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One thing I liked from this week's Elusive Samurai was the whole thing of how the Emperor had a heavy tread, with wood creaking and earth cracking.
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Darth TNT posted:Sakamoto: That Akao teasing is insane. Really thought she was going to show up at the end. Same, I'm really pumped to see where things go now. quote:Fabricant: I was totally expecting this to be the end of the line, but it doesn’t appear to be and I love how faithful and thought out the primary conceit of the Fabricants is. Like now with how nr 1 escapes because killing him runs counter to 100s desires. Also agreed. Even if we're only getting a few more chapters, the manga is sticking to its guns: there's definitely more to her than expected, but at the end of the day, 100 isn't looking out for Ashibi's goals, she's looking out for her, and Ashibi needs to remember that. Jerkface posted:Blue Box yoooo he did it I cheered. Witch Watch: Y'know what, I agree with the web poll: I enjoy watching Kanshi suffer too 
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I really like service wars. one of the funnier gag shonen I’ve read in a while
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"My Girlfriend Gives Me Goosebumps!" from Shōnen Jump+ shows some promise, with 4 chapters published as I am typing this. If you are interested in something new, read the first chapter before the spoiler tags: I did not read the title when I was looking for new manga, so the ending of the first chapter hooked me out of nowhere. I cannot recall a manga/anime where it seems to have a genuine attempt to flesh out a "healthy" relationship between a yandere and the protagonist. Most anime and manga seem to use yanderes as a gag, plot device, or force of nature. Kisaki is currently all of those aforementioned things, but I believe the long-term success of this manga is going to depend on how the mangaka chooses to step outside that boundary as their relationship is explored and has progressed. (Or it can keep doing gags/surprises, though I think there are only so many gags/surprises before the manga feel repetitive and ends.) Nonetheless, as "healthy" as their relationship is, toxicity is not what anyone should aspire to have, but like Haruka, I have been hooked in: I have his same curiosity in seeing where their relationship goes from here. Like Haruka, I am also looking for something new, and this manga is definitely new.
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I'm seen somewhat similar premises before but Goosebumps Girlfriend is by far the most interesting execution of it.
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Yea, Mashle rules
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Finished Dorohedoro. What a wild ride. What a beautiful friendship.
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Pro tip: don’t threaten Kinosaki or dinner plans.
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Re-reading Zatch Bell and got to the Yopopo chapters. drat this manga is still so good. Almost a shame its about to drop the monster of the week format because it does it so well, even if all the most iconic stuff is from Zofis onwards.
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According to a little interview at the end of the latest Eden's Zero chapter apparently Mashima's next project will be an original anime series rather than another manga, that's all we know for now as far as I'm aware
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Sindai posted:After quite a while, the author of Hinamatsuri has a new manga: https://mangadex.org/title/d5208b9d-5233-4672-bf5c-6e7d23767e37/j-m There's actually been a few of them, although I'm having a hard time telling the one shots from the shorts from the actual series. One just updated!
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https://twitter.com/VIZMedia/status/1667199899476058118
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What does this mean? Is it just an english physical release?
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Jerkface posted:What does this mean? Is it just an english physical release? That's right, Viz is doing their triannual physical release announcements right now edit: https://twitter.com/VIZMedia/status/1667213475465113600 lol RuBisCO fucked around with this message at 17:55 on Jun 9, 2023 |
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RuBisCO posted:That's right, Viz is doing their triannual physical release announcements right now Omg.  Is it time to talk about Earthchild again?Edit: lol at those responses.
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The only salient reply was "This is required reading as a big book of Don'ts"
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EarthChild would make more sense if it were bad on purpose like Agravity Boys, but that was explicitly a comedy and going in hard on bad tropes was the joke. But it seemed to actually be trying. Probably the worst thing I’ve seen in Jump, but at least it was just badly written and wasn’t like.. disgustingly offensive. A digital exclusive is exactly what it deserves.
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To whoever mentioned Service Wars in this thread, thanks. 10/10 gag manga.
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your welcome. at this rate its going to burn itself out in less than 50 chapters but it’s extremely funny
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muscles like this! posted:One thing I liked from this week's Elusive Samurai was the whole thing of how the Emperor had a heavy tread, with wood creaking and earth cracking. I've said it before, but all the heightened reality stuff is great.
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Mashle: nothing like interrupting a villian's sad backstory
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Flair posted:"My Girlfriend Gives Me Goosebumps!" from Shōnen Jump+ shows some promise, with 4 chapters published as I am typing this. If you are interested in something new, read the first chapter before the spoiler tags:
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Akane-banashi: well, if people weren't shipping Akane and Hikaru before, they will be nowElectric Phantasm posted:Mashle: nothing like interrupting a villian's sad backstory "No sympathy for you."  Fabricant 100: drat, we're getting another arc. SJ giving me hope here! Blue Box:  Cipher Academy: I think this was the best game they've done so far. Easy to understand and no word dumps needed to communicate what's going on
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Sakamoto Days running on John Wick rules rocks. "How are we gonna do [normal thing] with our insane assassin poo poo?" "No it's fine there's an Assassin [Normal Thing] for that."
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Blue Box: Yo raise the anchor cuz this ship is SAILING
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Akane-banashi: What hit me coming out of this chapter was the sudden emotional knife of the Dad Flashback. Real great move by the writers getting her in direct competition with another Rakugo Dad as soon as possible.
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Akane-Bananshi: "Google, what is the gayest possible way to declare eternal enmity?"
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Alacron posted:Blue Box: Yo raise the anchor cuz this ship is SAILING Blue Box continues to be a manga where people actually talk and make sure they both understand what's meant in a given situation. It's nice.
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Squidster posted:Akane-Bananshi: "Google, what is the gayest possible way to declare eternal enmity?" Happy Pride
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Electric Phantasm posted:Mashle: nothing like interrupting a villian's sad backstory Mashle has been amazing for refusing to lose pace. The only section that lagged even a bit was when he was temporarily dead Sad to see it ending (I think?). But glad it didn't waste any time or get stretched too thin in the name of milking tankobon volumes.
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Mashle has this amazing cathartic feel to it sometimes. Seeing zero get punched over and over (as well as his lovely sons) and then denied his sad sob story is just perfect. Fact that Mash is at its heart a dumb Harry Potter power fantasy infused with shounen is what gives it strength. I do wonder though, my first impression was that Mash straight up ignored the rewind and just punched him back into the timeline, but later dialogue implies that we just fast forwarded and it always ends up with zero getting punched. I’m not sure which explanation I prefer. Undead: Tournament arc! Sakamoto: I love Keisuke. I hope he gets his bag back. Fabricant: yes, more Fabricant please. I don’t know what’s happening there with the color pages and now the extension after what appeared to be a death flag, but I’m going to enjoy every second of it! I wonder if it just gets good word of mouth and ratings somehow even if the sales aren’t astounding?
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Fabricant 100 and Cipher Academy both own and I hope they get to stick around. I like how Cipher Academy manages to have a self-aware sense of humor without excessive explaining-the-joke, and I like seeing the characters figure out the bizarre puzzles. They don't have much wiggle room in the rankings, though; the only thing below them last week was Ichinose Family, which seems to be moving towards a conclusion. I have mixed-to-negative feelings about the new series. Kill Blue has written itself into an uncomfortable corner in the long run, but for now it mostly works as a silly villain-of-the-week series. Nue's Exorcist is a pretty bland harem shenanigans/urban monster hunting manga; the school setting makes it even less interesting than Tokyo Demon Bride. Do Retry is also pretty generic; the closest thing it has to a distinctive gimmick is the late-40s setting, which is mostly just a convenient generator of tragic backstories.
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Darth TNT posted:Mashle has this amazing cathartic feel to it sometimes. Seeing zero get punched over and over (as well as his lovely sons) and then denied his sad sob story is just perfect. Fact that Mash is at its heart a dumb Harry Potter power fantasy infused with shounen is what gives it strength. It's not super-clear at first, but the black cut panel I think was meant to signify that it was a fast-forward. Innocent Zero has been trying all sorts of variants of the final fight just to lose over and over again.
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Fair Bear Maiden posted:It's not super-clear at first, but the black cut panel I think was meant to signify that it was a fast-forward. Innocent Zero has been trying all sorts of variants of the final fight just to lose over and over again. I love that this reality bending near God of magic is forever destined to have his poo poo rocked by some bowl cut wearing muscle doofus who almost certainly still has at least 5 cream puffs on his person.
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Crain posted:I love that this reality bending near God of magic is forever destined to have his poo poo rocked by some bowl cut wearing muscle doofus who almost certainly still has at least 5 cream puffs on his person. Also remember that what seems like the actual god of the world gave him a power up because he thought it would be funny.
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Akane-banashi: It's great to see shonen-style progression that is unique to the protagonist's journey and not simply a series of Mega Man technique lifts... Black Clover / Kaiju No. 8: ...but sometimes watching a perpetual stream of limit breaks is fun too. Ichinose Family: I thought y'all said this might end and I'm wishing it would, feels like a revolving door of the same two reveals at this point. Fabricant 100: Meanwhile, I'm glad the other "doomed" entry seems to still have some life in it! Choujin X: Stay weird, stay inscrutable, don't let this cruel, petty world change you. Beat & Motion: I really want this to find a happy medium between Akane-Banashi and Show-ha Shoten, which... Show-ha Shoten: ... rekindled my interest with the broadcast show. The "drilling into strategy" really worked here, where previous live competition scenes would try to thoroughly break down every possible factor of stand-up when so much is a crap shoot. Still a good time! Just seems funnier lately. Spy x Family / Mashle / Sakamoto Days: Also fun
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Silver2195 posted:Fabricant 100 and Cipher Academy both own and I hope they get to stick around. I like how Cipher Academy manages to have a self-aware sense of humor without excessive explaining-the-joke, and I like seeing the characters figure out the bizarre puzzles. They don't have much wiggle room in the rankings, though; the only thing below them last week was Ichinose Family, which seems to be moving towards a conclusion. Huh, I thought Ichinose was doing better than that, but that does explain some things about the direction the story's taken. quote:I have mixed-to-negative feelings about the new series. Kill Blue has written itself into an uncomfortable corner in the long run, but for now it mostly works as a silly villain-of-the-week series. Nue's Exorcist is a pretty bland harem shenanigans/urban monster hunting manga; the school setting makes it even less interesting than Tokyo Demon Bride. Do Retry is also pretty generic; the closest thing it has to a distinctive gimmick is the late-40s setting, which is mostly just a convenient generator of tragic backstories. I think Kill Blue will be fine, because if nothing else the manga's made it a constant point to remind us that the MC is a middle-aged man who is not interested in being in any sort of relationship with the teenage girl (who's already had bad experiences with adult men hitting on her) beyond protecting her. It's not impossible that things could change, but barring something like some sort of identity death of the MC, I think the manga's laid its cards on the table as far as that goes. But as far as the other new series, I agree. They're not bad, but they're fairly generic shonen. Tbh, Tenmaku Cinema's turning into something very interesting, and it might end up becoming my favorite out of the new series if it keeps it up. It's really surprising just because of how bland its first chapter was
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