curlyfriski
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As if the lukewarm porridge known as Naruto has anything approaching "gusto." And I'm pretty sure Toriko is more popular than Bleach in Japan at this point, so it makes sense to give it top billing in the game.
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As if the lukewarm porridge known as Naruto has anything approaching "gusto." And I'm pretty sure Toriko is more popular than Bleach in Japan at this point, so it makes sense to give it top billing in the game.
Toriko is still less popular then Bleach as far as I know. Toriko is in the Gintama tier, it's not as popular as the top tier series but it's more popular then most Jump series.
dakkumauji
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Nickelodeon 23
Heh, she was playing Katamari in a chapter about disposing garbage.
Heh, she was playing Katamari in a chapter about disposing garbage.
Toriko isn't even in the top 5 selling series in Jump.
Naruto, OP, HxH, Bleach, Kuroko and AssClass all sell more.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Minamoto Kun Monogatari 74
Let me guess, he didn't have sex again
He's almost there!
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Bleach is getting to its previous sales selling between 700-800k a volume. Amazing. I hope the anime comes back soon.
Magi
Koha Alibaba team up should be really good. I don´t think Koha has a chance against 3 dark Djinn, and i wish Aladdin will let Mog rot instead of saving his rukh, and bringing him back to the great rukh stream.
They kissed a bunch of times!
Crash Station
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Sora no Otoshimono 68
Oh shit! This is potentially mindblowing stuff.
Oh shit! This is potentially mindblowing stuff.
Infinite Justice
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Nana to Koaru Updated
GOD DAMN.
That last breather was pretty fucking great
GOD DAMN.
That last breather was pretty fucking great
Those are not sales, those are publication numbers from the publishers, aka shipment numbers.
dakkumauji
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Shokugeki no Soma 01-16
Oh hey, this is a pretty fun read. Cool characters, being about food's awesome too. The setting is pretty nice, I like the style of the art and I like the pace of it as well. Will keep reading.
Oh hey, this is a pretty fun read. Cool characters, being about food's awesome too. The setting is pretty nice, I like the style of the art and I like the pace of it as well. Will keep reading.
curlyfriski
Banned
I just learned that there's an Attack on Titan school comedy spinoff
and for some reason nobody's translating it. SMH at people's priorities.
and for some reason nobody's translating it. SMH at people's priorities.
brotkasten
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Did you read it or not?
The Day Before Summer vol. 1-3
From the author of Koi Kaze, a story revolving around an art university student, his relationship with an older woman and the search of what to do in life.
As one would expect from Motoi Yoshida, the way the story is told as well as the art itself lends a really romantic atmosphere to the whole tale.
Tetsuo, the university student, is someone I don't completely understand. He's in love with Akira, the older woman that he ends in a relationship with, but he's also captivated by Hanami, a girl he doesn't know that he happens to see from time to time when working or going outside. So far the story has presented her as a muse for Tetsuo, though not being an artist, I don't get the difference between a muse that inspire you and someone you love, since I feel that a sort of love or interest has to be there and, with certain things having happened, I expect the events to become filled with some drama in the future.
Akira is an interesting character. She's an older woman, beautiful, with a gallery to manage and that got interested in Tetsuo when she saw him working on a painting. She seems to have a bit conflicting feelings. She wants him to love her and think about her (she get really worried when she finds out about Hanami by looking at one of Tetsuo's drawbooks) she wants him to concentrate on his art, knowing full well that when that happens he stops thinking about her.
The various other characters, mainly Tetsuo's 2 friends at the university are interesting in their own right, though I like Inoue more than Mori. Her self nude was pretty good and painted her as a bit more bold than her look would make you think. Mori is the funny, nice friend though I feel the friendship will be tested with the direction the author went in volume 3.
I see this has been scanlated up to chapter 14 of volume 3 and it is ongoing, so read it people if you haven't already!
From the author of Koi Kaze, a story revolving around an art university student, his relationship with an older woman and the search of what to do in life.
As one would expect from Motoi Yoshida, the way the story is told as well as the art itself lends a really romantic atmosphere to the whole tale.
Tetsuo, the university student, is someone I don't completely understand. He's in love with Akira, the older woman that he ends in a relationship with, but he's also captivated by Hanami, a girl he doesn't know that he happens to see from time to time when working or going outside. So far the story has presented her as a muse for Tetsuo, though not being an artist, I don't get the difference between a muse that inspire you and someone you love, since I feel that a sort of love or interest has to be there and, with certain things having happened, I expect the events to become filled with some drama in the future.
Akira is an interesting character. She's an older woman, beautiful, with a gallery to manage and that got interested in Tetsuo when she saw him working on a painting. She seems to have a bit conflicting feelings. She wants him to love her and think about her (she get really worried when she finds out about Hanami by looking at one of Tetsuo's drawbooks) she wants him to concentrate on his art, knowing full well that when that happens he stops thinking about her.
The various other characters, mainly Tetsuo's 2 friends at the university are interesting in their own right, though I like Inoue more than Mori. Her self nude was pretty good and painted her as a bit more bold than her look would make you think. Mori is the funny, nice friend though I feel the friendship will be tested with the direction the author went in volume 3.
I see this has been scanlated up to chapter 14 of volume 3 and it is ongoing, so read it people if you haven't already!
Really good stuff. Been waiting for the rest of Vol. 3 to get translated for what feels like a while.
Akira <3
I didn't.
Haruto's dumbass friend thinks haughty chick doesn't want a kid but he doesn't want to abort. Haughty chick thinks Haruto's dumbass friend doesn't want a kid but she doesn't want to abort.
There you go. You're up to date on the pointlessness.
Crimsonlink
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Zatch Bell Volume 1
this is pretty cool
Still sad that its anime never got off the ground and into the good parts.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Magi 180
Aw yiss.
I've been waiting for Kouha to make a major appearance for ages. Love cute but psychotic characters. Also he's not that bad of a guy after all!
Aw yiss.
I've been waiting for Kouha to make a major appearance for ages. Love cute but psychotic characters. Also he's not that bad of a guy after all!
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Just want to ask a question: how many of you folks the fans of manga also a fan of American-style comic like X-Men and stuff?
Generally the style of those two clash rather severely so it would be interesting if a person can actually like them both at the same value.
Generally the style of those two clash rather severely so it would be interesting if a person can actually like them both at the same value.
that's some cool art
Yeah I love that stuff. Not recently though. Not into Marvel as much, been thinking about the new Hawkeye comic though. I'm a big fan of the standalone DC stuff rather than the stuff that ties into their larger metaverse. And there's always the indie stuff.
Yeah I love that stuff. Not recently though. Not into Marvel as much, been thinking about the new Hawkeye comic though. I'm a big fan of the standalone DC stuff rather than the stuff that ties into their larger metaverse. And there's always the indie stuff.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I used to be big into the vertigo catalog.
Crimsonlink
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I always grab my comics every Wednesday along with a copy of Bleach that I'm missing if I can afford it. In fact about 80% of my Bleach collection was from when I bought my comics.
I buy the odd Batman graphic novel here and there, but mostly I tend to avoid American comics because they seem all over the place and it takes too much research (by which I mean it takes actual research) into finding a good starting point.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Looooooooove the sandman. Love it. Love neil gaiman's stuff in general.
I'm not really interested in Marvel and DC, though I think some of their characters are really cool. It just always seems to be so confusing with all the reboots and such.
I couldn't afford buying comics anyway with all the mangas I buy.
I love Scott Pilgrim to death though, I need to buy the color edition.
And I also like franco-belgian comics, Boulet has been one of my favorite authors for years.
His artstyle is so cool :
The other western comic stuff I have, from a quick glance at my shelf: A few random Astrix and Tintins, a few Avatar Airbender comics, Astro City, Batgirl comics, Neil Gaiman's "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader" (the Batman RIP one-shot that works on its on basically), a bunch of Blue Beetle, a Calvin and Hobbes collection (i need a full collection! Leatherbound!), DC: The New Frontier, one Lucifer volume for some reason, a couple of volumes of Powers, The Sandman, Watchmen, Superman: Red Son and Superman: Secret Identity, and Gotham Central.
Oh, and Scott Pilgrim.
Oh, and Scott Pilgrim.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Oh man, I forgot about asterix and tintin. Those books were basically my childhood. Along with doraemon.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Not all of us live in europe man.
If they're so good why didn't they get amazing english translations like Asterix huh? huh? huh?
I loved Kid Paddle when I was younger, should probably pick-up a couple of issues. (GAME OVER was quite good as well.)
Nowadays, its all about Les Schtroumpfs.
Although I grew up in Belgium, I still didn't have much exposure to this as Super Sayan's were much cooler than anything else. (Pokemon, Beyblade and Yu Gi Oh were the others. )
Titeuf has been published in several countries!
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Heeeeee
It's nice to see that many MangaGAF members are well-read and diverse in taste, despite maybe some who may think otherwise.
Very cool guys. I am not a fan of American-style comics myself but maybe I am doing myself a disservice and starts looking for stuff to read.
It's nice to see that many MangaGAF members are well-read and diverse in taste, despite maybe some who may think otherwise.
Very cool guys. I am not a fan of American-style comics myself but maybe I am doing myself a disservice and starts looking for stuff to read.
Heeeeee
It's nice to see that many MangaGAF members are well-read and diverse in taste, despite maybe some who may think otherwise.
Very cool guys. I am not a fan of American-style comics myself but maybe I am doing myself a disservice and starts looking for stuff to read.
It's mostly EuroGAF and our illustrious history with comics. One I've caught up on One Piece volumes, I'll probably buy Sandman and stop lurking the libraries in my area to try and read it.
Retcon: Forget the Dandy, It's all about the Beano! Dennis the Menace for life!
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I think a more interesting question would be if mangaf is still keeping up with any novels.
I've been nursing a copy of A Confederacy of Dunces for ages.
I've been nursing a copy of A Confederacy of Dunces for ages.
I used to be a lot into Marvel stuff. Not anymore though, feels pointless.
I was also big into Disney comics. I used to buy Topolino, a weekly with stories of Mickey Mouse, donald Duck etc and was especially into Paperinik when it started getting published, though I stopped buying it after some time.
I see it on TV. I so want to cut that hair of his.
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