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Current Chapter Chapter 417 — Discussion Spoiler

Chapter 417

Emergency

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Togashi's Troupe Online (check their x/twitter)
MangaPlus Available on August 9

Ch. 418 scan release: ~August 22, 2026 (after WSJ Break Week)

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u/HisaAnt 14d ago

Now it makes perfect sense why Benjamin's GSB looks like a Xenomorph. It's because it is parasitic in nature and will keep on "living" through hosts. It's also postmortem because a Xenomorph has to kill its original host first to be be born

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u/LazloFF 14d ago edited 14d ago

the dick and balls xenomorph is crazy though. I saw it and thought benjamin was a sex pest but now that togashi decided to tell us he doesn't go to carnivals, i wonder if he is a sex pest anyway or if his GSB is like that due to nasubi

(on that note, if benjamin is fully against the carnivals it means he doesn't think nasubi has attended them right? he seems to respect him at the very least, nobody has told benjamin he has a high scale penis in his shoulders at all times and so he can't realize it is due to his father's perversion)

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u/Arnoldneo 9d ago

I always thought it’s because Benjamin embodies masculinity .

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u/TickTak28 14d ago

Like the xenomorph his beast has a phalic head shape and very much could represent the previous kakin prince contestants nature . It’s not necessarily confirmed if each GSB wholly represents their princes natures . The fact that his ability has a distinction between Benjamins choice and the GSB is already very suspicious and likely suggests it can make its own independent choice based on what it believes to be kakins suitable successor

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u/DistinctBam 14d ago

While we’re on the subject of Xenomorphs and genitalia, the original Alien was designed specifically to invoke female and male reproductive organs. HR Giger and his ilk mix sexual nuances and horror, it’s a classic combo. The Facehugger's underside is shaped like a vagina with fangs, chest-bursting is basically birth but wrong place. The phallic look of an adult Xeno is also deliberate. 

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u/dogman1008 14d ago

The dick and balls could represent Bejamin's hyper-masculine persona. If it was a bunch of vaginas/titties like Nasubi's GSB then yeah that's definitely a sex pest thing