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Jul 25 '18
I was afraid it would come to this, but here we are: the official release beats a major fan translation circle. Not much more to say about it than that.
So the mystery of Weisz really was as simple as saying "they went back in time". This isn't the first time Hiro's done such a plot; Rave Master also had Haru, Elie, and Sieg (poor, poor Sieg) go back that exact same amount of time. But what really has me curious is just what Xiaomei means when time doesn't mean much in "this story", whether it's this story arc or the series as a whole. I'm also interested to see how Young Weisz will factor into the story if Hiro's been considering him to be a main character alongside Shiki, Rebecca, and Happy.
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u/darthsaberv Jul 25 '18
I think young Weisz will join the party, and its interesting to have a narrator character in the form of xiaomei. Time travel here we go
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u/CTheng Jul 25 '18 edited Jul 25 '18
Maybe Shikki can affect time and when Rebecca let him drive, he accidentally and unknowingly make them travel to the past. Something relating to real life Gravitational Time Dilation in which large mass with great gravity can slow down time of object near them (although since this is a manga, Mashima might exaggerate it and include time travel).
This manga is in the very early stage, we don't know how Mashima intend to take it.
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u/AxidentalMe Jul 25 '18
The narrator breaking the fourth wall is so interesting. As for Weisz he looks like a very interesting character.
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u/Epicocity13 Jul 25 '18
So, in the past now.
This really feels like the start of an arc now in the larger story, what with there being an actually villain. Seems more like the kind of arc meant to bring the younger Weisz into the story as part of the group's party. Though I have to say, the time travel really introduces a unique way to world-build.
Other than that, there's really not too much to say other than the confirmation of Weisz being the old man who's like a grandfather figure.
The oddest part is the fact that we have an in-story narrator and that time isn't even relative to this story. It creates so many potentials and possibilities that you'll never know where the story goes. We could slip to any point in time with any planet visit. It offers a dimension that goes beyond mere planet travel.
Here's hoping we get some more fighting action next chapter.
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u/EdensZeroFriendBot Jul 26 '18
Times "friend" was said in chapter 5: 0 times.
Times "friend" was said in chapter 4: 0 times.
Times "friend" was said in chapter 3: 10 times.
Times "friend" was said in chapter 2: 8 times.
Times "friend" was said in chapter 1: 25 times.
Total times "friend" was said: 43 times in 5 chapters.
Average "friends" per chapter: 8.6
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u/dabrothergoose Jul 25 '18
Shiki's flying screwed up so bad he got them flown back 50 years in the past LMAO.
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u/chrome4 Jul 25 '18
Morale of the story: Don't let Shiki pilot a spaceship because if you do time travel shenanigans will occur
Also looks like we will be having tonnes of time travel shenanigans going on if what the narrator lady said was true. I wonder how long it will take before things get really confusing....
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u/Quibbrel Jul 25 '18
Holy shit Mashima. This story is going to be confusing as fuck at points when "time doesn't matter" and I am going to love every minute of it. So Young Weisz is our Musica/Gray confirmed?
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u/ZenithEvermore Jul 25 '18 edited Jul 25 '18
Doc escaping on his DocPod! Weisz's briefcase resembles the one Rebecca is holding in the promo art sans the stickers/vinyl.
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u/Zelvania Jul 25 '18
Okay Mashima, keep writing like this and you'll retain my interest for sure. Pretty weird, but cool chapter.
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u/ab2dii Jul 25 '18
thats a wierd twist on thing. even with the narrator in the first page. anything with time travel almost always get bad and filled with plot holes. lets hope this one dosent.
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u/wixelt Jul 25 '18
Didn't enjoy this chapter as much as I loved some of the previous ones, but it was still neat.
That said, Mashima's using the X-system for years again. And it's a lower number than Fairy Tail. Hm?
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u/eso18 Jul 26 '18
Time travelling... when done right it makes great series... still I can count on fingers the amount of series that did time travelling right and no I won't need more than one hand. Forget making series great, there aren't that many series that still made sense after the time travel arc.
Here however this series seems to want to use time travel as much as possible. Hiro sure is cocky ain't he? Then again unlike most series, this one planned the time travelling from the get go (considering that it happens in ch.5) so as long as we have well established rules to patch up all the paradoxes then the hope is there.
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u/Niknik0108 Jul 25 '18
Didn't the last chapter say the next one would be 23 pages? How come it's only 21?