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I had to reread this chapter to see which was it and ... oh man. This kind of makes me rethink some of the current arc stuff! I think I need to reread Medaka Box in its entirety eventually and see how things flow together like this hm...
ColossalLazy
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Magi
Judal with that declaration of war, such a boss. Sinbad with dat swag.
Drifters
Why its is so short for a monthly manga?
Judal with that declaration of war, such a boss. Sinbad with dat swag.
Drifters
Why its is so short for a monthly manga?
Glass Rebel
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Medaka Box 105
Kumagawa is such a boss. I figured he must have removed the Jokers from the field though.
Later:
I love this manga.
Kumagawa is such a boss. I figured he must have removed the Jokers from the field though.
Later:
I love this manga.
Ice cold man.
I always said you had good taste Dynedom.
Maybe I should pick Yamada up...
Yamada and the Seven Witches
So they both have body swapping abilities thus negating the effect? Or maybe she has ability to cancel Yamada's power
So they both have body swapping abilities thus negating the effect? Or maybe she has ability to cancel Yamada's power
Fuck, I was hoping it would have sold more. Hopefully its sales increase.
I generally just look up the series on ANN and see if it has any news related links to sales. It doesn't work all the times but it gets me the result most of the times.
AlimNassor
Banned
shingeki no kyoji
I really enjoy this. I really love how it subverts everything about a shounen for the power of friendship to kids saving the world.
I really enjoy this. I really love how it subverts everything about a shounen for the power of friendship to kids saving the world.
Just for comparison sake the oldest sales figure for Yankee-kun to Megane-chan is volume 10 which sold 38,346 then disappeared from the charts. After that sales for other volumes were below 50k until the live action series which gave them a decent boost.
Living Game vol 1
This is a really good slice of life manga. No high school bullshit or teen angst, just real life problems such as finding an apartment for a 15 years old, dealing with your ex-girlfriend and her husband, and having your company move their office to your apartment.
There is a certain old school feeling to it by the way the characters interact and the art style. The first volume was a good read, my only worry is what they will do for the next 9 volumes. I hope they don't dwell too much into Raizo-Izumi relationship since I don't want it to be that kind of manga.
I did find it funny how finding an apartment is so hard with so many pointless rules. I wonder if it's just something from old times considering this manga was written in the 1990, or if it's just a Japanese thing.
This is a really good slice of life manga. No high school bullshit or teen angst, just real life problems such as finding an apartment for a 15 years old, dealing with your ex-girlfriend and her husband, and having your company move their office to your apartment.
There is a certain old school feeling to it by the way the characters interact and the art style. The first volume was a good read, my only worry is what they will do for the next 9 volumes. I hope they don't dwell too much into Raizo-Izumi relationship since I don't want it to be that kind of manga.
I did find it funny how finding an apartment is so hard with so many pointless rules. I wonder if it's just something from old times considering this manga was written in the 1990, or if it's just a Japanese thing.
Yamada would be really good if it was just set to be a short series about Yamada and Urara's integration into society.
Instead he started kissing other girls, and other girls popped in, and so on and so forth... this is going to get dragged out into oblivion until it gets a mercy killing via cancellation.
Instead he started kissing other girls, and other girls popped in, and so on and so forth... this is going to get dragged out into oblivion until it gets a mercy killing via cancellation.
Medaka Box
Something I noticed about this manga is that it has next to no consistency. There is a difference between little consistency & no consistency mind you. Bleach has no consistency and suffers for it terrible, while Medaka Box has no consistency... and you know what? It actually works. This manga has no breaks. No fillers, no wasted chapters. Everything is shown and arcs move in and out as quickly as possible. In one chapter they're playing video games, while in the next they're dancing & taking place in the battle of the bands. It reminds of me one those saturday morning cartoons I used to watch as a kid, and its part of the reason why I like it so much.
I'm disregarding battles, characters and plot here but as a manga, Medaka Box is an inconsistent mess! and I love it!
Something I noticed about this manga is that it has next to no consistency. There is a difference between little consistency & no consistency mind you. Bleach has no consistency and suffers for it terrible, while Medaka Box has no consistency... and you know what? It actually works. This manga has no breaks. No fillers, no wasted chapters. Everything is shown and arcs move in and out as quickly as possible. In one chapter they're playing video games, while in the next they're dancing & taking place in the battle of the bands. It reminds of me one those saturday morning cartoons I used to watch as a kid, and its part of the reason why I like it so much.
I'm disregarding battles, characters and plot here but as a manga, Medaka Box is an inconsistent mess! and I love it!
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
You dot know what consistency means do you?
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I checked it out and was instantly annoyed at how it looks even more like early Fairy Tail/Rave Master than Yankee-kun did. I think part of the problem is that the characters all literally look like specific Fairy Tail characters e.g. main girl looks pretty much identical to Lucy (and of course has a million panty shots and huge boobs too).
It wasn't KNIM levels of horrible, but it's a too fanservicey for my tastes.
As for manga sales, they don't necessarily mean that much; GE sells like 20K max all the time and it doesn't get cancelled. Not everything can be Naruto or One Piece
or Nisekoi =V
It had 7 in the title so I guess it should've been obvious for more characters but, yeah, I would've liked it just being the main two
I guess. It really doesn't bother me too much but the lack of direction for the plot is a little of an annoyance. The expy's are just whatever, though I don't think she looks that much like Elie/Lucy, though it's been a long time since I've read Fairy Tail.
Crash Station
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Area D
We're introduced to the factions and Jin goes crazy. Excellent. I'm thinking he'll end up with his own if he isn't completely disgusted by the concept. I mean we only have 3 directions here, so there's room for another.
We're introduced to the factions and Jin goes crazy. Excellent. I'm thinking he'll end up with his own if he isn't completely disgusted by the concept. I mean we only have 3 directions here, so there's room for another.
I was told to come here for oddball manga recommendations because I'm going crazy over Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita's anime. Hit me up! I can't guarantee that I'll read everything because it's prime backlog season over in AnimeGAF and the rest of my summer is probably for marathoning all of Gintama among other stuff, but I'll report in when I find something that I like.
There are a few moments in the series the come to mind (Kenpaichi & Byakuya vs Yammy the strongest espada and Ichigo's fights in general) but yeah Bleach is pretty weak on consistency for me. I mean quincy's are destroying Shinigamis left, right and center. It's pretty weird.
Titans Mystery is gone, Bad Box is in
Weekly cycle is out cause I hated the way I wrote it. If you guys have a better way of writing it, I will add it.
Weekly cycle is out cause I hated the way I wrote it. If you guys have a better way of writing it, I will add it.
Glass Rebel
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Should have removed Aunt Shits istead of Shingeki. For shame.
Also: What's the manga in the bottom right corner?
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
At some point you're going to have to come to terms with the fact that a lot of people don't like your favorite thing.
The World God Only Knows. It's Ayumi and Mercury.
Crash Station
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I'll 2nd Fourteen (and probably most of the guy's work). There's also anything by Shintaro Kago and God's Child (not to be confused with God Child). flawfuls should have some more recs when he shows up as would some other people. Can't really think of anything that's super similar to Jinrui, but there's definitely stuff like it out there.
Glass Rebel
Member
Ah, thanks. I know the name and roughly what it's about. Relax, survivor-chan, it's next on my list as soon as I catch up with the newest Good Box chapters.
Dedication Through Light
Member
Wow I only follow four of those. The bleach cover really stands out cause of that font. darn.
Fourteen, Umezu
Punpun, Bobobo.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
I don't care if people like it or not, but I will call people on that kind of bullshit that he said. He's saying that stuff as a fact which is utter bullshit.
InsaneZero
Member
This isn't a manga recommendation, but if you like Humanity has Declined then you probably should start looking up Tanaka Romeo's other works like Cross Channel.
Back on topic, I just finished up reading Bambino! (or at least, the supposed first half of it). Fantastic manga that really goes in-depth into a variety of different aspects of a gourmet restaurant. The cast of characters are all likeable and unique in their own right, although some of the romance plots does seem somewhat forced. While I'm waiting for the next half, I want to know if there are similar manga that revolves around cooking (and not just the food itself, like Toriko)? I know of Iron Wok Jan and Addicted to Curry, although I would prefer that the series didn't really revolve around cooking competitions.
If you want some batshit insane gag, try Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoiyo!! Masaru-san. The art is complety gag, so be prepared.
Glass Rebel
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So, with Steam Greenlight announced, who will help get Katawa Shoujo released on Steam?
Prove him wrong then. Put up or shut up.
Prove him wrong then. Put up or shut up.
InsaneZero
Member
I would help with getting all sorts of all-ages visual novels available on Steam.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
The espada were ranked on riatsu and not strength. Yammy's resurrection is rage which means the angrier he gets the more riatsu he gets. Ichigo is pretty consistent as well. He's no different than any Shonen main battle manga character. I will save my friends blah blah. The quincies have sealed shinigami's bankai. A shinigami's most potent weapon. Of course the shinigami will be corned and suffer casualties. Soken said that there were casualties on both sides in the quincy shinigami war. In Turn Back The Pendelum flashback Shunsui said that the only original captains left was Him, Ukitake, and Yamamoto. Ukitake mentioned Unohana as well. Theres only 2 ways that shinigami captains stop being that. They get promoted to the royal guard or they die in battle. The only exceptions who quit voluntarily is Byakuya's grand father. So yeah, you don't seem to know what consistency means.
AlimNassor
Banned
shingeki no kyojin
Caught up. So annie was the female titan? I knew it. Titans on the inside? Humanity is fucked. Titans breaching the wall? It's over. Now we have a talking titan? What the hell is going on?
Caught up. So annie was the female titan? I knew it. Titans on the inside? Humanity is fucked. Titans breaching the wall? It's over. Now we have a talking titan? What the hell is going on?
Let me know when I can throw my support behind a Steins;Gate release on Steam.
Like, Dislike, Like (TSUKISHIMA Haru) vol 1
Usual love triangle story, with a nice/cute but otherwise normal girl and two beautiful guys, one with a bad attitude and the other a pretty nice one, both in love, for a reason or another, with the girl. Despite this, I liked the first volume. Inoue, the girl, is a likable character and Saito, even if he's an asshole, he's right most of the time, even if it would be better if he didn't say anything.
I'm interested in finding out more about Inoue's friend though, since I get the impression she'll end up being the beauty that was hidden between a pair of glasses.
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