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ColossalLazy
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Goodnight Punpun Vol 4
I love the Punpun and God interactions. Uncle and Punpun are so similar.
I love the Punpun and God interactions. Uncle and Punpun are so similar.
Not too many points. I just find it all stupid.
For real, Punpun crawling out of depression and self pity has always been the better part of this series.
chickdigger802
Banned
So I just finished up Tsubasa Chronicles
And extremely shocked that I understood like 80% of it. Might just be me, but I love theories and what not in my media.
I still do think having a dozen or so 'same characters' does get a bit annoying and the whole bad guy predicting everything gets tiring.
btw: did something change halfway? The tonal shift was really abrupt. RL problems? Manga attracted older audience?
Now to blast through xxxholic! bwahahaha. Mokona is still the best stuffed blob around.
And extremely shocked that I understood like 80% of it. Might just be me, but I love theories and what not in my media.
I still do think having a dozen or so 'same characters' does get a bit annoying and the whole bad guy predicting everything gets tiring.
btw: did something change halfway? The tonal shift was really abrupt. RL problems? Manga attracted older audience?
Now to blast through xxxholic! bwahahaha. Mokona is still the best stuffed blob around.
ColossalLazy
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Pupun vol 7
LOL why the fuck Punpun became a
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LOL why the fuck Punpun became a
pyramid
Represents his pathetic/depressed self.
Represents Punpun closing himself off from the world. I want to buy this so badly. I wonder if I can import it from europe or singapore in a language I can read.
Dorohedoro
There are a few people that I know off reading this. Its a slow release so it doesn't get brought up very often.
French and Italian(I think?) are your only options.
Hohohoho. Oh man. You are a better man than me sir. A far better man than me. Have you read Cardcaptor Sakura yet though? I'd ask people to read it in this order: CS>XXHolic=TRC. Only then, does the true mind fuck begin.
The "bad guy who knows everything" also makes alot more sense after XXX. Clamp multiverse is weird.
Edit: A Girl By the Sea Vol. 1
What the fuck did I just read. In one of the later chapters..was he...with? Was that...yeah? Lube? Man, this shit is surreal.
Compared to the rest of Asano's work this is extremely grounded in reality!
Love Collage vol 1
None of these girls are cute. You tricked me gunbo
Why do you keep spreading filthy perverted lies?
None of these girls are cute. You tricked me gunbo
Why do you keep spreading filthy perverted lies?
Did you forget that Solanin exists?
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
TWGOK
My Prediction: Chihiro is deliberately setting herself up as the antagonist in the relationship in order to avoid the scenario that Keima was worried about. She is sacrificing her friendship with Ayumi and making herself the villain by trying to break them up. The recording proves nothing but that Keima really wants to get with Ayumi and talks weirdly, hardly shocking revelations. If Chihiro wanted to actually sabotage the relationship, she would try to guilt trip Ayumi instead of taking this aggressive tact.
The panel showing Chihiro remembering Keima's rejection has to be a distraction. The recording was taken when they entered the house, meaning Chihiro had already conceived of her plan at that point. I think her words to Keima immediately after that were sincere, and that she hasn't forgotten seeing the Vintage agents trying to interfere.
I suspect the confrontation will end with Ayumi and Chihiro having an argument and Ayumi storming out angrily, determined to be with Keima and unencumbered by any guilt regarding Chihiro. Or something along those lines.
My Prediction: Chihiro is deliberately setting herself up as the antagonist in the relationship in order to avoid the scenario that Keima was worried about. She is sacrificing her friendship with Ayumi and making herself the villain by trying to break them up. The recording proves nothing but that Keima really wants to get with Ayumi and talks weirdly, hardly shocking revelations. If Chihiro wanted to actually sabotage the relationship, she would try to guilt trip Ayumi instead of taking this aggressive tact.
The panel showing Chihiro remembering Keima's rejection has to be a distraction. The recording was taken when they entered the house, meaning Chihiro had already conceived of her plan at that point. I think her words to Keima immediately after that were sincere, and that she hasn't forgotten seeing the Vintage agents trying to interfere.
I suspect the confrontation will end with Ayumi and Chihiro having an argument and Ayumi storming out angrily, determined to be with Keima and unencumbered by any guilt regarding Chihiro. Or something along those lines.
Guys, I think I have a fetish for detective stories. The detective flashback in Lucifer and Biscuit hammer really has my attention. It really gets my blood pumping when they start talking about MO, murder, and method of escape. I also played the visual novel, Kara no Shoujop which ended up being one of my absolute favorite reading experiences ever.
So what i'm trying to say is... any awesome top tier detective manga's? (barring detective conan)
EDIT: Hiwatari is an absolute badass, I wish she had a bigger part in the manga (swoon) ♪
Guys, I think I have a fetish for detective stories. The detective flashback in Lucifer and Biscuit hammer really has my attention. It really gets my blood pumping when they start talking about MO, murder, and method of escape. I also played the visual novel, Kara no Shoujop which ended up being one of my absolute favorite reading experiences ever.
So what i'm trying to say is... any awesome top tier detective manga's? (barring detective conan)
EDIT: Hiwatari is an absolute badass, I wish she had a bigger part in the manga (swoon) ♪
Mystery manga?
Monster is really the only mystery manga I like.
Crash Station
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Dorohedoro vol 12
Shit has been getting real lately. Kind of glad because I was getting tired of the screwing around. It was amusing at first because of how bizarre this world is, but it was time for some seriousness.
Shit has been getting real lately. Kind of glad because I was getting tired of the screwing around. It was amusing at first because of how bizarre this world is, but it was time for some seriousness.
Maybe Kindaichi Case Files. Although that's not fully scanlated, but I've watched some adaptations, it's pretty good.
Not many Nura fans here, but there are a few of us. I might check out S2 for dat Kyoto arc.
Paradox Blue vol 1
I had initially passed on this, base on reading a preview of the first chapter. It seemed kind of stupid. But then grabbed it this month and I'm actually surpruised because it seems good enough. The whole "war" of Angels against humanity through riddles and trials that must be overcome is interesting in itself, but the best part, which I found out by reading the volume, is the whole hinting system so the reader can try and solve the riddles himself/herself, complete with bad ends for the wrong choices.
Cristia (oh this name, makes me think of female Jesus) seems a bit too optimistic to me, while the rest of the cast is a bit more to my liking (though scaredy cat Sojuro can become a little annoying).
The tone of the story seems to be kept light through some comedy and absurdity, even though there are people dieing and all.
I bought the 4 volumes published here, and I see it ends at 5. Will have to hope that comes out soon.
Also, I see someone scanlated chapter 9 just recently, so maybe the scanlation for this is picking back up again? Could be good for anyone else that might end up interested in reading it.
This getting scanlated? Nice, so you guys can take part in the stupidity with me!
I had initially passed on this, base on reading a preview of the first chapter. It seemed kind of stupid. But then grabbed it this month and I'm actually surpruised because it seems good enough. The whole "war" of Angels against humanity through riddles and trials that must be overcome is interesting in itself, but the best part, which I found out by reading the volume, is the whole hinting system so the reader can try and solve the riddles himself/herself, complete with bad ends for the wrong choices.
Cristia (oh this name, makes me think of female Jesus) seems a bit too optimistic to me, while the rest of the cast is a bit more to my liking (though scaredy cat Sojuro can become a little annoying).
The tone of the story seems to be kept light through some comedy and absurdity, even though there are people dieing and all.
I bought the 4 volumes published here, and I see it ends at 5. Will have to hope that comes out soon.
Also, I see someone scanlated chapter 9 just recently, so maybe the scanlation for this is picking back up again? Could be good for anyone else that might end up interested in reading it.
This getting scanlated? Nice, so you guys can take part in the stupidity with me!
It's speculation and that isn't how this thread works.
Granted it is a very very convincing scenario.
gundamkyoukai
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HSDK
Good chapter , looking forward to find out more about Miu father .
Good chapter , looking forward to find out more about Miu father .
Tribes of Trusty
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Yeah,
He's either a "good guy" infiltrated in Yomi, or a "bad guy" who is, like a lot of HSDK villains, nice outside of fights, to the point of bipolarity, ha ha
Neoriceisgood
Member
Fully support this notion.
Keima, throughout the chapter, kept saying how Chihiro's efforts were completely undesirable. So her doing the exact opposite, no matter how "harsh" it comes across, might be a huge turn for the better.
A few things that I'm thinking about do crop up;
1. Chihiro being reminded of his harsh rejection, as you said, obviously wasn't "sudden" because she recorded most of the things he said. At the same time the reason she remembered it might still be relevant. This brings up point 2:
2. If you're right and Chihiro is doing this to help Keima, this means one thing that's of huge plot importance: She understands the game.
Knowing that something this "destructive" is exactly what Keima needs to win Ayumi over is game-master level territory, and I'm fairly sure Keima has never told Chihiro about it directly.
This to me, might mean that Chihiro being reminded of that very harsh rejection made her realise Keima, to conquer Ayumi, needed Chihiro to be ..well, hate-filled about it. She's only been friendly because she realised he's a robot on a mission, more so than just toying with people. But in Keima's original scenario this should/would never happen.
If it's true that Chihiro is trying to help Keima by doing this it'd probably make her the first character to actually show understanding of Keima's games. Which is quite interesting.
It could also be that she's literally pissed and is just doing this to mess with him, accidentally helping him in the process. But that seems less likely to me.
I was just playing around man since it makes perfect sense.
Bakuman
I'm only hoping she gets the part just so we can move on to Muto vs Eiji...or a better series. Honestly I think the creators of the series need work with different people again or do shorter series (no more than 7 volumes).
Hikaru no Go was good because the art and story quality picked up despite the story length and it was pretty realistic and enjoyable. Such a shame, up until the Saiko's hospital discharge, it was a really good series.
I'm only hoping she gets the part just so we can move on to Muto vs Eiji...or a better series. Honestly I think the creators of the series need work with different people again or do shorter series (no more than 7 volumes).
Hikaru no Go was good because the art and story quality picked up despite the story length and it was pretty realistic and enjoyable. Such a shame, up until the Saiko's hospital discharge, it was a really good series.
Dedication Through Light
Member
What do you mean? I think the only shift I noticed was that it seemed like they just rushed to conclude it, they really could have explored more worlds and such
The only thing I struggle with was keeping both Syaoran's apart.
ColossalLazy
Member
HSDK
Nice chapter. The guy is full of hax.
Bakuman
Zzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Goodnight Punpun Vol 8
Sachi is such a wonderful girl.
Nice chapter. The guy is full of hax.
Bakuman
Zzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Goodnight Punpun Vol 8
Sachi is such a wonderful girl.
Infinite Justice
Member
Is it wrong that every time i look at the guy i can see
Kenichi and wonder if that was a reason why the group took Kenichi as a disciple?
should be interesting to see more about him.
Neoriceisgood
Member
Bakuman
Next chapter prediction: "OH MY GOD SHE USED NO SCRIPT SHE SPOKE FROM THE HEART SO BEAUTIFUL"
Next chapter prediction: "OH MY GOD SHE USED NO SCRIPT SHE SPOKE FROM THE HEART SO BEAUTIFUL"
I almost want to see her fail, just to see the character development that would come from her and Mashiro.
The biggest fault of Bakuman is they never quite showed Azuki's character well. She's always kinda been a background character despite being a main character. Plus they waited too long to introduce fellow voice actors, like I said earlier.
Having her fail for once would do wonders.
Of course, that means Bakuman would last longer so they probably won't do that.
I just can't see her failing cause that means they need to make another anime.
Also I don't know how anime adaptations work when it comes to sequels but seeing how the third season is airing in Fall 2012, the manga needs to be dragged on till then correct? So that means at the earliest, we gotta wait till October for the manga to end.
The anime must do pretty well considering they greenlit the third season... before the second even hit it's halfway point? Something like that anyhow.
And if they are ending at the start of the third season, then that means around 30-40 more chapters. Which would be just enough time to have three more arcs given the way Bakuman goes through story arcs.
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