This post should make it pretty clear, shouldn't it. :lol
Must be real tough on Stat.
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This post should make it pretty clear, shouldn't it. :lol
Must be real tough on Stat.
Not much to read there though, it usually takes like 30 seconds to go through a chapter.
Edit: ^Japan, huh.
Now I understand. That makes perfect sense. Thanks, Haly.
I'm not judging your fetishes, upandaway. It's cool.
Last time someone told me something like this I ended up reading Freesia.
No problem, El Whore.
Clearly you haven't been around in these parts long.
Phoenician_Viking
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More things happened in 2012 in Naruto than one piece.
LOL
If you think having a loli mom is insane you ain't seen nothing yet. It's not like Freesia though.
Beam, more things doesn't mean it's better. For example, Obito was the biggest reveal, sure, but at the same time it's so cringeworthy that it actually was him.
BlackGoku03
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I've never understood the hype. I've read more than 300 chapters and I just couldn't keep going.
Yes, but they could at least keep it to their wednesdays and let the grown ups talk the rest of the week.
I enjoyed it. I mean, it's not as good as TLA and definitely has its flaws, but I had fun watching it.
Neoriceisgood
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Hey Envelope, what char did you ask for again? I forgot.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Why are you guys so obsessed with assigning quality levels to various shonen?
Infinite Justice
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Korra was decent at best but most of the stuff it attempted, TLA did them better
i was gonna say something else but fuck it.
All those power levels getting into their heads.
And that's exactly why I stated in my post, "up until the recent arcs".
Naruto and Bleach are very good Manga themselves, in fact, I don't understand the hate of the current arc in Naruto, it's been pretty consistent and pretty damn good throughout, although I think the Animé will benefit more because it'll fill in the parts that weren't explained in the Manga (which was on purpose).
Bleach has also been pretty consistent, it's had its good moments and really felt like it could have ended pre-timeskip, but I'm glad it didn't and I'm glad that Kubo is using the current arcs to explain things and shuffle things around, and like Naruto, I don't really get the hate other than the pacing, although I guess if anyone read the whole thing through without waiting every week for the next chapter, I'm sure the pacing would seem fine.
That might also be the reason why in my mind, One Piece was (read "was") better than Bleach and Naruto, because I started reading it a few years after I started the other two.
yo Kurita, why haven't you told me about the French Punpun trailer? It's so cheesy and full of angst, its amazing
Ignis Fatuus
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Both Fishman Island and Punk Hazard suffer from many of the same fundamental problems; boring antagonists, too many subplots for too many characters, too much time spent setting up future plots. This ruins the pacing, confuses the audience, and forces the arc to stretch way too long in order to resolve all the subplots. The good moments don't get their due and there's too much shit you just don't care about.
For example the samurai on Punk Hazard is just completely unnecessary, we've known that we're eventually going to Wano Country ever since Thriller Bark. You could omit him from the story entirely and not lose much, but I assume that Oda has some master plan for him down the line and so he must be inflicted upon us.
I suspect that it may take years for the New World stories to pick up steam while Oda gets the cluttered foreshadowing out of the way.
Dedication Through Light
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no group manga readings to speculate and provide discussion on means no other topic is available :/
loli moms are hardly unique to Medaka Box.
Agree with the bolded, except for the rest (assuming you mean side-characters like Law and co.). Unless you're referring to stuff like Shirahoshi and their flashback, then I'd also agree. Flashbacks for crew members and other established characters in the OP-verse are a must though. Besides, I like the fact that he gives some attention to the island-specific characters. It's really apparent in Water 7 (the King), but every island would have been extremely boring if it were just the crew zooming through. If I wanted side characters that were brushed off like nothing, then that's what Naruto's for.
Neoriceisgood
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What type of tanks?
grandjedi6
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Stop being overly defensive about other people's opinions.
Ignis Fatuus
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I actually think that Law is the strongest part of Punk Hazard and I've argued before that Oda should have focused more tightly on the weird alliance between the Straw Hats and the Heart Pirates. I actually think that Smoker should have been saved for later. As it is we have three protagonist factions, each of which need their own enemies and shit to do. Then we have the samurai. Then we have the kids. And Brownbeard. And the blob. And now Doflamingo. Most of that could have been trimmed.
Punk Hazard should have been about the Straw Hats discovering the shit going down at the lab and forming an alliance with Law against Ceasar, with Doflamingo being the surprise twist at the end. Instead it is now about a dozen different things, not all of which seem to be related.
Infinite Justice
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Pretty much
Phoenician_Viking
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The stuff that happened in Naruto pushed the plot. Most of one piece´s arc was crap and did not push anything. Reveal of Obito is a huge plot point for the manga. Not to mention return of the boss Madara to the manga. Neji´s death, Kabuto´s defeat, the return of Orochimaru dwarf anything that happened in one piece. And as far as cringeworthy the manufacturing of DF and how DF transfer from a dead guy to fruit is as cringeworhty as Obito being Tobi, except most people know about the Obito thing. I just refused to believe this fact until the reveal.
TacticalFox88
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Bleach is "Rule of Cool" the manga. There are some straight up BOSS shit in the series.
Naruto is the "Could've been something special, but failed" the manga personified. Chunin Exam arc is still one of the best manga arcs...ever.
One Piece is "How the fuck do you categorize this shit". The art is either pretty good or completely atrocious. Not Molester Man atrocious, but good lord. And you all complain Bleach and Naruto where you sometimes can't tell what's going on?
lol
Naruto is the "Could've been something special, but failed" the manga personified. Chunin Exam arc is still one of the best manga arcs...ever.
One Piece is "How the fuck do you categorize this shit". The art is either pretty good or completely atrocious. Not Molester Man atrocious, but good lord. And you all complain Bleach and Naruto where you sometimes can't tell what's going on?
lol
Different strokes, I guess. Doflamingo's always been one of the ones I figured would have been an end-game opponent. Luffy's on sudoku watch after having been broadcasted, and there's the chance that he's picked a fight against another yonkou. Especially after having found out how much of an influence Doflamingo has in the New World, personally it's much bigger than the impact Tobi himself has.
If we don't then they win.
Shouta
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Moe Tanks.
brotkasten
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I thought the reveal was cute.
Most of the reasons to have on fake anime like Avatar are valid, though. Just look at Wiseblade's gifs. Terrible, every single one of them.
I agree, if One Piece is the Wii. Both have clearly the same target audience.
Sure, that's why little kiddies go from Naruto to Bleach to One Piece.
Neoriceisgood
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brotkasten
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No one does that.
Lighthearted fun that gets repetitive after 10 minutes and then simply boring and pretty ugly "cosmetic design", yes.
I did.
The question is, who didn't do that? I initially brushed off OP due to the art style in favor of the cool looking anime (Bleach and Naruto) when I was a naive teenager.
gundamkyoukai
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I don't think FI had to much subplots , Punk Hazard on the hand had to much and was to long for a set up arc .
Never seen it to be honest.
Related, I'm glad to see that Punpun is relatively popular in France.
brotkasten
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My deepest condolences.
I did that, too. Almost dropped the manga at the awful Skypiea arc and then definitely dropped it at the end of fishmen island. I've been trying to get back into it, but it just happens that Punk Hazard is another shit arc. What a coincidence! Reading One Piece is simply a chore.
Phoenician_Viking
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The thing with Deflamingo is it´s early for him to fight Luffy and co. Luffy has already declared war on Big Mom. Sure Luffy will fight them all eventually, but sending all big shots at the beginning of the new world does not seem wise to me. The war with big Mom, if it ever happens, will be in a few years, a la fishmen island announcement in water 7, which means that the war will happen in a few years because all of the obstacles. Luffy defeating Big Mom in his first major battle in the new world will throw the whole world in chaos, and it would be great seeing how the new world reacts, and how the other emperors would react. One would say Emperors>shishibukai in strength, but we only know about WhiteBeard and BalckBeard strength. Besides Daflamingo has a bigger role in the story than Big Mom since he runs the whole illegal underground industry. Deflaminga might not lose now, but unless he finishes off Law, or the SH, than his attack will not mean anything.
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