Until actual events in the manga (and not just meta-narration) directly begin to correlate with events in the movie and third anime, I will maintain my view that Heaven is a Place on Earth and Can't Take My Eyes Off You remain an alternate continuity.
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Glass Rebel
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Magi
Am I the only one who thinks that Magi has gotten a bit boring lately? Stuff is happening all the time but I have a hard time caring about any of the characters involved. I liked it better before they split :/
Am I the only one who thinks that Magi has gotten a bit boring lately? Stuff is happening all the time but I have a hard time caring about any of the characters involved. I liked it better before they split :/
Kaiji Part 3 - vol 1
Let's play 17 Steps.
That last chapter was confusing as fuck. So many random ass terms thrown at me and I got no clue what any of them meant. There is a guide at the end of the volume and I should be reading it but this feels like homework. I don't wanna study to be able to understand a manga.
Let's play 17 Steps.
That last chapter was confusing as fuck. So many random ass terms thrown at me and I got no clue what any of them meant. There is a guide at the end of the volume and I should be reading it but this feels like homework. I don't wanna study to be able to understand a manga.
Yeah, I miss my dungeon exploring action. And Mor. Mostly Mor. But now with the Kou Empire's involvement I'm expecting exciting developments.
PhantomOfTheKnight
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..I thought everyone thought that when they were first announced. *shrugs*
Agreed. But only because I miss Mor kicking the crap outta people. Hopefully now that Aladdin and Alibaba are back together, Mor isn't far behind.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It's a cute little story with your typical mistaken identity jokes at the very least. lol
Dedication Through Light
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What the hell? Kakizaki isn't milking this shit?
So Brad is gonna fight beat his dad and the other gang leaders all in the next 3 volumes? Impressive pacing if so.
That was before Hata trolled hard with the first few pages of this week's HnG chapter.
Meccanical
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Well I hope they pick up the slack on the translations then.
There's so much stuff we haven't seen yet.
It's not that bad, we're like one volume behind and the chapters do get released with a steady pace.
Before Dawn and the End of the World
This was an awesome collection of oneshots by da gawd Asano. There were some really nice colour pages and double page spreads in this and I'd have to say the 3 Parter about the dad going missing for a couple of days was easily my favourite of the bunch. Now if only someone would translate the second volume of A Girl by the Sea already.
This was an awesome collection of oneshots by da gawd Asano. There were some really nice colour pages and double page spreads in this and I'd have to say the 3 Parter about the dad going missing for a couple of days was easily my favourite of the bunch. Now if only someone would translate the second volume of A Girl by the Sea already.
Before Dawn and the End of the World
This was an awesome collection of oneshots by da gawd Asano. There were some really nice colour pages and double page spreads in this and I'd have to say the 3 Parter about the dad going missing for a couple of days was easily my favourite of the bunch. Now if only someone would translate the second volume of A Girl by the Sea already.
Yep, that was my favourite part of the collection as well. It's probably the only story I even remember from the manga.
There's nothing wrong with how One Piece reads. One Piece is how normal comics are supposed to be written and paneled like, unlike the garbage you see in Bleach which are just anime storyboards that aren't scribbles.
Infinite Justice
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Why did you bring Bleach up when he was comparing it to Beserk and Vagabond?
TacticalFox88
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One piece is throwing images together and hoping they follow together coherently.
With less than stellar results.
With less than stellar results.
Berserk 183
why has God's beard appeared before us?Griffiths is really god's beard? oh yeah the falcon of light has appeared to save midland.
Am pleased and surprised griffths and guts had a confrontation so early after his return and exchanged a few words.
berserk ch184
oh god Am on loli territory now
So we finally meet infamous loli, know this you will not break me or take my love of beserk away for me, for I have been training mentally for the last 2 years on "that thread" for the moment theses things began to show up in berserk as Miura became terminally ill with the loli virus.
Am ready, lets do this.
why has God's beard appeared before us?Griffiths is really god's beard? oh yeah the falcon of light has appeared to save midland.
yeah right
Am pleased and surprised griffths and guts had a confrontation so early after his return and exchanged a few words.
berserk ch184
oh god Am on loli territory now
So we finally meet infamous loli, know this you will not break me or take my love of beserk away for me, for I have been training mentally for the last 2 years on "that thread" for the moment theses things began to show up in berserk as Miura became terminally ill with the loli virus.
Am ready, lets do this.
/crazy rant
He's trying to throw punches at da gawd with his pillow fists, thinking that's gonna do something. HE WRONG THO
Yeah, it being much longer than the other ones definitely gave it more space to tie all the characters together really effectively.
Dedication Through Light
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The artist for the saint seiya (old) manga? Dude looks like he could be from it, well in that panel.
Steve Jobs manga first chapter online preview. Not a big fan of the art style.
PhantomOfTheKnight
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Perhaps I am forgetting a huge loli moment or something, but she has never really bothered me and I kinda like her character. I always took her liking Guts as a little kids innocent crush/infatuation that many get.
Probably happened because its the first dude that she can relate to, Guts being all demon fighting magically awesome, so he is in 'her world'
I always got the impression that Issidoro and her and going to eventually get together
Probably happened because its the first dude that she can relate to, Guts being all demon fighting magically awesome, so he is in 'her world'
I always got the impression that Issidoro and her and going to eventually get together
Not a plot spoiler or anything, just thought id be safe
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Does Baby Steps showcase tennis pretty decently?
Berserk
These are exactly my feelings on the entire situation. Her having a crush on Guts isn't really surprising at all nor is it a problem cause she knows how Guts feels about things involving that kind of shit.
FlutterPuffs
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Yep. It's a really good read.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Think different.
Infinite Justice
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Berserk
Agreed even on the possible ship. lol
Plus as long as you place the title of what you are talking in bold and at the top you will be fine, no need for tags
Agreed even on the possible ship. lol
Plus as long as you place the title of what you are talking in bold and at the top you will be fine, no need for tags
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Seriously, unless you have an inherent dislike for child characters she's fine.
Also you'll meet isidora soon who is waaaaay worst. Unless by now isidora is already part of Gut's party? Can't remember.
Also you'll meet isidora soon who is waaaaay worst. Unless by now isidora is already part of Gut's party? Can't remember.
Infinite Justice
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Oh god, give me strength.
Just hope she gets over it
He's before actually and this is where i draw the line at this thing.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Yeah, not crazy about the art style.
Seems like it's going to be a fairly down to earth biography though, if a little bit apple-fan-wanky.
Kaiji
Ok, after reading up on mahjong I think I got the hang of the tiles, the win conditions, and the basic rules. Only problem is the winning hands have their own names depending on the points and combination of tiles so now I gotta look that up as well.
The last chapter of the first volume is making more sense now, but I still feel like I won't be able to read the situation that well since I don't know the many different winning hands and their points.
Ok, after reading up on mahjong I think I got the hang of the tiles, the win conditions, and the basic rules. Only problem is the winning hands have their own names depending on the points and combination of tiles so now I gotta look that up as well.
The last chapter of the first volume is making more sense now, but I still feel like I won't be able to read the situation that well since I don't know the many different winning hands and their points.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
It cannot entirely escape from the usual "omg this guy is so extremely talented" shenanigans typically shown by this type of manga, but overall tennis is pictured pretty good in it.
Much better than the Prince of Tennis, at least, where a bunch of bishounens middle-schoolers can school Federer or Nadal with their hands tied behind their backs with their ridiculous ninja-like tennis moves.
Like I said it's mostly the same 10 or so terms for hands that are used the most regularly. If you know them you won't even need to know any others.
Because the end chapter notes have those explanations, just caption those every time you come across new ones and put it in a handy location, and it'll work itself out. It's off memory, but for the last 7 or so volumes I don't remember a single help page that had a term not mentioned previously.
Other than that, you'll probably be clear once you get a feel for what you need to spend some seconds understanding and what you can just brush off (for example any relevant part of the board will always be on screen, so you don't have to remember what's the current strategy and you can jump into any explanation at any moment even if you dozed off for the past chapter so you never have to reread anything).
Kinda surprised I could even write this post right now because my brain is completely fried after ~16 straight hours of S;G two days in a row. can't stoppppp
dakkumauji
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Nickelodeon 19
Re-reading these chapters is pretty nice especially since I pick up more things a second time going through.
Re-reading these chapters is pretty nice especially since I pick up more things a second time going through.
Cause he's an avid Bleach fan.
I really don't see that much difference between some of the paneling in those two manga than in One Piece. Berserk for example can get really busy too. But like One Piece, there's absolutely nothing incoherent about it. Maybe if you guys actually payed a little attention to what's going on rather than skimming the pages like plebeians this wouldn't be a problem.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Do you always feel the need to imply your "superior manga-reading ways" to anyone that disagree with your opinion?
In any event, I should probably read Berserk too; I only read it for about 10 chapters and that's it. From the looks of it it seems interesting.
curlyfriski
Banned
Vinland Saga 92
The going into the light part was stupid, just like most parts in this series which try to be a serious consideration of the ethical dilemmas inherent to Viking society. I did enjoy the part where that one guy cut off the heads of a bunch of other guys.
The going into the light part was stupid, just like most parts in this series which try to be a serious consideration of the ethical dilemmas inherent to Viking society. I did enjoy the part where that one guy cut off the heads of a bunch of other guys.
Yeah, I just saw the notes about the different winning hands and the different ways to get a han. I should keep that page open at all times.
tuturu
Avid? Fuck naw. I just like it more than One Piece and Naruto. Bleach is littered with problems but
I do not have superior manga-reading ways, but I do question the sanctity of people who are used to exclusive shonen manga.
The reason why One Piece has a lot going on because it's actually cramming a good amount of story into a single chapter, like every other serialized manga out there that doesn't drag out every battle into a volume's worth of content like Bleach or Naruto does.
I really don't see much of a difference how One Piece is structured than something like Berserk is. Aside from Berserk being a million's time better, in terms of content and execution both are fairly traditional in terms of manga, sticking to formulas that have been working for decades. Vagabond is a bit nontraditional, but has such exceptional story and character development that it fully works of it's own intent. Then you got Bleach, which is pretty much an anime storyboard drawn to look like manga, which to not knock Bleach down happens a LOT nowadays to action shonen (even seinen sometimes), but Bleach doesn't even have anything remotely of value to make the long drawn out battles worth the wait so it's style is pointless.
There's nothing incoherent about Bleach either, at least not of what I read. One Piece does have a bit to much going on sometimes and if not spending 30 minutes looking at a page because it's a mess makes me a plebeian then so be it.
The greatest story of our era.
I don't think you know what an anime storyboard looks like.
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