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[Parallax]

im breezing through ratman, and i must say im surprised at how it is. its not as bad as i thought it would be.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

La storia della Arcana Famiglia 1-2

Misleading review of it being a shoujo version of reborn. Regardless it is pretty interesting. I think it has potential to have cool action for this mafia universe type story. Five of the character designs are pretty cool, and the main character seems to have to actually take part in the fighting so it cant possibly be dull. Dont know if I will continue or just wait for the anime. IM curious how it will end, will she end up with one or just not anyone since she seemed to have no interest in the prize for the Arcana tournament, but then she was to repay everyones kindness...

 

[ColossalLazy]

im breezing through ratman, and i must say im surprised at how it is. its not as bad as i thought it would be.

It is pretty good. Reminds me of Tiger and Bunny.

 

[MCD]

Why would they look different when they were in like stasis? I was glad they didnt change.

It's the thought of it that pisses me off. This plot twist pretty much destroyed FT for me.

 

[survivor]

The Walking Man

This is a pretty relaxing manga about a guy that likes to walk. He walks to random forests, goes in the middle night and swim, walk in the rain, chill with his dog, has a walking contest with a random dude, and likes to explore new areas. Very relaxing.

 

[Parallax]

La storia della Arcana Famiglia 1-2

Misleading review of it being a shoujo version of reborn. Regardless it is pretty interesting. I think it has potential to have cool action for this mafia universe type story. Five of the character designs are pretty cool, and the main character seems to have to actually take part in the fighting so it cant possibly be dull. Dont know if I will continue or just wait for the anime. IM curious how it will end, will she end up with one or just not anyone since she seemed to have no interest in the prize for the Arcana tournament, but then she was to repay everyones kindness...

So is it a shoujo series? Its designs are very different from the shoujo norm

 

[PK Gaming]

Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer

Mikazuki is the single best thing thats ever happened to this manga.

God I hope their plan to destroy the planet earth fails... I really, really do.

EDIT: The manga is starting to get really good...!

 

[flawfuls]

I refuse to read anything by the guy that made Ichi the Killer

It's nowhere near as rough ad ichi. Still pretty rough though.

 

[Crash Station]

So is it a shoujo series? Its designs are very different from the shoujo norm

Based on an Otome game, so kind of has to be shoujo. The art indeed doesn't reflect that even if the character designs do.

 

[Freshmaker]

Well that is true, it took me quite a long time to even come up with the thinking that they just have to be exhausted or something, hopefully Kishimoto surprises or even I willl start to cast some doubts.

The cages are window dressing. They were done once they beat Sauce raw and near dead.

It's all about Naruto now.

 

[VivaZapata]

Anyone reading this ? Any thoughts?

 

[Stat Flow]

The cages are window dressing. They were done once the Raikage Sauce raw and near dead.

Fixed. Oonoki used one move. Tsunade wasn't even there. Gaara saved Sauce from one event. Mizukage tried hitting on him and used a couple of jutsus.

These are the five kage.

If this was the Third? Even in his old years...he would've fucking beat the shit out of Sasuke. Alone. With no problems.

But you're right, it's all about Naruto now.

 

[Infinite Justice]

It's not the greatest action manga ever. The characters sort of bleed together and it progresses to over the top crazy. Like chess games with assassins, jungle warfare, fighting flying robotic killing machines, etc... But it is good for that. It is definitely a manga "worth reading."

Yea i'll try to check it out when i get the chance

Fixed. Oonoki used one move. Tsunade wasn't even there. Gaara saved Sauce from one event. Mizukage tried hitting on him and used a couple of jutsus.

These are the five kage.

If this was the Third? Even in his old years...he would've fucking beat the shit out of Sasuke. Alone. With no problems.

But you're right, it's all about Naruto now.

I'm still surprised the 3rd in his old age took out the 1st and 2nd Hokage during his match given how we are hearing how fucking broken the 1st was so it just doesn't add up imo (either the 3rd was the ultimate boss or Kishi is retroactively trying to make the 1st good; kinda like how he tried with Gaara's dad).

Agreed @ the bolded

 

[PK Gaming]

Wow Yuuhi's really grown on me, I was wrong about him before. I might enter him into manga hall of fame characters, because he's damn awesome. Eh, he fights against the mage despite being weak, and doesn't afraid of anything.

 

[Freshmaker]

Fixed. Oonoki used one move. Tsunade wasn't even there. Gaara saved Sauce from one event. Mizukage tried hitting on him and used a couple of jutsus.

Mizukage would've killed him if not for Lemon Zest spritzing Sauce away.

If this was the Third? Even in his old years...he would've fucking beat the shit out of Sasuke. Alone. With no problems.

But you're right, it's all about Naruto now.

Fuels my theory that Tobi is short for Sarutobi and he's the mastermind behind all this.

(I doubt his soul was trapped by Oro's hands.)

 

[gundamkyoukai]

I'm still surprised the 3rd in his old age took out the 1st and 2nd Hokage during his match given how we are hearing how fucking broken the 1st was and it just doesn't add up imo (either the 3rd was the ultimate boss or Kishi is retroactively trying to make the 1st good; kinda like how he tried with Gaara's dad).

If the 1st could do half the shit we know he could do now the 3rd would die very fast .
Which really does make seem that Kishi now making him super broken to hype Madara since he now has some of his DNA .

 

[Laughing Banana]

I'm still surprised the 3rd in his old age took out the 1st and 2nd Hokage during his match given how we are hearing how fucking broken the 1st was so it just doesn't add up imo (either the 3rd was the ultimate boss or Kishi is retroactively trying to make the 1st good; kinda like how he tried with Gaara's dad)

I don't think... I don't think Kishi has really thought back then that the power scale would turn out to be like today, where everyone just go crazily kamehame-ing their opponents. That's why the 3rd battle was so "subdued" like that.

Anyway, I would like to say thanks to Flawfuls for directing me to BABY STEPS. What a fascinating manga for a tennis fan like me. The author does seem like he knows his stuff, and all of his depiction to the harshness of the tennis world has been pretty apt and on the spot so far. The strongest character so far is a character ranked 200 in the ATP! Really gives a perspective the kind of hardwork that top players like Federer or Djokovic must endure to get their position.

It is doing a very admirable job in bleaching all the horribleness of Prince of Tennis from my mind.

 

[survivor]

Mushishi vol 1

This manga is giving me a vibe of Natsume and Mononoke. A lot of the backstories and the atmosphere seems out of Natsume while the mystery is more Mononoke-like. Still not fully following the whole Mushi thing, but not a big deal. The art is serviceable and good. Jst wish it had more details in the characters.

That dreams guy story was pretty sad. I thought if he dreams of his family back he can somehow revive them. Loved the ending to it with the whole pillow thing.

 

[Haly]

Mushishi was good for a while until I realized it's basically the same story over and over again except with different mushi.

 

[Verelios]

It's the thought of it that pisses me off. This plot twist pretty much destroyed FT for me.

I..don't understand. After everything else that Mashima has done "Magic for tommorow" "Gajeel losing to subs" "Natsu eating lightning only to get heartburn" "Mirror Gerad" "Lucy~Ellie" "Zeref being emo weak", this was the straw that broke the camel's back!?

At this point, I would just go along with it. You're waist deep in the shit, and you can only paddle, drown, or wade.

 

[Infinite Justice]

Wow Yuuhi's really grown on me, I was wrong about him before. I might enter him into manga hall of fame characters, because he's damn awesome. Eh, he fights against the mage despite being weak, and doesn't afraid of anything.

Yea it was the same for me (thought the guy was fucking annoying early on) but he really does get better.

Spoiler

Dog Knight's death/sacrifice made the impact/difference imo

If the 1st could do half the shit we know he could do now the 3rd would die very fast .
Which really does make seem that Kishi now making him super broken to hype Madara since he now has some of his DNA .

Pretty much but i guess you could somehow rationalize it as the 2 holding back (since they were forced to fight a friend) plus the 3rd had to ending it quickly due to their fucked up traits from that technique.

I don't think... I don't think Kishi has really thought back then that the power scale would turn out to be like today, where everyone just go crazily kamehame-ing their opponents. That's why the 3rd battle was so "subdued" like that.

I think so as well and its also reminding me of how Dragonball ultimately turned out.

Even remembering when one of the Anbu was watching the match and commenting on how its a truly high leve battle makes it even more jarring

 

[Zekes!]

Medaka Box 138

Like it was said, totally saw Zenkichi's ability being something like that a mile away.

I also started reading Bakuman over the last few days, and it's been pretty dece so far. Only up to chapter 12, though.

 

[Sophia]

Bakuman 171

Script? Azuki don't need no stinking script to beat the other 19.

The focus on Azuki is nice, and I really enjoyed the insights into the fellow voice actors in this chapter. However, I wish it had come some 100 chapters earlier when Azuki needed the character development, not seemingly near the end like this. Would have made this entire recent arc far more powerful.

 

[flawfuls]

Anyone reading this ? Any thoughts?

I read it a while ago and don't remember anything other than the fact that it is super short and not very good.

 

[Laughing Banana]

I AM A HERO

My God this manga is really, really, really, really, really and truly a nightmare fuel. So many disturbing and downright horrifying/creepy scenes O________________O

The art is VERY well done, though. Fits perfectly to the tone of the manga.

 

[Haly]

The art is VERY well done, though. Fits perfectly to the tone of the manga.

I can't bear to read it precisely because of this.

There is no need to make the zombies so fucking creepy.

And then add to that the hallucinations.

 

[neoanarch]

I can't bear to read it precisely because of this.

There is no need to make the zombies so fucking creepy.

And then add to that the hallucinations.

Its a fucking horror manga. Of course there is.

 

[Laughing Banana]

I can't bear to read it precisely because of this.

There is no need to make the zombies so fucking creepy.

And then add to that the hallucinations.

Hahaha, no way man. This manga's version of zombie is very well done. It should be scary and creepy, although I can see why some people might be uncomfortable reading it.

The swollen "diiiiick..." girl for instance, hahaha. I'm honestly surprised by that. It's so awesome.

 

[Griffith]

Vagabond 301

Those colour pages are fantastic.

Really glad to see this back again.

 

[Infinite Justice]

Vagabond 301

Those colour pages are fantastic.

Really glad to see this back again.

Time to let this build up again

 

[Laughing Banana]

Vagabond 301

Those colour pages are fantastic.

Really glad to see this back again.

How accurate is Vagabond to the real story of Miyamoto Musashi?

 

[neoanarch]

How accurate is Vagabond to the real story of Miyamoto Musashi?

Not at all. Vagabond was originally an adaptation of a novel. But diverged from that pretty early on.

 

[flawfuls]

Hahaha that was completely out of nowhere.

 

[Lain]

Hahaha that was completely out of nowhere.

Name! Now!

 

[Laughing Banana]

O_____________________________O

HOLY SHIT!

Guys, put some names to your pics ffs.

Sorry, it's I am a Hero.

 

[Glass Rebel]

Guys, put some names to your pics ffs.

 

[Articalys]

Name! Now!

Bambino.

It's mainly a seinen cooking manga; there's definitely a fair bit of humor though instances of that particular kind aren't too common, I think.

 

[MCD]

I..don't understand. After everything else that Mashima has done "Magic for tommorow" "Gajeel losing to subs" "Natsu eating lightning only to get heartburn" "Mirror Gerad" "Lucy~Ellie" "Zeref being emo weak", this was the straw that broke the camel's back!?

At this point, I would just go along with it. You're waist deep in the shit, and you can only paddle, drown, or wade.

WE NEED TO GO DEEPER

 

[Laughing Banana]

I AM A HERO chapter 57.

I guess I should have known it would turn out like this... but goddamnit and GODDAMNIT!

 

[Griffith]

Me and the Devil Blues

This is so good.

Anyone know what the status of this is? I've seen some people say it was cancelled and done, and others saying it was cancelled/on long hiatus but may be coming back?

 

[Glass Rebel]

Sorry, it's I am a Hero.

Thank you, looks interesting

 

[neoanarch]

Good god I love good manga fridays.

 

[ZoddGutts]

I AM A HERO chapter 57.

I guess I should have known it would turn out like this... but goddamnit and GODDAMNIT!

Still Waifu material.

 

[flawfuls]

Me and the Devil Blues

This is so good.

Anyone know what the status of this is? I've seen some people say it was cancelled and done, and others saying it was cancelled/on long hiatus but may be coming back?

It's been on hiatus for years and the author has moved on to other manga (currently Prison School) so I thought he had ditched it, but apparently he wrote somewhere that he was might go back to it.

There was a notice in a chapter of one of his other manga (a follow-up to Ago-nashi Gen) at the end of 2010 where he stated he's aiming to wrap up the first "part" of Devil Blues (fyi Devil Blues went on hiatus in 2008). So it might continue one day all the same, with the outlook of at least a second part. It's a straw, but hey it's better than hearing it's officially canned.
What's probably more troubling, is the fact that a continuation probably won't be published in English at all. Del Rey's out of the game, and I can't imagine it sold well enough for another publisher to pick it right back up again.

I am a Hero

Still Waifu material.

Better waifu material than ever before.

 

[Laughing Banana]

Still Waifu material.

Better waifu material than ever before.

I am quite surprised that the author decided to treat her that way.

Huh.... o____O

 

[ColossalLazy]

Vagabond 301

Dat amazing art. Awesome chapter, finally Musashi is moving on.

 

[Griffith]

It's been on hiatus for years and the author has moved on to other manga (currently Prison School) so I thought he had ditched it, but apparently he wrote somewhere that he was might go back to it.

Thanks. It's good to hear he might continue it sometime in the future.

 

[A Black Falcon]

It's the thought of it that pisses me off. This plot twist pretty much destroyed FT for me.

They were in stasis! Frozen in time. How COULD they have changed?

Mashima's done a lot of really stupid plot points, but that's not one of the worse ones.

 

[Azure J]

Medaka Box

How is it that no matter how I look at this, Zenkichi now has THE most broken ability ever conceived in the manga medium? Goddamnit NisiOisiN, just when I thought the series would wind down with a whimper, you introduce something that changes up everything in its apparent simpleness/mundane qualities. :lol

 

[Wiseblade]

They were in stasis! Frozen in time. How COULD they have changed?

Mashima's done a lot of really stupid plot points, but that's not one of the worse ones.

I'd say it's up there.

Wiseblade's top 5 dumbest moments in Fairy Tail

5) Natsu eating electricity to powerup

4) Natsu's electricity powers being permanent

3) Frozen in time-skip

2) Edolas crap (Lisanna being alive and Mystogan existing)

1) Using tomorrow's magic, today


I could probably come up with worse stuff if I sat down and though about it, but I don't want to.