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Shokugeki no Soma! + World Trigger.
Reread Eyeshield 21 now.
brotkasten
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Berserk, end of the flashback (I think)
Gutts got his metal arm and his dragon slayer sword and just killed a demon tree in the next chapter. I think the flashback is over and overall I really enjoyed it.
Everything was explained well and most of it made sense, as far as I'm concerned and it tied the story nicely together.
Griffith is obviously a huge asshole. As I mentioned before, when he fucked the little princess, I thought it was still part of his grand scheme. But after Gutts truly left and a year had passed, it became clear that he simply fucked it up in a huge, huge way. And I think this is the only part I didn't like about the flashback, because that behavior seemed a bit out of character for him. When it came to his plans and schemes, he was always cold, calculated everything, took everything into account and always tried to avoid huge risks (at least when it came to his own life). And then Gutts decided to leave and his huge, massive and godly ego couldn't take it? The man that was confident about everything? So he loses his biggest asset in times of war (which he just ended), goes mad and throws everything away, just so he (indirectly) fucks the king? "Hey king, thanks for everything, but I just lost something for the first time and I think you should get this feeling too". What.
In the meantime Gutts and Caska come together, get all nice and couple-y and fool around, even during the rescue mission. That was really nice to see. Then they rescue Griffith, who became a total mess and blames Gutts for everything (at least it seemed that way during the monologue) and they escape. He noticed that something between Gutts and Caska was going on and apparently didn't like it much. Not only did he convince her to get Gutts to leave, he also fucked her brain (or rather mind) out, when he became the demon king. After sacrificing all of his followers, of course.
Again, I can see him getting all emo about Sasuke leaving, but that turn was a bit much. But in a way it was just a minor thing for me and didn't bother me that much. The art was excellent and so were the various scenes and moments. What didn't happen for me was a real "wtf" moment. No train wreck, no outrage, no huge surprises. I might say I'm a bit disappointed by that.
I mentioned the feast earlier and i have to say, seeing the death of Corkus and the rest was pretty sad. I hoped the key members survived and walked on different paths, so that Gutts could meet/fight them again. I guess it wasn't meant to be. I'm much more surprised that Caska survived, if you can call it that. In a way it's worse than dying and I hope she finds to her old self at some point. Also curious to see what happens with the child. That should be fun.
Gutts got his metal arm and his dragon slayer sword and just killed a demon tree in the next chapter. I think the flashback is over and overall I really enjoyed it.
Everything was explained well and most of it made sense, as far as I'm concerned and it tied the story nicely together.
Griffith is obviously a huge asshole. As I mentioned before, when he fucked the little princess, I thought it was still part of his grand scheme. But after Gutts truly left and a year had passed, it became clear that he simply fucked it up in a huge, huge way. And I think this is the only part I didn't like about the flashback, because that behavior seemed a bit out of character for him. When it came to his plans and schemes, he was always cold, calculated everything, took everything into account and always tried to avoid huge risks (at least when it came to his own life). And then Gutts decided to leave and his huge, massive and godly ego couldn't take it? The man that was confident about everything? So he loses his biggest asset in times of war (which he just ended), goes mad and throws everything away, just so he (indirectly) fucks the king? "Hey king, thanks for everything, but I just lost something for the first time and I think you should get this feeling too". What.
In the meantime Gutts and Caska come together, get all nice and couple-y and fool around, even during the rescue mission. That was really nice to see. Then they rescue Griffith, who became a total mess and blames Gutts for everything (at least it seemed that way during the monologue) and they escape. He noticed that something between Gutts and Caska was going on and apparently didn't like it much. Not only did he convince her to get Gutts to leave, he also fucked her brain (or rather mind) out, when he became the demon king. After sacrificing all of his followers, of course.
Again, I can see him getting all emo about Sasuke leaving, but that turn was a bit much. But in a way it was just a minor thing for me and didn't bother me that much. The art was excellent and so were the various scenes and moments. What didn't happen for me was a real "wtf" moment. No train wreck, no outrage, no huge surprises. I might say I'm a bit disappointed by that.
I mentioned the feast earlier and i have to say, seeing the death of Corkus and the rest was pretty sad. I hoped the key members survived and walked on different paths, so that Gutts could meet/fight them again. I guess it wasn't meant to be. I'm much more surprised that Caska survived, if you can call it that. In a way it's worse than dying and I hope she finds to her old self at some point. Also curious to see what happens with the child. That should be fun.
Of course I noticed that right away. it's hard to forget that Giger inspired design. Same with the snail demon who killed Pippin.
Infinite Justice
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Berserk, end of the flashback (I think)
Gutts got his metal arm and his dragon slayer sword and just killed a demon tree in the next chapter. I think the flashback is over and overall I really enjoyed it.
Everything was explained well and most of it made sense, as far as I'm concerned and it tied the story nicely together.
Griffith is obviously a huge asshole. As I mentioned before, when he fucked the little princess, I thought it was still part of his grand scheme. But after Gutts truly left and a year had passed, it became clear that he simply fucked it up in a huge, huge way. And I think this is the only part I didn't like about the flashback, because that behavior seemed a bit out of character for him. When it came to his plans and schemes, he was always cold, calculated everything, took everything into account and always tried to avoid huge risks (at least when it came to his own life). And then Gutts decided to leave and his huge, massive and godly ego couldn't take it? The man that was confident about everything? So he loses his biggest asset in times of war (which he just ended), goes mad and throws everything away, just so he (indirectly) fucks the king? "Hey king, thanks for everything, but I just lost something for the first time and I think you should get this feeling too". What.
In the meantime Gutts and Caska come together, get all nice and couple-y and fool around, even during the rescue mission. That was really nice to see. Then they rescue Griffith, who became a total mess and blames Gutts for everything (at least it seemed that way during the monologue) and they escape. He noticed that something between Gutts and Caska was going on and apparently didn't like it much. Not only did he convince her to get Gutts to leave, he also fucked her brain (or rather mind) out, when he became the demon king. After sacrificing all of his followers, of course.
Again, I can see him getting all emo about Sasuke leaving, but that turn was a bit much. But in a way it was just a minor thing for me and didn't bother me that much. The art was excellent and so were the various scenes and moments. What didn't happen for me was a real "wtf" moment. No train wreck, no outrage, no huge surprises. I might say I'm a bit disappointed by that.
I mentioned the feast earlier and i have to say, seeing the death of Corkus and the rest was pretty sad. I hoped the key members survived and walked on different paths, so that Gutts could meet/fight them again. I guess it wasn't meant to be. I'm much more surprised that Caska survived, if you can call it that. In a way it's worse than dying and I hope she finds to her old self at some point. Also curious to see what happens with the child. That should be fun.
Of course I noticed that right away. it's hard to forget that Giger inspired design. Same with the snail demon who killed Pippin.
Wow wait, are you saying the eclipse didn't shock you? I'd say it's one of the more shocking scenes in any manga, depicted excellently in the anime too.
On Griffith, I think its clear that him going into Charlotte's bedroom was a moment of madness and he got caught. Iirc it was on the same night/day that Guts left the Hawks, which is basically the first time he has ever lost anything. At that point, no matter how perfect he appears, he is just a man.
So ManGAF, if you had a behelit would you use it?
No, he wasn't. That's not how royalty works. Griffith the the one thing he couldn't get away with. All he had to do was play his cards right after the war and prove that he could hold his own in the political world. He had a legendary war record, the favour of the people, the love of the Princess and the King's approval. Casca and the King even say as much.
But none of that matters when you break the rules of the world like that. In one single night, he undid all of the work he put in and turned himself into a dead man. All calling out the King did was make sure that he'd get all the flesh stripped from his bones first.
Well if you say so!
Infinite Justice
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Yeah, I think that's the point.. Griffith doing something that so uncharacteristically and fucked him, all of that because Gutts the nobody,and screwing all the balance. that's the ultimate irony.
Relaxed Muscle
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Anorexia - Shikabane Hanako wa Kyoshokushou 5-9
What a messy way of wraping things. lol
What a messy way of wraping things. lol
I see that Usagi Drop got new chapters translated. Will they make me lose my faith in humanity again or is it safe to read them?
Lain bro, please make more pickup posts
How come I don't get quoted? But yeah. Griffith breaking down from was so silly. Like a small child throwing a fit over a broken toy.
I love watching manga artists work.
It's been posted here before but the video of Kaoru Mori drawing is incredible.
It's been posted here before but the video of Kaoru Mori drawing is incredible.
I haven't read them yet but from what i know it's just a bunch of side-stories & an epilogue so maybe. ┐(￣ヮ￣
┌This one of Takehiko Inoue is awesome, especially when he goes over his method of drawing.
I'm just scared of reading any intimate moments in the epilogue.I haven't read them yet but from what i know it's just a bunch of side-stories & an epilogue so maybe. ┐(￣ヮ￣
Wait... Isn't it like 6am in Japan right now?
I'd also like to see more of these. I get so jealous of all that Italian manga goodness ..but its great to see.
Time is not an obstacle for such a godly being
Space
Well most of tyrant known to being silly. Maybe he thought if he can't hold something that so small, no way he achieve his big dream.
dakkumauji
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Sukimasuki
A story about a guy peeping on a girl while the girl peeps on the guy.
It was a decent read. I like the characters and it started out pretty good. Not too fond of the ending though.
A story about a guy peeping on a girl while the girl peeps on the guy.
It was a decent read. I like the characters and it started out pretty good. Not too fond of the ending though.
I think it's more that it's horrifying, not that it's shocking. You spend, what, two volumes following Guts in the present, and an episode in the anime? You know what the end result is going to be: haunted by demons whilst hunting them, hating Griffith with every fiber of his being (who appears to have become a demon in the anime to a first time viewer, and very clearly did in the manga), and the rest of the Band of the Hawk conspicuously absent. We know something horrible and fucked up was inevitable (although I would be morbidly fascinated to see the reactions of someone who skipped that stuff and is foreshadowing blind), it was just a question of how it all went down. Well, I guess from that angle there's still the shock of just how horrible it got, but not shock something like that happened at all.
It's fine, the side stories happen before the apocalypse and even in the epilogue, the two don't really act like a couple at all.
That's sort of what he is deep down though, a little kid. The man's never faced anything he couldn't beat, he's never lost or had anything not go his way. Then one of his toys wants to leave and not only does he leave but that little nobody just proved to him and the entire band of hawk that he was the strongest. Griffith was beaten and humiliated on that day, what he did that night was him trying to exert his own power to prove to himself that he still had it.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Sukimasuki
A story about a guy peeping on a girl while the girl peeps on the guy.
It was a decent read. I like the characters and it started out pretty good. Not too fond of the ending though.
Is that a steak shirt?
That's awesome.
It's not that perverted and the guy actually has more of a fetish for seeing things through a narrow space rather than peeping on girls if I remember correctly.
Then why did you make them into a couple, argh
Oh well, at least it's safe to read.
I suppose so. It's just when it finally does go down, it's soooo much more brutal and cold than you expect. No honourable deaths on the battlefield or anything, just feasted on. I don't want to say too much but yeah, brutal.
Now you have read Berserk you have a badass detector installed in your brain, it's probably going off like a siren right now because Musashi is on the same level as Guts.
But to sacrifice his ambition (and his life) to feed his own ego? That was incredibly short-sighted.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
That could be fun.
Sooo cool.
I remember reading before about his grandfather saying about a drawing Inoue had done as a kid that "the hair is so full of life". He said it really inspired him to pursue drawing.
The guy draws hair like nobody's business. But then again, he draws everything well.
IT BEGINS
Infinite Justice
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Are you all caught up on Berserk wiseblade? i don't remember seeing the posts.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Samura gotta be in the running.
Also boichi as much as I don't like how he handles female characters.
Also boichi as much as I don't like how he handles female characters.
Add Murata.
Look at all these wasted panels
But seriously, Murata's name just never comes up to my mind cause I never read any of his manga.
Yes it was, but if you look at where his mind was at the time it makes sense. He had to prove to himself that Gutts wasn't the reason he was where he was. I mean look back at all the fights they won, Gutts played a huge role in all of that. Those fights were what was the foundation of his influence. He had to prove his own power. It was incredibly foolish but part of him probably thought he'd get away with it since until that that point he had never not gotten away with anything. He saw himself as above everything, the guy had ordered the assassination of a prince and nothing had happened. I'm not entirely shocked that he thought he'd get away with it, when I was reading it part of me thought he would as well. Until he didn't.
Don't Cry, Girl
Funny little story about a high school girl who for some reason finds herself living with a friend of her parents who happens to be a nudist but she actually copes quite well with the new situation given the circumstances. I like the characters a lot, exaggerated as they might be. The ending plays with the genre tropes so that's also a plus in my book.
Funny little story about a high school girl who for some reason finds herself living with a friend of her parents who happens to be a nudist but she actually copes quite well with the new situation given the circumstances. I like the characters a lot, exaggerated as they might be. The ending plays with the genre tropes so that's also a plus in my book.
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
Berserk, end of the flashback (I think)
Gutts got his metal arm and his dragon slayer sword and just killed a demon tree in the next chapter. I think the flashback is over and overall I really enjoyed it.
Everything was explained well and most of it made sense, as far as I'm concerned and it tied the story nicely together.
Griffith is obviously a huge asshole. As I mentioned before, when he fucked the little princess, I thought it was still part of his grand scheme. But after Gutts truly left and a year had passed, it became clear that he simply fucked it up in a huge, huge way. And I think this is the only part I didn't like about the flashback, because that behavior seemed a bit out of character for him. When it came to his plans and schemes, he was always cold, calculated everything, took everything into account and always tried to avoid huge risks (at least when it came to his own life). And then Gutts decided to leave and his huge, massive and godly ego couldn't take it? The man that was confident about everything? So he loses his biggest asset in times of war (which he just ended), goes mad and throws everything away, just so he (indirectly) fucks the king? "Hey king, thanks for everything, but I just lost something for the first time and I think you should get this feeling too". What.
Griffith didn't know why Guts left. So his sudden departure was a surprise. To compound this, he failed to control the situation by losing to Guts. Fearing he was losing control of things, he tried to accelerate his relationship with the princess with less than desirable results.
I believe he just got desperate thinking that his dream was vanishing before his eyes and he panicked. Despite him seeming to be super cool and all, Griffith is driven by deep insecurity. He wanted the kingdom all this time as a way to ensure his security.
You should give Onepunch man a chance as the art's fantastic and it doesn't take that long to go through a chapter. It's also pretty damn funny!
PhantomOfTheKnight
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Novice Policewoman Duckmouth - 13
Kiruko, you do not look good with make-up on. Also, she's only 19?
Kiruko, you do not look good with make-up on. Also, she's only 19?
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