It wasn’t till today that I realized that the dad from the first (or second?) issue who made sure his children needed his permission to use their wishes, was the one who wound up founding El Futuro
Mr. Malt, you asked for comments on the final wish. So, here is my take on that. The perfect wish was for : “Everyone to be loved the way they wanted to be loved”. If you ever studied Buddhism, desire and attachments are the things that causes suffering in the induvial and the world because they always go unfulfilled or eventually you will lose them over time. The greatest thing we all secretly want, is to be loved and respected by our fellow human beings. So, if we are loved, the way we want to be loved; then all desires are filled and there is no need for wishes or gennies to complete that empty space within us. We and the world would have Nirvana.
The problem with that sort of wish is that it doesn't remove desire. You may get love any way you want but what if you wanted to ride on an exclusive rocketship to the moon? People will still desire thrills and spills and would need to deal with the duration between getting them. People would still need to deal with death as well since pets and people wouldn't be able to avoid accidents. There are some people who would prefer to be loved as a memory too!
@@lordpuller2226more than love it would be "satisfaction". For people to feel fulfilled. That doesn't mean you will stop wanting to do stuff or have stuff. But it means you won't risk yourself or others happiness to get it. You want a rocket? You are already happy, but having a rocket will be rad, so you talk to your bodies about it and they are all fulfilled and they love you, so yeah, they will build a rocket with you. And when you die, they will be sad, but they will be happy because they knew you were and you lived a fulfilling life.
I personally feel that Daisy gained immortality because of the wording of the group wish, like something along the lines that the last person alive HAS to use the wish, so if they don’t use the wish they can’t die… but like you said, up for interpretation 😝 Loved this story, was really looking forward to it and it didn’t let me down! Just a huge fan of stories that span generations in general but this was a great concept. I like the creator’s restraint in keeping the plot concise despite there being 8 billion stories to tell!
Just went to NYCC and James and Ryan have returned to the world of 8 billion genies with a one shot about two more people’s wishes and where that leads them. Go pick it up!
since the perfect wish was made that means there was never a need for genies, which means every wish was canceled out, which means thats actually *World 0* , the first ever world that started the Ginnie mess
This was EPIC!!! definitely worth a 9/10. I love how the genies are illustrated and do their own thing in the background. All of the genies have personalities and some actually dont even like the people they are paires with😂. Son man was the best superhero and had a good ending. Combining wishes to end up having someone be unintentionally immortal is really cool. Thanks for making this video, definitely made my day 👌
Ok, I know this wouldn't fit the story, but I feel like in our world this honestly couldn't go on for more than 30 seconds tops before someone wished to take away everyone else's genies. Those in powerful social positions are just way too comfortable with the status quo to let everyone have an equal amount of power for more than a minute max.
The genies explain wishes like that, that would take away others wishes don’t work, as they want as many people to wish as possible. I like that the book tries to come up with rules for things like that.
@@Watch-0w1 Not really because the lawyers used wishes as payment so they didn't directly steal someone's wish from them. Rather a barter situation where I do this for you then you give me a wish.
the wish was the last survivor of the 3 has control over the wish, therefor there must always be a survivor to make the wish, the second the wish is made there is no longer a survivor of the 3
i see that like the objective of the genies, try again and again to make the perfect world out of the perfect wish, and then they move on to the next iteration of the world or such, Because if the population is exacly 8 billion, the one last genie didn't get to be a humar nor genie.
"Im only 11🙃". That made me laugh so hard and im uncomfortable about that lol This was a beautiful story, the ending was especially poignant and thought provoking. Ill be buying this.
I think the last page is about loving yourself and loving everyone that one does not need for a wish to change themselves or others. You don’t need to wish for anything when one is content with what they have :)
What if you wished you had a million wishes without taking from others? The issue with wish-making stories is that the interpretations are all over the place. Like why isn't immortality in Sonman's power set? I think the ending where the human population was 8 billion again was a fast forward to show that genies were no longer needed since everyone got the love they wanted.
IMO...The whole story was based on DESIRE. The main thing people want in this world is be fulfilled and they tend to find it in material things, that'll eventually still leave them wanting. But, being loved the way you want to be loved is the answer to our desires. So, the last wish set the world to paradise. It was COMPASSION gained through lifes journey and it was LOVE that eventually conquered all. Population reset: 8, 000,000,000 Genie: 0
my take is that the final first 8 seconds are compared to the 8 seconds at the start, but because everyone are loving they wish good things that not cause death. not sure how exactly it will solve the cycle, having too many people will cause starvation, especially with no genies to fix it. maybe the Writer's point is that with love even that will be solved perfectly with no issues
I would wish that all the events since G Day were a video game I could play as many times as I want in as many ways as I want with resets and saves, until I get bored and return to a world where G Day never happened.
I’m embarrassed to say that at the end of issue 7 I thought the person at Robbie’s funeral was Daisy. I didn’t know it was Betty, they’re both old ladies so it was hard to tell them apart. Also didn’t notice Brian was married to Jeremy, wish the writer had made that more clear.
I agree with you about the ending. I understand that they wanted the ending to be somewhat ambiguous, but the thing is if you want to do commentary than you can't just back out at the last minute and leave things open to interpretation. You can't tell a joke and then decide that the punchline is up to the listener. If you spend 8 issues leading up to the perfect wish it's kind of incumbent upon you to explain why and how it's the perfect wish. What did it do for humanity? What did it do for the genies? What does the world look like when the golden rule is a law of nature? Good story but the end was kind of a cop out. Definitely concur with the 9/10.
I think since, you can make the new world as you desire, the last genie just made a world that already has 8 billions people, and because the Perfect wish was made there would not be another cycle of 8 billions genies
I think that the number is 8 billion because there are only about 8 billion souls total. And they keep getting reincarnated until the cycle is broken. Also that the genies might be a external expression of the soul/spirit of each person that can only physically manifest when there enough want and a genie/human like will could represent what the ideal state is supposed to be because he was ultimately able to figure out what the world needed himself and daisy was too by going through a similar immortal journey
I think the reason for Daisy's immortality is that the wish to share the genie had an unintended consequence. Basically the last person cannot die until the wish is made. So as long as Daisy doesn't make a wish she could possibly live forever.
Daisy got immortality because the way Bryan and Alex worded the wish accidentally meant that whoever was the last survivor would live until the wish was used.
The last wished explained is because genies existed because of the huge amount of WANT in the world. People in there core all want something but nobody really knows WHAT they want. So just as the genies who lived for thousands of years explained. They did everything from good to evil trying to satisfy themselves with what they thought would make them happy. Sex, drugs, power, etc. only to find out the truth of what everyone truly wanted but we forgot along the way. Everyone wants to be loved and appreciated but we mix up love with WANTS. So by wishing for everyone to be loved we no longer feel the need for other things to fill that void. Thus eliminating the WANT that brought genies into the world.
I think the last page of 8 billion people and no genie It's just that the author wants to bring the audience back to real life "yes, thank you for liking my comics, but it's still a comics" and what Daisy said about "making everyone feel loved" won't be for genie to finish, but need we live people to complete good comics if i say
The genies became the humans in those 8 seconds. They were looking for a new way to live. Daisy dies with her wish and the genies got to take their place.
This reminds me of an episode of X-files that had a genie and you saw all the stupid things people had wished for over the years. It was hilarious and I think the last wish Mulder made was for the genie to be free.
On why Daisy survived. She can only die AFTER she does the wish, it’s on how the wish was worded: the dude says “to the last one alive”, so unless she makes a wish before that, she HAS to be the last one alive. Unintentional, yes, so technically it only works that way because the genies decided to make it that way really, they had no obligation. But that’s what Wil means by unintended consequences. In the end it always work a certain way because the genies wanted it that way unless you one the lawyers that are good with being super specific… clever worldbuilding to cover all plot holes or lazy worldbuilding to cover all plot holes? You decide. The last wish… uh. My religion is reincarnationist, so this might be where my mind naturally goes, but the story does set up a cycle of renewed worlds, renewed lives…. And established a limit to how many people there can be. One can assume that’s the total of souls available (and not quite living genies?) to be alive at once, once that number is beat, you gotta clean the garden, get those weeds out and that is the genies function. Daisy wish, being the perfect wish, breaks the need for the cycle. Everyone can be there all at once, nobody needs to learn anymore, nobody needs to grow into that state of perfection. All souls can just be there, all at once. But that is a reading that fits very well with my beliefs. It is an open ending, I suppose it’s crafted to fit everyone’s perception…
I think the population immediately went to 8 billion because there is no longer a point to have it climb. What I mean is that the genies come down when the population hits 8 billion because there is a cosmic overflow of desire (iirc), since the perfect wish was wished the world is as it is supposed to be
I really liked this story. Didn't like the ending as much But just for an 1:40:00 mins, while listening to this book, I forgot about my troubles in the world. So fantastical, So out there. Such a good book, might buy a few issues.
@slntvrs5 but I figured it out Though what the person meant was after the new wish , when the population finally reached 8billion 8 seconds later no genies came cause they people didn't need it.
It wasn’t till today that I realized that the dad from the first (or second?) issue who made sure his children needed his permission to use their wishes, was the one who wound up founding El Futuro
Holy shit, you’re right!
"The Future" like, his kids are the future. Awww
WOW!
Yeah
Mr. Malt, you asked for comments on the final wish. So, here is my take on that.
The perfect wish was for : “Everyone to be loved the way they wanted to be loved”. If you ever studied Buddhism, desire and attachments are the things that causes suffering in the induvial and the world because they always go unfulfilled or eventually you will lose them over time. The greatest thing we all secretly want, is to be loved and respected by our fellow human beings. So, if we are loved, the way we want to be loved; then all desires are filled and there is no need for wishes or gennies to complete that empty space within us. We and the world would have Nirvana.
I wish for three fiddy
The problem with that sort of wish is that it doesn't remove desire. You may get love any way you want but what if you wanted to ride on an exclusive rocketship to the moon? People will still desire thrills and spills and would need to deal with the duration between getting them. People would still need to deal with death as well since pets and people wouldn't be able to avoid accidents. There are some people who would prefer to be loved as a memory too!
@@lordpuller2226more than love it would be "satisfaction". For people to feel fulfilled. That doesn't mean you will stop wanting to do stuff or have stuff. But it means you won't risk yourself or others happiness to get it. You want a rocket? You are already happy, but having a rocket will be rad, so you talk to your bodies about it and they are all fulfilled and they love you, so yeah, they will build a rocket with you. And when you die, they will be sad, but they will be happy because they knew you were and you lived a fulfilling life.
I wish you will never stop creating high quality content like this for us all
I personally feel that Daisy gained immortality because of the wording of the group wish, like something along the lines that the last person alive HAS to use the wish, so if they don’t use the wish they can’t die… but like you said, up for interpretation 😝
Loved this story, was really looking forward to it and it didn’t let me down! Just a huge fan of stories that span generations in general but this was a great concept. I like the creator’s restraint in keeping the plot concise despite there being 8 billion stories to tell!
I like your last 3 sentences 🥲 so many more stories to imagine. Can't wait until the TV series
Just went to NYCC and James and Ryan have returned to the world of 8 billion genies with a one shot about two more people’s wishes and where that leads them. Go pick it up!
@@Supersizeshake Thank you for the heads up!!
since the perfect wish was made that means there was never a need for genies, which means every wish was canceled out, which means thats actually *World 0* , the first ever world that started the Ginnie mess
akachually its World Prime!
Spoiler aliert
@@BrotherWulfe how is my theory a spoiler?
@@BrotherWulfe I mean, Danny did say he wanted to hear other peoples thoughts and theories about it in the comments.
Are you saying that it's just a circle of time
It did a 360?
I'm building my library to reflect your vids. Another awesome job!
This was EPIC!!! definitely worth a 9/10. I love how the genies are illustrated and do their own thing in the background. All of the genies have personalities and some actually dont even like the people they are paires with😂. Son man was the best superhero and had a good ending. Combining wishes to end up having someone be unintentionally immortal is really cool. Thanks for making this video, definitely made my day 👌
Ok, I know this wouldn't fit the story, but I feel like in our world this honestly couldn't go on for more than 30 seconds tops before someone wished to take away everyone else's genies. Those in powerful social positions are just way too comfortable with the status quo to let everyone have an equal amount of power for more than a minute max.
The genies explain wishes like that, that would take away others wishes don’t work, as they want as many people to wish as possible. I like that the book tries to come up with rules for things like that.
But it sorta happen with those. Lawyer.
@@Watch-0w1 Not really because the lawyers used wishes as payment so they didn't directly steal someone's wish from them. Rather a barter situation where I do this for you then you give me a wish.
@@josh7849 I mean they counter it. Sorta negating a wish. But your right they're still wishes
This Comic was soooo Good, thanks!
I teared up on that last wish. That was beautiful.
the wish was the last survivor of the 3 has control over the wish, therefor there must always be a survivor to make the wish, the second the wish is made there is no longer a survivor of the 3
i see that like the objective of the genies, try again and again to make the perfect world out of the perfect wish, and then they move on to the next iteration of the world or such, Because if the population is exacly 8 billion, the one last genie didn't get to be a humar nor genie.
I like how the Genies have cool personalities
The genies are lawfully good in nature, that’s actually refreshing.
"Im only 11🙃". That made me laugh so hard and im uncomfortable about that lol
This was a beautiful story, the ending was especially poignant and thought provoking. Ill be buying this.
I think the last page is about loving yourself and loving everyone that one does not need for a wish to change themselves or others. You don’t need to wish for anything when one is content with what they have :)
I didnt think I would get this into the story or that it would be so darn engaging, super good!
Dang ..never heard of this one ...thanks alot
ok so if the Ginie population is 0 does that mean the last Ginie didn't get to be a human? since the perfect wish was already wished?
What if you wished you had a million wishes without taking from others? The issue with wish-making stories is that the interpretations are all over the place. Like why isn't immortality in Sonman's power set? I think the ending where the human population was 8 billion again was a fast forward to show that genies were no longer needed since everyone got the love they wanted.
Brilliant!
Best book I read so far and best storytelling you’ve done yourself another subscriber
This comic is so awesome
IMO...The whole story was based on DESIRE. The main thing people want in this world is be fulfilled and they tend to find it in material things, that'll eventually still leave them wanting. But, being loved the way you want to be loved is the answer to our desires. So, the last wish set the world to paradise. It was COMPASSION gained through lifes journey and it was LOVE that eventually conquered all.
Population reset: 8, 000,000,000
Genie: 0
NGL, I'd wish for all of Superman's powers and abilities.
I am currently watching the Preacher series. Your videos have helped me get through hours of chemotherapy. THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO.
Thanks for watching. Hope everything goes well with you.
such a great series! Found out about it since the author is friends with my drama teacher in high school.
Thank you! I would have never have read this and missed out on a great story. Great going!
Thank you for bringing this series to my attention! Really enjoyed this post. Keep up the great work Dan!
my take is that the final first 8 seconds are compared to the 8 seconds at the start,
but because everyone are loving they wish good things that not cause death.
not sure how exactly it will solve the cycle, having too many people will cause starvation, especially with no genies to fix it.
maybe the Writer's point is that with love even that will be solved perfectly with no issues
Thanks!
Damn I'll come back here in the future
I would wish that all the events since G Day were a video game I could play as many times as I want in as many ways as I want with resets and saves, until I get bored and return to a world where G Day never happened.
I’m embarrassed to say that at the end of issue 7 I thought the person at Robbie’s funeral was Daisy. I didn’t know it was Betty, they’re both old ladies so it was hard to tell them apart. Also didn’t notice Brian was married to Jeremy, wish the writer had made that more clear.
OUTSTANDING!! That everyone would love the way they want to be loved. Would humankind not want for more?
Love ur videos man
Dude i love the stories you choose!!
Son Man parent's house was an easter egg because it was the living room from Family Matters, the dad even ended looking like him by the end
You’ll notice Urkel talking to June as she runs to Robbie after her husband dies. Always wondered why he was there.
I missed that😂
Loved it.😊
2:37...why they name my boy like that...makin me want some spicy chicken now😂.
What a great story! Thanks for sharing.
Holy shit this was amazing! Thank you Danny!
I agree with you about the ending. I understand that they wanted the ending to be somewhat ambiguous, but the thing is if you want to do commentary than you can't just back out at the last minute and leave things open to interpretation. You can't tell a joke and then decide that the punchline is up to the listener. If you spend 8 issues leading up to the perfect wish it's kind of incumbent upon you to explain why and how it's the perfect wish. What did it do for humanity? What did it do for the genies? What does the world look like when the golden rule is a law of nature? Good story but the end was kind of a cop out. Definitely concur with the 9/10.
Thanks for making this.
I wonder how many people would wish to become a Super Saiyan.
Thats going to be a dope show, a movie would have to cut out too much. So, I hope the go the show route.
who ever is cast as King Power The star has to bring their A game ! That “I’m only 11” has to make us all cry lol
I think since, you can make the new world as you desire, the last genie just made a world that already has 8 billions people, and because the Perfect wish was made there would not be another cycle of 8 billions genies
10/10 story thanks danny for narrating !
It was understood that because the wish that tied them all together was made in such a way that the last person alive would live until they used it.
Thanks danny, this one was great.
I think that the number is 8 billion because there are only about 8 billion souls total. And they keep getting reincarnated until the cycle is broken. Also that the genies might be a external expression of the soul/spirit of each person that can only physically manifest when there enough want and a genie/human like will could represent what the ideal state is supposed to be because he was ultimately able to figure out what the world needed himself and daisy was too by going through a similar immortal journey
Interesting.
Comics is still hacky tho. It's pretty much impossible not to be with that kind of concept.
I think the reason for Daisy's immortality is that the wish to share the genie had an unintended consequence. Basically the last person cannot die until the wish is made. So as long as Daisy doesn't make a wish she could possibly live forever.
I really enjoyed this. keep it up.
Daisy got immortality because the way Bryan and Alex worded the wish accidentally meant that whoever was the last survivor would live until the wish was used.
Man that’s good. Thank you.
What a great story!
The last wished explained is because genies existed because of the huge amount of WANT in the world. People in there core all want something but nobody really knows WHAT they want. So just as the genies who lived for thousands of years explained. They did everything from good to evil trying to satisfy themselves with what they thought would make them happy. Sex, drugs, power, etc. only to find out the truth of what everyone truly wanted but we forgot along the way. Everyone wants to be loved and appreciated but we mix up love with WANTS. So by wishing for everyone to be loved we no longer feel the need for other things to fill that void. Thus eliminating the WANT that brought genies into the world.
Well done, can't wait to see this on TV. :) hoping for more great content!
That was a great story.
Thoroughly enjoyed this, thank you for this video!
Loved this comic and love your videos ❤
Great story,thank you:)
That was beautiful 😭😭😭😭
Amazing book
Daisy had a wish required, because it was a tripartite wish, for three humans I believe that means she couldn’t die until she made a wish…
Posted a day ago? Perfect. I wanted something like this
Thank you for you hard work 😊😊
I think the last page of 8 billion people and no genie
It's just that the author wants to bring the audience back to real life "yes, thank you for liking my comics, but it's still a comics" and what Daisy said about "making everyone feel loved" won't be for genie to finish, but need we live people to complete
good comics if i say
The genies became the humans in those 8 seconds. They were looking for a new way to live. Daisy dies with her wish and the genies got to take their place.
Great video. Great comic. We appreciate you bro 🤘🏽
This reminds me of an episode of X-files that had a genie and you saw all the stupid things people had wished for over the years. It was hilarious and I think the last wish Mulder made was for the genie to be free.
On why Daisy survived. She can only die AFTER she does the wish, it’s on how the wish was worded: the dude says “to the last one alive”, so unless she makes a wish before that, she HAS to be the last one alive. Unintentional, yes, so technically it only works that way because the genies decided to make it that way really, they had no obligation. But that’s what Wil means by unintended consequences. In the end it always work a certain way because the genies wanted it that way unless you one the lawyers that are good with being super specific… clever worldbuilding to cover all plot holes or lazy worldbuilding to cover all plot holes? You decide.
The last wish… uh. My religion is reincarnationist, so this might be where my mind naturally goes, but the story does set up a cycle of renewed worlds, renewed lives…. And established a limit to how many people there can be. One can assume that’s the total of souls available (and not quite living genies?) to be alive at once, once that number is beat, you gotta clean the garden, get those weeds out and that is the genies function. Daisy wish, being the perfect wish, breaks the need for the cycle. Everyone can be there all at once, nobody needs to learn anymore, nobody needs to grow into that state of perfection. All souls can just be there, all at once. But that is a reading that fits very well with my beliefs. It is an open ending, I suppose it’s crafted to fit everyone’s perception…
Hopefully you are wrong (about reincarnation)
Ty!
Such a good story thank you !
I think the population immediately went to 8 billion because there is no longer a point to have it climb. What I mean is that the genies come down when the population hits 8 billion because there is a cosmic overflow of desire (iirc), since the perfect wish was wished the world is as it is supposed to be
Or it could mean all the former genies become human lol
33:46 hunger force in background
Surprisingly good, although I don't know how I feel about the ending, but then again, how do you end a book like this any other way? 😅
I thought they would go the Aladdin route of "I wish you were free".
Master Shake and some other Aqua Teens are in the background of Robby Green's first fight at time 33:55
My name is Shake Zula the Mike Ruler…
Wow I'm just saying thank you for this evening true powerful video essay is indeed in my opinion truth be told the truth.
That was nice. It started a bit too slow for me though.
Epic amazing!
🔥💟🖤 AWESOME VIDEO 🖤💟🔥
Some of the reasons why people keep their genies instead of wishing something is pretty dumb...
Thanks for the summary
Solid Video. Keep up the great work!
THIS IS COOL
I’ve wanted to see this for awhile now
This was an amazing story. Danny, this is the content I've come to expect from you.
Excellent story
Can you please do HAPPY! From Grant Morrison
I really liked this story. Didn't like the ending as much But just for an 1:40:00 mins, while listening to this book, I forgot about my troubles in the world. So fantastical, So out there. Such a good book, might buy a few issues.
A uplifting apocalyptic story
Would ask where and how they get their power and a full understanding of how to use that power
Last panel is the new world daisy wish for. The population didn't sky rocket in 8 seconds it's the first 8 seconds of the new world
Doesn't still make sense
@@juliusfishman7222 reading comprehension devil strikes again
@slntvrs5 the new world is the same world just with the wish population doesn't skyrocket to 8 billion
@slntvrs5 but I figured it out Though what the person meant was after the new wish , when the population finally reached 8billion 8 seconds later no genies came cause they people didn't need it.
@@slntvrs5explain why there is a population of 8 billion in 8 seconds?
Amazing more I say give me more
I love your stories 🤩
You never disappoint!
Imagine this book adapted as a movie !
Good one
Initial promise sounds like Wonder woman 1989 1:17
Is the judge with the owl a reference to that one Owls viral video from years back?