English Excel Saga Vol. 24

[Foggle]

hmm... The date of that article goes back to '04. It wasn't a recent change. Not nearly as recent as I once thought.

Yeah, I always figured it would have been around the time the Excel Saga releases started slowing down. :o

[Carl Horn]

In the immortal words of Professor Farnsworth, "Good news, everyone!" I just wanted to drop in to confirm that Excel Saga Vol. 24 is in fact coming out this November. I also wanted to ask (since we had such a good "Oubliette" last time) readers to contribute more fan art, photos, letters, etc., as the case may be. Unfortunately, time is very short to get Vol. 24 together, so I would need it by the end of the month...

Thank you very much for supporting Excel Saga!

[SWamP]

Vol. 24 is in fact coming out this November.

*happy dance*

[Duomaxwe]

Ah awesome the actual translator of Excel Saga himself.

That's great news that it's coming out in November, the year long wait between April 10th to April 10th was a bit ridiculous, even though that's my birthday ;)

[Lord Il]

That's the best breath of fresh air I've ever had in a looooong time. I'm really glad we got this confirmed!
Thanks for the fantastic news, Carl! :ehail:



Let's all show our love for the Excel Saga manga and get a ton of material submitted for the Oubliette! :elcool:

[coreye]

Really nice to see that the wait won't be as long as expected....I was on pins and needles after finishing Vol. 23.

[Foggle]

In the immortal words of Professor Farnsworth, "Good news, everyone!" I just wanted to drop in to confirm that Excel Saga Vol. 24 is in fact coming out this November. I also wanted to ask (since we had such a good "Oubliette" last time) readers to contribute more fan art, photos, letters, etc., as the case may be. Unfortunately, time is very short to get Vol. 24 together, so I would need it by the end of the month...

Thank you very much for supporting Excel Saga!

Yay! Thanks for dropping by to deliver this awesome news! :im_nabeshin:

how did I miss this post? haha

[Sean Gaffney]

It's here!  Who else got their copy today?

[MincyMatsu]

Mine might have arrived, but it's a different address, so I wouldn't know until i get the opportunity to check it..!

[Foggle]

Good volume. Kind of hit and miss, though. The first chapter, for instance, seems really phoned in due to constant art hiccups along with many of the jokes falling flat and uncharacteristic dialogue. #2 is an improvement, but still below par IMO - no big laughs and very little wit. Thankfully, missions 3-5 are excellent (5 being my favorite), with many hilarious scenes and some great character interaction. One part of chapter 5 made me put the book down since I was laughing so much! Chapter 6 is also good, but not that funny. It's a serious chapter, but more interesting than usual. I can't tell you why it works so well though, because that would be a spoiler. :P

As for characters, I felt that Iwata and Watanabe were far and away the highlights of this volume. Perhaps not in the way you'd expect, but I guarantee that longtime readers will love them in this installment. ;) Misaki and Kabapu have some great moments as well, while Elgala and Sumiyoshi are as charming as ever. I didn't much care for Excel in this volume, but I do believe that may have been intentional on Rikdo's part (and I'll say no more!).

I'd probably put this one near the bottom of my list, but it's still good. None of the volumes are actually bad, after all. There's fun to be had, but it seems like there's too much plot and not enough jokes throughout, whereas books 19-23 struck a healthy balance between both, making them some of my all time favorites. Though it's worth noting that I didn't really like #21 on my first reading, so maybe this one will improve upon re-reads. We shall see!

[Sean Gaffney]

My long rambling thoughts on the volume are here:  http://suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com/2012/11/17/excel-saga-vol-24/

[MincyMatsu]

I'd read it, but does it contain spoilers..? Kinda wanna read it myself first if that's the case :o

[Foggle]

I agree that the characterization in this volume was brilliant, particularly of Watanabe and Umi (and I really don't like Umi). Still wish it was funnier, though; I feel that there were a lot of missed opportunities for great humor in this book. Some parts were definitely too serious for my taste.

I'd read it, but does it contain spoilers..? Kinda wanna read it myself first if that's the case :o

Yep. I'd advise waiting 'til you read the volume before looking at his thoughts to keep from ruining any surprises. ;)

[Sean Gaffney]

I'd read it, but does it contain spoilers..? Kinda wanna read it myself first if that's the case :o

It's spoilerriffic, yes.  ^^;;

[Randomness]

I have received my copy. I do not understand a single thing anymore.

So, I just noticed a theme basically. For the past lots of volumes, we've been on one Excel identity crisis after another. And we still don't know (unless we've been spoiled) what her true identity is even supposed to be so its been kind of an underlying identity crisis all along I guess.

But anyway I guess the general thing to say is that this was a good volume.

Edit: Sean, cool review. You really hit those points.