Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
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I suppose not everyone has spent as much time in the bowels of the internet as I have.
Glass Rebel
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It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
When you go to certain disreputable websites, you still get pop-up ads and non-targeted banner ads. There's one that's been going around for months claiming you could learn any language in a week or some bullshit. It's only funny because it has a picture of some guy that looks like it was taken in the 1920s in it.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
I honestly thought that it went downhill when the girl started to blackmail him. I stopped enjoy reading it at the blackmail moment until the end. Did you not think the quality of the manga dipped because of the blackmail?
Glass Rebel
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The Innocent
Overall it wasn't bad, but it lacked some needed details imho. It also suffered from a lack of originality when it came to characters names. I mean, the protagonist is called Ash J. Light and is some sort of ghost that uses ashes to create stuff. The evil boss that framed Ash and sent him on the electric chair is called Frame Burns. A crazy killer is called Whirl. I don't know, something about those names feels just wrong.
Overall it wasn't bad, but it lacked some needed details imho. It also suffered from a lack of originality when it came to characters names. I mean, the protagonist is called Ash J. Light and is some sort of ghost that uses ashes to create stuff. The evil boss that framed Ash and sent him on the electric chair is called Frame Burns. A crazy killer is called Whirl. I don't know, something about those names feels just wrong.
Silver Spoon - Chapter 5-10
Finally done with the Spring arc. I really like this now. One thing which I found really notable about this series is how unique each chapter is. Instead of trying to find ways of doing the same thing over and over, Arakawa instead shows how diverse and varied the Agriculture world can be. There's always something new to talk about, and something new to learn. Using the pizza story as a way to bring all the characters together and show the growth that the lead character has experienced since the first chapter is a really nice touch, and shows that she's still a master storyteller even in a totally different genre.
Finally done with the Spring arc. I really like this now. One thing which I found really notable about this series is how unique each chapter is. Instead of trying to find ways of doing the same thing over and over, Arakawa instead shows how diverse and varied the Agriculture world can be. There's always something new to talk about, and something new to learn. Using the pizza story as a way to bring all the characters together and show the growth that the lead character has experienced since the first chapter is a really nice touch, and shows that she's still a master storyteller even in a totally different genre.
mysticwhip
Banned
Tegami Bachi
i was interested since the art wasn't shit like most manga but the the art isn't good enough for me to read this boring ass story.
i was interested since the art wasn't shit like most manga but the the art isn't good enough for me to read this boring ass story.
A Huge Battleship
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Koharu no Hibi 22
I'm still unsure whether this series is fundamentally supposed to be sweet or messed up.
Anyway this chapter was sweet and messed up.
I'm still unsure whether this series is fundamentally supposed to be sweet or messed up.
Anyway this chapter was sweet and messed up.
Sukimasuki vol 1 End
Well this was an interesting read. The peeping aspect was very unique and it's pretty funny how both of them were spying on each other. Heisaku's hobby is still weird and I honestly can't understand his fascination with the spaces in-between. Even the author had to talk about it saying it was a very hard idea to sell to publishers and she didn't even think she can get the manga published. Also, throughout the entire manga, I felt that the art style was very familiar and it turned out it's by the same author of Usagi Drop, Yumi Unita
Their final confrontation was very well done even though the build up to it wasn't that exciting. Also I felt like Hana's feelings towards Fumio needed more expanding instead of just dedicating one chapter to it.
Well this was an interesting read. The peeping aspect was very unique and it's pretty funny how both of them were spying on each other. Heisaku's hobby is still weird and I honestly can't understand his fascination with the spaces in-between. Even the author had to talk about it saying it was a very hard idea to sell to publishers and she didn't even think she can get the manga published. Also, throughout the entire manga, I felt that the art style was very familiar and it turned out it's by the same author of Usagi Drop, Yumi Unita
Their final confrontation was very well done even though the build up to it wasn't that exciting. Also I felt like Hana's feelings towards Fumio needed more expanding instead of just dedicating one chapter to it.
You still read naruto right?
Glass Rebel
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Solanin is pretty great. That is all.
survivor redeemed.
survivor redeemed.
gundamkyoukai
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I can understand where you are coming from still they are trying in some ways to make things better .
Streaming stuff along with other ideas but your right knowing Japan they going to take forever to change there business model and until then they will have to live off the hardcore.
Since this is the manga thread we can talk about problems that affecting the manga industry .
The overall sales have been going down for a while , more and more people don't want to buy a magazine for 1 series so they just buy Vols instead .
Which brings up the problem of introducing people to new series without a tied in .
Then there also self-publishing which going to have a big affect later on in the manga industry .
Crash Station
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Like chapter 20ish or something.
mysticwhip
Banned
yea
Read solanin like a month ago, it was very naisu.
Then I insist you continue with Tegami Bachi. Are you up to date with it?
Then I insist you continue with Tegami Bachi. Are you up to date with it?
mysticwhip
Banned
just read the first 2 chapters, hasn't grabbed me at all man.
and i don't really care for this 'heart' stuff.
gundamkyoukai
Member
Try a few more chapters but the main char is young and cries allot and the heart stuff is a main part of the manga .
It's on of those manga that suppose to make you feel all fuzzy in side.
Toriko
"Oh yeah, I forgot about 2 things-" *shut off* :lol
Never change Zebra. His pet is, like, scarier than all 4 beasts combined. Geez.
Medaka Box
I figured death was a non-issue (was it EVER an issue in this manga?), but the seal is a problem.
Also not sure if it was intentional or not, but I love Anshin'in's "both live and dead are equal to me" pun. It's so perfect it had to be on purpose.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about 2 things-" *shut off* :lol
Never change Zebra. His pet is, like, scarier than all 4 beasts combined. Geez.
Medaka Box
I figured death was a non-issue (was it EVER an issue in this manga?), but the seal is a problem.
Also not sure if it was intentional or not, but I love Anshin'in's "both live and dead are equal to me" pun. It's so perfect it had to be on purpose.
Dedication Through Light
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Perhaps when Noir and Reverse comes in, but I guess that would require sitting for quite a few chapters, though I was hooked from the first volume
I only recommend quality to you
mysticwhip
Banned
sorry bro, if manga can't hook me after the first couple chapters I pretty much drop it.
Glass Rebel
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gundamkyoukai
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Truth is i watch the anime first .
I watch first season then check out the manga heard it was getting a second season so i stop reading
Watch the second season they change stuff at the end so i pick the manga back up from there and just stop reading after a while.
That happens allot to me .
For real, I don't if youa re suppose to feel for the psycho or not.
I reverse it. If it's getting bored, I would rather drop it. I would have dropped naruto 5 years ago and it's still horrible to read.
Dedication Through Light
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Grimmjow and the return of Hichigo all in one chapter?! Are you trying to bring about one of the greatest chapters to ever be imagined by Kubo?
Neoriceisgood
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What? The ending was great.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
My assumption is that the Sasuke thing is designed to lead into a Tobi identity reveal, like Orochimaru is going to go off and explain how he already knew his identity bla bla bla
It'd be great if Grimm came back, but how the heck would he have gained all that power so quickly? Assuming he didn't die after his fight with Ichigo, wouldn't he have been reincarnated as a worm or something and have had to fight his way back over time to return to his arrancar form?
It's a strange story but it was enjoyable. I remember not liking the ending since it just sort of ... finished. Like, it felt like I was missing pages.
This is like Zenkichi's third brush with death, though the first one that looks quite so dire.
...then again, All-Fiction and Anshin'in.
Edit: On that note, I guess her flashbacks of Zenkichi were from her putting him through the Flask Plan? I guess she taught him how to cook as well, eh?
I'm not really familiar with the situation here, since I don't know anything about magazine sales. I'll love to hear more detailed thoughts on stuff like this, since I've always wondered why people buy weekly or monthly manga magazines myself. Even over a decade ago, when I was following a lot of CLAMP series, I would buy the volumes and just read the chapters which were in the magazines without buying them. I loved the shit out of X, but I wasn't going to buy Asuka every month just for a chapter of that, since the other manga serialized in it had no interest to me.
I agree that to introduce new manga with good potential to audiences, anime tie-ups are almost required these days though. Silver Spoon seems to be a very unusual case which totally bucks the trend, but otherwise having a good anime running at a decent time slot has done wonders for a lot of manga. FMA got a huge boost from the initial anime back then, and even Brotherhood gave the manga a boost in sales even though it was already so popular. Blue Exorcist got a huge boost too, and Space Brothers is getting a decent boost from the current anime. It'll be interesting to see how Magi does post-anime as well.
I'm not familiar with self-publishing for manga in Japan at all. In fact, I'm not aware it's even a thing. Would love to read more about this as well. Aside from the doujin industry, I have the impression that indie publishing just doesn't have the strength to really compete with having a strong publishing partner. How's it going to work?
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Saiyan blood.
Fan favorite.
ColossalLazy
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Beelzebub
Pretty hyped for the painting lol.
Medaka Box
"I am so happy I can die now!" Oh Zenkichi.
Jojo Part 7 CH 1 - 29
I am still mindfucked by Part 6 ending.
I guess this a parallel universe. The setting is pretty exciting.
The Jojo of this one starts pretty weak but is getting stronger. Gyro is awesome.
And lol at Dio stand ability.
Pretty hyped for the painting lol.
Medaka Box
"I am so happy I can die now!" Oh Zenkichi.
Jojo Part 7 CH 1 - 29
I am still mindfucked by Part 6 ending.
I guess this a parallel universe. The setting is pretty exciting.
The Jojo of this one starts pretty weak but is getting stronger. Gyro is awesome.
And lol at Dio stand ability.
You're almost catching up to me, hrmpft.
But yeah gyro, dio and johnny are pretty awesome.
Though it's still not confirmed that SBR is the result of Part 6's ending (it still isn't, right?), it's kinda hard to believe it isn't. So I'd like to think SBR is still a direct sequel to Part 6.
A Black Falcon
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Harem Illogic indeed. Or can I somehow blame Stockholm Syndrome, with how he's the only male most of them have ever known? Either way, it's quite stupid... though of course, as if Nagasarete Airantou ever was anything else? I enjoy it despite its stupidity, pretty much. I mean, for instance, the fact that Ikouto still gets a nosebleed every single time he sees a naked girl, after 121 chapters of seeing them naked in almost every chapter (slight exaggeration there, but not by too much; he's the one who cares about such things, not any of them), probably, is so ridiculously impossible that I don't think I need to say any more... yes, he'd be used to it by now.
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