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Related Reading for Jack Jeanne

I enjoy related reading and thought others might as well so I'm sharing this list of JJ literary references and allusions* in the hope it brings additional color to your Jack Jeanne world as it has for me.

If I can make a recommendation, you may want to start with the "Interview References". These came from Ishida and Towada in interviews and most are connected to specific characters. Anything else with 'direct' is mentioned either by name or strongly alluded to. 'Related' either have a connection to Ishida's other works and could apply to Jack Jeanne too or are explained in the notes.

This list is still very much a work in progress. There are works I can't quite pinpoint or have less confidence in that I hope to add if the connection becomes clearer. If anyone else is tracking things down, I'd love to work together.

Finally, thank you to everyone who has shared translations and to himehikoshrine, who pointed me in the direction of some things early in this project that I might have missed. Any mistakes you find here are entirely my own.

Please reach out if you spot a mistake, have questions, or would like to chat about anything on the list.

Happy reading(/listening/watching)!

*The list includes things other than literature as well

Note: These references were identified in the English translation.

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How Tatsuki Fujimoto writes Affection

First of all I would like to give massive credit to Tiktok user @campaign_baby for their Tiktok I saw on this that really made me think of it alot more

I will Bring up Examples from:

Shikaku

Mermaid Rhapsody

Goodbye Eri

Fire Punch

Chainsaw Man Part 1 (Quite a big spoiler in this will give fair warning)

Fujimoto has a sort of strange method he uses to write that a character Loves/cares deeply for someone. And its The character either being willing to be consumed or to provide sustenance to someone, Or to consume the other person. Examples:

Shikaku

After Shikaku confesses her love for Yucel, He rushes to the hospital to offer her his blood, Making her into an immortal vampire just like him. Yucel has also fallen for Shikaku, its basically his confession of love, He wants to live with her Forever.

Its drawn in a way you can tell its such an act of compassion too.

Mermaid Rhapsody

"I loved her so much that I thought, If it was by someone with a smile as pretty as hers, Maybe being eaten wouldn't be so bad."

Toshihides Dad feels the exact same way about his Mom as Toshihide feels about Shijyu. Mermaids eat humans, But that never mattered to either of them.

Goodbye Eri

In Yuutas Movie about Eri, He writes her to be a Vampire, because he wouldnt actually mind to be her sustenance, In his movie, he loves Eri so much. (I genuinely cant read this fucking story without sobbing, Rereading it again just to get this screengrab just made me cry for like 20 min help)

Fire Punch

This one is Pretty straight forward, Agni with his regenerative powers feeds his village by continuously chopping of his Arm so they dont all starve to death. But more importantly he does this to prevent his sister from doing it aswell. He doesnt want her to suffer that pain so he takes sole responsibility for providing himself to the village.

Agni also later feeds his followers with the help of Togata Chopping of the part of his face that isnt on Fire. I think this has more todo with making sure Togata gets fed rather than his followers, To Agni Togata means alot.

⚠️Chainsaw Man Part 1 (Spoilers for the Final arc)⚠️

When Power is about to Die, Power not only offers her own blood For Denji to Drink so he can get back to health, But Pochita also offers a small part of himself so she can come back as a Powerful Devil.

And ofcourse the big one is Denji Eating Makima. He obviously has to and all for the sake of erasing her. But he explicitly says it wasnt an Attack, It was an act of Love.

Its such a fascinating thing that the idea of consuming someone can be concidered something you do to a cherished one, as an affectionate thing. I guess as Denji mentions that you basically become one with eachother in a way if you consume them.

But this is such a Weird thing Right? Where does this idea even originate from? Well ofcourse we can only Speculate but I really think he took on inspiration from his own life here, Because he has actually done this to someone he loved. Yes, Seriously.

Tatsuki Fujimoto eating his deceased Pet Fish

In the Authors notes for "Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man: 22-26" Fujimoto shares a story from when he was 24:

"Even though we were poor, we had a pet Japanese rice fish. I found it dead one summer. I went to toss its body into the trash like in Parasyte, but my girlfriend said she wanted me to bury it, So off I went to the park, alone. I tried to bury it under this big tree, but the ground was too hard, my hands got all dirty and I had no hole to show for my effort. Out of Options, I figured I would pretend I had buried the fish and left it lying there on top of the ground. As I watched it for a little while, ants found the body and began to carry it away. Im not sure what came over me, but in that moment, love for that pet fish welled within me for the first time. I brushed the ants away, and then Ate it."

You can read the full story here

It has that "Wait what the hell am I reading" Charm to the story like alot of his works, But theres something so weirdly beautiful about this story, Somehow stricken with grief and love for this fish, He ate it. As Denji says, its not an attack, his fish is part of him now and its an act of love. So strange, yet so Beautiful.

Anyways thanks for reading this insanely long post if you even got this far I appreciate it!

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practice session together!! 🩷🩷🩷

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JJ AUs

horoscopes are over, tell me about yourself with your jack jeanne story ideas, au scenarios, and headcanons.

some of mine are:

suzukisa postgame where suzu's mom immediately takes kisa in as a daughter. actually suzu's mom just in general meeting the rest of quartz. these kids need an actual adult

fumi being childhood friends with tsuki and kisa (at a separate time from souchan)

kaido and sugachi are basically married. the instant they were announced for the shuffle cd everyone unanimously agreed they'd be covering compass line, the clearly romantic duet song. "best partners in univeil" uh huh.

i'd love to hear more ideas!

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Translations Masterlist

I'll try to keep this updated as I go but here it is as of April 8 2024:

Puppet one-shot manga: Tumblr

JJ Novel first chapter: Tumblr

Havenna Backstories

Fugio (I will be redoing this one): Twitter | Tumblr

Miguel: Twitter | Tumblr

Rukiora: Twitter | Tumblr

Priest: Twitter | Tumblr

Jire: Twitter | Tumblr

Domina: Twitter | Tumblr

Chicchi: Twitter | Tumblr

Concept Art Short Stories

Mitsuki: Twitter | Tumblr

Kai: Twitter | Tumblr

Suzu: Tumblr

Neji: Twitter | Tumblr

Sou: [bday in May]

Fumi: [bday in June]

Kisa: [TBD]

Other

Jack Jeanne Discord - please message @jackjeannebrainrot or me for server invite!

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Jack Jeanne coded tumblr posts pt.1

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泣かないで

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So excited for Shuffle2 !!

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where have you gone...?

[ID: A digital sketch of a character standing forlornly in an autumnal landscape. The main colors of the piece are desaturated reds, oranges, and purples with highlights of yellow. The sky is a soft lavender peeking behind the foliage. The character stands in the center of a small clearing with their back to the audience. They have short pink hair and a navy blue school uniform.]

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lovebirds (⁠ ⁠◜⁠‿⁠◝⁠ ⁠)⁠♡

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「みんなと一緒に迎える3回目のアニバーサリー みんながたくさんの夢を描ける日にしよう。

ジャックジャンヌ3周年おめでとうございます 🤍

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peak has returned 10TH ANNIVERSARY MERCH GRAAAAAH

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Puppet Manga English Translation

At long last, our English fan translation of Sui Ishida's free one-shot manga "Puppet" is finally done! (75 pages, original here). It's an original story in the Jack Jeanne universe that Ishida created himself about a student in the 76th Amber class (he has no specified name so he's often called Puppet-kun or Ore-kun/俺くん). It gives a fascinating look into the dynamics at Amber that we've been dying to share with the English fans.

It's a standalone story that can be read without any prior knowledge of Jack Jeanne and has no major spoilers since it primarily focuses on another group of characters.

Project credits list: Translation: @ririya-translates @otomemories Clean/Redraw/Typeset: @ChoujinXArtRT @YashaaShirayuki Proofreading, Calligraphy: @himehikoshrine

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Fred has a cute icon for the textbox, too.

Our Life: Now & Forever is a nostalgic Visual Novel where you create your own character and grow from childhood to adulthood with your two closest neighbors. It’s currently in development by GB Patch Games.

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fumikisa

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