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I knew it! Oda's a time lord! That's how he manages to surprise everyone.
At least I can understand for FT...Or maybe you hate FT because Mashima worked for Oda at some point
...Dragonball never happened yo'
That's a false rumor.At least I can understand for FT...Or maybe you hate FT because Mashima worked for Oda at some point
Infinite Justice
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brotkasten
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I'm surprised at the lack of fighting and outrage this week.
I don't know. For the hate spewed on all sides about the Big 3, they're still leagues above the vile slop that is Fairy Tail.
No Bleach this week, so it only makes sense.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
I´m indifferent. It does not mean hatred. No, really all the friendship crap in FT turns me off the main characters, and the villains being crap so there are no good characters in that manga. While i find one piece´s characters personalities to be shitty and one dimensional. At least there´s Garp and to a much lesser extent Akainu. Mashina has ruined Gray, Gajeel, and the rest were already shit.At least I can understand for FT...Or maybe you hate FT because Mashima worked for Oda at some point
No Bleach, nothing happened in One Piece and nobody gives enough of a damn about Naruto to argue about it anymore.
Zoramon089
Banned
I'm almost certain that word doesn't mean what you think it does
I don't I think that Sygrain/Gerald was not total shit but that got retconned into making him a stupid pupet or something.
Ultear was interesting till we get to know her and now she's shit.
I fail to remember when was the last time we got an interesting character...
OP I think it best to not debate this at the same time
Ah? then why the fuck does his style look so close to Oda's then?
Dedication Through Light
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What? I thought it looked the best of the bunch, even has the dying will flames of sky.
You know what I meant, the whole "Luffy cares about this because it's a memento of his bro so he can't let anyone get it".
It's stupid and pretty lazy.
brotkasten
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I guess we already had our little Bleach fight yesterday. Not that it was really satisfying.
There's nothing about that since they starting career in almost same time.
But they're both working under Watsuki (Samurai X) once as assistant, its known fact they're very close.
We don't actually know that he gives a shit yet.
1) IIRC FT doesn't look too dissimilar to Mashima's earlier work, Rave Master. It could just be the coincidental evolution of his art style.
2) One Piece had already been the biggest Manga in Japan for a while when FT started, it's not outside the realm of possibility that Mashima adapted a similar style try try and draw that crowd.
FlutterPuffs
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Maybe because Oda was an inspiration? Same as how Kongou Banchou had that Dragonball Z thing going on. It happens.
His previous work Rave Master was much much more similar to One Piece though.
It felt contrived, which is also my overall idea of GE after the first volumes.
It was in the air. Looking back, the whole volume 10 was set up for THE EVENT
considering also the massive foreshadowing Yuasa gave, so 'twas mostly a matter of pages.
I didn't expect it to happen like that, with the "overwrite the memories" thinghy.
At that point I realised that the next volumes would be about angst only, until the very end.
Can't say I was looking forward to it but I managed.
Seiji and Yuki being together is a given and we know pretty early on that it will end like that:
even the title, Good Ending, is a giveaway. You could say "it's not the destination that matters but the journey"
but I'm afraid I can't really apply it to GE, not totally at least. There were times I wanted to skip right to the end:
it started on a solid way, perhaps because it reminded me of Molester Man, but things turned either silly or,
as survivor said best, "BS to halt the development of the characters". Bummer.
considering also the massive foreshadowing Yuasa gave, so 'twas mostly a matter of pages.
I didn't expect it to happen like that, with the "overwrite the memories" thinghy.
At that point I realised that the next volumes would be about angst only, until the very end.
Can't say I was looking forward to it but I managed.
Seiji and Yuki being together is a given and we know pretty early on that it will end like that:
even the title, Good Ending, is a giveaway. You could say "it's not the destination that matters but the journey"
but I'm afraid I can't really apply it to GE, not totally at least. There were times I wanted to skip right to the end:
it started on a solid way, perhaps because it reminded me of Molester Man, but things turned either silly or,
as survivor said best, "BS to halt the development of the characters". Bummer.
One Piece
Yeah nothing much happened, flamingos fighter were shown.. why do villians in OP look most of the time so shitty.
If luffy somehow cares about the fruit it is bullshit and out of character.
Not happy about a tournament arc at all, hope we see more about the blind guy.
And who stole Zoro's sword ?
Also lol DTL, good troll, you know how much Oda loves DragonBall? I'm pretty sure you could say he took it more likely from there as from FT
And I also thought FT guy worked for oda at some point because of the artstyle
Yeah nothing much happened, flamingos fighter were shown.. why do villians in OP look most of the time so shitty.
If luffy somehow cares about the fruit it is bullshit and out of character.
Not happy about a tournament arc at all, hope we see more about the blind guy.
And who stole Zoro's sword ?
Also lol DTL, good troll, you know how much Oda loves DragonBall? I'm pretty sure you could say he took it more likely from there as from FT
And I also thought FT guy worked for oda at some point because of the artstyle
Phoenician_Viking
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WHAT?
Come on you making stuff now.
Rave always identical to FT/Current Mashima style.
I didn't know that, thanks for the info.
I know I'm just pre reacting.
That was more what I was talking about...
Although it's way cleaner the way Mashima draws now.
Seriously at times Mashima is closer to Oda's art than Kishi is to his own brother!
And btw we ended up with the wrong brother (666 >> Naruto).
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
I did not know that, good to know. I don´t find the art of Mashima to be similar to Oda. Mashima is a better artist.
He certainly improved since Rave but let's not go nuts either.
FlutterPuffs
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To tell the truth I've been pretty disappointed with the 2nd part of One Piece so far. It's still fun but there still hasn't been anything that has been much different from the 1st part. Best 2nd parter still remains Dragonball Z.
Worst is of course Death Note.
Worst is of course Death Note.
brotkasten
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Your image link is broken. You can't hotlink from that site.
It wasn't always identical. It was a lot rougher (and a bit uglier) when he first started off. Honestly I feel like his story telling has gone down the drain. Rave was average but I still gave enough of a damn to keep reading, I can't say the same about Fairy Tale.
I forgot the detail because my own volume gone, but Mashima write a bit about that in RAVE's extra page, about he working together with Oda, etc.
Bleh, so be its.
Dedication Through Light
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One Piece felt like it was going up and up since like water seven then to Marineford/Goa. It just hasnt felt the same since then.
He needs some arc that is on the same level as like the Pain arc in Naruto, something that will really make the second half standout. Maybe when he starts getting back to Dragon/Revolutionaries and involving those of the world government it will really feel good again.
FlutterPuffs
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A bit uglier? He sucked during Rave Master. Some of the anatomy of his characters could rival Rob Liefeld's.
I agree. Considering how fantastically the Pre-Timeskip OP concluded (I mean really, it was AWESOME), I am so disappointed with the New World so far. I still feel like I haven't seen the fruits of the two year training. I still feel this formulaic bs is taking away from the opportunity to explore what's "new" about the New World, and lastly Oda is still adding more unnecessary BS.
I hope it gets back on track soon; I think the best way to do that would be to throw us a non-traditional New World arc a la Baroque Works/Logue Town and shake things up. Bleh.
I was being kind there, early Rave was pretty damn ugly but near the end he started to use his current style.
Infinite Justice
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Is multi-quote busted or is it just me?
they said it best.
Grimace even threw in the towel for Naruto this week lol
Yea but because of almost everyone not giving a fuck about FT the intensity of the arguements plus the massive bullshit is not there compared to the big 3
Indeed. Gaming can be a warzone, plus OT as well.
Second half of 666 was lame imo, except for Ball.
they said it best.
Grimace even threw in the towel for Naruto this week lol
Yea but because of almost everyone not giving a fuck about FT the intensity of the arguements plus the massive bullshit is not there compared to the big 3
Indeed. Gaming can be a warzone, plus OT as well.
Second half of 666 was lame imo, except for Ball.
FlutterPuffs
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Yes this. As cliche as I know it can be, I hope that this next arc would be a classic Tournament based one. This way he can flesh out the group's new skills plus Oda really excels in 1vs1 battles.
Yeah, starting teens volume basically its the same damn thing as FT.
It's still miles better than post Pain Naruto.
Well, there are enough dudes for each of the factory team to get a 1v1.
Infinite Justice
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Given Naruto's current tragetory no arguments there.
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