'Retort based comedy' is certainly the correct description for this style, and it seems to be a staple of Japanese humor. The whole boke+tsukkomi schtick, right? It seems that for a lot of people, the retort is effectively the punch-line, but to me it feels more like a laugh track. Not necessarily a bad thing as long as the jokes or the antics are good, but you can get the same problem that, say, The Big Bang Theory has: tricking people into laughing at unfunny jokes.
I haven't seen/read enough D-Frag to tell if this is the case for it as well, but I do remember checking out the show and being uninterested in watching the second episode.
The funniest manga to me are still Grand Blue, Kaguya Wants to be Confessed To, Nichijou, Hinamatsuri, Chio-chan no Tsuugakuro, Jitsu Wa Watashi Wa (that one is very retort-based actually) and I'm probably forgetting some more. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun was pretty funny because of the outrageous misunderstandings that kept piling on top of each other. Komi-san used to be great but kinda fell off a little bit. So make of that what you will.
I do think it's a shame that the spirit possession got scrapped entirely. I would have liked it more if it remained a tool in their arsenal, rather than being completely overshadowed by Oversoul. I think there were a couple of chapters where an enemy disabled everyone's Oversoul abilities, and Yoh had to be possessed by Amidamaru again for the first time since volume 3 or so.
Shaman King was my first too! I really loved the art style and the flashiness of it all.
Oh yeah, Psyren for sure. I really wish it got the time to reach a proper buildup to a satisfying conclusion, rather than that rushed ending that it got.
I'm surprised to see Denji thinking about his situation to the point of coming to the conclusion to stop becoming Chainsaw Man. I'm also very interested to see what exactly the deal is with this copycat.
Their dynamic sure has changed from what it was in the beginning to a mutually supportive one. ...which is seriously starting to feel like they've straight up discarded the original premise 🤔
Yep, that sure was wild as usual. That Avengers-style team pose at the end feels deserved.
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