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Manga News/Discussion |OT~| How can I Ignore Such a Magnificent...THREAD!

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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?"
Yamada and the Seven Witches

This isn't ending any time soon is it? Despite everyone getting mind wiped repeatedly.
 
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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?"
Dynedom said:
Convenient series-extension device. Dropped the series a while ago. May burn through it when it actually finishes.
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It's not that it got bad or even is bad now, I just figured it would have ended by now or at least headed towards some kind of ending. Its basically nowhere near one at the moment, I figured the last development might have lead to resolution. Instead it lead to another arc.

Zweizer said:
Why are they so popular anyways? There can't be such a huge audience for this, can there?
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I want you to take about 10 seconds to think about why a story about losers who play MMOs all day suddenly becoming badasses and picking up elf girls would be popular.
 
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upandaway

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New Game 21

That's how workaholism is developed but hang in there. Also never put cables under the table, that's just common sense.
 
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Sir Blaming

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Zweizer said:
Why are they so popular anyways? There can't be such a huge audience for this, can there?
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Well if I think about it, this "getting stuck into an mmo/fantasy world" is really easy to do. Because most of the time it boils down to [resurrect > have previous memories > have overpowered stats].
It's also easy to self insert. I say easier than SAO. That's why most of the time you will not see the appearance of their pre-death face.
But I am such a sucker for them really...some like Death March, Musoku Tensei, and Overlord are really good.
 
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Zweizer

Banned
Angry Grimace said:
I want you to take about 10 seconds to think about why a story about losers who play MMOs all day suddenly becoming badasses and picking up elf girls would be popular.
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rrvv said:
SAO happened
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Sir Blaming said:
Well if I think about it, this "getting stuck into an mmo/fantasy world" is really easy to do. Because most of the time it boils down to [resurrect > have previous memories > have overpowered stats].
It's also easy to self insert. I say easier than SAO. That's why most of the time you will not see the appearance of their pre-death face.
But I am such a sucker for them really...some like Death March, Musoku Tensei, and Overlord are really good.
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I know, but I'm incredulous that even now such series remain popular and viable.

This fad has lasted way too long.
 
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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?"
Zweizer said:
I know, but I'm incredulous that even now such series remain popular and viable.

This fad has lasted way too long.
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Modern-day loser falls into fantasy world isn't exactly a new storyline, e.g. a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, etc. They aren't really new to anime/manga/LN either, I seem to remember crap like Zero's Familiar being out 10 years ago.

But hey, it evolved into GATE, which is basically the same thing after a fashion.
 
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Lain

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Zweizer said:
Why are they so popular anyways? There can't be such a huge audience for this, can there?
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The idea behind it is an enticing one. As someone that likes MMOs, the idea of being trapped inside one isn't what I think is enticing, but the idea of being inside one (less like VR, more like feeling physically inside it) with the living, non-static world that those manga portray is what I like about them.
For example, SAO doesn't have great plot, obviously, but the videogame parts, permadeath aside, are what I found and still find cool about it.
 
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Zweizer

Banned
Angry Grimace said:
Modern-day loser falls into fantasy world isn't exactly a new storyline, e.g. a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, etc. They aren't really new to anime/manga/LN either, I seem to remember crap like Zero's Familiar being out 10 years ago.

But hey, it evolved into GATE, which is basically the same thing after a fashion.
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Of course the core ideas aren't new, but I'd have thought people would have gotten tired with this same flavor after a while. Maybe I'm just getting impatient.

Lain said:
The idea behind it is an enticing one. As someone that likes MMOs, the idea of being trapped inside one isn't what I think is enticing, but the idea of being inside one (less like VR, more like feeling physically inside it) with the living, non-static world that those manga portray is what I like about them.
For example, SAO doesn't have great plot, obviously, but the videogame parts, permadeath aside, are what I found and still find cool about it.
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The concept can be good, but the vast majority of these series executes it extremely poorly with the whole world basically set around the hero in order to make him (yes, him) shine with little evolution and the story retreading the same old clichés with barely any variation. At the end, the video game parts feel like little more than a new way for the author to fellate their audience.
 
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upandaway

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Aria ch1

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Excited to get into this again. Picking off right where Aqua ended, pretty nice.
 
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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?"
Shokugeki no Soma 136 spoilers

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Joichiro and Gin find out Azami is the new director; we find out he was the third seat we heard about before. Senzubean tells Soma about Azami/Erina's backstory: Azami put Erina in a dark room and forcibly trained her to to only like specific food; whenever she resisted he beat her. Senzubean begs Soma to "save her." Just ugh.

We can only hope Soma refuses and says she gotta do this on her own.
 
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kewlmyc

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Angry Grimace said:
Yamada and the Seven Witches

This isn't ending any time soon is it? Despite everyone getting mind wiped repeatedly.
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Nope. I'm honestly confused as to what's happening anymore. Might have to start the arc from the beginning again.

Sucks that we can't go back to Paranormal Activities Club shenanigans.
 
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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'm surprised it took that long.

It can't be worse than the second half of Bakuman.
 
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Zweizer

Banned
One Piece ch801

I like how it's mostly all talking yet there's far more stuff happening than the previous fighting chapters.
Doflamingo gonna Doflamingo. Bartolomeo gonna Bartolomeo.
I wonder what kind of crazy shit Sanji did.
 
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Dynedom

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Angry Grimace said:
It's not that it got bad or even is bad now, I just figured it would have ended by now or at least headed towards some kind of ending. Its basically nowhere near one at the moment, I figured the last development might have lead to resolution. Instead it lead to another arc.
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That's one of the reasons I dropped it. I dunno how long you can sustain bodyswap comedy and keep it fresh. Maybe Yamada can prove me wrong but I didn't want to risk it.
 
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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?"
Dynedom said:
That's one of the reasons I dropped it. I dunno how long you can sustain bodyswap comedy and keep it fresh. Maybe Yamada can prove me wrong but I didn't want to risk it.
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I don't think a body swap has occurred in a 100 chapters or something.
 
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Turin Turambar

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Zweizer said:
Of course the core ideas aren't new, but I'd have thought people would have gotten tired with this same flavor after a while. Maybe I'm just getting impatient.


The concept can be good, but the vast majority of these series executes it extremely poorly with the whole world basically set around the hero in order to make him (yes, him) shine with little evolution and the story retreading the same old clichés with barely any variation. At the end, the video game parts feel like little more than a new way for the author to fellate their audience.
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What I learned after several years of interacting with different communities, it's that there is a lot of people there that are happy with a simple series about the author fellating them, and who cares if there is no story that is good or anything else that redeems it. Be a "transported into MMO thing and I'm a God walking on Earth", be a harem story where half a dozen girls are in love with the MC, be a ecchi series where lewdness awaits at every corner for the MC.
 
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upandaway

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I'm surprised but not surprised Yamada and the Seven Witches is fumbling about, I went through the exact same thing with his previous manga so it's whatever.


Chiyo-chan no Yomeiri

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Art was pretty nice. Not often you see age gap in yuri actually. Gonna check out other things by the author later
 
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Zweizer

Banned
Turin Turambar said:
What I learned after several years of interacting with different communities, it's that there is a lot of people there that are happy with a simple series about the author fellating them, and who cares if there is no story that is good or anything else that redeems it. Be a "transported into MMO thing and I'm a God walking on Earth", be a harem story where half a dozen girls are in love with the MC, be a ecchi series where lewdness awaits at every corner for the MC.
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I guess so. Everyone has their own tastes, so good for them if they're enjoying this.

I'll be over there enjoying Dungeon Meshi.

upandaway said:
Chiyo-chan no Yomeiri

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Art was pretty nice. Not often you see age gap in yuri actually. Gonna check out other things by the author later
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Yeah, if you liked this you should have a good time with the rest of Itou Hachi's stuff. The art is really cute.
 
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mdubs

Banned
Angry Grimace said:
I'm surprised it took that long.

It can't be worse than the second half of Bakuman.
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I still liked it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

For anyone who felt that Bakuman and Death Note dragged on, maybe the shift to monthly will alleviate "filler" arcs.

Also, this sounds pretty much like Reversi which is pretty meta when I think about it.
 
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FlowersisBritish

fleurs n'est pas britannique
One Piece- Are we done yet? Excited about certain things, but god I'm so done with that place

Bleach- Best Captain Commander proves himself the best. I am really excited for his Bankai(because of course it has to happen this fight)
 
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TheRealTalker

Banned
One Piece 801

Oh man those former CP9 guys... more DressRosa which startled me for a bit... thank goodness it was only for a short while

Also a little timeskip? maybe a few months
That escort fleet filled with top dogs but a Kaido Boat is in pursuit (the captain reminded me of that Morgan dude) (That silhouette shot with the rev guys had a another member beside Sabo... he looked great)

Barot's crew mates are great also lol at not giving a shit about Law

Bleach

On to the next fight

Toriko 340

Yeah one translation was all over the place... thank goodness there was the main translation

Acacia is completely mentally insane it seems due to that Beast... he will likely gain back his sanity when he reaches his complete form (he will also likely look less grotesque)

Blue Nitro want to kill Neo?
That golden tincan was shown way back in Area 8 during that maze.... thank goodness Mitsutoshi came back to that

Tons of info about Demons and stuff too
Also lol
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Bambina vs Acacia Zit next week
 
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upandaway

Member
One Piece

I don't remember the old bounties at this point but whew. That God Usopp bounty haha. Franky really should be getting more credit, when he's in his robot he's invincible.

Dying to know what's up with Sanji's bounty condition. What the heck did he do this time.

And like Tacitus_ said, I also noticed the Kuma shirt. Wonder what that's doing there, it's pretty eye-catching.

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Umibozu

Member
To Love-Ru Darkness 59
horrible #1 poll result, after nisekoi where onedera is #1 as well I've come to the conclusion that the domestic reading audience likes boring maiden types.

One piece 801
Bart's ship was great.
Also sanji for wanted alive only, someone at world headquarters must've eaten his food.

Jitsu wa Watashi wa 93
that ended with a great twist
 
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striferser

Huge Nickleback Fan
As far as stuck in MMORPG genre goes, only few of them get their MMORPG mechanic right. Log Horizon manage to make it believeable since the author focus on politic and economic that happen in MMORPG. Not to mention realistic depiction of raid.

New Game 21
Ah yes, gold rush. Shit was hard during that time, and sleeping for 4 hours is basically almost guaranteed.

IB instant bullet 14
THIS IS FUCKED UP. Holy shit that twist.

Voynich Hotel vol.3 omake
Can't remember who are these guys... 'll schedule a reread someday.

Jitsu wa watashi wa 93
I did not see this twist coming. Bravo Eiji Matsuda.
 
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