Noah's Notes
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Shounen
Author: Ikezawa Haruto
Serialization: Weekly Shounen Jump
Publisher: Shueisha
Noah's Notes
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PSA: I think Viz already has a translation of this on their website, but it's locked in my country so I can't see it.
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Yeah it's part of this round of Jumpstarts, along with Jujutsu and the kaiju one.
I'm, um, obviously biased, but I think this one has potential!
It's edutainment-y, like Dr. Stone, but with history/archaeology instead of science. And the apocalypse has both already happened, and hasn't happened yet. Plus a Groundhog Day type gimmick. And a Sherlock/Watson dynamic with the know-it-all genius and the "hurr durr can you explain it to me slowly?" tagalong character.Majority of ch1 feels like typical shonen hijinks but then you see where it's going with that ending.
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Enjoyed this, think it has potential. I really enjoy the premise, lot's of potential there. If the next few chapters maintain this quality I'll definitely continue with it. Interested to see what kind of villains we have to deal with. I can definitely see this lasting.
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@Kaizou:
http://www.shonenjump.com/j/rensai/img/main_noahs.jpg
Noah's Notes
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Shounen
Author: Ikezawa Haruto
Serialization: Weekly Shounen Jump
Publisher: ShueishaLoved it. Definitely feels like an Indiana Jones vibe. Cant wait to see the edutainment mentioned above involving history.
@Kaizou_10, Let us know what the reception in Japan is (sorry to harass you with this, but I'm not sure if it working based on the format) -
@Kaizou_10, Let us know what the reception in Japan is (sorry to harass you with this, but I'm not sure if it working based on the format)
Ask someone else
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Maybe it's because I'm used to reading CCC's translated chapters twice a week, but without checking the credits I felt he was the one doing it :)
Anyway, I liked the chapter. Noah is a really likeable MC and the premise has a lot of potential.
My main issue is with the girl. I hope the next chapters change my opinion about her.
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I feel like the dream of being a housewife will only get Mirai so far (more believable motivation for going adventuring would be nice).
Not because we shouldn't respect a choice like that, but because it seems comically insignificant compared to saving the world. …Maybe that's the point, though?One thing I definite appreciate is that there are zero signs of funny business between the high school girl and the grown man. Her characterization (rebellious, bullheaded, great at cat puns) has nothing to do with her cleavage, and he's clearly relic-sexual.
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Doesn't Mirai means Future in Japanese?
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@CCC:
I feel like the dream of being a housewife will only get Mirai so far (more believable motivation for going adventuring would be nice).
Not because we shouldn't respect a choice like that, but because it seems comically insignificant compared to saving the world. …Maybe that's the point, though?One thing I definite appreciate is that there are zero signs of funny business between the high school girl and the grown man. Her characterization (rebellious, bullheaded, great at cat puns) has nothing to do with her cleavage, and he's clearly relic-sexual.
Dont worry surely a goofball / kind of a meathead sidekick witha heart of gold will fill that role later on.
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Regarding Mirai, I actually talked to my teacher friend about her recently, with much of the same concerns as everyone else, coming from the perspective that her motivation was too simplistic and sexist. Her take was, "no, it's about right." I think perspective is a big consideration for her in this case, and it's clear she was set up with a lot of room to grow. So I'll hold of on coming down on her too hard… for now.
As for the rest of the chapter, it's pretty much all about archaeology, as I understood it when I was five and wanted to be an archaeologist, and for that reason alone I love it. I really like how it presents history, and am looking forward to seeing how the intrigue continues. Too many interesting starts have hurt me, but so far, I'm hopeful!
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Regarding Mirai, I actually talked to my teacher friend about her recently, with much of the same concerns as everyone else, coming from the perspective that her motivation was too simplistic and sexist.
That was my gut reaction at first too ("Really? Her dream is to be a housewife? That's some primitive/patriarchal/right-wing-traditionalist nonsense") but…feminism's about women having all options available. That choice.
Sure I'd be on board if the author makes Mirai evolve to the point that, by the end, she's like "housewife? yeah right. I'm an adventurer with bigger dreams now" but again, it'd still be kind of satisfying in a goofy way if she does all this swashbuckling to save the world...all in pursuit of relaxed domesticity. That, in itself, would be a twisty subversion of traditional gender roles, since she's taking an active role to achieve the house+hubby+kids instead of sitting back and passively acquiring those things with...sex appeal, or whatever. Making it an active choice and celebrating her agency feels very much in line with feminist ideals.
...Not that I'm assuming authorial intention. Little doubt the motivation there was just "heheh boobs" but we're talking about the message it implicitly sends to readers (many of whom are kids).
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@CCC:
That was my gut reaction at first too ("Really? Her dream is to be a housewife? That's some primitive/patriarchal/right-wing-traditionalist nonsense") but…feminism's about women having all options available. That choice.
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Like a stopped clock, Seth McFarlane gets it right sometimes.
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@CCC:
Like a stopped clock, Seth McFarlane gets it right sometimes.
shrugIts an early season so he actually made characters likeable
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Wasn't there a character in Assassination Classroom that wanted to be a housewife as well?
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I often give the benefit of the doubt to authors that create characters with the desire to be a housewife if they are women author's and or have a good track record of being feminist. Cause really it's all about the choices. It's fine for women to have the desire to be a housewife. But sometimes people like Kubo or Kishi kinda just have that the end game without it really feeling natural. Or like they just wanted to place the women out of combat. Where as Arakawa made a badass housewife with Izumi.
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I have no problem with the female character, women should be written in a multitude of ways and authors shouldn't be scared to write them in non conventional "strong independent women" ways especially since those tend to be the most boring and simplistic ways where the character never progresses past I'm a chick with attitude. The most important thing about a character is dimension. It's fine for a character to start like this so long as the story progresses, she shows initiative and a desire to change or if not change at least show a good degree of agency and independence. The whole point of this character seems to be to learn to appreciate history so maybe we should give the story a few chapters before jumping to conclusions.
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Wasn't there a character in Assassination Classroom that wanted to be a housewife as well?
I think that she was the one that NEVER got focus, the only girl who wasn't thin.
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I think the obvious setup regarding Mirai is at the last chapter whether it be chapter 12 or hopefully hundreds of chapters later, Mirai is going to do her voiceover narrating the last chapter reminding the reader she wanted to be a housewife (which typically gets stereotyped as safe, not adventurous) and she'll laugh about it and say and how her new dream is to be an archaeologist (something stereotyped as adventurous and dangerous).
TL;DR: the housewife stuff is just setup for the character arc turnaround
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Agreed, I think that is so clearly the case. People these days are too quick to jump at anything that doesn't seem totally politically correct before letting it have the chance to breathe a bit and show what it's got beneath the surface. Don't judge a book by its cover, don't judge a story by its first chapter, I'd say. I like this chapter. It's not a romcom, nor a fighting/adventure, nor a sports manga. It's something a bit different, which makes me happy to read. Also, I really love history and archaeology and most people I met back in school acted like Mirai towards this subject. So yeah, the theme of this story makes me happy and I hope it develops in an interesting and fun direction, like Dr. Stone or Neverland have. I'm hopeful with this one!
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Jaiminisbox has chapter one now. Looks interesting!
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Seems like an interesting premise. Don't see myself keeping up with it much, though.
Jaiminisbox has chapter one now. Looks interesting!
Wow. At some point in history, the first three panels of page 12 probably would've made me laugh.
But today it just makes me uncomfortable.
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I think the obvious setup regarding Mirai is at the last chapter whether it be chapter 12 or hopefully hundreds of chapters later, Mirai is going to do her voiceover narrating the last chapter reminding the reader she wanted to be a housewife (which typically gets stereotyped as safe, not adventurous) and she'll laugh about it and say and how her new dream is to be an archaeologist (something stereotyped as adventurous and dangerous).
TL;DR: the housewife stuff is just setup for the character arc turnaround
Especially since the housewife angle is tied to her being lazy and not wanting to do work and not loving kids or anything.
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The premise is interesting. I like stories that have a particular date in mind since that might mean it'll have a particular stopping point that'll be clean. Like AssClass.
I don't care for either of the characters so far. Both are fairly annoying tropes to me.
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BTW- for countries that can access it, the first three chapters of Noah's Notes are now free-to-read on viz dot com:
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Anything new or interesting happen here
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I haven't found any scanlations in the meantime, so I guess not ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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Jaiminisbox has up to chapter 6. Personally I don't like the prof's over the top aggresive nature and the constant upskirt shots (even if they aren't panyt shots).