The Iron Spirit

https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/viewer/1025985?timestamp=1753024285538

Otr won

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokkr

>>280748407
BASED!

>>280748010
dwarf girl sex

Fin~

What is your thought on this latest chapter so far?

It's only 11 chapters, but MC already has his second power-up. Why did the editor not say that it wasn't a good idea?

>>280748571
that was way too fast
feels like he already got the axe notice

>>280748124
So she poured her soul, but in the end it was Otr who got the power?

AXEEE
AXXEEEE
AXXXXXXEEEE

>>280748674
She awakaned yeah.
I suppose Otr will use it just this time

So the real question is, does she use brokk like a buff, or does he exist within otr

>>280748588
Probably trying a hail mary

>>280748796
Ngl, I am disappointed that Sindra didn't get the spirit.
Hope she becomes a recurring character.

>>280748621
Feels that way. I really think the training arc killed it.

>>280748588
>>280748621
If it's like last time he might have been told almost immediately

>>280748407
>>280748571
this art style is so fucking sick

>>280748588
>last chapter
>Otr my boy, try to use your flame in a creative wa—

>this chapter
>O MY SECOND SPIRIT FUSION, THIS IS WHAT I TRAINED FOR
?????

>>280748167
>>280748407
This was a very old school shonen chapter

>>280748167
my nigga probopass

Jesus if he's already gotten the notice Kawaguchi might just kill himself.

>>280749319
She is an artisan, not a warrior, unless she was taught how to fight.

>Hope she becomes a recurring character.
Same, she was cute.

>>280748571
>First chapter about how you can help the people around even if you're not a warrior
>"Nope! Shonen time!"
MC getting all the upgrades, and even the "oh no it's too dangerous to do X" but dude still do it and no long term consequences will ever happen.

Artstyle is still great and the bad guy was really cool

Lame, God Damnit.
I wasn't a fan at how he was alreayd so powerful in chapter one, but to deny the dwarf a mean to fight and rather pile-up yet another massive power-up on the MC? How silly. Does he want that story to be concluded with less than thirty chapters?

>>280748167
Old man iron

>>280748588
I doubt he's keeping it
I hope

>>280750308
it called AXE. newfag. OTR getting canned.

>>280748167
Reminds me of ice head gill, I guess we'll be collecting all of the elemental spirits in order to vanquish the ice liches.

Beating one of the big bad's 6 generals in your first real arc is a bad sign for any longevity lol

>>280750663
The problem was here from day one with him one-shoting an entire army, dumbass.
It might be axed, sure, but the writing was awful from the start.

>>280750217
> the bad guy was really cool
How, literally did nothing other than acting surprised whenever Otr did something. Nigga got an upper hand for like 3 panels and already relegated to be on “equal ground” with Otr.
His supposed swordsmanship is also basically nonexistent.

>>280750871
Welcome to battle shonen.

>>280748167
>>280748210
>"legendary iron spirit"
>gets summoned with one "soul-filled" hammer hit
And the dwarves haven't accidentally summoned it in so long that it's legendary? What sort of half-assed blacksmiths are these? At least have Sindra think that putting your soul into it is a forbidden technique or something.

>>280750871
That's why the entire ice kingdom is actually just 1 arc before it turns out this is just some backwater area of the world and at the end our hero is low tier in the mainland and has to start building up more power again

Yeah this got the axe notice, we didn't even see the mc mastering his fire power and he just got another power already? Also i'm fucking tired of >gain power>one-shot bad guy

>>280748588
literally had the same thought, I was expecting MCs master to show up and finish the fight, not a new asspull powerup, at best I expected MC to get a new special sword
>>280751318
>Yeah this got the axe notice
chapter 1 was so mid it was probably already on thin ice, no pun intended
>Also i'm fucking tired of >gain power>one-shot bad guy
I thought it looked cool here, it still feels rushed af tho

>>280750083
Tbh, so is Otr. He was a cook at first before getting trained.

>>280751460
Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Why aren't his fire powers cooking themed?

>>280751460
That's true, but again he was trained by his dad

>>280751597
Because who would read for cooking in battle shonen?

>>280749319
>>280750083
Even without changing much it could've gone
>Sindra awakens the spirit
>Spirit bounds with Sindra
>She uses his power to create an armor for Otr

>>280751780
Toriko
Also Sukuna ability is just him using cooking technique

>>280751780
I would, I want Otrman's skill set to inform how he uses his powers.

>>280748167
He looks cool

>>280750871
With his record, the author is better making the series short.
With a bit of luck even the companions kill one to speed up the process.

>>280751919
If Sindra going to be iron spirit, I wanna see her use the big hammer like a true DORF.

>>280748571
I won't hate. The art is top notch this chapter. Probably the best in the magazine. It's just that the story isn't really grabbing me.

>>280748571
Felt off.
Like >>280747964 to >>280748210 is 6 pages that are meant to be a big narrated character moment that results in the MC's power-up? But it shows no struggle or cost. So in the end it's a side character taking 6 pages to swing a hammer.

>>280750871
>you're focusing on the enemy rank too much
>no youre dumb for wanting sixten to save the day
Glad we got the better option here with Otr getting two fucking spirits. This series is dead.

>>280753238
Don’t worry, next chapter they will reveal that he actually over exerted his body and would’ve died normally, thus Otr will have to go through another training arc to host 2 spirits

Otr of the Flame and now Iron apparently.

>>280748588
Nah, it was only temporary, don't think too much.

I still don't understand why it got low ranking, I honest don't get it.

If you were in Kawaguchi's shoes where would you take this manga to prevent it from getting axed?

>>280755079
Make the loli's go nude.

>>280748068
>pig iron
is that a dorf fortress reference

>>280748407
Much better look then the femboy bait of the first chapter

>>280751597
>Why aren't his fire powers cooking themed?
That would be lame.

>>280748571
I want to suck those shota's toes.

>>280755196
I wonder if Kawaguchi can understand english like Ryoko does.

>>280751919
And then she gets a bikini made of metal, Red Sonja style. Imagine the money.

>>280755196
I wonder if Kawaguchi can understand english like Ryoko does.

>>280755473
Well, his editor better forced him to draw it!

>>280755079
Need a fujobait evil rival that doesn't get killed in 1 arc. We've just been dealing with villains of the week with forgettable characters, need someone at least pulling the strings in the background or observing Mc and his crew

>>280751919
This would be much better

Axed soon

Man, Kawaguchi really take after Horikoshi, the story is incredibly boring and he goes in most safe and tired storybeats.
MHA at least has a interesting setting and fun character interactions that hooked you up even if the story was mid, but Otr has nothing of sorts.

We still don't know is editor for kawaguchi.

>>280755079
Keep the original design with the exposed navel.
Make the flame spirit an edgy male spirit that wants to burn the world and has to be kept in check through willpower.
Make The flame spirit work like a burning armor that delivers powerful attacks but slowly consumes Otr's body and the area surrounding it so Otr can't overuse his powers and needs to rely on other abilities.
Make the first big villain an ice shota that has the upper hand until Otr's spirit goes nuclear (badly injuring Otr in the process) and humbles him without killing him, prompting him to be bullied by his fellow ice guys until he abandons them.
Make Six appear after the big confrontation, make him the bearer of another spirit and let him train Otr to control his flame spirit.

>>280748407
>>280748362
>>280748313
>>280748260
>>280748210
I just groaned reading through this parts.

>>280754991
>One the blandest, uninteresting, boring and mediocre shounenslop currently running right now
>Why it get a low ranking guys???
C'mon anon...

>>280751597
>>280751780
How quickly we forget

>>280757147
It also REALLY doesn't help design wise he literally just used Velou a second time, I'm not saying he needed to be shredded but he really needs to stop with the bland shotas

>>280755918
Was thinking about it the other day, literally none of his assistants have had any major success

Kawaguchi-sensei...

>>280757723
I thought everyone hated or were apathetic to this manga? Is he having chatGPT read his manga and say nice things about it?

>>280757326
I don't think shota mc is at on it's own, in fact kawaguchi could have used him as a fujo or shotafag bait.
I mean zach bell and naruto works even tho they have a shota mc (initially in naruto's case) but in otr case i don't think otr actually interact with other character beyond exposition dump or to move the plot forward and currently we still doesn't know his character beyond the surface level crap like he's a chef and his father train him or that he doesnt like the ice kingdom because they're bad and other insignificant shit.
TLDR: kawaguchi couldn't write a compelling or fun character to save his live lol

>>280757871
>I thought everyone hated or were apathetic to this manga?
Who? Keep it that mind that 2ch and 5ch is not a represent of Japaneses society.
>Is he having chatGPT read his manga and say nice things about it?
What an odd thing to say.

I hate normalfag

>>280748407
Took 11 chapters to get decent

>>280757246
As if i could ever forget.

>>280748571
The previous one was better. I feel like Sindra got robbed since the Iron Spirit is working on her soul.
I really like this series, I hope it does well.

>>280758508
Me too anon, I want this series to survive.

>>280755079
>MC, Etupirko, and Sindra get frozen for 100 years.
>They end up breaking out of the melting ice
>Ice Kingdom has defeated the Forest Kingdom and is now the de facto power. MC is reviled by the Ice Kingdom as someone who killed one of their brave generals
>The one who broke them out of the ice was someone from the Sand Kingdom to the far South. The Sand Kingdom is currently in a stalemate with the Ice Kingdom, and our 3 main characters are semi-legendary folk heroes who could tip the tides of battle

>>280756623
/a/ would shit on it but you're right.

>>280756623
>>280759009
It could work even if you left the spirit female. Hell, it would work even better as a Den Mother vs Sky Father allegory. Michael Crichton would be proud.

>>280748571
The first half isn't dramatic. That weakens the powerup of the second half.
Have Sindra hammering her life away to boost the Iron Spirit and Otr's power the whole chapter. And have Otr switch from struggling to defend Sindra at the forge to attacking more as the power builds up. Etupirko can drop in with a clutch block for Sindra at the midpoint.
There's your dramatic struggle. More work tho.

>>280748407
>Swordhammer

>>280759459
Or make him struggle with his power. I think he is increasing his flame output? I have no idea, but logically it should tax him. I don't know why Kawaguchi isn't leaning into this and is instead treating the heroic vigor training as the perfect solution. It all just comes off as boring.

>>280759587
Oh now I can't unsee it, thank.

>>280748571
Lame. I thought the shortstack was about to get metal powers but it was just an Otr upgrade

>>280759213
Fire and rage are commonly associated with men, thay's why I suggested making the flame spirit male. Besides, it's easier to build a friendship and rivalry full of gags and sad moments between men.

>>280759978
I though the same thing, but I think it mostly that Brokkr only gave Otr a temporary power, having Otr handle fire and iron spirit would be overkill.

Sindra will be iron spirit user afterward.

>>280748068
>picking the shittiest type of iron as your ceremonial material

>>280758839
Isn't that avatar plot?

>>280758839
You just copy it from avatar.

>>280748407
It's way too early for a power up like that. We barely just hit chapter 10.

>>280748571
The author shouldn't have made this enemy so imposing if he was just going to fold over like that. MC barely learned how to fight and went toe to toe with and won against pretty much what seemed like a rank 2 general. He's way too strong that it doesn't seem like there's any stakes at all.

>>280757900
the problem is that he's the same kind of bland, yeah.

An Axe from the Ice Kingdom...

>>280760842
it's just temporary power but yeah it kinda too early for that.

>>280757147
Better than village and exam, that's for sure!

>>280748571
Bladehorn went down like a complete bitch and didn't even show off much in the way of cool swordplay

>>280762939
I would have preferred him to have been forced to retreat from more of a team effort and then fought again later 1v1 as a way of showing Otr's growth.

>>280749366
in 5 years he will make another manga and he will reduce the training to just one chapter, not learning what actually was wrong with the training

>>280763221
Maybe the another ice devil horn suddenly appear and pick him up and retreat.

>>280763446
Maybe he needs a better editor, an editor supposed to be first reader to give feedback to author.

Come think of it, they haven't told us about editor's name yet.

>>280764113
honestly it seems the problems are on him more than an editor at this point. when he had taguchi yeah, i could see that. but now? he clearly did not understand what was wrong with red hood
maybe he got a shitty editor twice

>>280764236
If Kawaguchi have a problem with his series, then his editor should point it out and fix it, or maybe his editor doesn't seem to notice and think everything is all good. Either way, I go with shitty editor.

>>280763221
That probably would have worked a lot better than what we got since now the mangaka is going to struggle quite a bit to make the antagonists feel in any way threatening since all it took was a bland training arc and now the main character has jumped to kicking in the teeth of their best.
The team effort thing is a good point too since the main character getting two spirits while the person with any connection whatsoever to the spirit gets jack makes me suspect that this is going to be one of those series where the side characters are just glorified cheerleaders.

>>280748588
The axe is getting closer...

>>280757246
>>280758237
Praying for a proper adaptation

>>280765649
Never ever.

>>280765474
Etupirko should join with Otr against bladehorn like in chapter 7, her ice stake move was really cool and should show more of it

Waiting for her....

>>280747836 (OP)
ironed spirits

I also blame editor-san again. Obviously gooch is a crappy writer but it's the editor's job to take a mangaka's crappy writing and morph it into something presentable.
If his editor thought this shit was worth publishing they're an idiot, plain and simple.

>>280769207
I do wonder if they put a shitty editor with kawaguchi on purpose but that my cope on part.

Come to think of it, there is supposed to be a voiced comic video for Otr this month, and yet it didn't come.

>>280769417
It's so frustrating because Kawaguchi could improve his marketability tenfold by correcting some pretty easy to fix issues of his, but clearly there's no one around him to tell him what those issues are.

>>280769694
Or maybe it just WSJ editorial department are like that, they really don't know what the fuck they doing.

>>280768500
where is she?!

>>280769763
She will come, evenly...

otrsister...

Yup, OTR is dead

OTR WILL LIVE!

>>280748571
>tfw the art is good but storyboarding, pacing, world building, and character development gets rushed
PLEASE JUST SLOW DOWN

>>280774366
I have no idea why everything need to be rush that much, like imagine if Kishi decided to rush land of wave arc by killing Zabuza and Haku earlier.

>>280761684
KINO PRISON LIIIIIIIIIIIIVES!

The main character is too powerful and the side characters are cardboard. I'd honestly have the same criticisms for Kiyoshi. Flat, boring, hard to define personalities for the main characters too. Flashy but uninteresting combat. Mind numbing dialogue that your eyes glaze over without your brain actually wasting any resources processing it. Well at least it has character design over Kiyoshi though not by much. Maybe they share editors.

>>280774893
Kiyoshi is worse because it started off better. The personalities of the side cast were pretty well defined. At least that was the case back when there was more of an emphasis on comedy and slice of life. I lost interest in it when it decided to focus more on the boring combat but apparently that is when it started ranking better.

>>280774893
can you guess who editor is it?

>>280760239
I hope its the case.

>>280774954
I thought nip enjoy kiyoshi gag battle more, maybe it not too late to switch back.

>>280775266
Same, it would be weird for dwarfs if all of them are artisan and none of warriors, cause it felt wrong. It would totally cop out if Sindra can't join Otr team afterward.

>>280774954
Kiyoshi had the wrong main character. Nehan and Jack Joe are better in every way. They aren't already established to be the strongest. They're up and coming. The dynamic and friendship between these two is interesting. They aren't repulsive to look at. Jack Joe and his past as an evil demon is something to explore. That series is a lost cause because it tried and failed to be a Mashle clone and the pieces aren't good enough to salvage.

I'm not sure how to salvage Otr either. It's so one note emotionally to read. Just pure boredom and apathy. No lighthearted moments. No wholesome moments. No comedic moments. The characters narrate at each other constantly. The conversation doesn't flow naturally at all. It's constant no stakes serious. Giving Otr the power up instead of a newly introduced side character is so retarded. Watching Otr fight isn't interesting that you might as well have a side character fight too and you can justify the general losing since it suddenly became 2 vs 1.

Ichi the Witch and Shinobi Undercover don't have these problems like these other series do.

>>280775814
Nehan and Jack Joe would have been better leads. Kiyoshi could be Nehan's senpai. I liked Kiyoshi as a character though when it focused more on him learning to make friends and fit in. Remember how he had that to-do list of things he wanted to do? They could have expanded on that and kept the exorcism as a fun little distraction.

>>280758105
Man, they never read anything fantasy?

>>280774954
Kiyoshi is the only battle manga with decent art in a long time too, which makes it worse

>>280769760
maybe kawaguchi dont know what he fucking doing.
>>280774366
>>280774482
because it get Axe notice, baby's first manga reader.

Third time is the charm, I guess. Hope his next work can measure up to such a nice looking artwork.

>>280757871
You have spent too much time on 4chan to forget that it isn't representative of the total readership.

>>280775814
Reminder that Kiyoshi is an editor mandated protagonist.

>>280756623
>>280759009
>original (feminine) design with exposed navel
>let's alienate teenage boys even further, the main fucking demographic of this manga
Didn't read your post for how shit the first suggestion was

>>280775874
That's probably what it was supposed to be. Except it didn't catch on at all while doing that. Gag didn't work. Slice of life didn't work. I guess going full battle is a desperate final attempt but I really don't think it's working either. All the cliché Jump moments are so eye rolling lame.
>weak heroine protects the MC
I can already see where the shit is going.
>MC doesn't beat the final boss
>because apparently he's not le strong enough
>it's almost dawn so established hard time limit
>girl shows up to protect MC
>he gets back up and stalls until dawn
>final boss leaves
>I wasn't le strong enough to protect everybody
>this shit keeps going
>more training arcs
I wonder what Otr would look like if it had this much nepotism and beneficial timing.

His 2 MCs in Red Hood were /ss/ hentai characters and he thought the solution was abandoning the big breasted girl and not the cardboard Shota lol

At least the pacing is better, baby steps

>>280748407
I agree, I think there was still some play to be had with mastering fire and the warrior chi thing before needing a powerup. At the very least a couple of chapters about him burning through weapons to show a NEED for iron.

>>280778959
>Le strong

made me stop reading. Sorry budd but it's no longer 2009.

UEK live for more than a year.
OTR will only live 18 chapters.
why you all so dumb???

>>280779137
Okay then for you personally
>MC got mogged by the gigachad last boss
>because he’s just not vibin’ hard enough ngl
>it's almost dawn so there’s a major time crunch
>bussin girl pops up to back negative aura MC frfr
>he gets up and stallmaxxes till sunrise sheesh
>final low key boss dips bruh
>I wasn’t sigma enough to guard the squad
>this whole Ohio saga just keeps rolling on God
>more dead ass grind mode incoming no cap

>wander into the WSJ thread
>Otr is at the bottom
damn this manga is fucked

>>280748407
>Cool Iron/Steel gauntlets
>Terrible cloth armor, if you can even call it that.
Why?

>>280755079
Make the smaller action panels easier to read.
Make Otr more interesting as MC. As some anons pointed out, you can use the base of him being a cook for how he can have an upper hand in battles
Slow down the pacing
Make the general bait everyone, he is actually alive and his whole honorable persona was just a lie and round 2 begins.
Add more muscle women.
Make a Red hood doujin.

The only reason the thread is picking traction again is because it's apparent that otr is inevitably getting axed it seems
I wonder how kawaguchi going to waste his third chance next time

>>280757900
I think he needs to understand that he needs to stop trying to push this guy

>>280783326
cutie on the left...

>>280783326
Their heads look weird
It's like a children head on an adult body

>>280782944
Each attempt will make the training arc shorter
By his 6th manga (a Shota in Fantasy South America getting on an adventure to defeat the Blood Empire), the training arc will have happened before the first page