Sabu to Ichi Torimonohikae

Sad to see it end, but it was a really great manga.

 

I felt the ending a bit odd, not really like an ending, as if there were more chapters going after this one, but maybe it was the intention of the author, in case he would come back to Sabu and Ichi after some years.

 

But what a good reading it was.

He did come back to it. There's specials published after the main series' run.

Sad to see it end, but it was a really great manga.

I felt the ending a bit odd, not really like an ending, as if there were more chapters going after this one, but maybe it was the intention of the author, in case he would come back to Sabu and Ichi after some years.

But what a good reading it was.

Odd, understated finish.  Usually you'd finish on a high note--a big case, a big fight, a bit of romance, a big score the characters could retire on.  This is if anything the opposite, finishing on disillusionment.  All our heroes actually accomplish is

The cynical view of human nature we've seen often is escalated to a cynical view of society and the class structure--implicitly maybe an invitation to rebellion.  Fitting for a manga from the sixties.  A downer of an ending, but maybe it suits.

Meanwhile, congratulations scanlators for sticking to it from the beginning to the end!  83 chapters is a long haul, and I can't count the number of long-ish manga I've followed to about 3/4 through and then cursed as the people doing 'em ran out of steam and motivation.

Thanks a lot, Hokuto no Gun & HappyScans!

That was sudden. Oh well, at least the trip was worth it.

Thanks for the hard work.

Are we done? Thank you very much to Hokuto no Gun and HappyScans!

Well, at least Sabu kept it in his pants this time, but he's being seriously creepy for a guy with a child.

 

Also - that was a really interesting weapon. I wonder if it's historically accurate.

Just barely... You can thank Ichi and the bad guy of the week for being such effective cockblockers.

As for the scythe-tipped fishing rod, I very much doubt it.  You'd hack yourself to death long before mastering it, and if the other guy saw you coming, he could just cut the damn fishing line. It wouldn't work outside of Jackie Chan or fantastic ninja movies.

Well, at least Sabu kept it in his pants this time, but he's being seriously creepy for a guy with a child.

Also - that was a really interesting weapon. I wonder if it's historically accurate.

Loved the action movie groove C.81 was sporting.

Shit.

I liked Ginpei...

To be fair, THAT time was before he was married, but it's still a scummy thing to do.

 

Oh, Sabu's first indiscretion was with Tatsu the Blueboat, way back in chapter 60, "Pickpocket".  Sabu and Midori didn't tie the knot before Boss Saiheiji died in chapter 68, so chapter 79 was his first actual extramarital affair,

 

Sabu could have had "off-screen" trips to the red-light district since he got married, but seeing how utterly crap he is at facing Midori after screwing some other broad, I think it's highly unlikely.

Thanks for getting me to read chapter 60 and see Ginpei's introduction.

WHAT THE FUCK GINPEI

WHAT THE FUCK

Yeah, I was expecting a rather more unpleasant ending. I forget though, what was the first time?

To be fair, THAT time was before he was married, but it's still a scummy thing to do.

Oh, Sabu's first indiscretion was with Tatsu the Blueboat, way back in chapter 60, "Pickpocket".  Sabu and Midori didn't tie the knot before Boss Saiheiji died in chapter 68, so chapter 79 was his first actual extramarital affair,

Sabu could have had "off-screen" trips to the red-light district since he got married, but seeing how utterly crap he is at facing Midori after screwing some other broad, I think it's highly unlikely.

Jeebus, Sabu, keep it in your damn pants. This is what, the second time you've cheated on your girl?
 
I hate to be the self righteous prick, but you kind of had this coming. Hell, all things considered, this worked out just fine for you.
 
On the other hand, this stays within the series' norms of keeping the heroes human.
 
Still, dude, seriously. =P

 
Yeah, I was expecting a rather more unpleasant ending. I forget though, what was the first time?

Jeebus, Sabu, keep it in your damn pants. This is what, the second time you've cheated on your girl?

I hate to be the self righteous prick, but you kind of had this coming. Hell, all things considered, this worked out just fine for you.

On the other hand, this stays within the series' norms of keeping the heroes human.

Still, dude, seriously. =P

Fun chapter.  Good job, neighbour divorced lady!

I fear I've begun taking Hokuto no Gun and HappyScans for granted.  Looking back it's a pretty impressive track record, every couple of weeks without fail for month after month.  Not such an easy thing, and I expect all the harder when it's an old manga like this so you don't have the built-in pressure of keeping up with publication.  Kudos!

That was unusual . . . first time the criminal apparently got away with it.  Unless there'll be a continuation . . . but that would be a break too, nearly all the chapters are self-contained stories.

Watch the anime. It's great!

It's being subbed by Skaro Hunting Society.

Glad to have a slightly less grim chapter for a change.  I was expecting dismembered corpses, and we ended up with some comedy.  Great author, moving from one genre to another like that.

Those last chapters were really good at portraying the sad side of the human condition, how the past can change people and how events in one's life can lead his path into a bad direction.

Great storytelling skills from the author to convey all that in those few pages.

Jeebus fuck, that last chapter was disturbing.

Chapter 72... wow. Just... wow.

-slow, genuine clapping of admiration-