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Manga News/Discussion |OTZ| Reading Shounen Garbage < Watching Moe Garbage
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TacticalFox88
Banned
Dude. Remove that pic. Lest you want to be banned.
Post yours!
Heh, your welcomeIm gonna post my collection this weekend, it should be much larger.
Get rid of the watermark dude
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
I look for the day when Soul Catcher(S), World Trigger and Mario line my shelves.
Seems I made the right choice of not reading it anymore, oh well
If the change is good then hey but this change was more in the direction of bad.
It's not bad, just different. That being said, I do miss the spreads Riichii used to do where he would cram in as much detail as possible while keeping the scene comprehensible (like the dream world for instance) - those were awesome.
Cub no Isaki
Ashinano loves the 'what if everything else was huge' schtick. When I read the blurb, the first thing I thought of was the Chestnut from Yokohama.
Soul Eater
Rawr Rawr Fight Da Powah
Dedication Through Light
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Another 550K for Attack on Titan. I think its definitely number two best selling series this year. Congrats, Kodansha.
And One Piece finally crossed 3mln this volume, felt like it took forever. Everything is alright I guess, a bit surprised that the new stuff was all a bit more popular than medaka box.Forgot what its total lifetime sales are? 15mln over 20 volumes?
Might wanna edit out the water mark but yeah, Kubo just out Kubo'd himself. fucking hell
Dedication Through Light
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Just a few more weeks until Soul Catcher(s) is rated...if going by fanart, I think its popular, somewhat. Regardless, it needs to last.
Mutou Black seems like it will do depressingly awful.
Was it ever translated? I just remember seeing Vol. 1.
If fanart determined a Jump series popularity then Kiruko-san wouldn't have been cancelled.
Translation team been dead for over 6 months and no one else seems willing to translate it for some reason.
TacticalFox88
Banned
Got to hand it to Kubo, I'm sooo fucking glad that he avoids the Shounen trop of having the MC be a complete and total moron.
Holy fuck, reading Ichigo's dialogue....
Motherfucker has 10x the maturity of 90% of Shounen MCs
Holy fuck, reading Ichigo's dialogue....
Motherfucker has 10x the maturity of 90% of Shounen MCs
Im reading this and sengoku youko. Both are amazing.
Utsubora - The Story of a Novelist
Got this today and gave it a read.
First thing first, it was a great story with a cast of flawed but interesting adults. Second, I'm not sure I understand every facet of the story, but I'm going to have to put that on me not spending enough time savoring every little details and the obsessive nature of Aki/Sakura toward Shun Mizorogi.
Obsession seems to be the whole motif of the story, in a way, which brings some characters to commit rather despicable acts and on varying levels, keeping the drama and suspense always going.
I'm not exactly fond of the ending, even if it is spot on with the characters drawn and the story direction. It's a fitting ending, but not the ending I would have want to read.
Anyways, I really enjoyed this book, so any other works of Asumiko Nakamura that gets brought out in English (or, one day, in Italian), I'll be sure to grab it and if one of you hasn't read it and is looking for something a bit more mature than usual, I'd really suggest to give it a look.
Got this today and gave it a read.
First thing first, it was a great story with a cast of flawed but interesting adults. Second, I'm not sure I understand every facet of the story, but I'm going to have to put that on me not spending enough time savoring every little details and the obsessive nature of Aki/Sakura toward Shun Mizorogi.
Obsession seems to be the whole motif of the story, in a way, which brings some characters to commit rather despicable acts and on varying levels, keeping the drama and suspense always going.
I'm not exactly fond of the ending, even if it is spot on with the characters drawn and the story direction. It's a fitting ending, but not the ending I would have want to read.
Anyways, I really enjoyed this book, so any other works of Asumiko Nakamura that gets brought out in English (or, one day, in Italian), I'll be sure to grab it and if one of you hasn't read it and is looking for something a bit more mature than usual, I'd really suggest to give it a look.
Save 'N Quit
Banned
To Love Ru Darkness 32.5
Mikan has a nice behind.
And it seems Rito's falling skills are improving now that he sucked on it.
dakkumauji
Member
A little blurry cause my phone sucks. Suuuuuucks.
The only set of manga in my room. The rest is in my dad's (former) office.
Of course this is only the ones that aren't stored away in boxes or whatnot.
The only set of manga in my room. The rest is in my dad's (former) office.
Of course this is only the ones that aren't stored away in boxes or whatnot.
Well, that sucks.
Again!! 45
Please let Reo x Imamura be a thing.
edit: Some thread on /a/ was talking about future untranslated events so big spoilers.
Please let Reo x Imamura be a thing.
edit: Some thread on /a/ was talking about future untranslated events so big spoilers.
Apparently after this match, all the current girls become side characters and there is some new girl introduced Hanataka that acts as the main girl. That sounds really bad.
This is clearly the best ending. #teamreo
Zoramon089
Banned
*Rolls eyes*
This is the same guy who was sad that his enemy was dying and he wasn't in control over how he killed him. The same one who habitually makes stupid decisions
Wait what?
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Translation: Ichigo is stupid.
He's saying Ichigo has a history of doing really dumb things.
Shame. Hopefully someone picks it up.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Most Shounen protagonists are dumb anyways, so it's a moot point trying to decide who amongst them are the smartest. It's like trying to determine the one-eyed man in the land of the blind
Most Shounen protagonists are dumb anyways, so it's a moot point trying to decide who amongst them are the smartest. It's like trying to determine the one-eyed man in the land of the blind
Hint: They're all blind.
Except Ryo Saeba, he maintains his god-tier status. Dude is like Golgo except he can't get laid to save his life.
I know that [hence why I didn't quote the part about overall stupid decision making]. I was wondering about what the specific example he was talking about in the part I did quote was.
He was talking about when he damn near cried when Ulla-Icantspellhisname died. You know when we got "The Heart".
(hey, hey, guys, psst hey, quietly)
(it's getting pretty crazy over there in the game-land)
(it's getting pretty crazy over there in the game-land)
Man what. We read everything. I add tons of things to my wishlist based on your posts, don't be silly.
Ohhh, Ulquiorra.
You mean how he was battle-depressed because the hollow that he'd been trying to suppress and shun for the entire arc had to save his life and fight the battle that he couldn't win alone? I don't really see how that's unreasonable, much less stupid. Especially considering it was the first time the hollow actually really took control.
If you think he was "sad" about the fact that Ulquiorra died then I'm not sure what you were reading.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Toriko
Seems like toriko finally got the upper hand.
Seems like toriko finally got the upper hand.
Toriko 238 - Toriko starts to win!
And then SOMETHING.
Same ol', same ol' basically.
Edit:
Yasashii Sekai no Tsukurikata - Only a few chapters in. Basically, guy (19) teaching at an all-girls high school, blah blah blah, probably setting itself up to a harem with only two real candidates. Not sure if I'm supposed to be rooting for him or if I should be hoping that one of the girls kills him. I'm leaning on the latter if only because it's already trying to set up the jealousy!
And then SOMETHING.
Same ol', same ol' basically.
Edit:
Yasashii Sekai no Tsukurikata - Only a few chapters in. Basically, guy (19) teaching at an all-girls high school, blah blah blah, probably setting itself up to a harem with only two real candidates. Not sure if I'm supposed to be rooting for him or if I should be hoping that one of the girls kills him. I'm leaning on the latter if only because it's already trying to set up the jealousy!
dakkumauji
Member
Toriko 238
SOMETHING happens! Or was it all IMAGINATION.
SOMETHING happens! Or was it all IMAGINATION.
BassForever
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Regardless I'll imagine the chapter with a different outcome and see if that impacts next weeks
dakkumauji
Member
Shurabara! 01-02
A high school kid who's a great matchmaker but helpless in love suddenly becomes the fake boyfriend to three different girls.
Yes, pretty generic harem but the beginning was pretty funny with the internal monologue of the protag. It's probably going to be generic harem antics but it's not too boring for me to stick with. It does have the chance of doing something special with this but not getting my hopes up.
A high school kid who's a great matchmaker but helpless in love suddenly becomes the fake boyfriend to three different girls.
Yes, pretty generic harem but the beginning was pretty funny with the internal monologue of the protag. It's probably going to be generic harem antics but it's not too boring for me to stick with. It does have the chance of doing something special with this but not getting my hopes up.
Neogafshitposts on twitter has been particularly entertaining today
Also, damnnnnnn at your collection, Dakku!
I'll be honest, I don't really remember it. How many years ago did it happen? Know what I mean?
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Well, it's in the nature of Shounen protagonists to be overly dramatic about stuff anyways.
I am worrying about the state of my wallet :\
City Hunter?
He doesn't get together with his lady partner in the end? I could have sworn he had a daughter at some point, but maybe I am imagining things.
dakkumauji
Member
All due to many years of collecting. Though I have been curbing it back in the recent years (generally).
Urban Scholar
Member
Bleach
Yeah I evolved into a dual wielder! So no more inner talks with his innerself? I'll miss that
Yeah I evolved into a dual wielder! So no more inner talks with his innerself? I'll miss that
I dunno, they haven't finished it in English yet. There's an AU thing where he's married with a kid with the detective girl, but I dunno how it ends canonically yet. I'd just buy it all in English if I could but no one is putting it out so I need to wait for other means.
Either way he's the best Shounen protagonist, he's god tier even when he's busy chasing girls like a horndog.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Oh yeah he's great.
It's also surprising how... heavy, City Hunter can be sometimes, especially at the later volumes.
It starts heavy as hell though. I mean damn, shit gets realer than real on the regular early on. The translations are only about half way done or so, but it does transitions from comedy to serious drama very very well. Sometimes from panel to panel. I wish more manga were this good.
The writer also has a series about crossdressers that is very well done. It's funny as all holy hell, but takes the subject seriously and never really feels like it's mean spirited. All the characters are like real people, which really helps. It's just so good. Of course the translations for that series have stalled. I can't remember the last time we got a new chapter.
This guy deserves a lot more love, everything I've ever read from him has been god tier.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Soul eater 111
Err...
I'm losing the plot here.
I feel like I don't even know what black blood is anymore.
Err...
I'm losing the plot here.
I feel like I don't even know what black blood is anymore.
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