Undead Unluck: The Negators’ Romantic Days Off
The second UU light novel is fully translated! Please enjoy these romantic tales of the Union and Under as they take a break from the action and chaos of the main story!
Link on Google Drive:
The Andy winstreak comes to an end… Shinra can literally manipulate souls and govern the rules of Death. Even if Undead cancels out all of his death-manipulation, I don’t think Shinra would have any difficulty sealing him somehow.
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Oh let’s have a look at this week’s UU chapter, I’m sure it’ll be a chill cooldown chapter to break up the intense arcs…
…HOLY MOTHER OF SOUL
Don’t know what to do with yourself now that My Hero Academia has ended?
Need a new battle shounen manga to scratch that itch?
Here’s 5 reasons why Undead Unluck might be just for you:
(Minor spoilers)
“I have something to teach you, my dumb disciple”
“Nah, can’t. Mui got dragged into doing an idol gig with Fuuko, so I’m going to Japan to cheer her on”
“Idolatry? How pathetic… Do they even have a manager? They’ll never win at this rate, they require my assistance once again…”
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This fight continues to keep up the heat, at this point I think it’s surpassed Union vs Sun and Andy vs Rip and become my favourite fight in the series.
Can’t wait to see how it concludes, I sure hope we aren’t left with a massive cliffhanger for 2 weeks…
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We’re back, and it’s good to be back.
Andy’s back. Clothy’s back. And that’s not even the only good thing, we got an awesome fight, great character moments and some crazy plot progression.
EASY 10/10
It’s been funny seeing people hating on chapter 1 so much this week, because I honestly think Ch.1’s biggest critic is Tozuka himself. He’s always reframing and recontextualising it, to the point that even fans that hate it can look back at it with a sense of nostalgia:
It’s always felt weird to me that the Spring arc literally takes place on Christmas Eve but no characters reference it and there’s no decorations in Tokyo, and it has ONLY JUST hit me that when Billy neutralised Winter he also destroyed Christmas.
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10/10 chapter. If you told me that the BEAST arc would have this level of world-building, intrigue and character work, I would have called you a madman.
Looking forward to the Language arc just being a mindless fistfight.
Jujutsu Kaisen fans this week:
“Why do we need to watch ANOTHER nobody fighting Sukuna, what does he think he’s gonna do?”
Undead Unluck fans this week:
“I swear, nobody with actual superpowers better show up to fight this world-destroyer or I’ll be PISSED”
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This may well end up being my favourite chapter of the year, maybe even a top 5 chapter of all time, I don’t know what possessed Tozuka to mix IchiNico and Feng for this arc, but it’s working on every conceivable level. 10/10.
UNDEAD UNLUCK: TOP 10 CHAPTERS OF 2023 🧵
2023 has been a lot of fun, with a whopping 8 ARCS covered! I couldn’t believe that the first chapter this year was all the way back in the Void fight! With all the ideas introduced this year, I’m really looking forward to 2024! #アンデラ
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This was the BEST chapter to read after a long boring day of work.
I love Andy and Fuuko so much.
I love this manga so much.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Now that Jujutsu Kaisen has wrapped up, there’s another ongoing battle shounen that you owe it to yourself to give a try!
Here’s 5 reasons why Undead Unluck might be just for you:
(Minor spoilers)
#jjk
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Ok, time to squeeze every detail and question I can out of this page. I’m going to format this as a series of questions I’ve asked myself since reading this, and the answers I’m going with for now:
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10/10 conclusion for a 10/10 fight. I really thought we’d just get: “Nico says a word that stops the explosion” or “The explosion doesn’t work because of the 10 Good Precepts” but this was way cooler, and gave everyone a chance to show their stuff.
Julia left England in the night
Lan was defeated the next morning
The idol festival was a week later
The final was a week after that
They met Tati on the way home
The fashion show was the next day.
Julia stabbed Ruin of her FIFTEENTH day in the Union
Shounen Jump still using Andy as the sole representative for Undead Unluck is criminal, especially in the same chapter where Fuuko is radiating SO MUCH MC ENERGY
Like, I love you Andy, but Fuuko is HER
[Spoilers]
The max time for each turn of Lan’s game is 1 minute. That means that in the span of 4 minutes, Feng has:
-Been teleported across the globe
-Axe-kicked a dragon
-Woken up
-Killed said dragon
-Met 2 Gods
-Kicked them
-Become UMA enemy no.1
-Learned the Kamehameha
-Died
Andy: I would have used Remember to recruit Billy, he’s a pain in the ass so that’d make it a helluva lot easier.
Billy: I literally just joined you because you seemed cool. What even is a Loop.
Happy birthday to the greatest girlboss herself, Fuuko Izumo!
Her birthday coincides with the Japanese holiday Tanabata, a star festival that celebrates the fateful meeting of two lovers!
#UndeadUnluck
Watch next chapter reveal that Andy didn’t actually spend billions of years bare-ass naked on the sun, because he was wearing Clothy as a heatproof gimpsuit the whole time.
#UUweek2024
DAY 1!
My favourite Negator (other than Fuuko and Andy because I want to be interesting) is Feng Kowloon!
So today I want to go over my top 10 favourite things about Feng!
I already see it. Ichico is going to teach Bunny how to Astral Project to avoid getting stuck in the bunny costume, but her soul is just going to be wearing the costume anyway because that’s what she wants to look like.
Because there’s SO MANY people comparing Rip to Sanji from One Piece, I thought it might be fun to break down 10 similarities between the two. There might be more than you think, but they’re both great characters in their own right!
MAJOR SPOILERS UP TO UNDEAD UNLUCK CHAPTER 183
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The Idol arc is off to a surprisingly intense start! For starters, this colour page sure is giving Tella fans something to feed on… Tozuka has noticed his votes on the last couple popularity polls and is giving the people what they want…
#UndeadUnluck
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To be honest? This has been the 1st chapter in quite a while that has left me underwhelmed. Don’t get me wrong, it had parts that I enjoyed, but even after a break from recruitment arcs, the rapid conclusions are starting to grate on me. Colour page is 💯 though
I Assumed Tozuka would give us a Rip cover (and Latla by Association), but it looks like he pAssed on that to give us Andy instead.
Not the clAssiest cover, maybe a little crAss, but it sure is badAss.
Fuuko amAssed more votes and surpAssed him, but this’ll go down as a clAssic.
“YOU SUMMONED ME IZUMO FUUKO!? NAKED!? TO WALK HOME WITHOUT CLOTHING TO WARD OFF THE DRAB ENGLISH WEATHER!?”
“Well we have a Chinese-style suit made specifically for your size, and it matches perfectly with Mr. Shen’s—”
“IZUMO FUUUUUUUUUKOOO”
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This is surprisingly hype for a chill transition chapter where we recap what we’ve learned and set out another roadmap. Shocking twist aside, this was really fun and makes me so excited for what’s to come in the next arc(s).
And yeah, the twist at the end…
Feng: I HAVE PUT ALL MY SOUL INTO THIS STRIKE, MY ULTIMATE TECHNIQUE, THE FINAL FORM OF SHIN HAKKYOKU! ALL MY LIFE’S WORTH IN ONE BLAST!
Ichico: Strong Cleave.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a main cast lineup with this level of sheer AURA.
I’m glad this moment happened before Kinta inevitably arrives.
#Dandadantis
Translation and editing for the second Undead Unluck light novel, “The Negators’ Romantic Days Off” is complete!
I’ll post it on Saturday, 24 hours before the next manga chapter drops (16:00 BST, 17:00 CET, 11:00 EST, 8:00 PST)!
#UndeadUnluck
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Really fun chapter, I feel like a few people guessed the game would be shiritori but I didn’t realise we were going to go full No Game No Life with it!
Billy’s superiors, watching the two men they betrayed and seemingly killed in the jungles of Buroja 17 years ago singing on stage alongside a world famous surgeon and the man who defeated the world heavyweight boxing champion:
imagine being one of Rip’s patients and turning on your TV in your recovery bed and seeing the man who saved your life shirtless and sweaty at a Japanese idol contest. Me personally I’d backslide and go fucking comatose
Ok, I have some mixed thoughts on the last couple chapters, and so do a lot of you, so let’s talk about the current pacing of
#UndeadUnluck
, the current state of the story and how recent arcs have been handled.
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You may notice that Bunny is not present in this chapter. That is, of course, because her “Unback”has no place here.
That is to say,
WE
ARE
SO
GODDAMN
BACK
!!!!!!!!!
The Tatiana arc really was the perfect finale for Fuuko’s tenure as the *solo* protagonist. We got a showcase of what makes her a great leader, and this week reminded us how strong she can be.
She won’t need to carry that weight alone anymore.
NEGATION LOST IN TRANSLATION🧵:
#UndeadUnluck
I still see some people ask if Unbelievable is a real ability that Billy copied, while others are under the impression that it isn’t a real ability.
But, what if I told you that there actually is a Negator with Unbelievable?
…kinda.
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If the Beast fight was the perfect blend of high-octane action and lore drops, then this fight is the perfect blend of action and clever mind games. I take my hat off to Tozuka once again for making these Master Rule fights so engaging!
Now we’ve had all the Union recruitments (Ruin pending), I figured I’d rank them.
This specifically refers to how SATISFYING the act of joining the Union was, not Negation awakenings, any attached fight (unless it was pivotal in the recruitment) or any development post-joining
Happy birthday to Andy! His birthday has been attributed to the day of his first memories, which happens to be the day of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln! (This event has been referenced a couple times in the series)
#UndeadUnluck
Next week in Undead Unluck:
Many manga readers will get to finally see their favourite character.
Many anime-onlies will get to finally meet their least favourite character.
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IchicoXNico arc let’s gooooooooo!!!
And it is a STRONG start, I appreciate that we’ve already addressed the Loop 100 Nico vs Lan fight, and the way we’re playing around with Rules for stuff like point transfers and tragedies is really interesting.
Just finished translating the first chapter of the second UU light novel!
I still need to proofread it and edit together the chapter cover, but I’ll post it on Friday or Saturday!
As for the book as a whole, that’s 86/190 pages done (God, chapter 1 was long)
Gojo taunts Void. Void goes in for a punch, leaving Gojo unable to move. Void is unable to move any closer thanks to Limitless. They are left in a comical stalemate for exactly as long as it takes Gojo to say “Red”.
I love the contrast in the two emblems, one that he surgically embedded into his skin as a painful memento of his lost love, and the other because he was lazy.
Also, he rips out his own emblem when he betrays the Union, but never discards Ichico’s.
Tozuka’s comment:
“I love the feeling of the Battle Royale during the tension of the Freeza arc. There’s a sense in Dragon Ball that “Each character does what they can to the best of their ability”, which I think has influenced my own manga.”
DRAGON BALL Volume 21 by Yoshifumi Tozuka (Undead Unluck).
This is part of the DRAGON BALL Super Gallery Project to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the series. Every month, different mangaka will redesign one of the 42 covers of the series until November 2024.
Gonna to turn this into the most passive aggressive promo.
“Want a series that lets its female characters live long enough to grow?”
“You love plot twists, but imagine if they were foreshadowed?”
“Did you know that powers can be cool without paragraphs of required reading?
Andy: I sent Ruin to cool his head for a little while
Fuuko: …I see
Shen: Umm…
Andy: Hm?
Shen: Doesn’t that hurt? That’s quite the brutal fighting style.
Andy: Deathly painful. But I can’t die.
Shen: Huh…
Void: *…!!* I gotta ask him to do some sparring later.
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Why did I expect Tozuka to release 3 chill chapters in a row for this arc😭 The Enjin arc ended with a food cart kamikaze-ing a hospital for crying out loud. The stakes are higher, and much more tangible now, and these twists have got me extremely interested!
Just finished the 2nd chapter of the second UU light novel! This one is actually a lot of fun, a must-read for anyone who enjoys any of the characters involved!
I’ll finish the last 2 chapters before I post any of them because they’re all short.
122 pages down, 68 to go!
Losing my mind over the fact that the anime changed this scene but didn’t change the text saying that only the memories of Fuuko were erased, meaning that this lady ONLY remembers Andy coming out of nowhere and traumatising her, with none of the context.
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Another great chapter, Tozuka continues to blow me away with the art, lore and new cool powers every week. I’m shocked that this arc is actually shaping up to be one of my favourites, it’s been straight peak so far so hopefully it sticks the landing.
Happy birthday to Gina Chamber!
Her birthday could either be taken from Japanese Senior’s day (a day for respecting the elderly and seniors in your craft) or Shibuya Gyaru day. Both fit her pretty well!
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Happy birthday to Ichico Nemuri! Her birthday seems to be taken from World Sleep Day, however the date for that changes every year, so it only lines up with the year she was introduced, 2022!
#UUWeek2024
Day 2:
I have a lot of favourite moments, and whichever one comes out on top will change depending on what day you ask me, but perhaps because of the anime, this moment from chapter 132 is hitting me harder than any other right now:
[1/9]
(WARNING: SPOILERS)
UNDEAD UNLUCK Theory:
So, Fuuko’s arm is fading from the world seemingly as a result of her parents not falling in love,
Is it a paradox?
An unrelated accident?
Something more sinister?
What’s the Deal with the Arm?
It’s been a good day for UU vs JJK powerscaling, and I’ve already made enough bad takes, so why not post this?
Undead Unluck characters that could defeat Ryomen Sukuna (Heian form), with justifications:
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Hmm… A speedrun towards the end of the series…
I feel like this is supposed to be hype, but it’s making me more worried than anything 😅 Regardless, I’m sure that Tozuka will be cooking.
Nico just looked at the top-tiers of JJK and said “Anything you can do…”
Overload people’s minds with information, shooting giant electromagnetic lasers, copying abilities and most importantly: 🧇.