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[curlyfriski]

Gintama 437

Ho-lee fuck, this has surpassed my expectations.

Of course Shinpachi is still boring.

 

[survivor]

Good Ending 45

What are the odds of this happening? This is TLR level of accidentally falling on girls.

Shou's parents are pretty cool, they should have been introduced much earlier.

 

[Ignis Fatuus]

The most obvious conclusion to draw from this is that its not going to last super long.

I don't know, because this chapter seems to imply that

Spoiler

never mind finishing high school, the plot may well extend into college

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[Alastor3]

Im looking for a manga with a post-Apocalypse world but in the real world, no magic, no strange stuff, does that exist ?

 

[Crash Station]

Im looking for a manga with a post-Apocalypse world but in the real world, no magic, no strange stuff, does that exist ?

What about time travel to a post-apocalyptic world?

 

[suzu]

Hmm, now I'm going to have to read Gintama again just for the genderbend arc. lol.

 

[Passive Assassin]

Im looking for a manga with a post-Apocalypse world but in the real world, no magic, no strange stuff, does that exist ?

7 Seeds.

 

[survivor]

Good Ending 46 - 54

I really feel like we are just recycling plotlines at this point. Same misunderstandings, Yuki keeps changing sides, and Oonumura is still causing more awkward scenarios with Seiji. And now this Tooru will start showing up and fucking things up with Yuki.

 

[FlutterPuffs]

Im looking for a manga with a post-Apocalypse world but in the real world, no magic, no strange stuff, does that exist ?

Pretty much 7 Seeds. It's has a Fallout-like story. The art is shoujo but keep reading, it's one of the best mangas around at the moment.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Mangagaf always butthurt about Bleach. Great interview but this should make it to the story somehow.

Such an untold story exists for pretty much every single character, most of them were scrapped to to time issues. There is, for example, the story of what Grimmjow did before Aizen captured Hueco Mundo. I have this one all fleshed out, but could never tell it.

I really liked his explanation about Ginjou being the first sub shinigami.

The part with the backgrounds definitely does.

"I don't want backgrounds, because 'the heart'"
"Then what do your assistants do?"
"They draw the backgrounds."

Hehe.

I'm sure he got a free power-up, to be able to keep up with Ichigo's and the rest. A more tsundere Aizen as Vegeta would be more fun, though.

Grimmjow definitely got a power up since he sliced Kirge in half like nothing.

Lol what a troll

and who the fuck cares about Ururu.. I mean really.


AND AIZEN STILL IMPORTANT FOR THE STORY...

The interviewer asked him about Ururu. And yes i would love it if Kubo had the time to flesh out all of his characters. I loved Starrk, Barragan, Nnoitra and Grimmjow´s flashback even though they were short but to the point and it contributed to their characters. Nnoitra´s flashback is my favorite among the arrancar because of his dynamic with nel.

And of course Aizen is important to the story. He always has been.


Mael, i told you that Gin is dead.

 

[Azure J]

Yamada 50

Caught up on the last 3 chapters or so. The scanlators love their sentence enhancers in this series. Meanwhile, Yamada getting jumped only to come back and seemingly beat the lights out of the Noa trio? Seems legit.

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Amatake Atekwo? Niiiiice.

 

[Atredeus]

Mangagaf always butthurt about Bleach. Great interview but this should make it to the story somehow.


I really liked his explanation about Ginjou being the first sub shinigami.

Hehe.

Grimmjow definitely got a power up since he sliced Kirge in half like nothing.

The interviewer asked him about Ururu. And yes i would love it if Kubo had the time to flesh out all of his characters. I loved Starrk, Barragan, Nnoitra and Grimmjow´s flashback even though they were short but to the point and it contributed to their characters. Nnoitra´s flashback is my favorite among the arrancar because of his dynamic with nel.

And of course Aizen is important to the story. He always has been.


Mael, i told you that Gin is dead.

This quote brought to you by grammar.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Bleach

Jo Kaps: "I think it's about time for some drawing, isn't it?"

Kubo: "Alright. What do you want me to draw?"

Kubo's companions pick four people from the audience, each one may choose one character from BLEACH. Post-timeskip Hitsugaya and child Nel (audience complains, wanting to see adult Nel) are picked first, Kubo draws them like this: Crying Nel is clinging onto an irritated Hitsugaya's left shoulder. Hitsugaya stands in 3/4 profile, his head turnded towards Nel. The next pairing is Ulquiorra (leading the audience to boo at the girl who picked him) and Yoruichi (audience applauds in agreement). Kubo draws Yoruichi in the bottom right corner, having jumped down from one of Hueco Mundo's giant red pillars and still falling, looking back over her right shoulder with a stern face. Ulquiorra jumps after her, his right hand extended towards Yoruichi's back. [Note: The drawing process was recorded and will most likely be made availible via internet.]

Haha yes. Ulquiorra is shit.

This quote brought to you by grammar.

This quote is brought to you by i don´t give a shit about grammar.

 

[Mr. Fix]

Bleach



Haha yes. Ulquiorra is shit.


This quote is brought to you by i don´t give a shit about grammar.

If you find a vid of the session, please link that here.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Mangagaf always butthurt about Bleach. Great interview but this should make it to the story somehow.


I really liked his explanation about Ginjou being the first sub shinigami.

Hehe.

Grimmjow definitely got a power up since he sliced Kirge in half like nothing.

The interviewer asked him about Ururu. And yes i would love it if Kubo had the time to flesh out all of his characters. I loved Starrk, Barragan, Nnoitra and Grimmjow´s flashback even though they were short but to the point and it contributed to their characters. Nnoitra´s flashback is my favorite among the arrancar because of his dynamic with nel.

And of course Aizen is important to the story. He always has been.


Mael, i told you that Gin is dead.

I really can't fathom who wanted to see Grimmjow more. I mean, other than DTL.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

If you find a vid of the session, please link that here.

Will do.

I really can't fathom who wanted to see Grimmjow more. I mean, other than DTL.

I liked Grimmjow since he was first introduced.

 

[Stat Flow]

That Kubo interview was awesome, and also a bit funny. I feel like Kubo might be pretty funny considering his manga.

Minor interesting bits, but mostly just a "I'm lampin on my millions, what up people" interview.

 

[Dresden]

paranoia street - 07

Kago's commitment to pursuing the twisted paths that his ideas lead him to is always commendable and always fascinating. The places it goes after this first page . . .

 

[Angry Grimace]

Will do.

I liked Grimmjow since he was first introduced.

I don't get why. He's a pretty stock anime character and he has a stock anime design.

 

[curlyfriski]

Mael, i told you that Gin is dead.

Didn't you also tell us that Byakuya and Kenpachi were dead.

 

[SenorArdilla]

I liked Grimmjow since he was first introduced.

He reminds me of that guy from Zombie Powder. Pretty sure that was the inspiration.

Didn't you also tell us that Byakuya and Kenpachi were dead.

So what happens when a person from Soul Society dies?

 

[Laughing Banana]

Good Ending 45

What are the odds of this happening? This is TLR level of accidentally falling on girls.

Shou's parents are pretty cool, they should have been introduced much earlier.

Good Ending 46 - 54

I really feel like we are just recycling plotlines at this point. Same misunderstandings, Yuki keeps changing sides, and Oonumura is still causing more awkward scenarios with Seiji. And now this Tooru will start showing up and fucking things up with Yuki.

Yuki is annoying.

"Oh Shou-Senpai I don't want to bother your relationship with him but can I like, say to him that I still and will always love him and pay attention to him and makes him hear all my troubles and going out with him and so and so even when in the past we were once in a relationship?"

Egads, I want to reach the nearest pan-fry to smack her on the head.

 

[Dresden]

gekkan shoujo nozaki-kun

came for the moe, stayed for the moe

it's also strangely charming once you get past chapter 1

 

[Antiwhippy]

It is very charming.

The translation can make it pretty confusing though.

 

[Passive Assassin]

Takemitsu Zamurai 1-15

I couldn't get past the first few chapters a couple of years ago, but I started to chug through it and can appreciate the art style more. Very fluid art.

Edit: No wonder, this guy did Number Five too.

 

[Neoriceisgood]

Doesn't that Bleach interview just sort of just confirm the obvious?


No backgrounds, the heart, Erotic languages.

 

[Passive Assassin]

7 Seeds

Caught up. A+. Would read again. Good job

Spoiler

haru vs mozu.

 

[Antiwhippy]

7 Seeds

Caught up. A+. Would read again. Good job

Spoiler

haru vs mozu.

What your impressions of

Spoiler

the dogs dying?

 

[Jintor]

it's also strangely charming once you get past chapter 1

it's pretty excellent. I crave more.

It is very charming.

The translation can make it pretty confusing though.

also true. Still easier to follow than most shoujo though. (dat rigid gag structure)

LIFE 01

I WASN'T READY FOR THIS

 

[Passive Assassin]

What your impressions of

Spoiler

the dogs dying?

Spoiler

Hmm. It was bound to happen sooner or later it seemed. Ayu's explanation on overbreeding and starvation made it evident that something was going to happen. Who would've thought it was the mushrooms though. The way the dogs died was kind of in line with most of the deaths so far, dying for the sake of others and the living go on to respect that fact rather than break down and be helpless. Reminds me of Slaughterhouse Five, and so it goes.

Apologies. Typing on a phone sucks.

 

[Mael]

First,

Mael, i told you that Gin is dead.

Didn't you also tell us that Byakuya and Kenpachi were dead.

.
so we'll see, I stand by my statement

Spoiler

that Gin's death sequence was shit

.

Mangagaf always butthurt about Bleach. Great interview but this should make it to the story somehow.


I really liked his explanation about Ginjou being the first sub shinigami.

Hehe.

Grimmjow definitely got a power up since he sliced Kirge in half like nothing.

Why? because 3 lamass Arrancars who got oneshotted before couldn't lay a hand on him?
If anything just by rule of surprise attack he didn't need any powerup. He cut the guy in half after all!
Also we already had the backstory of Grimmjow, what more does need to be said about him that we don't already know?
There's literally 10 characters we know less that need a flashback more than this let down of a Vegeta/Hiei.

And people hate Griffith for the Eclipse and can't find any reason why he did what he did?
Also yeah the mafia in HxH is shit, but they're normal people compared to most things and we all know how shit people without Nen are in HxH...

 

[Wiseblade]

And people hate Griffith for the Eclipse and can't find any reason why he did what he did?

There is no motivation that can justify what he did. GRIFFITH MUST DIE.

Also yeah the mafia in HxH is shit, but they're normal people compared to most things and we all know how shit people without Nen are in HxH...

But they're the Mafia. The criminal underworld should have a greater understanding of nen and some real firepower in their employ. Otherwise, how did they ever manage to become the Mafia?

 

[remz]

There is no motivation that can justify what he did. GRIFFITH MUST DIE.


But they're the Mafia. The criminal underworld should have a greater understanding of nen and some real firepower in their employ. Otherwise, how did they ever manage to become the Mafia?

well they had like... kurapika in their employ. It doesn't make sense they got worfed as bad as they did but aren't the spiders so good they practically worf the entire planet?

 

[Wiseblade]

well they had like... kurapika in their employ. It doesn't make sense they got worfed as bad as they did but aren't the spiders so good they practically worf the entire planet?

No, one low ranking member of the Mafia hierarchy employed Kurapika as a bodyguard. Their 10 main enforcers died in a single night. But it's also about how the Mafia was totally out of the loop for the entire arc. They were clueless about pretty much everything throughout and the 10 most influential members of the organisation end up dying off-screen without ever seeing it coming.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Spoiler

Hmm. It was bound to happen sooner or later it seemed. Ayu's explanation on overbreeding and starvation made it evident that something was going to happen. Who would've thought it was the mushrooms though. The way the dogs died was kind of in line with most of the deaths so far, dying for the sake of others and the living go on to respect that fact rather than break down and be helpless. Reminds me of Slaughterhouse Five, and so it goes.

Apologies. Typing on a phone sucks.

No worries, I understand that pain. Just wanted to hear impressions on what I think is the most emotionally powerful moment of the series.

I found Ayu's speech especially poignant.

 

[Kurita]

Steel Ball Run vol.1

Pretty good so far, love Gyro (or Jayro, dunno why they changed it in the French translation).
Seeing him putting his teddybear in his bag was funny :lol

 

[Erigu]

Gyro (or Jayro, dunno why they changed it in the French translation)

For idiotic reasons.
1) We can't use the official spelling, as French readers wouldn't pronounce "Gyro" correctly (yes, this is a serious issue, and never mind all the previous character names: this is the first non-French one in the entire series, obviously).
2) We could use "Jairo", the direct transliteration from the kana, especially considering Araki once used it for a color illustration.
3) Wait, no, French readers wouldn't pronounce that one correctly either... unless we changed it to "Jayro"! Because magic.
Then, when readers complain, we'll somehow call them "purists who would like Japanized names" and say some more stuff that makes zero sense.

Tonkamェ...

 

[Kurita]

Yeah, I don't see how Jayro makes more sense than Gyro. Tonkam really makes weird decisions.

 

[RepairmanJack]

Tower of God

The more vocal fans of this web comic must hate these types of chapters cause it seems like Siu apologizes every time there is a chapter with no action. I thought it was a great chapter. It shows what the different teams are thinking of each other and sets up the issue of Baam and Koon being alive. Siu made it seem like the traveler at the end had been brought up before, but I don't think I remember that. Chapter could have used more Rak though.

 

[Jintor]

Beezlebub v10-12

Wavering on quality at this point. Cool that the demon invasion arc has begun (friggin' finally) and that we're getting some progress with Aoi and Oga (kind of), but I can't help but feel we're just treading slowly but surely into endless power level territory here. I'm frankly amazed the cast can be this big though and still remain relatively readable (even if it just means some characters are explicitly regelated to 'useless character' status like MK5)

 

[survivor]

LIFE 01

I WASN'T READY FOR THIS

You have seen nothing.

Can't wait to see your reaction for some of the more crazier parts.

 

[Mael]

There is no motivation that can justify what he did. GRIFFITH MUST DIE.

I'm not saying he's good and what he did was anything but pure evil.
I'm saying there's good reasons for what he did, there was literally no other way this would have gone any differently.
I mean the guy's lifelong dream and along with his life was cut short and there was no other way he could have achieved it.
I mean better men than Griffith would have done the same, he was after all shown to be ruthless and do whatever it takes to further his goal.
If there's such a thing as really evil, that's a pretty good example of it but it's not out of nowhere like in most fiction.

But they're the Mafia. The criminal underworld should have a greater understanding of nen and some real firepower in their employ. Otherwise, how did they ever manage to become the Mafia?

The way I see it, they're only the mafia.
They deal in illegal stuffs but they're not such an unstoppable force.
Kinda like how in Sunkenrock(I read that too and yes it's awesome, I just finished the casino arc) they make the parallel with a state, the mafia and a company.

No, one low ranking member of the Mafia hierarchy employed Kurapika as a bodyguard. Their 10 main enforcers died in a single night. But it's also about how the Mafia was totally out of the loop for the entire arc. They were clueless about pretty much everything throughout and the 10 most influential members of the organisation end up dying off-screen without ever seeing it coming.

Very true, this is shown pretty well in the manga as well how clueless they were on whatever the hell was happening.
The fact that they had to make a manhunt to even get a lead on who the attackers were is pretty telling.
Had the spider not called for the head of mafia it would have ended differently.
Heck it's not even that surprising that the spider would mop the floor with the mafia when you see that the black list hunters were wiped out by Hisoka and Illumi lately!
Simply put, when in HxH they say that the spider is dangerous they mean it. It also shows how powerful the ants were when only some division commanders went on to make their kingdom in the shooting star city they were only wiped by the spider and that wasn't an easy task either.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Bikkuri suru hodo Doji na Koi 3

Really great conclusion to the three chapter story of Tom and Nao. Opening moments with the first kiss for Tom, and then his eventually emotional collapse over not being Nao's first led to hilarious moments, vision, and tears. And thank goodness for mothers in manga, they set up the perfect situation, going out of town, and then forcing Nao to have to stay at Tom's place for the evening leading to one of the most hilarious final two pages in awhile. nsfw? 1 2 3

 

[Jintor]

Beezlebub 136

LOL this author is so great with fake-outs. I seriously thought they were going to have a 6-7 chapter fucking fight-your-friends arc and he just threw the whole thing out the window.

This whole school assault is great fun.

 

[Setsuna]

Kubo's chatting a load of crap about that Backgrounds being distracting. They give characters grounding and a sense on place, Bleach regularly feels like the characters are floating in a white fog because of the lack of backgrounds.

And the drawing "focus to the characters" is hot air too. Removing backgrounds is a good tool to give a particular scene weight, or give the impression that time is standing still. For example like in:

But when minimalistic backgrounds are the norm, it loses impact. If you're really clever, you can achieve the effect while still have really detailed backgrounds:

so Kubo doesn't really have a leg to stand on.

so its not okay for kubo to not draw backgrounds in some random panels

but its okay for oda to take to pages and not draw a single background

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Didn't you also tell us that Byakuya and Kenpachi were dead.

No. I told you only about Byakuya.

so its not okay for kubo to not draw backgrounds in some random panels

but its okay for oda to take to pages and not draw a single background

Don´t you get it? It´s always ok for Oda to do stuff that it´s not ok for other mangaka to do.

 

[Wiseblade]

so its not okay for kubo to not draw backgrounds in some random panels

but its okay for oda to take to pages and not draw a single background

Umm, yes?

 

[Mael]

so its not okay for kubo to not draw backgrounds in some random panels

but its okay for oda to take two pages and not draw a single background

The problem here is that when xmas is everyday it stops being special.
It's actually more distracting to have a lack of BG than the reverse for any 2 panels.
Oda use it to make the scene special (and btw he's not alone in that, check Clamp, Togashi... it's actually pretty common, kind of like how in movies you only have the sound and no image to get the required mood or something).
Anyway it's not just Oda vs Kubo here.

No. I told you only about Byakuya.

Fun fact is that the death scene of Byakuya looked more like a death scene than for Gin, look who got the axe....
Btw about who gets a pass, I'll use the rule of SJump : Togashi

 

[Wiseblade]

The problem here is that when xmas is everyday it stops being special.
It's actually more distracting to have a lack of BG than the reverse for any 2 panels.
Oda use it to make the scene special (and btw he's not alone in that, check Clamp, Togashi... it's actually pretty common, kind of like how in movies you only have the sound and no image to get the required mood or something).
Anyway it's not just Oda vs Kubo here.

Wow, someone who can actually read!

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

First,




.
so we'll see, I stand by my statement

Spoiler

that Gin's death sequence was shit

.

No Gin´s death was not shit at all. It was great especially after we knew his motives.

Why? because 3 lamass Arrancars who got oneshotted before couldn't lay a hand on him?
If anything just by rule of surprise attack he didn't need any powerup. He cut the guy in half after all!

It´s the quincy who took Allon´s beatings like nothing.

Also we already had the backstory of Grimmjow, what more does need to be said about him that we don't already know?

Before he met Aizen.

There's literally 10 characters we know less that need a flashback more than this let down of a Vegeta/Hiei.

Dem fighting words