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Why 2014, isnt there still enough time this year for at least six more new manga to start? (end of summer, winter?), I think...Hopefully one is from Akira Amano.
Haha, never knew Naoko Takeuchi's autobiographical manga got translated. It depicts what she did after finishing up Sailor Moon and how she and Togashi met and how they got together. I'm sure it often as not exaggerates things a little but it's fun as hell to read, Togashi is boss at everything :lol
You can read all 4 parts here, the first part is not that interesting unless you're a SM fan but part 2 & 3 are where the fun begins.
http://www.kurozuki.com/takeuchi/punch/
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Narration: One day in August '97, I was invited to a party hosted by
the Weekly Shounen Jump manga artist Hagii, Hagiwara
Kazushi-aniki.
[HK is the author of the manga series Bastard!!]
['aniki' means 'older brother', and in this context is an
affectionate but respectful suffix.]
Trustworthy Hagii-aniki:
I'm sure I could make my partner come three times with one
screw.
Naoko: Well then, I'll have to see once... Or not...
Label: The super-VIP corner of Hagii's, Hagiwara Kazushi-aniki's,
setting.
Names are shown around a table:
Itou Takehiko-sensei [Outlaw Star]
Hara Tetsuo-sensei and family [Hokuto no Ken]
Shibata Ami [Jiyuujin Hero]
Watsuki Nobuhiro-sensei [Rurouni Kenshin]
Princess Takeuchi Naoko
Prince Togashi Yoshihiro
Narration: The business card exchange began.
Drawing of a man in a black hat and glasses.
Comment: Wakkii, Watsuki Nobuhiro-sensei, from Rurouni Kenshin.
Drawing of a young girl in a sailor suit.
Comment: Yuuko-chan, the daughter of Hara Tetsuo, of Hokuto no Ken,
was doing a Sailor Moon cosplay
Narration: Only the otaku-ish man sitting next to me didn't give me a
business card.
Naoko: Umm... Are you a manga artist?
Yoshihiro: Yes, I'm Togashi Yoshihiro.
(I don't have a business card.)
Naoko: Togashi Yoshihiro!?
...
Narration: After he introduced himself, he wrote out a business card
right there.
Comment: On the back of a business card printed for Sanshin.
Written on the card is Yoshihiro's name and phone number.
Narration: While I was standing in the bathroom, before I knew it he was
gone.
Naoko: I wonder if this means he wants me to call him. Is this an
invitation!?
Narration: And so, as I was at an impasse with work, being on a
long-term vacation, I promptly called him up.
Yoshihiro: Sailor Moon? I've never seen the manga or the anime, sorry.
A sweat drop forms on Naoko's head.
...
Narration: We started with my training as a manager.
Naoko: Prince, so I can become a mature manga artist, be sure to
teach me.
Yoshihiro: Well, first we'll clean my room. Shall we go?
Comment: And with that he brought me there.
Naoko enters a very, VERY messy room.
Narration: A wasteland! It feels like a nerd's room after being
burglarized. It looks like Saru Matake's place in Matsumoto
Reiji's Otoko Oidon.
Yoshihiro: I'll give you a million to clean it.
Narration: He really is a prince! I wanted the million, so I thought I'd
go for it, but...
Since I couldn't begin to do it (I'm allergic to dust), he
used the million to proceed with his move.
Naoko: I became his guarantor. It was for my teacher.
Narration: The prince's new office building has a cleaning service that
empties the garbage when you leave it outside the door. There
are lots of restaurants in a separate building, and there's
even a bowling alley, a tennis court, and a billiard hall!
It's a super-high-class condo, just like a hotel!
Comment: There's also a pretty lady at the front desk!
Woman at desk: Welcome back!
Comment: I hear the star **nomoto **na**-chan lives there, too!
[The name is not given fully.]
Comment: A while back, the rent was so obscenely high I wasn't
able to afford a place here.
Naoko: He really is a prince! Wow...
Narration: Suddenly, it seemed there was nothing for me to do.
Yoshihiro: Well, next it's laundry!
(No, that's embarrassing!)
Narration: Jeans were scattered all over the floor of his room and
hallway. It's like he takes them off as he's walking. Like a
corpse...
Laundry was the job of the washer and dryer, so I had free
time! I happened to read a pre-sale issue of Jump, and was
overcome with a feeling of superiority. When I threw it away
after I finished reading it, the prince got angry.
Yoshihiro: Please don't throw it away! It's got my manga in it, so take
it out!
Naoko: So, how about I make something to eat.
Comment: My manager-sama and chief-chan often made me dinner. I was
such a trouble for them then.
Narration: Inside the refrigerator, there was nothing but milk puddings!
Yoshihiro: I live off milk puddings.
Comment: Morinaga-san, could there be a person who loves your milk
puddings so much here?
Narration: I bought some rice and cooked a rice meal for him.
Comment: I made a delicious meal.
Narration: He finished off half a liter in three minutes.
Yoshihiro: More!You can read all 4 parts here, the first part is not that interesting unless you're a SM fan but part 2 & 3 are where the fun begins.
http://www.kurozuki.com/takeuchi/punch/
Sounds like a terrible Big 3.
Do you even remember your own name?
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Toriko
I knew Toriko would lose against him. He used all of his best moves int he beginning. Now his demon cells will activate. Setsuna is ,ulti 100 years old.
Beelzebub
Yeah, for anyone who did not know Furuichi>Oga. Funny moment there with dumb Oga.
I knew Toriko would lose against him. He used all of his best moves int he beginning. Now his demon cells will activate. Setsuna is ,ulti 100 years old.
Beelzebub
Yeah, for anyone who did not know Furuichi>Oga. Funny moment there with dumb Oga.
brotkasten
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It's sort of a running gag here. People got sick of how shitty Naruto got and wanted Kishi to end the series, so he could start Mario, the concept he showed once. Now that he finally did the one-shot and it turned out to be just as bad as Naruto, some here use it as some sort of joke.
ColossalLazy
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Apparently Ratman will end in this months issue of Shounen Ace, with 12 volumes. According to the group who scanlates Devil Survivor 2 and Yaotsukumo.
Beelzebub
lol at the Oga moment. Its time for Furuichi to suffer
Beelzebub
lol at the Oga moment. Its time for Furuichi to suffer
Glass Rebel
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Mario was pretty shit but the disappointment didn't hit me as hard as expected. I think I already knew it couldn't be good.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
You guys all had it coming. I told you like years ago if you hated Naruto you would hate Mario, but nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, you all had to be little wretches and make up your own baseless theories that Kishimoto is just tired of Naruto or intentionally making it bad or secretly working on Mario.
There's no proof that anyone ever "didn't have assistants" for anything. Its always just an "internet rumor" someone heard for anyone who writes slowly, e.g. Togashi, Miura, etc.
There's no proof that anyone ever "didn't have assistants" for anything. Its always just an "internet rumor" someone heard for anyone who writes slowly, e.g. Togashi, Miura, etc.
I think the guy really likes Mario though
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Not sure, but if I had to speculate, its because Japanese Brain Surgeons are actually not that uncommon in Germany since Japan produces a lot of brain surgeons, who then tend to go overseas.
I'm sure he just wanted to have a Stranger in a Strange Land thing going, since that tends to drive the plot in some ways.
(fake edit: Why did I pull a Brandon Sanderson with this post and capitalize a bunch of random words?)
To continue my speculation, you.
One Piece
...Is in full on "hard to read" mode. At least Oda has an excuse. Luffy's dedication to the masquerade is pretty funny.
I don't remember ever saying anything about Mario, or even caring about it a little.
...Is in full on "hard to read" mode. At least Oda has an excuse. Luffy's dedication to the masquerade is pretty funny.
I don't remember ever saying anything about Mario, or even caring about it a little.
Glass Rebel
Member
Soul Catchers. It has everything that makes a good manga, imo.
what kind of genre are you looking for?
brotkasten
Member
If you want recommendations, tell us what you've read/watched so far and what you like.
Dedication Through Light
Member
Spiral The Bonds of Reasoning
Hinatama
Zetsuen no Tempest
Code Breaker
K (anime)
Guilty Crown (anime)
Valvrave (anime)
brotkasten
Member
Monster 6-8, end of Vol 1.
Inspector Lunge seems really silly with his schtick. It's hard to take him seriously.
I must say, while I like the writing, I don't see anything great in this. The setting is interesting, because it's something different at least, but the art is okay at best and there's little atmosphere yet. I also think this is the point where I stopped watching the anime out of boredom. It must've been right before the reveal.
Inspector Lunge seems really silly with his schtick. It's hard to take him seriously.
I must say, while I like the writing, I don't see anything great in this. The setting is interesting, because it's something different at least, but the art is okay at best and there's little atmosphere yet. I also think this is the point where I stopped watching the anime out of boredom. It must've been right before the reveal.
These Emma extra stories are really good. Jumping back and forth between different characters and places gives more freedom and is very refreshing than just reading a singular storyline focusing primarily on Emma and William. A Bride's Story kinda does similar thing to a point, but I hope at the end of it, the manga gets similar treatment.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
This is code for "I don't want or feel the need to go look it up but it happened deal with it"
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Beelzebub
Why are they playing tennis...?
Actually this chapter was pretty silly overall.
Why are they playing tennis...?
Actually this chapter was pretty silly overall.
Togashi sounds pretty awful!
Shingeki no Kyojin 45
Mikasa ;_;
Hannes was great this time and thank god Hanji didn't kick the bucket and thanks to her there's even a glimpse of hope. I kinda like this development, it should let the 4 human titans have a private talk. Conny looked pretty badass for a moment there.
Mikasa ;_;
Hannes was great this time and thank god Hanji didn't kick the bucket and thanks to her there's even a glimpse of hope. I kinda like this development, it should let the 4 human titans have a private talk. Conny looked pretty badass for a moment there.
Aizo
Banned
Please don't use circumflexes; use macrons. Circumflexes haven't been used in Japanese transliteration for years. I actually think circumflexes look very cool, though
Have you read Gambling Emperor Legend Zero? That's close to Kaiji than Kurosawa.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Mario has unlimitless potential. Kishi just needs a couple months of rest after Naruto and he will be good.
Hoozuki no Reitetsu
So we follow the daily life of Hoozuki who works in Hell. Employee shortages, office love triangles involving dogs...
Oh and obviously we get to see the interactions with Heaven, and how they try to get along. It's basically a slice of life manga in Hell.
It's pretty funny, light-hearted and has a quite neat art style.
It almost makes you want to visit Hell, which seems to be a friendly and welcoming place after all.
They're almost always used in France, my Japanese teacher uses them when she writes words in romajis.
So we follow the daily life of Hoozuki who works in Hell. Employee shortages, office love triangles involving dogs...
Oh and obviously we get to see the interactions with Heaven, and how they try to get along. It's basically a slice of life manga in Hell.
It's pretty funny, light-hearted and has a quite neat art style.
It almost makes you want to visit Hell, which seems to be a friendly and welcoming place after all.
Please don't use circumflexes; use macrons. Circumflexes haven't been used in Japanese transliteration for years. I actually think circumflexes look very cool, though
They're almost always used in France, my Japanese teacher uses them when she writes words in romajis.
The only problem is I don't know when she appears and I don't the translations are there yet
The only reason I ever want to read this manga is because of this awesome looking character
The only problem is I don't know when she appears and I don't the translations are there yet
There are only 4 chapters translated so far. A new group/guy picked it up recently and released the chapters last week. I guess we can expect relatively fast releases.
I would if there was a convenient macron key on my keyboard, but there isn't. The circumflex key is right there though, so!
(I really don't see how my using circumflexes could be an actual problem for you though)
brotkasten
Member
It's not much of a problem, but more like a "omg, this is wrong, fix this" on his part.
Limited, then? ^^
But it's not "wrong". It's not that uncommon for circumflexes to be used instead of macrons.
brotkasten
Member
Holy shit, that is bad. And I thought my apartment gets messy at times. No wonder he gets sick.
I didn't say it was.
I didn't say it was.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Shinya Shokudo 2
Who the hell eats curry with such a small spoon.
Fun read though.
Who the hell eats curry with such a small spoon.
Fun read though.
Dedication Through Light
Member
Do we ever see List and etc ever again in the series? I feel we barely got to even know them.
Reading the transcript made me cringe so bad. Don't know what kind of wooing Togashi must have done to win her over with that first impression. She didnt seem to mind, sitting down and reading Jump lol.
EDIT: You watch the anime only right? Very mild manga spoilers below.
I think List served his purpose but I guess since he is Ging's friend we will probably see him again, if only a cameo like all of Gon's friends at the hospital.
I want to see Chrollo again. I thought the part of the Chimera ant arc with the Spiders was kinda lame and ever since the end of Greed Island when Hisoka left with the Nen Remover we've heard nothing from him.
We did see him again as a quick cameo.
And then again during the election.
Eh I would like some more Jump esque prime realistate battle manga in my life> KHR died and there is a hole in my heart.
You know the type
As long as it isn't like one piece.
Some funny stuff. Or something weird
I love BOBOBO-BO-BOBOBO.
1-punch man.
JOJO
And Something smart , Ghost in the shell SAC and ghost hound can only facilitate my exposion-ey codec conversation-eqsque itch for so long.
I really liked bakuman
A good sports manga
I haven't read one since eyeshield 21
Oh okay. Lots of cameos during the election, loved seeing some random characters again.
Best cameo: Pockle and Ponzu showing up in NGL and
being eaten by ants
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Shinya Shokudo 3
Aw. Didn't expect that to happen to the enka singer.
Gotta say though, I love the depiction of simple comfort foods in this manga. Weiner dogs with rice, leftover curry and rice with bonito and soy sauce. So refreshing after reading cooking mangas about super fancy food. One of my favourite styles of eating as well.
Aw.
Didn't expect that to happen to the enka singer.Gotta say though, I love the depiction of simple comfort foods in this manga. Weiner dogs with rice, leftover curry and rice with bonito and soy sauce. So refreshing after reading cooking mangas about super fancy food. One of my favourite styles of eating as well.
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