri Circus was ruthless in killing of its casts like nothing.

>>280073732
Fujita an out of touch mangakan. His artstyle is ok to me. Some people might think is too old fashion. His storytelling style and thinking are just too old school. He also never do shitty stunt to hype up his work like JJK and sakamoto days does.

>>280070679
Maybe he's just a completely rotten son of a bitch.

>>280068728
Shino can't help but make a fool of herself in front of Rokurou, can she?

>>280073527
>>280073643
Interesting tidbit... both Deido and Takoha's art are drawn by Fujita's artist friend Hatoka Yuuji. Including simple stuff like this cat here.

>>280070298
I'm more surprised by him mentioning Iowa. He might be the only mangaka to have ever mentioned the state.

>>280073643
It's restoration(gone wrong)

>>280075975
Is there iowa mentioned meme of yui?

>>280075948
Neat detail so they weren't made by Fujita himself. Wonder if the friendship between Takoha and Deido is a sort of homage to his friendship with Yuuji.

>>280076184
>art by Deido
>art by Takoha

>>280074687
Sometimes I wonder about what souboutei would have been like if he hadn't exposition dumped the aliens right away

>>280075975
There is this ship called Iowa

>>280076380
You might be on to something. Browsing his deviantart, the character Takoha must be a direct homage to his friend, maybe even his eccentric personality. He even signs his work with his name. His darker works are also very Deido-esque. Funny thing is the artist who Deido despised had his work drawn by Fujita.

>>280077070
>Funny thing is the artist who Deido despised had his work drawn by Fujita.
lmao

>>280077070
>Funny thing is the artist who Deido despised had his work drawn by Fujita
Yomiza always wins.

>>280073732
>>280073858
>>280074262
>>280074718
is really difficult for mortals to understand the works of a generational genius

>>280076805
On rereading I had forgotten how early Seiichi's backstory explains just about everything that's going on. I agree that he could have let things simmer a bit longer, but on the other hand when your reveal is "it was aliens all along" waiting too long also has its problems. I'm looking at you, Hiroyuki Imaishi.

>>280076805
Coming from KC at least I'm glad it wasn't volume after volume of flashbacks and flashbacks of things we have seen already.

So it's going to come down to a battle between autism Deido vs Takoha.

>>280070679
It will explain later, and I kinda like his reason, which suits this manga a lot

>>280066190
Our heroes are bonding.

>>280066279
I love how snarky Josephine is now. And Yadorigi is just having a bad day.

>>280066312
Those little brats who love horror movies probably know more about the paranormal than you do, Augusto.

>>280066340
Grandpa is literally the greatest hero.

>>280081283
very important

Souboutei just might be my favorite manga of Fujita. It always seems like he's subtly talking about art through Deido and Takoha.

>>280083171
>subtly
They literally just directly have conversations about art

>>280083630
>conversations
More like autism squareoffs.

>>280066657
Yadorigi, he's the only reason any of you are still alive.

>>280066688
Zanka knows what's up.

>>280066833
It's kinda funny how Deido has a far less abrasive reaction to Oujin than Shino.

>>280084251
Oujin is scum, but at least he's not stupid paint

>>280067188
Will Seiichi accept this?

>>280073732
>Souboutei
No
>Circus
Only the middle part
>Moonlight Act
Yes, it's pretty bad since the Moon

>>280067335
how do sunset even work here when the time is completely different from the outside?

>>280073732
you are an actual faggot
>>280084559
The only "bad" part in KC is the part after the first 3 volumes and before Narumi shows up in France, like crazy tiger and shit, that was the most boring part. The village arc was crizitied a lot but I fond it pretty funny with BIG SUCCESS and harem shit
Gekkou Jourei on the other hand was literally cancelled, so the last arc was shit, Fujita still managed to make the most of it. The part when Gekkou used his revival onigiri on an individual and how Engekibou decided to use her fingers are genuinelyamazing, it's just that the final villain sucks. I mean his short series are good but Fujita needs a long run manga to truly show his story writing talents

>>280066865
>Kurenai's spirit blades could have killed Deido
>this super psychic wizard monk can't do anything

>>280066628
Was Josephine's dialogue in English this whole time? Even in the Japanese raws?

>>280066936
Humans don't live to be 88?

>>280067405
Wasn't it a whole thing in the initial invasion that Souboutei wouldn't show up on satellite images?

>>280067483
>>280067532
>the top floor in the center of the star-shaped building
Who would've guessed?

>>280085412
Time and Math is a little wonky here
He's been serving Souboutei for 88 years
And he just turned 103 years old
If it were linear time it means he met Deido when he was 15 y.o.
But most probably it means he met Deido as an adult during/after training and establishing his spiritual school.
After that, time is all blurry while inside and outside the mansion
Maybe he means 103 years old in outside time but 88 years in service counting stretchy inside time and normal outside time as a continuum

>>280085412
Not if they don't go fast enough.

>>280085620
Yeah, but it got fucked up big time by the SDF's nitrogen bombing so now it's sorta visible, Shino's weird radiation fog barrier is almost completely gone

>>280068728
it's really convenient that the moment Shino literally screams Deido's weakness is when the ennemy's child ghost enters the room

>>280085653
>If it were linear time it means he met Deido when he was 15 y.o.
Well Deido did say: >>280066897
>I merely know him as the dirty neighborhood child who wandered in and started working here one day...
I don't think Deido would recall Oujin as a child if he didn't meet Oujin as a child.

>>280073732
How can one man be so wrong? It's the middle part that Fujita has trouble with since both his beginnings and endings are stellar. And Karakuri Circus was his most ambitious work to date and it's a wonder he still managed to finish it off properly despite the complex structure and publication issues.

Ushio and Tora is a very simple story, so of course it's okay but it really pales compared to what follows.

>>280074718
Well, Fujita's 61 already. But his different set of aesthetics and interests is what makes him so appealing. Circus, theater, myth and horror stories, all kind of different aspects of both Western and Japanese culture, he takes something from it and blends together into a very unique kind of works.

>>280066312
>>280066340
i imagined it would be something like this.

Stop possetion, bullets...Seeichi should give a grampa drop to everybody on the team, it's super convinient