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Haha you sure are excited today.
Meccanical
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Eden- It's an Endless World! Vol.1-18
At the behest of CD Projekt Red I decided to check out this manga.
Honestly...out of all the manga I have read...I don't think I have ever been as emotionally invested in one as much as I was while reading this.
What a ride. What a long, brutal,ride this was. I have seen some shit. I must admit it wasn't perfect, some of the drama felt forced(
Particularly that Middle Eastern girl who sang to Kenji in Japanese getting murdered along with her entire village, who the hell didn't see that coming a mile away?
Disclosure Virus
Definitely one of my favorite manga of all time. Great Cast, great art, and for the most part great plot. It s not for the feint of heart though. Finished it in a day and I must say a lot of it stuck with me.
brotkasten
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Did CDPR use this as inspiration for Cyberpunk or what's the connection?
Meccanical
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Yeah it's one of their inspirations for the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077.
A Huge Battleship
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Mashikaku Rock 1-3 (END)
Shoujo romance about an honour student who joins a band. Lost interest after the first chapter, though that was likely more because of my aversion to the subject matter rather than anything it particularly did wrong.
Shoujo romance about an honour student who joins a band. Lost interest after the first chapter, though that was likely more because of my aversion to the subject matter rather than anything it particularly did wrong.
brotkasten
Member
Thanks for bringing it up. I can't wait for the game, so reading or watching whatever inspired them should help to fill the time until it comes out.
Meccanical
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Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
The Scott Pilgrim I'm reading is black and white! So it is half-manga.
Kim is best girl though. Ok I kinda like Envy for the potential hatesex.
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
Hopefully it's not something dull like the kid's Griffith's undesirable emotions splintered off into a new being.
brotkasten
Member
Kim is good, but it should be Envy, if only for the reason you mentioned. And Aubrey Plaza made me appreciate Julie.
Meccanical
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Phoenician_Viking
Banned
I know but the organisation also imprisons and punish criminals. Assassins are criminals.
Passive Assassin
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Im caught up to all of his works, and so far it doesn't dissapoint.
Sickness Unto Death vol 1-2 End
Eh really, it was all just
I wanted it to be something more tragic, supernatural and horrifying, fuck. Whatever, this manga had a lot of DESPAIR and build up, but it really fell apart once you realized what was behind the door.
Eh really, it was all just
multiple personality disorder?
Infinite Justice
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Berserk
That could actually be it, where griffith pulls a Naraku from Inuyasha.
Whats slightly amusing about the child is whenever he looks at Guts and Guts looks back the kid instantlly turns away like its embarassed.
HxH
Eh depends on the current side they are on lol
and i also saw it as the president having rival(s) he could go to toe toe with if anything since the pres loved a challenge.
That could actually be it, where griffith pulls a Naraku from Inuyasha.
Whats slightly amusing about the child is whenever he looks at Guts and Guts looks back the kid instantlly turns away like its embarassed.
HxH
Eh depends on the current side they are on lol
and i also saw it as the president having rival(s) he could go to toe toe with if anything since the pres loved a challenge.
brotkasten
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I do and the last couple of chapters are so emotional. But yeah, it could become a really long ride because I don't even know where exactly the story is heading.
Yup, I pretty much agree on everything, it's certainly not perfect or anything and the "science" can get into a weird territory sometime but the emotional roller coaster tends to frequently hit and when it hits, it hits hard.
Hunter x Hunter
And if it's those hunters, we did see a few of them try to take on the Zoldycks, specifically those of the dumber variety. One of Mike's maintainers was one of them.
It's not the organization who imprisons and punishes criminals, but select hunters who are a part of the organization (like Blacklist Hunters). They're free to do whatever they wish, and that includes capturing criminals, as some sort of bounty hunters. But it's not part of the organization's missions, and the most they'll do is provide the tools, like the Hunter Internet Site, for such an activity.
And if it's those hunters, we did see a few of them try to take on the Zoldycks, specifically those of the dumber variety. One of Mike's maintainers was one of them.
What does that character do in the drama?
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
The simplistic art didn't stop me from getting awed at the visuals, nonetheless. Some of the background work in here is thoroughly detailed, and when necessary it takes on the same type of abstraction as the characters. In fact, one of my favourite sequences in the book is when Scott finally gets around to meeting Ramona one on one under the snow, the culmination of that scene taking an almost ethereal quality (a perfect depiction of not-so-teenage-but-still-pretty-immature-love, if you ask me).
I thought the juxtaposition of the real world shenanigans and the more fantastic "I gotta beat your evil ex-boyfriends" video game crap was a lot easier to swallow in this version too. Using the duel set-up as a metaphor with coming to terms with somebody else's past is freaking brilliant, though I imagine I shouldn't over-analyse this aspect of the work, however fitting it may be. The book is madly entertaining even at face value, if only for the absurdity of premise (although I will confess I'm enjoying the more grounded drama for its own value too).
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So yeah, this is probably the only thing I'm gonna talk seriously about in here until the thread gets a hentai manga spin-off (I read far more of that trash than is probably healthy, and no, I'm not checking out ecchi crap like To-Love-Ru when I can get the full deal anywhere else). Let's see how far I can take this.
So I'm not actually a newbie with this franchise, having watched the movie a few years back and ordering the entire collection after falling in love with it, but for some god forsaken reason just got around to checking this out. I still remember the major beats from the story, but even so I found the print version to be very refreshing. The minimalistic art style works a lot in the story's favour, especially when compared with some of the film's wooden acting resulting from having a bunch of kids acting like, well, kids.
The simplistic art didn't stop me from getting awed at the visuals, nonetheless. Some of the background work in here is thoroughly detailed, and when necessary it takes on the same type of abstraction as the characters. In fact, one of my favourite sequences in the book is when Scott finally gets around to meeting Ramona one on one under the snow, the culmination of that scene taking an almost ethereal quality (a perfect depiction of not-so-teenage-but-still-pretty-immature-love, if you ask me).
I thought the juxtaposition of the real world shenanigans and the more fantastic "I gotta beat your evil ex-boyfriends" video game crap was a lot easier to swallow in this version too. Using the duel set-up as a metaphor with coming to terms with somebody else's past is freaking brilliant, though I imagine I shouldn't over-analyse this aspect of the work, however fitting it may be. The book is madly entertaining even at face value, if only for the absurdity of premise (although I will confess I'm enjoying the more grounded drama for its own value too).
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So yeah, this is probably the only thing I'm gonna talk seriously about in here until the thread gets a hentai manga spin-off (I read far more of that trash than is probably healthy, and no, I'm not checking out ecchi crap like To-Love-Ru when I can get the full deal anywhere else). Let's see how far I can take this.
One of Nobunaga's subordinate along with Hideyoshi and Yoshinari.
Favourite artists? You gotta at least share that with us.
Oh, she really should have been included in the manga then. Having only one girl (who rarely appears) in this cast isn't good.
I suppose Nobunaga's sister has also to appear at one point.
For what it's worth this thread does get some posts about hentai manga every once in a while. There was that time everyone read and posted about Itokoi Chidori for like 50k pages.
Akame Ga Kill 34.5 - 35
That reminiscing chapter was ;_;
The main story however looks like it's picking up fast. Night Raid having both the Jaegars and this new execution squad after them doesn't look good, especially since we're officially down to the batch of Night Raid members I like the most so far (Raba pls). At the same time, Kurome is definitely dying soon.
That reminiscing chapter was ;_;
The main story however looks like it's picking up fast. Night Raid having both the Jaegars and this new execution squad after them doesn't look good, especially since we're officially down to the batch of Night Raid members I like the most so far (Raba pls). At the same time, Kurome is definitely dying soon.
Maybe we'll see her at some point, but since she was introduced in the first episode...
It also seems like the drama really wants to shoehorn Natsu everywhere. I don't mind tbh, it's cool to have a sidekick, she's not annoying.
I have yet to see her in the drama.
Go right ahead. Lain used to post about hentai all the time.
BassForever
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Berserk The Golden Age
Wow that ending, Griffith gives into the darkness and Gutts becomes the black swordsman dedicating his life to getting revenge and killing demons. Truly a must read for anyone
Wow that ending, Griffith gives into the darkness and Gutts becomes the black swordsman dedicating his life to getting revenge and killing demons. Truly a must read for anyone
And now you know why GRIFFITH MUST DIE.
Looking at the cast members pictures, I rather they shoehorn the ninja girl and make her Ken's sidekick
brotkasten
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I hope you'll read he rest as well.
That was kind of the peak of the story though.
Meccanical
Member
Haha yeah she's quite pretty. Actually we often saw her since she fights with the army, she's always jumping all over the place, slashing flying arrows with her sword... :lol
curlyfriski
Banned
Hentai wars have the potential to surpass the Big Three wars. What's more important than defending the honor of what you fap to?
BassForever
Member
I can kind of sympathize with the guy though, yeah he was an idiot for fucking the shit out of the princess to try and get rid of his depression because Gutts left him, but after being tortured for a year his life was basically over. The guy couldn't stand, couldn't hold anything, was barely alive more or less living on will alone. If you had the option to sacrifice everyone around you to give yourself a "new life" as a god when your old life is basically over who wouldn't take that chance? Honestly I kind of wish Griffith had made it up to becoming King and then became angry and "wanted more" leading to him turning to the dark side.
In the end what happened to his Band of Hawks was terrible though, and I hope Gutts beats the shit out of Griffith when they finally meet again.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Haha, what? There´s absolutely no justifications or excuses to what Griffith did. He butchered his own troops so he can be a god. He is selfishness reincarnated. I can´t wait to see Guts rip him a new asshole.
brotkasten
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But it doesn't mean the rest isn't worth reading. We're not talking about a Naruto Part 2 drop in quality here.
I have some thoughts on Griffith and his later endeavors, but I need to read a bit more.
And you should definitely keep reading, Bass. Or at least not drop it entirely.
Neoriceisgood
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Don't worry, everyone, at some point in this thread, agrees with Beam on something.
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