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Manga News/Discussion |OTP| The Salt Smut Only Knows
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Nurarihyon no mago.
How could you not love a girl with a passion of cheese?
Much more useful than a passion for horses. Horses are dumb.
Infinite Justice
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Freesia 1- 24
basically Jiro Matsumoto being Jiro Matsumoto LOL
Damn that Yamada kid sure has changed, the work basically hardened the fuck out of him to the point he can stand up to his crazy Mentor.
Kano is just fucking insane and also broke as hell.
basically Jiro Matsumoto being Jiro Matsumoto LOL
Damn that Yamada kid sure has changed, the work basically hardened the fuck out of him to the point he can stand up to his crazy Mentor.
Kano is just fucking insane and also broke as hell.
I like cheese girl, I like humpty, I like all the female characters except Mikage lol
Majikoi's manga adaptation gets close (it's a genuinely good--and fun--smut/battle/romcom that ends fast and ends well). There's definitely more, but it's the ones that don't win that we end up remembering most.
koimoku
doom is p. fun game
brutal doom amirite
Infinite Justice
Member
Freesia 28-29
Whatever i said before i take it back somewhat.
These are the chapters that show how he's changed, GOD DAMN.
Whatever i said before i take it back somewhat.
These are the chapters that show how he's changed, GOD DAMN.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Play monster monpiece.
ColossalLazy
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Japan Tengu Party Illustrated
Obrigado
Believers
Anamorphosis no Meijuu
Banana Bread Pudding
Munou no Hito
Music of Marie
^ random selection of good shit
ColossalLazy
Member
Yumekui Merry dude.
Damnit, all of them have random title indeed. I can't get a picture of what manga they're about.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
I refuse to believe.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Kuroko no basket is the worst manga i have ever read. It has as much bullshit as fairy tail and one piece combined.
You're on Stage 1 then.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
And I'll sit here stubbornly.
thesaucetastic
Unconfirmed Member
Gakuen Babysitters cheered me up from my own funk.
There also was that yuri manga with the girl hugging a tree that panda recommended earlier too. Haven't read it though.
thesaucetastic
Unconfirmed Member
lol
ColossalLazy
Member
guess IGN didnt learn from past mistakes lol
Sir Blaming
Member
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
If there's one game to throw people into a frenzy at it's mere slightest mention, it's either TLG or HL3
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I bet that you've been secretly playing TLG all this time.
Infinite Justice
Member
Sony needs to show the game now or else it will be fucking crazyville
Hellsing321
Member
Prison School 113
Oh shit! Kiyoshi better watch his ass! Best girl is coming for it!
Oh shit! Kiyoshi better watch his ass! Best girl is coming for it!
It's been awhile since I've read Touch. If you haven't read it yet (assuming you're not rereading it), it's a pretty good read.
Book Girl and the Undine Who Bore a Moonflower (Light Novel) - Boy, that title is a mouthful. So Book 6. After the events of Book 5 that wraps up all sorts of angst and drama and pasts and stuff and ... wait, what's this? He thinks Nanase hates him? Not friendly with anyone? Summer vacation? What the--oh it's a side story that takes place after Book 2 but before Book 3.
welp.
Anyway, it's Maki's backstory time about her family and her own inner turmoil and hatred (because everyone hates something). When we get into japanese authors and books that I know nothing about, I really do appreciate the recaps of their books (and, hell, lives). But it feels like I often miss things by not knowing the books since there's final reveals tied with their endings. Then again, the details here were pretty easy to catch onto regardless of the book involved so it was more seeing why the pieces fell where they did and not so much trying to figure out the pieces. Knowing the full story probably doesn't change anything. I suppose that's sort of been the case for all the books thus far, really.
The story centers on a "cursed past" of Maki's family: A girl drowned. A mansion of corpses. A ghoul cursing the land. It reminds me partially of Higurashi, which I find fitting for the reading today. In all of this is, of course, a story of lovers and the tragedy there. The final reveal feels a bit sudden / info-dumpy and there's some serious "all according to keikaku" going on, though. Doubly so with the use of Kyoka Suigetsu as a theme behind the mystery. I couldn't remove the Aizen smirk the entire time. It haunted me. I'm not even sure I fully grasp everything revealed, actually.
However, for a side-story that takes place where it does ... there's some really weird things brought up. It leads nicely into Book 7 with all the Tohko flags raised and some mystery of hers but ... it feels weird? Like, there's a lot of flags raised and that's definitely not there this hard in 3-5. Some other character interactions that make some 3-5 bits different (and/or I should reread in a new light) as well. Honestly, if not for the timing (Summer vacation) and the afterword at the end, I'd probably have just thought it as a proper event after Book 5 really.
All-in-all, it's not a bad entry but it's a bit of a let down coming from the prior book. The mystery itself is bittersweet as hell (once you overlook all the dead bodies) and there's some implications in there that make me wonder if there's stuff in Books 3-5 that this book "introduced." Also, the Book 7 tease at the end can go fuck itself because I really want to sleep and this clearly does not agree with me and my plans.
Yeah, I went into it thinking they'd all be like Chapter 0. "Forbidden" romances and other unexpected pairings. Instead it was .... basically some normal pairings. And, yeah, the second story drags a bit with the "drama" being pretty meh. Overall, they felt like the weakest characters.
welp.
Anyway, it's Maki's backstory time about her family and her own inner turmoil and hatred (because everyone hates something). When we get into japanese authors and books that I know nothing about, I really do appreciate the recaps of their books (and, hell, lives). But it feels like I often miss things by not knowing the books since there's final reveals tied with their endings. Then again, the details here were pretty easy to catch onto regardless of the book involved so it was more seeing why the pieces fell where they did and not so much trying to figure out the pieces. Knowing the full story probably doesn't change anything. I suppose that's sort of been the case for all the books thus far, really.
The story centers on a "cursed past" of Maki's family: A girl drowned. A mansion of corpses. A ghoul cursing the land. It reminds me partially of Higurashi, which I find fitting for the reading today. In all of this is, of course, a story of lovers and the tragedy there. The final reveal feels a bit sudden / info-dumpy and there's some serious "all according to keikaku" going on, though. Doubly so with the use of Kyoka Suigetsu as a theme behind the mystery. I couldn't remove the Aizen smirk the entire time. It haunted me. I'm not even sure I fully grasp everything revealed, actually.
However, for a side-story that takes place where it does ... there's some really weird things brought up. It leads nicely into Book 7 with all the Tohko flags raised and some mystery of hers but ... it feels weird? Like, there's a lot of flags raised and that's definitely not there this hard in 3-5. Some other character interactions that make some 3-5 bits different (and/or I should reread in a new light) as well. Honestly, if not for the timing (Summer vacation) and the afterword at the end, I'd probably have just thought it as a proper event after Book 5 really.
All-in-all, it's not a bad entry but it's a bit of a let down coming from the prior book. The mystery itself is bittersweet as hell (once you overlook all the dead bodies) and there's some implications in there that make me wonder if there's stuff in Books 3-5 that this book "introduced." Also, the Book 7 tease at the end can go fuck itself because I really want to sleep and this clearly does not agree with me and my plans.
Yeah, I went into it thinking they'd all be like Chapter 0. "Forbidden" romances and other unexpected pairings. Instead it was .... basically some normal pairings. And, yeah, the second story drags a bit with the "drama" being pretty meh. Overall, they felt like the weakest characters.
Take notes, upandaway.
Aizo
Banned
This'll be my first time. I'm looking forward to it!
...If Akito was here, he would be proud of me. Q_Q
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Wait, what happened to Akito?
Also wow, my keyboard auto correct knows the word Akito.
Also wow, my keyboard auto correct knows the word Akito.
Silver Spoon stuff
Hachiken and Mikage's romance being in a continual holding pattern of nothing for no good reason was quite frustrating for a while to be sure, but to the author's credit that eventually did get addressed kinda and there's at least a token effort to provide practical reasons for not pursuing that particular plot thread much further. For now anyway.
Also cheese girl is okay but nothing special.
Hachiken and Mikage's romance being in a continual holding pattern of nothing for no good reason was quite frustrating for a while to be sure, but to the author's credit that eventually did get addressed kinda and there's at least a token effort to provide practical reasons for not pursuing that particular plot thread much further. For now anyway.
Also cheese girl is okay but nothing special.
Turin Turambar
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You gotta love the evolution.
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