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Alright, this has just become 100% comical. lol

Just let me leave with a fun line at least.

One Piece is popular shit.

I'm not using shit in a negative context.
 
gunbo13 said:
Alright, this has just become 100% comical. lol

Just let me leave with a fun line at least.

One Piece is popular shit.

I'm not using shit in a negative context.
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I've probably said those exact words too in my lifetime, so I guess we can conclude it and I can bring home the trophy I won for Astounding Achievement in Figuring Out Moe
 
Big One said:
I've probably said those exact words too in my lifetime, so I guess we can conclude it and I can bring home the trophy I won for Astounding Achievement in Figuring Out Moe
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Nope. But you can have "Big One's fantastic definition of moe which applies to 70% of all manga in existence." If you can fit that on a trophy, go for it. Might be pricey though.

Your definition is currently and will forever be terrible.

Here's moe.

http://i.imgur.com/8taiL.jpg[IMG]

I'm going to go collect my own trophy now.
 
Not sure why people are freaking, another site is going to pop up in MS's place.

Viz can stop sites but unless they release chapters around the same time a/la Funimation, then scans will keep going. It's the two week delay.
 
Big One said:
Every main character in that manga is drawn in cute style. If there was just a few, like in something like Berserk or Fist of the North Star, I wouldn't call those "moe-style."

MydWN.jpg


The main character here, and most pictures I've seen from it are drawn in a very cutesy style. The style is what I call "moe-style," but you can call it anything you want, it's a very clear and concise style you see in a lot of series. Yes, majority of anime/manga have this style, but not all and it isn't so inflated that the idea of sticking exclusively to more non-conventional styles is out of the question since there's hundreds of manga out there that aren't moe-style.

This doesn't mean that "all anime look the same" but the styles are there. For example I consider One Piece to be completely cartoon-style (with some anime stuff too), but that doesn't mean all cartoons look like One Piece or vise-versa.


I'm not hating, just stating the truth. Did not use "shit" in a negative context whatsoever.
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You're trolling aren't you? you're calling that moe? You're got to be kidding me. That's not moe. Moe is something like K-on or Pretty Cure.
 
I blame Gunbo.

Lament of the Lamb vol 2

The relationship between Chizuna and Kazuna is taking an interesting turn. It would seem the dependence between Chizuna and her father bordered almost on the incest, if not physical, psychological, and she's roping Kazuna in to re-enact that same kind of dependence.
I'm really curious to see where it goes from here, also with Yo now knowing about Kazuna's disease and having accepted it.
Kei Toume is awesome.
 
Well someone is going to pop up and replace mangastream so it not a big deal.
Also Big One is right when he say anything can be Moe it's just some genres it easier to see and be used in .
 
We're two months into the new year and there's still people who've yet to put Big One on ignore? smh

no one is on my ignore list
 
This is brilliant

Viz Facebook Wall
David
Come all ye people rejoice for the great capitalist machine hath come to save you from the evils of reading the thing thy enjoy for free. Come place your groats in the pot of the great saviour VIZ so thou may continue to read your most excellent series. However thouest must be informed that our scribes cannot scribe as quick as thy previous scribes. Also thy great leader VIZ hath decreed that those people from over yonder in far off lands may not be allowed to read these wares. Nay instead they will be allowed to read them at the time and choosing of our great and glorious VIZ once our magicians hath figured out how to send via carrier pigeon to their lands in such a way as they too can give their groats to the pot of our most noble high excellence VIZ. Praise be.
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And everyone will just move on to the next site. Because Viz, with all it's money and employees, isn't as good as a bunch of dudes in a room.
 
AlimNassor said:
You're trolling aren't you? you're calling that moe? You're got to be kidding me. That's not moe. Moe is something like K-on or Pretty Cure.
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Like I said, moe is not a genre. Never has, never will be. Moe is just a kind of feeling you get when you think a character is attractive and/or cute, and that's all it's ever described. The phrase is, afterall, "That's so moe..." The idea that there are "moe anime" is a relatively modern concept, but moe itself can never be considered an actual genre.

The reason why I call stuff that is typical anime style "moe-style" is because moe has primarily in it's origins in shojo style stuff. The Shojo style, which was originally unique, pretty much became the standard style for most anime and manga out there due to it's widespread popularity, and then later you got stuff like Rurouni Kenshin and Yu Yu Hakusho which introduced the shojo style to the shonen fanbse. Back then it was more focused on pretty boys, which is a key difference there. Shojo appeals to to females, and moe appeals to a wide range of dedicated otaku mixed with internet culture. Nowadays you have stuff that is consistently anime style, but series always insert in a "moe" characters with character designs that make the characters look perfect and flawless without any consideration of making it work for the setting and story. Largely so, everyone of those manga he put except for the two I listed have moe character designs and a very modern moe style to it.

I do admit that it's been a while since I've discussed the concept of moe, but I'm an old anime/manga fan so I remember when moe was used correctly and what kind of context it has culturally. I'm more than aware that people have their "moe anime" nowadays, but the use of such a term that was is ruining the original context of it and also doesn't really make sense in the perspective that people treat moe as it's own genre.

Phoenician_Viking said:
Bleach is moe? Ahahahaha.
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Bleach is definitely in the same style most anime is. It's a little different, but the base fundamentals are there. The proportions of the characters, the facial designs are all very moe-like.
 
Iris Zero

I don't' even recognize the chick at the end. I assume it's just a competitor for the main chick that hasn't shown up before, or no?
 
Big One said:
Like I said, moe is not a genre. Never has, never will be. Moe is just a kind of feeling you get when you think a character is attractive and/or cute, and that's all it's ever described. The phrase is, afterall, "That's so moe..." The idea that there are "moe anime" is a relatively modern concept, but moe itself can never be considered an actual genre.

The reason why I call stuff that is typical anime style "moe-style" is because moe has primarily in it's origins in shojo style stuff. The Shojo style, which was originally unique, pretty much became the standard style for most anime and manga out there due to it's widespread popularity, and then later you got stuff like Rurouni Kenshin and Yu Yu Hakusho which introduced the shojo style to the shonen fanbse. Back then it was more focused on pretty boys, which is a key difference there. Shojo appeals to to females, and moe appeals to a wide range of dedicated otaku mixed with internet culture. Nowadays you have stuff that is consistently anime style, but series always insert in a "moe" characters with character designs that make the characters look perfect and flawless without any consideration of making it work for the setting and story. Largely so, everyone of those manga he put except for the two I listed have moe character designs and a very modern moe style to it.

I do admit that it's been a while since I've discussed the concept of moe, but I'm an old anime/manga fan so I remember when moe was used correctly and what kind of context it has culturally. I'm more than aware that people have their "moe anime" nowadays, but the use of such a term that was is ruining the original context of it and also doesn't really make sense in the perspective that people treat moe as it's own genre.


Bleach is definitely in the same style most anime is. It's a little different, but the base fundamentals are there. The proportions of the characters, the facial designs are all very moe-like.
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I'm pretty sure Osamu Tezuka is rolling in his grave right now.
 
Now that Mangastream is gone, I think we all know that Naruto, One Piece and Bleach scans are done for good. Forever.
 
So I marathoned some swimming echii series called, I dunno, Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho, and it was alright. Enjoyable enough for me to marathon it, I guess. I think if you get enough likable cast members together I'll read purely to see them do their one-note gags every few chapters.
 
Jintor said:
So I marathoned some swimming echii series called, I dunno, Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho, and it was alright. Enjoyable enough for me to marathon it, I guess. I think if you get enough likable cast members together I'll read purely to see them do their one-note gags every few chapters.
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Umisho was alright I think, I feel there are times where it drags though. The art is pleasant and the characters are fun enough. I'd put it at the same level as Bamboo Blade in terms of the slice of life/comedy bits. I still think Inu Neko Jump was Hattori's best work, although I am enjoying Sankarea.
 
Solune said:
Umisho was alright I think, I feel there are times where it drags though. The art is pleasant and the characters are fun enough. I'd put it at the same level as Bamboo Blade in terms of the slice of life/comedy bits. I still think Inu Neko Jump was Hattori's best work, although I am enjoying Sankarea.
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I really want to see a harem or echii comedy where the protagonist isn't a blithering idiot or a generic duder though, any recommendations?
 
Jintor said:
I really want to see a harem or echii comedy where the protagonist isn't a blithering idiot or a generic duder though, any recommendations?
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I've read a few harems and it's hard to meet those requirements! You might want to try,

Aiki <- This is what you're looking for.
Negima (Somewhat hard to recommend... Read for battles instead and girls)
Sora no Otoshimono
The World God Only Knows (Technically not a harem, but goes full harem?)
Trinity Seven

There are other decent harems but MC's are hard to find that are interesting like

Sekirei
TLR:D (Yes I said it's decent =p)
Ichigo 100%
Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai (Guilty Pleasure I fully recommend this)
 
Gantz

well i guess this confirms the death of one of the clones, since they're officially short a girlfriend.

$10 says the other one dies stopping cherry from killing the friendly giant and this one sleazes in with Tae.
 
Pandaman said:
Gantz

well i guess this confirms the death of one of the clones, since they're officially short a girlfriend.

$10 says the other one dies stopping cherry from killing the friendly giant and this one sleazes in with Tae.
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I will take that bet! I'm anxious to see what Cherry will do. In my mind hes already dead(regretfully tho hes my fav). His rampage will take a heavy toll on his health. I don't think "this one" will survive now because his suit is toast.

btw what do you make of the monsters they have been fighting in this "hell"? I like the concept but the art style makes it a bit wishy washy
 
Anyone know if vagabond is coming back? Its been gone since like 2010. I thought it was just like Blade of the immortal for a while, with a very irregular release rate, but it seems the author has simply stopped making them.
 
Subprime said:
Anyone know if vagabond is coming back? Its been gone since like 2010. I thought it was just like Blade of the immortal for a while, with a very irregular release rate, but it seems the author has simply stopped making them.
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I read recently that it should be back soon
 
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