dakkumauji
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Pokémon Adventures: Black and White Vol.08
Cheren is such an ass
Cheren is such an ass
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Manga News/Discussion |OT~| How can I Ignore Such a Magnificent...THREAD!
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AquaWateria
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That's a pretty terrible series though.
It's seems like all the MC can do is yell for the millionth time.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Minamoto Kun 178
Paging PartTimeWarrior (and myself)
now i remember why i still read this
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When I saw that there were 3 new pages I thought shit went down but I'm glad nothing happened
animegaf tho
Paging PartTimeWarrior (and myself)
now i remember why i still read this
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When I saw that there were 3 new pages I thought shit went down but I'm glad nothing happened
animegaf tho
My issue with Black Clover is that it's the most generic Shonen.
Asta is an idiot ADD addled half-pint with a super special awesome power
Yuno is the stoic rival that's better than Asta
Noelle is the tsundere (and she has big tits that are often shown off)
Asta wants to be the Hok- er Wizard King
There's magical "dungeons" that show up with treasure.
People underestimate Asta and then lose badly.
There is nothing original here. BUT SOMEHOW IT'S POPULAR IN JAPAN!
I guess I just expected something different from that first chapter. Oh well.
Thread has been pretty slow after all.
dakkumauji
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it's surprising to see people read manga for once
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Obviously what we need are more arguments
dakkumauji
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such dark days
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Yeah now we gotta make due with the big one and a half since One Piece is off so much
More like the Big 0.9, cause who gives a shit about Bleach really at this point.
TheRealTalker
Banned
does the term Big 3 even exist in Japan
I am guessing over their other series that are not OP are just tossed in with the rest
I am guessing over their other series that are not OP are just tossed in with the rest
Only a matter of time before smut washes it all away!
It's a Western term.
In Japan at this point it's One Piece... and everything else.
Smut don't have the Mandate of Heaven to unite MangaGAF!
Just gotta purge the dissenters.
Prison School 1-186
The anime's first few episodes had underwhelmed me, so I endeavored to read the manga to see if and how the series got any better. And, oh boy, did it.
There are a lot of things Prison School does right even putting aside the often ludicrous fanservice offered on a weekly basis. It has a fair bit of character development, interesting plots and subplots, fun characters, and really fantastic art. It really might be one of my favorite manga running right now even if most of the fetishes it caters to aren't exactly my thing.
For example, the Hana subplot. I honestly have no interest in her fetish, but the author knows how to play her relationship with Kiyoshi for ultimate levels of drama and hilarity and does it repeatedly. Same with Andre's S&M fetish and Mitsuko's clumsy-cute (and amusingly better informed than most of the others about sex) thing. Not my thing, but they play it so well in terms of the comedy that it's enrapturing.
But it's more than that. The character development, backstories, and the overall plot is actually really good. Most things are pretty well thought out, the twists are well executed, and the characters make some amount of sense. I'm also still in awe at how quickly they turned the USC from the antagonists of the series to its heroines in such a short span. Probably helps that Kate is such an unlikable person, but even that they seem to be filling in some blanks on to humanize her a little as of late. But, yeah, the three prison break sequences to date have been utterly amazing to watch unfold and showed some real capacity at creating true drama, much more than I would expect from something sometimes dismissed as just common smut.
All I can really do is applaud what I've read, be grateful that I'm somehow still sane after reading the whole series-to-date in a week, and look forward to the next week.
P.S. Hana's probably my favorite character. Every time she shows up it's basically guaranteed to be hilarious.
The anime's first few episodes had underwhelmed me, so I endeavored to read the manga to see if and how the series got any better. And, oh boy, did it.
There are a lot of things Prison School does right even putting aside the often ludicrous fanservice offered on a weekly basis. It has a fair bit of character development, interesting plots and subplots, fun characters, and really fantastic art. It really might be one of my favorite manga running right now even if most of the fetishes it caters to aren't exactly my thing.
For example, the Hana subplot. I honestly have no interest in her fetish, but the author knows how to play her relationship with Kiyoshi for ultimate levels of drama and hilarity and does it repeatedly. Same with Andre's S&M fetish and Mitsuko's clumsy-cute (and amusingly better informed than most of the others about sex) thing. Not my thing, but they play it so well in terms of the comedy that it's enrapturing.
But it's more than that. The character development, backstories, and the overall plot is actually really good. Most things are pretty well thought out, the twists are well executed, and the characters make some amount of sense. I'm also still in awe at how quickly they turned the USC from the antagonists of the series to its heroines in such a short span. Probably helps that Kate is such an unlikable person, but even that they seem to be filling in some blanks on to humanize her a little as of late. But, yeah, the three prison break sequences to date have been utterly amazing to watch unfold and showed some real capacity at creating true drama, much more than I would expect from something sometimes dismissed as just common smut.
All I can really do is applaud what I've read, be grateful that I'm somehow still sane after reading the whole series-to-date in a week, and look forward to the next week.
P.S. Hana's probably my favorite character. Every time she shows up it's basically guaranteed to be hilarious.
dakkumauji
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Ah, yeah. The era of having big mangas is done. At least for a while... Speaking of which, I'm done with Bleach, at least for the time being. I'm planning on reading the ending at the very least, but otherwise I don't think I'll bother with it anymore.
Reminds me that I never finished reading the arrancar arc, and just picked up after Ichigo was done with what's-his-face, the dude who pierced him in the stomach. Whoops.
Soma, 0 (oneshot) to 130
I forgot I never properly wrote my impressions of the manga here and only mentioned it in passing. It only took me two days to finish reading all chapters, and it was extremely easy to read this fast because you simply can't get bored with it, Soma's such a great protagonist, and Tadokoro is lovely. I'm hoping for even more greatness from it.
ColossalLazy
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And fools. They think they can take down Oda lolol.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
You ringing that magic book to my ears.
And yes, Ancient Magus's Bride is definitely JSMN instead of HP.
Smut tyranny wouldn't exist!
AquaWateria
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Well it really depends on what you mean an era of having big manga done. I mean there's Tokyo Ghoul a Seinen which sells above 900K per Vol, Nanatsu no Taizai which also sells the same amount, and Assassination Classrom that sells a million per Vol.
So I wouldn't say the era of big manga is done.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
I don't think so. Tokyo Ghoul, Attack on Titan, 7 Deadly Sins and AssClass are all very popular. You have up and comers like Shokugeki no Soma and My Hero Academia as well.
Were you actually expecting a HP vibe from it?
I've only read the first volume so far but I think it's good too.
Some of those comments smh.
dakkumauji
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I think for big series that are both extremely popular in the west and Japan are pretty much done.
The only real one there is Attack on Titan, everything else doesn't have the same level of popularity that the Big 3 had in the west or Japan.
While it doesn't mean they won't be popular, just not the same level of popularity.
AquaWateria
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What's kind of series is Jonathan Strange?
magic exists and is super fucking boring because english wizards are boring
faeries suck ass
the french get their ass kicked offscreen by boring wizards
AquaWateria
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I'd say Tokyo Ghoul is getting close. English Vols have been doing really well on NY Times best seller.
Plus it has the most viewed Anime Opening on YouTube with 27 million views even beating Attack on Titan. Although I don't know if that would be a good way to gauge up popularity.
Is it really that bad?
It's a very (English) literary approach to fantasy. Like if you mixed Harry Potter with Pride and Prejudice.
I recommend the BBC series if you don't have the patience for long, meandering books.
This isn't a manga by the way. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell is a Hugo award-winning novel.
I recommend the BBC series if you don't have the patience for long, meandering books.
This isn't a manga by the way. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell is a Hugo award-winning novel.
striferser
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Nice! Dat homuraxjojo doujin and prison school
Match made in heaven
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Kanojo wa rokurokubi 6
Misleading cliffhanger. It was eggplant.
RockTurtle
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should i make a Comiket 88 OT?
BassForever
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So between a BAM sale, amazon pre-order discount prices, and good will these are all the volume 1's I've picked up in the past 2ish weeks
I mean in the sense of a Manga reaching 500+ chapters, not in terms of volume sales.
I didn't say it was bad. But it takes like 500 pages to get going.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Oh. I would actually like that.
Which is what makes it great. Of course that depends on if you like the style its riffing off.
I think I enjoyed the Magicians more though, simply because of my greater attachment to Narnia.
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
One Piece am cry.
ColossalLazy
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Maybe they were not good to begin with or did not leave a good impression on you.
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