Crash Station
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Lost interest meaning you stopped? Because if you didn't watch ep 11 after coming that far, then you did yourself a massive disservice.
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Lost interest meaning you stopped? Because if you didn't watch ep 11 after coming that far, then you did yourself a massive disservice.
brotkasten
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I don't actively dislike it. It's just that I don't see me reading it anytime soon.
No, I watched all episodes, even though it bored me to hell and back.
I tried reading it but I just found it very boring.
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Toriko 227
So wait... Tommyrod is actually dead? That sucks. I mean, it was a great fight, but I didn't think Tommy would just get devoured like that. Kind of crazy.
Crash Station
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I don't actively dislike it. It's just kind of there for me. I dropped it around chapter 60ish because I always found it kind of boring .
Japanese manga sales, March 10-16
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-20/japanese-comic-ranking-march-10-16
Assassination Classroom vol.1 has now sold over 700.000 units, damn.
Sakamoto Desu Ga? which came out in January sold 60.000 units this week, I wonder what gave it this little boost.
Also, Haikyuu!! vol.5 is close to 200.000 units sold, so glad it's popular!
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-20/japanese-comic-ranking-march-10-16
Assassination Classroom vol.1 has now sold over 700.000 units, damn.
Sakamoto Desu Ga? which came out in January sold 60.000 units this week, I wonder what gave it this little boost.
Also, Haikyuu!! vol.5 is close to 200.000 units sold, so glad it's popular!
A trifecta of wrongness
Time to update the list.
They're all already on it!
I'm sure the internet hype boosted up Sakamoto lol
Zero Part 2 only got 17k, I thought Fukumoto was more popular
curlyfriski
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They kept telling me they were getting bigger, but the moon mecha looked a lot like the solar system mecha which looked a lot like the galaxy mecha.
Did Sakamoto got some internet hype in Japan though? I just thought it was mostly english-speaking readers who found about it just now.I'm sure the internet hype boosted up Sakamoto lol
Zero Part 2 only got 17k, I thought Fukumoto was more popular
Dedication Through Light
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I thought sakamoto has really nice in store displays?
And go Haikyuu!! I guess it will get to Reborn level of sales overtime (that looks around 300K-400K?)
Assassination Classroom looks like it will already overtake Bleach as well. And One Piece seems like its taken ages to get to 3mln.
Yeah, probably just here.
I think it's just good word of mouth that is giving it these strong legs.
After the Dragonball incident in OT7, this was to be expected.
I guess yeah. And as DTL said it got some fancy displays in stores.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
Next thing you know someone will defend Korra again.
What Dragon Ball incident?
It wasn't that bad!
yes it was
That's not bad. It's just Dragon Ball, not a big deal.
I'm not even sure how that's humanly possible.
brotkasten
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Fidelis Hodie
Infidelis Cras
Pretty much. TTGL is beautiful and a gem. Now I'm going to watch it again, thanks guys!
It just . . it's hurts. My heart is crying.
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(itwasfuckingawesome)
So? I know kids younger than you who love Dragonball and have DBZ figures littered around his room.
Yeah, I don't care if people like it or not but almost everyone I've ever met, male or female, saw at least one episode of it on Toonami back in the day.
It would be like someone my age telling me they had never seen a single episode of Pokemon.
Crash Station
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I think me loving TTGL, which is the very definition of optimism, kind of conflicts with that theory.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
I thought the ending was rather nihilistic actually. On a personal level.
brotkasten
Member
It's almost like it didn't matter if you watched it or not.
I watched DBZ in like 4 different dubs all at different points of my life and it always sucked. Dragon Quest Dai was the more interesting battle shounen anime to me when I was growing up.
But you've watched it, so you must understand the influence it's had of battle shonen (or even shonen in general) going forward, right? The amount of authors today who list Toriyama as inspiration is motivation enough to check it out in my opinion.
Alive 8-37
Great finale for the first half. Really don't understand Taisuke's random powerup, but it works. Now that rumors that Tai survived and people are looking for our old crew, I'm pretty excited. Also, Tai's 18th birthday was awesome, and after not seeing her in forever, I forgot how smexy Yoko-nee is. Waifu!
Great finale for the first half. Really don't understand Taisuke's random powerup, but it works. Now that rumors that Tai survived and people are looking for our old crew, I'm pretty excited. Also, Tai's 18th birthday was awesome, and after not seeing her in forever, I forgot how smexy Yoko-nee is. Waifu!
Ignis Fatuus
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No, it was a beautiful way to bring the story full circle. He came from the dirt, rose to greatness, returned to the dirt. Even though the whole universe rested on his shoulders, in the end he was forgotten. That is the futility of life, one of the central themes of the series. The beauty is that even when there's no hope or purpose, life stubbornly continues on. It's not optimistic, it's existential.
Fidelis Hodie
Infidelis Cras
Toonami for me, every day after school. I remember those golden years where I would come home from freshman year, finish up DBZ and pop in Wind Waker.
Only reason I hold it so close to my heart. That and the tournament arc of Yuyu with Jin? Love.
brotkasten
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Just because it started a trend, it doesn't mean it's you have to like it. It's like with music artists, that got inspired by Pink Floyd or whatever. Just because you like the artist, it doesn't mean you have to like Floyd.
If you like giving yourself brain damage then sure, it's incredibly poorly written and very very stupid.
Checking out works due to their influence is fine and I have no problem with it, but Dragon Ball is a pretty big time investment so I could see someone not wanting to start something they are not that interested in.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
That's just not the case. You're probably misunderstanding the genre context it's operating in. It's completely self aware that it is super robo but by embracing the absurdity it actually manages to be quite sophisticated beneath the surface.
Relaxed Muscle
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For a moment I thought I saw TTGL hate...
...Yeah, just an ilusion.
They could read/see until Dragon Ball Z or until Namek saga.
...Yeah, just an ilusion.
They could read/see until Dragon Ball Z or until Namek saga.
I'm not saying "it's influential, therefore it's good", I'm saying "it's influential, therefore it's worth reading to see how it has impacted the genre".
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brotkasten
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And for some people it's just not worth it, because they've most likely seen all the tropes at some point. The thought of "oh, so that's where it came from" is just not interesting to some people.
[It never happened~!]
Infinite Justice
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Wait now TTGL?
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