I'll miss it but it was starting to overstay its welcome.
The series peaked at the Minus Arc imo.
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I'll miss it but it was starting to overstay its welcome.
The series peaked at the Minus Arc imo.
Seriously, Zenkichi deserves his happy end after all the shit he's gone through. Dude beat Freshmaker ffs, if that doesn't win him a good end there is no god.
I have no idea who Hasegawa Tomohiro is and lol bakuman
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PoeticProse22
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Kaichou wa Maid-sama 78
After several chapters of monotonous, Tora-filled garbage, that was actually quite satisfying, save for Tora’s contrived and ultimately meaningless confession. This chapter also strongly reinforced the perception that the last two chapters were solely cobbled together in order to appease shippers, since none of Misaki’s tedious preparations played a part in her attempts to reunite with Usui, for whatever reason.
Kaichou wa Maid-sama 79
Aside from Misaki and Usui’s great, though not entirely satisfying, moments towards the end of the chapter, this was, as a whole, thoroughly mediocre and needlessly rushed. In fact, this entire arc has been surprisingly pointless, as it continues to be established as some tediously prolonged complication that essentially serves to act as a stalling of actual narrative progression, which, at this point, is a rather flawed approach to storytelling, since, aside from the fantastic depth that was illuminated within the past of Usui’s mother, this arc hasn‘t provided much insight into anything of relevance.
Nearly all the potential from the cliffhanger in the last chapter was surprisingly squandered, seemingly in favor of a heightened focus on Tora’s self-indulgent and irritating interference in Misaki and Usui’s relationship, as well as a dull conversation between Gerald and Usui. This poorly executed arc really needs to end soon, since it’s not nearly as climactic as Fujiwara seemingly intended it to be.
Kaichou wa Maid-sama 80
Sigh...Tora remaining a bastard until the end.
This chapter was thoroughly disappointing to say the least; easily one of the worst in the entire manga. Aside from Usui and Misaki’s conversation and their return to Japan, along with, perhaps, Gerald’s surprisingly touching conversation with his father, every other moment was uninteresting and repetitive garbage, rushing towards an unsatisfying resolution to an arc that was dreadfully inconsistent and largely disappointing, as the entire premise was wholly derived from a contrived complication that solely existed to poorly manufacture a “climactic” atmosphere. The final arc should be immensely improved over this nonsense, partially due to Tora’s likely lack of involvement in it. I’m hoping that, since the end is approaching, Fujiwara will be able to momentarily recapture the refreshingly lighthearted and simplistically romantic nature of the story prior to Usui‘s attendance at Miyabigouka, since the quality has gradually deteriorated following that development.
Horimiya 16
For a Toru chapter, which are typically dull, this was actually quite enjoyable, due primarily to the consistently humorous interactions throughout and the introduction of a seemingly inevitable love interest for Toru.
Horimiya 17
That was a really good chapter, particularly Hori and Miyamura’s interactions towards the end. Sota is brilliantly perceptive.
Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun 39
Prior to the ending, this was a really enjoyable chapter, and I’m quite intrigued by the momentary appearance of Shizuku’s mother. Haru’s mother, on the other hand, is pretty cruel. As for the slightly bizarre ending, Shizuku’s inability to understand Haru or fully appreciate her feelings for him, though occasionally realistic, has become a bit tiresome, so I definitely understand Haru’s anger towards her immaturity. They should be able to mutually develop in a rather significant fashion throughout the following chapters though, which is a rather necessary evolution of their relationship, but I hope their likely separation doesn’t last too long.
The last two arcs have been pretty disappointing, so it's probably for the best. All I really need is for Medaka and Zenkichi to finally marry, since it's definitely the pleasant conclusion he deserves.
After several chapters of monotonous, Tora-filled garbage, that was actually quite satisfying, save for Tora’s contrived and ultimately meaningless confession. This chapter also strongly reinforced the perception that the last two chapters were solely cobbled together in order to appease shippers, since none of Misaki’s tedious preparations played a part in her attempts to reunite with Usui, for whatever reason.
Kaichou wa Maid-sama 79
Aside from Misaki and Usui’s great, though not entirely satisfying, moments towards the end of the chapter, this was, as a whole, thoroughly mediocre and needlessly rushed. In fact, this entire arc has been surprisingly pointless, as it continues to be established as some tediously prolonged complication that essentially serves to act as a stalling of actual narrative progression, which, at this point, is a rather flawed approach to storytelling, since, aside from the fantastic depth that was illuminated within the past of Usui’s mother, this arc hasn‘t provided much insight into anything of relevance.
Nearly all the potential from the cliffhanger in the last chapter was surprisingly squandered, seemingly in favor of a heightened focus on Tora’s self-indulgent and irritating interference in Misaki and Usui’s relationship, as well as a dull conversation between Gerald and Usui. This poorly executed arc really needs to end soon, since it’s not nearly as climactic as Fujiwara seemingly intended it to be.
Kaichou wa Maid-sama 80
Sigh...Tora remaining a bastard until the end.
This chapter was thoroughly disappointing to say the least; easily one of the worst in the entire manga. Aside from Usui and Misaki’s conversation and their return to Japan, along with, perhaps, Gerald’s surprisingly touching conversation with his father, every other moment was uninteresting and repetitive garbage, rushing towards an unsatisfying resolution to an arc that was dreadfully inconsistent and largely disappointing, as the entire premise was wholly derived from a contrived complication that solely existed to poorly manufacture a “climactic” atmosphere. The final arc should be immensely improved over this nonsense, partially due to Tora’s likely lack of involvement in it. I’m hoping that, since the end is approaching, Fujiwara will be able to momentarily recapture the refreshingly lighthearted and simplistically romantic nature of the story prior to Usui‘s attendance at Miyabigouka, since the quality has gradually deteriorated following that development.
Horimiya 16
For a Toru chapter, which are typically dull, this was actually quite enjoyable, due primarily to the consistently humorous interactions throughout and the introduction of a seemingly inevitable love interest for Toru.
Horimiya 17
That was a really good chapter, particularly Hori and Miyamura’s interactions towards the end. Sota is brilliantly perceptive.
Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun 39
Prior to the ending, this was a really enjoyable chapter, and I’m quite intrigued by the momentary appearance of Shizuku’s mother. Haru’s mother, on the other hand, is pretty cruel. As for the slightly bizarre ending, Shizuku’s inability to understand Haru or fully appreciate her feelings for him, though occasionally realistic, has become a bit tiresome, so I definitely understand Haru’s anger towards her immaturity. They should be able to mutually develop in a rather significant fashion throughout the following chapters though, which is a rather necessary evolution of their relationship, but I hope their likely separation doesn’t last too long.
The last two arcs have been pretty disappointing, so it's probably for the best. All I really need is for Medaka and Zenkichi to finally marry, since it's definitely the pleasant conclusion he deserves.
gundamkyoukai
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There has only been 1 arc in the NW which is Punk Hazard and that went on for about a year so it has not been that long .
Also i expect most arcs from now on to have more than one antagonist factions involve in some way unless it the big final like verse a Yonko because of the way how Oda has the NW set up .
The NW has many factions and Pirates so we going to get a fair amount of throw away characters all over the place maybe when we get to Wano we can get semi confined arc.
Still i expect most arcs to have a bigger connection to each other be it characters or plot compare to the first half .
Laughing Banana
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Bakuman is shit.
There, I said it.
It. Is. Shit.
I understand why it's popular, but that doesn't exclude it from being total shit.
Oh hmmm >___>
You know, sometimes less is actually more. Although I guess this is a concept that is, at the moment, completely alien to Oda considering how he handles things right now.
inb4 the end is Medaka saying everything was what she predicts is gonna happen and shows her first page of ch1.
Infinite Justice
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not a bad one so +1
How could I forget about Crimson Comics?! You have fine taste ;D
Rojiura Jack is another awesome one.
Final chapter is going to be a wedding showing all the characters commenting on the bride and groom, but they never say their actual names.
Final panel shows that it's Kumagawa marrying Zenkichi's mom.
Manga ends.
Phoenician_Viking
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I remember someone on another forum saying you can remove 60% of one piece and you would not lose a single thing since 60% of the manga is filler.
curlyfriski
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Phoenician_Viking
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I can see the butthurt over the statement that someone on another forum said. I guess the truth hurts. There there, no need for that to flip out and have your little world crushed. Acknowledge it, embrace it, and move on.
gundamkyoukai
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Oh i agree but when you look at the first half of OP it has always been building up to something like this , that's not to say he can't cut out \ cut down some plot points with certain things per arc .
Still with so many factions , pirates , things being connected , crew now infamous and them being in the NW i expect more characters \ sub plots per arc than before .
That depends on what you looking for and can be said for loads of fiction .
dakkumauji
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Silver Spoon 01-70
Now I kinda wish I took more agricultural classes in college.
Now I kinda wish I took more agricultural classes in college.
Are you seriously going to say you can't do the same thing for Bleach? The entire Hueco Mondo arc was irrelevant.
Maybe one day you'll gain a semblance of good taste but until then you can keep wallowing in shit I guess. ヾ(*´ー`)ノ
curlyfriski
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I was just quoting something I heard from this one guy in a bar whose sister told him that her dog trainer's uncle said it was true because I'm too lazy to come up with my own thoughts and instead regurgitate the utterances of anonymous idiots.
Phoenician_Viking
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Maybe you should stop living in one piece world and live in the real world for a change. But that means you have to reflect on yourself and smell your own stench.
Hm? Hyperbole much? While i agree there´s a lot of padding and saying the whole arc is irrelevant is nothing short of a hyperbole statement.
Why do you think it´s trolling? And i don´t troll gaminggaf or any other gaf. The fact still stands that one can remove a large chunks of every arc and nothing would be lost.
Laughing Banana
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This is p. funny as I haven't read a single chapter of One Piece in years nor am I planning to pickup where I left off anytime soon.
Only about 10% of One Piece is actual filler.
About 80% of Bleach is filler.
Passive Assassin
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RIP in peace Medaka Box. Give us the ending we all wanted. Ajimu x Zenkichi.
Crash Station
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Infinite Justice
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Might read Medaka Box now since its gonna end
flintstryker
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Shittiest manga arc every while I didn't have any particularly great love for Bleach this arc single handedly damaged it permanently for me its pretty much the reason I hate bleach so much.
I can't think of anything relevant that happened outside of Ichigo getting control of his Vaizard powers and then awakening that uber hollow form against Ulq that he never used again. Practically everything in Bleach from the Vaizards arrival up until the point Aizen gets off his ass and actually fights was pointless.
gundamkyoukai
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It's the arc that did the most damage to Bleach sales when it done in Japan still sales have be going back up which is good .
Pretty much.
Even extend that to Fake Karakura Town arc where, again, pretty much nothing happens. You could literally summarize the entirety of those two arcs in detail in like three paragraphs.
It was worth it for Aizen drinking tea.
dakkumauji
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Silva 01-11
Transfer student girl wielding a scythe enters. Cardboard magical girl takes the stage!
It's silly, it's funny and doesn't take itself seriously. A fun read.
Transfer student girl wielding a scythe enters. Cardboard magical girl takes the stage!
It's silly, it's funny and doesn't take itself seriously. A fun read.
Phoenician_Viking
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It is not Skypia nor Thriller Bark, or Fishmen Island lol.
Except the defeat of Aizen, TBTP arc, fleshing out side characters both power and personality, Ichigo´s and Rukia´s Gin´s development.
This is actually the opposite of what actually happened. The Japanese loved the arrancar so Kubo was forced, by his editors, to prolong the arc because of the popularity of the espada.
Lol.
flintstryker
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Damn right its not, as I mentioned utter shit.
Crimsonlink
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Actually the Hueco Mundo arc was very popular in Japan. It was the Fullbring arc that brought sales down below the .5 million mark.
It will never be as bad as Namek in terms of pacing and it did have good battles.
Fidelis Hodie
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Or don't, because if you removed 60% of One Piece you'd have Dragon Ball Z.
Not Dragon Ball.
But Z.
Buu saga status.
No one wants that out of One Piece. Let it be One Piece.
edit: Crimson feeling that DBZ comparison too haha
gundamkyoukai
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Yeah i was wrong did some more research just now but wow that was a huge amount of fans jumping ship when that arc done .
Done think i ever seen something like that good to see them coming back since this arc has been good far .
Can't say i remember much about Namek arc or how long it last in the manga since it has been years since i read DB but the anime pacing was fucked .
lol
Come on Big One, you know you loved Aizen trolling everyone while hardening his ass into that butterfly.
Bleach is simply not the same without his smirk and "I'm behind you panel".
Crimsonlink
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Its a damned if you do damned if you don't moment for Kubo in HM.
Fans loved the attention side characters got but the more vocal base wanted the focus on the main characters. Its kinda ridiculous how Kubo made it happen though. Every single important nonmook Shinigami/Character fought Aizen and Co while everyone in HM fought their own battles. CHAD ACTUALLY WON A FIGHT!
Even that annoying bitch Hinamori fought.
Fans loved the attention side characters got but the more vocal base wanted the focus on the main characters. Its kinda ridiculous how Kubo made it happen though. Every single important nonmook Shinigami/Character fought Aizen and Co while everyone in HM fought their own battles. CHAD ACTUALLY WON A FIGHT!
Even that annoying bitch Hinamori fought.
There is a limit to how a mangaka should listen to his fans. I know it isn't as simple as that because lord knows he was being pressured by shonen jump and the like but he really did stretch it.
The problem in that arc was Kubo's pacing. He's also had a really slow pace with Bleach, things that should take three pages take an entire chapter. There were things that took multiple chapters that should have been resolved in one, like the recent Kenpachi fight. Doing all those fights just put it on display, it should have been fast and furious but instead it was slow and excruciating.
This problem still exists today, however.
Yea, which is why I gave a recent example. The structure of that arc just put it on display and made it obvious.
Which is not to say that other manga are not guilty of this. Naruto for example has the same problem at times, especially recently. The last flashback could have been done in a chapter, it didn't need to be three. The first chapter when they were kids could have been done in three or four panels with a bit of narration and dialogue. Berserk as well and it's arguably worse here due to the release schedule.
Crimsonlink
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Bleach chapters feel short enough, no need to make it shorter.
But I disagree with you, sure some things could be compressed but hey you can say that about 99% of all mangas. I do agree about the recent Kenpachi fight but the problem is where would Kenpachi's flashback happen. It probably would have been better if Kubo focused on the flashback when Unohana was dying and then switch over to Ichigo.
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