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Tonari no Seki-kun~
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Reading the HQ version of Naruto and there's fucking multiple art errors on the first page. Again. So Kishi remembered to draw Sasuke's Eternal version of the Sharingan this time, but Naruto randomly has the old version of his Fox Cloak that has the collar of his cloak, but doesn't actually have the rest of the cloak and also doesn't have the same Fox-eyes as it was previously shown to have. How fucking hard is it to keep that shit consistent? Or does he really hate drawing the stupid cloak that much that he just discontinued it yet again?
E: Actually, now that I look at it, he was in his original mode in the last chapter too. Is there some reason for this I missed (or, more likely, didn't care about)?
E: Actually, now that I look at it, he was in his original mode in the last chapter too. Is there some reason for this I missed (or, more likely, didn't care about)?
I second this recommendation.
So much this. I need a new chapter in my life already. GIMME!
That's, no lie, my favorite manga of all time. Love it to death.
I'm going to re-read all of it tonight.
"God's Beard!"
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Sorry man, the reaction to Mario's put my head in a weird place.
hosannainexcelsis
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Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru Vol. 8
The way this series is able to effortlessly pass between hilarious comedy and deeply emotionally moving moments is something I've only seen before in Gintama. The chapter about the ramen shop... the sorrow over the passage of time, the loss of old landmarks, the slow decay of a community... it was nearly overpowering.
The way this series is able to effortlessly pass between hilarious comedy and deeply emotionally moving moments is something I've only seen before in Gintama. The chapter about the ramen shop... the sorrow over the passage of time, the loss of old landmarks, the slow decay of a community... it was nearly overpowering.
Sundome 1-8 (END)
It seems like I was not wrong at all and the story about sexually teasing changed right before the end to a "my girlfriend has a incurable disease" kind of melodrama. That's not a bad thing per se and there were enough hints for that development but the pacing was pretty bad with 7 of the 8 volumes dedicating to the two MCs exploring all kinds all fetishes, which may shock and awe you at the beginning because of how explicit and provocative it was depicted but will lose steam very soon after that. I don't like most of the characters because they don't even have a personality at all, save for Kurumi and Hideo, our two MCs. Kurumi is a fascinating character for sure but Hideo barely passes because even though the story is supposed to be about his growth from a shy and useless teenager to a respectable young man, he spends most of the time being Kurumi's dog and begging for her permission to jerk off, the late resolve does not make up for it. The series could have benefited greatly from a considerably shorter length or a earlier change of focus. The art of Sundome is quite peculiar, one might say messy or ugly but I found it fit quite well with the story, it makes the "intimate" scenes very uncomfortable, almost disturbing as they should be. All in all I don't think Sundome is worth anyone's time unless they are on the hunt for a dark and inconvenient love story and don't mind a sexual fetish or two frequently dominating the story.
My thoughts on the ending
It seems like I was not wrong at all and the story about sexually teasing changed right before the end to a "my girlfriend has a incurable disease" kind of melodrama. That's not a bad thing per se and there were enough hints for that development but the pacing was pretty bad with 7 of the 8 volumes dedicating to the two MCs exploring all kinds all fetishes, which may shock and awe you at the beginning because of how explicit and provocative it was depicted but will lose steam very soon after that. I don't like most of the characters because they don't even have a personality at all, save for Kurumi and Hideo, our two MCs. Kurumi is a fascinating character for sure but Hideo barely passes because even though the story is supposed to be about his growth from a shy and useless teenager to a respectable young man, he spends most of the time being Kurumi's dog and begging for her permission to jerk off, the late resolve does not make up for it. The series could have benefited greatly from a considerably shorter length or a earlier change of focus. The art of Sundome is quite peculiar, one might say messy or ugly but I found it fit quite well with the story, it makes the "intimate" scenes very uncomfortable, almost disturbing as they should be. All in all I don't think Sundome is worth anyone's time unless they are on the hunt for a dark and inconvenient love story and don't mind a sexual fetish or two frequently dominating the story.
My thoughts on the ending
It was alright I guess, nothing mind-blowing or heart-breaking, you get the "he smuggles her out of the hospital stays with her until she dies" ending in a slightly twisted way but that was expected of this manga.
Crash Station
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Ocha Nigosu 81-82
Da fuck?
Wasn't expecting something so heavy from this series. I mean, it's not like Switch's story in Sket Dance or anything, but it was still unexpected. Wasn't anything like this in Kyou Kara Ore Wa.
Da fuck?
Wasn't expecting something so heavy from this series. I mean, it's not like Switch's story in Sket Dance or anything, but it was still unexpected. Wasn't anything like this in Kyou Kara Ore Wa.
KuwabaraTheMan
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Hueco Mundo was fucking terrible. I'm not even sure there's really a competent defense of it. It fails as just about everything it attempts to do.
I stopped reading Bleach several years ago, but I assume they're probably still fighting Szayelapporo.
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BassForever
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Take the Heat Big 3 and compare them to our manga big 3, obviously if I can use any NBA/sports athlete my comparisons would change.
Why I picked those as my options, One Piece = LeBron because it's the most popular/over rated by the mass market. I guess in hind sight I should have said Dwade = Naruto because he's the second most popular/over rated by the mass market. Bosh/Bleach also makes more sense because both when they make noise they make more noise then anyone but when they're quiet people forget they're around.
In the end NBA is my least favorite American sport, I still watch it cause I have a lot of friends who do.
Slow your roll there potna
BassForever
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I can't argue with the way LeBron has played this past year any questions I had about him are gone. Though you have to agree just in terms of popularity OP > Naruto > Bleach and LeBron > Dwade > Bosh
Lol at LeBron being overrated. He's better at basketball than any other athlete is at there respective sport right now. Him dragging a horrific Cavs team in 2007 to the finals is probably the most impressive performance from am individual athlete in my lifetime
dakkumauji
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Yumekuri 06
Well this is becoming a more tasteful version of PhotoKano. Go figure.
Well this is becoming a more tasteful version of PhotoKano. Go figure.
And the punch at the end is gently eased with a bit of comedy, too. The way Ishiguro balances sentimentality and wry humor is always appreciated.
Aizo
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Your posts are very fun to read. Just so you know.
God knows I try.
Aizo
Banned
I read 60 chapters of Noblesse, but I was not interested throughout the whole reading venture. Does it improve, or is it just not for me? Regardless, I don't really intend on going back to it.
Phoenician_Viking
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You´re right Bleach is not good, it´s amazing.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I don't think you'd ever admit something in Bleach sucked though.
Crimsonlink
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I think that goes with any HUGE fan of any series but Beam is a special case lol.
Blame the editors if something ever does.
Phoenician_Viking
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I did not like Byakuya surviving that´s for sure, and that we did not see Unohana Bankai does. And that´s just recently.
Lol, Look who´s talking.
flintstryker
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With Kenpachi now at pretty much God Mode I wonder if he could take that Nazi Quincy guy alone.
Only if he used both hands, or but his back into it.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
FMA is my favorite series and I still thought the end was somewhat hard to follow and kind of bullshitted (he transmutes his inner whatever to get super powers, right).
flintstryker
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I also wonder since he's now able to communicate with his Zanpaktou if it will just bow down to his awesomeness and bestow upon him bankai without any training required.
Its been a while since I have seen both but I maintain I enjoy the original filler FMA to Brotherhood upon firs watching, I like brotherhood don't get me wrog but I keep hearing people claim its clearly better when it didn't feel that way to me when watching.
Its been a while since I have seen both but I maintain I enjoy the original filler FMA to Brotherhood upon firs watching, I like brotherhood don't get me wrog but I keep hearing people claim its clearly better when it didn't feel that way to me when watching.
nah he goes through the gate to get to
germany to fight nazis, teams up with film maker Fritz Lang to stop the nazis
If you mean the manga, Ed trades his ability to transmute stuff for Al. If you meant Father, he opens the world's gate and eats it's version of the truth, or just gets it's power. I understand how he did it and all the internal logic leading to it is pretty sound, but I'm still a bit confused.
Glass Rebel
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jojo is bulls jordan
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I meant Ed. I still think using it at a solution to the plot is kind of BS akin to using Geass on God. Obviously, I don't think it ruined the series.
personally loved the last arc of the manga I disliked the ending it felt like your typical fairy tail arc ending, very underwhelming I try not to remember any endings to do with full metal alchemist non of them are good.
flintstryker
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Come on that was awesome admit it!!
Crimsonlink
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Al gave back Ed his arm and then gave him the power of truth or something is what I got from the last few chapters.
Yea it was kind of cheap, but really it also sort of made sense. He had to trade something valuable. It was either that and a happy ending or a sad ending, I feel like they deserved the happy ending after all that.
Stuff like that is why Code Geass is a legend.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Honestly though I think there are plenty of manga that are amazing.
Also Charles's indoor voice. Which isn't really an indoor voice at all, it's an outdoor voice. It's not even that, it's how you would talk if you were trying to communicate while falling from 30,000 feet.
Glass Rebel
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My opinion on Geass is about the same as on Death Note:
First part is pretty amazing, second is a clear drop-off with some great parts.
"great" as in "come the fuck on"
First part is pretty amazing, second is a clear drop-off with some great parts.
"great" as in "come the fuck on"
I don't think I've ever enjoyed watching an anime as much as I did both seasons of Code Geass.
Code Geass transcends goodness or badness. It makes batshit insane stupidity an art form. In the future Code Geass will transcend Citizen Kane as the crowning achievement of man in moving pictures.
Code Geass transcends goodness or badness. It makes batshit insane stupidity an art form. In the future Code Geass will transcend Citizen Kane as the crowning achievement of man in moving pictures.
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