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Zannen Jokanbu Black General-san, published in Dragon Age magazine
Some of the chapter got translated in english.
Chapter sample:
http://comic-walker.com/viewer/?tw=2&dlcl=ja&cid=KDCW_FS01000021010001_68
The author also made Precarious Woman Executive Miss Black General, which is translated and readable on danbooru.
No one has picked it up here also. Kinda want to import it but if it's the english version, at least I still can read it.
Hmm weird, I thought it did. Might have been something else.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
The Divine Comedy by Go Nagai
Yeah, you read that right. Nagai made a manga adaptation of The Divine Comedy and its...pretty good and fairly accurate for a Japanese guy. Really it should be called "Inferno by Go Nagai, and Purgatorio and Paradiso Too, I Guess" because like everyone else in the world Nagai spends far more time on Inferno. The Mercury and Venus Heavens are given one page each, for real. I can appreciate the work that went into this translation, done by people who have actually translated the Divine Comedy itself before and would know the delicate touches it would take. The Divine Comedy is a rather notoriously difficult work to translate because of the way the meter works, so having to translate it from multiple languages then Japanese then English would be a true nightmare and end up a garbled mess. Wisely, they decided to work with the English version and use direct quotes from it when available, but allowed for wiggle room for Nagai's changes. As someone who has read the Divine Comedy, I would applaud the translators and Nagai's efforts. It certainly captures the imaginative nature of Dante Aligheri's original, even if it doesn't capture every aspect of Dante's petty need to name every single obscure and forgotten Italian, Roman and Western figure and all those who he disliked and spited. For instance, the prophet Mohammad is missing from the Ninth Bolgia.
It's clear that Nagai had the artistic inspiration mostly from Gustave Doré's depictions of Dante's works, who is the main guy you would think of when you imagine or look up art of the Divine Comedy. And by clear I mean there is 100% no denying it, its not even Doré done in Nagai's style, its a complete emulation.
But it is not exclusively Doré perse, Nagai's inspiration can easily be traced back to people like Michelangelo, or Albrecht Dürer. It's an interesting mix of Nagai's own art style of the typical Devilman or Getter stuff with classical European art from the Renaissance era to the Romanticism or Neoclassical era. Even scenes that are not directly invoked from famous pieces of art have the tendency to emulate the style. The way peoples bodies lay and writhe in such an overly dramatic fashion and more obviously their faces, the way Dante and Virgil are framed, the way the environments are drawn and the people placed in them. There are more and more and more and more examples I could choose from, but even if I had no knowledge of what art in specific was being emulated, it would still be blindingly obvious that something was being emulated. I'm not an expert on art by any means, but I am knowledgeable and sure in my guesswork.
Even so, there's clearly still room for Nagai's own art to shine be it in the monsters or otherwise. There is no loss of what you would expect from a manga stylistically, be it in general or from Nagai, whereas the borrowed Doré art is explicitly lacking paneling.
And here is an example of it right after one another -
An enjoyable read, provided you already know of the Divine Comedy. It is by no means a replacement. It is rather funny that Nagai still couldn't help to not throw in some boobs in hell.
Yeah, you read that right. Nagai made a manga adaptation of The Divine Comedy and its...pretty good and fairly accurate for a Japanese guy. Really it should be called "Inferno by Go Nagai, and Purgatorio and Paradiso Too, I Guess" because like everyone else in the world Nagai spends far more time on Inferno. The Mercury and Venus Heavens are given one page each, for real. I can appreciate the work that went into this translation, done by people who have actually translated the Divine Comedy itself before and would know the delicate touches it would take. The Divine Comedy is a rather notoriously difficult work to translate because of the way the meter works, so having to translate it from multiple languages then Japanese then English would be a true nightmare and end up a garbled mess. Wisely, they decided to work with the English version and use direct quotes from it when available, but allowed for wiggle room for Nagai's changes. As someone who has read the Divine Comedy, I would applaud the translators and Nagai's efforts. It certainly captures the imaginative nature of Dante Aligheri's original, even if it doesn't capture every aspect of Dante's petty need to name every single obscure and forgotten Italian, Roman and Western figure and all those who he disliked and spited. For instance, the prophet Mohammad is missing from the Ninth Bolgia.
It's clear that Nagai had the artistic inspiration mostly from Gustave Doré's depictions of Dante's works, who is the main guy you would think of when you imagine or look up art of the Divine Comedy. And by clear I mean there is 100% no denying it, its not even Doré done in Nagai's style, its a complete emulation.
But it is not exclusively Doré perse, Nagai's inspiration can easily be traced back to people like Michelangelo, or Albrecht Dürer. It's an interesting mix of Nagai's own art style of the typical Devilman or Getter stuff with classical European art from the Renaissance era to the Romanticism or Neoclassical era. Even scenes that are not directly invoked from famous pieces of art have the tendency to emulate the style. The way peoples bodies lay and writhe in such an overly dramatic fashion and more obviously their faces, the way Dante and Virgil are framed, the way the environments are drawn and the people placed in them. There are more and more and more and more examples I could choose from, but even if I had no knowledge of what art in specific was being emulated, it would still be blindingly obvious that something was being emulated. I'm not an expert on art by any means, but I am knowledgeable and sure in my guesswork.
Here is a fun example - Nagai drew from Doré who drew from Michelangelo.
Even so, there's clearly still room for Nagai's own art to shine be it in the monsters or otherwise. There is no loss of what you would expect from a manga stylistically, be it in general or from Nagai, whereas the borrowed Doré art is explicitly lacking paneling.
And here is an example of it right after one another -
An enjoyable read, provided you already know of the Divine Comedy. It is by no means a replacement. It is rather funny that Nagai still couldn't help to not throw in some boobs in hell.
Stone Ocean
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Thats the big announcement? Lol
Well I mean, it's big!
Sir Blaming
Member
don't bring your smut here.
Tomo-chan wa Onna no ko! ch388
Someone won, but it ain't the muscleheads.
Jitsu wa Watashi wa ch138
RIP everyone, and especially the poor buttons.
Kase-san ch17
Gotta work hard now. The payoff will be worth it at least.
Petit Petit Tantan Petit Tantan ch40
What a dysfunctional family.
Gal and otaku can't understand each other ch1 by Kawai Rou
A gyaru who's not-so gyaru-ish and an otaku who's not-so otaku-ish have a chance meeting.
I'm gonna echo OniBarubary here in that the trend of subverting gyarus' personalities is getting a bit annoying, since it's pretty much saying that 'gyarus are okay, but only for their looks'. I wish there were more honest-to-goodness prominent gyarus characters in the medium outside of porn.
Ah well, gyarus are good, and yuri is good too, so gyaru yuri is doubly good.
Someone won, but it ain't the muscleheads.
Jitsu wa Watashi wa ch138
RIP everyone, and especially the poor buttons.
Kase-san ch17
Gotta work hard now. The payoff will be worth it at least.
Petit Petit Tantan Petit Tantan ch40
What a dysfunctional family.
Gal and otaku can't understand each other ch1 by Kawai Rou
A gyaru who's not-so gyaru-ish and an otaku who's not-so otaku-ish have a chance meeting.
I'm gonna echo OniBarubary here in that the trend of subverting gyarus' personalities is getting a bit annoying, since it's pretty much saying that 'gyarus are okay, but only for their looks'. I wish there were more honest-to-goodness prominent gyarus characters in the medium outside of porn.
Ah well, gyarus are good, and yuri is good too, so gyaru yuri is doubly good.
BassForever
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Bleach END
I like the worthless last second in incest ship tease with the younger sister
Like the design and personalities of the kids and the final page of them becoming shinigami
Dunno why they threw that pointless hint at Ywach's return to do nothing with it.
Weird to think this is how Bleach ends
I like the worthless last second in incest ship tease with the younger sister
Like the design and personalities of the kids and the final page of them becoming shinigami
Dunno why they threw that pointless hint at Ywach's return to do nothing with it.
Weird to think this is how Bleach ends
Valdfellgar
Banned
I have to wait for the legal release next week, but I'm definitely interested in putting this series to bed finally after I review it one last time for my website. I still am in awe at just how bad it got by the end.
ColossalLazy
Member
Bleach END
Its finally over. Aizen and chair are the true OTP.
Its finally over. Aizen and chair are the true OTP.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Bleach
Bleach getting a happy ending is so weird for the series with how much it loved melodrama over the years. But I guess bittersweet endings aren't really a thing in Shonen Jump.
Also the trend of sorta copying Dragonball's ending continues.
Bleach getting a happy ending is so weird for the series with how much it loved melodrama over the years. But I guess bittersweet endings aren't really a thing in Shonen Jump.
Also the trend of sorta copying Dragonball's ending continues.
gundamkyoukai
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Bleach end
Okay have not post in here for long time but had to for bleach .
The ending was trash but that is what happens when you take forever to end a arc .
This arc should have done long ago so kubo could have spend more chapters on the ending .
Okay have not post in here for long time but had to for bleach .
The ending was trash but that is what happens when you take forever to end a arc .
This arc should have done long ago so kubo could have spend more chapters on the ending .
Quintin DM
Member
Gal and otaku can't understand each other chapter 1
I can't pass up a manga about gyarus so I had to read, and I thought it was pretty good. Looking forward to the next chapter to see how our gal protag feels about all this, cause it seems that based on the last panel she ain't to thrilled lol.
Bleach Final Chapter
Honestly I'm just glad it's over.
I can't pass up a manga about gyarus so I had to read, and I thought it was pretty good. Looking forward to the next chapter to see how our gal protag feels about all this, cause it seems that based on the last panel she ain't to thrilled lol.
Bleach Final Chapter
Honestly I'm just glad it's over.
Infinite Justice
Member
Bleach
Checked it out for the lolz and was disappointed.
Rushed garbage with a last minute possible hint of a sequel with the youngins *snore*
Checked it out for the lolz and was disappointed.
Rushed garbage with a last minute possible hint of a sequel with the youngins *snore*
BassForever
Member
Go watch the newest xyz episode because misery diserves company
Bleach fin
You fail me.
Tomo-chan 388
The failed teamwork might be a big subtle hint that they won't end up with each other.
Just doesn't work.
Jitsu Wa Watashi Wa 138
Sports festival will be huge.
Akari feeds on her own suffering. And there is noone stopping her.
Except the power of love.
This will be glorious.
You fail me.
Tomo-chan 388
The failed teamwork might be a big subtle hint that they won't end up with each other.
Just doesn't work.
Jitsu Wa Watashi Wa 138
Sports festival will be huge.
Akari feeds on her own suffering. And there is noone stopping her.
Except the power of love.
This will be glorious.
Infinite Justice
Member
Hasn't that always been the case with Ash though, him choking at the main Tournament for whatever setting he's in plus switching settings (while dumping his pokemon to prefessor oak) is his MO by now
Stone Ocean
Member
Bleach End
Shh, no plot, only deus ex machinas now.
At least it was worth seeing Okusan-mode Orihime.
Shh, no plot, only deus ex machinas now.
At least it was worth seeing Okusan-mode Orihime.
BassForever
Member
Yona of the Dawn 127
Really like the set up for this new arc, xing seems like a cool country and the divide between people who want to invade Kouka and those who wish to join it should put Yona and her dragons in a very unique dynamic.
Really like the set up for this new arc, xing seems like a cool country and the divide between people who want to invade Kouka and those who wish to join it should put Yona and her dragons in a very unique dynamic.
Berserk 307
What the hell just happened.
If I got it right, Skull Knight cleaved through the supreme devil emperor with his dimension warping sword, granting him the light he sought and fusing the spirit and earth realm through the overflow of evil apostle hell power.
And Femto-Griffith anticipated all of those twists and turns and made use of it to found is Falconia nation and a swag palace in mere seconds?
That was pretty trippy.
Oh yeah, the english PunPun volumes are of rather nice quality. Have only gotten time to flip through a bit, but translation seemed solid enough as well. And the book has a larger size, which is awesome.
Shame about the non-original-cover but everything else seems pretty good.
What the hell just happened.
If I got it right, Skull Knight cleaved through the supreme devil emperor with his dimension warping sword, granting him the light he sought and fusing the spirit and earth realm through the overflow of evil apostle hell power.
And Femto-Griffith anticipated all of those twists and turns and made use of it to found is Falconia nation and a swag palace in mere seconds?
That was pretty trippy.
Oh yeah, the english PunPun volumes are of rather nice quality. Have only gotten time to flip through a bit, but translation seemed solid enough as well. And the book has a larger size, which is awesome.
Shame about the non-original-cover but everything else seems pretty good.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Kubo making sure to torpedo the ships on the way out
thesaucetastic
Unconfirmed Member
Bleach end
Hahaha that was terrible.
Hahaha that was terrible.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Shokugeki no Soma
Everyone and their mom called that particular heel turn. Even if I doubt its legitimate.
Everyone and their mom called that particular heel turn. Even if I doubt its legitimate.
They're supposed to be loud, fashionable, flashy but also outgoing and sociable, and generally sexually loose. In other words, pretty much the opposite of the typical meek, proper and subservient girl that's usually popular in the medium.
ColossalLazy
Member
One Piece
So that Lola Vivre card finally comes to play.
So that Lola Vivre card finally comes to play.
ColossalLazy
Member
Soma
lmao Curry guy became a edgelord
lmao Curry guy became a edgelord
Infinite Justice
Member
Unless he changed that during the run he didn't even really ship Ichigo and Orihime (unless you count the one sided nature of it on her part?)
*shrug*
As Grimace says its like he decided to just type up these loose ends as quickly as possible so nothing can come from it.
BassForever
Member
Magi 300-317
Looks like everyone's predicted final boss Sinbad route isn't going to happen and it'll be David + Arba who serve as the final boss of the series.
Looks like everyone's predicted final boss Sinbad route isn't going to happen and it'll be David + Arba who serve as the final boss of the series.
Infinite Justice
Member
Not to mention he shrugged off Skull knight's attack like it was some bug bite
Its shit like that why i now wonder how Guts is supposedly gonna kill him LOLOLOLOLOL
Dude's way too fucking broken now
Dedication Through Light
Member
I want a live action tv version of BLeach, Death Note's was so good as well as the few others Ive watched.
Quintin DM
Member
Shokugeki no Soma Chapter 179
I feel like there's definitely some sort of ulterior motive for
joining central, just doesn't seem like the kind of guy who would join them, plus the way he was acting this chapter was unlike him.
I feel like there's definitely some sort of ulterior motive for
Hayama
BassForever
Member
Something something griffith is over confident lowers his guard and Guts gets him with a cheap shot which leads to them both dying
Shouta
Member
True. It just feels less weird considering Naruto, lol.
One Piece ch836
Gee, the bounties sure are getting crazy.
Now that they know about the cards, I wonder how it'll play out.
My Hero Academia ch103
Considering how many contestants there are, I guess a big battle royale is to be expected.
Shokugeki no Soma ch179
Talk about being cliché.
Peephole ch128
Well, she certainly went far.
Gee, the bounties sure are getting crazy.
Now that they know about the cards, I wonder how it'll play out.
My Hero Academia ch103
Considering how many contestants there are, I guess a big battle royale is to be expected.
Shokugeki no Soma ch179
Talk about being cliché.
Peephole ch128
Well, she certainly went far.
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