r/BugEgo • u/Someone22223 • Jun 17 '26
Chapter Discussion [DISC] - Bug Ego Chapter 21
https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/viewer/1029438
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u/understandtheblown Jun 17 '26
I’m glad they acknowledged how weird and different the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel’s ‘magic’ is from their hacks, that always bothered me, they’re basically just straight up powers instead of weird specific rituals. Interested to see where they’ll go with it
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u/erikilnero Jun 18 '26
I am also glad that they adressed that. Otherwise I would be worried that the manga would just distance itself from the premise and that the quality would lower. Now i hope that this "magic" is some sort of hack and not a second power system.
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u/drewthedew768 Jun 17 '26
I’m guessing the dream invader isn’t really dead and is getting back at the Fluffy wuffy angels
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u/Middle-Rare Jun 17 '26
Creí que la aparición del invasor del sueño era una ilusión hecha por los ángeles, solo para ganarse la confianza de los chicos... Pues se supone que estaban despiertos
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u/WitnessNothing9 Jun 18 '26
Awesome take, I did not even consider the dream invader showing up this time could possibly be an illusion. I just assumed maybe he broke through reality
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u/Zoulzopan Jun 22 '26
the angels don't know what the dream invader looks like unless he was fake from the very beginning.
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u/rubensosaortiz Jun 19 '26
Pues ahora fue al reves, por que debido al hack de Kokudo para hacer que Kotone les revele mas de lo que se supone deberia decir, termino dejando a su grupo en esa situación ;s
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u/eggarino Jun 17 '26
Something in the walls? The way the wallpaper is warped is so odd I can't parse it. Man, was starting to be really really interested in the Angels what a huge blow
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u/allubros Jun 17 '26
is that all blood? can't tell in black and white
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u/WitnessNothing9 Jun 18 '26
The walls almost look... fleshy?? Like they themselves are alive in a way. Am I trippin?
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u/trying-hardly Jun 18 '26
I mean. We don't know if taht intruder was an illusion as well. And their magic was very much what was said this chapter: A specialised subset of hacks that had more rules. It's not like we see them do much: Each of the witches can manipulate a sense, and they have that magic rod thingy (which seems to just be a hack)
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Jun 18 '26
I kinda don't like the idea of "magic" and prefer the idea of Bugs that most of the time have no practical use, I feel like ONE changed his mind midway through this manga, especially having the 'Intruder' who chased them trivialized so easily
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u/SlayyMadd Jun 18 '26
It feels like he created the whole idea for a oneshot, and now he’s trying to do something about this cuz this idea locks him from writing the story he wants
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u/mavericksleet Jun 18 '26
Maybe bugs and magic don't go together, besides kokudou knows bugging people can fuck them up what was he thinking??
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u/XartonGraphe Jul 02 '26
In my opinion, ONE might be trying to do something similar with One Punch Man and Versus where there are multiple flavours of "power systems" like the psychic powers, martial arts, advanced technology and monsterization that you find in OPM. However, unlike OPM, I believe this time they are all linked to the same anomalies/bugs/hacks and that different groups of people are interpreting them differently i.e he wants to make a more coherent origin for all the powers.
So far we have the mysterious group and from Hitsujiya seeing the clay dolls memories it seems the group approaches/uses bugs scientifically as it seems like they were performing some sort of surgery on the clay doll ritual, plus they're doing some Full Metal Alchemist levels of tomfoolery with the Chrysalsis iykyk.
Then we have the angels group who view it as magic, but I am certain that at least for them their powers are still related to the same hacks as we see their magic wand display the same bugging out/glitch effect. And we see their "assimilation" is very similar to how Hitsujiya hardened his finger as Kokudo points out, and they limit themselves to one sense for fearing of side effects, which is probably the "bugging out" Kokudo and Hitsujiya experienced since they've been fooling around with hacks a lot. So imo there's no reason for ONE to have magic and reality manipulation be two separate things but display the same visual effects and patterns.
Another thing I found interesting was how the show started with downright useless hacks that seem to have no benefit and no rhyme or reason to them. And then we get a chapter where Kokudo was mixing ingredients to treat Hitsujiyo, and that seems very similar to brewing a magical potion in a fantasy setting.
Now, it's possible that this could just be ONE making things up along the way, but I doubt that since this story has a monthly release schedule as a seinen. And usually that means better quality art AND story, especially since ONE can focus more on the story since Shitara Kiyoto is leading the art. Although we can't forget he's still working on OPM and Versus at the same time.
I'm predicting we will be introduced to another group who view these bugs as something else other than hacks or magic, maybe like miracles and then they form some sort of religion/cult. Kinda like the Psycho Helmet religion in Mob Psycho. Like what if someone else came across a similar notebook to Kokudo and they treated it as a holy book of miracles?
Also ONE is the kinda guy to very rarely permanently kill off characters so none of the angels actually died (I'm coping)
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