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[Se7enSword]

Kingdom - 443

Bihei...sigh

Nonetheless, it could be interesting to see how it shakes up the Hi Shin unit's dynamic.

Berserk - 339
Still no Guts ;_;

Hopefully Rickert lives and meets up with Guts, and it better not be drawn out. >_>

 

[dani_dc]

Berserk 339

This felt like such a non-chapter, not bad by any means, but when we get so few chapters a year it kind of feels like a waste of time =(

I'm not sure if moving to assassin's village is the best of ideas, but probably safer than sticking around Falconia.

I'm still not convinced Griffith was the one that ordered the assassination though, Rickert doesn't present any real danger to him, and if Griffith wanted him dead Rickert would be dead already.

It was nice to see a new drawing of pre-amnesia Casca though. Definitively miss that version of the character.

Good god, I have not been in here for a month and haven't been able to keep up on any of the manga I read during that time. The hell have I been doing with my life?

I'm going to guess doing something meaningful.

Sometimes I'm still reading Manga's but just don't get around posting my thoughts on them due to getting distracted with work and stuff

 

[victreeb3l]

Soma 132

I'm in love with cat senpai <3

Tsukasas name is whack but I like his confidence.

 

[OniBarubary]

Berserk 339

I'm still not convinced Griffith was the one that ordered the assassination though, Rickert doesn't present any real danger to him, and if Griffith wanted him dead Rickert would be dead already.

Maybe I'm misremembering since it's been so long but I'm almost positive it was shown that Rakshasa was going into business for himself and Griffith didn't say anything at all.

 

[Aaronrules380]

Berserk 339

This felt like such a non-chapter, not bad by any means, but when we get so few chapters a year it kind of feels like a waste of time =(

I'm not sure if moving to assassin's village is the best of ideas, but probably safer than sticking around Falconia.

I'm still not convinced Griffith was the one that ordered the assassination though, Rickert doesn't present any real danger to him, and if Griffith wanted him dead Rickert would be dead already.

It was nice to see a new drawing of pre-amnesia Casca though. Definitively miss that version of the character.



I'm going to guess doing something meaningful.

Sometimes I'm still reading Manga's but just don't get around posting my thoughts on them due to getting distracted with work and stuff

I've heard theories that Berserk will have a timeskip, and I feel like this definitely supports it. Why else have Rickert move to hidden assassin village if not to make him learn a few badass tricks

 

[OniBarubary]

Soma 132

Oh man, I do sure love Snake-senpai but Tsukasa is pretty awesome as well. It fits him so well worrying about every little thing possible that he doesn't once worry about the taste. That says so much about him and his cooking. It's also really amusing.

And I guess the dad is a cook as well, whoops, silly of me to think that anybody in this manga wasn't a chef.

 

[8 X 11 Printer Paper]

Dungeon Meshi 3
Today's meal is a Basilisks. Also seems we will be getting a new chapter every week or so until it catches up.

 

[Revo]

Piano no Mori 165

Sorry other that day contestants but Kai is gonna blow you all out.

 

[striferser]

Tomo chan 132
Tomo 2coolz4me

Dungeon Meshi 3
Priorities, cooking delicious basilisk instead of making antidote for dying dude. Not that it matter since the newbies party die...again!

Shiori Experience 11
Well, Shiori hit a jackpot. Not only the delinquent is a great bassist, she also have a good voice.

Spirit Circle 38
Holy crap, Fortuna is a psychopath with the power to destroy the world at his hand.

 

[LeleSocho]

Tomo-chan wa Onna no ko! 132
Woah... looking good there Tomo

 

[dani_dc]

Maybe I'm misremembering since it's been so long but I'm almost positive it was shown that Rakshasa was going into business for himself and Griffith didn't say anything at all.

That was the implication yes, but Griffith could had easily told Rakshasa before hand to take care of of Rickert if things went sour.

I've heard theories that Berserk will have a timeskip, and I feel like this definitely supports it. Why else have Rickert move to hidden assassin village if not to make him learn a few badass tricks

Doubt we'll see a time skip on Berserk, don't believe we'll see Rickert learning any "badass tricks" though, he's an engineer, not a full blown warrior.
If anything we'll see him creating new weapons based on the hidden assassin weaponries.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Soma 132

Oh man, I do sure love Snake-senpai but Tsukasa is pretty awesome as well. It fits him so well worrying about every little thing possible that he doesn't once worry about the taste. That says so much about him and his cooking. It's also really amusing.

And I guess the dad is a cook as well, whoops, silly of me to think that anybody in this manga wasn't a chef.

You're gonna have to accept she's a cat. She does the stereotypical catgirl laugh ("nya ha ha" - nyaa being the Japanese onomatopoeia equivalent of "meow") and she consistently does the cat smile :3

 

[Revo]

Tomo-chan wa Onna no ko! 132

Tomo such a rough rider now

 

[victreeb3l]

You're gonna have to accept she's a cat. She does the stereotypical catgirl laugh ("nya ha ha" - nyaa being the Japanese onomatopoeia equivalent of "meow") and she consistently does the cat smile :3

Shes the best

:3

 

[OniBarubary]

You're gonna have to accept she's a cat. She does the stereotypical catgirl laugh ("nya ha ha" - nyaa being the Japanese onomatopoeia equivalent of "meow") and she consistently does the cat smile :3

Don't take this from me.

 

[dani_dc]

Wrote a Prison School post on my facebook but it was probably mostly wasted since I doubt anyone read it, so I'll just repost it here.

I'm sure here I'm just preaching to the choir, but here we go.

Prison School

Hiramoto Akira is known for his work "Me and the Devil Blues" (&#20474;&#12392;&#24746;&#39764;&#12398;&#12502;&#12523;&#12540;&#12474, a manga that explores the life of blue's musician Robert Johnson, as he tries to make it in a racially segregated society amidst an economic recession. The manga mixes reality with fiction and features haunting art and some great character writing.
Yet I'm not here to talk about that.

Instead I'm going to talk about one of the other of Hiramoto works, Prison School.
Prison School is a manga about a group of boys who get in a previously "all female high school" and get thrown into Prison for peeping. If this sounds like the most generic setting for a manga it's because it is. It is no wonder that fans of Hiramoto were disappointed that this would be be the premise of his next manga after "Me and the Devil Blues" got cancelled.

It’s difficult to talk about Prison School as it needs to be experienced words alone can't describe Prison School as the art and dialogue are such an integral part of making everything about Prison school work. But hopefully I’ll manage to get into words what Prison School is.

What should Prison School be:
Trash
I mean did you read the premise? This should by all means be pure trash.

What Prison School isn't:
Trash.

How good is Prison School?
So good it brought "Me and the Devil Blues" back from cancellation.
Then what is Prison School?

A work of art, a manga that is as crude as it can be while hiding excellent writing under it, rather than being crude for the sake of being crude, Prison School embraces it and uses the crudeness to tell stories of personal growth and emotional bounds all while being extremely funny at it.

The contrast between the absurd crude, yet emotionally dramatic situations and the amazingly detailed art, create for a fantastic unique series.

The series portraits females as the strong gender who are in the position of power while the boys are nothing more than mere animals motivated by their base urges. All while drawing females in the most fanservice ways possible, the author is clearly well aware of this seemingly contradiction as he often uses a specific character with who he draws fanservice in such absurd ways that it becomes disgusting to look at, as if to challenge the reader to think about such things. Though the series does not lack male fanservice either, particularly later on in the series.

The character's growth, personal interactions, and psychological aspects are developed in unexpected way, the series is never afraid of exploring taboo themes and using them for this very purpose.

The only issue is that series takes a bit to get going, the early chapters could really be described as having some moments where it’s crude for the sake of being crude, but there's also a lot of set up for long term arcs. It might also take a bit to understand what the series is doing.
A very usual reaction is to go from "I don't get why people like this..." to being engaged and emotionally connected on the ridiculous situations going on.

The most emblematic scene of the series, "What do you like more, tits or assess?" perfectly embodies Prison School, the most ridiculous of questions yet, for the characters, this is a life or death situation where they can't afford to give the wrong answer, and the process of getting the answer is as emotional as it is logical, all while being drawn in a very realistic and detailed fashion. Hiramoto Akira manages to transform such a rude questions in a true moment of drama and character study.

It's difficult to write a good series such as "Me and the Devil Blues", but it's even harder to turn what should trash into a legitimate work, and that's what Hiramoto Akira did with Prison School. And for that alone Prison School would deserve to be read, but more than that, Prison School is an amazing piece of work about the human nature, filled with complex relationships and characters, and that's the true reason why you should read Prison School.

 

[dakkumauji]

We Still Don't Know the Name of the Flower We Saw That Day Nagareboshi ni Negau Hodo Bokura wa Sunao ja Nai 01

Ten years ago, an accident happened and one member of a group of friends dies falls in a coma in an accident. Now years later as the group of friends are drifting apart, she reappears again.

 

[NCR Redslayer]

Been reading the latest chapters of Prison School after watchin the anime, and it reminded just how special the manga is. The author is truly the best, right after the berserk author of course.

 

[dani_dc]

The thing that hurts me the most about being busy is not being able to read all the interesting manga suggestions people mention in this thread

Been reading the latest chapters of Prison School after watchin the anime, and it reminded just how special the manga is. The author is truly the best, right after the berserk author of course.

It absolutely is.

Though personally I'd put Hiramoto over Miura, at the very least, Hiramoto ability to write such a variety of works is a very unique trait, while Miura is pretty stuck on the fantasy genre.

...That and I prefer Prison School over Berserk.

 

[NCR Redslayer]

The thing that hurts me the most about being busy is not being able to read all the interesting manga suggestions people mention in this thread



It absolutely is.

Though personally I'd put Hiramoto over Miura, at the very least, Hiramoto ability to write such a variety of works is a very unique trait, while Miura is pretty stuck on the fantasy genre.

...That and I prefer Prison School over Berserk.

Well we can agree to disagree on this.

 

[Revo]

Nanatsu no Taizai 138

Power levels last chapter to make me not want to read, then throwing in some ban at the end of this one? Sure know how to keep me at those highs and lows, 7 sins.

 

[A Huge Battleship]

Gokukoku no Brynhildr 155

TN: keikaku means aliens. The thought of a global nuke killing basically everyone except Neko is pretty terrifying. More so because it'll leave her alive than anything else.

 

[upandaway]

Soma 132

Yeah cat is amazing, hope we see her cooking soon too. She's the best elite right now (Isshiki second).

To be honest, though... I can't remember many instances of a cook in this manga asking the customer how the taste is. They're all constantly confident in their dish.

When cat said she wants to eat something with his "passion" I wonder if she meant something he actually does/used to do, that'll be interesting to see.

 

[random25]

Tomo-chan wa Onna no ko! 132

Woah Tomo so manly!

 

[Revo]

Gepetto s2ch38

Nero finally doing what needs to be done

 

[Sir Blaming]

Shokugeki no Soma 132

tosh too gud 4 me.

 

[OniBarubary]

Bamora 12

Daaaaaaawwwwwwwww they got along and won the game! Man this manga is so feel good and funny and full of people who are bad at soccer.

...which makes it all the weirder that I found out the mangaka goes under the pen-name Hana Hook when she does hentai. And her hentai is all netorare or BDSM stuff. Which is REALLY awkward. Though does explain why all the girls in Bamora are stacked hotties.

That series is ruined for me now. Or made better? One or the other.

Edit: Tosh really is a phenomenal artist. So happy the dude finally has a manga to shine in that isn't porn.

 

[upandaway]

Let's be real Tosh during his lewd days put all the effort into the girls but nowadays it's all about the guys.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Good god, I have not been in here for a month and haven't been able to keep up on any of the manga I read during that time. The hell have I been doing with my life?

Getting a life?

 

[Revo]

Kubera s2ch148-9

So much prep work for the fight. The sending out the sword shots is cool

 

[Zweizer]

Good god, I have not been in here for a month and haven't been able to keep up on any of the manga I read during that time. The hell have I been doing with my life?

Have you checked My Yandere older sister M-to-F'ed me! from TS Revolver? I'm sure you'll like it~

Wrote a Prison School post on my facebook but it was probably mostly wasted since I doubt anyone read it, so I'll just repost it here.

I'm sure here I'm just preaching to the choir, but here we go.

(...)

It's difficult to write a good series such as "Me and the Devil Blues", but it's even harder to turn what should trash into a legitimate work, and that's what Hiramoto Akira did with Prison School. And for that alone Prison School would deserve to be read, but more than that, Prison School is an amazing piece of work about the human nature, filled with complex relationships and characters, and that's the true reason why you should read Prison School.

Great writeup. You should share it around as much as possible~

 

[Se7enSword]

Soma - 132

Nice insight on the first seat, I laughed at the knight image too lol

So Soma and Tadokoro will meet with erina's dad too, interesting. I wonder if he knows Soma by chance.

 

[ColossalLazy]

Soma 132

It is so fitting that the First Seat is such a perfectionist. Laughed at his antics lol.

 

[Zweizer]

Tomo-chan wa Onna no ko! ch132

They're perfect for each other~

 

[BassForever]

Soma 132

Sadly the two characters most hyped last week cat senpai and Erina's father didn't get development in favor of the 1 seat getting established. I doubt Soma will ever actually battle him before his graduation so its hard to get too excited. Unless there's some graduation shokugeki and 1st seat picks Soma but that's be a squash.

Berserk 339

Blah this plot is moving to slow for its 4 chapter a year pacing -.- gorgeous as always though

Fairy Tail 450

Its funny how this flash back has been more interesting and better written then anything I can think of in this series for a long time. Getting Zeref's origin and his reasons for being the main antagonst along with his relationship with Mavis is rather compelling.

Assassination Classroom 152-153

So uhh what was the point of the whole pro/against assassinating Koro Sensei if things just returned to the status quo after they discovered his odds of blowing up are 1%? Further if his odds of blowing up are that low when using this chemical why didn't the govenment just give it to him earlier on the chance the kids failed? Very bizarre bunch of chapters.

 

[Zweizer]

Dungeon Meshi ch3

Food is the most important thing after all!

Shokugeki no Soma ch132

Cat senpai is so nice and fun~

First seat is also an interesting person. I wonder if Tadokoro will take after him.

 

[Revo]

God of High School 224

Real staff time

 

[random25]

Shokugeki no Soma 132

So that's the power of the 1st seat boss. Looking forward to Erina's dad.

Gokukoku no Brynhildr 155

(Stares at boobs) Yep. That's Kotori alright.

 

[Se7enSword]

Kingdom - 444

Capture the hills! Kan Ki and his men do have something sinister planned against Shin for this battle, not surprised. Batei's tactic is good, let's see how it pans out.

 

[Zweizer]

Spirit Circle ch38

It's rather sad that he's so insane. Still, the way he commanded these skeletons was disturbingly funny.

Guess we're nearing the climax.

 

[Revo]

Kingdom 443

So tempted by women

 

[Zweizer]

Kingdom ch444

As expected, it won't be as simple as that.

 

[Usobuko]

Though personally I'd put Hiramoto over Miura, at the very least, Hiramoto ability to write such a variety of works is a very unique trait, while Miura is pretty stuck on the fantasy genre.

I would put quite a number of mangaka over Miura too.

Hikaru no go ending rant

I'd hate to be seen as HnG defence force because I do feel the ending was a bit rushed too. Reading your thoughts seem like we have a little different in expectations.

The highschool club was supposed to be fade away once Hikaru became a insei, that's understandable. I think the only part where I felt the same as you was the missing 'divine move' in action. The International arc, as in the last one, is pretty important foreshadowing Hikaru's potential and is implying he will be the one playing that move in future. During the entire serialization, Korea has dominated Go for the past few decades, China was distance runner up and in fact a Jubango ( ten-game match ) was held in 2014 for two of the most prominent Go players in the last decade and the korean player came up winning 6-2 against the chinese. Hikaru, a Japanese player, barely losing to the uprising, all-conquering Korean star despite picking up the sports late. That was probably the significant of the arc.

 

[ArclightBorealis]

Getting a life?

"Regaining" is probably the more apt word, but sure something like that.

Have you checked My Yandere older sister M-to-F'ed me! from TS Revolver? I'm sure you'll like it~

I have not, no. I'll take a look sometime soon.

After I play catch up on everything else. Missed a whole lot of Tomo-chan...

 

[Revo]

Fairy Tail 450

Can hardly blame him for wanting to take her, then.

 

[Usobuko]

Shuumatsu no Tenki

"There are too many unnecessary people".

A 25 year old NEET without any notable redemption received an ability that literally made anyone he wish to vanish into thin air. His carelessness fucks up the implementation consistently and he eventually succumb to despair over his own stupidity.

Plot Twist.

What a train wreck.

 

[rrvv]

Assassination Classroom 152-153

So uhh what was the point of the whole pro/against assassinating Koro Sensei if things just returned to the status quo after they discovered his odds of blowing up are 1%? Further if his odds of blowing up are that low when using this chemical why didn't the govenment just give it to him earlier on the chance the kids failed? Very bizarre bunch of chapters.

Pretty sure the government doesnt know about it since it still under research in space. Thought I have feeling Korosensei already knew it all along and trick the chemical girl to give him antidote

 

[Kurita]

Speaking of Assassination Classroom I watched the live-action movie in the plane a few days ago. And it was... not that bad actually. Koro-sensei can look a bit cheap at times but he has a great voice. It's pretty rushed though (Karma, the robot student and Koro's "brother" are introduced right after the other) and some stuff is just weird. Karma and Nagisa fight Itona on top of a radio tower or something...
The ending was erm, well, they "kill" Koro-sensei with the aid of the military but he's actually not dead and just reappears behind the students while they're crying. It will obviously get a sequel. I'm not caught up to the manga so I don't know if there's a backstory for Koro-sensei in the manga. In the movie we learn that he was involved in a disaster where his lover, Class-E's former teacher, dies and tells him to become their teacher. Is this what happens in the manga?

 

[thesaucetastic]

Spirit Circle 38

Fortuna was literally going to destroy the world just so that he could travel to other worlds.

Or maybe that's what he's going to do now, to enable him and Koko to go through different lives?

 

[dakkumauji]

Let's be real Tosh during his lewd days put all the effort into the girls but nowadays it's all about the guys.

I approve

Speaking of Assassination Classroom I watched the live-action movie in the plane a few days ago. And it was... not that bad actually. Koro-sensei can look a bit cheap at times but he has a great voice. It's pretty rushed though (Karma, the robot student and Koro's "brother" are introduced right after the other) and some stuff is just weird. Karma and Nagisa fight Itona on top of a radio tower or something...
The ending was erm, well, they "kill" Koro-sensei with the aid of the military but he's actually not dead and just reappears behind the students while they're crying. It will obviously get a sequel. I'm not caught up to the manga so I don't know if there's a backstory for Koro-sensei in the manga. In the movie we learn that he was involved in a disaster where his lover, Class-E's former teacher, dies and tells him to become their teacher. Is this what happens in the manga?

That pretty much sounds like all the hints the anime and the parts of the manga I read so far

Guess I'll keep an eye out to watch this~