Infinite Justice
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Madarame being clueless as usual.
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Madarame being clueless as usual.
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dakkumauji
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Tales of Xillia SIDE;MILLA 01
Basically tells me the intro of Milla's side of Xillia since Namco is taking its sweet time in releasing the game.
Basically tells me the intro of Milla's side of Xillia since Namco is taking its sweet time in releasing the game.
Huh, I was going to start watching the drama adaptation actually but since there are no quality subs...
awesome read, you really get the story points and themes on each arc. as a one piece fan, i love reading you're impressions.
also, you should watch the anime episode of the part where luffy lost all his nakama in sabaody. its a really great chapter in the manga but more engaging in the anime just like the merry's funeral.
BassForever
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The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword Special
This 32 page special is included at the end of Hyrule Historia and tells the story of the very first Link who predates the Link in Skyward Sword. It shows the events that lead to Skyloft rising into the clouds along with the Godess Hylia cradling the dying body of the first Link (who fought with the Master Sword to seal Demise and raise Skyloft into the heavens) and giving him power, saying he'll be reincarnated whenever the land needs a hero. It also shows the original Link meeting the red bird in the past and in the preset shows young Skyward Sword Link meeting the same bird and becoming it's partner.
The original Link was a lot edgier then the one were used to knowing and I think it worked really well, if we got a LoZ game where he talked and acted like that I don't think anyone would complain
. As a bonus with Hyule Historia it was well done and enjoyable. Honestly if you're a fan of Zelda and don't order this book
This 32 page special is included at the end of Hyrule Historia and tells the story of the very first Link who predates the Link in Skyward Sword. It shows the events that lead to Skyloft rising into the clouds along with the Godess Hylia cradling the dying body of the first Link (who fought with the Master Sword to seal Demise and raise Skyloft into the heavens) and giving him power, saying he'll be reincarnated whenever the land needs a hero. It also shows the original Link meeting the red bird in the past and in the preset shows young Skyward Sword Link meeting the same bird and becoming it's partner.
The original Link was a lot edgier then the one were used to knowing and I think it worked really well, if we got a LoZ game where he talked and acted like that I don't think anyone would complain
they'd just bitch about something else
curlyfriski
Banned
Hah yeah that was pretty funny. It's a shame that both Moteki and Again!! are taking so long to get translations.
dakkumauji
Member
Tales of Vesperia 01-03
So another adaption of the another Tales games. This does start a lot better than the actual game, tossing you right into the action or the story instead of easing you into the world which is quite enjoyable for a manga. Nothing too outstanding otherwise, but still a good adaption.
So another adaption of the another Tales games. This does start a lot better than the actual game, tossing you right into the action or the story instead of easing you into the world which is quite enjoyable for a manga. Nothing too outstanding otherwise, but still a good adaption.
The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword Special
This 32 page special is included at the end of Hyrule Historia and tells the story of the very first Link who predates the Link in Skyward Sword. It shows the events that lead to Skyloft rising into the clouds along with the Godess Hylia cradling the dying body of the first Link (who fought with the Master Sword to seal Demise and raise Skyloft into the heavens) and giving him power, saying he'll be reincarnated whenever the land needs a hero. It also shows the original Link meeting the red bird in the past and in the preset shows young Skyward Sword Link meeting the same bird and becoming it's partner.
The original Link was a lot edgier then the one were used to knowing and I think it worked really well, if we got a LoZ game where he talked and acted like that I don't think anyone would complain. As a bonus with Hyule Historia it was well done and enjoyable. Honestly if you're a fan of Zelda and don't order this bookthey'd just bitch about something else
My copy hasn't shipped yet
BassForever
Member
My copy hasn't shipped yet
Got 2 day on the SE that arrived today and my order of the LE from TFAW ships tomorrow ^o^
Kurita is pretty awesome. Eye shield has a pretty top notch cast. And you get to read about the black muscles and the awesome rival theyre attached to
brotkasten
Member
7 Seeds, 121
It's crazy to think that Summer A still has to learn the concept of saying "no". And yes, it was a shame that Ango, Ryun and Hana weren't there. I highly doubt Mozu would've survived that encounter so easily. It was also weird seeing Mozu giving in so easily, but I guess there wasn't really a point in fighting at this point.
It's crazy to think that Summer A still has to learn the concept of saying "no". And yes, it was a shame that Ango, Ryun and Hana weren't there. I highly doubt Mozu would've survived that encounter so easily. It was also weird seeing Mozu giving in so easily, but I guess there wasn't really a point in fighting at this point.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
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The appearance of Madarame the Pimp immediately improves this manga by a degree of 10.000%
And blushing Sue improves it even further by a degree of 100.000%
The appearance of Madarame the Pimp immediately improves this manga by a degree of 10.000%
And blushing Sue improves it even further by a degree of 100.000%
One Piece stuff
I think the villains of the Fishman Island arc were pretty lame. In terms of power-level, probably the weakest bunch of scrubs since Long Ring Island and Amazon Lily. In terms of character importance and personality, probably just above Long Ring Island and maybe equal to Impel Down (aside from Blackbeard's appearance).
It feels like the villains here were all mostly engineered out of convenience (read: pulled out of the ass) to have some opposition in a story arc meant to show off other more important non-conflict stuff (the underwater world, the Fishmen backstory, Poseidon, the path to the New World, etc).
At the same time, most of the action is clearly meant to show off how much stronger the characters have become, so there's very little tension at all, but it does make the action more enjoyable to read in a sense that the reader is just cheering on the heroes as all the baddies get serious beat downs.
Let's look at the sample of pathetic villains offered in the arc:
- A bunch of scrub pretenders to try to steal the Straw Hat's identities, serving as comic relief at the start of the arc.
- Rookie lamer pirates who join up with said pretenders, only to get pissed later and go after the real deal for "revenge", serving as comic relief for the rest of the arc as the captain has caught and beaten up every step of the way.
- Crazy stalker loser whose only power is to lock-on to anything. Has no training, sucks at real combat.
- Gang of super racist Fishmen who are racist for no reason than the fact that they were written to be racist (wow, this was even an actual plot point at the end where they acknowledge they had no reason to be racist at all!) and they suck so much they have to take steroids to actually beat anyone up. Steroids which make them... get older and older each time they use them! Lulz.
Fucking awful bunch of lamers! Lol.
I think the villains of the Fishman Island arc were pretty lame. In terms of power-level, probably the weakest bunch of scrubs since Long Ring Island and Amazon Lily. In terms of character importance and personality, probably just above Long Ring Island and maybe equal to Impel Down (aside from Blackbeard's appearance).
It feels like the villains here were all mostly engineered out of convenience (read: pulled out of the ass) to have some opposition in a story arc meant to show off other more important non-conflict stuff (the underwater world, the Fishmen backstory, Poseidon, the path to the New World, etc).
At the same time, most of the action is clearly meant to show off how much stronger the characters have become, so there's very little tension at all, but it does make the action more enjoyable to read in a sense that the reader is just cheering on the heroes as all the baddies get serious beat downs.
Let's look at the sample of pathetic villains offered in the arc:
- A bunch of scrub pretenders to try to steal the Straw Hat's identities, serving as comic relief at the start of the arc.
- Rookie lamer pirates who join up with said pretenders, only to get pissed later and go after the real deal for "revenge", serving as comic relief for the rest of the arc as the captain has caught and beaten up every step of the way.
- Crazy stalker loser whose only power is to lock-on to anything. Has no training, sucks at real combat.
- Gang of super racist Fishmen who are racist for no reason than the fact that they were written to be racist (wow, this was even an actual plot point at the end where they acknowledge they had no reason to be racist at all!) and they suck so much they have to take steroids to actually beat anyone up. Steroids which make them... get older and older each time they use them! Lulz.
Fucking awful bunch of lamers! Lol.
BassForever
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Honestly I'm glad they were just racist to be racist instead of having some sort of tragic back story ala Arlong who had reasons for his hatred of humans that we learned about during the arc. Plus it fit with the theme of the arc
Sorry, but no. They were boring, not funny, and a total waste of time. Not to mention they totally ruined the reunion I was looking forward to by botching it and splitting it all up. I was fine with everyone showing up at different times, that just makes sense. But the stupid FSH's shit was unnecessary.
Doc Holliday
SPOILER: Columbus finds America
These arcs remind me a lot of the mini arcs leading up to Arabasta.
Ceasar or Hodi being the equivalent of Wapol. Im assuming one of the warlords or Flamingo will be the main baddy.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
In the Baroque Works saga it was clear that Crocodile would be the endgame, there was only him. This time around it's not so obvious since we've got Kaidou, Doflamingo, and even Big Mom in the picture. It's probably going to be messier than Alabasta.
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Koi suru Edison (Lead CP, New Series)
Naruto
One Piece
PSI Kusuo Saiki
Bleach
Assassination Classroom (Center Colour)
Kuroko no Basket
Toriko
Shokugeki no Souma (Center Colour)
Nisekoi
Sket Dance
Haikyuu!!
Beelzebub
Gintama
Medaka Box
Kochikame
Hungry Joker
Cross Manage
Rookie Policewoman Kiruko-san
Retsu!!! Date-senpai (END)
And the other new series, World Trigger, starts next week.
Koi suru Edison (Lead CP, New Series)
Naruto
One Piece
PSI Kusuo Saiki
Bleach
Assassination Classroom (Center Colour)
Kuroko no Basket
Toriko
Shokugeki no Souma (Center Colour)
Nisekoi
Sket Dance
Haikyuu!!
Beelzebub
Gintama
Medaka Box
Kochikame
Hungry Joker
Cross Manage
Rookie Policewoman Kiruko-san
Retsu!!! Date-senpai (END)
And the other new series, World Trigger, starts next week.
BassForever
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So Rookie has been near the bottom almost every week it's been up for a rating except last week right? Means the series is probably going to die unless volume sales explode
Dedication Through Light
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Hoping that world trigger is the new title coming to weekly shonen jump here, since they seemed to imply they want to start actually new series.
Guess cross manage (this tournament is boring) and kiruko will end next...
I wish psi kusuo in english would hurry...
dakkumauji
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Wagatsuma-san wa Ore no Yome 02
That was a pretty good time slip though, at least MC realizes he needs better friends. Good chapter.
That was a pretty good time slip though, at least MC realizes he needs better friends. Good chapter.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
Almost time for One Piece spoilers, wonderful.
Did 697 already get leaked or something? If so that's crazy.
flintstryker
Banned
sorry but no you're the one wrong here they were awesome.
The latest Medaka Box spoilers are pretty fuckin' insane.
Nice to see Medaka Box slowly climb back up and good riddance to Kiruko.
I agree with this.
I wouldn't rank Hody and his gang as good villains, they were still fodder. But their racism comes from a real place, years of anger towards humans from fishmen they idolized. While they never had trouble with humans, their environment and ideals lead to a radical fishmen group. People being racist despite having nothing done to them is a very real thing.
Hell, Freeza from Dragon Ball did most of what he did out of racism and fear. While he feared the Super Saiyan, he still wiped out the race while gleefully referring to them as monkeys.
Decken was a case of "weak character, awesome power". I could totally use the Mark Mark Fruit to troll people, and when I get bored I would move on. Instead, he focused on the giant Mermaid princess. Oh well.
The Fake Hats did lead to a couple of funny things related to the anime. Like "We Were", a cover of "We Are" by the Fake Hats, and how the voices were other Straw Hats. Like Fake Luffy was played by real Sanji.
Wow, how did Bleach get up there? Highest it's been in a long time.
Good riddance to Date-senpai. So stupid that nobody bothered to scanlate it. Probably would have been difficult since it was a gag manga.
I imagine Cross Manage is the next to go, especially with how low it's been. Then Hungry Joker or Kiruko. Unless volume sales save them.
D. Gray Man Vol. 2 (Chap. 8-16)
I enjoyed this arc. The fights were fun, and Allen's new weapon was neat. Relationship between the doll and the human was nice. Kanda is a pretty cool character as well so far, I feared he would end up like this, but so far, so good. Happy to see that Viz is still publishing this, both physically and digitally. Hopefully they keep going 'til the end. Or maybe I'll stop reading after the switch from weekly to monthly since I hear it's so awful, but I'll find out myself.
Also, I'm overjoyed to find out I'm not the only one who thinks Reborn is a huge piece of shit. I'll admit I liked the Mukuro and Varia arcs, but goddamn. Everything else was painful to read.
I enjoyed this arc. The fights were fun, and Allen's new weapon was neat. Relationship between the doll and the human was nice. Kanda is a pretty cool character as well so far, I feared he would end up like this, but so far, so good. Happy to see that Viz is still publishing this, both physically and digitally. Hopefully they keep going 'til the end. Or maybe I'll stop reading after the switch from weekly to monthly since I hear it's so awful, but I'll find out myself.
Also, I'm overjoyed to find out I'm not the only one who thinks Reborn is a huge piece of shit. I'll admit I liked the Mukuro and Varia arcs, but goddamn. Everything else was painful to read.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
I'm not sure how they were awesome. Clue me in.
*reads the Medaka Box spoilers*
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Fresh
What are they? Where are they? Are they FRESH?
Aw fuckkkk
Kusagari's post got me more hype than I should have been. I thought that was code for
Anshin is back.
Guys a question about One Piece, I thought maybe ManGAF can answer it for me.
A friend of mine reminded my just today that after Thriller Bark it was teased that something was behind the mist and you could see a shadow and even something "glowing" like a pair of eyes.
Now is my question did we ever found out what that was? I really can't remember all the stuff that Oda teases and he reveals those thing like 300 chapters later most of the time.
A friend of mine reminded my just today that after Thriller Bark it was teased that something was behind the mist and you could see a shadow and even something "glowing" like a pair of eyes.
Now is my question did we ever found out what that was? I really can't remember all the stuff that Oda teases and he reveals those thing like 300 chapters later most of the time.
I would have been freaking out far, far, far more if that happened.
I probably would have just pounded on my keyboard with glee.
Ducky's impressions are always a treat to read.
They suck for their role in the manga. Looking at them aside from them wasting panel time, I can see why people like them. Hell, they even had the fakes sing the OP theme song.
Good god...
Anyway, last year must have been pretty awful for manga-Wednesdays. We had FI, Fullbring, and Naruto.
They suck for their role in the manga. Looking at them aside from them wasting panel time, I can see why people like them. Hell, they even had the fakes sing the OP theme song.
Good god...
Anyway, last year must have been pretty awful for manga-Wednesdays. We had FI, Fullbring, and Naruto.
Dang, thanks.
Wonder if Oda can keep all this stuff in his head and it really will be relevant again
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
Last year I think Fridays were pretty big. People still read Fairy Tail, HSDK was discussed, and TWGOK was climaxing.
I don't think it's actually something we'll ever see again. The thing with Thriller Bark is that at the end of the arc you think that Moriah and his ship were behind the disappearances that made the Florian Triangle famous. But then NOPE. There is actually a giant monster. End of that plotline.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
It would be much more awesome if he doesn't reveal it actually. Make it so that in the vast ocean word there are just many enigmas that cannot be answered.
Crimsonlink
Member
Woo Bleach in the top 5. Naruto #1 is something I don't think it deserves but w/e.
The Fake Straw Hats were annoying but funny. I disliked the reunion because of how rushed it was and it led to the boring Fisherman Island arc as well. >.<
Thinking of reading Kenshin again from the beginning.
The Fake Straw Hats were annoying but funny. I disliked the reunion because of how rushed it was and it led to the boring Fisherman Island arc as well. >.<
Thinking of reading Kenshin again from the beginning.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Kenshin's Tomoe arc was amazing, one of the best in the manga. The OVA upped it up to amazing new heights too.
It's funny though how Watsuki openly displayed his displeasure about how the OVA ended. The guy's in love with his happy endings after all
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
No they were not. They were lame as hell. It´s just stuff Oda make to prolong an arc, a very shitty arc at that.
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