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Shokugeki no Soma 108

So if all else fails on getting people to like Hishoko, they had to appeal to people with a glasses fetish.

Too bad she didn't come to the conclusion on her own that the goal of their job was to create change after they left. She didn't even really solve the problem since it was Soma that suggested the reservation system. I guess she suggested the web reservation program and did secretary work though.

Edit: I wonder how hard it is to line up to get a signing at an event like that in Japan. Don't know how frequently they have them.

Trust me it didn't fail, I mean I liked her a lot before the glasses. It's just once she had the glasses on it put her on a whole different level.

Also no love for Medicinal cooking. 😑
 

dani_dc

Member
Me right now:
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I don't have any other information because i can't moonrune, the tweet that i retweeted was just after the one with the photo of your purchase and as soon as i realized I immediately sent it to you.

I much appreciate the heads up, hopefully I'll be able to partake in the event, you made me feel so hype about this possibility that now I can't sleep.

At this rate dani is going to make all of MangaGAF jealous.
You can rest at ease, there's no true manga story without a girlfriend, and I'm not confident that will happen.

Why weren't people from Mangaf in Japan when I lived there? Oh, well. I'll move back probably in July.
Taking back stuff is a pain. I ended up selling a bunch of manga before I left. ;__;
I saw you say that you can't read very well. If you want suggested study materials, I'd be happy to suggest some. How long will you be in Japan? Where are ya?

My sister was hoping to visit me, so that could help me send some stuff back ahead of time.

Study material would be great, while a bit more limited in time now, anything would be helpful.
Barring any (positive or negative) change of plans, I'll be around until the end of August.

Currently staying at Uguisudani, a bit north of Ueno.
 

Stulaw

Member
Is Reiroukan Still Alive? End

I was expecting more characters to have some lines, still, it was a nice ending to the manga.
 

Zweizer

Banned
You can rest at ease, there's no true manga story without a girlfriend, and I'm not confident that will happen.

You can never know! Maybe some girl's gonna break your phone out of nowhere and then you'll join her in her track club or something.
 

Rhapsody

Banned
Trust me it didn't fail, I mean I liked her a lot before the glasses. It's just once she had the glasses on it put her on a whole different level.

Also no love for Medicinal cooking. 😑

She got the unfortunate shounen manga event of making her skill look like a gimmick by losing in her first fight.

As much as I give her a hard time, I feel like a lot of the girls in the series isn't that much better off.
 

LeleSocho

Banned
Bleach - 618
Gee what a tease... unlock him already!

One Piece - 779
Neither of those are dead, nobody dies in one piece.

Toriko - 315
Hallucination? I don't quite get what happened.
 

Aizo

Banned
My sister was hoping to visit me, so that could help me send some stuff back ahead of time.

Study material would be great, while a bit more limited in time now, anything would be helpful.
Barring any (positive or negative) change of plans, I'll be around until the end of August.

Currently staying at Uguisudani, a bit north of Ueno.
pm me!
 

Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Shokugeki no Soma 108

So if all else fails on getting people to like Hishoko, they had to appeal to people with a glasses fetish.

Too bad she didn't come to the conclusion on her own that the goal of their job was to create change after they left. She didn't even really solve the problem since it was Soma that suggested the reservation system. I guess she suggested the web reservation program and did secretary work though.

Edit: I wonder how hard it is to line up to get a signing at an event like that in Japan. Don't know how frequently they have them.

Honestly, I think Hishoko is boring. Seriously, take away her fiery angry shit directed solely at Soma and just look at what she does to everyone else - she's Tadokoro.
 
Is Aizen legit back, as in for reals and multiple chapters?

i'll wait a few weeks before jumping in again.

Honestly, I think Hishoko is boring. Seriously, take away her fiery angry shit directed solely at Soma and just look at what she does to everyone else - she's Tadokoro.

is she still solely devoted to Erina? if so then bleh since she needs to be her own character (and no that doesn't mean being part of Soma's harem or whatever).
 
Just Aizen talking is better then all the Getsugas Ichigo has done in his life time



Edit: lol looking at the Bleach thread is great.... everyone is hating on Ichigo taking up pages that could've been used for Aizen

you know you goofed if the most hated character in your series is your protag
 

Turok_TTZ

Member
Just rename the series from bleach to Aizen, make Aizen protag and give him much more panel time, and watch as the rankings and moneyz roll in. DO IT KUBO!

One Piece

Y'all saw nobody dies in one piece but what about whitebeard and ACE?
lol Zoro and mihawk.

Bleach
I'm still not hyped at all about aizen but we'll see what he can offer this deadbeat manga.

I'm Obsessed With My Little Bro! 28
I am liking Dust so much more. my kind of nut.

Why Can't I Get a Girlfriend? 42
The plot thickens...
Please do not draw your sad love story upto this point m8.
 

Kagari

Crystal Bearer
Just Aizen talking is better then all the Getsugas Ichigo has done in his life time



Edit: lol looking at the Bleach thread is great.... everyone is hating on Ichigo taking up pages that could've been used for Aizen

you know you goofed if the most hated character in your series is your protag

Ichigo is just boring.
 

Kagari

Crystal Bearer
And yet you expect Aizen to be any better.
I at least like your optimism. Kubo will bury Aizen imo. at best, he will fluff his potential with shoddy writing.

I have zero confidence in kubo atm.

Haha, I'm not alone judging by the other thread.
Kubo is a trash story teller so I don't expect much either but I can still have fun regardless.
 
Haha, I'm not alone judging by the other thread.
Kubo is a trash story teller so I don't expect much either but I can still have fun regardless.

The problem is Kubo has run out of ideas that's why he's doing random shit at this point. I believe he was originally gonna stop the story at the Arrancar arc which would of been a great idea, but since the series was selling a lot the Editors pushed him to continue. I mean the series was great in the beginning and was actually good, it's just as the story started to drag on the quality started to drop and turned to shit.

Shit if he had stopped at the Soul Society arc, the quality of the series wouldn't have been ruined. That probably would of been the best place to stop.
 

Kagari

Crystal Bearer
The problem is Kubo has run out of ideas that's why he's doing random shit at this point. I believe he was originally gonna stop the story at the Arrancar arc which would of been a great idea, but since the series was selling a lot the Editors pushed him to continue. I mean the series was great in the beginning and was actually good, it's just as the story started to drag on the quality started to drop and turned to shit.

Shit if he had stopped at the Soul Society arc, the quality of the series wouldn't have been ruined. That probably would of been the best place to stop.

This tends to happen to a lot of popular Jump series. See: Dragonball.
I kind of feel bad for the authors who get roped into extending their works past what they wanted but the other side of it is... at least they're raking in the money.
 
And yet you expect Aizen to be any better.
I at least like your optimism. Kubo will bury Aizen imo. at best, he will fluff his potential with shoddy writing.

I have zero confidence in kubo atm.

Haha, I'm not alone judging by the other thread.
Kubo is a trash story teller so I don't expect much either but I can still have fun regardless.

I am overly saddened that both Naruto and Bleach took a turn for the worse as their series reached/is still reaching their finales
At least for Naruto the Sasuke and Naruto fight was okay (not amazing) when they brutally beat each other up near the end without Blasts and what not

I am just hoping Aizen can finally spice up and save the series from its generic boring arc which only had highlights when Ichigo wasn't involved.....


A series is remembered most of the time by its ending and if its ending is shitty people remember the series as a whole as such
 

Kagari

Crystal Bearer
I am overly saddened that both Naruto and Bleach took a turn for the worse as their series reached/is still reaching their finales
At least for Naruto the Sasuke and Naruto fight was okay (not amazing) when they brutally beat each other up near the end without Blasts and what not

I am just hoping Aizen can finally spice up and save the series from its generic boring arc which only had highlights when Ichigo wasn't involved.....


A series is remembered most of the time by its ending and if its ending is shitty people remember the series as a whole as such

The same thing happened to me with Dragonball to be honest. The entire last arc and the ending was super disappointing and I try to put it out of my mind whenever I re-read or re-watch the show. It's just not good and you can tell Akira Toriyama was just throwing out ideas due to editor pressure.
 
And yet you expect Aizen to be any better.
I at least like your optimism. Kubo will bury Aizen imo. at best, he will fluff his potential with shoddy writing.

I have zero confidence in kubo atm.

Lets be honest here Aizen is a shit character (his motives, his shoehorned involvement, his beyond broken abilities, etc) BUT he has that trolling thing going on where all of the former stuff combines into something special that just fucks over everyone (add his attitude and dialog for maximum effect).

That aspect is what i like since he brings some fucking life in this series, especially now with the either super serious or boring or bland or fodder or fucking useless characters as of late.

I would like to hope Aizen can still bring some of that after a long absence but we'll see i guess (BELIEVE :/)



No I don't think this is true at all. It's the journey that matters the most.

+1

Most of the Naruto bullshit for me was telegraphed long ago so even when then ending tried to be inoffensive (plus i liked Hinata since the beginning) it still kinda rang hollow because of those fuckups (once again Hinata was good but the progress to that point wasn't as great as it should have been.)
 
No I don't think this is true at all. It's the journey that matters the most.

Dragon Ball's ending and (lack of thereof) final fight were baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad but everyone and their dog remember it as a fun/good series.

yeah my statement sucks as a full generalization :(

but some fans love crappy endings you can find some Naruto fans loving the war arc

The same thing happened to me with Dragonball to be honest. The entire last arc and the ending was super disappointing and I try to put it out of my mind whenever I re-read or re-watch the show. It's just not good and you can tell Akira Toriyama was just throwing out ideas due to editor pressure.
I feel the same way for many series.... for me at least Hitman and Naruto as a whole is now tainted by their awful ending arcs
 
I am overly saddened that both Naruto and Bleach took a turn for the worse as their series reached/is still reaching their finales
At least for Naruto the Sasuke and Naruto fight was okay (not amazing) when they brutally beat each other up near the end without Blasts and what not

I am just hoping Aizen can finally spice up and save the series from its generic boring arc which only had highlights when Ichigo wasn't involved.....


A series is remembered most of the time by its ending and if its ending is shitty people remember the series as a whole as such

But what if a series never has an ending, I'm looking at you D-Gray Man, Beserk, and HxH.

Are they truly fucked?
 

Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Is Aizen legit back, as in for reals and multiple chapters?

i'll wait a few weeks before jumping in again.



is she still solely devoted to Erina? if so then bleh since she needs to be her own character (and no that doesn't mean being part of Soma's harem or whatever).

Yes and no. She is, but she's in self-imposed Erina exile due to losing in the tournament (which Erina already has established she doesn't care about at all). This is basically a character development arc for Hishoko.
 
But what if a series never has an ending, I'm looking at you D-Gray Man, Beserk, and HxH.

Are they truly fucked?
lol that is the tricky one

instead people remember the author for not writing new chapters and thus get swelled up by anger and sorrow

TOOOOOOOOOOOOOGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
 
Then fans just become bitter.
Looking at you CLAMP...

And what's worse is the ones they actually do end potentially wind up worse than any shounen due to how WTF random CLAMP can get (like Tsubasa ._.).

Bleach

Well, looks like it's on now. Finally some decent plot progress.
 
I hope I don't get bitter about One Piece eventually. It used to be my favorite series during Impel Down and Marineford.
Dressrosa was an arc hyped for years and I don't really think it delivered at all. I'm hoping next arc will get me back into it.

It's better then Fishman Island at least. Ugh.
 
the problem with OP is pacing

I never really understood that reasoning with people until I read Toriko

we've been stuck in Dressrossa for too long seeing as OP main purpose is about adventuring you'd expect us to be always on the move


they could've cut some arcs to 1/3rd the length especially ones that had non important villains
 
To be fair Oda has taken a lot of breaks. Dressrosa would be done if you remove those. They really shit up the pacing when there's three chapters a month.

And I will keep bringing up that Sanji, Chopper, Brook and Nami have been MIA for over a year until they return.
 

Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I hope I don't get bitter about One Piece eventually. It used to be my favorite series during Impel Down and Marineford.
Dressrosa was an arc hyped for years and I don't really think it delivered at all. I'm hoping next arc will get me back into it.

It's better then Fishman Island at least. Ugh.

I'm just leery about trying to follow something that we already know is going to go on forever.

At the very least I never got the impression that Naruto was going to just run in perpetuity.
 
I hope I don't get bitter about One Piece eventually. It used to be my favorite series during Impel Down and Marineford.
Dressrosa was an arc hyped for years and I don't really think it delivered at all. I'm hoping next arc will get me back into it.

It's better then Fishman Island at least. Ugh.

You sure its Dressrosa because i don't remember ever hearing anything about that, hell the name was known mostly due to Puppet String Guy being revealed to "rule" there (unless you meant hype for him specifically).

Might be confusing it for Fishman island becuase that was hyped for a while and ended up being fodder since the Strawhats just got a timeskip powerup
 
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