It's not on Mangafox, where it at bro?

>>51423
DDL from Mediafire: http://www.mediafire.com/?110nnble2slj8p4

>>51427
ALL DOSE TIDDY BARS

Eh I've baww'd worse than that. Still a good Franken Fran though. That ending, truly Fran has a hard time grasping exostential suffering.

>>51427
And just how is "she" supposed to carry all those?

>>51471
I don't think it's an issue when she'll probably never move again.

Brand new chapter, and it's the return of Gavrill!

http://www.mangafox.com/manga/franken_fran/c044/

Gavrills actually kinda cute when she's not eating people alive.

>>52312
I'm in love.

>>52312

HUGE TITS

>>52312
>more Gavrill
Yessssss.

And that poor long-suffering cop.

>>52324
I know, right? That strength, that brutality, that utterly filthy mouth... <3

Gavrill needs more fan art.

New chapter is up

http://www.mangafox.com/manga/franken_fran/c045/

Cockroach Gundam. That's all I'm gonna say about this one.

>>54124
I think that's one of my favorite chapters now.

>>54124

That was amazing.

ITS ULTRA G

I thought about it more, and now I'm hoping there will be a chapter about the roaches worshiping Veronica as the focus of their religion.

>>54158
I would join this religion.

>>54124
My ongoing strategy of only reading Franken Fran chapters that seem relatively AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH free continues to pay off.

>>54161
Do you mean to say, you're... actively avoiding certain chapters of Franken Fran?

what is this i don't even

>>54162
I'm what's known in technical terms as a "massive pussy."

This chapter finally convinced me to the read the series.

How did I go this far without it?

New chapter!
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/franken_fran/v06/c046/

You have to admire how it's the nutty mad scientist who's usually the voice of reason in these stories.

>>57049
Steabe, you card.

Not the strangest chapter, but still a freaky finish. I'd like to see that company get taken down. Maybe by one of the Sentinels.

>>57049
Kinda annoys me sometimes how the other characters say what they want in the most idiotic strawman way though. Usually someone like that would look for excuses as to why they "shouldn't" exercise or "Will go crazy" without sweets, instead of just saying they hate it.
Ah well, I'm looking too much into it.

Hey, Hox has the new chapter.
http://www.mediafire.com/?yx2j4h2qgz4y53g

>>57347

Honestly, that's probably a bug in translation.

>dat Volume 6 cover

>>58004
SPOILERS
One of the more interesting takes on zombies I've seen in a while. I've seen versions of zombies spawned by parasites before, but the victims remaining aware and trapped within their shambling bodies is a really unsettling concept. Man, I really hope the reporter makes it out okay. D: Also, does it feel to anyone else like this one might continue next chapter? A lot of chapters have rather abrupt ends, but something about this one makes me feel like there should be more.

>>58009
How do you mean?

>>58010
All of my UNF!

>>58011
I'm sure like the female cop, she'll be a regular character. Though really, the poor girl has only herself to blame.
"Yeah I'll follow the crazy scientist who turned a girl into a building and created the Flying Spaghetti Monster. What could possibly go wrong?"

>>58016
I hope that's the case. Actually I think the two characters would kind of compliment each other: the cop who wants nothing to do with all this strangeness but who keeps getting pulled back in, and the reporter who keeps plunging into it, even though she should have learned better.

Admittedly her decision to blithely follow Fran was not the wisest, but somehow I just can't fault her. I respect her dedication to being a good reporter (especially since she's trying to report on matters of actual gravity, and not just sifting through some celebrities' garbage), even if she's rather foolhardy.

>That end translator note
God damn ponies.

>infection is reversible, but most people assume it isn't

That is the most brilliantly horrific take on a zombie outbreak that I've ever heard.

Although, Stroker and Hoop technically did something similar.

>>58053
South Park too, now that I think about it.
"...the first thing you need to do is make sure that you do not just go out and start decapitating zombies left and right. Do you understand? Do not start decapitating zombies left and right!"
"All you have to do is kill the original zombie. The one that started the whole mess. Once you kill the original zombie, all the others zombies will turn back to normal."

However, both Stroker and Hoop and South Park were handling things in a considerably more lighthearted manner, since they're primarily comedies. Franken Fran actually took the horrific potential of the concept and saw it fully realized, and the fact that the victims are actually aware, but unable to help themselves makes it that much more chilling.

>>58056
Ah right, Pinkeye. I forgot that.

>>58027

No new chapter yet, but I thought this needed posting.
UNF.

>>58806
A wise decision indeed, Chainerman.

God, I hope we get to see Fran use another alt body soon. Or get horribly injured/have to perform self-surgery. Those tend to happen in the best chapters.

>>58806
Damn it, I love that guys art style but he tends to do guro so much...

>>58840
There's something very weird about calling that a detracting point while posting in a Franken Fran thread.

>>58840
>>58842
Yeah, it actually seems rather fitting that an artist who draws guro would make Franken Fran fan art.

Also, a neat Gavrill I found.

Hey look, more extra-armed sexy Fran!

>>58861
This was my msn icon for the longest time.

>>58842
Yeah I know but I dont fap to Franken Fran manga's surgery scenes Other scenes however... Still each to his own.

>>58861
Where has all this sexy fanart been hiding!?

>>58864
Try Gelbooru.

Finally got around to downloading the drama CD.
I can't literally understand what they're saying, of course, but the sound effects sure are yummy~

>>58894
The sound effects were indeed delightful. :)
Fran's voice sounded a lot like what I hear in my head when I'm reading her, but Veronica's kind of threw me. I guess because she's a killing machine, and in some ways more street-savvy than Fran, I tend to read her as sounding older than her apparent age, so hearing a more generally age-appropriate voice seemed odd.

Oh, and a preview pic of the volume 6 cover apparently shows that Gavrill has purplish hair and red eyes. I'm okay with this.

HOLY SHIT YOU GUYS LOOK WHAT UPDATED
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/franken_fran/v06/c048/1.html
Not the strongest chapter by any means, but Fran commenting on the similarities between human flesh and spam made my day.

>>60427
HOORAY!
Loved that ending. I knew there was no way it was going to end that happily, so I was wondering how things would go sour, and that was a nice little twist. The whole concept of a cannibal cure is a morbidly fascinating notion.

And the spam comparison was indeed fantastic.

Also, while waiting for the chapter to get translated to English, I got curious and peeked ahead at some of the Chinese translations that are floating around, just the first couple pages of the chapters. Looks like next chapter is going to have more Gavrill! :D

>>58902

Wait, didn't that picture at the start of the chapter show her with sky blue or periwinkle hair?

Is Kigitsu channeling a little bit of Araki when it comes to "official" colors?

Wikipedia's describing it as "unkempt blonde" and I have no idea where the shit they got that idea.
But I'm pretty sure that cover preview was always blue.

Heard about this, interested. Where to start?

>>60478
The start.

http://www.mangafox.com/manga/franken_fran/v01/c001/1.html

>>60471
Yes, her hair does look a bit paler in the preview pic. I described it as "purplish" because I wasn't sure which specific color it was closest to. >>58902 is fan art from Pixiv, so that's why there's a bit of a color disparity there.

>>60475
I'm guessing someone either made an assumption, or based that off of fan art made prior to her hair color being made known.

>>60482

Ithankyew.

Holy shit.

Holy shit.

>>60510
Yeah, it's kind of like that. Have you gotten to Veronica yet? Because shit really gets amazing after that.

I'm on #28 right now.

So far, all of them except the Chrysalis one have me deeply in love.

>>60542
>except the Chrysalis one
What's the matter? Too BAD END for you?

>>60543

Eh, kind of. I didn't get what it was trying to say.

inb4 "it was just a joke"

>>60544
Hows you can't force someone to love you?

>>60542
Aw, but that's one of my favorites. :c
Sometimes I listen to the audio drama version during figure class for concentration.

>>60548

Wait...who forced who to what now?

>>60544
>I didn't get what it was trying to say.
I suppose you could draw parallels between Kaneda's physical metamorphosis with her growth as a person (while ironically ultimately becoming something quite inhuman). Sometimes in Franken Fran, as in real life, weird and terrible things just happen. There's not any inherent sense or moral logic to it, and we're left to simply try and sort it out ourselves. Myself, I don't think too hard about possible moral implications and just laugh at the morbid humor.

>>60548
"Hold Me Tight" seemed to give a stronger vibe of that sort than "Chrysalis" did.

>>60557

That got me thinking about it differently.

The guy's infatuation (note: infatuation, not love) with her was based purely on her playing to his ego. In her recovery, he wasn't clinging to "her" as much as the idea of "her."

He spent so much time being obsessed with her one act of flattery that he was blinded to the purposelessness of his endeavor, because she never actually "loved" him either, she felt a debt she owed. I don't know why I didn't see it, but they never really talked about each other/themselves directly aside from "hey remember that one time you cheered me on?"

I think the lesson was that "insect biology probably just isn't a good thing to mix with humans", or "if you're going to bang your half-mantis girlfriend, feed her an entire chicken as foreplay first."

>>60559
>"if you're going to bang your half-mantis girlfriend, feed her an entire chicken as foreplay first."

Also applicable for spider-girls. Certain species require the male spider to bring a food offering as part of courtship.

>>60427
>Talking with friend about this release
F: "Man does human flesh really takes like spam?"
Me: "Yeah like a salty pork, didnt you know?"
F: "Of course not-wait. How did you know?"

You know I have no idea why I already knew that. God I hope I picked it up from a documentary or somthing.

>>60602
Well, it's not really that hard a thing to assume, honestly. Biologically, we're very similar to pigs. There's a reason we do so much medical testing with them.

>>60602
>>60608
And it implies volumes about the love affair the world has with Bacon.

>>60602
>>60608
Funny that, I was watching River Monsters last night, and in Papua New Guinea human flesh has the moniker "long pork". I also recall hearing some time ago that the phrase "two-legged pork" was used in another country in which cannibalism was a common practice.

>>60612
Food for thought.

Is there anything you'd suggest I check out in the meantime that's similar?

Questionable medicine, SCIENCE, easily digestible (i.e. something I won't have to read 500 pages of to enjoy)?

http://www.mangafox.com/manga/franken_fran/v06/c049/1.html
"I wonder what kind of shenanigans we're up to this ti-"
>Gavrill is a substitute teacher
Holy shit I can't even breathe

>>61035
Great chapter, but I still thought the funniest thing was the joke edit the scanlators included in the end.

>the bonus chapter
Damn
>Gavrill is planning to just swim the ocean until she hits land
Awesome

>>61035
I want this to be its own spinoff so badly.

>>61035
>substitute teacher Gavrill
Oh gods. That was amazing. :D

>bonus chapter
Poor cop. Not even an army of her clones can catch a break.
Also, damn, Gavrill be hardcore.

Chapter 50 is up.
DDL - http://www.mediafire.com/?c5yxtu6o0nq3jov

I like how Katsuhisa Kigitsu manages to inject a bit of social commentary in the most hilarious and wtf-inducing ways. Also, this chapter reminds me: I'd really like to get some pet triops.

Japan...doesn't like old people?

>>61376
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7084749.stm

>>61377

So Japan doesn't like old people...because the young people aren't having kids?

>>61378
Just think for a moment what people not having kids implies for a society at large and the distribution of age groups in it. And what young people having to care for the elderly might have to do with that.

>>61378
Its more they don't like old people, because "they refuse to die and just keep leaching of us, the younger generation, despite outnumbering us."

>>61379

Amerifriend here. It's 2011. The babyboomers start retiring this year. That's ~24% of our entire population dropping out of the workforce and entering into social security and Medicare.

...We're mostly glad over here. This gives young people a chance to control the labor market for the first time in contemporary history. Sure, there are some major changes coming for retirement planning, but why blame retirees for retiring?

Have people been writing in, demanding to know how these things taste?

>>61387

I was honestly expecting it to turn into some kind of DRINK THE BLOOD OF OUR ELDERS but it went the other way.

>>61372
It seemed kind of weird for them to just suddenly find a bunch of similar cases at the end.

Also, why is a Japanese woman born in the 19th century named Sue? Was that just supposed to be a joke itself?

>>61381
I'm not going to strongly express an opinion for something I don't understand, but I've definitely heard far more people seeing that as a bad thing.

New chapter is finally up.
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/franken_fran/v07/c051/1.html

...I'm not the only one who's getting really tired of the Sentinel subplot, am I?
I get that Katsuhisa likes doing Kamen Rider parodies, but it's getting kind of annoying at this point.

>>63203
I don't have a problem with Sentinel stuff in of itself, but this chapter ended way to abruptly.

http://www.mangafox.com/manga/franken_fran/v07/c052/1.html

Bump for new chapter(s)

>>64262

>Octopus

I can't tell if this is a fascination with octopuses worked into manga or the other way around.

Either way I don't get why incestend yet again. Is it really popular in Japan?

>>64268
Are you kidding? About a quarter of the h-stuff out there is incest . I dont know why but its a popular fetish.

>>64274
Off the top of my head I'd guess because with Japan's piss-poor birth rate, the likelihood of having a sibling is fairly rare and thus has the appeal of the unknown.

>>64262
Poor Veronica.

HNNNNGH

No one mentioned the two latest chapters yet?
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/franken_furan/v07/c054/1.html
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/franken_furan/v07/c055/1.html

If Blofeld from the James Bond films was a huge otaku.

>>64804
Whoa, holy shit.
I know Kuhou is kind of the series punching bag, but, wow. Turning her into a murderous bug girl? Wasn't exactly expecting that.

>>64804

Aw come on, she doesn't even get the favor of a separate clone to go off and be semi-normal this time?

Off topic, I re-read the Substitute Teacher Gavril chapter again and god damn it if I didn't wanna see more of that. So good.

>>60560
Technically, the males bring the food to DISTRACT the females. Their sperm is in a special forelimb that can be used after they're killed so they tend to bring something for the female to be preoccupied with so they can do the deed and run the hell away.

>>64816
(reads the chapter before hand)

Wow. If only matsuri found out before Kuhou was take for reassignment plastic surgery, the slaughter of his dream life wouldn't have happened. But then again he wouldn't have fallen in love with a villian character from a sentai series.

>woke up this morning
>made a huge breakfast
>open computer
>begin reading Franken Fran
What the hell is wrong with me.

>>64804
So do you think she Returned his affections? I mean she shared his sense of nostalgia at least but aside from that did they have any real connection?

>>65022
Seeing how he was the reason she got turned into a hideous bug lady and also turned an army of her clones into his personal sex slaves, I'd probably go with nnnnnnoo.

>>65025
I dunno man I've heard of worse, more abusive relationships

>>64992
Yeah. That just seems like a waste of good food.

>>64804
So do you think this is the author writing out Kuhou or what?

>>65066
With a habillion clones and what could be story set ups for ages to come? nah.

>>65568
Fran, what are you doing with those? Give them back to Gavrill this instant.

New chapter, sequel to Rolling World.
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/franken_fran/v07/c056/1.html

>>65697

Page 2 and I'm already hurrrrk'ing.

>>65698
>Furry bullshit, in my Franken Fran?

>>65698
The second page didn't irk me.

But page 6 did....

>>65717
>Fabulous Max!

>>65717
franken_fran_writes_chuck-e-cheese_fanfiction.jpg

New chapter time!
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/franken_fran/v08/c057/1.html
Plus an interesting tidbit of information about Adorea. She can't refuse if someone asks her to do something, apparently.

>>67401
That was pretty heartwarming, almost had a Grand Finale feeling to it, it'd be a good way to end its first OVA series if this ever gets adapted.

Don't take this the wrong way though, but until I realized she could talk, I thought that Adorea was the artist's lover from Chapter 8, now that I think about it, she's far too tall and timid to fit the profile.

>>67410

They said where she came from a while ago though

Dear /jam/,

I have something of a problem.

I recently hit it off with this great girl after everyone else ran off during a fascinating lecture she was giving in my med school. She's sweet, pleasant, cute, smart and has a great head (detachable too) for business. A lovely young lady.

We've dated been dating for a while because she often travels, and she even let me visit her home to meet her family and live-in staff, who while somewhat weary off me at first (and a little eager to pry me open), were highly professional and accommodating overall.

But she's quite brilliant, really brilliant, breathtakingly brilliant, beautifully brilliant. I don't resent her for it, but I feel that I'll eventually run out of things to talk to her about because her medicinal (not to mention scientific) knowledge eclipses my own. She's made my life more exciting but it's a two way street and I'd hate for her to feel bored and trapped by me.

I care about this person a lot, and while I'm not sure if it's 'love' I care about her happiness and wish to work harder so I can walk beside her with ease and deserve her affections, perhaps even meriting a position as her assistant if I prove skillful enough. Even if it means ending our relationship for a while so I can study, with the risk of someone else snatching her heart while I'm away.

When I told her of such she made a startling offer. A Brain-Enhancement surgery to increase my intellect, the cost of which I'd pay off via my services as an assistant. I have no doubt in my mind that she is capable of this feat and was quite touched by this proposition.

But I have to ask, putting my pride aside and possible malpractice, should I go for this? Or should I reach her level of knowledge through my own efforts?

There are a lot of factors to take into account, so much so that I must ask for your council.

Sincerely,
Confused

>>70493
Go for the surgery, every time. What could possibly go wrong?

Also, raises an interesting question to debate, does anyone think Fran actually has any genuine interest in dating anyone herself? She seems more the (hilariously bad) matchmaker than the kind to go for personal romances. Not to mention her... uh, dedication to Doctor Madaraki.

So I read through the manga today.

This is the funniest shit ever. Finally someone who just GETS it.

>>70497
I don't know if she's interested, but it would be cool to see her date because another person was interested in her. You know, just Fran trying to be sweet and amiable and social...and also maybe to test the other person's physical/mental reactions. I think it's arguable that Fran does social experiments here and there.

This was posted in the /jam/ general, but I figure it should be posted here as well.
http://hoxtranslations.blogspot.com/
>Also, as some of you may have heard, Franken Fran has come to an end (yes, seems quite abrupt to me as well) in this month's issue of Champion Red.

I'm honestly crying right now.
I just... why...
Someone hold me.

>>71119
Kigitsu isn't "officially done" with Franken Fran, he's deemed it on Hiatus since he wants to spend more time on his other stories like Phase 20

>>71173
Well, I guess that's some relief. Still sad to hear it's on hold, but that's better than being flat-out cancelled. At least he's still putting out new material, and Phase 20 is entertaining in its own right.

Bad news, everyone, we've really hit the end.

http://www.mangafox.com/manga/franken_fran/v08/c060/1.html
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/franken_fran/v08/c061/1.html

Also, Kigistu Katsuhisa is a WOMAN?? I'm honestly shocked that I didn't expect that.

Dear /jam/

PLEASE HELP ME FIND A WAY TO CONTACT/SEND FAN-MAIL TO KIGITSU. I have so many feelings about this series, and I feel like I need to send her something to thank her for doing this series.

>>71511
I thought Kigitsu was a dude?

I mean, it felt like it was written by a dude and I'm usually pretty good at telling.

>>71512
Did you read the very end message of the last chapter? The translators went out of their way to point out Kigitsu is female.

Her next manga starts in the very next volume right away. I guess she got bored with Fran? I don't think the magazine would want a new manga right away if it actually was cancelled.

>>71509
61 gave me a very big Scrubs Season 8 Finale vibe. You'd be crazy to mind that.

>>71523
Any information on what her next will be?

>>71511
I'll help anyway I can.

>>71509
Man... I'm almost afraid to read these. So long as there's a chapter I haven't read yet, it's almost like it hasn't really ended.

And whoever >>71173 is, your proffered false hopes have turned to bitter ashes, and I'm mad at you.

>>71511
I don't know how I might be of help, but if there's some way, I will.

>>71519
>Did you read the very end message of the last chapter? The translators went out of their way to point out Kigitsu is female.

About that...
http://hoxtranslations.blogspot.com/2012/02/farewell-franken-fran.html
>Note: Apparently, I'm a fucking retard who never bothered to check up his sources because Kigitsu is actually a man (like everyone thought before being told otherwise). I don't know where I initially heard this from and even mangaupdates (though I guess that's not a very reliable database at all) had his gender listed as female. In any case, I've learned my lesson to always check sources first.

>>71527
According to Hox's latest post, it's called "Hasami-Onna" (Scissors-woman). Unfortunately Hox also said he doesn't currently plan to translate the new series, so it'll fall to another translator to pick up the slack.

>>71534
>"Hasami-Onna" (Scissors-woman)

I'm interested.

Read the last chapter. A little understated for a final chapter, but still quite good, though of course bittersweet.

Now I'm going to go listen to Galgasang for an hour straight and sulk a bit.

>>71536
Indeed. I wonder if it's at all related to the kuchisake-onna legend, or if it's something else entirely.

>>71534
Alright, yeah, there we go. I was caught aback by the "female" thing primarily because I had SWORN I had seen a photo of Kigitsu at a signing even (wearing a ridiculous brain helmet, even) and he was definitely male. What a weird misconception.

Everyone keeps talking about Scissor-Woman, but Comic Flapper has her for at least two chapters on some series that has the word "Prince" in it? CHOOSE ONE.

Yo, I finally found out how to send fan-mail to Kigitsu, so if anyone else was interested in sending him something, send me an e-mail.

I sent an e-mail to the dude who makes these too fukn FINALLY.

PS Kigitsu is currently working on a shounen school detective manga.

>>80619
That sounds rad, did the Scissor thing turn out to be rumors?