Yup. Terrible direction for the narrative. At first it was a pretty novel concept, but now it's just a self-parody. I should have left it at chapter 18 and never caught up. At least then I could imagine that the manga was still good.
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Yup. Terrible direction for the narrative. At first it was a pretty novel concept, but now it's just a self-parody. I should have left it at chapter 18 and never caught up. At least then I could imagine that the manga was still good.
It's kinda funny when you look at the top rankings for the graduating class.
The only one who isn't a Titan on that list is Mikasa and I would be amazed if she remains human throughout the series.
dakkumauji
Member
xxxHOLiC Rei 04-05
Well I am interested in seeing how this mystery will get resolved.
Well I am interested in seeing how this mystery will get resolved.
AlimNassor
Banned
But, how is everyone a titan?
The only people found to be one were the ones suspected. Odd how 3 people coming from the same village turn out to be Titans. it's not like it was pulled out of thin-air. Ryner and Berthold were both foreshadowed, lot of evidence. Annie being the female type was a given considering how they both looked alike.
It's the same manga as it's always been. Eren is and will always be useless. It's still a hopeless war. The only problem is the slow as snails pacing, but, I truly don't understand the amount of hatred this manga gets now.
It's the same manga as it's always been. Eren is and will always be useless. It's still a hopeless war. The only problem is the slow as snails pacing, but, I truly don't understand the amount of hatred this manga gets now.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I wouldn't say eren is useless.
He did stop humanity from wiping out once.
He did stop humanity from wiping out once.
Seriously! I think the manga has remained consistently interesting, and the fact that most of the fantastical elements people had a problem with
everyone is a titan, etc
I can see why some people wouldn't been keen on it though, but I don't think it's outright bad like Bleach
"God's Beard!"
Member
Why do people still read Attack on Titan? What a bad manga.
Your and My Footprints - The Time Travel Kasuga Laboratory vol 1-6[END]
This was pretty great.
The story centers around Aki, one of two sisters that owns and work in a time travel laboratory (the one in the title). The time travel isn't real though, it's virtual and only works in the city the laboratory is in and until a certain point in time, since they have been scanning and recording only that place for a certain number of years.
Aki is a brilliant woman, gifted both physically (she's pretty strong and a has martial arts knowledge) and mentally, very cheerful and easygoing, though she gets really down when she thinks about her sister Mizuki, who she lost after an accident.
Initially the story showed the time travel work, with Aki helping the people that came to her in hope to revisit their past to "fix" things, to find out truths or to apologize to people that were hurt and, though it served as a way to get us to better know Aki and her assistant Hiroki and also to bring forth the real plot of work: Aki's quest to find her dead sister.
The best part about this series, apart from the really nice art style (and the awesome covers) is the way it handles the various sub-stories, with all these people coming to Aki with their little needs and problems and showing us how things could have been different
, had they done something else. There is also the whole family plot, which is bittersweet, especially in the way it is concluded but also romantic and filled with drama.
As I said at the start, it was a great work and I wish it lasted a bit more, especially because I've really got to like Aki.
I also wish there were more than 2 chapters scanlated, because I feel it deserves to be enjoyed by more people around the world.
This was pretty great.
The story centers around Aki, one of two sisters that owns and work in a time travel laboratory (the one in the title). The time travel isn't real though, it's virtual and only works in the city the laboratory is in and until a certain point in time, since they have been scanning and recording only that place for a certain number of years.
Aki is a brilliant woman, gifted both physically (she's pretty strong and a has martial arts knowledge) and mentally, very cheerful and easygoing, though she gets really down when she thinks about her sister Mizuki, who she lost after an accident.
Initially the story showed the time travel work, with Aki helping the people that came to her in hope to revisit their past to "fix" things, to find out truths or to apologize to people that were hurt and, though it served as a way to get us to better know Aki and her assistant Hiroki and also to bring forth the real plot of work: Aki's quest to find her dead sister.
The best part about this series, apart from the really nice art style (and the awesome covers) is the way it handles the various sub-stories, with all these people coming to Aki with their little needs and problems and showing us how things could have been different
(especially after the switch to Mizuki -which made me appreciate Aki even more- and the parallel world she lives in, showing us another look at different aspects of some people's past and what their actions generated)
As I said at the start, it was a great work and I wish it lasted a bit more, especially because I've really got to like Aki.
I also wish there were more than 2 chapters scanlated, because I feel it deserves to be enjoyed by more people around the world.
SenorArdilla
Member
The titans are made out of steam or something like that.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Shingeki no Kyojin
I have read the first 3 chapters some time ago, but damn the anime did not sensor anything IIRC. Damn brutal. Does anyone has any idea how many chapters the anime will cover?
Girls of the Wild's
Hell yeah Dal Dal.
FFS 80-90% of new anime airing are moe crap. Dammit Japan.
I have read the first 3 chapters some time ago, but damn the anime did not sensor anything IIRC. Damn brutal. Does anyone has any idea how many chapters the anime will cover?
Girls of the Wild's
Hell yeah Dal Dal.
FFS 80-90% of new anime airing are moe crap. Dammit Japan.
INVISIBLE HAND OF THE MARKET, SON
Infinite Justice
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Yep, one of the reasons I stopped watching.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Nickalodean 3
... wut.
... wut.
I agree.
Well, since I'm pretty dumb I didn't pay attention to some hints so some reveals blew my mind :lol
Still love the manga to death, maybe even more with the recent developments.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Nickelodean 7
"Then, while I drink coffee made from palm civet feces, I'll remember Taki."
How romantic.
"Then, while I drink coffee made from palm civet feces, I'll remember Taki."
How romantic.
FlutterPuffs
Member
It tastes pretty good.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Well when much of manga is either moe or shonen stuff (if not both) and most anime is based on manga or light novels...
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
I know, i just wanted something original for once like Darker than Black. ATM, i enjoying American cartoons a 100 times more than any anime. TMNT and Max Steel are freaking brilliant.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Honestly, one of the reasons why I don't like anime adaptions like this is because there is no way they can follow the full story of the original.
TacticalFox88
Banned
....Yup. Wednesday can't come soon enough.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
gundamkyoukai
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Shingeki no Kyojin
Stop reading this a good while back because i was waiting on the anime the first ep was good adaptation so far .
In fact the anime could better than manga if they don't mess up .
Will start back reading the manga when the anime ends but people seem down on it after a certain part .
Nah it depends on the season some season better than others .
Plus so much anime get make these days and it much easier to get access to everything even when a lot of it is bad .
Stop reading this a good while back because i was waiting on the anime the first ep was good adaptation so far .
In fact the anime could better than manga if they don't mess up .
Will start back reading the manga when the anime ends but people seem down on it after a certain part .
Nah it depends on the season some season better than others .
Plus so much anime get make these days and it much easier to get access to everything even when a lot of it is bad .
BassForever
Member
Medaka Box
So all that's left is Kumagawa, hopefully we'll see this fight the the chapter afterwards will be the finale.
So all that's left is Kumagawa, hopefully we'll see this fight the the chapter afterwards will be the finale.
curlyfriski
Banned
I've got to disagree with the majority opinion here and say I thought they botched the first episode of Attack on Titan. They lost that feeling of gruesomeness and despair you got when the Titans broke through by going too over-the-top. At least that style should work better with the more all-out action sequences.
Oh yeah, it looks like I don't have to venture into AnimeGAF after all.
Medaka Box
Kumagawa is now Hanten :lol
A Huge Battleship
Member
TLRD 30
I admit to not reading most of the original TLR, but even so I suspect this is one of his most 'miraculous' fall aftermaths yet.
I admit to not reading most of the original TLR, but even so I suspect this is one of his most 'miraculous' fall aftermaths yet.
dark_inferno
Member
If you saw the Anime you could guess that easily because
Jaeger saved everyone from a plague so everyone got his Titansirup
curlyfriski
Banned
Buddha 1-24
Wow, this is shockingly brutal. It's taken me a while to reconcile the cartoonishness of Tezuka's style with the outright viciousness of the content. I mean, a kid just killed 4 other kids with a rock. And these weren't ugly Aku no Hana children, these were cute cartoon kids.
I don't love the manga at this point, but I can appreciate its strengths.
Wow, this is shockingly brutal. It's taken me a while to reconcile the cartoonishness of Tezuka's style with the outright viciousness of the content. I mean, a kid just killed 4 other kids with a rock. And these weren't ugly Aku no Hana children, these were cute cartoon kids.
I don't love the manga at this point, but I can appreciate its strengths.
Dedication Through Light
Member
The steam, the shock blowing people away, others being hit and crushed with debris, Armin being unable to move forward and shaking, and mother being stretched then eaten, had no sense of despair? I was in tears.
ColossalLazy
Member
Maybe not everyone. And really with the Titans resembling humans,
i guessed they were former humans and the last chapters confirmed it.
What I am curious about is
how normal people become Titans, an virus maybe.
dark_inferno
Member
The only questions that i have is
Why are there some guys who want to destroy the wall? What is the "Secret" about the wall besides that it build on Titans? And the last one is... when is Eren not as annoying as he is right now?
It felt overly dramatic compared to the manga. As if Speedwagon was the director of the show.
Glass Rebel
Member
lmao
gundamkyoukai
Member
This one caught me off guard and i also choke while drinking my coffee lol
curlyfriski
Banned
If you want to read WEIRD shit, read Sakuratetsu Taiwahen. By the author of Hoshin Engi
It's about a super strong, super poor school boy, that lives in a worn, old house, in the middle of the city with his family.
Old house which happens to be on the perfect spot for an alien invasion(space pirates), that is being fought back by the underground-mole people. The place where the gates of hell open and close. The old emplacement of the temple of the godess of anuses.
The spot where people from the future parks the living-tree spaceship.
And the earth is being menaced by a giant that appears in the sky with its eye first.
The president is an overly dramatic french guy riding a futuristic spaceship.
It's about a super strong, super poor school boy, that lives in a worn, old house, in the middle of the city with his family.
Old house which happens to be on the perfect spot for an alien invasion(space pirates), that is being fought back by the underground-mole people. The place where the gates of hell open and close. The old emplacement of the temple of the godess of anuses.
The spot where people from the future parks the living-tree spaceship.
And the earth is being menaced by a giant that appears in the sky with its eye first.
The president is an overly dramatic french guy riding a futuristic spaceship.
Shingeki no Kyojin ch 1 to 43
After watching episode 1 of the anime I decided to read it up and goddamn it's depressing with so many death counts and gore but I do like the concept and setting for this. Taking down giants spiderman style is baddass. One thing irks me though is the Three Dimensional Maneuver Gear, it's too high tech and out of place in a medieval setting but I guess it's needed for this kind of setting.
Can anybody link to me the post where somebody made a prediction on the plot and it was 100% correct?
After watching episode 1 of the anime I decided to read it up and goddamn it's depressing with so many death counts and gore but I do like the concept and setting for this. Taking down giants spiderman style is baddass. One thing irks me though is the Three Dimensional Maneuver Gear, it's too high tech and out of place in a medieval setting but I guess it's needed for this kind of setting.
Can anybody link to me the post where somebody made a prediction on the plot and it was 100% correct?
I'm not sure if it's really a medieval setting. I mean, the clothes of the army look quite modern.
FlutterPuffs
Member
Houshin Engi? Fuck yes. I'd read another work by him.
His previous work has one of the best characters ever. Overpowered as hell but he was so lazy, he had a machine built to breathe for him.
EDIT: ....oh wait. I've read that manga before.
Sora no Otoshimono 68
Well, I think that it will turn out that Sohara isn't actually the real Sohara and that she actually died as a kid, hence why Tomoki cries at the site of the doll that she gave him, and hence why she's no longer sick. I mean, despite its silliness this manga can get serious every now and then, and he was crying in his non-chibi form. I have a feeling they'll be going back in time again to find out what happened.
Well, I think that it will turn out that Sohara isn't actually the real Sohara and that she actually died as a kid, hence why Tomoki cries at the site of the doll that she gave him, and hence why she's no longer sick. I mean, despite its silliness this manga can get serious every now and then, and he was crying in his non-chibi form. I have a feeling they'll be going back in time again to find out what happened.
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