Darker Than Black Manga Discussion

[monir]

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/1688/dtbsknh.jpg (http://img191.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dtbsknh.jpg)

The popular anime series, Darker Than Black, which is conceived by Okamura Tensai, now has a manga adaptation as well. The manga in question is the one that just started a month ago on Young GanGan, by Iwahara Yuuji, and the title is DARKER THAN BLACK -漆黒の花- (The pitch black flower).
It follows the events taking place after the first DtB anime series ended, and the art is quite faithful to the style of anime.

It's not revealed yet whether the story is related to the upcoming 2nd series yet. You can read the first chapter on their official webpage. http://www.square-enix.co.jp/magazine/yg/browsing/

The other manga adaptation from Noki Ya in Monthly Asuka ended a while back. His adaptation of the first series was heavily criticised for having bad artwork, doujin level adaptation of story, and personalities completely different from anime counterparts.

The synopsis in the following is stolen from wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darker_than_Black) for those who are new to the series:
Ten years ago, an inscrutable and abnormal territory known as Hell's Gate appeared in Tokyo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo), altering the sky and wreaking havoc on the landscape. The heavenly bodies disappeared, replaced by false stars. During this time, people who possess various special abilities emerged. Kept secret from the masses, these individuals, known as Contractors, are able to murder in cold blood. Various nations and organizations around the world use Contractors as spies and assassins, often resulting in violent battles for information. Each fake star has a corresponding Contractor, and they vibrate when their Contractor's power is being used. As such, Contractors are usually identified by their star's Messier catalogue number (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_object). However, their abilities are gained at the cost of their humanity. They are implied to lack human emotions which includes no aversions to murder, and they are regarded as extremely rational and logical in their decision making. Contractors are thus named because of their need to always complete a remuneration or payment each time their power is used (ex. eating flowers, breaking fingers, drinking blood). It is not entirely clear what happens to one if he or she fails to complete the remuneration. Contractors are described as being psychologically compelled to complete their remunerative task.
Please direct all manga related discussion to this thread.

edit: (060909) Correction made to the opening post. Thanks goes to aohige.

[aohige]

The popular anime series, Darker Than Black, which is conceived by Okamura Tensai, now has a manga adaptation as well. The manga is taking place from the end of the first season of Darker Than Black anime series. The illustration for the manga is done by Noki Ya. The manga is being serialized in the Monthly Asuka and Young Gangan. The image in this post is stolen from Herbert's (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=2439343&postcount=73) post which was submitted in the 2nd Season anime thread. The synopsis in the following is stolen from wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darker_than_Black) for those who are new to the series:


Actually, let me correct you on that.
The manga in question is the one that just started a month ago on Young GanGan, by Iwahara Yuuji, and the title is DARKER THAN BLACK -漆黒の花- (The pitch black flower).
It follows the events taking place after the first DtB anime series ended, and the art is quite faithful to the style of anime.
It's not revealed yet whether the story is related to the upcoming 2nd series yet.
You can read the first chapter on their official webpage. http://www.square-enix.co.jp/magazine/yg/browsing/

The manga adaptation from Noki Ya in Monthly Asuka ended a while back.
This adaptation of the first series was heavily criticised for having bad artwork, doujin level adaptation of story, and personalities completely different from anime counterparts.

Edit: Also, the image you used is an article about the new anime series. Here's an introductory pic of the manga.
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/1688/dtbsknh.jpg (http://img191.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dtbsknh.jpg)

[blewin]

Just wondering, if I'm to talk about the content of the released chapters so far, do I have to use spoiler tags here?

[pinkautumn13]

dunno bout that anime i think i need to watch

[Tyrone Biggums]

Good show. So this manga picks up from the 1st season? And were getting a second season!?!? Finally!

[Used Can]

Hopefully, this one will be a proper adaptation, because the previous manga was crap.

[Vanehei]

yes, the first manga was ..... a big mistake with shoujo style...

But, about the second and official manga i can say that
Its more like the anime in every way. It starts one year after the "gate explotion" that Hei made in the final episode of season one in the anime. Util now we have seen a contractor... a really creepy contractor who is chasing Hei, but it says that a lot of people are chasing him. The weird thing about all this is that Hei and Yin are still in Tokyo, even after everything that happened.
Hei and Yin are together, but as far as we can see until now, they get along just as they did in the anime...so, the suggesting scans that we have seen in the announcements for second season are still meaningless.
The final part of chapter two shows an institute girl running away (i cant understand why) and finding the creepy contractor.

[holyalexander]

i would give this a try...

[Used Can]

Hei and Yin are together, but as far as we can see until now, they get along just as they did in the anime...so, the suggesting scans that we have seen in the announcements for second season are still meaningless.
That's not odd, I believe. Darker than Black was never (and hopefully will never be) a love story.

[monir]

Actually, let me correct you on that.

I see. So these are actually two different sets of manga series adapted by two different author whose work ran on these two magazine, Monthly Asuka and Young Gan Gan respectively. Good info. Necessary correction made to the opening post.

[xx_At]

the released promotional pictures of yin and hei were for the 2nd season of the anime. The manga here runs a different story so its not suprising if their relationship is not explored.

I dun think the creator of the anime is any part of this manga, the only link they hav is that the mangaka here was also the original character design for the anime. Which is why the style has been so similar.

[-KarumA-]

promo scans, they are promo scans D:
have you guys never learned anything from promo scans they do not suggest romance between characters, enough magazines even make promo scans of 2 male characters in ways a yaoi fangirl would scream her heart out but that doesn't mean that it will happen or if it is happening D: never fall for the promo scans! they are not to be trusted!

[denice25]

great info.... thanks..

[Solafighter]

Just that im not mistaken.

This manga is not brand new, isnt it, or? :confused:

Or is it a "season" 2? :rolleyes:

[Tyrone Biggums]

I might just wait for Season 2 of the anime to come out...which hopefully will be soon.

[-KarumA-]

Just that im not mistaken.

This manga is not brand new, isnt it, or? :confused:

Or is it a "season" 2? :rolleyes:

You are thinking like I was, this isn't part of the older manga they did for DTB but is season 2

[Yu Ominae]

Already read it. First chapter's so cool. :D

[Tyrone Biggums]

Kiriharia is still hung up on Hei lol

And he is now the number 1 most dangerous Contractor in the world. I love it.

So the world now knows about Contractors right?

[MrTerrorist]

Just so you guys know, Yuuji Iwahara, the manga artist for the Second DTB manga was the original character designer for the DTB anime.

It's good to know he's doing a manga based on the characters he design on the anime considering he also doing the manga King of Thorn.

[Yu Ominae]

Kiriharia is still hung up on Hei lol

And he is now the number 1 most dangerous Contractor in the world. I love it.

So the world now knows about Contractors right?

Guess so since...

Kirihara said that thanks to Hei and the EPR's actions on Hell's Gate after defeating their security forces, he revealed to the world about their existence. Reminds me of the X-Men series.

[LightningZERO]

I started reading the manga. It's quite nice. Some creepy moment there and there, and most importantly, Hei still looks young!!!

[Battler-kun]

How many chapter does the manga have?

I guess about 11 or so.

[Starry Dust]

I've known about the manga for a while but is it neccessary to read?
Like a must?

I don't want to miss out on anything if S2 brings in stuff I didn't know before.

[Battler-kun]

I guess you will know what happened to Yin...

[forgottendiary]

Shikkoku no hana is scanlated up to ch.6 atm D:

Oh but it's filled with HeixYin goodness!!!

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g264/ichigowife/Darker%20Than%20Black/ejiwwi-2.png

No, she's not preggers, lol :P
The original text was her tummy rumbling. And then Hei says: "Oh right, we haven't had dinner yet. How about I cook us something?"

AWWW~


(thanks, Amirali!)

[Starry Dust]

^oh my, I almost panicked when I saw that O.O;;;

But that is cute.

[Zwei]

So do you guys think Hei will molest the new loli introduced in this chapter?

[forgottendiary]

^oh my, I almost panicked when I saw that O.O;;;

But that is cute.

If it were true, then we know why Hei has totally lost it :P his spawn and the mother of it taken away drove him batshit crazy XDDD

[Battler-kun]

Read the scanlated chapter 8 now.

The manga has been fantastic so far.

All i can say without spoilering too much is that Harvest and BK-201 are pretty similar...

[forgottendiary]

Just read chapter 9 of Shikkoku...mannnn, season 2 is really paling in comparison to it. I've high hopes for the OVAs!

[wandering-dreamer]

I just zipped through the first 8 chapters and it's a TON better than I was expecting. Kinda wondering why they didn't start S2 off here because it makes more sense to pick up where S1 left off instead of the time skip we're having in the anime. But I'm not complaining because this means twice as much Darker Than Black now. And yay for Kirihara being a lead again!
And since she is still in section 4 at this point (i.e. the same division she was in for the first season) hopefully this will detail why she has been transfered out to the middle of nowhere. I suspect that her, forced, cooperation with Pandora is going to be at the heart of it.

[Strange]

I just zipped through the first 8 chapters and it's a TON better than I was expecting. Kinda wondering why they didn't start S2 off here because it makes more sense to pick up where S1 left off instead of the time skip we're having in the anime. But I'm not complaining because this means twice as much Darker Than Black now. And yay for Kirihara being a lead again!
And since she is still in section 4 at this point (i.e. the same division she was in for the first season) hopefully this will detail why she has been transfered out to the middle of nowhere. I suspect that her, forced, cooperation with Pandora is going to be at the heart of it.

It sounds like her new boss, in Shikkoku no Hana, will have something to do with it. The guy is a huge asshole. What's interesting is that her friend in the Astrology department knows of her obsession with BK201 in Season 2, but not in the manga--so something will happen later on in the manga.

The manga kicks ass, and yes, I wish too that the anime covered Jet Black Flower instead of Meteor, although that most likely stems from my Yin obsession. :heh:

[forgottendiary]

The manga kicks ass, and yes, I wish too that the anime covered Jet Black Flower instead of Meteor, although that most likely stems from my Yin obsession. :heh:

So do I comrade, so do I.

[wandering-dreamer]

But the OVA's should be covering the Jet Black Flower arc right? Although at this rate I don't see how they'll cram it onto 4 OVAs, gah, at this rate we could've have a full 26 episode season too!

[Strange]

But the OVA's should be covering the Jet Black Flower arc right? Although at this rate I don't see how they'll cram it onto 4 OVAs, gah, at this rate we could've have a full 26 episode season too!

Considering how popular DtB2 seems to be--over here outside Japan, anyways--they might go for another season on Spring. That's my hope.

And yeah, no idea how they'll fit everything in Jet black Flower in 4 OVAs, the story isn't close to being finished and it's already too big for it. Most likely they'll just bridge from Flower to Meteor.

[dear4life]

But the OVA's should be covering the Jet Black Flower arc right? Although at this rate I don't see how they'll cram it onto 4 OVAs, gah, at this rate we could've have a full 26 episode season too!

It was never said, officially, that the OVA would be covering the Jet Black Flower. Just that it would bridge the gap between the Tokyo Explotion and season two.
I personally hope the OVA's are a different story, so we can have more DTB.

Oh, and I absolutly love the Manga. I love to see my badxxs, sexy, cool Hei. ;)
I read up to chapter 10. Things are getting interesting. Can't wait for 11.

[Haladflire65]

I have a question: How often is the manga updated?

[dear4life]

I have a question: How often is the manga updated?

Every two weeks. There has been one week, where it wasn't published.
I believe ch11 should be out 11-6 according to ch10.

[Zwei]

Chapter 9 brings up an interesting theory - Aside from the fact that he uses it to hide his identity, could Hei's remuneration be that he has to wear that mask?

[Strange]

Yin almost gets kidnapped... as the Syndicate guy explains Hei, it was dumb to leave her alone in a place like that. Then a giant combat doll shows up and destroys those Syndicate contractors... but the doll is from the Syndicate too, albeit a different faction, and she's still as good as kidnapped now, thanks to that combat doll. :heh:

[Yu Ominae]

Looks like half of them don't like the flower and half do. Let's see what happens next. :D

[Strange]

About chapter 9--no spoiler--why was Yin wearing Hei's shirt and nothing else? It just looked odd, it was just about the first time you see her wearing something other than her dress.

[dear4life]

About chapter 9--no spoiler--why was Yin wearing Hei's shirt and nothing else? It just looked odd, it was just about the first time you see her wearing something other than her dress.

Because Hei was doing the laundry. :)

[Poetic Justice]

The more i read this the more i think that this is the true sequel to the first season. Its darker and more brutal than whats been shown of season 2 so far, but ill reserve final judgment when i get to see more episodes.

I'm also glad a lot of old characters like that mad scientist and indian girl have returned and we got to see a bit more about pandora.

Also the new contractor powers are well thought out and interesting. I liked the concept of dolls being used as these super soldiers and i hope they explore the concept a bit more.

[Poetic Justice]

Chapter 9 brings up an interesting theory - Aside from the fact that he uses it to hide his identity, could Hei's remuneration be that he has to wear that mask?

This is seemingly confirmed now that Hei has lost his powers and doesnt wear his mask anymore. Plus the message at the end of episode 3.

[orangejuicetang]

This is seemingly confirmed now that Hei has lost his powers and doesnt wear his mask anymore. Plus the message at the end of episode 3.

...Season one confirmed that Hei doesn't have a renumeration.

[Poetic Justice]

Yes but is it coincidence that Hei doesn't wear a mask anymore now?

[Strange]

It probably has something to do with the mask getting left behind as Suou tackled him into the water. I don't think he had a spare handy on him, and he most likely didn't go back to wherever he was staying for a spare mask. It was just a straight progression from Suou's hideout-> train station -> ferry.

[Kallen4life]

just breezed through it .. awesome, it can definately challenge the S2 anime .. although anime has Mao and this one doesn't .. and we all know Mao is t3h sh1t !

[Vanehei]

Yes but is it coincidence that Hei doesn't wear a mask anymore now?


We can confirm two things...
In the manga he says that he is runing out of mask ans knifes.
In seconds season we can see him wearing a mask full of marks, so, we can conclude that that one was his last one

Yes, that mask was left behind when Sou take him to the wather so.... not remuneration

[LightningZERO]

I find it funny that Hei has a lot of spare masks. Apparently he loses it really often :D

[Kunagisa]

After reading chapter 11, it seems like Hei is really really good with lolis T___T

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/993/53266996200911062252472.jpg

His true ability is loli-attraction, his renumeration is actually

loli killing. Somehow, I feel this girl's going to bite the dust too since the damn gym teacher pulled out her flower. First his sister, then Amber, then probably this girl, Yin, and maybe Suou too <__<

God, that gym teacher makes me rage so hard. His archtype is even worse than serial killers.

[Chidori<3]

loli killing. Somehow, I feel this girl's going to bite the dust too since the damn gym teacher pulled out her flower. First his sister, then Amber, then probably this girl, Yin, and maybe Suou too <__<

God, that gym teacher makes me rage so hard. His archtype is even worse than serial killers.

What ? Wait, wait, wait...
Yin died ?! when ? Did she die in the manga or where? We don't know that she died in the anime, I mean... it's probably what happened, but I still have hope... If she died in the manga...TT.TT

Where did you get chapter 11 ?

[Shinji103]

What ? Wait, wait, wait...
Yin died ?! when ? Did she die in the manga or where? We don't know that she died in the anime, I mean... it's probably what happened, but I still have hope... If she died in the manga...TT.TTNo it hasn't happened in the manga (yet) either, so I think stu is just guessing.

[Sigsig]

i suspect the manga is a link between s1 and s2 of the anime

[forgottendiary]

Kyaa, I'm still waiting for the scanlation @.@

[Kallen4life]

eeeeh at onemanga they don't even have chap 10 yet Oo

there is another DtB manga (sucky), maybe you mean that one ?

[forgottendiary]

i suspect the manga is a link between s1 and s2 of the anime

Yup, which the OVAs will be based on :)

eeeeh at onemanga they don't even have chap 10 yet Oo

there is another DtB manga (sucky), maybe you mean that one ?

Nope, it's Shikkoku no Hana. Look around some more, you'll find it. :)

[Kallen4life]

Yup, which the OVAs will be based on
do you have 100% prooflink that OVAs = this manga ? just cuz they're both between S1 and S2 doesn't mean much

[Kunagisa]

No it hasn't happened in the manga (yet) either, so I think stu is just guessing.

Yup, I'm guessing, but it all makes sense.



Where did you get chapter 11 ?

Not scanlated yet.

The DtB series always remind me of Zaregoto. Tons of interesting cast but a ton of them die, so I try really hard to not get attached to any of them, but so many cute little kids =(

[Zwei]

...Season one confirmed that Hei doesn't have a renumeration.

I know it was mentioned, I know i'v seen it somewhere in season one before, but can you tell me exactly where is it explicitly confirmed that he doesn't have a remuneration?

[forgottendiary]

do you have 100% prooflink that OVAs = this manga ? just cuz they're both between S1 and S2 doesn't mean much

It was a few pages back, but I suppose I've to change that to "might be based on" XP

[dear4life]

I know it was mentioned, I know i'v seen it somewhere in season one before, but can you tell me exactly where is it explicitly confirmed that he doesn't have a remuneration?

I know the first scene was ep 6 where Havac had said, "You're emotional, but you aren’t mentally unstable like a moratorium, and you don't appear to have paid your price either. Are you really a contractor?”
And we know eating is not his price, because Havac had said he still had his appetite.

And then, ep. 25 where everyone was telling him he's human, are the ones that come to me.

It was a few pages back, but I suppose I've to change that to "might be based on" XP

There has been no confirmation that the OVA will be based on the manga. The web site just said that the OVA's are just going to cover what happened to Yin and Hei between the Tokyo Explosion and S2.

I personally would like a different story, so that we can have more DTB :)

[Strange]

Shikkoku no Hana Extra came out, it's a bonus chapter going back to season one when Hei and Yin has to go investigate a hot spring.

Pretty fun, although very pointless.

[Xacual]

It's pretty funny how Hei is in the men's bath wearing his mask, why wasn't he just undercover checking it out :(

[Nemesis]

I thought something went wrong when i saw Huang alive.

[forgottendiary]

Shikkoku no Hana Extra came out, it's a bonus chapter going back to season one when Hei and Yin has to go investigate a hot spring.

Pretty fun, although very pointless.

WAH! this I gotta see!!!!!!!

[dear4life]

Shikkoku no Hana Extra came out, it's a bonus chapter going back to season one when Hei and Yin has to go investigate a hot spring.

Pretty fun, although very pointless.

That is actually an omake from the Fanbook that just came out. It's not related to Shikkoku no Hana. :)

[orangejuicetang]

I can't help but feel regardless, that for some reason that's only half of the omake. I don't know, the ending just feels too abrupt even for an omake.

[Strange]

That is actually an omake from the Fanbook that just came out. It's not related to Shikkoku no Hana. :)

Ah, that's what the file I downloaded came up as, I need to fix that. :heh:

[Bombo]

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God, that gym teacher makes me rage so hard. His archtype is even worse than serial killers.
After Watching raw chapters in 11 ya i'm agree with you
Question : it every week or month they update chapters?

[Kallen4life]

where can I find chapters 10 & 11 ... ? could you tell me in PM maybe ?

[dear4life]

After Watching raw chapters in 11 ya i'm agree with you
Question : it every week or month they update chapters?

It's usually every two weeks. Sometimes they have skipped a week or two. They always put on the bottom of the last page when the next one should be out. Ch 12 should be out Nov. 20th. :)

Does anybody else wish that Hei would have pounded Mioka a little harder.

And, darn that scientist. I want Misaki and Hei to work together.

[Kunagisa]

Does anybody else wish that Hei would have pounded Mioka a little harder.



Well Azusa did brutalize him pretty badly before Hei showed up, so I don't mind Mioka not getting punished more. Though I wish they knocked him out first.

[Poetic Justice]

What the hell at the latest fanservice chapter? :heh:

[Kunagisa]

Chapter 12~~

So our loli didn't die, merely lost conscious, but the flower still acts even when she is unconscious. The teacher's pretty dead after she woke up and kicked the crap out of him, and apparently the military's involved in the flower. We see another contractor at the end, who is ordered to retrieve the flower.



http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/3387/53266996200911250123025.jpg

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/3387/53266996200911250123025.jpg

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/5342/53266996200911250123025u.jpg

[Poetic Justice]

Someone needs to hurry the hell up and scanlate these new chapters.

[Kallen4life]

onemanga doesn't even have 10 yet T.T

[dear4life]

I loved how Hei just crushed that stun gun in his hand.
That mistery guy is Nishijima's Father? Ha Ha Ha!! I don't know if that makes for a very good criminal. His son was such a wimp. ;)

[Kunagisa]

No Hei and the lolis. Lots of police vs. Flower Guy action. Looks like electricity would stop him from disintegrating, but what the heck does XERP stand for? And I hope Misaki gets a pollen planted in her <__<

[wandering-dreamer]

Um, have the scanlations caught up yet? Last I checked we were still on Chapter 9 or so and I don't know why people wouldn't be working on this series.

[Renchan]

Um, have the scanlations caught up yet? Last I checked we were still on Chapter 9 or so and I don't know why people wouldn't be working on this series.

This (http://community.livejournal.com/darker_than/) community have all 12 chapters (chapter 13 in progress).

[straferd]

Read the first 9 chapters, I think it needs much more Hei/Yin and less Misaki!

So, if this is the sequal to season 1, do we get to know why Hei and Yin turned out the way they did? Or do we get to see that in the OVA instead?

[Shinji103]

So, if this is the sequal to season 1, do we get to know why Hei and Yin turned out the way they did? Or do we get to see that in the OVA instead?Probably not, since that's going to be covered in the upcoming OVA.

[Zwei]

Hei sure softened up in the manga. If this was in S2, he would have surely killed the coach without a second thought (he tried to kill Misaki after all).

[Shinji103]

Hei sure softened up in the manga. If this was in S2, he would have surely killed the coach without a second thought (he tried to kill Misaki after all).I think you've got your timeline mixed up. This manga happens before S2, so Hei hasn't softened up, he gets colder after this for S2.

[Zwei]

I think you've got your timeline mixed up. This manga happens before S2, so Hei hasn't softened up, he gets colder after this for S2.

I know this happens before S2. I forgot to include "is" before "softened", or maybe I should have just used "soft".

I was trying to say that Hei in the manga is less harsh than the one in S2 (for obvious reasons). :heh:

[velvet nightmare]

is the manga considered canon ?

[Tiberium Wolf]

The art seems familiar... I can't seem to recall where I have seen this art before. Can anyone tell?

[Rima-Chan]

is the manga considered canon ?

Yes :) It takes place right after S1

[Battler-kun]

Chapter 10 - 12 out !

And it is really great. The manga is really good so far. Has the feeling of season 1 and therefore i really prefer it over the 2nd season of the anime :)

[Tiberium Wolf]

Oh! I finally found out. It's drawn by Iwahara Yuuji. Same guy that did King of Thorns.

[Battler-kun]

In chapter 13 there is no Hei...

[wandering-dreamer]

In chapter 13 there is no Hei...

Pshh, so? Misaki is so awesome in this chapter that she totally makes up for it. :D Seriously, crashing her car at high speeds while jumping out of it to take down one guy? That's pretty gar.

[willyvereb]

If we don't count pre-contractor or depowered Hei, she's the No. 1 badass normal of Darker than Black.

[Battler-kun]

Abigail is so hot.

Damn you Hei for injuring her!

[orangejuicetang]

There's another omake. Made even less sense than the first one, but that's what omakes are for, right?

[Full Metal Coast]

can anyone let me know what the manga is like? is it any good? and which time it is set in?

cheers.

[Zwei]

can anyone let me know what the manga is like? is it any good? and which time it is set in?

cheers.

After the end of S1, and before the start of the OVA/S2. It's good, and I recommend it for any DtB fan.

[Full Metal Coast]

After the end of S1, and before the start of the OVA/S2. It's good, and I recommend it for any DtB fan.

cheers for that mate.

[Battler-kun]

Chapter 15 out.
Just awesome.

[Bombo]

ya ..you should see page16 so funny when the littel girl said i'm female too LOOOOOL

[Kunagisa]

Anyone read the special chapter from DTB II?

Where they're all inside the Gate and having a cooking contest to make food to satisfy Hei.
Seems the purpose of making the contest is so that Madam will provide secret information to the winner and provide them a meal ticket with Hei.
M16 failed because the Magician cheated to summon an entire course of meal.
The FSB failed because Tanya wanted to use rats to cook because people found it popular that rats can cook (Ratatouille anyone?)
"Section 3" failed because Hazuki just spends the entire time seducing Sawasaki.
"Team Heroines" were able to make food (Misaki, Yin, and Suou all made a dish), but Hei ended up cooking up an entire banquet, so Hei wins lol.



it's pretty fun read given the silly premise, but it's nice to see a bunch of character together and being friendly to each other.

Too bad Amber didn't appear, I mean it's damn Gate, at least give her a guest appearance =(.

[Shinji103]

Anyone read the special chapter from DTB II?

Where they're all inside the Gate and having a cooking contest to make food to satisfy Hei.
Seems the purpose of making the contest is so that Madam will provide secret information to the winner and provide them a meal ticket with Hei.
M16 failed because the Magician cheated to summon an entire course of meal.
The FSB failed because Tanya wanted to use rats to cook because people found it popular that rats can cook (Ratatouille anyone?)
"Section 3" failed because Hazuki just spends the entire time seducing Sawasaki.
"Team Heroines" were able to make food (Misaki, Yin, and Suou all made a dish), but Hei ended up cooking up an entire banquet, so Hei wins lol.

I gotta admit, it was pretty funny how the last two panels had Hei with his harem gathered around him as he ate.... :heh:

[Kunagisa]

I gotta admit, it was pretty funny how the last two panels had Hei with his harem gathered around him as he ate.... :heh:

Yeah, that was a fun read.

Back to the flower! Chapter 16 was a really confusing read, but from what I gathered

Flower was remnant of a contractor/contractor-related object. To test this object, Pandora injected into that crazy dude, but he died as a result.

What happened at the end of season 1 with Hei in the gate caused him to reawaken again (?) with the ability to inject the seeds into another person as well as retaining his original contractor ability of turning things into sand. The recipient can use the flower's power, but they will both die after a few hours.

What happened with the girl was special, because she didn't die, and the flower didn't wither, which means they can move onto human experimentation on making the strongest army.

[Arabesque]

According to the latest Oricon (http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/obc/w/) Ranking, Vol. 2 manged to land on #9 with 60,780 copies sold on it's first week. Really glad to see the manga doing well.

BTW, does anyone know what is the latest published chapter?

[Bea Rabbit]

I am reading the Shikoku Hana series, since the first one is kinda..
yep, its great, still have to follow up though

[wandering-dreamer]

Holy, thread revival time!
So, chapter 17 just came out and this one is from Misaki's point of view again. Section four is going to be dissolved in the near future so we now know how she ended up in such a remote place at the start of the second season but I'm betting the group gets in one last big fight to secure Harvest.

[Poetic Justice]

It seems like the manga will be coming to an end soon, I'm glad they decided to explore the lore in a bit more depth but not enough to satisfy. Introducing and explaining this new phenomenon of flower just makes this a self contained story which has little relevance to the overall plot.

[Kanon]

Holy, thread revival time!
So, chapter 17 just came out and this one is from Misaki's point of view again. Section four is going to be dissolved in the near future so we now know how she ended up in such a remote place at the start of the second season but I'm betting the group gets in one last big fight to secure Harvest.

Yes, it was interesting to see what exactly happened to Misaki and the other members of section 4 prior to season 2. We even saw what happend to her friend from the astronomical observatory.

A new chapter came out today.

Loved the way that cocky contractor was killed. It looks like they managed to get that flower under control, but I doubt that special squad will be enough to kill Harvest.

[Poetic Justice]

The special squad is going to be owned so badly.

[Rima-Chan]

The special squad is going to be owned so badly.

I'm not realy sure O__O "The Special squad" is kind of creepy...

[Yu Ominae]

They use FN SCARs for their main weapon. Appears to be 14.5 barrel types.

And....

They can hold on their own. See how they wasted two contractors.

[Battler-kun]

Woah!

Hei with mask = Superhei!

Epic.

I love the manga! It's so good!

A shame it didn't get animated!

[chaos_alfa]

Chapter 19 was awesome.

This manga is so much better than the second season of Darker than Black.

[Kanon]

The last page of chapter 19 was so freaking awesome. IT'S ON!

[darkdarkdark]

Chapter 19 was awesome.

This manga is so much better than the second season of Darker than Black.

No doubt there. It was like someone took a fat dump on DtB and called it Season 2.

[MrTerrorist]

Chapter 20 was awesome with Camp & Hei.

[Vanehei]

Im just loving the manga.... BONES, please, please... make something with it.

[wandering-dreamer]

I did like the second season of DtB but when you look at the manga and I'm totally confused as to why they didn't make this into the anime instead. XD Seriously BONES, you couldn't milked this series so much more!

[Battler-kun]

The manga is freaking great! Chapter 20 out.

This manga feels just like Season 1!

But unfortunately it is soon coming to an end. A few more chapters i guess.

[Yu Ominae]

Another chapter for the SNH manga's out.

Hei met his match, a Syndicate soldier fused with the Black Flower. And Mina dies. Poor girl.

[Vanehei]

It was an amazing chapter, i love it.... Hei its BADASS

[wandering-dreamer]

Darnit, I really hope Mina isn't dead (but since she didn't appear at all in the second season I'm not holding my breath). Really liked her too, she had only a small role in the first season but it was cool to see her re-appear since you got the feeling that the series was really building on itself.
And, well, we know that Hei is alive and in one piece for the next season so clearly he gets out of here alright, betting the flower girl shows up and does something.

[Kanon]

No reason to doubt Mina's death. This is Darker than Black, it's already a miracle she survived season 1 :heh:

Loved this chapter. This guy is certainly a troublesome opponent for Hei.

[Yu Ominae]

Read the new chapter and Hei's on the losing side.

[Vanehei]

Chapter 23 or 24? ....:uhoh:

[Yu Ominae]

22 actually.

[Vanehei]

Chapter 23 is out... He will be an alquemist hehehe... He is learning to use the real BK 201 power at will (change things at molecular level). Nice

[Yu Ominae]

Awesome contractor.

Yin's giving Champ a reason to live. And yeah, origin story on how the two met up.

[Tarantula Lady]

If we can accept this manga as canon, chapter 23 answers a pretty vital question, why doesn't Hei use his power over matter to kill his opponents rather than his ninja skills and electrical power. (I'd hate to think what someone would look like if you hit him with a proton/neutron/anti-matter beam or something of that sort.)

Apparently the answer is that Hei doesn't quite know how to control all his powers and it takes a while to "power up" with the lancernopt synchotron radiation bit. Pretty bogus physics explanation for the glowing blue light but it looked really cool in the anime.

[Yu Ominae]

It's confirmed in the new chapter.

We'll never see Mina again. She's offed.

[Battler-kun]

Well life was never that much of a value in DtB.

[Kanon]

^It was already a miracle she survived the first season.

[Battler-kun]

Chapter 25 out.

More relevations about connections in the Heaven's Gate war!

[Kanon]

Very nice chapter. Kind of disappointed Hei didn't get to fight his former mentor though.

[Battler-kun]

Manga keeps being very interesting, always revealing missing links!

And Abigail makes a return *ggg*

[MrTerrorist]

Just read the latest chapter

I can't believe Abigail was able to quickly betray her boss like that. Then again, he was acting unreasonable. And i'm happy she's with BK-201 side.

[Kanon]

Just read the latest chapter

I can't believe Abigail was able to quickly betray her boss like that. Then again, he was acting unreasonable. And i'm happy she's with BK-201 side.

She's a contractor. It's perfectly natural for her to put her own safety first. She knows working with Hei will increase her chance of survival.

[Battler-kun]

Wow, chapter 28 is freaking awesome!

This mange is jsut awesome!

[MrTerrorist]

Two words.: Nice shirt.

[Nightengale]

The manga's ended, by the way. at chapter 33.

tldr;

Hei + Yin's power of love > Harvest > Hei.

Though Misaki gets the honour of being the one to actually kill the contractor 'Black Dandelion.' Figures that's the least she could have for being an eternal virgin. :p

[Battler-kun]

This manga is just plain awesome.

I'd lve to see a prequel to DtB S1 !

[Shinji103]

Wow, Nightengale wasn't kidding; even the SnH manga highlights Hey and Yin's love. :twitch: But naturally without giving us the satisfaction of making it official, of course. :heh:

[Battler-kun]

Chapter 31 out.

The fight is HUGE.

I'd love to see it animated. This manga has totally my approval!

[StarFox117]

Where can I read/buy the manga?

[Battler-kun]

The manga's ended, by the way. at chapter 33.

tldr;

Hei + Yin's power of love > Harvest > Hei.

Though Misaki gets the honour of being the one to actually kill the contractor 'Black Dandelion.' Figures that's the least she could have for being an eternal virgin. :p


Well yes, but it has always been this way, that Yin had been the force after Pai that had kept Hei to carry on somehow.
We saw what happened to him in S2 without Yin at his side...
With Yin he finally could use his power again to its fullest abilities.