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Foolworm

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UQ Holder

Well... No surprise there. Nice expo, but pretty much confirms what we already knew.

Fuuka

From mangaka to manager. Did not expect another KnIM reference, but I'm fine with it.

FSS

FINALLY IT'S STARTING UP AGAIN
 

Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Coming soon: Angry Grimace is gonna read Prison School

Fuuka 65

Let this be the last of when Yuu gets stage fright please.

Yuu pretty rapidly just turned super annoying. His bandmates are kind of garbage too since they just sit there and let him do stupid shit and have internal monologues about it instead of lifting a fucking finger to help. Basically Fuuka has to solve all of his problems now, which is why he should let her into the fucking band instead of being a dick and making her busk on the street for pocket change.
 

Revo

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Piano no Mori 154

Well dropping all that backstory was certainly a bomb.
Too bad that just makes him some sorta more tragic Kai if he had continued to imitate ajino.
 
Rest of the Shokugeki no Soma poll results

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11. Mad Dog
12. Smoke
13. Hinako
14. Isami
15. Mizuhara
16. Ryoko
17. Yuki
18. Joichiro
19. Gin
20. Stalker
21. Eizan
22. Houjou
23. Sadatsuka
24. Marui
 

bobohoro

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King Golf 1-5

I searched for it and found it. There has to be a manga for every type of sport, right?
Although some of the technical aspects in the first few chapters were kinda debatable. But well, that's old-school teaching for you.
 
BLack Clover confirmed for success, strong sales for its v1 today
23. *38,128 *,*38,128 BLack Clover Vol.1

And World Trigger continues to sell well.

*4. 188,853 *,188,853 Gintama Vol.59
*5. 167,149 *,167,149 World Trigger Vol.11
*6. 163,233 *,163,233 Boku no Hero Academia Vol.4
 
BLack Clover confirmed for success, strong sales for its v1 today
23. *38,128 *,*38,128 Black Clover Vol.1

And World Trigger continues to sell well.

*4. 188,853 *,188,853 Gintama Vol.59
*5. 167,149 *,167,149 World Trigger Vol.11
*6. 163,233 *,163,233 Boku no Hero Academia Vol.4
Very impressive for just a few days worth of sales. It's here to stay.
 

Furyous

Member
ShieldBro (Tate No Yuusha) Future Spoilers

Why I like it:

This manga is subtley dark as shit. The first few chapters don't even touch on how dark it gets. At one point, SPOILING ASS SPOILERS OF FUTURE STUFF IS COMING IN THE NEXT SENTENCE SO IGNORE IT. At one point
, the queen sells her daughter to the king of another country proceeds to violate her (r****), cut off her arm, cut off her eye, kill her, videotape it, and force the other heroes to all watch it as confirmation the recording worked.
<-- That's not likeable at all but good grief this world is fucked.

I'm about to spoil a bunch of stuff that's well over 300+ chapters away from now for the sake of discussion amongst those of us who have read that far into the translations. Before I begin, Naofumi is tied for best protagonist in manga behind the main protagonist of Konjiki no Wordmaster. Anywhoo, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHY NAOFUMI IS THE GREATEST...


Naofumi has such a dark sense of humor that he converts female knight to his way of thinking.

Melomark said fuck you completely only for ShieldBro to form his own party that eventually outworks the entire army and saves people. Technically, this isn't a spoiler because this happens in the first few chapters but... I'll save that for when the manga catches up to the translations.

Has the best luck in picking companions.
The first two people he befriends as companions measure up to the practical army he recruits later.

ShieldBro founded his own village, recruited his own slaves, and singlehandedly made his own prosperus town. It's like town creation in videogames down to the level it makes generating revenue pointless.

Naofumi went crazy with his seven deadly sins curse and got so mad that he CREATED HIS OWN SPECIES OF FOX THAT RIVALS THE FILO RIALS. He was on some hardbody god ish and created a new version in each day. Experimented on a dog and turned her into a cereberus for fun. He was such a great scientist Rat acknowledged him as superior.

Beat the guy with all the legendary weapons damn near by himself.

Watched an army hellbent on world domination get excecuted for an entire day. I have nightmares about those executions. World army said "it's time to make an example out of EVERYONE INVOLVED". Convinced Witch (bitch/whore for everyone that read the translations) to turn on the guy that tried to rule the world, only to have her get crucified, burned alive, and then have her soul eaten by monsters.

Formed his own bandit group and had them do the country's dirty work from the shadows AND get paid.

ShieldBro is the best hero ever.
 
Weekly Manga & Light Novel rankings for June 1st - 7th

*1.&#12288;296,152&#12288;*,296,152&#12288;Ao no Exorcist Vol.15
*2.&#12288;237,951&#12288;*,237,951&#12288;Shokugeki no Souma Vol.13
*3.&#12288;201,332&#12288;*,201,332&#12288;Nisekoi Vol.18
*4.&#12288;188,853&#12288;*,188,853&#12288;Gintama Vol.59
*5.&#12288;167,149&#12288;*,167,149&#12288;World Trigger Vol.11
*6.&#12288;163,233&#12288;*,163,233&#12288;Boku no Hero Academia Vol.4
*7.&#12288;145,558&#12288;*,484,807&#12288;Kuroshitsuji Vol.21
*8.&#12288;137,383&#12288;*,722,655&#12288;Ao Haru Ride Vol.13
*9.&#12288;115,139&#12288;*,115,139&#12288;Ajin Vol.6
10.&#12288;*77,344&#12288;*,*77,344&#12288;Prison School Vol.17

11.&#12288;*76,561&#12288;*,*76,561&#12288;Toshokan Sensou: Love & War Vol.15
12.&#12288;*64,833&#12288;*,137,621&#12288;I Am a Hero Vol.17
13.&#12288;*63,815&#12288;*,247,645&#12288;Horimiya Vol.7
14.&#12288;*57,142&#12288;*,*58,046&#12288;Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai Vol.3
15.&#12288;*51,548&#12288;*,512,408&#12288;Terra Formars Vol.13
16.&#12288;*51,009&#12288;*,*51,009&#12288;Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Vol.9
17.&#12288;*50,746&#12288;*,*50,746&#12288;Magical Pâtissière Kosaki-chan!! Vol.1
18.&#12288;*47,323&#12288;*,*47,323&#12288;Kuroko no Basket: Replace Plus Vol.1
19.&#12288;*43,328&#12288;*,*80,952&#12288;Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru Vol.14
20.&#12288;*41,502&#12288;*,*62,232&#12288;Touken Ranbu Online Anthology: Uijin

21.&#12288;*39,549&#12288;*,*39,549&#12288;Last Game Vol.8
22.&#12288;*38,712&#12288;*,*38,712&#12288;Soul Catcher(S) Vol.8
23.&#12288;*38,128&#12288;*,*38,128&#12288;Black Clover Vol.1
24.&#12288;*38,062&#12288;*,256,930&#12288;Hoozuki no Reitetsu Vol.18
25.&#12288;*37,090&#12288;*,*89,853&#12288;Tomehane!: Suzuri Koukou Shodou-bu Vol.14
26.&#12288;*36,762&#12288;*,*36,762&#12288;Owari no Seraph Vol.8 "Official Fanbook"
27.&#12288;*33,955&#12288;*,*33,955&#12288;Kochira Katsushikaku Kameari Kouenmae Hashutsujo Vol.195
28.&#12288;*33,086&#12288;*,*55,964&#12288;Donten ni Warau Gaiden Vol.2
29.&#12288;*31,118&#12288;*,*60,895&#12288;Jisatsutou Vol.13
30.&#12288;*29,629&#12288;*,*29,629&#12288;Dragon Quest: Souten no Soura Vol.5

31.&#12288;*28,985&#12288;*,399,946&#12288;Fairy Tail Vol.49
32.&#12288;*28,778&#12288;*,*28,778&#12288;Kenka Kagyou Vol.4
33.&#12288;*23,196&#12288;*,*39,591&#12288;Rengoku ni Warau Vol.3
34.&#12288;*22,659&#12288;*,167,238&#12288;Historie Vol.9
35.&#12288;*22,552&#12288;*,*41,428&#12288;Fukigen Kareshi no Nadamekata
36.&#12288;*22,438&#12288;*,112,958&#12288;Nijiiro Days Vol.9
37.&#12288;*22,313&#12288;*,815,568&#12288;Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Vol.14
38.&#12288;*21,211&#12288;*,174,928&#12288;Kekkai Sensen Vol.1
39.&#12288;*20,873&#12288;1,635,105&#12288;Shingeki no Kyojin Vol.16
40.&#12288;*20,612&#12288;*,*39,175&#12288;Mogura no Uta Vol.45

41.&#12288;*20,158&#12288;*,114,436&#12288;Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge Vol.4
42.&#12288;*18,985&#12288;*,170,910&#12288;Kekkai Sensen Vol.2
43.&#12288;*17,781&#12288;*,*33,369&#12288;Mogura no Uta Gaiden: Papillon Dance Vol.4
44.&#12288;*17,664&#12288;*,163,782&#12288;Kekkai Sensen Vol.3
45.&#12288;*17,269&#12288;*,767,892&#12288;Haikyuu!! Vol.16
46.&#12288;*16,761&#12288;*,328,140&#12288;Barakamon Vol.11
47.&#12288;*16,398&#12288;*,*16,398&#12288;Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: One Poker-hen Vol.7
48.&#12288;*16,233&#12288;*,404,453&#12288;Kingdom Vol.38
49.&#12288;*15,903&#12288;*,158,019&#12288;Kekkai Sensen Vol.4
50.&#12288;*15,740&#12288;*,167,326&#12288;Kekkai Sensen Vol.10

That Kekkai Sensen boost.&#128526; It's going real strong thanks to the anime, plus the BD is doing well.

*2.&#12288;21,655&#12288;*21,655&#12288;Kekkai Sensen: Only a Paper Moon Also that LN boost as well.
 
Sennen Meikyuu no Nana Ouji 01-04


Bunch of pretty boys find themselves in a vast and trap ridden labyrinth where they are now part of the succession test in order to select the next emperor.

Not surprising it ended being all the other pretty guys focus their attention to one guy, but it does seem pretty interesting so far. The mystery is pretty intriguing and feel a little invested in seeing who survives.
 

BatDan

Bane? Get them on board, I'll call it in.
Holy crap those MHA sales. I can't wait to see Deku in the crossover video games with Luffy and Goku and all the others.
 

Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Fuuka

You know, TriangleTits plan makes no sense. Fronting a band a bunch of money and then being like "haha they will be my debt slaves" is a lot dumber than just not doing that and keeping the money.
 
Nothing really interesting on the list this week. Boku no Hero Academia & Kekkai Sensen worth reading?

I haven't read that much of Boku no Hero Academia but to me it's meh, nothing that great.

As for Kekkai Sensen it's an enjoyable episodic series with an enjoyable cast. The Worldbuilding is also one of its high points. The author Nightow is also the guy who wrote Trigun so if you liked that series you might like Kekkai. The series is licensed by Darkhorse but I'm not certain if you can read it anywhere else.
 

mdubs

Banned
How's Twin Spica? I read the first couple chapters and like it so far.

Also decided to order the 3 volumes of Usamaru Furuya's No Longer Human today.
 

Lain

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How's Twin Spica? I read the first couple chapters and like it so far.

Pretty good. Nice character building with both good and sad moments. Also a nice cast of characters. Might be Out Of Print though?

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Wandering Son books are the most expensive manga volumes I'm buying. Paid 23&#8364; for volume 8 today. Wandering Son has a great edition and all but the American manga prices do sting.
 

Rhapsody

Banned
I talked to two different friends about the ending for Half and Half. I could hear the glass shattering when I explained how the ending didn't make sense.
 
Fuuka

You know, TriangleTits plan makes no sense. Fronting a band a bunch of money and then being like "haha they will be my debt slaves" is a lot dumber than just not doing that and keeping the money.

Yeah it's pretty mustache twirly eeeeevilllll. Not really sure why she goes around doing that in a logical world, but since Seo wrote it I guess it really isn't a logical world.

New Fuuka is pretty cool though. Not as cool as old Fuuka but she'll do.
 

mdubs

Banned
Pretty good. Nice character building with both good and sad moments. Also a nice cast of characters. Might be Out Of Print though?

Yeah it is, but I'm hoping if I head down to The Beguiling in Toronto they will have it, they tend to have a huge selection of OOP stuff. Crossing my fingers! (since I love physical copies)
 

Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Yeah it's pretty mustache twirly eeeeevilllll. Not really sure why she goes around doing that in a logical world, but since Seo wrote it I guess it really isn't a logical world.

New Fuuka is pretty cool though. Not as cool as old Fuuka but she'll do.

My guess is that its more complicated than "I are evil manager." Because evil managers in real life exist, they usually just sponge off the band when its successful, not when they're broke. Her plan is completely batshit nonsensical. Like more stupid than the average Seo plot.
 

striferser

Huge Nickleback Fan
El Kurosawa 30
Suddenly, we're learning Che Guevara history, and that Kurosawa and co can't be compared to him. Still, viva el Kurosawa!
 
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