Asatte no Houkou - Manga Discussion Thread

[NightWish]

This thread is for the Asatte no Houkou manga.

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[NeoSam]

あさっての方向。
ASATTE NO HOUKOU

a direction of the day after tomorrow (this is the translation according to some japanese forums and sites)

Serialized in the seinen(young men's) manga magazine Comic Blade Masamune (a special issue of the seinen(young men's) manga magazine Comic Blade)
For now there are 3 volumes released of this manga, here is the cover:



Genre: Seinen, Fantasy, Drama

Asatte no Houkou is a seinen manga/anime.

[Maceart]

I've read the first volume in Taiwan, and yes, the anime follows it pretty well save for some minor points and time shifts.

I like the anime art for the purple haired girl, in the manga she looks a little too bratty.

And Hiro still looks like a pedophile.

[Thelastguardian]

I just read Volume 2. For those of you who haven't read the manga yet, you better hope they don't follow the manga.

That book left me quite OTZ after finish reading it...

At the risk of spoiling the story, let me say one(two) thing(s)-

Hiro, you fuc*ing bastard, damn you for what you did and for what you are trying to make up for now.

Spoiler for Hiro:

Come on, taking advantage of your mother's sister while she was most vulnerable is so not right. Especially when she was the one who changed you diaper when you were a kid.

What's more not right is how you disappeared to the US after she got pregnant. Now a few years later, she is dead, you come back and see a sad little girl that may or may not be you and your aunt's daughter.

Now you want to make up for what you have done? Absolutely pathetic.

Tetsu, you all surpassing fuc*ing bastard, damn you for what you have done. May your soul plunge into the deepest level of hell and burn and face your sin for eternalty.

Spoiler for Tetsu:

If you want to wank, go to a quiet place and do it yourself. Do not drag a girl into the wood, corner her, restraint her, and most important of all, do NOT force other, for example, Karada, to stroke your ego. In addition to being a crime, she obviously didn't want to touch whatever you had/ejaculated - seeing how she desperately tried to wash her hands later.

She was 1. underage 2. non-consentual, for Christ's sake.

Now you have the balls to harass her after what you pulled off? And you expect her to listen to whatever pathethic pleas you may have in store for her?

You, sir, is one sick bastard.

In conclusion, all the males in the manga (even the dark skin dude who forcefully held down Karada and kissed her) exhibits self-control that are in range with rabbits in breeding season.

I say all these, but, I would love to see the faces of the anime viewers should the anime studio decides to show these disturbing backstories.

But I guess not, because the anime is going for original plot. Shame.

[DanielSong39]

In comparison to these, having Tetsu dump Karada in favor of Kotomi would be rather tame.

Not that I would want that to happen in the anime, either.

[Maceart]

I just read volume 2 in Chinese, and I have to say, boy oh boy did this manga just jumped the shark for me. I was expecting a nice, surreal slice of life manga with a little drama sprinkled in akin to ARIA or YKK, but instead we get

Spoiler:

Horny male characters who can't control themselves. Hell, what Tatsu did was kind of like if Kippei molested Yuzuyu in Aishteruze Baby. Completely wrong and disgusting.

Such a downer... and where was Shoko during the whole second volume? I really hope the anime turns out better than this.

And Hiro is such a pedophile.

[therethere]

hmm, is this manga available anywhere on the Internet?

[Muddle!]

I had heard part of the manga spoilers before but after hearing them in more detail after reading this thread I really really hope the anime keeps going in a different direction. The manga seems kind of depressing.

[niwasatou]

Yea, all of this sounds, honestly, disgusting. *goes pray for the Anime*

[Maceart]

Having watched up to episode 8 of the anime, I breathe a sigh of relief in that they don't seem to be going down the manga pathline.

But man oh man if they do the anime is doomed to failure.

[Fimbulvetr]

If the evil parts of the manga really are that bad, then thank you all very much for the warnings. I guess I'll stay away from the manga, at least until the anime is over.

[Maceart]

Well it's not exactly "evil", it's just that the mangaka kinda went off too far into the horny end of things and it doesn't work really well.

[Greenish Growth]

Now that I've finished the anime I'm wondering about something.

Spoiler:

So who were the two people that were raising Karada in the manga?

They BOTH died at the same time?

What relation did they have to Hiro if any?

[Deathkillz]

okey after reading what greenish had said about looking here for answers i think i found out more than i bargined for...

and after reading thelastguardian's post i have to say...NO FCKING WAY

i duno whether to laugh or cry reading the post...its really sick and disturbing O.o i think i would need time for this to sink in

Spoiler:

seriously 1) i didnt think that hiro wat that kinda person...i mean WTF? so hes a bastard going around making women pregnant? omfg! the anime really did show the good side of him heh ~

and 2) omg tatsu you bitch! i knew you were a sick lolipedo but seriously i didnt know you were that crazy!...fck me making karada touch your jizz?...go to hell you sick pervert!

so i take it that the manga is a lot more darker/hardcore than the anime ~ but this is totally the opposite from a sweet love story...its completely sick and perverted O.o man i have got to read the manga ~ then i can let my anger out in many forms!

[ffdshow]

Oh my...! The manga spoiler changed the impressions I had.

Glad that I watched all episodes before reaching this thread (9 eppisodes of subs and 3 of raws). It still suck... and I thought that it's one of the best in 2006

[Inujun]

wow...lol, i had absolutely no idea the manga was like that, and after watching the anime i thought it as acompletely innocent and slice-of-live type
I shall pretend the manga never existed and keep my good impressions of the anime.

[JediNight]

Well I don't want to be mega-spoiled on the manga, so I'm glad you folks are putting that kind of stuff in spoiler brackets =)

I just read the Chapters 0-2 scans, and have some comments on that:

Spoiler:

It's interesting how different the manga sorta is right from the start. Even beyond supposedly evil manga events later on. Shouko is already in Kanochou and is the manager for the pharmacy that Hiro works at apparently? Shouko acts a little more openly, and Hiro too is different ... he sorta plays up having the cute imouto to his co-workers to tease them which is kinda funny. Amino-kun is a bit meaner to Karada, but more in the kid/gakki way than anything spiteful. I guess thats so they can play up his growing up while searching for Karada later on.

I think most interestingly leading into the change, Shouko realizes right away that her wish is to relive her childhood. Whereas in the anime she doesn't realize until the very end of the series. As they said in the manga, which I thought was very poignant -- she used to be a child prodigy, and now she's just another person over 20. You should enjoy your childhood all you can while you have it, because it's gone before you know it.

[WEZ]

O.o.....................

[asutedjo909]

anyone can help post a website, maybe for any of us that wanna download the manga? (including me). i want to finish the anime and then read the manga, therefore it will be really appreciated if any of u can let me know where i can download the manga. thanks in advance.

[Darkside]

Just finished the anime, and was curious about the manga after hearing that it was "darker" than the anime was. I can't help but lol at all the stuff im reading in this thread xD.