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Indeed, the com part ruins most of it.
A Huge Battleship
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Magico 1-END
Would've been more interesting if those two were the MCs. As it was, I don't really have anything positive to say about it.
Would've been more interesting if those two were the MCs. As it was, I don't really have anything positive to say about it.
^ From the anime thread. I know a few people here follow the manga.
You can never go wrong. I'm not exactly sure what my favorite genre is per say...but shounen romcoms are up there. And not the heavy fan-service ones either. I like the ones with a twist like Countrouble and Karin. Witches, angels, devils, vampires, etc... It's a combination of fantasy with a read that is typically light-hearted and most importantly, fun.
I can only take most other genres in doses. Too much shoujo is a headache galore. Too much battle shounen just makes me feel like I'm in a loop. Too much seinen makes reads too serious. Too much josei makes things too shallow. Too much fan-service manga...wait, that one is OK.
My sarcasm doesn't work on new blood it seems.
Relaxed Muscle
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I noticed it a bit later on.
You can never go wrong. I'm not exactly sure what my favorite genre is per say...but shounen romcoms are up there. And not the heavy fan-service ones either. I like the ones with a twist like Countrouble and Karin. Witches, angels, devils, vampires, etc... It's a combination of fantasy with a read that is typically light-hearted and most importantly, fun.
I can only take most other genres in doses. Too much shoujo is a headache galore. Too much battle shounen just makes me feel like I'm in a loop. Too much seinen makes reads too serious. Too much josei makes things too shallow. Too much fan-service manga...wait, that one is OK.
Hm ... I don't even really know if I have a favorite genre, honestly. More the type of story, I guess? Dunno! I mean, I hone in on romance subplots way too much as is anyway :x
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That's because interest in others is a part of life e.g. realism. And subplots without romantic interest feel abnormal and disconnected if the criteria is present. It's also identifiable, at least to a degree more then receiving mysterious powers or turning into some creature. We also have to deal with these types of relationships or variations of them, while we are of course not out there going on training arcs to level up for our foes (or at least I hope not). So seeing a much rosier depiction of these romantic subplots is refreshing with no mess.
That's at least my view.
I know that's what I read it for.
Yo I heard Fairy Tail was pretty good, guys!
Fairy Tail is terrible. That chapter sounds like the best one.
Dedication Through Light
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There is a liveblog of kodanshas sdcc panel, if ones interested http://animediet.net/conventions/kodansha-manga-panel-liveblog
No, it sucks
huh?You can never go wrong. I'm not exactly sure what my favorite genre is per say...but shounen romcoms are up there. And not the heavy fan-service ones either. I like the ones with a twist like Countrouble and Karin. Witches, angels, devils, vampires, etc... It's a combination of fantasy with a read that is typically light-hearted and most importantly, fun.
I can only take most other genres in doses. Too much shoujo is a headache galore. Too much battle shounen just makes me feel like I'm in a loop. Too much seinen makes reads too serious. Too much josei makes things too shallow. Too much fan-service manga...wait, that one is OK.
Why do they keep talking about boring crap like Sailor Moon, argh
I found this part funny
"How did Borders’ bankruptcy affect them? not much. They were ready for them to implode as early as 2008"
Dedication Through Light
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I was just going for that I'm a hopeless romantic at heart but, sure, that works too.
Nah, I think you're right on that.
It is. Those impressions are making me a little hot.
Wow, I'll need to get back into this. One of my friends sent me the first volume through mail last year, seeming she lives in Obihiro. I was pretty hooked even know its not really the genre that keeps me occupied. Enjoying FMA must have been the key.
Read One Piece a bit late this week. It's getting much better now with all the major villains and such finally getting some more hype/screen time. Hopefully those build ups from so early on in the manga doesn't disappoint in the end.
Dedication Through Light
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Toki to Towa 1
Eh the manga didnt really sell me on the game. Hopefully the game just swiftly breezes over all this stuff before the 50th page because it was pretty dull and drab. The five leads were just unappealing and boring, and a hot spring even, all for a flower for a wedding? why? The last four pages were good I guess, well makes me want to read what happens next since
, it almost reminds me of what happened in the beginning of Tsubasa, except without feathers and if Sakura was male.
Eh the manga didnt really sell me on the game. Hopefully the game just swiftly breezes over all this stuff before the 50th page because it was pretty dull and drab. The five leads were just unappealing and boring, and a hot spring even, all for a flower for a wedding? why? The last four pages were good I guess, well makes me want to read what happens next since
the one she is marrying seems struck down and all these shadow people came up
Pandora Hearts 1-32
So I decided to read through the entirety of the manga once again since the 20th is approaching. I realize every time just how drastic the art changes are as the story progresses. Oz looks less more and more defined with his somber eyes and the overall design of the faces/characters sets it apart from other mangas to me. Plus I'm slowly realizing that the manga gets more intricate in plot due to the amount of words per page as the chapters go on.
I think my favorite part of the manga up to this point is how Break comes off as an ass and you slowly get to learn how is mind actually works. We get bits and pieces of his psyche and just as I think that I understand him, he becomes everso mysterious. Really keeps me on enticed and interested in the series. So far it's an enjoyable experience and I don't regret reading the series again and again and again.
So I decided to read through the entirety of the manga once again since the 20th is approaching. I realize every time just how drastic the art changes are as the story progresses. Oz looks less more and more defined with his somber eyes and the overall design of the faces/characters sets it apart from other mangas to me. Plus I'm slowly realizing that the manga gets more intricate in plot due to the amount of words per page as the chapters go on.
I think my favorite part of the manga up to this point is how Break comes off as an ass and you slowly get to learn how is mind actually works. We get bits and pieces of his psyche and just as I think that I understand him, he becomes everso mysterious. Really keeps me on enticed and interested in the series. So far it's an enjoyable experience and I don't regret reading the series again and again and again.
Natsu no Zenjitsu vol 1
Very good first volume. No stupid going back and forth between Akira and Testuo, they just ended up together by the end of the first chapter and had sex by the second, which was too hot. (NSFW?)
I have a feeling the author of the manga was an art student and this kinda resembles her time there. Well maybe it's not like See you in Eden. It's just what I feel from the art style and the theme of the manga (artist struggling to draw shit). The art looks very different from regular manga, there is more shading, feels more busy. Just some pictures to show what I mean
Akira holding an umberlla for Testsuo
Tetsuo giving back the umbrella
Tetsuo and Akira getting close
Akira's room
You had a thing for scarves right Solune?
So there was this girl, Hanami, that Tetsuo keeps seeing. I don't know if he will actually talk to her, but I really hope this manga stays away from love triangles, NTR, or misunderstanding bullshit. I expect a somewhat mature take on romance and I hope Hanami doesn't ruin that.
Very good first volume. No stupid going back and forth between Akira and Testuo, they just ended up together by the end of the first chapter and had sex by the second, which was too hot. (NSFW?)
I have a feeling the author of the manga was an art student and this kinda resembles her time there. Well maybe it's not like See you in Eden. It's just what I feel from the art style and the theme of the manga (artist struggling to draw shit). The art looks very different from regular manga, there is more shading, feels more busy. Just some pictures to show what I mean
Akira holding an umberlla for Testsuo
Tetsuo giving back the umbrella
Tetsuo and Akira getting close
Akira's room
You had a thing for scarves right Solune?
So there was this girl, Hanami, that Tetsuo keeps seeing. I don't know if he will actually talk to her, but I really hope this manga stays away from love triangles, NTR, or misunderstanding bullshit. I expect a somewhat mature take on romance and I hope Hanami doesn't ruin that.
AlphaDragoon
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Fairy Tail
So after Natsu invades your compound and beats the living fuck out of half your members simply because you stripped, banished and humiliated one of your own guild members...your plan is to try and kill Lucy, his partner and one of the people he cares about most on the planet?
Y'all motherfuckers retarded. People gonna get barbequed next chapter.
So after Natsu invades your compound and beats the living fuck out of half your members simply because you stripped, banished and humiliated one of your own guild members...your plan is to try and kill Lucy, his partner and one of the people he cares about most on the planet?
Y'all motherfuckers retarded. People gonna get barbequed next chapter.
Infinite Justice
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More likely due to him pulling shit out of his ass like usual
The lipstick kills the entire thing
Should be interesting to see these alternate characters though
That's.... racist?
Crash Station
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Life is Money
I know I seem like a broken record at this point, but the facial expressions and impact of certain pages are still awesome. This continues to be similar to Kaiji with a nastier game and a more standard art style.
And damn, Kouji indirectly killed someone 0_o. This game has completely killed his innocence. That sucks.
I know I seem like a broken record at this point, but the facial expressions and impact of certain pages are still awesome. This continues to be similar to Kaiji with a nastier game and a more standard art style.
And damn, Kouji indirectly killed someone 0_o. This game has completely killed his innocence. That sucks.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I can't really understand why Gray has such a problem with Juvia. Stalker or not, she's the only waifu of that matters in FT.
Also: lol@ the panel with the Sabertooth guy giving the Dreamworks smile.
Also also: It's pretty ridiculous that all of the bad guys in FT are such simpletons that they legitimately enjoy torturing other people and being baseline evil for the sake of evil, but then magically grow hearts (Grinch-style) when its time for a pointless heel-face turn like these dragon slayers are totally going to get. Like, this chick literally tortured and as far as they know, murdered Lucy in front of everyone and they're all laughing like its hilarious. It's silly and every single "evil" guild in FT is like that. Wouldn't they be worried that Makarov was going to go over there and kill them? Maybe someone already told them Makarov is useless and never does anything.
Also: lol@ the panel with the Sabertooth guy giving the Dreamworks smile.
Also also: It's pretty ridiculous that all of the bad guys in FT are such simpletons that they legitimately enjoy torturing other people and being baseline evil for the sake of evil, but then magically grow hearts (Grinch-style) when its time for a pointless heel-face turn like these dragon slayers are totally going to get. Like, this chick literally tortured and as far as they know, murdered Lucy in front of everyone and they're all laughing like its hilarious. It's silly and every single "evil" guild in FT is like that. Wouldn't they be worried that Makarov was going to go over there and kill them? Maybe someone already told them Makarov is useless and never does anything.
Crash Station
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Btooom!
Fuck, I knew this was going to happen! I REALLY don't want old guy to die because of this
Fuck, I knew this was going to happen! I REALLY don't want old guy to die because of this
DTL alt? jk
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Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
To add to that last point, Gajeel's original character intro was him torturing Lucy by beating the shit out of her to taunt Natsu, and then everyone in FT forgot about it.
Hell, he beat the shit out of Levi too, and now she's in love with him. Mashima is pretty warped.
Hell, he beat the shit out of Levi too, and now she's in love with him. Mashima is pretty warped.
A Huge Battleship
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Aunt Tits 39
They're gonna have sex while driving. Nothing could possibly go wrong.
They're gonna have sex while driving. Nothing could possibly go wrong.
They're going to, but then her father called or some other shit happened and Minamoto will be left alone at the hotel. This is aunt tits, after all.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Not that I have personally read it, but I would be willing to wager there won't be any sex.
Crash Station
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Magi 112
Young Sinbad's design makes me really want a prequel manga, or at least a flashback.
Also, OH GOD at that ending.
Young Sinbad's design makes me really want a prequel manga, or at least a flashback.
Also, OH GOD at that ending.
Word. I have a month's worth of chapters (lol) to catch up on. Shit's a tease man.
Silver Spoon - Chapter 32-44
Oh dear, we're going into a drama arc! I hope this doesn't end badly for Hachiken. He's so fragile, it hurts to see him do some of that shit to himself. On the other hand, it seems that with the Autumn arc, characters are starting to move forward. We finally see the baseball stuff previously hinted at, and preparing for cultural festivals is always fun. The bad news? I'm now out of Silver Spoon to read. Boo!
Magi - Chapter 112
Hey, chibi-Sinbad in one of the panels is pretty cool. It's nice to see an acknowledgement of how Sinbad is the final evolution of a typical shounen lead, who has traveled the world, adventured, gotten stronger, gathered allies, and eventually become the adult mentor figure who is the direct opposite of a shounen lead.
WTF @ ENDING. This is why I hate reading weekly manga. >_<
Oh dear, we're going into a drama arc! I hope this doesn't end badly for Hachiken. He's so fragile, it hurts to see him do some of that shit to himself. On the other hand, it seems that with the Autumn arc, characters are starting to move forward. We finally see the baseball stuff previously hinted at, and preparing for cultural festivals is always fun. The bad news? I'm now out of Silver Spoon to read. Boo!
Magi - Chapter 112
Hey, chibi-Sinbad in one of the panels is pretty cool. It's nice to see an acknowledgement of how Sinbad is the final evolution of a typical shounen lead, who has traveled the world, adventured, gotten stronger, gathered allies, and eventually become the adult mentor figure who is the direct opposite of a shounen lead.
WTF @ ENDING. This is why I hate reading weekly manga. >_<
Minamoto
Well, uh? What do you think he'll think about when you're such a stupid tease? Look how you're dressed, woman, then tell others they're sex freaks!
Fairy Tail
I love in the color spread how they redrew Kana injecting alcohol into her nose (otherwise, nice spread).
Magi
So far I can see where Sinbad's coming from, he's helping all of them out (understatement) so it's reasonable to expect support. Nothing wrong here. But his face after he does the deed is like he's gonna leverage them to conquer the world or something.
He's a good guy for sure, dunno why he's doing the face. Some calculated nice-guy won't kill anyone.
Well, uh? What do you think he'll think about when you're such a stupid tease? Look how you're dressed, woman, then tell others they're sex freaks!
Fairy Tail
I love in the color spread how they redrew Kana injecting alcohol into her nose (otherwise, nice spread).
Magi
So far I can see where Sinbad's coming from, he's helping all of them out (understatement) so it's reasonable to expect support. Nothing wrong here. But his face after he does the deed is like he's gonna leverage them to conquer the world or something.
He's a good guy for sure, dunno why he's doing the face. Some calculated nice-guy won't kill anyone.
(misleading picture because the camera-man then bought the last 2 copies)
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