Last spirit circle. This life's about a kid named Fuuta.
Is there... some way to get our images to expand all the way again? I apologize if it's been all over the board, I haven't been on today.
Oh, and the last thread was at >>139397085. Follow it down a few threads for links.
>>139455690
>This life's about a kid named Fuuta.
Was she a girl born with a penis?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUSiM7fnzzU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf41caY8VVI
Thread music.
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Thanks for the dump so far.
>>139458024
Did it get explained why that happened? Was it because Fortuna was changing the future by possessing his future self?
>>139458125
You'll find out
>>139458089
Fone stopped bleeding.
>>139457033
>I'm losing brain cells just looking at it
Fortuna was here
>>139458125
Yes.
>>139458176
Huh. So he did.
I guess he never accepted Rei as a daughter.
>>139458284
>Rei
>Fortuna's teacher
>Fone's young love
>Vann's adopted daughter
>now being reborn as Okeya's sister alongside Flambe.
>>139458358
One of the only disappointments for me was how little of an impact Rei had after Vann. Might have been intentional.
>>139456520
I think the kid in the seat in front of him was in a past life too.
>>139457033
Marie sighting
>>139457830
I think the middle panel has much potential.
I can practically hear them all shouting some game specific variants of "gg, NOOB!"
This is great.
>>139458627
I imagine the other lives didnt really need Rei. Fortuna on the otherhand needed Rei pretty badly but he is pretty much beyond saving since he is constantly rejecting her lessons.
>>139456870
This is such a sick burn
>>139458885
I understand it, how he stops yearning so much for Rei and starts leaning on Kouko, but Rei was an incredible presence in the first two lives. I was interested in her story, then he walked her off and gave her away for good. I wish we could have had a few pages of spirit Vann or Fone talking about her, or a side chapter where Nono has a weird dream about her past lives.
>>139459139
I hadn't said a proper goodbye to her. I don't like her last scene being the one where she's talking with the gravestone. I understand that after whatever life she had there she probably went straight to modern Japan, it makes sense mechanically, but story-wise I wanted more of her. She fills a niche no one else in the story can.
>>139459403
>>139459368
>DM rigs via inventory list.jpg
>>139459492
I wonder why Fortuna didnt realise the net was meant for him. Did he fail to notice the aliens when he looked at his future lives?
>>139459552
>Did he fail to notice the aliens when he looked at his future lives?
Thats why the aliens hypnotized them. So Fortuna could not see it
>>139458321
So what exactly is the significance of seeing Rei again? And why do I only remember her from a few lives?
>>139459583
She was also Fortuna's master, her death and East's were basically the only deaths that actually affected him.
>>139458885
>>139459139
>>139459229
Her role is exactly the salvation for Fortuna.
Remeber what she said in Vann route? Yeah that's it.
One other thing that can be considered that her soul determined that reincarnation in the story line will not fix the broken soul of Fortuna (who wait in spirit circle) so she wait till the right time.
>>139459699
Oh, yeah, I understand it, I just don't like it.
>>139459583
During Vanns life they had a happy life so they didnt really have much to learn from each other anymore. Vann died content and Reis incarnation was probably happy too. Fortuna said its not unusual for souls to drift away over time once they have nothing to learn from each other.
On the otherhand Fortuna still had something to learn from Rei so she appeared again because of him.
>>139459802
Fuuta has nothing to learn from Tetsu, they just really like hanging out.
>>139459907
>oketani
Reverse gender with different names?
>>139460028
Probably a mistranslation from when they were speedscanning it.
I think reading it over three years made me forget that it's just a simple story about a simple man. Rereading it every month really got me invested in Rei.
I'm just trying to imagine what voice acting for this series could be like. Especially once you would include Fuuko's life.
>>139459994
I got the impression the souls that hang around Fuutas incarnations are also learning things from each other, not just Fuuta.
>>139459952
Even Fuuta didn't know why the fuck Flambe was there. What the heck does that like mean "tell us of our chance to heal people..."?
>>139460216
Yeah, his friends seem to end up with karmic debts to each other frequently too.
>>139460216
They're only like that in Fuuta's brain because of the Spirit Circle. It's like if you took the HDD from 7 different computers and plugged it into your own.
>>139460091
So it shouldbe Okeya'
>>139460336
>Rei doesn't remember Spascifica from the Lost Age because she did that one first and forgot most of it
Nice touch.
Also Warrior Koko could have died old, we have no idea.
>>139460290
Fucking Buddhist moment of clarity where he's just like "I finally understand more of the plot than you schmucks"
>>139460028
>>139460091
>>139460402
What's wrong with Oketani? Why wouldn't a different life have a different family name?
>>139460258
Crunchyroll translates it as "Master Rei cured you while you were inside me" and "Flambe granted you and me an opportunity to heal humanity".
Still not sure what that means.
>>139460402
I think so, that's what Crunchy did in the genderbend chapter.
I say Crunchy but I think they had one person translate it. I hope they liked it.
>>139460343
He means Fuuta's friends. Anyone else notice Cielo just disappearing aside from Vann and Fuuta's lives? Maybe he's closer to Rei than he is to Fuuta.
>>139460168
There was a recent anime that had a genderbending arc - yeah, Gintama. They pulled in a bunch of cameos for it. It was amazing.
One of the neat parts would be hearing the same actors do all of their different roles. Fuuta's VA would need an amazing range.
>>139460513
>"Flambe granted you and me an opportunity to heal humanity"
Flambe helped you nuke the soul tower and excommunicated you because of your face scar. Whoop-de-fucking-do.
>>139459862
>>139459907
I'm a complete sucker for this kind of "Different people finally uniting to prove the same thing or fight under the same cause" developments.
My favorite scene in the whole manga. Really ties up all of the previous lives together.
>>139460569
I think he's there to be a decent brother for Fuuta this time, seeing as his redemption as Ash happened too late.
>>139460568
Rune, master shipper.
>>139460568
and here it is.
>>139460521
>I can reroll them back into the campaign and set up new character sheets for them. That good with you.
Fixed the mistranslation.
>>139460568
We better get an epilogue or some shit with Koko and Fuuta getting together, just for the sake of seeing best girl be reborn.
>>139460625
Too bad she said "Master and Koko", not "Fuuta and Kouko"
>>139460521
Maybe. He probably had a fucking ton of lives to get to the pure soul he is now. Cielo has a connection to Carol and lived in Vann's life with Nono too.
>>139460625
She broke Nono's heart
>>139460568
Rune is a best
>>139460568
>>139460618
>I need your consent to turn you into humans
>I need your consent to take the spirit circles
>doesn't need Kouko's consent to make her a mother
Kek.
>>139460650
But she just barely was.
>>139460679
I don't like what you're trying to imply here.
>>139460679
>implying Spacifica is stupid
I can't wait for people to give Fuuta weird looks because his daughter refuses to call him anything other than "Master"
>>139460681
Nono is supposed to be Kouko and Fuuta's daughter.
>>139460680
I knew Cielo was in Lafalle's time somewhere. So he has a connection to Nono much stronger than his connection with Fuuta, and I bet he was good friends with Rei. I declare it canon.
>>139460216
>>139459994
Why you guys keep on about "learning" while in fact it is what interest their soul determine the location? Granted learning is also one of many reasons too, but things like fondness, love, bonding and care are also stay strong (nono for love, his mother for caring, etc.)
>>139460679
I dont think he is wishmaster level of dick. He knows what she meant.
>>139460792
That's Carol in Lafelle's time.
>>139460805
That's my point about Fuuta, Daiki, and Tetsu. They keep getting reincarnations where they're close just because they're bros.
>>139460850
Akari (tired to adopt her, both died)> Carol (actually adopted her, both died) > Fuuta/Kouko offspring
Rune stole her spot
Makes you wonder if people reincarnate. Then how would people get to heaven?
Rolling with the initial anon translation because I don't have Stalker's as a zip. He dumped it in... was it Houtarou's thread? It was before Lafalle, I know that.
>>139460896
Kouko's tears are worth more.
>>139460950
East, asexual or gay?
>>139460907
Nono already exists in Fuuta's time.
>>139460949
A lot of Buddhist schools view heavens as better places to reincarnate. One school that was extremely popular in Japan taught that hailing the Amida Buddha guaranteed you a place in his western paradise, from which you would be guaranteed Nirvana.
>>139461015
Nonlinear fuckery. Tried to enter the fetus and Rune was already camping there like a bitch, so she had to choose someone else and make it so Rune is never born in the first place, which would mean that Kouko and Fuuta never breed, which would mean Nono can't be their daughter, which would...
It's impressive that Rune can even become human in the first place, considering she's an artificial spirit.
>>139460907
Fuuta/Koko/Nono 3P while Nono pretends to be their daughter?
>>139460949
Wait, am I reading this right? You're uncertain about reincarnation but sure that people go to heaven?
>>139461015
In this timeline she got to have a dad that owns a hospital that could take care of Fuuta. She's always giving him more than he gives her.
>>139460999
Nah, he's just faithful to his master.
I'm stiill waiting for timeline of massive harem
fuuta x rei x koko x rune x nono
>>139461075
Fortuna is a genius, everyone else is just dumb.
>>139460999
As a spirit asexual i imagine. In life he could have had a crush on Rune but it was never shown. Though if he had a crush on her it was kind of a hopeless one anyway since Rune was a spirit.
>>139461112
>implying it's not this one
>brocon/fathercon/bigamy
>>139461096
If you don't understand faith you'll have a hard time getting this manga, anon.
Not trying to start a muh skywizard thread. Spirituality is just super-important to Mizukami and you won't get him if you don't get that. Believing in heaven more than you believe in life makes sense to me. Just take that as a cultural difference for now.
>>139461075
Didnt Fortuna use some girls spirit to make her?
>>139461153
>In life he could have had a crush on Rune
So gay? Since Rune is somewhat of a piece of consciousness formed from Fortuna's own soul anyways.
>>139461198
It was spirit energy from the girl's spirit but the soul itself was made from Fortuna's own.
>>139461111
Just noticed the floor is made of roots. Wood Element? Also gods get quads.
>>139461259
>Wood Element?
Tree of life.
>>139461096
I'm saying is,what about the souls of those who died that are in the afterlife?
>>139461282
For sure. Just wondering if he might have slipped us the Chinese elements. Idle speculation. It's neat that the table they grow spirits on is made of life.
>>139461302
In this universe, whales, planets, gods. They bounce around as humans while the Elements or whoever polishes them, learning how to turn whatever crap they get handed into heaven on Earth.
>>139461259
>>139461282
There's also the whole Matsuri Connection thing.
>>139461194
I get the spirituality aspects of his work mate, never said any of it confused me.
It just struck me as strange that someone can doubt and assert two broadly similar concepts in the same sentence. Surely a belief in one should precipitate an acceptance of the other?
>>139461302
They probably don't stay there forever. Nonlinearity of reincarnation to time in Mizukami's universe means that it doesn't matter anyway, since there can be an infinite number of reincarnations between any given life and a possible 'permanent' afterlife.
>>139461378
That guy looks like Anima.
>>139461328
I wonder if we'll get a Soul Patrol manga where the people in the alien suits are going around the multiverse stopping Tribes of the Void and distributing bug nets.
>>139461438
Gods reincarnation is so mind fucking.
>>139461438
Oh, sorry about that. Here's one possible interpretation:
Anon sees (presumably Christian?) heaven as real. No doubt, no fear. Reads SC and is intrigued by reincarnation, wonders how it might work, but heaven is rock-solid in his world-view, so he wants to find a model of reincarnation that fits with the real world.
>>139461530
Why are they laughing. I don't get it.
>>139461530
>They know
>>139461557
>I'm gonna get to hang out with Umi and Nono again, so excited
>I can't wait to burn this house down
>>139461530
God fucking dammit I want to cum inside Nono so bad.
>>139461557
Flambe is laughing because he got to ruin Fortuna's plan again, Rei is laughing because this reincarnation of Fortuna's soul is less intelligent than her.
>>139461557
They caused Fortuna to shit bricks just by being born, id laugh a lot too.
Crack theory: East matures into Rei. East-god is Rei and East both. Vann and Fone's attachment to Rei comes from their happy family life with East.
>>139461634
As if. He'll get into Toudai motherfucker. He fucking grasped enough that he could casually call out Spacifica and dogeza him into getting what he wants. Fortuna never realized that.
>>139461683
WHO DID FUUKO FUCK?!
>>139461689
Yep. Nothing wrong with his brain and he's an old soul. And he'll have Rei coming along to ganbare nii-chan.
>>139461730
Probably was too distracted by the Fuji Roof to notice. The people around her at her deathbed are fem-Flambe and man-Rei's kids.
>>139461683
For some reason this page realy gets me sad ;_;
>>139461734
Been waiting for this page to be posted
Did anyone else catch that Fortuna never actually died in his life? He just traveled in mid-fall to Fuuta's present and took over his body?
This page is him coming back to his present, dying, and then starting up his life as Fone. It's a natural progression.
>>139461633
She has a huge rack
>>139461789
It's because Fone and Flors know they're failures. They're just staring into the abyss, contemplating how they'll overcorrect in the next life.
>>139461798
I think he died mid-fall.
>>139461225
>that second panel
Holy shit, they're talking about Senya, right?
>>139461904
Who is Senya?
>>139461730
DOUBLE PENETRATION
shoujo-y slut.
>>139461194
>Girls talk about "we"
Are they god couples?
>>139461963
Sengoku Youko´smain character
Thanks for sticking around, anons. I'm glad you were here for this. SC's been one of the main things I've looked forward to every month. When it would show up late I would ignore my other manga updates, sort of thinking "what's the use?"
It is very strange to think of it being gone.
>>139461983
>Fone still salty.
Not even trying
Oh, were we going to send Mizukami a card? I was off /a/ during the Biscuit Hammer finale so I don't remember exactly what we did there. I already sent him a personal thank-you note on Twitter. Hopefully my feelings got across.
>>139462130
>they wore the same belts as East and Rune.
>>139461368
>>139461441
I don't understand this part. What is there left to forgive precisely? Or is she just being tsundere.
>>139462161
Pity kiss incoming
>>139462087
What do the genderbent pair even have to reconcile about?
>>139462167
Turning everyone into skellys?
>>139462204
Koko probably got BTFO in a Nono love triangle in that one
>>139462190
nigga she's been thirsty since he recovered from Flors
>>139462204
Fuuta has a nice sweater.
>>139462250
>nigga she's been thirsty since he recovered from Flors
Didn't even say she loved him and gave up in a sentence.
>>139462248
That makes sense actually. There's probably some residual personalities left in her. We get the handshake which is the moment Koko lets Fortuna go and then Kouko gives him the kiss.
>>139462360
Oh. That was it, guys, that was Spirit Circle unless we get an epilogue.
And I don't think we need it. He already had Kouko and Fuuta talk about how we aren't getting answers about Spascifica or the aliens, he gave us the gods' D&D table, he's shown us how good lives go and how bad lives go.
Not saying I don't want one so bad it hurts, though. Because I do.
>>139462315
This is how the tsundere do.
But seriously it was badly translated, I'll look for the Stalker page.
Are any of Mizukami Satoshis other works similar to this?
Good shit. I'm always glad when good manga have a good ending. Or any ending, for that matter.I cried on the second to last chapter when I read it a week or two ago.
>>139462360
Thank you very much anon. I've been looking foward to these threads all week and haven't missed one.Also, it was my first time reading it.It's been a great ride. Thanks.
>>139462315
They literally already went on a date, at the zoo and everything. This is manga zoo date is basically like getting married.
>>139462425
The aliens are obviously them from another time (probably their gods version) simply because they joke about it. Classic Mizukami.
And Spascifica was also their gods version. They are basically a Deus ex Machina.
>>139462324
>falling for a manlet
>>139462518
I'm grateful to hear it. I regret most of the time I spend on 4chan but I don't staying on dead SC threads and bumping till the morning /a/ shift.
>>139462360
>>139462425
I think we will get something, though not necessarily from Fuuta's POV. Maybe another post-story sideshow like aloha boy from Samidare.
I'm pretty keen on seeing Spirit Circle references in Mizukami's following works, though. Maybe a far-future one shot with a one-off hint at Fuuta and Kouko's relationship, like that one short story featuring one of Shinsuke's descendants.
>>139462476
Not in plotting, but yes. If you enjoyed Spirit Circle you will probably enjoy Biscuit Hammer, and you might have a hard time with Sengoku Youko but stick with it.
>>139462476
Similar in the sense of well planned stories yes. Or regular people getting some sort of power while still being regular people too.
But dealing with time travel / reincarnations? No.
>>139462554
She was just salty she lost the Fuukobowl.
>>139462360
Figure he's going to force himself to get over the mental block Fortuna mentioned in >>139456478 and get smart enough to make it it into Tokyo U. Epilogue in June supposedly.
Thanks OP for the dump. This was one of the better manga I've read in a long while. Wasn't as big a fan of Biscuit Hammer so I probably wouldn't have sought out this manga on my own if not for your dump.
>>139462656
So smooth, Koko
>>139462652
Well, Samidare touches on time travel and reincarnations (recurring motif in his work) but it's not the focus.
>>139462425
Calling it now.
The final volume will have an Epilogue.Fuuta and Koko reunite in college, and the epilogue focuses on their life as a married couple. We'll get to see their kids, and we'll learn thatFuuta became a mangaka, and his comic is RoboCat
>>139462656
All I wanted was a proper Fuuko-chan arc...
>>139462745
>second spoiler
Flors just can't catch a fucking break can he?
>>139462745
I can see it being from Rei's perspective. Maybe she has a dream about her past lives.
>>139462759
She would have the best spinoff.
>>139462672
>Fuuta being smart
Hes going to kill a million people again isnt he?
Chartfag here. Since we've got people in here how about I give you all an excuse to reread the series once more?
It occurs to me that Mizukami may planted some of his side characters in the backgrounds before they were actually given roles and he's tweeted people to give the whole series a reread. There's a good chunk out find out there so let's play where's waldo and beat the man at his game.
Haven't gotten to put in the new faces yet since I need to go hunting down for the fonts I used in my previous computer but here's a reference to help along. The guys from the living towers aren't in yet and they've shown up in the lost age too btw.
>>139462745
>time traveling robot cat
>a manga about the above
>mfw Spirit Circle was just an extremely elaborate setup for a Doraemon joke
>>139462808
>She would have the best spinoff.
Mizukami writing a shoujo would get my dick diamonds. Especially since the MC was a genderbent version I could insert into her and get fucked by dudes without being gay.
>>139462831
Only if he doesn't get into Toudai
>Fortuna gets expelled from Spirit School
>Adolf (Fuutengurd) Hitler doesn't get into art school
>Fuuta Okeya doesn't get into Toudai
>>139462848
Mr. Ishigami was Koko's general in the Lost Age.
The Sphinx laborers/spirit tower workers were the thugs at the beginning of Houtarou's life.
>>139462593
I feel you man. This place has changed a lot, but there are still some great threads once in a while where you can enjoy yourself.
>>139462745
Fuuta becomes a politician so he can legally genocide.
>Rei tells him to find someone else
>He does
I feel really, really bad.
Now that I think about it, was there any time where Fuuta didnt cause a ton of people to die intentionally or unintentionally? Weapon smith time he kind of caused by refusing to get killed by his brother. Did he cause a ton of people to die in genderbent time?
>>139462994
>>139462834
I honestly can not recognize any of the Aztecs though.
>>139462834
That's not Flor's son right? Because Flors was like 80 by when he was talking to that kid.
This was also my first time reading it OP. I truly appreciate it.
>>139462834
Cielo is that Towa(?) dude from SY >>139460680
>>139463213
Different kid. The one with the Claro eyes was his kid with Lihanerra and the kid Carol liked.
And possibly the kid with long bangs that sits in front of Fuuta and sleeps.
>>139462745
Why don't you ask the person directly, instead?
Cool guy though https://mobile.twitter.com/nekogaeru
>>139463260
>the kid Carol liked.
Carol's heart belongs with no one but daddy. If the black hole hadn't killed them she'd fucking Usagi Drop that nigger Laffale.
While messing around with Google Translate on Mizukami's twitter I accidentally had it translated into Latin and I thought I should share.
>>139463253
The manager when Lafalle arrives in the tower. He's called Claro
