Its not out? I'm surprised at that seeming One Piece and Naruto didn't need translating this week.
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Its not out? I'm surprised at that seeming One Piece and Naruto didn't need translating this week.
JoJo is nothing in power level, most fighter is ordinary people that know almost nothing about fighting hand-to-hand, its just their abilities that ridiculous. Maybe HxH is the strongest one, because its combination of super fighter + Nen Jojo-esque special abilities.
If we talking about uniqueness, JoJo win.
Now in JoJo the abilities are nothing close to usual shounen abilities again, such like element user, black hole, and thing you'd see in 2D fighter.
Araki creating abilities that you must research in wiki, such like science, math, or bactery phenomenon. Nothing close to that in other manga that you mention.
What does it have to do with One Piece and Naruto?
Right, but like you said, they need something that just stands out and doesn't look like your average B tier battle shounen
Food = zzzz
Smut = cool
Overall = meh
Crazymoogle
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jmanga shutting down is pretty upsetting. I don't miss the service - how can you not expect to succeed if your service basically requires an XBL points subscription? - but because of the english manga that is now going to disappear off the map with no other way to read it.
There are series on there that I would have paid to read but honestly never expected to see them carry because the service was so awful when it started.
(I guess I would have paid only grudgingly though, web only reading is horrible. Hard to expect less than what Viz's platform provides.)
There are series on there that I would have paid to read but honestly never expected to see them carry because the service was so awful when it started.
(I guess I would have paid only grudgingly though, web only reading is horrible. Hard to expect less than what Viz's platform provides.)
Popular ones tend to get translated/spoiled first.
Antiwhippy
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Nobunaga no Chef 2
Who knew food could lead to political drama?
Interested to see what the significance of serving a Portuguese dish is.
Who knew food could lead to political drama?
Interested to see what the significance of serving a Portuguese dish is.
Dedication Through Light
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Quite sure the translator for Assassination Classroom and Haikyuu!! focuses more on Haikyuu!! first.
Aw yeah, Karneval is getting an artbook soon.
I really hope the artwork will be as beautiful as the manga covers
I really hope the artwork will be as beautiful as the manga covers
Dedication Through Light
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Yogi and Gareki have the best covers.
brotkasten
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I still don't get how Shanks lost an arm to a shark. While not being the super pirate he's now, he was still a big deal back then, wasn't he?
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Seems that way so far, yeah.
There's absolutely no explanation of the time travel though. Doesn't actually seem to factor into the story much other than 2 modern chefs suddenly appeared in feudal japan.
Also looking into the author apparently he does a lot of food mangas which hasn't been translated yet. We need more food mangas damnit.
In your opinion, what kind of uniqueness would be looking out for a title to get out of a B tier battle shounen?
Seeming the recent ones from Jump just like to have power user vs power user. Changing something about this would probably help set yourself out apart from others.
Is that so? I could only take a wild guess cause I don't follow the series.
To be fair it was a sea king, not a mere shark.
How is it even possible, everyone enjoy food porn.
Jeez, what was the anime staff thinking sucking out all the funny parts from the manga.
Yeah, it was good at the start when you didn't know Shanks influence as of yet, other that "why didn't he just kick the crap out of it instead?" would had been a better ending to make it more consistent storywise than something thats used for impact to get the readers to care for the two.
That's not what I mean by power. I know Jojo's characters don't always have abilities that allow them to "blow up the moon", but the abilities regularly are far deadlier than the three other mangas I mentioned. That's why I clarified because if you discussed the effectiveness of killing someone/defeating someone with the abilities, the abilities of characters like Law in One Piece wouldn't stand a hells chance against even the weakest Jojo character abilities. It's like comparing Luffy to Mr. Fantastic. Most would say Luffy is better than Mr. Fantastic power wise since he is more versatile with his stretching because of the nature of One Piece vs a Marvel series. But they are both stretching abilities, so originality wise they are the same IMO.
That's what happens when mangas like Double Arts get canceled and series like Nisekoi become hits.
From what I've read, some people felt like Double Arts didn't know where to go with the story (I would have to read it for myself to find out) so that could be a reason into why it got the axe.
Nah, it was more like it didn't even get the chance to go anywhere.
If you look at the ones that aren't action heavy then there isn't much they can do unless go all out with a crazy fantasy premise like Ass Class. Outside of that, most of them (Nisekoi, Koisome Momiji, Kurogane, Pajama) just feel like they are held back by their own demographic tropes and go the typical romcom route with bad writing. One particular recent non battle WSJ manga that I liked was Enigma and that's because I was fond of the initial setup. The story did get too ridiculous and stupid near the end.
As for battle manga, I don't know what you can do to stand out. You gotta involve superpowers or else nobody will care about reading it. Though I will say that I will take a millions Beelzebub/Medaka Box over Barrage/Magico/Takamagahara and I don't even like Beelzebub/Medaka Box anymore.
It had a good premise and was decent, but I'm sure Naoshi would have found a way to fuck it up if it didn't get cancelled.
Yeah, Jump will be kicking themselves once Naruto and Bleach finish going by the looks of it. It terribly hard for them to find something that will appeal to the kids nowdays just cause no one has a clue on what makes them "different" from the other titles. Even with Toriko getting overhyped, it still hasn't caught up to Bleach's current sales.
Cyborg Jiichan G (end)
Well, the silly formula did not change much till the end maybe aside from the somewhat serious flashback near the end. It was interesting to see what Obata was capable of as a writer and that his art was already great even back then but I don't think that you miss out much if you haven't read it. But did I have fun with it? Absolutely.
One word of warning, there were more naked saggy boobs of old woman than I've ever seen in my life.
Well, the silly formula did not change much till the end maybe aside from the somewhat serious flashback near the end. It was interesting to see what Obata was capable of as a writer and that his art was already great even back then but I don't think that you miss out much if you haven't read it. But did I have fun with it? Absolutely.
One word of warning, there were more naked saggy boobs of old woman than I've ever seen in my life.
I thought WSJ line-up looking good in sales power
AssClass and Kuroko on 400-800k territory now.
Nisekoi can explode to 300k when its getting anime like TLR, Haikyuu might repeat Kuroko's success with anime. They can settle for awhile.
Dedication Through Light
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Mayonaka no Oyatsu 1
Azuma has a really good personality and gave so many good moments with Taira (Taira's faces were hilarious), his younger nephew by eight years who he was taking care of for a few weeks. Liked how well they got along and just Taira's growing adoration for Azuma and Azuma likewise. Best moment easily was when Taira used his martial arts skills to fend off a dude who was gonna beat Azuma up. Ah as well as the initial sharing the bed scene and then kiss/promise there. His four years later version is shocking, need the next chapter now.
Azuma has a really good personality and gave so many good moments with Taira (Taira's faces were hilarious), his younger nephew by eight years who he was taking care of for a few weeks. Liked how well they got along and just Taira's growing adoration for Azuma and Azuma likewise. Best moment easily was when Taira used his martial arts skills to fend off a dude who was gonna beat Azuma up. Ah as well as the initial sharing the bed scene and then kiss/promise there. His four years later version is shocking, need the next chapter now.
It's really funny how Assassination Classroom is beating Toriko right now and that manga received no anime hype yet.
Then, they're called lazy bums. See: Togashi and Miura.
True.
AssClass, Haikyuu!!, Nisekoi, PSI Kusuo Saiki and maybe Shokugeki No Soma are the new solid "mid-tier" series (well, AssClass is more than a mid-tier manga now, it's their new powerhouse).
Oh, survivor, about Nodame Cantabile : if you want to start the series, you should check the drama, it's a really good adaptation. They nailed the tone of the manga.
brotkasten
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Come on. There's a difference between less deadly deadlines and not working on your work for a year, releasing a chapter or two and then taking another break.
Its not horrible, but AssClass doesn't seem to be one of those titles that will last 10 years like Naruto, DBZ, Bleach, One Piece, etc. Like after DBZ died off Jump lost a huge amount of sales until One Piece came and steadied the ship.
AssClass X One Piece special in the works as we speak
The line between working yourself to death and not working at all isn't that thin.
Haikyuu oneshot
That was kinda dull, it reminds me greatly of Slam Dunk with the whole "MC is a friggin' noob who happens to be able to jump very high" trope and a little bit of Kuroko because it emphasizes on how he only can play well because there's someone else specifically supporting him. There was not much more to it.
Let's hope the series makes it better.
That was kinda dull, it reminds me greatly of Slam Dunk with the whole "MC is a friggin' noob who happens to be able to jump very high" trope and a little bit of Kuroko because it emphasizes on how he only can play well because there's someone else specifically supporting him. There was not much more to it.
Let's hope the series makes it better.
The series is better, don't worry.
brotkasten
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Wow, that's impressive.
Dedication Through Light
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Its not horrible, but AssClass doesn't seem to be one of those titles that will last 10 years like Naruto, DBZ, Bleach, One Piece, etc. Like after DBZ died off Jump lost a huge amount of sales until One Piece came and steadied the ship.
AssClass X One Piece special in the works as we speak
I think theres numerous ways the writer could extend Assassination Classroom to last ten years. Endless possibilities for introducing numerous groups of increasingly powerful entities that wanna kill Kurosensei, introduce tons of transfer students.
It's scary to think that Jump's crazy readership perfectly matches Dragonball's serialisation history. For as big as One Piece is now in Japan, I don't think anything will ever see those kind of numbers again.
There is, but I believed he stated that he wants it to last as he originally planned even with the surprising popularity that came with it, which is good for his case.
Wow, didn't know Shonen Magazine was still above them around the early 2000's. Nowdays Jumps around the 2.8 million mark from what I've read.
https://mobile.twitter.com/NEBU_KURO/status/311506965127913473?p=v
It seems the next One Punch Man Chapter will be completely full coloured with 65 pages.
Dedication Through Light
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What series did Shonen Magazine lose to get that consistent fall?
Just saw some manga announcements from Mantova Comics here in Italy.
Looks like I'll be able to grab Alice in Hell by Jiro Matsumoto.
Velvet Kiss has been licensed over here too (so I'll have to double dip on it).
Another manga by Ayuko (which I adore), Mou Tamago wa Korosanai, is getting published.
Sun Ken Rock's special about Yumin will be published (and it'll be the only Sun Ken Rock thing I'll buy lol).
Also some info.
Binbogami and Virgin's Empire are not doing well here (which I find really sad). Haganai is doing quite well instead.
Moyashimon's author wants to control a certain number of elements before each volume is given the go ahead to be published, but the next 3 volumes should be published this year, and that' already promising.
Attack No.1 didn't perform too well, but it didnt do too bad either, so the editor is interested in picking the sequels.
Looks like I'll be able to grab Alice in Hell by Jiro Matsumoto.
Velvet Kiss has been licensed over here too (so I'll have to double dip on it).
Another manga by Ayuko (which I adore), Mou Tamago wa Korosanai, is getting published.
Sun Ken Rock's special about Yumin will be published (and it'll be the only Sun Ken Rock thing I'll buy lol).
Also some info.
Binbogami and Virgin's Empire are not doing well here (which I find really sad). Haganai is doing quite well instead.
Moyashimon's author wants to control a certain number of elements before each volume is given the go ahead to be published, but the next 3 volumes should be published this year, and that' already promising.
Attack No.1 didn't perform too well, but it didnt do too bad either, so the editor is interested in picking the sequels.
You don't think Togashi wrote the latest 20 episodes in real time, do you?
And Miura was being called a lazy bum as he was just working at half the pace he used to be working 15 years ago.
On the top of my head, GTO.
Yeah, the first chapter was already miles better than the oneshot. MC is no longer a noob and it's great to let him and the other dude (I'll get the names eventually) play at least one match before throwing together in the same team. There were also some really great panels.
But that manga got published when the circulation numbers started declining.
It could be just a general decline that most other magazines suffered but I could be wrong.
Sounds awesome. The anime needs to keep going.
Damn that's disappointing to hear. Guess I'll see how it goes when I'll get to the end.
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