Ohba and Obata making a new manga? Great, I can't wait for another terribly paced, badly written characters series by them.
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Glass Rebel
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survivor is back brehs
*spazzes out*
*spazzes out*
Well, first volume sold 700.000 units.
Infinite Justice
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which is big three territory and it hasn't scratched anywhere near iirc
Has it beaten Bleach current sales yet?
Well it outsold Bleach in 2012 but that's only because Bleach had less volumes.
brotkasten
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Only in terms of sales, which is a shame.
nakama
They just don't know when to end their series. Seriously, just put a restriction that their new work can't be longer than 8 volumes and I'm sure we will get something good at the end.
oh we talking sales? Ok I withdraw my imaginary gif then.
Well yeah, that's the main topic we're discussing :lol
Infinite Justice
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I guess that's a start
Dedication Through Light
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In 2011 it did by ~500K (was 5th best selling manga that year). So thats two years higher than Bleach.
Except Shueisha probably want something that will last for 40 volumes.
Bakuman's final arc is hilarious to me because I'm pretty sure they both thought they were ending Bakuman "right" like the main characters wanted to do with reversi.
Wow, wow, WOW! I've never read anything as wrong as this. NEVER.
Part 4 is undoubtedly the best part so far, with Vento Aureo definitely being the worst.
No Bakuman spoilers please, I'm still reading it
Sorry, should be more careful.
(Bakuman dies at the end)
No Bakuman spoilers please, I'm still reading it
spoilers: it's shit.
Glass Rebel
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what?! bakuman is a girl?!
He just likes to cross dress a lot
Infinite Justice
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hmmm...
I wonder if the 2011 results DTL posted had the same outcome of bleach having less volumes? Would be interesting.
Still Toriko could have that "pop off" point similar to what OP experienced (though not as huge).
They might as well not be in Jump then
Dedication Through Light
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Fortunately Shiek is one cool dude.
I really like it so far (volume 14). Though... some stuff that happened in this volume was underwhelming.
brotkasten
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No Bakuman spoilers please, I'm still reading it
But this is a spoiler free thread. Just avoid the posts.
Glass Rebel
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Any recent suggestions? I'm craving for some Sakamichi no Apollon like manga.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Bakuman's core macguffin was actually kind of offensive to my senses. The entire manga is actually pretty fucking sexist when you think about it.
Granted, I think I'm just salty about the whole Idol arc being presented in the way it was without any sort of editorial comment on how the fuck that can exist; I will admit, however, I'm imposing American values on a foreign culture.
River's Edge
Baka and Gogh
Living Game (this one isn't about high school students, but it's good slice of life drama)
High School Debut (shoujo as fuck so maybe you won't like it)
Crazymoogle
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For Moyashimon fans, but thought this video was a pretty clever way to market the new volume. Basically the author goes to some bookstores in Japan and vandalizes draws sketches either on posters to put up or just at various places around the store.
New sequel chapter coming. Not sure if excite
New sequel chapter coming. Not sure if excite
Gantz
Kei-kun is tearing shit up. Meh. Tai-chan's chant has caught on with the rest of the world. Meh. The 4chan stuff continues to pop up. Meh. This manga might be near ending. Yay!
Also, how are we only now getting backstory for Kurono? I mean, I don't remember him and that tall dude being childhood friends. This seems awful late in the game to be establishing those kinds of bonds. PEACE.
Kei-kun is tearing shit up. Meh. Tai-chan's chant has caught on with the rest of the world. Meh. The 4chan stuff continues to pop up. Meh. This manga might be near ending. Yay!
Also, how are we only now getting backstory for Kurono? I mean, I don't remember him and that tall dude being childhood friends. This seems awful late in the game to be establishing those kinds of bonds. PEACE.
Glass Rebel
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I will check out River's Edge and Baka and Gogh first as they seem to be on the shorter side and HSD and LG later. Thanks!
I don't know what I'm gonna do with that stuff, man... I can't read AKB49 anymore either (I stopped when the old man was sitting slumped in the bathroom with a wall of CDs while his daughter was calling him gross, opting to use a bathroom outside the house).
I know I'm being a bit strong but that's just my pure reaction to those things, outside of trying to rationalize why I don't like it. I find Domina no Do and Not Popular easy to digest and funny in a silly way, but... I guess idol drama is my limit. It just wears me out.
I don't care about that, what I'd like GAF to know is that Lost is shit! Shiiiiiiiit!
A Huge Battleship
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Mugen no Minamo ni 1
Yuri moe murders. Thank you based manga. Added to my list of things I'm stalking.
Nickelodeon 26 (Green END)
As with the previous story, this succeeded in putting an upside down smile on my face.
Yuri moe murders. Thank you based manga. Added to my list of things I'm stalking.
Nickelodeon 26 (Green END)
As with the previous story, this succeeded in putting an upside down smile on my face.
Nineteen, Twenty-One ch 1-21 End
Nice and heart-warming slice of life story about adults unsure about life and growing up, love, and cats. Lots and lots of cats. I mean I don't even hate cats, but they really gave them a lot of focus. It's understandable since they are the main conflict of the story and the two main characters met through them, but I really wanted more attention to the characters' anxiety about adult life and romance plotline, and less comparing your life to a cat. I just can't see any comparison to a stray cat being relevant or important.
The characters were charming, although the male MC was kinda bland. He just had a gimmick about caring a lot about cats and that's it. He definitely wasn't as interesting or with a good backstory like Nuna. One thing I'm glad about is how the story didn't really paint the lady that cared for the neighbourhood in a bad light. They could have easily showed her as a controlling unsympathetic asshole, but I'm glad the story went with a more realistic portrayal.
Funnily enough, I did like the art even if it has the same problems as all other webtoon art. Some bad panels layout and sometimes the art feel soulless, but I didn't mind the colouring that much, and there was some great background art every once in a while.
Nice and heart-warming slice of life story about adults unsure about life and growing up, love, and cats. Lots and lots of cats. I mean I don't even hate cats, but they really gave them a lot of focus. It's understandable since they are the main conflict of the story and the two main characters met through them, but I really wanted more attention to the characters' anxiety about adult life and romance plotline, and less comparing your life to a cat. I just can't see any comparison to a stray cat being relevant or important.
The characters were charming, although the male MC was kinda bland. He just had a gimmick about caring a lot about cats and that's it. He definitely wasn't as interesting or with a good backstory like Nuna. One thing I'm glad about is how the story didn't really paint the lady that cared for the neighbourhood in a bad light. They could have easily showed her as a controlling unsympathetic asshole, but I'm glad the story went with a more realistic portrayal.
Funnily enough, I did like the art even if it has the same problems as all other webtoon art. Some bad panels layout and sometimes the art feel soulless, but I didn't mind the colouring that much, and there was some great background art every once in a while.
What? I haven't read the beginning of Gantz in years but I am positive they showed Kei and dude were childhood friends tons of times.
It's why he calls him Kei Chan.
FlutterPuffs
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Well that makes it even more interesting.
Infinite Justice
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Nineteen, Twenty-One ch 1-21 End
Nice and heart-warming slice of lice story about adults unsure about life and growing up, love, and cats. Lots and lots of cats. I mean I don't even hate cats, but they really gave them a lot of focus. It's understandable since they are the main conflict of the story and the two main characters met through them, but I really wanted more attention to the characters' anxiety about adult life and romance plotline, and less comparing your life to a cat. I just can't see any comparison to a stray cat being relevant or important.
The characters were charming, although the male MC was kinda bland. He just had a gimmick about caring a lot about cats and that's it. He definitely wasn't as interesting or with a good backstory like Nuna. One thing I'mg lad about is how the story didn't really paint the lady that cared for the neighbourhood in a bad light. They could have easily showed her as a controlling unsympathetic asshole, but I'm glad the story went with a more realistic portrayal.
Funnily enough, I did like the art even if it has the same problems as all other webtoon art. Some bad panels layout and sometimes the art feel soulless, but I didn't mind the colouring that much, and there was some great background art every once in a while.
Sounds interesting and with it being short plus finished wouldn't hurt
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That was known since the beginning and one of the reasons the tall dude got better as a character.
lol, I should stop relying only on the spell checker to find typos.
No shit? I'm a little hyped, been thinking about reading it again.
I forgot that there was still somebody else reading this besides me.
Save 'N Quit
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Kuroko no Basket 209
Well finally Kuroko is showing his talents in a real match. Akashi and Aomine really helped him there, sad about their eventual falling out.
And looks like Kise might appear next chapter.
Well finally Kuroko is showing his talents in a real match. Akashi and Aomine really helped him there, sad about their eventual falling out.
And looks like Kise might appear next chapter.
Infinite Justice
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One chapter is quite a turnaround :O
QuiteWhittle
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Early One Piece spoilers today
Redon at AP said:
Damn, we're really tying that into this arc?
I'd just like to add to my salt here. Screw everyone voting Beowulf.
That is your daily Public Salty Announcement.
Listen to this man!
Haha I've been on GAF... Just not reading manga. And I don't see you in IRC anymore =(
The Place Promised in Our Early Days vol 1 End
Bad adaptation and really not on par with the other Shinkai's manga. The difference between this and 5cm or Voices manga is huge. For starters, if you were going to make Mizu Sahara your artist then at the very least let her draw bunch of coloured pages. Such a shame we only got one bad coloured page out of the entire manga. Also, unlike say Voices of Distant where the story got expanded on and improved or like 5cm where we got more screentime for other characters, this manga just cut out a lot of the story. I haven't watched the movie in a long time, but I'm pretty sure a lot of shit was left out. Why would you even bother making a manga adaptation if you were gonna butcher it like this and not even give it a proper ending.
Agh that really sucks since I liked this the most out of Shinkai's work... Incredibly shameful.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
WSJ getting greedy. Having two long running really well selling series plus several relatively popular mainstays is a pretty good benchmark. They're doing quite a bit better in that regard vs. a few years ago I imagine (although sales dropoffs are probably inevitable due to piracy)
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