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Stone Ocean
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I had forgotten this post
It's like Kubo spent 8 years brainstorming names for a visual kei band.
nabe_shogun
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Some of those would be good names for metal albums or songs.
shokugeki no soma 211
Thats a pretty serious judge list. I don't know if you can even get any better than that.
Black Bishop
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I never would've thought it, but of late Black Clover (Once we moved out of the last arc, the LN tie in was odd as hell...) has really been hitting all the right chords with me, the last two chapters especially. Same goes for My Hero Academia as the last two chapters have been superb, making me kinda sad we're going back to Deku, not that he's not fun, just everyone else felt like they have been abandoned of late. Then finally we've gotten to the wedding in One Piece, and boy! What a wedding it's already shaping up to be, cannot wait for next week's chapter. Hoping Sanji finally get's his chance to shine in the new world.
A Huge Battleship
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Today I learned that the Yuragi Yuuna author illustrates a light novel where the heroine is a ghost-obsessed, gothic lolita yandere.
Today I gained a newfound appreciation for the Yuragi Yuuna author.
That's a whole other fetish entirely and one I'm not touching with a set of forceps.
It's not just you.
Black Clover has some really fun character interactions when it's not about fighting one-dimensional as fuck villains.
Agreed, Deku's great, but he's gotten a bit too much solo focus, and I want more stuff from the others. Hopefully they'll take advantage of Kirishima, Tsuyu, and Ochako being around and feature them prominently.
Wonder if Horikoshi's recent health issues have anything to do with it, since a bunch of chapters got shortened? Hopefully he's gotten better.
OniBarubary
Banned
I mean, I've always defended Black Clover because it just is what it is; it's a dumb, fun shonen and it never punches above it's weight. I read it and enjoy it and that's all I really need out of it. It doesn't bother me so much that it's pretty surface level and doesn't really have any weight to it, I enjoy it's shallow adventure.
I haven't read much Black Clover and it's not particularly high on my priority list, but yeah, it always seemed like an okay shounen. It doesn't pretend to be smarter or deeper than it is.
It's like frozen pizza not pretending to be delivery.
OniBarubary
Banned
Exactly, sometimes I just want to eat crushed up Oreos off the floor like a fucking animal
Dedication Through Light
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Im glad there is someone else with the Todoroki love, always feels like the fandom on this site is anti Todoroki
Hes in my top 3 (Kaminari, Bakugou, Todoroki)8 X 11 Printer Paper
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Series Bulk, via Ebay which you can find deals that lower it down to $2-4 per volume (including shipping + tax). This is how I was able to buy 3/4ths of HxH for a sane price.
Regular Buying, Amazon (always check used section for non-new releases, you can usually get it after shipping for half the MSRP) and InStockTrades if there are no good used or new deals via Amazon. InStock almost never has sales (at least for manga), but all books are slashed between 20%-42% depending on the publisher (Dark Horse is 42%, Viz 30%). Instock tends to not have a great manga selection for certain publishers.
Just as wonzo made his surprise appearance, an oldie finallly gets its last two chapters translated. Methinks he needs to come here more often.
Munou no Hito ch5-6 (End) by Tsuge Yoshiharu
Alternatively known as A Worthless Person. Since it's been five years since the previous chapters were translated, a short recap is in order: It's about a middle-aged man who sells rocks and other worthless trash, and has a trash life, the end.
The short manga chronicles his daily routine, sometimes his circumstances, and always his musings, as he thinks of ways to get out of his situation, of his past attempts to live a better life, and ultimately, at his worthlessness compared to the other people he meets.
But ultimately, his misfortunes are not the product of extraordinary circumstances, and in the end at his core he's a normal man, a banal man, who made some bad decisions, was too easily disillusioned, and dreamed too big while doing too little. He's not much different from countless other, more successful people, and it shows how easily, if not quickly, one can be relegated to the dregs of society.
It's not a pleasant read by all means. The art is simple, yet deliberately somber, made out of only black ink on white paper. There's no catharsis to be had, neither for the reader nor for the characters. The ending itself can hardly be called that at first glance. One might call it nihilistic, and the manga itself could be likened to its protagonist in how it imparts his neverending misery to its readers. Still, it carries a certain poetic, yet sobering quality in it, as well as a particularily dour form of black humor, which some might appreciate.
If you're tempted to look into something short and somber, look no further than Munou no Hito, and may you never meet the same fate as that man.
Munou no Hito ch5-6 (End) by Tsuge Yoshiharu
Alternatively known as A Worthless Person. Since it's been five years since the previous chapters were translated, a short recap is in order: It's about a middle-aged man who sells rocks and other worthless trash, and has a trash life, the end.
The short manga chronicles his daily routine, sometimes his circumstances, and always his musings, as he thinks of ways to get out of his situation, of his past attempts to live a better life, and ultimately, at his worthlessness compared to the other people he meets.
But ultimately, his misfortunes are not the product of extraordinary circumstances, and in the end at his core he's a normal man, a banal man, who made some bad decisions, was too easily disillusioned, and dreamed too big while doing too little. He's not much different from countless other, more successful people, and it shows how easily, if not quickly, one can be relegated to the dregs of society.
It's not a pleasant read by all means. The art is simple, yet deliberately somber, made out of only black ink on white paper. There's no catharsis to be had, neither for the reader nor for the characters. The ending itself can hardly be called that at first glance. One might call it nihilistic, and the manga itself could be likened to its protagonist in how it imparts his neverending misery to its readers. Still, it carries a certain poetic, yet sobering quality in it, as well as a particularily dour form of black humor, which some might appreciate.
If you're tempted to look into something short and somber, look no further than Munou no Hito, and may you never meet the same fate as that man.
BassForever
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Chill out
better cool it with puns
4 is a cutie
Banned
💯💯💯
Dedication Through Light
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Always AMZN, always preorder, often manga is marked down >4$ due to preorder price guaranteed, it can be really significant for pricer stuff, most Ive ever saved due to it was 10+$ on Gundam Origin and other omnibus mangas.
(NSFW) Hachishaku Hachiwa Keraku Meguri - Igyou Kaikitan by Jyoka
A series of horror stories as they're narrated by a wanderer seeking shelter from the rain and a taxi driver. I wouldn't recommend it to the faint of the heart, as even discarding its horror aspects the various tales and their themes, inspired from folklore and creepypastas, can be quite traumatic. However, if you seek something bone-chilling with an adult bend, with some great art that is pretty good at conveying its uneasy atmosphere as well as the various horrors depicted, it won't disappoint you.
A series of horror stories as they're narrated by a wanderer seeking shelter from the rain and a taxi driver. I wouldn't recommend it to the faint of the heart, as even discarding its horror aspects the various tales and their themes, inspired from folklore and creepypastas, can be quite traumatic. However, if you seek something bone-chilling with an adult bend, with some great art that is pretty good at conveying its uneasy atmosphere as well as the various horrors depicted, it won't disappoint you.
BassForever
Member
Thats not very nIce keeping the puns to yourself
Are you saying they should endeavor to stop making puns?
They were just to fired up
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Yeah The Private Report on My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness is a really good expose on anxiety and identity. I'm def gonna buy the release.
OniBarubary
Banned
The strength of Private Report is, amazingly for something translated into English, how strong it's explanation and the imagery/metaphor/whatnot is in it's language to describe depression. There were so many points in the manga where she said something and I almost stood up in my chair and shouted at the screen like "YES! THAT IS EXACTLY HOW IT FEELS!" because so much media gets depression wrong or mischaracterizes it. Like this and Bojack Horseman are the most accurate depictions and explanations of Depression in media today.
BassForever
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This conversation is burning me up
Black Bishop
Member
I've come to realise that once you have an unhealthy obsession over the fictional relationship of a 400 year old skeleton and a 23 year old girl, manga and by extension, Tite Kubo's taste in chapter names becomes quite normal.
In other news...
Promised Neverland Ch35: Phil you magnificent **stard. Also things could still go very wrong for our young escapee's.. And I am more than okay with that!
Twin Star Exorcists Ch39-40: Okay, but why does it feel like there was a chapter missing between these two?
Dungeon Meshi Ch33: A challenger enters! And swarmy mcgee just get's more stab-able by the second.
In other news...
Promised Neverland Ch35: Phil you magnificent **stard. Also things could still go very wrong for our young escapee's.. And I am more than okay with that!
Twin Star Exorcists Ch39-40: Okay, but why does it feel like there was a chapter missing between these two?
Dungeon Meshi Ch33: A challenger enters! And swarmy mcgee just get's more stab-able by the second.
wrasslin and games have p. much reduced my weeb time to nill so i-
someone finally translated the rest of this? omfg
Dungeon Meshi 33
I wonder if it ever occurred to the leader that Laius and his sister were just too naive to realize they were funding the black market. Dude is annoying, but I guess it makes sense for him being like that, his biggest fault so far is that he expects people to think like him.
The oni girl was cute.
I wonder if it ever occurred to the leader that Laius and his sister were just too naive to realize they were funding the black market. Dude is annoying, but I guess it makes sense for him being like that, his biggest fault so far is that he expects people to think like him.
The oni girl was cute.
Have you give your opinions about the Best romcon around? Jitsu Wa Watashi Wa?
had a decent start but ultimately devolved into a boring slog of wasted potential
The Private Report on My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness 1 - 5
I thought reading this would make me depressed, but instead I thought it was relatable and even cathartic.
Ten out of ten. Serious praise for the art especially, simple but extremely well made. My only regret is that there aren't many people I can show this too.
I thought reading this would make me depressed, but instead I thought it was relatable and even cathartic.
Ten out of ten. Serious praise for the art especially, simple but extremely well made. My only regret is that there aren't many people I can show this too.
OniBarubary
Banned
Wow, went back and reread that and realized I come across way more hostile than I was jokingly intending. Woof!
I'll just say that apparently rum makes me ornery and I miss wonzo hot takes.
I'll just say that apparently rum makes me ornery and I miss wonzo hot takes.
Golden Kamuy 90
Impressive that the guy who defeated a bear isn't even the scariest one.
Dungeon Meshi 33
Whoa, this is going places. It's both kind of funny and frustrating that Kabru's both so perceptive and yet such an idiot, and an asshole besides. Love that Chilchack's an "old fart". Kind of surprised Sureau's getting a backstory. But then again, I didn't expect Namari to come back and be important either.
Impressive that the guy who defeated a bear isn't even the scariest one.
Dungeon Meshi 33
Whoa, this is going places. It's both kind of funny and frustrating that Kabru's both so perceptive and yet such an idiot, and an asshole besides. Love that Chilchack's an "old fart". Kind of surprised Sureau's getting a backstory. But then again, I didn't expect Namari to come back and be important either.
We should get an OT for this series already.
hope those rumors of madhouse doing it were true
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