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Hate-Senpai posted:Also Hungry Marie ended. Turns out you can only be hungry for so long before you keel over and die. 
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Speaking of Hungry Marie someone else earlier mentioned that after the first couple of chapters they weren't really sure if they liked it or cared about it because they weren't clear what the 'hook' of the series was about. That got me thinking about which first chapters had me going "yes I must read more of this immediately" and the only one I can think of recently is Promised Neverland. You've got the slow build-up of the orphanage and the incredibly tense exam double-spread to establish something is extremely messed up, then the chapter ramps up until you get something like four gut-punch revelations of dead child > demons are real > their orphanage is a farm > their mother is their jailer all in seconds. Then the chapter ending clearly lays out what is driving the rest of the plot. It might be a bit of an unfair comparison since Hungry Marie was a comedy (I think? Didn't read it) but I can't think of any other series with a start as insanely strong as that was.
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Oct 16, 2017 17:34
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hungry marie was a comedy with some action like beelzebub, tho it leaned more into the comedy part it was pretty good, rip in piece
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Oct 16, 2017 17:47
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really missed out havin not read Kekkaishi until now drat poignant and well done shounen. thank you Birdman for leading me there
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Oct 17, 2017 10:30
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p.s. Shuumatsu no Laughter should be an ongoing series still and I sincerely look forward to the rest of tanabe yellow's career
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Oct 17, 2017 19:22
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I really love her 3rd wheel-ness.
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Oct 17, 2017 20:48
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Pierson posted:It might be a bit of an unfair comparison since Hungry Marie was a comedy (I think? Didn't read it) but I can't think of any other series with a start as insanely strong as that was. Kinda sorry to see Marie go, even though I'll admit it didn't grab me. It's harder than it looks making a comeback after a successful series.
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Oct 17, 2017 21:46
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Pierson posted:It might be a bit of an unfair comparison since Hungry Marie was a comedy (I think? Didn't read it) but I can't think of any other series with a start as insanely strong as that was. Attack on Titan has the strongest and most iconic first chapter, to the point that one panel (Colossal Titan's head appears over the city wall) is a minor meme all on its own.
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Oct 17, 2017 23:14
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yu yu hakusho has gotta be up there
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Oct 17, 2017 23:17
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i think the biggest problem with hungry marie is that taiga and marie didn't really play off of each other much. two vastly different people sharing a body and they barely spoke. like, there were some good jokes in its short run but how many of them had anything to do with the central premise of body-sharing?
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Oct 17, 2017 23:21
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I read the first Hungry Marie chapter and I honestly did not get the premise or where the direction was going, but that's probably me speedreading and not giving it the chance it deserved. That said, I didn't find that memorable either way.
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Oct 18, 2017 05:46
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Huh, okay. Not a huge fan of the golf manga, but I like this development in the last chapter. Protagonist decides to become a professional at some point, but understands that he sucks at the game right now. Time skips 3 years forward as he practices. Is the manga getting cancelled or was that an intended development from the start?
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Oct 20, 2017 17:31
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Hopeford posted:Huh, okay. Not a huge fan of the golf manga, but I like this development in the last chapter. Protagonist decides to become a professional at some point, but understands that he sucks at the game right now. Time skips 3 years forward as he practices. Is the manga getting cancelled or was that an intended development from the start? the tanks are selling pretty well so i dont think its getting canceled. it does feel abrupt though
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Oct 20, 2017 17:38
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If I had to guess, the teammates in the golf club at the school probably didn't test super well. So they'll keep the characters that resonated with people, and use the timeskip to jettison those that didn't.
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Oct 20, 2017 17:44
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Reeks of getting Ole Goalazo'd.
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Oct 20, 2017 18:48
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I mean, it's not quite to the level of Hungry Marie making big swinging changes to the status quo of the main character every chapter, but a sudden time skip over the entirety of high school really doesn't bode well for me. One of my favorite parts of sports manga is learning alongside the main character, and when he's already going pro it feels like there isn't going to be any opportunity for that.
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Oct 20, 2017 23:21
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yea unless the author always thought of this part as a prologue to the real beginning of the story, this feels odd. a 3 year time skip 30 chapters in seems pretty out of the norm
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Oct 20, 2017 23:32
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I think it may be necessary due to Golf as a sport. There's only so many ways to show dudes swinging golf clubs, so you either skip the training and get to the high stakes world of the pros and leave those three years open for flash backs to show how the characters got as good as they are, which also allows for the possibility of that promised showdown in a reasonable time, or show the three years of training and risk losing your audience as kids realize watching a guy get better at golf isn't as cool as watching a guy get better at other sports since they have direct confrontation and more physicality/movement. I like the manga, but the training would get really old IMO.
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Oct 21, 2017 10:00
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The fact the mc is the world’s most stoic Scottsman doesn’t help any.
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Oct 21, 2017 10:09
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Woah Astra Lost in Space Thank god for non magazine Shonen Jump.
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Oct 21, 2017 11:06
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i read it years ago when it was first being translated but ran out of chapters and forgot about it so i'm finally going to read all of rookies again
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Oct 22, 2017 22:16
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I blazed through Promise Neverland and it was extremely good.
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Oct 23, 2017 03:54
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Hate-Senpai posted:I blazed through Promise Neverland and it was extremely good. i liked it but it was hard for me to follow week to week. i want to let a backlog build up and read it all at once
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Oct 23, 2017 04:51
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So mangastream has a new table tennis series called Full Drive. It seems pretty fun so far, from the first chapter. I find it rather adorable how much the protagonist and the female lead loving love table tennis. They are basically being like "I LOVE THIS GAME" "ME TOO" "gently caress LET'S PLAY" "YEAH" and just hype each other up. They come across like kids who love their sport a ton, it's super endearing.
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Oct 23, 2017 23:15
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Hopeford posted:So mangastream has a new table tennis series called Full Drive. It seems pretty fun so far, from the first chapter. The actual game was basically impossible to follow, I had no idea who was hitting or missing when but I do enjoy the energy.
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Oct 23, 2017 23:40
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Fumino really is becoming one of my favorite characters.
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Oct 23, 2017 23:52
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She is absolutely the hero of the manga.
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Hopeford posted:So mangastream has a new table tennis series called Full Drive. It seems pretty fun so far, from the first chapter. Yeah, there's something sweet about it. I do hope that it doesn't end up taking itself to seriously, but it looks okay. TriffTshngo posted:The actual game was basically impossible to follow, I had no idea who was hitting or missing when but I do enjoy the energy. And very much this. Like that first loop thing, did she return it? I think she missed. But that hardly matters I think? It seems more about the enjoyement of the sport.
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Hopeford posted:So mangastream has a new table tennis series called Full Drive. It seems pretty fun so far, from the first chapter. Art’s a bit bum though.
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Hopeford posted:Huh, okay. Not a huge fan of the golf manga, but I like this development in the last chapter. Protagonist decides to become a professional at some point, but understands that he sucks at the game right now. Time skips 3 years forward as he practices. Is the manga getting cancelled or was that an intended development from the start? I liked Hikaru no Go and it got a ton better once Hikaru started aiming to go pro rather than play in a high school club so I am excited for this development. I hope this doesn't mean it is being cancelled because I am enjoying the series, but I also think this is the best move for the story to take so it doesn't seem like a desperation move or a sign of it being in danger of cancellation.
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Allarion posted:Fumino really is becoming one of my favorite characters. Where're you reading this? The official Viz translation? Scans seem to have stalled, which is quite a bummer since I'm not in the US and therefore can't read the official version 
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Mikl posted:Where're you reading this? The official Viz translation? Scans seem to have stalled, which is quite a bummer since I'm not in the US and therefore can't read the official version I haven't been able to access Jump for the past few months either since the phone I was able to use to sneak into the US Jump app died on me. I miss Seraph and Jump Starts, but regular We Never Learn is the deepest wound.
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Oct 24, 2017 12:00
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rookies is really good did it ever get an anime so i can hear the voices?
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Mikl posted:Where're you reading this? The official Viz translation? Scans seem to have stalled, which is quite a bummer since I'm not in the US and therefore can't read the official version Where do you live?
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RatHat posted:Where do you live? Italy, home of "Oh so you want a digital platform for manga? Sorry no, and also gently caress you." I would pay good money to be able to read manga without having to buy the physical volumes (which don't exist yet for We Never Learn, btw), but apparently they don't want my money? 
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Oct 25, 2017 23:32
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Jose posted:rookies is really good did it ever get an anime so i can hear the voices? There's a live-action drama adaptation, and some surreptitious youtube videos of the tie-in pachinko game if you're really into strobing lights and whistles with your anime.
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Oct 25, 2017 23:35
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It's not the chapter I posted pages from, but here's last week's chapter of We Never Learn! Also a very good Fumino chapter https://jaiminisbox.com/reader/read/we-can-t-study/en/0/35/page/1
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Oct 26, 2017 04:36
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Fumino is strong and powerful and she's my friend and spirit animal 
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Oct 26, 2017 08:26
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Every few months I go back and read the couple of chapters in Eyeshield 21 where Sena first shows his face, it's so drat good. A full re-read may be in order.
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EmmyOk posted:Every few months I go back and read the couple of chapters in Eyeshield 21 where Sena first shows his face, it's so drat good. A full re-read may be in order. You know what? You gave me an idea. I'll re-read all of Ruroni Kenshin with running commentary to celebrate the new Hokkaido arc! 
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