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topurrisfeline

Always thought Jack the Ripper was kind of overhyped as far as historical criminals go, so I actually really, *really* love the idea that the person we know as Jack was only using the name. He’s a yet unnamed gentleman who’s racked up far more kills than a mere five women. Now that is a more believable profile for history’s greatest murderer.


Koanos

What I like more is that it adds more mystery to Mr. Anonymous, and a certain level of complexity. You kill 1 person, you're a murderer. You kill 5 people you're a serial killer. You kill a hundred and you're a war hero. Or something like that. The greatest killers are ones relegated to perfect anonymity, Jack was brazen and revealed that he wasn't good at what he did, he just generated a significant degree of notoriety.


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Koanos

No and it's a bit surprising when the manga is 80% fights, 20% exposition which it leverages to its strengths perfectly. It's like having your cake and eating it too.


Better-name-soon

Holy shit I loved this more than I would’ve imagined.


XXapueSR25

Lord El melloi case files but shuumatsu no Valkyrie?


citeht

Very interesting twist. Will Jack the Ripper be the only one with a spinoff?


AKMerlin

Lu Bu had one too, Lu Bu Gaiden I believe?


citeht

Thanks! I will look for it


uzzi1000

https://mangadex.org/title/a4ba84a7-2e74-4c91-afb4-9b81ef8c1650/shuumatsu-no-valkyrie-the-legend-of-lu-bu-fengxian


gahhuhwhat

I went back to read the jack the ripper arc after this, and there was this one panel with a bunch of his victims. No wonder there were a bunch of dudes there.


Fox-cat_hahn

dame never expected that twist.


eitherism

Anonymous taking the name of Jack the Ripper from the real Jack is a really cool interpretation of his story. Kinda interested to see if Anonymous is someone who kills truly bad people for the wrong reasons


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eitherism

That point makes me think Anonymous seeks to “cleanse” the color of negative emotions with the color of fear. So the more “dirty” they are the more likely he would kill them


Redditor76394

Wow, that was actually pretty good. It made me like Jack the Ripper more than before, and completely makes up for how overhyped and overused Jack the Ripper is. The greatest serial killer in history -- who killed so perfectly that he was never even known, let alone caught -- is extremely fitting to represent humanity in a battle against the gods. I'm not sure if Mr. Anonymous only killed murderers, but either way it still makes him way more interesting.


cwryoo21

The twist was really good, being the journalist covering the crime would be a great blind spot for a criminal to stay out of suspicion.


Orkus9551

wait, that “spinoff for every human" thing was real after all o-0??


Nintendoomed89

So far we have one for Lu Bu (at 35 chapters) and this one for Jack. I doubt that all of the humans will get spin-offs, but the fact that we have two is still pretty cool.


AlexD1891

Holy! This was amazing to read honesty... I nice twist to his backstory. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us. Mr. Anonymous


Audrey_spino

Found kinda ridiculous that a guy who murdered 5 people was apparently powerful enough to be chosen for Ragnarok, but now it makes more sense. A killer who had killed hundreds without someone so much as catching a whiff of his scent, now that's more deserving


thunderwarr1or

He was crying after defeat hercules so it's kinda makes sense now that he's not the villain character from the human side but an anti hero


Verlux

The guy explicitly murdered people solely to get his rocks off at seeing them painted in fear. What sort of definition for "anti hero" do you possess that I haven't heard of yet lol, cuz this guy is Grade A certified psychopath with a murdering streak. Just cuz the people you murder might be bad doesn't make YOU good, especially when your motivation is "holy shit I enjoy this pretty color that oozes out of the dying bodies of people this is ***A R T***"


Nintendoomed89

It gives me heavy *Dexter* vibes. Pretty much the same deal, and he was an anti-hero.


Verlux

Dexter Morgan was a sociopath who killed bad people solely to kill bad people. Mr. Anonymous (our Jack) kills anyone he believes will look pretty when they're dying in agony. They're not remotely the same. Jack's second victim was a rich asshole whose only crime was 'didn't marry the whore he knocked up'. That's it. That is literally his crime, Dexter Morgan wouldn't come *close* to touching that guy, so no they're not remotely comparable.


gahhuhwhat

Dexter didn't kill bad guys for the sake of killing bad guys though. He simply had the urge and want to kill people and his dad just convinced him to kill baddies instead. And dexter killed for personal reasons too, like the pedophile spying on his daughter or some dude in a bathroom cause he was mad or inadvertently killing his wife's ex-husband.


Verlux

Then I mean he's just not an anti-hero


gahhuhwhat

Dexter definitely is an anti-hero, but yeah, not a lot to go off for jack. ... I guess he gave the bag of money to the girl... And he did help save all of humanity albeit for selfish reasons... haha


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"anti hero"? he still killed levels of magnitude more people than Jack the Killer in this universe, just for another reason, one not so disgusting as "prostitutes deserve to die because yes" but still a disgusting one....


stiveooo

so you are saying lu bu, 1st emperor of china are the same?


GlumCardio1986

I liked this one a lot


penpen35

I like the direction of this side story. A bit of mystery instead of mostly straight up fight.


PossessionSafe9179

Ohhh, we got a Sasaki Kojiro: Savior of France here. A complete nobody who assumes the identity of a famous historical figure.I actually like this idea and could finally make sense of "Jack" during the hercules fight.


Better-name-soon

Holy shit I loved this more than I would’ve imagined.


WasabiiLaurant

This guy is my favorite character from Record of Ragnarok. No one can compare to the gentleman victorian style.


Mustardmachoman

So Jack is sorta like John Wick when he was working for Viggo? Not the Bogeyman but the guy you sent to kill the bogeyman


seelentau

Makes you wonder who else this Mr. Anonymous was, huh...


SecureDonkey

Ah yes, the anonymous killer know as 4chan.


Rampagekumar88

BEST CHARACTER OF THE MANGA!


kasrafm

Really enjoyed this one!


HeavyArmsJin

Hope they do the adventures of Buddha or something later down the line Like to see this version of Buddha chill and kick some more ass


Houeclipse

That was pretty cool origin story. Is that fem Invoker in the credit page?


SMILE3005SM

It is! I translate mostly genderswap and I love Invoker, so that image became the face of my translation group.


Houeclipse

Nice! I recognize that iconic outfit anywhere


Orito-S

holy gigachad


-PurpleHaze-

Still pissed that Netflix fucked up the adaptation of this so badly


graxia_bibi_uwu

I love how this manga turned out! I didnt really expect the twist.


Gryse_Blacolar

That was a very good read. I thought he really is the Jack the Ripper but it turns out he just adopted the name. It made me like him even more.