I don't think the music necessarily is. I don't think a lot of teenagers even in the West are going gaga for Aerosmith or Black Sabbath.

I also mention the music factor because at least for the audience on this forum it seems to be a huge point of discussion, and people talking about their love for the music in this series, and their fond memories growing up with it.

.......And it's at this point that we realize that the vast majority of the people writing comments about this comic are actually middle-aged guys with a nostalgia for old rock music and dad bands. o3o

I'm not exactly middle age, but I really really hate their playlist. This is because the music is mostly main stream and very commercial. To me, the music list is 100% bad taste. They are trash. Sure the artist can dig out something that is more obscure but representing the sub culture the main character is in? Guns and Roses? Yuck. (LA Guns is much more tolerable before they drop the "LA" and add "Roses" and became commercial and main stream.) Axel Rose is an idiot

It's funny cause the label Grunge was created as a way to commercialise the music and Nirvana was the commercial face of the terribly named genre.

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ngl I feel you, it's kind of irksome that so many amazing series only get a limited number of reactions while this with a few 4-page chapters of silliness boils such fervor. In ex. Lilies, Voice, Wear Wind at four whole volumes doesn't have even half the number.

About twenty-five pages of comments then? That's not bad at all.
Ah... and Mm... Are All She Says: 13 pages.
Ohana Holoholo: 10 pages. :(
It's a general rule that serious, psychologically deep stories that need long chapters and many books to completely explore their subject will get less traffic in the forum. There isn't much you can do; just get used to it.

Oh boy, the exquisiteness of the musical taste on display in these comments is absolutely breathtaking.

If the mangaka had just filled in the blanks for the band names with much more obscure names, how much better this series would be!

ngl I feel you, it's kind of irksome that so many amazing series only get a limited number of reactions while this with a few 4-page chapters of silliness boils such fervor. In ex. Lilies, Voice, Wear Wind at four whole volumes doesn't have even half the number.

About twenty-five pages of comments then? That's not bad at all.
Ah... and Mm... Are All She Says: 13 pages.
Ohana Holoholo: 10 pages. :(
It's a general rule that serious, psychologically deep stories that need long chapters and many books to completely explore their subject will get less traffic in the forum. There isn't much you can do; just get used to it.

Yeah I think that's another factor with media in general, something that's easy to consume and is fluffy like this series is often going to be popular with a wider audience in general. People I think understandably often want something that's comfy, especially after a rough morning or a long difficult day, Which this series thus far is fun and very chill.

I mean, I like all these songs, but it's just surreal to read a story where they're acting like this music unique, edgy, and mature, when here it's the most overplayed shit I've been hearing in stores, in movies, and on the radio my whole life.

Japan has never felt so foreign.

when i was in school, i was also one of very few girls in our city who liked rock, metal, punk, etc. the other girls mainly listened britney spears and other pop stuff. they might have heard one or another rock song, but not many girls dared to say out loud that they really liked this kind of music. even "p!nk" was too much rock for most girls...
today a little bit more girls listen to rock, but if you watch concert videos of rock concerts, the audience is still mostly male.

Where I live I don't even think it's necessarily a question of whether you "like" this type of music, it's just so culturally pervasive that everyone is familiar with it regardless of if they'd ever actually choose to listen to it. Boy or girl, when I was in school I think everyone was familiar with these songs. Something like Blur Song 2 has been in so many games, commercials, and movies that even if you've never heard the name Blur, you still know this song.

Though now that I think about it, I had a girlfriend in high school who'd never heard of Nirvana... So maybe it's just that the people I usually hung out with were the type who were more into alt rock.

Tbh i think the bands referenced encapsulate what someone would consider "different" in a country that has a large music industry comprised largely of Jpop/Idol pop.

Tbh i think the bands referenced encapsulate what someone would consider "different" in a country that has a large music industry comprised largely of Jpop/Idol pop.

Well and then you have big bands in Japan like "Dir En Grey" as well, and they arguably make the bands in this manga look pretty tame haha

Tbh i think the bands referenced encapsulate what someone would consider "different" in a country that has a large music industry comprised largely of Jpop/Idol pop.

Well and then you have big bands in Japan like "Dir En Grey" as well, and they arguably make the bands in this manga look pretty tame haha

Japan has quite a good metal scene but i think you can divide that between mainstream metal and more underground metal as well with people tending to gravitate towards the more mainstream stuff.

All genres tend to have mainstream equivilants.

You still have to enjoy what you listen too. They're interested in bands that people in their classes would most likely not listen too. It's all relative.

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Tbh i think the bands referenced encapsulate what someone would consider "different" in a country that has a large music industry comprised largely of Jpop/Idol pop.

Well and then you have big bands in Japan like "Dir En Grey" as well, and they arguably make the bands in this manga look pretty tame haha

Japan has quite a good metal scene but i think you can divide that between mainstream metal and more underground metal as well with people tending to gravitate towards the more mainstream stuff.

All genres tend to have mainstream equivilants.

You still have to enjoy what you listen too. They're interested in bands that people in their classes would most likely not listen too. It's all relative.

True enough yeah. I was mostly saying that while Japan does have it's whole Jpop/Idol scene there's also plenty of big bands that are more in the metal and rock genres there as well. You also get popular combos like "Baby Metal", who Western musicians such as Rob Zombie have love for haha

(I'm not a Rob Zombie fan, but seeing him defend Baby Metal from his fans being hateful towards them was cool to see.)

I like this!

.......And it's at this point that we realize that the vast majority of the people writing comments about this comic are actually middle-aged guys with a nostalgia for old rock music and dad bands. o3o

Tbh i think the bands referenced encapsulate what someone would consider "different" in a country that has a large music industry comprised largely of Jpop/Idol pop.

Well and then you have big bands in Japan like "Dir En Grey" as well, and they arguably make the bands in this manga look pretty tame haha

Japan has quite a good metal scene but i think you can divide that between mainstream metal and more underground metal as well with people tending to gravitate towards the more mainstream stuff.

All genres tend to have mainstream equivilants.

You still have to enjoy what you listen too. They're interested in bands that people in their classes would most likely not listen too. It's all relative.

True enough yeah. I was mostly saying that while Japan does have it's whole Jpop/Idol scene there's also plenty of big bands that are more in the metal and rock genres there as well. You also get popular combos like "Baby Metal", who Western musicians such as Rob Zombie have love for haha

(I'm not a Rob Zombie fan, but seeing him defend Baby Metal from his fans being hateful towards them was cool to see.)

Yeah definitely, i can imagine quite a few people at their school listening to bands like Babymetal as it's manufactured to attract people who like more pop elements in their music.

Yeah definitely, i can imagine quite a few people at their school listening to bands like Babymetal as it's manufactured to attract people who like more pop elements in their music.

Yeah, though funnily I have a friend that's on the opposite end who isn't into pop stuff, but he's a huge Babymetal fan haha

54 pages in the forum...

I know this is just me being negative but I'm kinda scared of how good and popular the reaction was with this manga, with just a few chapters with few pages and we're almost 10 pages in the forum.

It was bad when it was 10 pages, now we're at 54.
ngl I feel you, it's kind of irksome that so many amazing series only get a limited number of reactions while this with a few 4-page chapters of silliness boils such fervor. In ex. Lilies, Voice, Wear Wind at four whole volumes doesn't have even half the number.

I think you guys are forgetting the most extremely important fact about this manga: it’s weekly. Never underestimate the sheer power of something being constantly present. The vast majority of manga here are monthly so even the most popular ones, like “hino San no baka” are still going to only get that engagement once a month. This manga is here every week (give or take a few weeks off) so it’s always on people’s minds.

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Yeah definitely, i can imagine quite a few people at their school listening to bands like Babymetal as it's manufactured to attract people who like more pop elements in their music.

Yeah, though funnily I have a friend that's on the opposite end who isn't into pop stuff, but he's a huge Babymetal fan haha

I'm the opposite, i'm not into pop (apart from the 80's) and can't listen to babymetal. I prefer my metal to be very very heavy, if i want pop i'll listen to 80's stuff lol

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now that's way too bold, even for her cover. But if it works, it works

Never has a useless lesbian been simultaneously so smooth

Yeah definitely, i can imagine quite a few people at their school listening to bands like Babymetal as it's manufactured to attract people who like more pop elements in their music.

Yeah, though funnily I have a friend that's on the opposite end who isn't into pop stuff, but he's a huge Babymetal fan haha

I'm the opposite, i'm not into pop (apart from the 80's) and can't listen to babymetal. I prefer my metal to be very very heavy, if i want pop i'll listen to 80's stuff lol

That's fair haha, yeah I think I'm similar to you in that regard, though my music tastes are...I suppose unusual and all over the place lol

54 pages in the forum...

I know this is just me being negative but I'm kinda scared of how good and popular the reaction was with this manga, with just a few chapters with few pages and we're almost 10 pages in the forum.

It was bad when it was 10 pages, now we're at 54.
ngl I feel you, it's kind of irksome that so many amazing series only get a limited number of reactions while this with a few 4-page chapters of silliness boils such fervor. In ex. Lilies, Voice, Wear Wind at four whole volumes doesn't have even half the number.

I think you guys are forgetting the most extremely important fact about this manga: it’s weekly. Never underestimate the sheer power of something being constantly present. The vast majority of manga here are monthly so even the most popular ones, like “hino San no baka” are still going to only get that engagement once a month. This manga is here every week (give or take a few weeks off) so it’s always on people’s minds.

Exactly. It's always here, people click on it because they are following it, it ends up at the main page on top reads, so everyone sees "there is a new chapter of that one manga". With that, the conversation continues, not always fresh because new people come in and talk about the same things already discussed, but the point is: people are always talking because there is something to talk about, weekly.

That's why the number of forum pages is so big. Whatever attractive things can be found on the manga, the main reason is that.

Are we really spending pages worth of comments discussing why this series has so many pages of comments? This is why.

Something tells me she definitely won't resell it

HMMMMMMMMM

Ok yeah that is pretty cool but imagine how awkward it would’ve been had she missed

Ok yeah that is pretty cool but imagine how awkward it would’ve been had she missed

'him' just talking already scores critical hits so it wouldn't matter anyways xD

Ok yeah that is pretty cool but imagine how awkward it would’ve been had she missed

That would have been a 200% better outcome; the awkward moment where you know she's for once deliberately tried to impress and then couldn't. Would have indubitably be fiendishly cute.