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Paracelsus: Apr 6, 2009; bless this post ~kya

Kaja Rainbow posted:

I couldn't even get past the first chapter.

Both the art and the plot focus changed drastically for the better partway through.

# ¿ Dec 5, 2013 17:36

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 02:37

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Kuroyama posted:

I just love how Spear Hero is going out of his way to gently caress over the Shield Hero. Seems like a bit of an over-reaction to me.

"He picked the shittiest weapon I think he could? I must ruin his life forever."

Granted I don't play MMOs. Is that a normal reaction?

Castigating a pariah seems like an effective way for a recently-joined member of society to solidify their bonds with their new fellow-citizens and gain prestige. The flimsy original justification for the pariah status doesn't matter once that status is established; from that point on each act against the pariah simply reinforces the appropriateness of the revulsion and sets a new baseline for future acts.

People on the internet will tell someone to kill themselves because that person likes the wrong video game, just to build e-cred. Give the same people a shot at fame, fortune, and women in bikini armor, and they'd probably gleefully flay someone in the public square.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2014 17:59

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HiveCommander posted:

He forgot to put the 'post Zabuza arc' disclaimer in, but that's usually implied whenever something's compared to Naruto.
His point still stands, especially if we take into consideration the past year or two's worth of chapters.

The chuunin exam arc was really good, and I think still stands up as the best long arc I've seen in that sort of series, with lots of plot progression and effective use of the series' large cast. The "rescue Sasuke" arc wasn't as good, but still decent. Everything after the timeskip has been awful, though, and I've only checked a new chapter every once in a while out of a vague "may as well see how it ends" feeling.

# ¿ Dec 19, 2014 18:24

Paracelsus: Apr 6, 2009; bless this post ~kya

Drop whatever you're doing, there's a new chapter of Kyokou Suiri ~ Invented Inference out.

# ¿ Oct 25, 2015 00:12

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Cake Attack posted:

it runs in Shonen Magazine R, which i am making a leap of faith to assume is shonen

Yeah, I was trying to figure out where to post about it and then looked at the cover page and decided might as well assume it's telling the truth.

# ¿ Oct 25, 2015 04:15

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Ytlaya posted:

I just read "Alive - The Final Evolution." It was a pretty mediocre series. I liked a lot of the characters, but the plot really dragged on in the second half. It also had one of the most disappointing results in terms of who the protagonist chose to date in the end. The two options were 1. this one cool character who was part of his group for the entire series, had a good personality, and even had the guts to kiss him and 2. childhood friend that was literally brainwashed for 95% of the entire series and has no personality traits other than "is nice." Like, I honestly can't comprehend why the author (and I guess most Japanese readers?) would prefer that outcome.

Yeah, that was my response as well. A pity, Ice Girl was awesome.

# ¿ Nov 19, 2015 21:47

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Ytlaya posted:

I'm kind of liking the "these characters are actually weird perverts who get turned on by death games" angle that seems to be showing up in Kamisama no Iutoori.

It's important that readers be able to see themselves in the characters.

# ¿ Oct 13, 2016 02:02

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Dexo posted:

Swimmer girl fits the childhood friend flag.

Until a girl who doesn't belong and does not have the traits the rest of the girls have its probably the childhood friend.

First (New) Girl trumps childhood friend every time. Childhood friend only wins when the re-enter the protagonist's life at the beginning of the series.

It is known.

# ¿ Apr 20, 2017 02:06

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Fabricated posted:

Tsukasa is a retard.

Yeah, you're young and in perfect condition until you step on the wrong sharp rock or get bit by the wrong bug or touch the wrong thing while fishing. Or the first time you miscook your food and get dysentery and poo poo yourself to death pitifully because you failed to realize that mankind being intelligent tool users that constantly improve on those tools is the only reason we've survived the microscopic amount of geologic time we've been on this rock.

Toothaches.

# ¿ May 4, 2017 18:20

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Peel posted:

It's by the Kuroko author, but it's much harder to make golf interesting to read about than basketball. There's not so many different things to do or complex interactions within and between teams. A good golf story would rely on subtleties of tension and characterisation that don't really fit the hyperbolic sports manga style.

This is the putt that killed off the dinosaurs.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2017 18:44

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I see that he has discovered the Real Terror of the So-Called Legal Drugs that are Sold.

# ¿ Sep 20, 2017 00:33

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Mraagvpeine posted:

What did the author do after Claymore?

He put out a oneshot earlier this year, but that's all I've seen. I wouldn't blame a magaka who managed to have a long-running series for taking some time off after finishing to spend a while not killing themselves.

# ¿ Sep 22, 2017 23:27

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Hate-Senpai posted:

Yeah it's always dope to see art styles evolve.

Ah! My Goddess probably has some of the biggest art shifts I've seen.

Too bad about the mangaka though.

Rosario+Vampire had a big shift partway through.

# ¿ Dec 13, 2017 08:42

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Cipher Pol 9 posted:

You're absolutely right. It is time for the WNL author to get serious, cancel WNL as it is now, and start it anew as five separate concurrent series'.

I would be perfectly okay if Amagami were the future of harem.

# ¿ Dec 13, 2017 23:21

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Ytlaya posted:

I'm guessing Japanese bra sizes are inflated compared with Western ones or something?

Correct.

# ¿ Dec 30, 2017 06:39

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MonsieurChoc posted:

Is there one where they summon an anarcho-communist kid by mistake and instead of feeding their forever-war against the demons he kickstarts a revolution?

Isekai heroes are usually supposed to solve agricultural failures, not cause them.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2018 18:32

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JosephWongKS posted:

Also contains the results of the first character popularity poll. Sensei is #1.

Which is correct, but also disturbing, as Japanese readers actually selecting the best character in a poll is a sign of the breaking of the 5th seal.

# ¿ May 1, 2018 22:46

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Alder posted:

Boy goes on a quest after living with undead family since childhood.

https://mangadex.org/manga/24651/saihate-no-paladin

I've been reading this and it's real interesting.

# ¿ May 3, 2018 03:50

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Futaba Anzu posted:

yeah because this is a thing only the foreign exotic Asians do

Giving short shrift to IP rights and blatantly ripping off other people's ideas is something I have seen called an essential part of Chinese culture by Chinese people making presentations on IP in China at an academic conference, and who were arguing that it needs to be an accepted practice in international commerce. Copying is a thing that happens everywhere, but China really does take it to the next level.

# ¿ May 3, 2018 21:24

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yum posted:

kubo will release a databook that will reveal that girl-not-Byakuya is 5'8 and 70 pounds or something.

He'll continue to release databooks, in which all of the characters slowly morph into clones of Matsumoto, because what Kubo actually wants to do with his life is draw clothes on Matsumoto.

# ¿ Jul 14, 2018 01:46

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SgtSteel91 posted:

Kirisu parachute account spotted

Kirisu parachute account would hope that he grows up properly & virtuously, and finds someone who deeply appreciates his ability to clean house.

# ¿ Oct 28, 2018 20:15

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Ibblebibble posted:

Itsuki gets the distinction of being first girl which means she will never get MC.

I don't think you understand how first girl status works. First non-pre-established girl ALWAYS gets the MC, outside of a handful of notable exceptions like Shuffle!'s anime adaptation.

Also,

Angry Grimace posted:

Tier list, corrected:

1. Miku
2-5: Trash-tier quints

# ¿ Nov 2, 2018 00:15

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chumbler posted:

Is Miku the one with headphones?

Yes.

# ¿ Nov 2, 2018 00:57

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PV has a criminal lack of Mafuyu.

# ¿ Dec 2, 2018 19:41

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Ytlaya posted:

Do Japanese people actually think people kiss each other on the cheek all the time in America (isn't that where Uruka is going?)?

IIRC they usually say that "foreigners" do it, not specifically Americans. If I had to speculate on where this all came from, it sounds like something from late 19th/early 20th century travelogues ("I went to Europe and the roundeyes there greeted people with a kiss") that somehow got stuck in the public consciousness.

# ¿ Dec 12, 2018 20:07

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Nichol posted:

Does anybody remember a bad guy with grey skin, sunglasses, and a purple fedora who swung his testicles around screaming "tama tama", creating some weaponized force power? Was that Excel Saga?

I think that was Puni Puni Poemi.

# ¿ Jan 21, 2019 02:00

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ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:

I love you Sensei.

A highly protectable smile.

# ¿ Mar 10, 2019 22:08

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Plutonis posted:

gently caress this, I was on team Ebino

# ¿ Apr 13, 2019 00:16

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QED is back, now with bare tiddies.

# ¿ Jul 24, 2019 20:28

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I guess the AoT mangaka was told he has a handful of chapters to wrap things up.

# ¿ Nov 6, 2019 19:47

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RatHat posted:

Like did you read this somewhere or are you basing it off how it feels like the finale? We've known AoT was going to end soon for a while. Not all mangaka want to keep their series going indefinitely.

The most recent chapter is such an abrupt change from the one before it that I had to double-check whether I'd missed multiple chapters, and covers what seems like multiple major plot arcs.

# ¿ Nov 7, 2019 01:01

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Looks like I am missing a bunch of chapters.

# ¿ Nov 7, 2019 20:59

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Bad Seafood posted:

What happened? Health problems?

Arakawa ran a pretty tight ship back when she was doing FMA so I'm presuming any upsets would be something beyond her control. She's no Hirano, at least.

I vaguely recall something about a death in the family.

# ¿ Nov 12, 2019 16:55

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Ethiser posted:

We're going to have to break out some PhD level harem math to figure this one out. The initial two girls were already in his class so they aren't technically "new" and Uruka was still always going to school with him and was never "new" so she's out. So the only two options left to him are sensei and tiny sempai since they were actually new people who weren't part of his life before the story started. We always have to remove the actually correct answer which eliminate sensei so by process of elimination tiny sempai has to win.

Edit: I went back to verify my information and it looks like tiny sempai might have been the first to put the idea of Yuiga becoming a teacher in his head so that's worth a ton a points.

Asumi is a late entrant, which is the worst possible odds.

If we're looking at it from a popularity/audience pleasing perspective, it would be Sensei, but she's best girl so she's out.

The initial two were in the same grade, but didn't seem to have any contact with him beyond that; they hadn't entered into the story. The ultimate question is "whose story is this?", and their introduction makes the most sense as the beginning of a story for both Yuiga and them. So from a convention/structure perspective, it would be one of the initial two, probably Fujiwara.

# ¿ Dec 23, 2019 04:43

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Nisekoi was quality face/blush porn.

# ¿ Dec 29, 2019 04:13

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JosephWongKS posted:

Going by visual novel logic that the last route is the "true" route, doesn't this mean that Sensei is the true route? Which means that once again Senpai has been robbed.

Could also be the "hidden" ending that doesn't get revealed by the game until you get all the other ones. From a marketing perspective it makes sense for Sensei as the most popular heroine by a wide margin to go last, so her fans don't just bail after her chapter.

I'm fine with this method, as it lets the readers all get what they want without bitter feelings about winning or losing. Harem romcoms aren't where you go for "artistic integrity," they're where you go for a smile and a chuckle.

But yes, Sensei is the true route, and I won't entertain any other notion.

# ¿ Mar 8, 2020 03:03

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Ethiser posted:

It�s great. I love that artists mister designs so the more we get the better the manga becomes. His psycho rabbit person designs from the last story were top tier.

The final enemy will be the most frightening monster of all:

the MC from Angel Densetsu

# ¿ Mar 9, 2020 22:15

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Pierson posted:

I unironically love to browse manga aggregators for the terms "god-king" "immortal" and "peerless" to see what kind of bottom-tier garbage can still somehow find a translator.

I don't care if it's an old stale joke calling all xianxia protagonists volcels will always be funny.

Hey, Meng Hao was able to get a woman after a few centuries. For like a month.

# ¿ Apr 24, 2020 00:15