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FlutterPuffs
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You know how some say that if they could time travel, they'd kill Hitler?
I'd go back in time and force him to read this manga.
Wiseblade you never read/watched ES21?
- about 6gigs of storage (I could unload a ton of stuff onto it but it still requires managing every once in a while)
- the size is a bit smaller than the ideal. Every couple pages I'd use the "fit to height" button (though it didn't really block anything since most pages have white space on the sides) to see really small text, or just zoom in.
- I'm reading next to a power outlet so no clue about battery life
- no WiFi allowed at my workplace, so my experience is strictly offline (I could check the online out if that's what you want)
- It takes a few hours of reading to tinker the preferences to perfection, so just trying it out is sorta misleading
Perfect Viewer is the best app for this (especially for customizable touch zones) but it costs 3 dollars. Pinching and scrolling don't stutter or anything.
If you don't care about money then the iPad's still better. But you do care about money and the iPad's not 300 dollars better.
consider the following:
- about 6gigs of storage (I could unload a ton of stuff onto it but it still requires managing every once in a while)
- the size is a bit smaller than the ideal. Every couple pages I'd use the "fit to height" button (though it didn't really block anything since most pages have white space on the sides) to see really small text, or just zoom in.
- I'm reading next to a power outlet so no clue about battery life
- no WiFi allowed at my workplace, so my experience is strictly offline (I could check the online out if that's what you want)
- It takes a few hours of reading to tinker the preferences to perfection, so just trying it out is sorta misleading
Perfect Viewer is the best app for this (especially for customizable touch zones) but it costs 3 dollars. Pinching and scrolling don't stutter or anything.
If you don't care about money then the iPad's still better. But you do care about money and the iPad's not 300 dollars better.
BlackGoku03
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You're right. It's not $300 better. I'll be getting the 4s and a Kindle Fire for myself after Christmas then (and I still have a wedding to save up for).
Thanks.
Thanks.
Infinite Justice
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Not even a little.
I read everything except Bleach on my iPad. It is GODLY.
I contemplated buying a Kindle Fire pretty much just for manga reading.
Hah. Yes. A lot of Eyeshield 21 was fun once you shut your brain off a bit (namely, dear god talking is a free action in spades here).
Hah. Yes. A lot of Eyeshield 21 was fun once you shut your brain off a bit (namely, dear god talking is a free action in spades here).
For me personally, I paid for the Fire about 20% the price of an iPad and 10% the price of an iPhone+data plan, so I'm totally happy.
That's actually kind of scary now that I think about it. 10%? Man.
IDK about a kindle but I'd give apple a kiss if I could for the iPad. I literally use the iPad for NOTHING ELSE. It was more of a business investment at the time so I really have no use for it. But putting manga on it makes the chapters look godly. Why do they look so good image quality wise? Damn. The zooming, page traversal, etc... make reading on the PC a bore. Nothing beats flicking pages of the latest chapter in-between football plays on Sunday.
/apple marketing
BlackGoku03
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I can barely justify $200 for a Kindle Fire. I don't like reading books on it but from what I saw, viewing images was decent. Instantly I thought it would be good for manga. Of course an iPad would be better but they cost too much. Maybe I'll come across a deal for one before I get the Fire.
Infinite Justice
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From Apple? i seriously doubt that. You have a better chance waiting for someone to sell you one or maybe when the Ipad 3 rolls around.
Soon Kindle vs Ipad vs other tablet will wage war in this thread
Isn't complete without car analogies.Soon Kindle vs Ipad vs other tablet will wage war in this thread
Mazda vs. Porche
PdotMichael
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Oh! My Goddes - 39
Now we have the L-bomb after 39 chapters and three years, pretty cute.
although I really don't like the last action-drama chapters
Now we have the L-bomb after 39 chapters and three years, pretty cute.
although I really don't like the last action-drama chapters
Shouta
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Yabuki's artwork isn't anymore generic than other artists that have serialized manga. There are certain elements to his style and the way he draws that usually make his artwork easy to spot. Besides, having a unique art style doesn't really mean all that much. Tatsuya Egawa has a unique art style but god is it ugly most of the time.
Going off topic. I never got this. Why Hitler? He was the result of a bigger problem.
That's a hell of a thing to go off-topic on
Yea...let's not.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Isn't that the definition of generic?
Dedication Through Light
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ST&RS 19
That was a touching story. Im always amazed at how polite and friendly everyone is. However it seemed that Maho's classmastes were more accepting and such than they were of Izumi.
That was a touching story. Im always amazed at how polite and friendly everyone is. However it seemed that Maho's classmastes were more accepting and such than they were of Izumi.
BlackGoku03
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From Apple? i seriously doubt that. You have a better chance waiting for someone to sell you one or maybe when the Ipad 3 rolls around.
Soon Kindle vs Ipad vs other tablet will wage war in this thread
A used one of course. Or a good deal on the street. My buddy got a 46" Bravia last week for $350. He asks no questions. And when its a good deal... Neither do I.
Even if it is, it still looks pretty damn good. And I'm really critical of art. You will probably will be skeptical from this but he does interesting body proportions. I know, I know but it's true. He probably has a whole system on the curve differentials of the females. The color panels also look great.
Just to give you some insight in case you actually are thinking of an ipad.
Manga setup:
-Manga goes in your designated sync folder with subdirectories per work
-Sync to itunes, bam
-No sub directories beyond the main layer
-I recommend splitting your manga into chapters. So if you have volumes then I'd try to split them. The reason is that apple is dumb as shit and sorts their pictures in a completely stupid way. So you can get page confusion but this rarely happens. PNG format works much better here to dodge the EXIF crap.
-Don't use third party apps if possible as they are SLOOOOWWWWWWW
Positives:
-The pages just like pop. The IQ is fantastic and makes reading on the computer boring.
-Great swipe just makes it so easy to breeze through chapter after chapter.
-Zoom is great when you see art you really like. It gets very close without losing IQ.
Negatives:
-Page confusion can happen since apple are dumb, as stated.
-At times your zoom can get like locked up. So it's like the page is stuck. This rarely happens but the fix is to tap back to the main directory, then reload back to that same page.
-Doing large syncs can be an undertaking. If you are loading like thousands of pages then you might need to break it up. This is because the space is allocated before compression. So the ipad might show you went over the space limit even though you can fit like 10x the images. Breaking it up allows the compression and then you do more in batches.
-Syncing can take some time and isn't instant. Maybe a minute for small increments.
The positives outweigh the negatives by a huge margin. But I aint no fanboy shill so that's the straight cut. I also don't care for basically everything by apple.
whatsinaname
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$90 HP touchpad. Reading Manga is about the only thing I do with it. It's perfect. And the Manga App reads from zip files directly so I just drag and drop volume zips onto it.
Shouta
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Uh, no? Most serialized manga artists have their own drawing style and is fairly recognizable when you see something done by them. For manga art, that's what separates generic and non-generic things for me. If I pick up a manga and can't tell who is drawing it by the art style, that's generic. I can tell Yabuki's manga by his art style and designs, so yeah, I don't really think it's generic.
Urban Scholar
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Veritas? Nah brother it gets better & there's reason for where you left off. I'm not ruining anything but the protag puts an end to that.
Laughing Banana
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If following your definition of generic, for the life of me I cannot remember anyone that I can consider generic. I mean, I always recognize who is drawing what all the time.
Easiest ones to spot for me across works are:
Akinari Nao (Countrouble / Trinity 7)
Suu Minazuki (Goudere Bishoujo / Sora / Watashi no Messiah-sama)
Yuna Kagesuki (Hekikai no AiON / Karin)
Kouji Seo (Town / Princess Lucia / Suzuka)
Ken Akamatsu (Love Hina / Negima)
Mitsuru Hattori (Umisho / Sankarea)
*All of IM Dal-Young's artists (ton of em)
All of them have distinct identifiable styles. My favorites of this group would probably be Akinari and Yuna.
Hidan no Aria, Kure-nai, Omamori Himari, Tona-Gura, Tonari no Kashiwagi-san, Tsuki Tsuki, Ai yori Aoshi, Living Game, and basically every shoujo EVER. There's a start.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
You mean the boobs that have no nipples
I never said I liked his work.
He's only second to Pastel on the every female of the 50 look the damn same meter. He just adds accessories and calls it a day. Ugh...The good ones of that list that I can easily testify for are Akinari and Yuna. The other ones would require some talking.
Anime boobs don't always have nipples anyway so Ken isn't unique in that department.
I can't really tell you what I think makes generic styles but I might be able to work it backwards from looking at art I consider generic, such as:
Gamaran (has some really distinctive actions/slashes though)
Psyren
Kurogane
Re:Birth
Um.. nah. Really I dunno. If I saw those on unfamiliar material I wouldn't be able to tell the author, but I don't think that's the only variable here.
Dunno why you'd say Akamatsu though because I didn't even know Negima and Love Hina were done by the same author. It doesn't look THAT easily identifiable to me.
Gamaran (has some really distinctive actions/slashes though)
Psyren
Kurogane
Re:Birth
Um.. nah. Really I dunno. If I saw those on unfamiliar material I wouldn't be able to tell the author, but I don't think that's the only variable here.
Fukumoto. But that's sort of.. besides the point.
Dunno why you'd say Akamatsu though because I didn't even know Negima and Love Hina were done by the same author. It doesn't look THAT easily identifiable to me.
I walked past Negima in B&N years ago and I thought "wait what's Naru doing in this manga?"
Lo, and behold. It was Ken Akamatsu.
(I've never actually read Love Hina. Everything I know about it I learned second hand from a friend, who was a Love Hina fan.)
Lo, and behold. It was Ken Akamatsu.
(I've never actually read Love Hina. Everything I know about it I learned second hand from a friend, who was a Love Hina fan.)
Infinite Justice
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Dedication Through Light
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Generic? What does it look similar too?
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I created a list of artists I can easily identify if I see another work by them. I'm not sure how that is short-selling anything.
Infinite Justice
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Really? Really.
Crash Station
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Aiki
All caught up. Can't think of much to say, but I do like Bull.
All caught up. Can't think of much to say, but I do like Bull.
I wish I could elaborate to you man, but I'm completely on auto-mode with that stuff. I look at the latter Psyren art and I think, hey, that's sort of generic.
I'll be honest here, I don't think I would have known Godland Company was made by Iwashiro if I didn't know beforehand. Maybe, but I can't say for sure.
Edit: I don't know what you guys want. They look pretty similar but that doesn't mean I should instantly know they're from the same peep. I think I saw other things that looked similar to those two enough to think that way.
We demand justice! IDK...
Seriously though, Ken is only rivaled by Kouji with his copy paste antics. However, at least Kouji can separate his females in the same work.
Guh...
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