Get phunkeh thread!! woo baby!!

[Jafthasleftthebuilding]

I'm here. Did you want to talk?  

[Celestial Burden]

What I really need is a good distraction.

How's life been?  

[Roland Karloseth]

I'm here as well. Just... kinda lurking.

Also: These damn fish are gonna keep me broke...  

[Jafthasleftthebuilding]

I've been collecting various prizes for my contest and reading strange manga. :3 Have you heard of Ikigami?

And hey, Roland. biggrin  

[Celestial Burden]

No i have not. Elaborate?  

[Roland Karloseth]

Hola.

*is working on making an aquarium thread in the main forums*  

[Jafthasleftthebuilding]

You can find it on Onemanga, Ikigami displays a semi-bleak future where one out of a thousand people are predetermined to die in order to cause the Japanese people to appreciate life more and to stop taking it for granted. Before the law was enacted, I guess people were complacent and crime seemed to be higher.

They have around 22 chapters which is enough to understand how things work. The storyline progresses by letting us observe one of the deliverers of the death notices and follows how each person, the one who is given the death notice, spends their last day of life before dying.  

[Celestial Burden]

Reminds me of Batle Royale a bit, but only slightly. Different goals there...  

[Roland Karloseth]

that... actually sounds pretty cool.  

[Jafthasleftthebuilding]

I've almost cried several times, but maybe I'm just a sensitive person. ;D  

[Celestial Burden]

Hmm...most depressing manga I've ever read is Saikano, I cried a few times through that. Not sure if this thing you're talking about could top that...  

[Jafthasleftthebuilding]

I'll let you know my opinion in three days as I now plan to read Saikano. With Ikigami, I'm just looking forward to any new chapters that are translated. Or maybe Viz has taken care of that. Hmm. Well, any new chapters that are written anyway. It's right up my alley.  

[Celestial Burden]

Saikano just reallyy really messes with your head. It's like a trainwreck. You want to stop reading but you can't.  

[Jafthasleftthebuilding]

Well, right now the beginning just made me laugh. Chise is slow.  

[Celestial Burden]

yeah, the depressing doesn't hit you until a little while in. They like to catch you off guard.