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Andrew Cunningham
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To clarify still further: 32 volumes in the original edition; it basically plays out normally until the last two chapters which basically slap a lightning fast ending on. Funbari no Uta being an epilogue.
The new edition will be 27 volumes, with 380 additional pages. It will presumably remove a small portion of the original ending and continue the story from there; it may well still have Funbari no Uta, which takes place after the theoretical ending anyway. And not to derail this, but One Piece gets better with every arc, and stands a good chance of unseating all your favorites eventually. |
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Murasakisuishou
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The 27 volumes refers to the condensed editions coming out in Japan, where each individual tankoubon will have more chapters than the originals and each cover will feature a different oversoul + shaman. Which, of course, we have little chance of seeing stateside, since Viz is barely halfway through releasing the manga as it is. |
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BrothersElric
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Okay then, I think I've got it all straight now, thanks you guys.  I'll probably just get the volume (if it comes out stateside, that is. You never know  ) that leaves off where the original left off then, since I'm only really concerned with story and not so much new cover art/more chapters. This Funbari no Uta sounds like it'd be pretty interesting though, so if it isn't included with the new releases I think I'll go ahead and buy the last volume of the original as well.
That sounds very promising.  Can't wait 'till I get that far. Although Naruto's been getting better for a while now as well, so you never know.
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Murasakisuishou
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Eh, don't kid yourself; it's about as close as SK ever gets to utter brain rape, although I have a feeling that part of the reason it was so confusing was that the scanlation group I got it from liked to work while stoned. I'm not even sure how it was originally published - was it like one of the normal Funbari no Uta shorts they have at the end of each novel? As far as the releases go, though, I'm pretty sure Viz will just release the new ending as a 33rd volume and leave all proceeding volumes untouched. |
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AsakuraX
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BrothersElric- I'll try to help clarify as well.
 The ending of the original 32nd volume wasn't exactly an "ending." It was more like a story, unfinished.
Just imagine a story, but it ends right in the middle. In other words, the manga was did not become crappy at any particular volume. It was just that leaving the manga off where it was would make the ending "crappy." Get it?
Anyways: Original Manga: 32 volumes (volume 32 has the Funbari No Uta, a short epilogue which takes place 7 years later, meaning in 2007) Reprint Manga: 27 volumes (380 pages more than the original manga) |
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Andrew Cunningham
Posts: 443 Location: Seattle |
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I would not be surprised if Viz works out some way to add the extra 380 pages, and probably go to volume 34 for the English edition. You'll have to ask them, though. |
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BrothersElric
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Wow, they liked to work stoned?  No wonder you gave up on scanalations......
In any case, if it's an epilogue I'm sure it'll be pretty good. I agree with you about how I'm not too much a fan of those shorts at the end of the volumes though. They can be funny, yeah, I just prefer not to read them very much is all. But I'm always for a good epilogue story in the final volume, especially in hearing how much a lot of people on here liked it so much.
Yeah, from what you and Andrew (and Asakura, to some extent) are talking about, it just sounds to me like Viz will probably just do a vol. 33 and 34 for that part of the story, that would make sense. I wonder though if Funbari no Uta will be in 34 instead of 32 in the Viz version then? Who knows....
Yeah, I get it. Thanks. 
It was one of those endings then, huh? Kind of like how Zombie Powder ended (there's others I can think of, but I'm too lazy to think of them right now. ). And for the same reasons as to why Zombie Powder was canceled it sounds like. Such a shame too. I mean, I really think that no matter how crappy the success (or lack thereof) is for a series, they should at least allow the author to finish his story for heaven's sake!  Anyways....
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