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TLR Darkness

Is this the first time someone has actually used their tail to masturbate? Surprised it hasn't happened sooner with how Momo is acting since this started.

Zetman

Awesome villain speech. I love this guy.
 
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Wait, the Crying Freeman/Sanctuary artist had another series? might have to check this out
 
Kagami no Kuni 23

Plot developments have been shifted to BREAKNECK SPEED

TWGOK 171

This must be one hell of a plan he's got here if he intends to win back Ayumi after she saw him break Chihiro's heart.

Not going to comment on Nisekoi since my hate for it is palpable enough as is, but I admit the art this time around was pretty cute.
 
Minamoto-kun Monogatari 14

The chapter... is him feeling up his aunt's breasts. That's it. That's the entire chapter. It's even titled 'My aunt's chest'. And it's continuing in the next chapter.
 
Drop the pretence, If you ever read more then one shoujo romance then you know it's the same garbage retold in the same bad art, shounen romance mangas are also garbage once they hit the second chapter but with that at least you get some tiny variety in your art.

If your tired of the same shenanigans then seninen is the only way to go.
I wonder how much shoujo you've actually read... Regardless, I still say shoujo has more romantic substance then seinen. Though, I did my best to list all the romance seinen I knew of. So...what pretense?
Minamoto-kun Monogatari 14

The chapter... is him feeling up his aunt's breasts. That's it. That's the entire chapter. It's even titled 'My aunt's chest'. And it's continuing in the next chapter.
Well, now there are three people reading Minamoto accounted for. And I'm sure all three of us don't feel exactly "right" about doing so.

Dude is the
incest king even assaulting his cousin in a movie theater.
 
Kagami no Kuni no Harisugawa 23 - ... What. Developments! Yeah! ...yeah...

...

Getting rid of Mao for Saki now?!
 
Harisugawa

His reasoning makes a ton of sense. It seems only the "non-main" confessions, as in all confessions outside of Mao, will cause the memory wipe. Then he should be fine with Mao once it's all over.

Why the hell isn't he telling Saki what happened though? She'll believe it and there's no way he can tell Mao about it.

Mao moving to America would be suspiciously reminiscent of the ending of Mx0
 
Harisugawa

His reasoning makes a ton of sense. It seems only the "non-main" confessions, as in all confessions outside of Mao, will cause the memory wipe. Then he should be fine with Mao once it's all over.

Presumably since he'd never choose Saki, her memory wipe can sort of be seen as a favor. Forget the love that she'd never have in the first place sort of thing.

Mao moving to America would be suspiciously reminiscent of the ending of Mx0

Time for cancellation jokes again?!
 
Saki 91

The mahjong match continues, as Saki faces off against the other three in the final round of the match. The stakes are high, but she's not doing too badly so far... she's still in second, but she wins a few matches with some rinshan kaihous. One of the other players has revealed her special ability, which is to win matches as soon as someone else declares they are close to winning, but Saki hasn't been her direct target yet, just one of the other girls. Overall, this is a good chapter as usual. It's frustrating that this series is effectively now monthly though, 16 pages isn't much when the series hasn't been on its previous every other week pace for some time now, but the chapters aren't getting any longer.

Saki Achiga-hen 5

Wait, it's an Achiga-hen chapter actually entirely about mahjong? What series is this, Saki? Yes, it's true, the whole chapter is finally about the supposed subject. That's nice. It's still definitely inferior to the main series, and it does go through a whole round (that is, the first of the five matches) in this chapter and start the second one, but chapters in this series are two to three times longer than Saki chapters, so it's not too bad.

I am getting the feeling that Achiga-hen's not meant to be anywhere near as long as the main Saki series, though... I guess it could continue, but it skipped through stuff so fast at the start, and some of the team members are seniors already. The same is true in Saki itself, though. I guess they might be able to keep going for a while, depending on how long this tournament takes, but what is there past that? Hopefully they don't all end, but we'll see. There are still multiple rounds left after this one, so it's not almost over, certainly. And the farther into a tournament it gets, the more detail each match seems to get, generally.

Harisugawa

Huh, I wonder what he'll do now... confess to Mao? Secretly go along in the mirror? Come up with a way for her to not leave?

As for Saki, hopefully she stays around in some way despite what's happened, because she is a good character. We'll see though. Oh, and I do agree that his reasoning makes sense, for the most part.
 
TWGOK

Nice to have the chapter end on what is pretty much a face to face confrontation, this means the next chapter will be interesting right from the very start.
 
Medaka Box

The last page is the greatest apple juice ever. It is the juiciest. The everest juice.

Huge smile right now.

Zenkichi says the manga will end before April and Anshinin says before the anime begins.

I'll just go out on a limb and say it'll last past both.
 
Went today to Chapters trying to get Saturn Apartments. Had to fight my way through hordes of weaboos reading manga like hobos there. And yet the manga wasn't there despite saying there is one copy there on their website. Never again. Should have just ordered the manga online.

On another note, is Deadman Wonderland nearing any end or does it look like it can last few more years? I want to read it but I don't know if I can commit to another monthly manga that will end in the next decade.
 
YES YES YES

I'm torn. I like Mao's design more than Saki, though not by much, and then Saki wins basically everything else. Can ... can we combine them somehow?

Medaka Box

I'll just go out on a limb and say it'll last past both.

I hope it's a serious deadline. Kind of ruins the fun if we get that statement and then it finds a way to drag on longer. Plus, it's already been 10 volumes! How much longer can it coast on that success~
 
On another note, is Deadman Wonderland nearing any end or does it look like it can last few more years? I want to read it but I don't know if I can commit to another monthly manga that will end in the next decade.

It seems to be ending soon, but "soon" for a monthly manga could be a year or 2. 99% chance it won't last another decade though.
 
Shaman King 30

He got a fucking beam cannon, after letting his spirits combine? This is so ridiculous. :lol
Makes me wonder what kind of weird stuff the other shamans have. But it makes it obvious that Yoh needs more souls, so I hope the Pokemon phase will begin soon.
 
Zetman 172-173:

Series like this remind me why I hate "manga scanlation drama". Instead of fighting over who will be first to release the latest chapter of mangas that already have a consistent release schedule, they could be putting their resources to helping get out chapters for mangas like Zetman faster (and make a better name for themselves).

Back to the chapter, Zetman continues to be the king at cliffhanger endings regardless of what's going on at the time. Zet could be baking a cake the entire chapter and I know the final page would have something crazy happen. Not that what was going on in the chapters wasn't any less awesome (though not as great as the previous Chameleon death chapter, but good).

Nisekoi 7:

I'm not looking forward to seeing the rankings next issue for this series (or is it the issue after that Nisekoi gets properly ranked?). Even though I've been enjoying these "simple/light hearted" chapters, if this series isn't in the bottom 5, I will be surprised. Happy, but surprised.

Medaka Box:

I hope it's a serious deadline. Kind of ruins the fun if we get that statement and then it finds a way to drag on longer. Plus, it's already been 10 volumes! How much longer can it coast on that success~

Plus there's that spin off we're all waiting for.
 
Nisekoi 7:

I'm not looking forward to seeing the rankings next issue for this series (or is it the issue after that Nisekoi gets properly ranked?). Even though I've been enjoying these "simple/light hearted" chapters, if this series isn't in the bottom 5, I will be surprised. Happy, but surprised.
Could be either the ch8 issue or the ch9 issue. I've seen series do the drop off in either of these so it's not a set thing

And yeah I like the stalemate too, it's such a light read
 
Air Gear 340

This chapter proves yet again that Air Gear is one of the best shonen manga at the moment. It has a nice throwback to
the fight against the Sabel Tigers
, which should please those that complain about the story not being about sports anymore.
 
It seems to be ending soon, but "soon" for a monthly manga could be a year or 2. 99% chance it won't last another decade though.
A year or two is fine by me. I will read it soon.

Minamoto-kun Monogatari

I need to me a pair of melons so I can play with them at home. Also who the fuck stands up and gropes his cousin's boobs in the theaters while sitting in the front?
 
Fruits Basket vol 6 (11+12)

Akito is such a mean girl, gaining pleasure from making other suffer, especially Toru and Kyo.
Basically ruining Toru vacation by always leaving her alone (well, leaving her with Kyo).
It's kind of weird that Kyo, just like Yuki, knew Toru as a kid, although in his case, was from a picture Toru's mom showed him. A bit too convenient, but hey, it builds a little bit of drama, thanks to what she says to little Kyo and the short flashback Toru has later in the volume. I'm curious about what she's trying to suppress in regards to her mother.

I love Toru silly faces, she's basically a funny idiot. She is a bit too nice (these people aren't exactly doing all that much for her, but she seems content with basically playing the maid role) but I can't deny I liked her decision to find a way to break the curse.
 
Minamoto-kun Monogatari

I need to me a pair of melons so I can play with them at home. Also who the fuck stands up and gropes his cousin's boobs in the theaters while sitting in the front?

Theaters these days. It's all the rage!

I'm honestly a bit surprised at the amount of people reading Minamoto-kun Monogatari. Not that I'm not one of those people reading it but it's still a bit surprising! So ... aunt finish? Harem finish? Sticking to Genji Monogatari all the way finish, though I don't think it's following it all that well at all so far, though admittedly it's been ages since I've actually read Genji Monogatari.

...I'm thinking too hard on this. I've fallen into some sort of trap, haven't I? :(

Symmetrical Docking my good man.

Indeed. Really, it's all for the best...

Plus there's that spin off we're all waiting for.

Yeah, that's another reason I figure the deadline is real. It would make more sense for Kumagawa Box to not be running side-by-side with Medaka Box.
 
Theaters these days. It's all the rage!

I'm honestly a bit surprised at the amount of people reading Minamoto-kun Monogatari. Not that I'm not one of those people reading it but it's still a bit surprising! So ... aunt finish? Harem finish? Sticking to Genji Monogatari all the way finish, though I don't think it's following it all that well at all so far, though admittedly it's been ages since I've actually read Genji Monogatari.

...I'm thinking too hard on this. I've fallen into some sort of trap, haven't I? :(
Yes, why yes you have. I also didn't think it would pick up either. It must have been the pages that were posted.
 
Theaters these days. It's all the rage!

I'm honestly a bit surprised at the amount of people reading Minamoto-kun Monogatari. Not that I'm not one of those people reading it but it's still a bit surprising! So ... aunt finish? Harem finish? Sticking to Genji Monogatari all the way finish, though I don't think it's following it all that well at all so far, though admittedly it's been ages since I've actually read Genji Monogatari.

...I'm thinking too hard on this. I've fallen into some sort of trap, haven't I? :(

Yeah, it's clearly because of how often it's been mentioned here. That gets people to want to read it, when it's mentioned so much.

I read part of it, that story is so, so stupid and wrong... it's kind of comically ridiculous though, so I don't hate it quite as much as I probably should. It's just so over-the-top and horribly written and conceived... Also, I blame the aunt for a lot of it, he's only like that now because she's messed with his head... he's an impressionable guy who's going to be messed up for life, now!

That doesn't entirely excuse his stupid actions, but with her filling his head with that garbage every day, it's not too surprising that he'd start doing dumb stuff.
 
There is some pretty glarring differences:

  • Freeza was responsible for the death of Goku's entire race, the destruction of his planet, and fucking up Namek too.

Goku never cared about Vegeta (the planet, not the guy) or the other Saiyans. (Honestly they came off as vicious assholes. Dunno why he'd be championing them.) He was more upset by Vegeta's wounded pride and Krillin's death. That and the thrill of fighting a strong opponent was what was driving him in that arc.
 
I've been reading a ton of manga, but haven't been in the thread here in forever. Impressions!

Carnivore Princess Yegrinna

Take the dude with the glasses from Bakuman and give him the blue haired dude's personality, then take Holo from spicy wolf--ears included--and wrap them up in a predictable package full of good art, tsundere schmucking, prejudice, animal cruelty, and misunderstandings; that's Carnivore Princess Yegrinna, from what I've read. It's art's good, and the main girl is only 10% furry. Totally safe, people.

Kimiiro Focus.

This is easily the stupidest shit I've ever even begun to read, that's no hyperbole. It's worse than Twilight. It's worse than the town where you rage. It's worse than GE, but it's blatant about all of this. So, in a weird way, I can't exactly hate it. Quite the opposite, it's kind of hilarious, really.

This is the setup: Bishie boy with glasses is good with camera. Boy meets a girl that will initially find him rather odd, but quickly lose sight of that conclusion after he rips off his glasses in the most fabulous of fashions to reveal that, yes, with each snap of the shutter, he contains power to project all over his subjects the pure sex welled up within him* Repeat this process for every female trope that you can think up.

*
Exaggeration, but not really.

Shinwa Ponchi

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And Athena, the greek goddess, she's moe'd up. That about sums that one up. Read this.

Beelzebub

Can Hilda just be saved already? Damn.
 
It would be amazing if they made Kumagawa Box into a serialization but I dunno about that

I thought Kumagawa was a full serialization thing? Maybe I misread?

Yes, why yes you have. I also didn't think it would pick up either. It must have been the pages that were posted.

Probably. I picked it up originally just out of, "Hey, I remember Genji Monogatari" and thought the premise wasn't that bad. Until it quickly went down the rabbit hole of aunt groping and cousin make-outs.

...

In retrospect, just like Genji Mongatari. Sort of.

That doesn't entirely excuse his stupid actions, but with her filling his head with that garbage every day, it's not too surprising that he'd start doing dumb stuff.

Yeah, I expected it to be more of a "raising a nephew to be a playboy!" hilarity hijinks kind of thing and not as ... awkward as it ended up being. I mean, yeah, I should have realized it had to go this way just due to basing his transformation off of Hikaru Genji and all but, hey, sometimes I'm stupid.
 
I tried my hand at inserting the translation of chapter 2 of Detonation Insland I did some time ago into some scans, but I kind of ran into a little doubt.
I don't want to leave Japanese words in if possible, but I'm not sure if motorbike gangs is a good enough alternative to Bosozoku or if I should just leave that in like one would leave Yakuza in. Anyone can spare a suggestion (or an alternative)?

Examples (of my shitty work):


 
I pity you people who think you can accurately represent the multifacted meanings of glorious nihongo using barbaric gaijin speak.
 
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