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>>289742967 (OP)
this implies they aren't a package deal
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>>289742967 (OP)
why is he black
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>>289742967 (OP)
Lick and Never
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>>289743034
You're right. They need each other.
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>>289742967 (OP)
Why would you separate the bros like that? You choose both.
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>>289742967 (OP)
Yes
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>>289742967 (OP)
>er
c'mon man
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>>289743051
So his smile can shine even brighter
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>>289742967 (OP)
Nick AND Lever
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>>289742967 (OP)
Is it Lehver or Leever?
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>>289743051
you can't just ask a man why he's black
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>>289742967 (OP)
Nick
Lever
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So how's the new manga going? I was thinking about it the other day.
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>>289746770
Liver
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>>289749417
One shot isekai with card powers hasnt been picked up
Real fucking shame too
It had roman reigns and 80s eddie murphy and everythang
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>>289746803
you ask why he's on the ship
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>>289750326
That's fucked up.
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>>289753347
They live on in our hearts.
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>>289742967 (OP)
Gotta have both
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>>289750326
Fan translations?
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>>289750326
It was though, it got posted here https://mangadex.org/title/0b5c93f8-a233-4d14-b618-52178b306757/we-were-reincarnated-into-a-world-overrun-by-monsters-but-it-s-no-big-deal-because-god-gave-us-a-of
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>>289742967 (OP)
My lads.
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>>289756724
That's good but maybe anon meant it getting serialized.
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>>289742967 (OP)
are they based on real people? they look real
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>>289760067
They're more real than reality can handle.
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The one image with the guy with the shirt that says "moe" is hilarious, I'm pretty sure it came from this manga no?
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>>289742967 (OP)
I can take them both.
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>>289761870
You'll be sore after that, but go ahead
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>>289761870
And they would accept you.
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>>289742967 (OP)
Well obviously I want BOTH Rick and Sugar not just one
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>>289742967 (OP)
Why does Nick look like Paul from Tekken?
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>>289756724
holy fuck this is incredible
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>>289762516
I forgot there are "grown" men out there who think a skeleton holding an axe is the coolest thing in the world
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>>289762592
it is a miracle how you are alive
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>>289756724
HFK
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>>289762592
hell yeah
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>>289762941
That's no miracle
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>>289762592
Okay tough guy what can you imagine that’s cooler than a skeleton with an axe? A skeleton with TWO axes? That’s just not feasible.
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>>289753347
just like the real manga
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>>289763145
>That’s just not feasible.
No real man says that. Nothing is impossible until you're dead!
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I'M HERE TO SAY THE WORD
I'M HERE TO SAY THE WORD
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>>289762516
>>289762592

It's metal as fuck.
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>>289742967 (OP)
Both
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>>289762592
the biggest lie I was ever told is that the things I found cool as a teenager weren't cool for real
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>>289764091
It wasn't cool then either
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>>289764111
liar!
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>>289742967 (OP)
For me it's Hot & Cold.
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>>289753347
This could be a gag straight from the series.
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>>289760067
Dolph Ziggler and Rampage Jackson, I think.
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>>289765902
Xzibit has a status in Japan similar to Jesus Christ
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>>289765932
Sorry meant to say DMX
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Who do I need to pay and how much money do I need to give to have this become a thing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqsfouPV02w [Embed]
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>>289762592
Fuck yeah it is
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>>289768329
why
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>>289763698
Do it dolph
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>>289765801
The new adventures of viking and homie.
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>>289756724
>>289762516
I have witnessed perfection.
Everything else in my life after this will only be a letdown.
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>>289765801
Gotta read it.
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>>289762592
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>>289762592
Hordes of undead controlled by an evil necromancer in a grey or black tattered cloak are the tightest shit, I'm sorry you're born wrong.
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>>289760067
>>289765902
Correct, an anon who was in contact with the author did a Q&A session and this was one of the questions asked.
https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/262461285/#262514817
>>289761844
Love this dude.
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>>289776174
Is dat my boi Mammoth Murphy?
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>>289776174
I was looking for that image.
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>>289744170
damn that's one hell of a sales pitch, what's the original poster?
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>>289762592
they're not out there, they're in here, I am one of them
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>>289776174
>two years ago
Fug me, man.
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>>289742967 (OP)
I really need to get around to putting my Nick & Lever reaction images into a folder and upload them...
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>>289778440
>and upload them
A true hero.
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>>289778440
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>>289778440
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDjMZvYWUdo [Embed]
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>>289743250
4th wall fun
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>>289762592
>men out there who think a skeleton holding an axe is the coolest thing in the world
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>>289742967 (OP)
Both
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>>289753347
this is great. im gonna send him this if i remember tomorrow. has there been anymore nick and lever fanart?
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>>289762592
You're goddamn right it is
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>>289743034
/thread
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>>289778440
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>>289753347
Whoever made this got possessed by the original author
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>>289778440
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>>289778440
Same but my folder is laughably small...
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>>289763079
>>289768329
>>289774548
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>>289778440
You should.
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do we ever see the black dude without sunglasses?
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>the black dude
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>the black dude
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>>289778440
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>>289776510
What am "I" doing "here"?
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>>289762516
This looks awesome and I fucking HATE that anything with this style of soft shading immediately makes me think its A.I.
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>>289756724
heh
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>>289778440
Have another one.
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>>289774548
Do you have to grow up reading fantasy novels and listening to black metal to understand?
I was always more of a sci-fi guy.
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>>289742967 (OP)
>you will never have a broship as Nick & Lever
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>>289782021
i remembered. i also illegally scanlated your work
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>>289786383
>fantasy
what the other anon described, I always play skele/necromancer when I can
>scifi
GITS-type operator shit and brain hacking
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>>289786978
>DA ZE
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>>289762516
Got the day off and am free for a bit. I can dump the oneshot here if you guys want.
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>>289778440
Here's another thinkin Lever pic, glad i can help anon
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>>289762592
It is what it is.
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>>289787523
nick's a cool guy
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>>289787932
Dew it
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>>289788084
wtf is that spelling lol
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>>289788002
See it just looks silly, it lends itself to jokes very easily like your file and filename demonstrates.
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>>289788084
the coolest guy, even
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>>289788204
It is what it is.
And it is cool.
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>>289788200
Glorious Nick & Lever speech.
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>>289788137
Alright. Here begins the adventures of Hot & Cold.
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Page 2 was just a textless version of the first.
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Wonder if I'll have trouble posting the pages that were shared earlier in the thread.
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>>289765801
Here's pages 8 and 9.
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>>289788372
Where have I seen flying leeches before?
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>>289788414
UNDERTAKER!?
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>>289788302
You just posted another joke though
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Now that's what I like to call "Perfect Sync".
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>>289788429
Can't tell you, but I feel that design was all over the place in 80s B horror films
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Giving the reaper two pairs of eyes is an inspired choice I feel.
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>>289762592
it's reasoonably cool but those retards can't recognize that's just like a 6 out of 10 in a coolness scale
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>>289743034
FPBP
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>>289743051
He's modeled after Mr T
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Last page. Really do hope this gets picked up somewhere and gets serialized. Miyata is too talented to be without a series for so long.
Also wish he'd reopen his fanbox because I want to give him more money.
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>>289788646
Fucking awesome.
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>>289788942
This was some good shit. Crazy how an author is able to invoke 80's type of content in modern era so perfectly as if he lives the decade still.
Obviously this chapter really got me thinking of Army of Darkness a lot.
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>>289788822
What's a 10 on the coolness scale?
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>>289788200
An ascended form of language.
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>>289778440
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>>289778440
Grabbed this just the other day
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>>289789199
>>289784464
FACK
I didn't notice
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>>289756724
My knees...
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>>289762592
It's like the bell curve meme, but with age
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"Two idiots sharing a single braincell" is my favorite cliche.
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>>289763698
We don't use that word around here.
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>>289778440
have mine

>>289784425
adriano celentano?!
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>>289753347
He was really happy to see fan art and confused about the "Great meats" sign. Explaining what a spoonerism is to him now.
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>>289789074
Skeleton with a lever-action rifle
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>>289788873
I don't think grenade is part of police's equipment.
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>>289789415
That's a 6.1.
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>>289789800
I wish you were right
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>>289789829
Okay, skeleton with a lever-action in one hand and a sword in the other AND with one eye socket glowing red.
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>>289789800
>implying
Who do you think buys excess military gear?
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>>289789074
a skeleton playing another skeleton like a xylophone
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>>289789800
Come to Detroit
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>>289778440
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>>289788345
>the manga
Cracked me up for some reason.
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>>289788429
Maybe Monster Hunter's Khezu?
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>>289788429
Or Gigginox.
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>>289788763
Rad.
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>>289788942
Good shit.
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>>289789367
It doesn't translate well, but there's another anagram that Nick & Lever can form.
Lick & Never -> Neck & Liver

Can I see the response?
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>>289788942
>Also wish he'd reopen his fanbox because I want to give him more money.
If the nips only knew how many gaijinbucks they could make by pandering to them and not only nips, I guess it wouldn't be manga anymore, but at least they would not have to quit being a professional artist.
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>>289792371
He tried selling an english version on amazon but I don't think it sold much.
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>>289762516
I love Nick and Lever, but the scope for better or worse is just that of a quick gag. This could work out really well and give people maybe a bit more substance. Wish it wasn't just a oneshot. Cool monster designs even if they're supposed to be generic. It's the kind of generic that is based in an actual appreciation for it. Like it doesn't seem like some pure cynical take, and that makes it even more fun when the two show up to save the day.
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Is it pronounced lever or lever
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>>289792929
レバー
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>>289793014
/lˈivəː/
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>>289792929
marty-o
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>>289793014
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>>289789829
What about a skeleton with a lever-action rifle in one hand and a nick-action rifle in the other
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>>289788942
>hardware store employee has the same combat ability as ninja and cop
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>>289793844
Hes forklift certified and can put your dick in a blender
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>>289793778
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>>289793844
I don't think the stars are a rating, it's just tells you how powerful of a version of that job you'll be. So you'll have 3-star power but it'll be Hardware Store Employee themed. I'm assuming there're duds in there too like 1-star Knight or something.
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>>289763145
a skeleton with an axe on a motorcycle
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>>289756724
Things I didn't know I needed.
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>>289762516

I still hope that this will get serialized one day
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>>289790266
Obligated to get a motion picture, video game, and card game now.
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>>289762592
>men out there who think a skeleton holding an axe is the coolest thing in the world
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>>289795215
A skeleton riding a motorcycle made of other skeletons.
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>>289762592
Usually OP is the biggest fag in a thread, but you take the crown for 4chan today.
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>>289778440
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>>289795629
You can keep it, big guy.
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>>289743034
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>>289763145
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsgEdYjoqUI [Embed]
This scene
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>>289788345
Is that lowtiergod
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>>289762592
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>>289762592
Yeah, it's me, though I prefer swords. Love Jason and the Argonauts, love Army of Darkness, and Spinal is my favorite character from Killer Instinct.
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>>289788586
kek
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>>289788800
kino as fuck
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>>289788942
>>289793844
Well duh, have you seen all the stuff they have?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFI6cV9slfI [Embed]
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>>289793844
Well he IS rated three star
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>>289793844
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or3okI_mad8 [Embed]
Store employees... are strong
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>>289778310
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>>289796530
Swords are gay. Guns are gay.
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>>289797973
Anon, I too love spears, but skeleton with a spear just looks silly
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>>289797761
It's all the pent up rage from front facing customer service.
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>>289743051
why aren't you
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>>289753347
Thank you for keeping lever's boobs
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>>289792371
They don't even have to pander in the literal sense as in molding their stories to fit our sensibilities but rather give us a one stop shop to buy their products without going through hoops and such. Accessibility (ease of) is what I'm. getting at
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>>289788818
Possibly inspired by Hayashida Q, she's used that multiple sets of eyes design a few times. Shimada Death from Dai Dark and Fleming, Lord of Demons from Shadows of the Damned come to mind.
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>>289753347
I don't get it?
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>>289801081
The joke is that instead of rearranging it to be the correct title of the series, Nick & Lever, they rearranged the letters to form a completely different and unexpected title instead, subverting your expectations. Clerk & Vine has the exact same letters used, although the punchline falls somewhat flat when you realize the capitalized letters aren't in the same location as the original setup.
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>>289797066
ah the old classic
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dark times
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posting my fav
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>>289806359
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>>289806508
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God I there was a physical english release of this manga. I throw money instantly for that
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>>289762592
Are you seriously implying that ISN'T the coolest thing in the world?
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>>289742967 (OP)
The white guy looks like Paul Pheonix from Tekken.
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>>289806657
It's nowhere ear as funny in English as it is in Japanese.
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>>289806811
And despite that it's still great.
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>>289763145
>A skeleton with TWO axes? That’s just not feasible.
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>>289806657
If I remember the author basically said that there wasn't enough interest to justify a release.
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>>289806657
Just buy the JP ones
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>>289762592
Krell...
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>>289792371
That's a double-edged sword because it also attracts deranged libtards who try to change the source material to suit their own sensibilities. Look at what happened to the Gachiakuta author
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>>289793844
In that same image he's strong enough to be using an entire washing machine as a bludgeoning weapon. Quick google search tells me that a washing machine on average weighs about 120-210 pounds, for comparison a sledgehammer tends to weigh around 8-12 pounds. That demon he's fighting is getting hit with the equivalent of about 16 sledgehammers to the head.
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>>289788822
It's a solid 7/10
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>>289798093
>>289797973
>>289796530
Flails is where it's at.
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>>289753347
Kek
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>>289809362
Why is the world so cruel?
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>>289806704
Yeah
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>>289809362
As based as it is, it's a niche manga, even in japan.
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>>289815999
I wonder what the best way to market it is.
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>>289818381
Just like anything, probably an anime. Maybe there'd be interest if people made fan-animations and put them on Youtube.
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>>289762592
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If this ever gets physical english release I will buy two copies.
One for myself and other for my friend.
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>>289822439
the cooking sake kills me
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>>289801701
Ah. Good catch anon. Fixed it.
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>>289820691
I mean, outside of an anime. The marketing that gets it big enough to become an anime.
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>>289823322
nice and checked x 2
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>>289812050
Embrace flail superiority.
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>>289743051
omg anon you can't just ask someone why he's black
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>>289758162
the perfect protagonists
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What is his philosophy?
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>>289828196
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>>289792371
>pander to gaijin instead of nips
Noooo, not the downfall of eastern civilization brought on by rampant profit-driven capital investments! Please anything but that!



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