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a kitten posted:Oh cool, i had no idea they had it as well. I got all mine on Viz. Oh snap I didn't know there was an anime... I'll probably watch it once I'm done reading. (otherwise I get ADD and never finish reading)
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And another chapter of Bokura no Hentai http://kissmanga.com/Manga/Bokura-no-Hentai/Vol-003-Ch-027--Grey-Man?id=222747 Errr... 
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Mar 7, 2015 19:12
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Mar 7, 2015 19:15
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Thanks to my instant manga amnesia (and the rather large gap between chapters) I'd completely forgotten about that aspect of Parou's back story. I'm all for 'sempai' taking an accidental tumble out of a closed window next chapter.
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Mar 7, 2015 19:28
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I wish I had instant manga amnesia (I probably used it all up for my trashy love of Type Moon stuff).
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Mar 7, 2015 22:50
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I tend to speed read stuff and not really take things in, especially if it's action heavy, so I often have to read things a couple of times before I'll actually start remembering what's going on between chapters.
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Mar 7, 2015 22:52
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Sakurazuka posted:Thanks to my instant manga amnesia (and the rather large gap between chapters) I'd completely forgotten about that aspect of Parou's back story. I'm all for 'sempai' taking an accidental tumble out of a closed window next chapter. When I skimmed this chapter in the volume I got the wrong impression, I'm actually really pleased by how the author avoids trivial drama and addresses serious stuff and backstory instead.
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Mar 8, 2015 07:54
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 I see that Nakahara Aya's meat obsession goes back a lot farther than I thought. Junjou Drop is perfect, and I'm completely baffled as to why I haven't discovered it sooner.    Thread, please recommend me all of the good delinquent/comedy shoujo manga. I've already read a lot of them like Oresama Teacher, but I may have missed a series or two. I have a lot of time to kill since I'm on break. Short series or oneshots are fine with me!
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Mar 8, 2015 20:42
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Gokusen is pretty great if you haven't read that.
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Mar 8, 2015 22:06
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ahhhh just read Hana to Rakurai and the backstory with the teacher just wrecked me. Then the mood was broken when I had to go outside and shake a possum out of the trash.
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Mar 9, 2015 01:08
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Everything Burrito posted:ahhhh just read Hana to Rakurai and the backstory with the teacher just wrecked me. Then the mood was broken when I had to go outside and shake a possum out of the trash. Aw, such a bittersweet story - thanks for the rec. Hope you and your possom bush are okay though. (I also am following the Demon Prince of Momochi House - it's pleasant enough so far.) The latest chapter of Last Game is out. If they go any slower/be any more dense I am giving up - please do not just have them sitting in a room blushing on separate ends of a couch for the entirety of the next chapter.
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Mar 9, 2015 07:39
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pandabear posted:The latest chapter of Last Game is out. I like Last Game. It makes me feel feelings. That said, I feel you, friend. OTOH, it's all cute enough that personally am not going to be giving up on it any time soon. I think it might be my favorite ongoing shoujo now that Taiyou no Ie has ended, although it's too late for me to think of more than a handful of others that I'm following.
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Mar 9, 2015 09:28
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Please Love the Useless Me got another chapter! Ore Monogatari is probably the other prominent shoujo that I follow that's not Last Game, though there's probably a bunch of sporadically updated ones like Kimi Ni Todoke that I also follow.
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Mar 9, 2015 11:30
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Allarion posted:Please Love the Useless Me got another chapter! Ore Monogatari is probably the other prominent shoujo that I follow that's not Last Game, though there's probably a bunch of sporadically updated ones like Kimi Ni Todoke that I also follow. There has to be a better way to adapt that title.
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Mar 9, 2015 11:47
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'Please Love My Useless Self' would at least parse better.
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Mar 9, 2015 11:57
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"Please Love the Useless Meat-I Mean Me" would be more appropriate.
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Mar 9, 2015 12:32
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Since IIRC Horimiya and Inari Kon Kon are shounen and seinen respectively I think the only shoujo I'm keeping up with at the moment is KnT and kinda sorta My Love Story once I get around to buying the volume I'm missing.
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Mar 9, 2015 12:52
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I usually read a ton of lesser known shoujo series, so I often forget what's prominent or not.  I'm pretty sure Yona of the Dawn and Akagami no Shirayukihime count though.
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I think it would be refreshing if she wound up actually sticking with this guy and he didn't have an ulterior motive or anything. That would be the most shocking plot twist for a shojo manga, that a genuinely good guy shows up, manages to woo the heroine, and she sticks with him instead of the seemingly set up romance initially with a slightly weird first guy. Ain't gonna happen though, they are doomed
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Mar 9, 2015 21:46
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I'm suspicious of the guy and just waiting for it all to blow up in her face.  Maybe I'm missing some of the cultural context since all that manga I've read  tells me that people apparently still get married through arrangement and while barely knowing each other, but it seems very weird and fishy for someone to jump straight into marriage talk that quickly which is just screaming some sort of ulterior motive on his part to me.
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Mar 10, 2015 02:00
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I think he is just great and it will lead to some real growth on everyone's part as the love triangle sorts itself out.   who am i kidding, she's doomed.
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Mar 10, 2015 02:07
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Nondevor posted:I usually read a ton of lesser known shoujo series, so I often forget what's prominent or not. I just read through all of Yona of the Dawn and I really like it. I like that it's an adventure series that still feels super shoujo, like all the best parts of Fushigi Yuugi did.
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Mar 10, 2015 02:19
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The anime is great and adds a lot of little extra details (ex. everything with Ao). I highly recommend it!
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Mar 10, 2015 02:22
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Baron Snow posted:I just read through all of Yona of the Dawn and I really like it. I like that it's an adventure series that still feels super shoujo, like all the best parts of Fushigi Yuugi did. Super shoujo in what ways? Because FY is notorious for being super shoujo in really bad ways.
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Yay, Amazon finally tracked down a copy of Kamisama Kiss vol. 7 which was out of stock when I ordered it! I was kinda behind on the anime and got caught up over the weekend then watched the new ep tonight, and had forgotten how much Nanami really comes into her own during the Mt. Kurama stuff. I'm holding off to read Yona until after the anime; probably not going to hold out for season 2 if it gets one though because I've been wanting to get started on it pretty bad. I've let watching it slide long enough at this point I'm just going to marathon the last 1/4 as soon as it's done and pick up the manga wherever it stops. Everything Burrito fucked around with this message at 02:42 on Mar 10, 2015 |
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Mar 10, 2015 02:29
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I like Yona of the Dawn because people actually take the female character seriously (and so does the author) without making her the McGuffin for two or more dudes to fight over. Her character development has been interesting.
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Darth Walrus posted:Super shoujo in what ways? Because FY is notorious for being super shoujo in really bad ways. Super shoujo in that all the guys are dreamy. Hak is the dreamiest out of all of them though It's good. Honestly, I've been letting the episodes pile up for the show for me to marathon them all at once.
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Darth Walrus posted:Super shoujo in what ways? Because FY is notorious for being super shoujo in really bad ways. Pastrymancy posted:I like Yona of the Dawn because people actually take the female character seriously (and so does the author) without making her the McGuffin for two or more dudes to fight over. Her character development has been interesting. This is a major factor of it. In the better the FY category, she's a female lead who's not content to stand back while others are fighting. More important for me is that most of the stories focus on character growth as a whole. As an example, one side character gets a story arc where he stops being an immature poo poo and ends up becoming a leader who can be respected. Even villains are shown as human beings not just being evil for the sake of it.
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Mar 10, 2015 02:57
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I should probably try Yona of the Dawn sometime since it's the same writer as NG Life which I liked. It was also a pretty different take on the reincarnation angle.
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Mar 10, 2015 03:04
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Yona is like FY except that it's good.
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Mar 10, 2015 03:13
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The Devil Tesla posted:Yona is like FY except that it's good. That's what I say about Red River (what I've read of it, at least). I dropped Yona after a few episodes because it seemed like the first half of your sentence.
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Kamisama Kiss is so great, I'm only watching the anime though to I guess I've only got like three episodes left before I'll have to start on the manga. Heroine trapped in the basement while the bad guy monologues at her? No waiting around to be rescued, have a barrier against evil in your face.
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Read the first volume of Yona. It's not bad. Has a lot of stock shoujo cliches, but the plot's interesting enough and the characters are fairly likeable that'll I'll probably keep going with it.
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Speaking of FY, I believe the first chapter of the Byakko story was released; still too early to tell how it's gonna go and the main heroine hasn't even shown up yet. Man it was full of misery though.
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Leave FY in the 90's, where it belongs. Also the garbage.
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Yes_Cantaloupe posted:That's what I say about Red River (what I've read of it, at least). I dropped Yona after a few episodes because it seemed like the first half of your sentence. red river is really good
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7c Nickel posted:Gokusen is pretty great if you haven't read that. I'm currently in the middle of reading this and I love it to bits. Yankumi is one huge reason for that - she's hilarious. Her idiotic optimism is pretty contagious, and it's led to some really heartwarming moments so far. She's the best (along with her entire family). This totally filled my delinquent quota with a nice mix of Yakuza-style violence and comedy. I wasn't expecting anything like the josei version of GTO, but that's what I certainly got! With series like this and Red River, I think the blood and violence quotas have been fulfilled.
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Everything Burrito posted:I'm suspicious of the guy and just waiting for it all to blow up in her face. As I understand it, it is indeed a cultural difference. "I'd like to date you with the possibility of marriage in mind" is basically just a confession, and it's understood that after accepting the two people are now in an official/serious relationship that is leading towards marriage. It's a logical end goal, and using "the m-word" does not imply major commitment or that someone is moving way too fast the way it generally does in our culture. Disclaimer: This is something I read, somewhere, and I don't know if it's at all true. It makes a certain amount of sense to me though, considering how much relationship drama in manga and anime, particularly in high school romances, revolves around the confession.
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I dunno, Japan has lots of different cultural stuff involving marriage, a friend of mine who lives there now basically met his wife on a website for woman of a certain age who wanted to get married as soon as. They like went on a couple of dates to see how they got on and were pretty much married a year later, it was super weird.
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