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[Angry Grimace]

I went back and read the oneshot of Shokugeki no Soma. I think Erina and Soma interact more in that issue than they have in all of the serialization. She's a lot more functional in that issue, though; she even votes for Soma in a shokugeki (which obviously the authors hadn't really worked out yet, since Erina challenged Soma, had her lackey be the competitor, and she was the sole judge).

 

[Dedication Through Light]

World Trigger 52

Perhaps its time to hold an inauguration service for Chika's performance as one of the most recent well performing femChars in shonen jump this year. Utterly impressive chapter. Though Osamu could have been the one to do it, to finally have her not sit around is good.

 

[Turin Turambar]

Manga mondays at Dark Horse, Carl Horn talks about Hiroki Endo's Eden: What an Endless World, which happens to be a personal favorite of mine.

www.darkhorse.com/Blog/1634/manga-mondays-return-eden

I was just looking for an excuse to post this again, figured I'd use his ICv2 interview where he namedropped it, but this is even better.



This is a cleaned illustration from the backcover of the 13th volume, there's another nice illustration of her but so far I've only seen it on a little booklet that was given away at a signing event and a prize.

Disclaimer: Eden sold like shit in the States, it's stalled and Dark Horse never bothered to reprint the earlier volumes. Meanwhile in Italy a 9 volume omnibus large trim edition just had its last volume published this January and All Rounder Meguru volume 12 came out last week.

One of my favorite mangas (though I admit the ending volumes weren't up to par). I have some spanish volumes (unfinished) and some US volumes and even some UK volumes. Maybe one day I will get to finish it.

 

[thesaucetastic]

I went back and read the oneshot of Shokugeki no Soma. I think Erina and Soma interact more in that issue than they have in all of the serialization. She's a lot more functional in that issue, though; she even votes for Soma in a shokugeki (which obviously the authors hadn't really worked out yet, since Erina challenged Soma, had her lackey be the competitor, and she was the sole judge).

Yeah I didn't mind the Erina of the one shot as much. It also helped reinforce the fact that she has always been intended as a love interest. But even in the one shot, Soma was looking past her ("into infinity"), so contrary to my hopes it didn't help clarify how Soma is going to fall in love with anyone, let alone Erina.

 

[Kurita]

RIP Lele

 

[Dedication Through Light]

All You Need Is Kill 8

The whole scene with the dad and the car and mimics felt like something out of a previous movie released in the 2000's whose name escapes me.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Yeah I didn't mind the Erina of the one shot as much. It also helped reinforce the fact that she has always been intended as a love interest. But even in the one shot, Soma was looking past her ("into infinity"), so contrary to my hopes it didn't help clarify how Soma is going to fall in love with anyone, let alone Erina.

Its interesting - almost none of the character arc between them exists in the actual manga outside of some vague subtext. But in the oneshot, he directly tells her he thinks her cooking is boring because she never makes any mistakes, but he never really says any of that to her in the serialization (mostly because we never see Erina cooking anything, since her role as deuteragonist is instead taken by Tadokoro).

Edit: At rate, its just going to be me, dakkumauji and scy talking to ourselves because everyone else is banned.

 

[ColossalLazy]

RIP Lele

The correct answer would be mechs. Mechs makes everything better.

 

[IHaveIce]

I went back and read the oneshot of Shokugeki no Soma. I think Erina and Soma interact more in that issue than they have in all of the serialization. She's a lot more functional in that issue, though; she even votes for Soma in a shokugeki (which obviously the authors hadn't really worked out yet, since Erina challenged Soma, had her lackey be the competitor, and she was the sole judge).

Looking at the one shot again and the early chapters I'm still mad how they turned down the smut( that was already not much)

 

[Angry Grimace]

Looking at the one shot again and the early chapters I'm still mad how they turned down the smut( that was already not much)

The reason that happened is because its relatively mainstream popular.

 

[Conan-san]

World Trigger 52


Perhaps its time to hold an inauguration service for Chika's performance as one of the most recent well performing femChars in shonen jump this year. Utterly impressive chapter. Though Osamu could have been the one to do it, to finally have her not sit around is good.

Though given that she's shown to have a spine will utterly destroy her ranking.

 

[Blackhead]

We've gone through this before with the thread of trying to figure out how to do a "Manga of the Year." I know that other threads do have those but it's a bit harder when there's really not that many serieses(eses) that are finished in a year unless we start trying to find all the random one-shots or one volume works. Unless it's just a constantly running thing of "vote for best mangas ever that are completed up to the end of the year" which would probably not end up being all that indicative of much.

And I still think "novelty" needs a real definition here.

If we do take a poll for best manga, we will be seeing a lot of weekly series such as One Piece, Naruto and Bleach.

Its what most people casually read.

Nah, you could start a thread in the OT, but the entire thread will be people voting for Berserk. Whether that's something you think is good, I don't know, but that's what you're going to get.

If one asked us in here, you'd get a much wider selection, but nobody's going to agree on anything.

That's pretty much the caveat of any Best of whatever thing especially when you have things that run throughout the whole year and more. It's a lot different than say Best Anime of 2013 since you can easily narrow it down. I mean sure you could do that with manga saying stuff only released during a certain time frame but who wants to actually go and place limits on that.

Well the long running series could be limited to their most recent arcs that were released in the last year or so (or we could just disqualify Bleach on principle — seriously if anyone puts Bleach as no1 I'm going to reach across the intertubes and give you a knock, fair warning ). There could be a list of 'nominees' compiled in this thread that would be used as the foundation for a separate voting thread so it's not overrun by casuals. Perhaps a longer voting period so posters have time to check out some of the series they aren't yet familiar with? I think it could work

Or maybe I'll just scour the internet for japanese manga awards and compile a list from that

 

[thesaucetastic]

RIP Lele

fought the good fight of not giving a shit about Titanfall, rip in peace BibleThump

it's not a perma is it?

Its interesting - almost none of the character arc between them exists in the actual manga outside of some vague subtext. But in the oneshot, he directly tells her he thinks her cooking is boring because she never makes any mistakes, but he never really says any of that to her in the serialization (mostly because we never see Erina cooking anything, since her role as deuteragonist is instead taken by Tadokoro).

Edit: At rate, its just going to be me, dakkumauji and scy talking to ourselves because everyone else is banned.

Yeah, I noticed that too, like in the chapter of that sore loser panel that gets cycled around here often, she remembers how he said that his experience with failure would make him win or something.

Also don't forget Kasane.

 

[Otakumegane]

Looking at the one shot again and the early chapters I'm still mad how they turned down the smut( that was already not much)

If less smut gives us more stuff like chapter 59 reactions then I'm all for it.

 

[scy]

Edit: At rate, its just going to be me, dakkumauji and scy talking to ourselves because everyone else is banned.

Does this mean one of us has to get banned? Like some kind of noble sacrifice for the greater good?

Looking at the one shot again and the early chapters I'm still mad how they turned down the smut( that was already not much)

Wasn't necessary anymore.

 

[dakkumauji]

Looking at the one shot again and the early chapters I'm still mad how they turned down the smut( that was already not much)

Eh, I like the various food reactions now. It reminds me of Yakitate Japan just more grounded.

Does this mean one of us has to get banned? Like some kind of noble sacrifice for the greater good?

Does one of us have to murder the other to graduate from this thread?

 

[survivor]

Well the long running series could be limited to their most recent arcs that were released in the last year or so (or we could just disqualify Bleach on principle — seriously if anyone puts Bleach as no1 I'm going to reach across the intertubes and give you a knock, fair warning ). There could be a list of 'nominees' compiled in this thread that would be used as the foundation for a separate voting thread so it's not overrun by casuals. Perhaps a longer voting period so posters have time to check out some of the series they aren't yet familiar with? I think it could work

Or maybe I'll just scour the internet for japanese manga awards and compile a list from that

Natalie awards for 2013 which is polled from a list of manga editors

1. Sakamoto desu ga?
2. Shingeki no Kyojin
3. Ajin
4. Kakukaku Shikajika
5. Ansatsu Kyoushitsu
6. Gin no Saji
7. Nanatsu no Taizai
8. Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
9. Kyou wa Kaisha Yasumimasu.
10. High Score Girl
11. Ballroom e Youkoso
12. Kuu Neru Futari Sumu Futari
13. Aku no Hana
14. Innocent
15. Kuku no Honkai
16. Hikidashi ni Terrarium
17. Bokura no 17-On!
18. One Punch-Man
19. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
20. Shiki no Zenjitsu
21. Kingdom
22. Genshiken
23. Sayonara, Sorcier
24. Umimachi Diary
25. Sanzoku Diary
26. Tokyo Shinjuu
27. Fujiyama-san wa Shishunki
28. Bungou Stray Dogs

Manga Taisho 2014 awards

Ajin
Ashizuri Suizokukan
A Bride’s Story
Sakamoto Desu Ga?
Goodbye, Tama-chan
Juuhan Shuttai
The Seven Deadly Sins
Hikidashi ni Terrarium
Boku Dake ga Inai Machi
One-Punch Man

18 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award

I by Igarashi Mikio from Monthly Ikki
Ai...Shisomeku Koro ni... by Fujiko Fujio A from Big Comic Original Zoukan
Gin no Saji by Arakawa Hiromu from Weekly Shounen Sunday
3-Gatsu no Lion by Umeno Chika from Young Animal
Shitsuren Chocolatier by Mizushira Setona from Monthly Flowers
Shingeki no Kyojin by Isayama Hajime from Bessatsu Shounen Magazine
Doubutsu no Kuni by Raiku Makoto from Bessatsu Shounen Magazine
Yagi no Ki by Yamashita Tatsuhiko (story) and Igarashi Mikio (artwork) from Evening
Machi de Uwasa no Tengu no Ko by Iwamoto Nao from Monthly Flowers
Mitsuami no Kamisama by Kyou Machiko from Jump Kai

There is also a reader award version for that which has more titles

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Or maybe I'll just scour the internet for japanese manga awards and compile a list from that

I thought the recent round of JPN manga have been stale, they always seem to have the same titles.

 

[Angry Grimace]

fought the good fight of not giving a shit about Titanfall, rip in peace BibleThump

it's not a perma is it?


Yeah, I noticed that too, like in the chapter of that sore loser panel that gets cycled around here often, she remembers how he said that his experience with failure would make him win or something.

Also don't forget Kasane.

Of course not. You'll know when someone's knocking on the door of a perm. A single smartass comment is just going to get you a week or two.

As for the next part of this arc, I think this is going to be your Alice backstory arc. She's actually a gimmick character like Nikumi, its just not terribly obvious yet. My guess is that we're going to find out that she turned into technology cooking girl because she needed to find a way to surpass Erina or something like that. I'm going to give it a less than 50% odds that she joins Soma's harem, but I think odds are pretty high she'll end up in the Defeat Means Friendship trope.

 

[Vito]

One of my favorite mangas (though I admit the ending volumes weren't up to par). I have some spanish volumes (unfinished) and some US volumes and even some UK volumes. Maybe one day I will get to finish it.

I got some of the UK volumes as well, they were identical to the US ones afaik, except with Titan Books or smth on the spine?

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Oh an anime endorsement of sorts, I wonder if I should be watching.

 

[Otakumegane]

I'm actually for the whole Soma learned the whole cooking with kindness thing from his dad and Tadokoro which reflects in the bento que "You can't cook with love cliche"

Boom 2nd cliche of being hinted in 52.5 about Alice pretending she knows a lot realizes she doesn't, says "Then teach me." Que herp derp shenanigans.

 

[Blackhead]

Natalie awards for 2013 which is polled from a list of manga editors


Manga Taisho 2014 awards


18 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award

There is also a reader award version for that which has more titles

Thanks!

 

[Angry Grimace]

Some day, we'll find out the ultimate question in Shokugeki: the name of those two guys in the Polar Star dorm who are always there as butt monkeys.

 

[dakkumauji]

Oh an anime endorsement of sorts, I wonder if I should be watching.

I'm surprised you aren't.

I really didn't expect to see so much super interesting artwork for this series already.

It's weird how this might be one of the season's biggest hits and it pretty much came out of nowhere.

 

[Kurita]

I'm surprised you aren't.

I really didn't expect to see so much super interesting artwork for this series already.

It's weird how this might be one of the season's biggest hits and it pretty much came out of nowhere.

I hyped it when the anime adaptation got announced. Nobody listened to me.

 

[dakkumauji]

I hyped it when the anime adaptation got announced. Nobody listened to me.

You got me hyped. :[

I was just more surprised at how popular it is in manga boost, projected anime sales and just the influx of the fandom.

 

[scy]

I'm actually for the whole Soma learned the whole cooking with kindness thing from his dad and Tadokoro which reflects in the bento que "You can't cook with love cliche"

Boom 2nd cliche of being hinted in 52.5 about Alice pretending she knows a lot realizes she doesn't, says "Then teach me." Que herp derp shenanigans.

Cooking with love == Harem route unlocked.

Let's do this.

 

[IHaveIce]

The reason that happened is because its relatively mainstream popular.

If less smut gives us more stuff like chapter 59 reactions then I'm all for it.

Does this mean one of us has to get banned? Like some kind of noble sacrifice for the greater good?



Wasn't necessary anymore.

Eh, I like the various food reactions now. It reminds me of Yakitate Japan just more grounded.



Does one of us have to murder the other to graduate from this thread?

I get why they got rid of it, but I still think it is dumb. TLRD is also popular and still is lewd as fuck.

We need more mainstream smut. I miss nozoki ana

 

[dakkumauji]

I get why they got rid of it, but I still think it is dumb. TLRD is also popular and still is lewd as fuck.

We need more mainstream smut. I miss nozoki ana

Different magazines, different rules, different demographics.

 

[Angry Grimace]

I get why they got rid of it, but I still think it is dumb. TLRD is also popular and still is lewd as fuck.

We need more mainstream smut. I miss nozoki ana

I don't think TLRD is nearly as popular as SNS is. Its also not in regular old WSJ either, although regular TLR was.

 

[Articalys]

So, about Prison School, is it actually a balance of more serious and comedic elements, or more heavily leaning towards one or the other?

 

[upandaway]

you'll all be happy to know I watched the last few

Spoiler

16

episodes of Toradora today.

Amazing. Just amazing.

I SWEAR I WAS CUTTING ONIONS AROUND DINNER TIME AND...

aww fuck it I hate onions.

:')

Oh man, I was freaking out so hard when I was in your spot. I made a similar post here too. Toradora, it's pretty good, man. It's pretty good.

I'm really excited to read the VN but I'll wait till the end of the year or so, because I've read way too many VNs this year already. I'm thinking about that VN every day.

RIP Lele

Noo

Even in death, the hmph is still perfectly executed.

Some day, we'll find out the ultimate question in Shokugeki: the name of those two guys in the Polar Star dorm who are always there as butt monkeys.

If they're first years, they're the most forgettable characters in the manga. If they're second years, he's probably saving them for later on.

 

[Vito]

Thanks!

Hope you can read Japanese!

 

[Angry Grimace]

Oh man, I was freaking out so hard when I was in your spot. I made a similar post here too. Toradora, it's pretty good, man. It's pretty good.

I'm really excited to read the VN but I'll wait till the end of the year or so, because I've read way too many VNs this year already. I'm thinking about that VN every day.


Noo

Even in death, the hmph is still perfectly executed.


If they're first years, they're the most forgettable characters in the manga. If they're second years, he's probably saving them for later on.

They are first years. Isshiki says he's the only second year.

 

[Turin Turambar]

I got some of the UK volumes as well, they were identical to the US ones afaik, except with Titan Books or smth on the spine?

Yeah, I think it was something like that.

 

[upandaway]

They are first years. Isshiki says he's the only second year.

Man that's crazy. When I saw them at the tournament cheering I was legitimately dumbfounded like I was supposed to know who they were. Actually I'm still operating on that because I don't remember anything about them before the tournament.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Man that's crazy. When I saw them at the tournament cheering I was legitimately dumbfounded like I was supposed to know who they were. Actually I'm still operating on that because I don't remember anything about them before the tournament.

Yeah, the manga is pretty slow to tell you who anyone is right now. We don't know those guys names, we only figured out the secretary's name like 3 weeks ago and we know who three of the Elite Ten are. My only guess is that Tadokoro or some of the other characters are going to take those E10 spots since at this rate, because otherwise it would be chapter 400 before we even figured out who the No. 1 seat even is. Although I fully expect Erina to pull a Gary in Pokemon Red and take No. 1 before he ever gets there.

 

[Save 'N Quit]

I'm more interested in these two then jobber 1 & 2

And I don't even know if they're going to appear again.

Welp.

I wonder if there's some kind of mistake here from some side, because it doesn't feel like it's about to end really soon...

Gonna need to buy a bottle to drown my sorrows when its an open ending.

 

[Quasar]

So, about Prison School, is it actually a balance of more serious and comedic elements, or more heavily leaning towards one or the other?

I seem alone but to me it seems to be drama sprinkled with dark comedy elements.

 

[kewlmyc]

I can't believe TWGOK is ending. Sure the latest arc has been god awful, but so was Hayate's latest arc, and that one was much longer, yet it's still kicking.

 

[ryan13ts]

RIP Lele

He seriously got banned for that? How petty.

And I'm also in the "This doesn't look remotely interesting" group in regards to Titanfall.

 

[dakkumauji]

I can't believe TWGOK is ending. Sure the latest arc has been god awful, but so was Hayate's latest arc, and that one was much longer, yet it's still kicking.

I'm guess Hayate is more popular and they can probably pump half decent OVAs featuring the girls like what they are planning to do.

Or maybe TWGOK's author finally ran out of steam and had no idea what the hell he was going to do with the story anymore.

 

[Angry Grimace]

I'm more interested in these two then jobber 1 & 2

And I don't even know if they're going to appear again.




Gonna need to buy a bottle to drown my sorrows when its an open ending.

I imagine they will. I mean, the guy in front of the Elf guy in that panel turned out to be Alice's aide.

 

[kewlmyc]

I'm guess Hayate is more popular and they can probably pump half decent OVAs featuring the girls like what they are planning to do.

Or maybe TWGOK's author finally ran out of steam and had no idea what the hell he was going to do with the story anymore.

We'll probably never find out who Demeter is either. Yay dropped plot points!

 

[dakkumauji]

We'll probably never find out who Demeter is either. Yay dropped plot points!

If this is getting Negima'd, we can find out in his next series! Maybe.

 

[wonzo]

The correct answer would be mechs. Mechs makes everything better.

Nah the mechs are the weakest part of the game imo.

 

[Antiwhippy]

I'm more interested in these two then jobber 1 & 2

So is this where Najimi ajimu got to after she was killed?

 

[upandaway]

So is this where Najimi ajimu got to after she was killed?

Haha. Popping up in different Jump manga after the end of Medaka Box would be the most fitting Ajimu conclusion I can think of.

 

[Lain]

RIP Lele

I hope it's a short one.

Failure of a Heroine volume 5

This keep being one of the better shojo I'm reading at the moment. Between the silly facial expressions everyone makes (as shown up there), the way the interactions between the characters are handled and the whole idiocy of the premise it manages to stay fresh and funny while moving the plot forward, building the characters steadily and creating interesting situations.
I see that the scanlations have really picked up the pace since I last looked and are even getting close to the last volume. Given how the official release in Italy has been coming out slowly, resisting the urge to check scans is gonna be hard.