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Glass Rebel
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So how is Aunt tits?
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Hey guys, I've been busy all day, but I was just reading this new man....
WTF YAOI FANART IN THE MANGA THREAD
I'm out.
WTF YAOI FANART IN THE MANGA THREAD
I'm out.
Good Ending 120
I hope Seiji ends up with
I dunno why I typed that all out
I hope Seiji ends up with
Shou. Logically (I know why am I trying to bring logic in to a (romance) manga) it just seems like a potentially better relationship than anything he could have with Yuki. It helps a shit ton that Shou has been honest and straight forward with her feelings.
I dunno why I typed that all out
deep
I'm sure DTL will claim he has no idea what you are talking about. The fist pic is Naruto giving CPR and the rest is just them staring at each other.
So I just finsihed reading whats available of Kongou Banchou and holy crap is this a great series. Everything about it is great, the characters are great, the art is fantastic and the story is pretty good as well. This has some of the best double page spreads I've ever seen, like the one from the first chapter everyone seems to post when they read this. I never would have read this if it wasn't for this thread so thanks everyone who posted about it.
I need another series to read and I was thinking of trying to read Bleach. I've only ever read a few chapters and that was years ago so I don't really have an opinion on it one way or another. So should I bother, or just forget it and read something else?
I need another series to read and I was thinking of trying to read Bleach. I've only ever read a few chapters and that was years ago so I don't really have an opinion on it one way or another. So should I bother, or just forget it and read something else?
Glass Rebel
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If you like something as great as Kongou Banchou you're better off not reading Bleach.
Is it really that bad? I read and enjoy alot of series mangaf would say is complete trash so I'm actually really curious.
It's worth a shot. I recommend it, it's a very quick read. Sometimes the pacing can be slow but that won''t be a problem for you if you're reading it all in bunches. When Kubo is being slow (which is quite a bit), Bleach can be a pain week by week, but in bunches, it's great.
A good alternative is also the Bleach anime. It is a really good adaptation of the source material. But if anime isn't your thing, I still say Bleach is worth a shot.
I would have watched the anime if it was a shorter series but reading the manga would be far quicker. I read harem series so slow pacing is nothing new to me. Are the characters good? I don't mind stereotyped characters as long as they're not boring.
Glass Rebel
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Nah, I'm just laying out the bait for the Bleach fanatics in this thread.
As someone who hasn't enjoyed Bleach in a long long time I gotta agree with Stat Flow. I think the anime format fits Bleach much better because IMO the only thing worth checking out are the fights.
Glass Rebel
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Yeah, this. Characters are mostly great until the Arrancar arc where it becomes about 50/50. Vizards are almost all shit, Fullbting arc has only awful designs. His technique has gotten even better with the years though.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Someone should really pick up Ryuuroden.
Goddamn the fights, the human dramas, the intrigues, the strategies... and did I mention THE FIGHTS?
Not to mention that the art is very capable as well.
Goddamn the fights, the human dramas, the intrigues, the strategies... and did I mention THE FIGHTS?
Not to mention that the art is very capable as well.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Just a random thought: I have never read a manga as offensively cliched as Fairy Tail.
Glass Rebel
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Wasn't there a manga called Buster something which was a shameless FT ripoff?
Maleficence
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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?"
I wonder how many people actually understand which recent manga was most famous for using this catchphrase (although its been used a few times in various manga)
Bleach Volume 1
It's kinda generic so far but it's just started and the story hasn't even really started so that's fairly normal. The art is bad, as i said, though it's mostly Ichigo, Rukia & Orihime who are drawn badly. Chad is actually quite nicely designed though he's barely been in it so far. I've been doing other things between chapters but it seems to be a pretty quick read so far, I imagine it will get even faster when there's less information and introduction.
It's kinda generic so far but it's just started and the story hasn't even really started so that's fairly normal. The art is bad, as i said, though it's mostly Ichigo, Rukia & Orihime who are drawn badly. Chad is actually quite nicely designed though he's barely been in it so far. I've been doing other things between chapters but it seems to be a pretty quick read so far, I imagine it will get even faster when there's less information and introduction.
Glass Rebel
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Eyeshield 21? Ippo had something similar but I don't think they outright said "black muscles"
Oh god this is so terrible. Reminds me of Naruto in music form.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Its Junji Ito.... the guy who made a manga about a house full of grease, hahaha.
The Enigma of Amigara Fault is a masterclass though.
Also love Splatter Film
I also really enjoyed Hellstar Remina.
...Man, come to think of it, I do enjoy many of his work despite his often tendency to just ending them abruptly.
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
Barebacking is fine 'cause I'm made of rubber!
Crash Station
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Suashi no Meteorite 1-3
So there's this guy that wishes on a star for things. Then a meteor destroys his house, but the meteor is actually God in the form of a loli and she grants him other wishes like using a special technique that he didn't have time to think up a name for, so he just screams "dammit" and that becomes the name of the attack. To top it all off the price of the wishes is explosive diarrhea, and using dammit takes up a lot of energy, so he's on the toilet for the whole day afterwards. Then God decides to live with him and they go on wacky adventures while also battling monsters!
In other words, this is amazing.
So there's this guy that wishes on a star for things. Then a meteor destroys his house, but the meteor is actually God in the form of a loli and she grants him other wishes like using a special technique that he didn't have time to think up a name for, so he just screams "dammit" and that becomes the name of the attack. To top it all off the price of the wishes is explosive diarrhea, and using dammit takes up a lot of energy, so he's on the toilet for the whole day afterwards. Then God decides to live with him and they go on wacky adventures while also battling monsters!
In other words, this is amazing.
Its Junji Ito.... the guy who made a manga about a house full of grease, hahaha.
The Enigma of Amigara Fault is a masterclass though.
Also love Splatter Film
I also really enjoyed Hellstar Remina.
...Man, come to think of it, I do enjoy many of his work despite his often tendency to just ending them abruptly.
lol, I love that page.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Junji Ito's manga features a lot of WTF scenes like that I love it.
Like this one here (sorry this is the last one):
Hmmhmmhmm... No one makes horror mangas like him anymore.
Not even Junji Ito makes horror manga like Junji Ito anymore. Junji Ito only makes comedy manga disguised as horror nowadays.
Is this the one about spirals? Shit was a total mind-trip.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Many of his concepts are fascinating to me. I mean:
- A monstrous, god-like plant that will smack you like a pancake if you dare eating its honey.
- A massive, nightmare fuel planet-like being from another dimension that devours planets.
- Mysterious human shaped holes that fits a person's figure perfectly and invites people to enter it only to transform them into unimaginable monstrosity.
- (That last picture above) A girl that got nurtured by her dead mother's ghost and in turn eating ghosts to survive (what the fuck?)
- Mechanical-organical monstrosity from the ocean a.k.a. "the ocean takes revenge upon humanity" end-of-the-world scenario.
- Floating heads that hang people with similar face imprinted on those heads (this one is very creative)
- A family staying in a house filled with grease.
- "Circular curse" (this one is unique too)
And many others. None of them has happy ending though.... well, Hellstar Remina has a "happy" ending but then again the entire solar system is gone and the good guys are stuck in a floating capsule that can sustain life for only one year, hahaha.
You have a favorite horror author/manga that you'd like to recommend, flawfuls?
Well there is always
The guy lives in a funhouse, basically invented the horror manga genre, is supposedly literally crazy and most importantly made Fourteen. Junji Ito was very clearly inspired by him so their manga are very similar, but Umezu's are like 3 order's of magnitude more crazy.
I recognize the others, but this one... what is the name of that?
Dedication Through Light
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I was surprise their design was also quite bad back then for the anime too. However, Ichigo especially improved I think even by the end of that first major arc. Though in marathoning many arcs in the anime three times, there were still a few badly drawn moments even after for a few other characters I think yet to be introduced.
I have up to v3 in the manga, and then also v22-two volumes behind current, really like that saga.
What is this?
Kinda a pity though. His previous work Groove Adventure Rave was better due to Haru fighting all this while for the sake of Elie.But Fairy Tail love each other so god damn much!NAKAMAAAAA!!
ColossalLazy
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Its a trap.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I can how those 2 things can go hand in hand.
Well there is alwaysWaldoKazuo Umezu
The guy lives in a funhouse, basically invented the horror manga genre, is supposedly literally crazy and most importantly made Fourteen. Junji Ito was very clearly inspired by him so their manga are very similar, but Umezu's are like 3 order's of magnitude more crazy.
This dude made Fourteen? Mad respect for him
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