Is Medaka Box worth reading? I watched the anime and the last 2 episodes ignited my interest.
I want to read Mago (sp?) the one that Duckrolle recently read.
Hey Shonen Gaf, lets rank the weekly shonen jump manga!
Since its Thursday and I'm bored, I thought this would be a decent time waster! Just rank the Shonen Jump manga that you read. Its not a ranking based on just that latest chapter or the entire manga's run, so lets say rank it by its quality so far in 2012? (January-July).
1- Bleach
2- Reborn (usually i don´t rank Reborn very high, but this arc has been amazing, even though i hated the fact that the Arcobaleno crap was to be decided by a tournament)
3- Naruto
4- Toriko
5- Kuroko no basket
5- one piece
6- Beelzebub (usually i would rank it much higher but i think Beelzebub´s jokes are as funny, as i used to think)
7- Nurarihyon no mago.
Why would you think this will end badly? This is opinion based rankings and not bashing, trashing or whatever.
Is Medaka Box worth reading? I watched the anime and the last 2 episodes ignited my interest.
I want to read Mago (sp?) the one that Duckrolle recently read.
If it makes you feel better I'm sure that ranking will be flipped next time. Nisekoi is probably at its peak with its crazy infinite girl promises trolling and Gintama and Toriko's current arcs aren't grabbing me.
So I just finished JoJo Part 7 Steel Ball Run...and I have to say, this was probably my least favorite part.
First, the likes. I liked Johnny. I think he could've done more, and I think that Tusk could've been used a bit better as we rarely saw the cool uses of it apart from
the two times or so he used Act 3 and warped, and when he uses Act 2 to rig the casino roulette
, but I kind of grew to like how he wasn't trying to save the world or anything and just wanted redemption, in a way. His design was pretty cool too, with the little cap and "hair horns" sticking out.
Second, Gyro was pretty funny, and a decent "main character", since I felt he overshadowed Johnny most of the time, but I didn't really care for the Steel Ball/Golden Rotation stuff. It just got annoying by the end
with all the stuff about unlocking the Steel Ball's TRUE POTENTIAL by riding it on a horse
and I never really quite got exactly how noticing a golden rectangle in nature was vital to using it properly. I thought Hamon was handled a bit better, because it was vague enough to be interesting without making you question exactly how it worked.
Funny Valentine was a decent villain though, probably a bit above Part 3 Dio and Diavolo at least but not as good as Pucci or Kira, who I thought were the best, who was morally ambiguous enough to make things interesting. And Lucy and Steven Steel were characters who I felt you could really get behind too.
The general Wild West Steel Ball Race setting was neat, and it's always fun seeing Araki talk about cultural things like horse races and such, but by the end it seemed like the race was pointless. I guess that made sense with the plot and all, but I just didn't care who won it half-way through and neither did Araki it seemed.
The art was usual Araki, but it bothered me a bit when I noticed a lot of panels later on became a white, "sketch" looking reaction shot of a character's face without any background. And these panels tended to take up half a page or more. They really stuck out to me.
Now for the dislikes...
First off, I don't mind Stands that are a bit unique, but I felt most of Part 7 Stands were boring in execution and came and went too fast to really appreciate them, plus I didn't care how only a few were the human-shaped Stands that tend to dominate each series. I don't mind when we've got a few unique stands like Aerosmith and Purple Hermit to mix things up, but, like, apart from Tusk and D4C, and the nameless stands of Poco and the Boom Boom family which barely appeared, all the Stands were just like...normal objects, like a spray-can, a wrist-watch, and...rope.
Second, too many characters in Part 7 were squandered, interesting back-stories and designs that were quickly dropped or killed off.
Mountain Tim apparently dies, appears again, and then dies; Sand Man (Sound Man lol) is made out to be important, the first character we see basically, but ends up dying as a random lackey; Wekapipo kind of goes the same way as Mountain Tim; Hot Pants is a nun, or something, and a possible love interest for Johnny but then dies; and Diego starts off a bit different from Dio to make him interesting, since he doesn't seem as evil, but I disliked when they brought him back with THE WORLD...it seemed like a cheap twist ending for nostalgia
Third, I just didn't like the whole Corpse Parts.
And bringing Jesus into it, with him randomly appearing and talking to characters, was pretty lol for me.
So yeah, Part 7 left a bad taste in my mouth...I didn't mind Part 6's ending, though, so I was surprised how much I disliked the reboot. Part 8 is looking a bit better, more traditional "JoJo", however, so I hope Araki's got his groove back.
Hey Shonen Gaf, lets rank the weekly shonen jump manga!
Since its Thursday and I'm bored, I thought this would be a decent time waster! Just rank the Shonen Jump manga that you read. Its not a ranking based on just that latest chapter or the entire manga's run, so lets say rank it by its quality so far in 2012? (January-July).
Can't really rank because I'm not up to date with some series so...
I read :
One Piece
Gintama
SKET Dance
Reborn
Kuroko's Basket
Nisekoi
Assassination Classroom
Sensei No Bulge
Toriko
Beelzebub
Haikyuu!!
At first I thought Yama gave up the book of life too easily, but when you think about it, he probably doesn't give a fuck about it in the first place. I'm sure it really is it, there's just some special way of activating it or something.
After previously debuting in a pin-up, the unusual magical girl with "ultra-hydraulic cylinder" cyborg arms that Eyeshield 21 artist Yusuke Murata teased in January has premiered in a Miracle Jump magazine one-shot.
Unlike many manga series, Eyeshield 21 was a collaboration between an artist and a separate writer (Riichiro Inagaki). In his new work, Blunt Object Angel Fan Club, Murata is teaming up with the pseudonymous ONE.
Yasuo Ohtagaki (Moonlight Mile, Gundam Thunderbolt), who previously collaborated with Murata on Donten Prism Solar Car, will provide a pin-up illustration to the bi-monthly magazine. Tiger & Bunny designer Masakazu Katsura illustrates the magazine's cover - Miracle Jump publishes Hiroshi Ueda's Tiger & Bunny manga.
Those guys on mangahelpers, what the hell. I didn't even know One did something after Heroes of Fury and Onepunch-man.
I don't even know if I'm interested if One is the writer..
So I just finished JoJo Part 7 Steel Ball Run...and I have to say, this was probably my least favorite part.
First, the likes. I liked Johnny. I think he could've done more, and I think that Tusk could've been used a bit better as we rarely saw the cool uses of it apart from
the two times or so he used Act 3 and warped, and when he uses Act 2 to rig the casino roulette
, but I kind of grew to like how he wasn't trying to save the world or anything and just wanted redemption, in a way. His design was pretty cool too, with the little cap and "hair horns" sticking out.
Second, Gyro was pretty funny, and a decent "main character", since I felt he overshadowed Johnny most of the time, but I didn't really care for the Steel Ball/Golden Rotation stuff. It just got annoying by the end
with all the stuff about unlocking the Steel Ball's TRUE POTENTIAL by riding it on a horse
and I never really quite got exactly how noticing a golden rectangle in nature was vital to using it properly. I thought Hamon was handled a bit better, because it was vague enough to be interesting without making you question exactly how it worked.
Funny Valentine was a decent villain though, probably a bit above Part 3 Dio and Diavolo at least but not as good as Pucci or Kira, who I thought were the best, who was morally ambiguous enough to make things interesting. And Lucy and Steven Steel were characters who I felt you could really get behind too.
The general Wild West Steel Ball Race setting was neat, and it's always fun seeing Araki talk about cultural things like horse races and such, but by the end it seemed like the race was pointless. I guess that made sense with the plot and all, but I just didn't care who won it half-way through and neither did Araki it seemed.
The art was usual Araki, but it bothered me a bit when I noticed a lot of panels later on became a white, "sketch" looking reaction shot of a character's face without any background. And these panels tended to take up half a page or more. They really stuck out to me.
Now for the dislikes...
First off, I don't mind Stands that are a bit unique, but I felt most of Part 7 Stands were boring in execution and came and went too fast to really appreciate them, plus I didn't care how only a few were the human-shaped Stands that tend to dominate each series. I don't mind when we've got a few unique stands like Aerosmith and Purple Hermit to mix things up, but, like, apart from Tusk and D4C, and the nameless stands of Poco and the Boom Boom family which barely appeared, all the Stands were just like...normal objects, like a spray-can, a wrist-watch, and...rope.
Second, too many characters in Part 7 were squandered, interesting back-stories and designs that were quickly dropped or killed off.
Mountain Tim apparently dies, appears again, and then dies; Sand Man (Sound Man lol) is made out to be important, the first character we see basically, but ends up dying as a random lackey; Wekapipo kind of goes the same way as Mountain Tim; Hot Pants is a nun, or something, and a possible love interest for Johnny but then dies; and Diego starts off a bit different from Dio to make him interesting, since he doesn't seem as evil, but I disliked when they brought him back with THE WORLD...it seemed like a cheap twist ending for nostalgia
Third, I just didn't like the whole Corpse Parts.
And bringing Jesus into it, with him randomly appearing and talking to characters, was pretty lol for me.
So yeah, Part 7 left a bad taste in my mouth...I didn't mind Part 6's ending, though, so I was surprised how much I disliked the reboot. Part 8 is looking a bit better, more traditional "JoJo", however, so I hope Araki's got his groove back.
Wow its a bit surprising to see this opinion, because the consensus mostly saying about how great it was. (and I agree)
The fight, plot and Stand might be the best so far, especially D4C arc.. goddamn that was delicious.
I think its at least better than Stone Ocean.
And its seems obvious that Gyro is more protagonist than Johnny was that seemingly holding more laid-back role and got development with that way, personally I think that's fresh addition in JoJo for having protagonist that chasing "superior" figure and seems like the sidekick than being the alpha all the time, Johnny got his moment eventually and I like his development although with some "repeated" step here and there.
And the character, I agree there's some chara that its seems Araki just throw to fire like Sandman and Mountain Tim, but overall the conflict between the major chara, Gyro/Johnny, President Valentine, Lucy, and Dio is well done. And I love the fact how the story moving with multi-layer progress, its never this many on JoJo.
About the spoiler for the end part.
I don't mind with Diego za warudo, I found it rather epic twist lol, I think if you actually enjoying the series (shame you not) you will find it as great moment, the only think that I dislike in the ending part is Johnny lose the final fight, its just like wasting all of his development and purpose Araki make him as Gyro's sidekick, what's the deal if he not having the epic moment to close the rivalry between him and Dio, yeah I know its more like Gyro's rival than Johnny, but he's that holding the belt now. And goddammit Araki why we having two protag lose final fight in the row and random person saving the day again?
In short, I'd say SBR was solid JoJo experience, and I don't agree Araki losing his groove even if you not feeling this series, because he showing his multi-year experience with new stuff that he inserting in this one. Its just felt like the "pro" work, those change feel seamless and those multi-layer storylines can easily fucked and I'm not feeling that's the case in SBR, so I gotta give a prop to Araki for that.
FUCK YEAH! The plan to rescue Mina and its execution was great. Yuzuru acted like a little shit as one would expect and yet was rewarded for being an idiot, but hey, makes for feel good feelings. I don't trust Angie much to be honest, we'll see how that develops, and that new revelation at the end is quite intriguing, and a bit troubling.
I'll start with Medaka's box and work my way down from there. Anything I should look out for? I heard it was a weird manga (like weird by WSJ standards)
I'll start with Medaka's box and work my way down from there. Anything I should look out for? I heard it was a weird manga (like weird by WSJ standards)
I'll start with Medaka's box and work my way down from there. Anything I should look out for? I heard it was a weird manga (like weird by WSJ standards)
I'll start with Medaka's box and work my way down from there. Anything I should look out for? I heard it was a weird manga (like weird by WSJ standards)
I'll start with Medaka's box and work my way down from there. Anything I should look out for? I heard it was a weird manga (like weird by WSJ standards)
I was about to say "what the pineapples are you talking about read HxH" but I figured, you might as well wait till it comes out of hiatus again.
Dunno if you'll click with Medaka Box honestly, it has a pretty high "It was the worst garbage ever made before but I love it now" point (around chapters 60-70 is the furthest I've seen people change their minds about it, but that's still pretty far in).
If you're cool with sticking in 60 chapters, go for it. It's crazy.
Guys, I read through the entirety of Homestuck. I can handle any amount of "meh" chapters if it REALLY starts getting good. (besides Chapter 0 wasn't "terrible.")
Traditionally my favorite character has always been the main character in any manga (Naruto, Luffy, Maka, etc) but already Hitoyoshi is competing with Medaka (though she's an enjoyable character in her own way).
Guys, I read through the entirety of Homestuck. I can handle any amount of "meh" chapters if it REALLY starts getting good. (besides Chapter 0 wasn't "terrible.")
Traditionally my favorite character has always been the main character in any manga (Naruto, Luffy, Maka, etc) but already Hitoyoshi is competing with Medaka.
Traditionally my favorite character has always been the main character in any manga (Naruto, Luffy, Maka, etc) but already Hitoyoshi is competing with Medaka.
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The best thing about these comments from people who start Medaka Box is that everything they say may as well be considered spoilers. I mean come on, look at what he just said. My mind is full of minus.
