I like Guilty Crown's premise.
And the OP.
I still need to watch it and suffer.
Fairy Tail has the plot.
And the OP.
I still need to watch it and suffer.
Fairy Tail has the plot.
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It's not the same experience if you know something's supposed to suck
I actually legitimately liked what I saw.
Dedication Through Light
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Haikyuu!! 40
So much Haikyuu!! not that Im complaining, though not a good chapter. Why would I want to see losers remorse. And watching girl's volleyball is not something I signed up for. Though I did feel sad for Ikejie, losing so early into the tourney this summer, gah.
So much Haikyuu!! not that Im complaining, though not a good chapter. Why would I want to see losers remorse. And watching girl's volleyball is not something I signed up for. Though I did feel sad for Ikejie, losing so early into the tourney this summer, gah.
gundamkyoukai
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Fairy Tail
We all saw it coming o well on to next chapter .
HSDK
Not a bad chapter .
Also Guilty Crown Story is trash .
I say the only good thing about it is the music .
We all saw it coming o well on to next chapter .
HSDK
Not a bad chapter .
Also Guilty Crown Story is trash .
I say the only good thing about it is the music .
Yeah, the music is good. The OSTs are amazing imo.
Dedication Through Light
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The best song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FP7RnGsCdU and all its various mixes and rearrangements.
You know one thing I've never understood about One Piece hate is the hate for haki. I'm going to go on a little rant here cause I have a friend of mine who pointed this out, "Haki is such bullshit just like everything else in shonen." but I find this very premise completely missing the point on what haki is supposed to be.
Haki at it's very core is meant to be a generic explanation to how shonen characters defy the odds. It's a term to describe how a hick like Luffy is able to legitimately challenge the World Government and become a hero to many. Luffy gets this of his own will, like most other shonen characters, and haki is just a term to describe that.
That's why throughout the series in One Piece you see characters eyes have a certain look to them, which is later in the series describe as being a focal point of when a character uses haki. When one has control over this they're able to defy any odds aka hitting people who are able to turn into fire/mud/smoke/whatever even though that's technically impossible logically.
The power ups in One Piece are just the Devil Fruits and shit, haki is just the control of one's own will and being able to overcome the odds no matter how much sense it doesn't make.
Haki isn't like power ups in other shonen like ki for example, though it does act like one. I think since Oda likes to pretty much give an explanation, haki is his reason why Luffy is so goddamn good at what he does. On paper Luffy should've lost to every opponent he's faced, but he doesn't, and there's never been quite a clear explanation for that (and most of the time in shonen manga, it isn't ever explained).
Haki at it's very core is meant to be a generic explanation to how shonen characters defy the odds. It's a term to describe how a hick like Luffy is able to legitimately challenge the World Government and become a hero to many. Luffy gets this of his own will, like most other shonen characters, and haki is just a term to describe that.
That's why throughout the series in One Piece you see characters eyes have a certain look to them, which is later in the series describe as being a focal point of when a character uses haki. When one has control over this they're able to defy any odds aka hitting people who are able to turn into fire/mud/smoke/whatever even though that's technically impossible logically.
The power ups in One Piece are just the Devil Fruits and shit, haki is just the control of one's own will and being able to overcome the odds no matter how much sense it doesn't make.
Haki isn't like power ups in other shonen like ki for example, though it does act like one. I think since Oda likes to pretty much give an explanation, haki is his reason why Luffy is so goddamn good at what he does. On paper Luffy should've lost to every opponent he's faced, but he doesn't, and there's never been quite a clear explanation for that (and most of the time in shonen manga, it isn't ever explained).
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Vertical Inc has another survey inquiring what three manga people would like them to license and schedule for 2014. You can even suggest light novels and cookbooks.
(I suggested, Accel World (Light Novel), Shin Jigen Ascension (manga), Acid Town (manga))
(I suggested, Accel World (Light Novel), Shin Jigen Ascension (manga), Acid Town (manga))
gundamkyoukai
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I don't know much people that hate Haki , the most i hear people say is they hope fights don't come down to just that which i agree with .
Still hate it or like it or just indifferent to it Oda need a equalize to broken DFs .
Haki just like all other power ups IMO.
Edit guess it's time to catch up on Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun since it seem to be ending soon .
Which i guess is good thing since the story did not look like it could have lasted to long without getting drag out .
AlimNassor
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The hate for Haki is insane. Haki is the only thing allowing non-DFs to remain relevant.
It explains how Shanks and Rayleigh can kick so much ass without Devil Fruit powers.
And how Logia users dont rule the world. Personally, Im sort of down on One Piece because its just getting very repetitive and samey. Oda needs to change up the formula
PoeticProse22
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Last Game 15
Though this, I suppose, can be considered the best of the Souma chapters, it still didnt come close to consistently reaching the really high quality of the chapters that are largely absent of the woefully dull Souma, as the first half of this chapter was great, but the second half was thoroughly mediocre, since it simply provided a repetitive focus on Soumas unrequited feelings for Kujou, which has infused the story with a surprisingly tiresome monotony throughout several of the last five chapters, save for the twelfth.
If Soumas past was legitimately tragic, then I might have felt that yet another chapter partially wasted on establishing his pain as the third wheel was worth it, but, somewhat due to my immense dislike of him as a character, Im not sympathetic for him at all, considering all the pain hes enduring is simply some glorious karma. After all, Yanagi has suffered through considerably more, so it just felt like a weak attempt to manufacture a sympathetic perception of him. Essentially, the second half of this chapter consisted of, for the most part, pointless filler, needlessly forcing Yanagi, once again, into the periphery, which has been occurring far too often lately. Of course, the last page was excellent for several reasons, primarily due to the noticeable foreshadowing that Souma might actually move on and exit the main portion of the story, or, at least, I hope thats what it infers, so it certainly concluded in a satisfying manner.
As for Yanagi and Kujou, I loved their very methodical development in this chapter, as their wonderfully simplistic relationship has only gotten better as the story progresses. Of course, their subtly romantic and often amusing interactions were fantastic once again, so Im really looking forward to the next chapter, as I expect it to be a complete return to a YanagixKujou focus.
Though this, I suppose, can be considered the best of the Souma chapters, it still didnt come close to consistently reaching the really high quality of the chapters that are largely absent of the woefully dull Souma, as the first half of this chapter was great, but the second half was thoroughly mediocre, since it simply provided a repetitive focus on Soumas unrequited feelings for Kujou, which has infused the story with a surprisingly tiresome monotony throughout several of the last five chapters, save for the twelfth.
If Soumas past was legitimately tragic, then I might have felt that yet another chapter partially wasted on establishing his pain as the third wheel was worth it, but, somewhat due to my immense dislike of him as a character, Im not sympathetic for him at all, considering all the pain hes enduring is simply some glorious karma. After all, Yanagi has suffered through considerably more, so it just felt like a weak attempt to manufacture a sympathetic perception of him. Essentially, the second half of this chapter consisted of, for the most part, pointless filler, needlessly forcing Yanagi, once again, into the periphery, which has been occurring far too often lately. Of course, the last page was excellent for several reasons, primarily due to the noticeable foreshadowing that Souma might actually move on and exit the main portion of the story, or, at least, I hope thats what it infers, so it certainly concluded in a satisfying manner.
As for Yanagi and Kujou, I loved their very methodical development in this chapter, as their wonderfully simplistic relationship has only gotten better as the story progresses. Of course, their subtly romantic and often amusing interactions were fantastic once again, so Im really looking forward to the next chapter, as I expect it to be a complete return to a YanagixKujou focus.
Also got moremanga today and glorious large art works of shinji and kaworuyaoicould have done without nekkid rei and asuka unclothing herself
That Evangelion Chronicle cover is compelling me to buy it, but I need to be strong and resist for at least a month or two...
curlyfriski
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Baby Steps 155
Eiichirou with the Prince of Tennis style Super Saiyan powerup. Also, this happened:
I think the author introduced the love rival, realized there was no way he could even pretend there was any doubt about the outcome, and just said fuck it, forget the rival.
FTFY
Eiichirou with the Prince of Tennis style Super Saiyan powerup. Also, this happened:
I think the author introduced the love rival, realized there was no way he could even pretend there was any doubt about the outcome, and just said fuck it, forget the rival.
FTFY
There was an ending to this?
gundamkyoukai
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That pic looks hilarious
curlyfriski
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That can't be a very comfortable pose
flintstryker
Banned
a very shitty anime
Phoenician_Viking
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Fairy Tail
I have read this very great post about the state of FT. It describes my feelings very well, except stop reading it part.
Credit goes to DrugsRule on OMF.
I have read this very great post about the state of FT. It describes my feelings very well, except stop reading it part.
Credit goes to DrugsRule on OMF.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
They even had Sasaki's name in this chapter!
That guy gets no credit because it took him hundreds of words to say what could have been said in one sentence. Fairy Tail sucks because every single character is practically a shonen stock character and the plot slavishly relies on the same series of 5 or 6 tropes so nothing unexpected ever happens.
The series would actually improve if it was literally just Juvia wandering around stalking Gray and getting into sticky situations.
curlyfriski
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Go on...
Tribes of Trusty
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Naruto 600 - 616
It's actually enjoyable when you read them all in a row. Will read the next batch in 4 months.
Now, onto Bleach...
It's actually enjoyable when you read them all in a row. Will read the next batch in 4 months.
Now, onto Bleach...
curlyfriski
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Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind Volume 1
I've seen the film, but it was a long time ago, and I don't really remember the differences between this version and that one. It seems like things are being fleshed out a lot more in the manga, with more attention paid to world-building.
I haven't read many classic series and wanted to rectify that, and Nausicaa seemed like a good place to start. I pretty quickly realized that this Miyazaki guy is pretty good at art. The attention to lighting stood out to me, and how a scene lit by firelight had a different quality to it than a scene lit by the sun or those weird fungus things. There's such a wonderfully strong "sense" of each location we see--I personally don't see as much attention to texture in the more modern manga I read. I felt like I could choose a panel at random, and count on it to look amazing. And not only did they look amazing, but there were A LOT of them. Way more than I'm used to seeing squeezed onto one page. I had to read a lot more closely than I do usually. It made me wish that I had a physical copy of the manga, so I would spend more time just studying each and every panel. There's something about reading digitally that just makes you want to get through each page. The characters and story so far are a notch above as well--there's something about how Miyazaki treats his characters, where even the villains are treated...non-judgmentally? Humanely? I'm not sure how to phrase it, exactly.
I've seen the film, but it was a long time ago, and I don't really remember the differences between this version and that one. It seems like things are being fleshed out a lot more in the manga, with more attention paid to world-building.
this sounds like something i should read
I'm somewhat disappointed with the book, the first half with illustrations from the main designers is pretty good as I haven't see most of them but the latter half is filled with amateurish CG shots. Not quite worth the 40$ official price tag but no one has to that much anyway.
The Breaker New Waves
You know, I'm pretty amazed they were able to make this last more than 100 chapters (disregarding the prequel) where the protagonist wasn't really that competent. Yeah he had a few good skirmishes but it's finally cool to see his berserker moment (a necessary trope of any action shonen lol).
You know, I'm pretty amazed they were able to make this last more than 100 chapters (disregarding the prequel) where the protagonist wasn't really that competent. Yeah he had a few good skirmishes but it's finally cool to see his berserker moment (a necessary trope of any action shonen lol).
Tribes of Trusty
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Bleach 481 - 523
Oh that was interesting.
Special mention to chapter 518 : "Aren't you going to say she looks like a peach ?" lol.
Oh that was interesting.
Special mention to chapter 518 : "Aren't you going to say she looks like a peach ?" lol.
Okabe <3
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K ~ Memory of Red 8
Aria always has the best covers even got No.6. For the chapter it was really good and makes me wish we got a K anime prequel set in highschool or such, Mikoto, Totuska, and Kusanagi looked like they had tons of fun in and Mikoto seemed pretty awesome and funny back then. I wonder how Reisi was.
Kusanagi is alright too and had the best scene, though awkward trying to make Kusanagi x Sawa-chan canon.
Aria always has the best covers even got No.6. For the chapter it was really good and makes me wish we got a K anime prequel set in highschool or such, Mikoto, Totuska, and Kusanagi looked like they had tons of fun in and Mikoto seemed pretty awesome and funny back then. I wonder how Reisi was.
Kusanagi is alright too and had the best scene, though awkward trying to make Kusanagi x Sawa-chan canon.
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Those Who Chase the Ageha 1-18 (END)
This Bud's for you, Female Sniping Medic.
A (framed) criminal who is a Master of Disguise does her Carmen Sandiego impression while being chased by a collection of morons. Entertaining and humerous, if unexceptional read that started promisingly, trailed away in the middle but largely righted itself at the end. The exposition surrounding the main plot point (i.e. who the actual criminal was) was generally awful, but the series was just as much about Ageha's deceptions so it didn't detract that much from the overall experience.
Incidentally, MAL says this was the 500th thing I've read.
Centaur's Worries 21
Those dastardly Antarcticans and their dastardly UFOs.
This Bud's for you, Female Sniping Medic.
A (framed) criminal who is a Master of Disguise does her Carmen Sandiego impression while being chased by a collection of morons. Entertaining and humerous, if unexceptional read that started promisingly, trailed away in the middle but largely righted itself at the end. The exposition surrounding the main plot point (i.e. who the actual criminal was) was generally awful, but the series was just as much about Ageha's deceptions so it didn't detract that much from the overall experience.
Incidentally, MAL says this was the 500th thing I've read.
Centaur's Worries 21
Those dastardly Antarcticans and their dastardly UFOs.
its not incompetence it's an art style which emphasizes Kubo's characters and or certain objects/area.
IE. Rukia's execution the entire focus was between rukia and the halberd it gives off an ominous feeling
or yamamoto's death scene where the entire focus was on yamamoto not his environment not other characters just him
brotkasten
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OPM
of course the rumor is all about him. Would've loved to see he fight, though.
of course the rumor is all about him. Would've loved to see he fight, though.
brotkasten
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TWGOK
Good to see that Keima's plan didn't go that smoothly. Shame about the wasted panels with Elsie.
Good to see that Keima's plan didn't go that smoothly. Shame about the wasted panels with Elsie.
R_thanatos
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TWGOK 216
What a weird planet !
Well this weapon might prove to be somewhat usefull.
What a weird planet !
Well this weapon might prove to be somewhat usefull.
Phoenician_Viking
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No.
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Unfortunately the mangaka of FMA has a lot to learn in order to be author of best shonen manga, in fact, the queen of shonen manga herself, Katekyo Hitman Reborn's Akira Amano, wrote the best shonen action manga (KHR), it actually has good power ups, loveable and awesome characters, deep and enriched plot, well drawn characters and actions, and amazing portrait shots of characters and accessories.
Your logic baffles me. But I suppose that's nothing new.
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