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Monday, August 10th to Saturday, August 15th 2026

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Let's celebrate the release anniversary of our favourite manga together by creating more fanart and fanworks for it for a 3rd year in a row♥

A week-long event celebrating the anniversary of the release of the first After God chapter, "Anno dingir"

Monday, August 10th to Saturday, August 15th 2026

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After God

spoilers for the most recent chapter (99)

And that grief has twisted them into doing very immoral acts that involve imposing themselves to others non-consensually.

Additionally with the length on how they would go for their loved ones as well even at the cost of their own health and body.

Man. This manga has so many parallels. It’s fascinatingggg

the only tiny thing i can add to your amazing post is that they both change specifically the bodies of the people they use to bring back their loves ones. yoriko fucks around with obikawa's brain and body, sticks a flag in his head, in order to bring back minami and ww changes tokinaga's perception and would've, if he'd let her, changed her most likely physically into shion, the pretty girl.

It honestly makes me wonder what was the nature of Waka and Shion’s relationship in Cycle one. We only get a glimpse of them via Takanagi’s perspective, and it’s clear how much Cycle One Waka loved Shion immensely.

But it does make me think of Cycle One Shion’s was perhaps knows about Waka being a witch, and thus use Waka for her magic. Perhaps using said magic to escape her home life?

It’s possible since Cycle One Waka still have a brother just like Cycle 8 Waka does too. So it is possible that Shion’s home life was a mess in the OG timeline just like it is in Cycle 8.

If so, then the parallels between Orokapi and Waka being intentionally is highly plausible. Especially if you consider the theory that all the IPOs are an extension of Waka.

God. This Manga be just a bunch of reflections of PAINNNN

ooooooo what was the nature of cycle1 wakashions relationship?

from what we've seen of waka1, she's much more mature than ours—almost colder. she's more introspective but she shares our waka's drive when she has a goal (attempting to supercede tokinaga's asexuality vs desire to kill the gods) which says, to me at least, that she is probably just as in love with shion as our waka. would she be as indulgent with her? i wanna say yes because i agree with your parallels and i think that it would be so sick if we have the same sort of dynamic four times between the characters (wakashion1, our wakashion, vollof&orokapi, tokinaga&orokapi.)

i think it would make their relationship all the more tragic as despite all cycle1 waka does to put off shion's suicide, it still happens. AND that waka's a witch. she has infinitely more power than our waka does and she still can't save shion. that'd be cool.

This is mostly just me rambling but I just adore how in the first cycle, how Tokinaga deeply appreciates his time with Waka and Shion during his depressive state. How they just chat trivial things, play video games, and having dinner.

And how after Shion’s death, Waka fell into deep despair, heavily implying to have travel back in time multiple times to prevent her suicide to no success. Hence the scars on her arms

And how this grief has twisted itself to this obsession over Tokinaga due to him being there during her and Shion’s positive memories.

I do think Waka does genuinely cares and appreciates Tokinaga. But her grief has twisted her in other to forcefully move on from Shion, because if she can’t. Then she would succumb to the unbearable pain.

Also does not help that after shion’s death she had no support system, thus her latching onto Tokinaga’s kindness make sense. For she is also seeking for help as well.

And I think Tokinaga still cares about Waka too. The original Waka. Cycle 1 Waka. Witch Waka.

Yes. He is trap in this hellish time loop full with god like monsters in a form of IPOs. And is ridiculed and tormented by the chicken demon.

But I do honestly believe that he ultimately also wants to spend more time with both Waka and Shion together again. As seen in Cycle 6 iirc

So while he does want to go back to his old world. I do believe that he also wants Waka to also still be alive in that world too.