Thread 281637327

>manga comes out in the early 2000's
>later chapters incorporate modern technology that wouldn't exist considering the setting
why do this?

>>281637327 (OP)
Lol, Tsurenai Hodo Aokute Azatoi Kurai ni Akai takes place in 1999, but there are flat monitors and internet, the only retro thing is flip phones. It something with Japanese, they don't care about such things

>>281637327 (OP)
why not?

>>281637327 (OP)
I think it's funny. Especially for the ones running really long. Hayate was probably the funniest one.

Because the author's intent was never for it to be a period piece, it's set in the present day.

>>281637327 (OP)
Yotsuba always takes place today because today is always the best day

>>281639207
Fucking based.

>>281637327 (OP)
It's ephemeral and eternal.

>>281637327 (OP)
Nips prefer for a series that takes place in "the present day" to keep up with the times, that's also why almost every remake does the same thing

>>281637327 (OP)
Tablets existed in the early 2000s. They existed in the 80s even.

>>281640721
That's an oxymoron.

>>281641716
Only if you don't get it.

>>281641852
What does it mean?

Yotsuba isn't some seinen manga where the plot and worldbuilding is important.
Its a manga about family life so it makes sense to change things to make it feel relatable to the current times.

>>281640721
This doesn’t even make sense

>>281640920
iPads and tablets aren’t the same thing

>>281637327 (OP)
Are there any other manga that do this? I guess chibi moruko and most long SOL shows
>>281642534
You don’t need to be a seinen to have a consistent world, though either way I don’t mind as long as the characters are the same

>>281643428
>Are there any other manga that do this?
Detective Conan, even the murderers incorporate new technology in their killing methods.

>>281643235
>Tablet :|
>Tablet (Apple) :0

>>281643873
>whoa ipad babies and itoddlers are totally like tablets from the 80's dude

>>281643428
Are there manga that don't do it? Start with a contemporary series and after 30 years of publication the characters are still running/fighting in the 90s?

>>281643963
>tablets in the early-mid 2000s like the one in the pic are totally different than an Apple tablet that came out a few years later!

>>281640920
>They existed in the 80s even.
What was their purpose?

>>281637327 (OP)
>manga comes out in 1990
>Chapters in 2020 incorporate modern technology that wouldn't exist considering the setting
Get stuffed

>>281637327 (OP)
yotsuba looks so fucking rustic now I love it

>>281644258
Personal Data Assistant. An electronic rolodex and calendar. The term was coined by then Apple CEO John Scully at the announcement of the "Newton" in 1992. It was produced for only 5 years, caused a massive financial loss for Apple and allowed exiled founder Steve Jobs to get back into the good graces of the Apple board and stockholders and retake control of the company.

>>281643428
kaiji is technically still supposed to take place in like 2000 at this point

You need your manga to look current to attract young readers.

>>281639207
/thread

>>281644372
Soulless

>>281641716
you're an oxygenated moron

>>281646503
Chio-chan is right, that girl seems to be a hussy.

>>281637327 (OP)
Sazae-san notably doesn't do this, and it went from being a very timely and surprisingly controversial show offering actual social criticism to a show for old people to nostalgiafag about how comfy the 70s were.

>>281637327 (OP)
Street Fighter does this all the time. SF2 took place in 1992 but in SFV which takes place like a year or two later, now they're all use smartphones and shit.

>>281644372
How the fuck can they keep the story going for 30 years?

>>281646503
Cell phones ruined fiction. Pretty much every plot for an 80s sitcom could never happen today because one call on a cell phone would solve the problem immediately.

>>281637327 (OP)
Why not?

>>281649184
sure they can, they just say no battery/no signal so they can't use the phone

>>281649235
>Jerry, why is it that every time I could solve a problem by calling someone my battery is out?

>>281649235
That's a really flimsy reason. I was thinking more like that episode of Perfect Strangers where everyone got trapped in the basement and it was flooding. It's not feasible for 30 people's phones to all have dead batteries or all get wet at the same time. But one call to 911 would've saved the day.

>>281639207
Well I can't argue with that.

>>281644372
That sure was jarring along with the twitter posting. Meanwhile Ippo is still watching vhs tapes of boxing matches.

>>281649235
>no battery/no signal
If it was still the late 00s to 10s, that could work. But it's 2025, if your phone doesn't have a battery that lasts a day or two at minimum, and the antenna doesn't encompass the entire frame, screen and glass back, you're doing it wrong.

Floating timeline

>>281637327 (OP)
jery get ipad

>>281637327 (OP)
For Yotsuba To, it sort of feels like the time period is just being slowly revealed.
Koiwai is neither rich nor fashionable, so it's somewhat believable that he didn't have a smart phone up until the late 2010s. And Yotsuba herself is a little kid, she wouldn't have access to or be interested in technology like that just yet.

>>281649184
Fairly sure this is why the Ranma remake stayed with the 80s setting. Way too many plots would make no sense in a cellphone/internet world.

>>281650534
Everything would be better if it stayed in the 80s