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CX ch 44 thoughts! -- you bring a towel around with you
I never see any discussion on Choujin X on Tumblr, and I do not want to post on twitter, so I will throw some of my thoughts into the ether here.
It's nice seeing Azuma act like a normal person around Tokio again. He just needs to get in a fistfight with him every now and then to get some of his demons out, I guess.
Sato is acting weird here, it seems a little too obviously-evil-speak.
I appreciated the several panels of Azuma just hating on Sato's plan, and I thought it was odd how Tokio seemed to be mostly okay with it until it went to far. I think it further illustrates the difference between Must-Make-the-Right-Choice Azuma and Tokio, who mostly seems to go off of vibes.
Most importantly, the 3D Nude Bag looks so bad. It is the only time in the manga so far that any of the art has just looked Bad.
CX ch 45 thoughts! - you three did good work
I feel like this is a very specific phrase --that you don't have to change -- to start this new part of the investigation.
Once again enjoyed Azuma being involved in scenes where he is not acting repressed or vaguely sinister. I think they all have more interesting aspects to their post-timeskip characters that chill set-up chapters are great at showing.
Why does Sato look so extra and evil in every panel he's in? It feels like a running gag at this point. He's been doing this the whole story and it honestly has made me really enjoy his character. The way Sato is framed is just so blatant and unsubtle that it goes back around to being mysterious again
Enjoyed the additional Arthur characterization.
Palma swimming for two months is such a perfect encapsulation of what rocks about this series. It's the fun mix of intrigue, whimsy, and unsettling horror. She somehow feels like she's been in the story the whole time.
Also the Bill Morse, zombie island is very, very cool world building, and I am excited to see what theories and links people smarter than me will find! I appreciate how we were eased into Palma's character, and now that we like her, Ishida can drop wackier and wackier ideas.
Nude is fine. His new "living" predicament is the most interesting thing about him right now, but I feel like the author enjoys drawing him. But most importantly...
Ely's back in the spotlight!
Ely continues to be great, and appreciate the lack of love triangle (so far). It's been fun seeing the romance subplot develop.
I hear people saying Ely hasn't had an arc yet, but a) I'm sure it'll come in due time, b) Ely has always been a emotionally mature character, and c) Ely is very important for fleshing out Azuma's and Tokio's personalities, whose arcs and emotional states have been given most of the focus post-timeskip.
She hasn't really been given an impetus to change. Her current function in the story is to push the other two to grow through their stubbornness (or "relentless"ness). The not-talking subplot didn't overstay its welcome because she could read both of them enough to call them out on it. She knows how they think and how their personalities interact. I'm excited for her to be front and center again!
To wrap up, I'm looking forward to see this new four-man squad interact with each other. The Tokio-Mic-Mike dynamic will be missed, but it will be interesting to see how Tokio's leadership abilities work under three characters who might not follow orders as militantly.
Thanks for reading!
