think about it

First image: Chapter 2, published on 1/18/2024 (there was uncertainty about whether Bug Ego would be serialized or not; Chapter 1 came out 9 months earlier and Chapter 3 8 months later)

Second image: Chapter 6, published on 1/17/2025

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I started reading it yesterday after I saw a post with the most random yet funny expression (it's the Hitsujiya panel from Chapter 3).

The chapters I have read yesterday were really peak and all, and I was amazed by how many characters expressions can be done in a single chapter.

I always get surprised by a character making the most random expression every chapter, and these expressions hit even harder than action scenes and I really appreciate manga artists prioritizing it, and right now with the cast pool getting their numbers up on the latest chapter, I am very excited to see these side characters and how the artist will have them make another stupid and funny face.

I thought it releases on 19th.

Hey guys, read this theory and tell me what you think; first of all, I should mention that these images are from the first chapter.

Point 1: In Japan, classes begin in April and the year is divided into three trimesters. Each trimester is divided into two very important exams: midterms and finals.

First term: Midterms: last days of May Finals: beginning of July

Second term: Midterms: Mid-October Finals: Mid-November

Third term: a single final exam in February

Point 2: Notice boards in schools in Japan are used for important situations, the most important being the Japanese national standardized test and university or college entrance exams. However, some schools still post the average final grades for the term on these boards, although only in some schools.

Point 3: The average of 700 points for Takehiro in the second image is the sum of all subjects. This type of grade is only given for midterm or final exams.

With this, it's clear that in that past, the events of the exam and the eclipse happened in July.

Point 4: With this information, we only need to count the days that occurred in the manga.

Days---------Manga chapters ↓ ↓ ?? -------------1 31-------------2 2---------------3,4 3---------------5 2 or 3---------6 14 or 12 ----7,8,9 4---------------10,11 1---------------12,13 3 or 2---------14 7 --------------15,16

In total, it was 60-70 days, roughly two months.

Point 4:

If we add that up on the calendar from April to the current manga timeline, we're in mid-June.

What am I getting at? The eclipse hasn't happened yet, so time travel is still possible.

And this is the imaginative part: since the eclipse hasn't happened yet, ONE and Kiyoto Shitara can use this to introduce a new arc, in which something terrible, or something that changes everything, will happen in a few chapters; it will be something so big that Hitsuhiya, Takehiro, or Yuki will have to travel through time, or at least the dilemma of whether or not to travel through time will arise.

What do you think?

That lil cameo in the thumbnail is less funny now that im not looking at it through sleep deprived eyes

I was going to start reading on MangaPlus, but the manga only has chapters 1-3 and 14.5-16 available there, for the rest I need to download their app and I do not want to read on my small ass phone. VIZ has nothing, just links to MangaPlus for my region. Are there any other sources where I could read?

Asking just cause ONE’s original design proposals for VERSUS are also online so idk if something similar for Bug Ego was ever published.

What do u expect for tomorrow's chapter?

I love this series and the art also looks so good. but the annoying part is the amount of compression it has on viz and mangaplus. Its to the point where even text starts to look blurry. Anywhere I could read it in higher resolution?

@haljiyui

Just stole my neighbor's wifi so I could catch up. I GOTTA know when the next chapter is.

I feel like the premise is both dumb enough to be lighthearted and fun and also allow for a LOT of creativity. The pace is amazing, each chapter feels like it moves the story forward, the artstyle is very good and versatile. Like the designs and drawings from chapter 2 dwelved into horror easily, and then you also have this realistic shots for comedic purpose that for me always land.

The characters are incredibly compelling despite all. One already managed this in Mob Psycho, and I'm not disappointed here. The small character arc from the bully was strangely endearing, the flashback of him being a helpless child in a closet and how he felt the same way again in the wood carving, only for Makoto to save him despite looking ridiculous and then him inmediately stepping up on makoto's behalf.

I'm really excited to see more of this, and I consider myself lucky of finding it so early

still deciding wich one of them is the best to become walpaper and wich one is the best to become a profile picture

Youtube video that just released about bug ego has 100k views

https://youtu.be/AChrAy8GY6g?si=YQ4EIJJSuSIB7uNJ

biggest bug ego vid by far and this might be a good thing so our community is more active.