MetroidPrimeRib
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I think I've far underestimated how many "Trapped in an MMO" series there are
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The protaganist of The Rise of the Shield Hero. Its another series about people trapped in an MMO.
He's only allowed to use a shield, but its sort of useless and then he gets falsely accused of rape and then he's all broody and hates the mmo world a lot.
No matter what anyone else tells you its popular because he travels around with a furry waifu mouse girl thing.
I see... Seems super duper original.
Thanks.
dakkumauji
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The new trend is characters playing in a MMO but shocker, not trapped in it!
*googles*
tags: hentai, yaoi
It's very tame by Horihone Saizou standards, and pretty cute as well!
It's like half of the LNs fits the theme.
I can blame SAO for this, right?
MetroidPrimeRib
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You were on to something there but then you just threw it away at the end
MetroidPrimeRib
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Sounds like the Souls series!
Dedication Through Light
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Assassination Classroom 130
Im glad Kayano changed Nagisa hairstyle.
Doubt this is truly the "final" battle.
Im glad Kayano changed Nagisa hairstyle.
Doubt this is truly the "final" battle.
dakkumauji
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I would read that.
Dedication Through Light
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Gundam The Origin is amazing, need more hardcover and manga in color. Im up to v5.
Sounds like most of the MMO-themed LNs out there.
I hate the LN MMO trend, but I am entertained by ShieldBro. He manages to give the least fucks imaginable without being too edgy. As in, he's mostly amoral, but all of the reasoning for his actions generally makes sense from an amoral perspective. He's not TWISTED just for the sake of it.
It also is a bit clever with some tropes. He does have some slave groupies, some of which are underaged, but he actively takes the position that since he owns them and has a position of authority over them, they are like his children, so he has no romantic interest in them.
It's no masterpiece, but there is definitely way worse garbage out there.
It also is a bit clever with some tropes. He does have some slave groupies, some of which are underaged, but he actively takes the position that since he owns them and has a position of authority over them, they are like his children, so he has no romantic interest in them.
It's no masterpiece, but there is definitely way worse garbage out there.
8 X 11 Printer Paper
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What type of older brothers are we talking about here? Sister-complex, Shouta, Step-siblings, Bishoujos, Dense MCs?
dakkumauji
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You know it would be all types of them.
It'll be a harem of older brothers playing monster girl idols.
MetroidPrimeRib
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Akame ga Kill! 57
Woops forgot to read this
Well, they basically told us Tatsumi will die. Maybe Akame won't kill Esdeath since it's looking like her and Tatsumi will kill each other, and Tatsumi seems to be the only one who can really do massive damage to her.
Woops forgot to read this
Well, they basically told us Tatsumi will die. Maybe Akame won't kill Esdeath since it's looking like her and Tatsumi will kill each other, and Tatsumi seems to be the only one who can really do massive damage to her.
Dedication Through Light
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Kazuki Makes Love Happen At All Boys High School 29 & 30
That near kiss scene was so good. So close Kazuki!
And Kazuki and Go, if only they could too.
That near kiss scene was so good. So close Kazuki!
And Kazuki and Go, if only they could too.
We're all evil assholes, at least judging by the tone shoujo beat uses http://officialshojobeat.tumblr.com/post/113315759344/about-manga-acquisitions-part-2
Their editor is such a great person:
https://twitter.com/nthistlethwaite/status/490247957044666369
https://twitter.com/nthistlethwaite/status/490257284673437696
https://twitter.com/nthistlethwaite/status/490248992014340097
Except ANN pulls the same crap with stealing magazine content early for profit. *sigh*
- uploaded illegally
- pirate site
- many people who read illegal scanlations
- people who steal manga by reading pirated scans
Their editor is such a great person:
https://twitter.com/nthistlethwaite/status/490247957044666369
https://twitter.com/nthistlethwaite/status/490257284673437696
https://twitter.com/nthistlethwaite/status/490248992014340097
Except ANN pulls the same crap with stealing magazine content early for profit. *sigh*
Dedication Through Light
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Im still shocked people are bitter about Bloody Mary. I didnt know so many shoujo fans were anti BL 
Dedication Through Light
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Green Worldz 63-64
Burning the infected at the stake was really original or smart, but I could see it happen if this happened in real life. Surely they didnt think that the smoke wouldnt attract more creatures :/
Burning the infected at the stake was really original or smart, but I could see it happen if this happened in real life. Surely they didnt think that the smoke wouldnt attract more creatures :/
She's somewhat antagonistic based on the few links you provided.
But I think she's more upset at the group that reads licensed manga despite the available means to purchase it. I've no doubt revenue would increase if even a fraction of this group bought the manga they read. Obviously reading scanlations =/= stealing manga, that's absurd and frankly stupid.
I've seen a few instances on forums where a person'll ask about a manga like Berserk or HxH on day 1 (having never heard of it), and then talking about the latest chapter on day 2 or 3.
Edit: My personal opinion? I think frustration at the situation is somewhat warranted. But channel that frustration into creating a great product. WSJ and CrunchyRoll distribution services are a great step. If you can't fight it (because it's certainly not a problem for just the manga/anime industry), then convince 'em. Adapt.
Is this bearable ? Better/worse than Lost Canvas ? Might read it before the new anime hits.
Save 'N Quit
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The pure maiden caring for the boy she's falling in love with.
Magnificent.
I'd like it better if he remained a boy and still liked Tota.
That'd be surprisingly progressive for a shounen manga.
I get their frustration and I don't mind them calling people out, even though I think guilt tripping people in such a way is counterproductive. What I do mind is her trashtalking one set of people, but being totally okay, when other people in the industry exploit it. Too bad part of the money Crunchyroll generates goes to employing two inept cosplayers as PR people...
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Ken Akamatsu's last series involved a kid who blasted clothes off of his gigantic harem by sneezing.
I don't know if he gets any credit for having a full-on lesbian couple in Negima, though since schoolgirl lesbians are a thing in a lot of manga.
My guess is that they'll never even tell you when the choice happens. She'll just be a girl randomly.
Well its hardly new, its just the age old 'trapped in a fantasy world' story with new trappings.
Dedication Through Light
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Blackout The Enigmatic Game 15
Finally he makes a move, but as always with mangabox chapters, its at the end of the chapter
Finally he makes a move, but as always with mangabox chapters, its at the end of the chapter
You know that there's not an Italian or Spanish in his mid-late 20s around when no one wants wants to talks some good old Saint Seiya :/
...
oh wait!
It's Kuramada aka it's exactly like the first series, it depends on you how you want to classify it.
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oh wait!
It's Kuramada aka it's exactly like the first series, it depends on you how you want to classify it.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Umaru-Chan 92
Its still weird when they show regular outside Umaru in the bear outfit.
Even worse, they're referencing that Christmas chapter cliffhanger and still not mentioning what happened at the end. (I mean, Ebina got rejected, I'm sure)
Its still weird when they show regular outside Umaru in the bear outfit.
Even worse, they're referencing that Christmas chapter cliffhanger and still not mentioning what happened at the end. (I mean, Ebina got rejected, I'm sure)
So... last month, my laptop suffered a motherboard failure. It wasn't too bad since I was still covered by the warranty, but I was left without a laptop for a while. Today, it got a fucking virus, and a nasty one at that: every app throws an error that says "The parameter is incorrect" and not a single one opens, except for, oddly enough, PPSSPP. Metro apps open too, but they might as well not exist, since I don't use them often. Tried restoring to no dice. I'm typing this right now from my sister's laptop. Praise google and its profiles.
;_;
Sankarea 53-56.1 END
I had forgotten where I had left this series, and didn't even knew that it was finished a while ago! Only since I saw the special chapter translated is that I realized it was done. Now, impressions. I absolutely thought that Rea had killed Chihiro in the last chapter. lolnope, he somehow survived getting his heart eaten. To be fair, here we have zombies so I guess I can't complain too much. As for the ending itself, I didn't liked it all that much, since we don't get that much closure, and the special chapter only makes things worse.
I don't agree with that, since I geniunely like both... or liked, in the case of Shieldbro, since I'm not going to defend it this time: the last arc was/is pretty nasty, and to be fair, everything from the 5th web novel onwards was axed when it was published as a Light Novel. They literally changed everything, plot points, characters in the party, etc. I don't know how different it is but I'm sure as hell it is better than the webnovel version (It went downhill pretty fast). MT inverts it. The first volume is nasty, but every volume gets even better.
Btw, is it just me, or did you just suddenly began to hate everything starting from a while ago? It's the impression I'm getting now. You don't wander into the VN thread lately, or even here, and when you do, you critice pretty harshely.
Mushoku Tensei isn't trapped into an MMO, tbf. No usable HUD or anything like that. Just a plain old high fantasy world. But yeah, seeing a list of them, there are quite a lot of them right now.
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Sankarea 53-56.1 END
I had forgotten where I had left this series, and didn't even knew that it was finished a while ago! Only since I saw the special chapter translated is that I realized it was done. Now, impressions. I absolutely thought that Rea had killed Chihiro in the last chapter. lolnope, he somehow survived getting his heart eaten. To be fair, here we have zombies so I guess I can't complain too much. As for the ending itself, I didn't liked it all that much, since we don't get that much closure, and the special chapter only makes things worse.
I don't agree with that, since I geniunely like both... or liked, in the case of Shieldbro, since I'm not going to defend it this time: the last arc was/is pretty nasty, and to be fair, everything from the 5th web novel onwards was axed when it was published as a Light Novel. They literally changed everything, plot points, characters in the party, etc. I don't know how different it is but I'm sure as hell it is better than the webnovel version (It went downhill pretty fast). MT inverts it. The first volume is nasty, but every volume gets even better.
Btw, is it just me, or did you just suddenly began to hate everything starting from a while ago? It's the impression I'm getting now. You don't wander into the VN thread lately, or even here, and when you do, you critice pretty harshely.
Mushoku Tensei isn't trapped into an MMO, tbf. No usable HUD or anything like that. Just a plain old high fantasy world. But yeah, seeing a list of them, there are quite a lot of them right now.
Sure, but the trapped/another world theme is getting absurdly popular these days.
Bland stuff like Kono Oto Tomare! sells that well?
Japanese male power fantasy.
I don't know about the latter, never read it. Terra Formars is over 500k so I won't be too concerned with a manga's quality on that list.
ThatChairMan
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There definitely does seem to be a lot of "MC is summoned/reincarnated into a fantasy/MMO world, where their modern-day common sense and knowledge wows and impresses the native people".
Nah, I just haven't been reading anything VN wise, and for manga all I've kept up with is Prison School. Likely done with vns until the Harvest Festa translation is done.
I've talked about MT or Shieldbro here before, though; to summarize, I find the otaku self insertion stuff gross in MT and the false rape accusation plot in Shieldbro to be a lazy and risible way to build up validation for the protag's (and the reader's) persecution complex.
I wouldn't call it exclusively Japanese, considering how much of these series get translated as well, but yeah, power fantasy sounds about right.
True, but I wouldn't have imagined something as unremarkable as Kono Oto Tomare! to be selling that well. It's literally sticking as close to the usual tropes as boringly possible.
The protagonist doesn't have a persecution complex until he's persecuted, though. And the accusation was just the cherry on top of his get fucked sundae.
8 X 11 Printer Paper
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Is it sad one of the best LN's out there is High School DxD. First four volumes are meh/okay, but from there on something clicks and it turns amazing....
Haha, that sounds about right. I think I just never bothered reading it again once there was a lull in the translations.
It would've been better if he had actually had the stones to become a harem king and started boning demon ladies left and right. Maybe there are doujins out there that get it right.
Is the anime worth bothering with? Was wondering if I should watch it and then read.
Can somebody explain to me the appeal in Monster Musume? Out of morbid curiosity I checked a bit of it out and all I saw was:
- Milquetoast, everyman male protagonist who is interchangeable with a million other limp dick protagonists in anime/manga
- Girls with little in the way of personality who fall head over heels for the MC when his only redeeming character trait is literally that he is a nice guy
- Some of the most unoriginal, bland takes on Monster Girls I've ever see. I could find more interesting and original takes on Harpies, Centaurs, Nagas, etc. if I closed my eyes and randomly selected an artist from Deviantart, Tumblr and/or Pivix.
- An artsyle that does nothing to standout amongst a sea of manga/comics/whatever in similar genres
RockTurtle
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this is why i love manga, so many unique concepts:
Shiori Experience
"What happens when a regular female japanese teacher gets taken over by the ghost of JIMMY HENDRIX!?"
last one don't wanna overwhelm with to many images
in it's 3rd volume!
Shiori Experience
"What happens when a regular female japanese teacher gets taken over by the ghost of JIMMY HENDRIX!?"
last one don't wanna overwhelm with to many images
in it's 3rd volume!
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