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Stealth Symphony (Author: Narita Ryohgo known by Baccano!/Durarara!!) Pretty good new Shounen Jump series. I especially liked the setting as it reminded me of Shadowrun via having lots of different races, advanced cyber technology and everyone doing short contract jobs. Seems like it might end soon due to low ratings though. MrCinos fucked around with this message at 20:00 on Jun 5, 2014 |
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Bakanogami posted:Majime na Jikan This was sweet, I liked it. Though I thought it ended on a bit of a weird note, shifting to the other guy and leaving Kazusa sort of in limbo. Oh well.
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I really hope Stealth Symphony doesn't get canned because my god it is so good.
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Jun 6, 2014 04:01
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Well if you like it you should probably support it by paying for the legal translation instead of reading that awful scanlation. http://shonenjump.viz.com
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Jun 6, 2014 04:15
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Punctuation "marks" around random "words"? Definitely Narita.
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Gundam: The Origin  I thought about posting something from a fight scene, but I'm enjoying the out-of-suit stuff more. It's a really faithful adaptation (to the movie versions), but I feel like they're giving the Zeon commanders a lot more weight.
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Jun 6, 2014 05:40
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Bakanogami posted:
This is an interesting series, I wonder if the artist was an assistant to Khota Hirano. Though it's got that same cliche that that Vampire Bund manga had where there's an old person in the body of a scantily clad young girl which is weird. Goddamn manga fetishes. I can't recommend it to anybody into western comics who hasn't also read a lot of manga because of that. Ccs fucked around with this message at 06:24 on Jun 6, 2014 |
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Jun 6, 2014 05:54
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So if I'm reading this right, mustache guy grabs blanket guy's dick. Is that right?
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Jun 6, 2014 07:13
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Kramjacks posted:So if I'm reading this right, mustache guy grabs blanket guy's dick. Is that right? I think that was intentional, but he's actually just revealing Amuro's gun in his waistband. There's romantic tension there between Ramba Ral, his wife and Amuro, but Mobile Suit Gundam was a kid's show, so it's definitely not that explicit. I do think they've been playing up the Yaoi pairings a bit in Origin, though. It's been a while since I've seen the show, but I don't remember there being so many scenes with Char and Garma hanging out without shirts on.
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Jun 6, 2014 07:22
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coathat posted:Well if you like it you should probably support it by paying for the legal translation instead of reading that awful scanlation. http://shonenjump.viz.com Huh, I didn't even know it was in there...I should really put that subscription to more use than just One Punch Man.
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Jun 6, 2014 14:55
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Keyman has a fantastic style but like you said it's really hard to recommend due to being really creepy whenever a woman is on panel, and that's a shame because t-rex cop fuckin' rules.
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Jun 6, 2014 16:05
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Yeah all the beastmen look awesome. Reminds me of Blacksad kinda.
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Jun 7, 2014 03:56
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MrCinos posted:Shibatora (15 volumes) How come the drug addict father is referenced as "stimulant-drugged father"? Why isn't it said he uses some specific drug like heroin or cocaine or something?
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Jun 7, 2014 19:58
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ManOfTheYear posted:How come the drug addict father is referenced as "stimulant-drugged father"? Why isn't it said he uses some specific drug like heroin or cocaine or something?
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Jun 7, 2014 20:25
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tonberrytoby posted:Because if you talk about "stimulants" in Japan it is implied that you are talking about Meth. Huh, okay. It would be interesting to know more about Japan and drugs though, I read Jake Adelstein's book Tokyo Vice last year and it didn't have anything about drugs in it. I'd like to read some actually good police manga, Shibatora is a bit meh for me, it's unrealistic drama in a pretty melodramatic way. Humors a bit forced too, as people have already mentioned in this thread.
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Japan is pretty weird when it comes to drugs. Smoking pot is like being a crack head. But "stimulants" can just be seen as something that helps you put in that extra 12 hour shift at the office.
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ManOfTheYear posted:Huh, okay. It would be interesting to know more about Japan and drugs though, I read Jake Adelstein's book Tokyo Vice last year and it didn't have anything about drugs in it. How about Mad Bull 34  
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Jun 8, 2014 04:06
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There is something wrong with that man.
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Jun 8, 2014 18:35
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If you like Madbull you should really check out the OVA, it rules and has an extremely fitting dub. Pretty sure you can find it all on youtube.
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Jun 8, 2014 19:09
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Police manga? Try Jiraishin.  It's very 90s and fairly NSFW. Ran from '92-'99, complete at 19 volumes and has a 3 volume sequel for all your lone-wolf cop manga needs.
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Jun 8, 2014 19:43
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Ibram Gaunt posted:If you like Madbull you should really check out the OVA, it rules and has an extremely fitting dub. Pretty sure you can find it all on youtube. Chip and Ironicus took a look at it as part of the Anime Theater way back
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Everything Burrito posted:Police manga? Try Jiraishin. Really good, especially the later arcs. The art gets amazing as well.
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Ibram Gaunt posted:If you like Madbull you should really check out the OVA, it rules and has an extremely fitting dub. Pretty sure you can find it all on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJkXnJU8SPE NSFW, incidentally.
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Sen to Man is a comedy about a single not-exactly-the-world's-best dad raising his 6th grade daughter. But he tries, drat it! And also trolls her a bit, as is a parent's right, and she trolls him, as is a kid's right.
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Good stuff. I'm always a sucker for single dad manga, and this one does a decent job of portraying a single parent-child relationship in a more realistic, less saccharine way.
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 Fushigi Na Shounen A bittersweet, episodic manga about an all-powerful boy's observations of humanity across time.
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chumbler posted:Sen to Man is a comedy about a single not-exactly-the-world's-best dad raising his 6th grade daughter. But he tries, drat it! And also trolls her a bit, as is a parent's right, and she trolls him, as is a kid's right. This was a really fun read. It kind of reminds me of Yotsubato only with a daughter a few years older and less silly. coathat posted:Well if you like it you should probably support it by paying for the legal translation instead of reading that awful scanlation. http://shonenjump.viz.com This too, there's just so much creativity in the characters here. If this is in Jump I hope it goes on for a long run there. To add some content, I also read Karakasa no Saien, short series about a guy running from his psychotic murderer stalker/girlfriend and winding up at a remote inn run by a god and a witch who aren't much more sane.  After a few chapters either the writing or the translation goes a little shifty, and there are some gory bits, but I still kind of enjoyed it overall.
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Ryuushika Ryuushika, Yoshitoshi ABe's take on a Yotsuba-like character.
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Nate RFB posted:Ryuushika Ryuushika, Yoshitoshi ABe's take on a Yotsuba-like character. I loooove this, a bit more than Yotsuba&, in fact. It's basically the same as Yotsuba& but it's got an extra edge of slight craziness/surrealness that makes it really fun to read.
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Shishunki Bitter Change - Boy and girl swap bodies. It's basically a sort of slice of life with a bit of a melancholy feeling due to the fact the switch happens in elementary school and they realize they're probably stuck for the forseeable future when it continues into middle school. The only bad part is the translators adding lovely /a/-tier edgy joke pages to the end of each chapter. 
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Suben posted:Shishunki Bitter Change - Boy and girl swap bodies. It's basically a sort of slice of life with a bit of a melancholy feeling due to the fact the switch happens in elementary school and they realize they're probably stuck for the forseeable future when it continues into middle school. I read this a little while back. A nice new drawn-out take on a tired cliche.
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Azumi Kigurumi Boueitai  Mob Psycho 100, by ONE 
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Yup, that sure is a Lily Hoshino manga.
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Latest things I've been reading: Ore to Hero to Mahou Shoujo Manly dude gets a thing to transform him into a Kamen Rider-style hero, it turns him into a cute little magical girl instead. Somewhat mediocre, but I just loved these pages for some reason.    Oddman 11 Linked because it has some light nudity:  http://i.imgur.com/lac5y9z.jpgOne of Dowman Sayman's series, it's basically a genderswapped version of Scott Pilgrim vs the World, with a girl trying to defeat all of a guy's weird exes. It's got some adult humor, but I like the comedic side of it. Nanika Mochigattemasu ka From the guy who made Bokurano and Narutaru, guy with a low level superpower he's not very good with meets another guy who's a sociopath in the same vein as Light from Death Note. Here he explains phase one of his master plan:  Suashi no Meteorite  The plot kind of meanders and it's not very good when it's serious, but it's pretty good when it decides to be silly. Aho Girl  Same mangaka as Mangaka-san to Assisstant-san to, 4koma series about a girl who's basically too stupid to function and her childhood friend.
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Aho girl got a lot less funny once I realized she wasn't just comically stupid, but rather mentally handicapped. Then it just became a bunch of people being mean to a retarded girl.
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 This is my pick for Chaosic Rune, which I started reading through this thread. I this particular page really sums the whole thing up, it's full of ridiculous moments like this. Those bikes are both monsters.
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Serious Frolicking posted:Aho girl got a lot less funny once I realized she wasn't just comically stupid, but rather mentally handicapped. Then it just became a bunch of people being mean to a retarded girl. Isn't that Manga Assistant series the one where he's constantly sexually harassing her too? Seems like the author's just a piece of poo poo in that case
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Bakanogami posted:Nanika Mochigattemasu ka This series is several years old, I wonder why the translations suddenly dropped so early.
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Bakanogami posted:
Yep, that sure is a Dowman Sayman series, alright.
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Shokugeki no Soma A surprisingly well written cooking manga about an elite high school that basically runs on Iron Chef competitions.  
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