Koby Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 The April issue of Shinchosha's Monthly Comic @Bunch magazine revealed on Wednesday that Junya Inoue's Btooom! manga is inspiring a spinoff that will debut in the next issue in March. Yūya Kanzaki (Ouroboros, Impossibility Defense) is drawing the series titled Btooom! U-18. Inoue's main Btooom! manga will also end in the May issue of the magazine. The 25th compiled book volume (seen right) revealed on February 9 that the manga will have two endings, and consequently, two versions of the 26th and final volume. The manga volume asks readers what they would do if they were the protagonist Ryōta Sakamoto at a pivotal point in the manga's story. Depending on the reader's choice, the story progresses either into the "Light" ending culminating in the "Friendship Arc," or the "Dark" ending culminating in the "Truth Arc." The "Light" ending is already being serialized as part of the manga's main serialization in Shinchosha's Monthly Comic @Bunch magazine starting from the February issue last December, and ending in the May issue in March. The "Dark" ending will have a short serialization in Shinchosha's B Bunch magazine starting in June. Both versions of the 26th volume will ship in July. The Monthly Comic @Bunch magazine previously announced in December that the manga would end in the magazine's May issue. Inoue revealed on Twitter in September that the series will end in the 26th compiled book volume. The manga entered its final arc in the 23rd volume. The story centers around Sakamoto, a NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) young man and a top-ranked player in the online combat game "Btooom!". One day, he wakes up on a tropical island without remembering how he got there. He sees a figure in the distance and asks for help. However, the figure responds by throwing something at Ryūta — a "BIM" bomb. Inoue launched the series in Shinchosha's Weekly Comic Bunch magazine in 2009, and then transferred it to Monthly Comic @Bunch in 2011. Yen Press is publishing the manga in English. The company released the 19th compiled volume last November, and the 20th volume will ship on March 6. Kotono Watanabe directed a 12-episode anime adaptation of the series in 2012. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired, and Sentai Filmworks released the series on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in 2013. The manga also inspired a multiplayer smartphone game from developer Asobimo that launched last February. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emjay911 Posted February 22, 2018 Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 Btooom the anime was surprisingly good. I wish they would continue the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted February 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 19 hours ago, emjay911 said: Btooom the anime was surprisingly good. I wish they would continue the series. I would love to see more BTOOOM! animated as well. Was definitely better than a lot of the anime fandom makes it sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solaufein Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 12 hours ago, Koby said: I would love to see more BTOOOM! animated as well. Was definitely better than a lot of the anime fandom makes it sound. My only real issue with it is that it doesn't even have the slightest hint of an ending/resolution, which knocks it down a good 2 points in my view. I've only given 10/10 to 4 anime and those have all had beautiful cathartic conclusions, which seems to be extremely rare in anime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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