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Everyone should just start reading RRR. Its nice reading something where the characters might have a chance at actual development
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RRR is a good manga with a lot of heart, even if I'm not entirely sure where it is headed.
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Jun 13, 2011 23:23
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Jose posted:Everyone should just start reading RRR. Its nice reading something where the characters might have a chance at actual development How about Tough? Sure the main character is somewhat of a Mary Sue, but at least the fights don't stretch into 5 chapter staring matches.
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Jun 14, 2011 07:21
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I keep up with that, but its more MMA and is slightly over that line of realistic that I feel it should more go in the seinen thread. That and the first 42 volume series only has like 13 volumes scanned so you have to skip massive amounts.
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Jun 14, 2011 12:22
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I just imagined that morikawa's editors told him to start wrapping up the series. He accomplished it by having Martinez retire, and a tournament at the world level to crown the new champion. Fights that would occur are: Miyata v Sendo Ippo v Vorg 2 Ippo v miyata in the finals What other fights do you think there should be?
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Jun 14, 2011 13:03
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Takamura has some title fights that aren't complete gimmicks. Hawk and Eagle were some of the high points of the series.
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Jun 14, 2011 13:34
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Is there a list anywhere of all of the good fights and what chapters they're covered by?
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Jun 14, 2011 14:16
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Soth posted:How about Tough? Sure the main character is somewhat of a Mary Sue, but at least the fights don't stretch into 5 chapter staring matches.
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I love Tough. It's like a slightly more realistic Baki but without the somewhat unsettling art. My favorite part of the current arc is that it's not enough that that guy was just raised by monkeys, oh no. He also needs chameleon eyes for no apparent reason. Sindai fucked around with this message at 05:29 on Jun 15, 2011 |
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Jun 15, 2011 05:26
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Sindai posted:I love Tough. It's like a slightly more realistic Baki but without the INCREDIBLY HOMOEROTIC art. Agreed, it's a fun, somewhat grounder series. Whereas Baki went rapidly into  territory.
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Jun 15, 2011 13:42
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Hey, want a good fighting manga that's incredibly depressing? Try Shamo. Smart kid cracks under pressure and murders his parents, gets sent to jail-like juvie reform school, has exactly the quality of experience you would expect there, learns martial arts from old crazy guy, then the series follows the incredibly lovely trajectory his life takes as he becomes obsessed with fighting. It's okay though because nobody else gets a good ending either.
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Jun 19, 2011 07:35
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Fabricated posted:Hey, want a good fighting manga that's incredibly depressing? Yeah, except Shamo ends half way through a story arc and is never coming back. So be prepared for that dissapointment. Still great, though!
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Jun 19, 2011 08:41
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You can also go read Holyland. That's pretty good, if slow to update.
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Jun 19, 2011 09:28
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shamo was alright then it sort of went off the deep end. So... not really a great replacement for ippo all told.
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Jun 19, 2011 12:04
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New chapter out.
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Jun 19, 2011 12:10
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It's a good comic again! We'll see how long this lasts.
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Jun 19, 2011 15:45
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This chapter just proves that this manga had reached the point where it is better at doing gags while talking about boxing rather than actual boxing. And honestly, if it just stuck with the former and continued doing it well, I wouldn't mind.
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Jun 19, 2011 16:58
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Unlike some of the other aspects of the manga, I think the humour has always been pretty good and hasn't declined at all during the years.
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Jun 19, 2011 17:04
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Hortism posted:Unlike some of the other aspects of the manga, I think the humour has always been pretty good and hasn't declined at all during the years. Who wouldn't enjoy this manga if it had more penis jokes and Takamura pooping out bugs 
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Jun 19, 2011 17:36
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Holy poo poo, Kamogawa's face was PERFECT. I laughed alot too during this chapter, hopefully the Takamura match will make up for the weeks of lovely training and buildup chapters, but I really doubt it. Takamura doesn't really have "good" fights unless they are built up beforehand.
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Jun 19, 2011 19:43
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Goddamn; at the risk of overplaying this joke, I think I know how a battered wife feels like right now. Chapters and chapters of treating your readers like poo poo, then you come out with one chapter that made me laugh out loud. 'He's not all that bad, I mean, look at this one chapter!' Whatever. I'm gonna relish this laugh out loud chapter, and keep on hoping this manga keeps pulling up from the nosedive that it's been in.
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Jun 19, 2011 21:15
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okay this once again proves that this manga is much better every time Takamura is more directly involved.
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Jun 19, 2011 23:27
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ilifin posted:okay this once again proves that this manga is much better every time Takamura is more directly involved. Except for during his last match, when he forgot how to box for no particular reason. lovely, lovely fight
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Jun 19, 2011 23:39
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I think our husband just brought home some flowers and chocolates. He'll be different from now on right? It'll be like this always forever and ever?
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Jun 19, 2011 23:40
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Heh, maybe this time he'll have a bamboo punch or an endangered counter instead of a beetle uppercut.
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tazman posted:I think our husband just brought home some flowers and chocolates. He'll be different from now on right? It'll be like this always forever and ever? He even made a joke about how long and drawn out the fight was. Like he's not going to do it again or something.
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Jun 20, 2011 02:07
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tazman posted:I think our husband just brought home some flowers and chocolates. He'll be different from now on right? It'll be like this always forever and ever? Ohhh Morikawa-san, you shouldn't have bothered 
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Jun 20, 2011 03:08
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It will only last until next chapter, when Morikawa stumbles in late at night, drunk and angry. Please, George. Not in front of the children.
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Not impressed by this chapter and I'm not sure why people would be. If this is as good as it gets, this ain't good.
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Jun 20, 2011 04:00
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It's good because instead of Ippo brooding for 20 chapters about how he doesn't know how to box anymore, he got told he did the right thing and to never do it again, and then amazingly Takamura actually left locker room. It was amazing because more than 1 thing happened in a chapter.
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Sir Lucius posted:It's good because instead of Ippo brooding for 20 chapters about how he doesn't know how to box anymore, he got told he did the right thing and to never do it again, and then amazingly Takamura actually left locker room. It was amazing because more than 1 thing happened in a chapter. That's only good in comparison. It was, on any other scale, absolutely terrible.
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Ask Me For Warez posted:Yeah, except Shamo ends half way through a story arc and is never coming back. So be prepared for that dissapointment. Still great, though! Holy crap Shamo is amazing. Ryo is what I imagine The Boss from Saints Row would be like, all psychotic and amazingly villainous. Ippo: I feel bad because I did not really box today, I just hit a guy I was mad at. Ryo: I wanna fight this guy. I'm gonna rape his girlfriend to egg him on.
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BOrangeFury posted:Holy crap Shamo is amazing. Ryo is what I imagine The Boss from Saints Row would be like, all psychotic and amazingly villainous. I kinda want to turn this thread into a Shamo reminiscing party. Since we will never find out what happens in the Grand Cross Tournament (I was hoping for Ryo to completely and utterly crush Toma since dancing DOES NOT EQUAL fighting) Except for a crappy mystical Kung Fu arc in China, Shamo really was an awesome example of a semi-realistic fighting manga. Ippo: "I must get stronger for my next fight by hammering logs into a hillside." Ryo: "I must get stronger for my next fight by TAKING STEROIDS."  Anyway, lets get back to Ippo. Lets hope this fight gives him the motivation to move onto the World Stage. There's nothing left to do in Japan when you can one shot a guy two weight classes above you.  "But its not boxing!" p.s. Best fight would be between Ryo and Ippo. Ryo immediately disqualifies himself by kicking Ippo in his comically large penis.
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Secret Machine posted:
Ahahhahahahaa, while we're at it we can also hope Ippo finally gets to first base with Kumi. Or that the author and artist of Shamo reach an agreement and continue the series. Edit: What will happen first? Ippo facing the World or Guts reaching Elf Island? trucutru fucked around with this message at 15:14 on Jun 20, 2011 |
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trucutru posted:Ahahhahahahaa, while we're at it we can also hope Ippo finally gets to first base with Kumi. Or that the author and artist of Shamo reach an agreement and continue the series. Well, Berserk is actually moving forward. It is just doing so at an incredibly glacial pace. Ippo shows no signs of ever moving on right now.
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trucutru posted:Or that the author and artist of Shamo reach an agreement and continue the series. I just got up to the ballet dancer. Christ Ryo, just tear the contents of his dance-belt off him and be done with it. Oh, and Ippo needs to smash people in the face more.
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Hey, you know the latest chapter of Ippo that some people are claiming is legitimately good? Still a piece of poo poo compared to RRR- http://www.mangafox.com/manga/rrr/v02/c011/1.html. Saying a chapter is good for HnI is damning it with faint praise.
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Serious Frolicking posted:Hey, you know the latest chapter of Ippo that some people are claiming is legitimately good? Still a piece of poo poo compared to RRR- http://www.mangafox.com/manga/rrr/v02/c011/1.html. Saying a chapter is good for HnI is damning it with faint praise. RRR is so loving good. Is it currently running in Japan? Or is it done already?
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trucutru posted:Ahahhahahahaa, while we're at it we can also hope Ippo finally gets to first base with Kumi. Or that the author and artist of Shamo reach an agreement and continue the series. A man's dreams will never die!  RRR is pretty good, I look forward to new chapters. Is the next Takamura fight going to be a joke match or what?
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