Usugoi
One of the greatest things I’ve ever had the privilege of reading. I remember seeing it posted in OPT’s years ago and after reacquainting myself with Kaiji and other gambling manga, finally dove into Usugoi and came out the other end feeling different.
Who’s your favorite Referee? Favorite gamble? Favorite panel? Big reveal?
I couldn’t believe what I was reading during that ‘crucial second’ in Surpassing the Leader
Did this ever get a story time?

Damn :( sorry /a/ only cares about My stepdaughter was reincarnated as a fucking pickle?

Why does his head so big?

>>280784162 (OP)
there already has been two storytime of it, though the first one stopped at volume 6
https://desuarchive.org/a/search/subject/usogui%20storytime/page/1/

>>280784162 (OP)
>Did this ever get a story time?
It did, last year. Usogui is incredible, Air Poker and Surpassing the Leader best matches bar none.
>I couldn’t believe what I was reading during that ‘crucial second’ in Surpassing the Leader
Btw Usogui is one of the few manga that actually have multiple instances of foreshadowing that shine on a second reread.
Now read the Usogui Gaiden written for the recent adaptation, but mind the art is Batuquefied as fuck.

>>280784814
Hell yeah dude thanks, I’ll be skimming through this for a while
>>280785105
I was planning on reading his new boxing manga, how’s that so far? I saw a new chapter just dropped recently
Also yeah, Air Poker and Surpassing the Leader are untouchable, I can’t think of a manga with a better final battle.
I think an underrated gamble is the creamer game played by leader and the broadcast leading up to tower of karma with the L-File being threatened to be released to the public.
This is certainly something that needs a reread, there’s a lot to digest

Going by memory, there's foreshadowing for
-Island's mastermind
-+1 sec, multiple times
-Usogui fate in future duel after Surpassing the Leader
And much more. I'm pointing out three that I still remember years later.
Most importantly, a reread will put Hal/Usogui flashback more into context. Because there's something Baku knows through all the main events, while the manga pretends he doesn't.
>new boxing manga
Right now I don't want to check it. I'll let some chapters out, first. Tbh I'm not a fan of his fighting scenes (not saying they aren't good, but his true strenghts lie elsewhere)

>>280786692
>there's something Baku knows through all the main events, while the manga pretends he doesn't.
And since I'm pretty sure you know what I'm talking about, now you know that some of the stuff he says to leader have double entendres.
The power of a mangaka who actually PLANS HIS SHIT, instead of doing retroactive confirmations and pretending they are foreshadowing (cough-cough Eiichiro Oda cough-cough), is unmatched.
Another author that plans the long run is Yana Toboso, the one from Black Butler. It's a completely different genre, but if you read Black Butler paying close attention and then you reread it, you'll notice there's LOTS of stuff hidden in plain sight.

>>280784162 (OP)
the fuck is that head. Is the artist tracing a 3d model and making the head or maybe the other way around?
And it doesn't end there, look at the neck it's completely disjointed from the torso

I think I want to play "Drop the napkin" at some point in my life (non-lethally)
It's so simple
Perhaps extend the time to 24hrs

>>280787233
I would also very much like to do this but substitute dying with shots of tequila

>>280786931
it's a fish-eye lens, idiot

>>280784814
how nostagic, that op was a huge stupid idiot

>>280785105
>Usogui Gaiden
What's this? Where is it?

>>280786097
>I was planning on reading his new boxing manga
if you do read the scanlation version, there's an official release on mangaplus but it reeks of MTL

>>280788558
don't worry, he's still a pretty huge idiot

that second skip is still one of the nastiest plot twists in manga history. as absurd as it was it was foreshadowed fair and square. holy fucking shit

>>280784299
>>280784325
Air poker was absolutely kino from beginning to end. Even though the final game had a great twist I feel like the game itself was weak and didnt live up to the hype of them two finally facing off against each other. The backstory was great though.

>>280790283
i loved the final twist with the fake air bios just to make clear vincent didnt lose bcause scarface fucked up, he also was outplayed and couldve won by himself if he made the right moves

>>280788558
You no good two toned yella snake bastard! Say it to my face numb nuts… boy I oughtta!!

Usogui should be constantly praised to somehow manage both the most absurd twists I've seen in a gamble manga and nigh immaculate foreshadowing. Getting to this page on a reread got a very rare but audible "Holy fucking shit" out of me. Talk about playing the long con here.

I don't get it what was the point of everything that happened after Usogui becoming the new leafer

>>280791778
yeah, it seemed that the author was setting up a sequel or something, they were just about to play another gamble in the end iirc

>>280787695
it's the worst fish lens I've seen then

>>280791778
Apparently the whole time Baku was assembling some kind of super team to face a bunch of super evil foreigners or some shit
It was sequel bait basically

>>280784162 (OP)
Air Poker was my favorite duel. Vincent Gallo was like Funny Valentine 2.0
My favorite referee was Kyara and Kadokura

>>280784353
>>280784299
Drawings go hard desu