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Yo-kai Watch (Manga)

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Yo-kai Watch is an extremely popular franchise in Japan, and has naturally grown a good deal since it started. There are six manga adaptations that have been released, besides the Anime of the Game. One of them is a shonen Gag Series authored by Noriyuki Konishi, that has been published in Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic since 2012. This series shares some treats of the videogames, but it's actually more closer to the anime, although it has its own extreme differences.Nate is an average boy who one day finds a very old capsule machine/gravestone hybrid, out of which comes Whisper, a Yo-kai who becomes Nate's butler out of gratefulness. He gives Nate the titular "Yo-kai Watch", which allows Nate to see and interact with Yo-kai that influence people's lives.Unlike the other printed adaptations (a shoujo manga, a seinen manga, and a couple of four-panel comics), the contortions and situations displayed in this series are sometimes horrific (with scenes displaying Nightmare Faces, Body Horror, and Averted Bloodless Carnage) significantly being an over-the-top Darker and Edgier version of the parent videogame.This particular manga adaptation has been licensed and released by Viz Media in the U.S. under their Perfect Square imprint in 2015.
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Bloodless Carnage: Averted, though due to the manga's monochrome coloring, it's hard to tell unless a character points it out. Dracunyan even vomits blood in his chapter, and one Yo-kai Nate meets has the power to make people's noses bleed out.
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Darker and Edgier
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Darker and Edgier: When compared to its brother anime and parent videogame. This version of Yo-kai Watch has Yo-kai that can really be dangerous when pissed off enough, heck, one of the first stories has a knife-wielding thief that stabs Nate in the stomach.note Relax; thanks to a nearby Noko, the blade was blocked by a manga volume under Nate's shirt
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Adapted Out: Furdinand, who was in charge of the shock absorbers in the anime and Yo-kai Watch 3, is the only Yo-kai missing from the group that helps launch Usapyon's rocket.
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Butt-Monkey
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Butt-Monkey: Everyone, but especially Whisper and Jibanyan.
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Clue from Ed.: Two of these are provided in volume 22, to explain that characters are referencing two different Japanese folktales: Kintar� in chapter 243, and Urashima Tar� in chapter 244.
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Early-Installment Weirdness
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Early-Installment Weirdness: Nate's first Yo-kai Watch has a slightly different design than what was used in the first game and anime, and requires him to keep the search light on the Yo-kai to continue to see them, instead of it just being one-and-done. Lampshaded by Whisper in a bonus comic at the end of Volume 1, where he explains the watch's design wasn't finalized yet (as the manga began publication before the game came out in Japan), and was wondering when the design would be updated. 19 volumes and 4 watch revisions later, Nate's watch is finally reset to the first game's design and functionality.
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You Could Have Used Your Powers for Good!
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You Could Have Used Your Powers for Good!: Usually after defeating a Yo-kai, Nate will tell them how they can help people with their abilities rather than cause trouble.
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Dub-Induced Plot Hole: Ever wonder where Nate got Lord Enma's Yo-kai medal (or, for that matter, his phone number) in volume 13, despite the manga up to that point never showing him receiving either? That's because the media where he got the medal (specifically, the second movie and its manga adaptation) have not been released outside of Japan as of March 2021 (though some of its plot elements were adapted into Yo Kai Watch Blasters, which was released outside of Japan). The currently un-localized second movie is also referenced in chapter 191 (volume 19), when prior to Nate and co traveling to Demon Island, Lord Enma notes the boy already died once.
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Adaptational Intelligence
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Adaptational Intelligence: Whisper doesn't own a Y-pad for the first 8 volumes and is capable of recognising and giving information on Yo-kai on his own. Even when he does get a Y-Pad in volume 9, he still doesn't need it for identifying Yo-kai.
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Adaptational Badass: Jibanyan, who is a lot more capable here than his anime counterpart. As is Nate, who is more proactive.
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Out-of-Genre Experience
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Out-of-Genre Experience: Volume 13 doesn't follow the manga's usual Gag Series format, but instead features one continuous story arc where Nate and co face off against the Ghoulfather to free Tomnyan's former owner from his influence. Can count as a Darker and Edgier volume, as one chapter features the Ghoulfather killing multiple Yo-kai in succession, and unlike the other volumes, it's not Played for Laughs. At all.
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Gag Series: With the exception of Volume 13.
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Pocket Protector: A manga volume under Nate's shirt saves him from being stabbed in the gut.
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Earth-Shattering Kaboom: When enlarged by Meganyan's smoke, Jibanyan's punches become powerful enough to split the Earth in half.
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Adaptational Nice Guy: Frostina (who later evolves into Blizzaria) is much nicer and timider in the manga and is regretful if she accidentally freezes anyone.
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Medium Awareness: Most characters will be quick to point out certain predicaments that the general manga format put them in. Examples include having to squeeze onto the title page of a chapter because it had fewer pages than usual, bemoaning that they don't have enough pages to beat the Villain of the Week, or having trouble telling Palette Swap Yo-kai apart from each other (as unlike the games or anime, the manga is in black and white).
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Rewatch Bonus: Chapter 172 (volume 17) features a few lines from Whisper and Wazzat that make more sense when the reader knows it's their fifth time dealing with Nate, Jibanyan, and Runsure's Amnesia Loop.
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Merchandise-Driven
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Merchandise-Driven: Lampshaded in Volume 16; after Nate asks why his Yo-kai Watch Arcane uses keystones instead of medals, Whisper replies that it's probably because "they"note Bandai in Japan, Hasbro elsewhere need to sell more toys.
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Amnesia Loop
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Amnesia Loop: Nate was so annoyed by his encounter with the Yo-kai Runsure in chapter 172 (volume 17) that he summoned Wazzat to help himself and Jibanyan forget it. Unfortunately, he runs into Runsure again and the exact same encounter plays out. As Whisper notes at the end of the chapter, that was their fifth time through the loop.
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Weaksauce Weakness: Goruma's weakness in chapter 18 (volume 3):
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Nice Guy: Nate, just as his original counterpart.
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Inconvenient Summons: Even more so than in the anime. Jibanyan is almost never battle-ready, being summoned when he was stuck under a vending machine, lost to another truck, upset over lost change, etc. And even when he is battle-ready, something in the environment will still stop him (i.e. landing in front of an oncoming truck or on a spear, or falling hundreds of feet because Nate was in midair).
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Shout-Out
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Shout-Out: Volume 1 gives one out to CoroCoro Comic, in which the series is published in Japan, as one chapter's plot starts with Nate rushing to buy the newest issue.
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Hoist by His Own Petard: A number of Yo-kai are beaten through their own powers being directed back at them or by situations that they caused in the first place.
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Wall of Text: Both Suspicioni and Papa Windbag get one as a result of their powers (the former because he's overly suspicious, and the latter because he brags too much). Both times, there's a note from the author saying the reader can skip it.
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Reset Button
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Reset Button: Chapter 207 (volume 20) features a literal example that can be used to reset anything back to its original state or design. This was apparently used to revert Nate's Yo-kai Watch Arcane and Yo-kai Keystones back to the original watch and Yo-kai medals, respectively.although...the watch is reset to its appearance from the first game, rather than its prototype design from the first several volumes
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Groin Attack: Jibanyan beats Goruma with a barrage of these.
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Duct Tape for Everything: Gusto's initial solution for repairing a split-in-half planet Earth. Luckily, Hovernyan comes up with a more practical solution: kick both sides of the planet to rejoin them.
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Vomit Discretion Shot: During Spewart's appearance in chapter 238 (volume 22), all instances of vomit caused by his powers are pixelated out.
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Never Say "Die"
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Never Say "Die": Zig-zagged; early volumes and volume 17 averted it, but volumes 11-16 played it straight. This becomes egregious in Volume 13, as the Ghoulfather lands attacks powerful enough to kill several Yo-kai (with close-ups of their lifeless bodies), but Nate and co still won't say it outright.
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Running Gag: Most fights usually result in Jibanyan and the Yo-kai he's fighting being run over by a passing vehicle.
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