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youcallthatatwist posted:So, can I get something off my chest? Same, honestly. This whole thing would be much better read in one go than drip-fed over half a year. I'm so bored.
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youcallthatatwist posted:So, can I get something off my chest? Hey man, it's all good. People ain't gonna eat you for having a different opinion unless they're huge jerks. I see where you're coming from but I feel, like I mentioned before, that this is a problem with webcomics as a medium in general. If I read this with the Hitball rules still fresh in my mind I would probably understand it more. As for the shounen... yeah, I can't blame you for that either. It really is going all out, and if you're not a fan of the genre you're in for a bad time. Sorry.
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Oct 20, 2015 15:23
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youcallthatatwist posted:- Stuff - Don't worry, I've usually fallen into habits of losing track of the comic and then coming back to it later. Maybe you should just take a break for a few months and then come back to see where the comic is then, it might end up being better.
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Oct 20, 2015 15:53
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I have to agree, honestly. I love Paranatural, but this Hitball segment is so convoluted and drawn out that it makes it really hard to follow what's happening. I hope it's done soon.
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Oct 20, 2015 15:58
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And again, there's still some deal where they have to go to a bar or coffee shop or something according to the title page plus actually get to the teachers lounge
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Oct 20, 2015 16:04
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Also this whole hitball is all so Jeff ends in detention and hijack moves on to his intended target. Like it's not even the C-Plot. - Jeff isn't himself - The gang realizes this Which leads to - Jeff in detention (?) - The gang tells spender, the chase begins (chapter intro) Spending half a year just for the first two points is getting ridiculous.
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Oct 20, 2015 16:24
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I'm fine with it
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Oct 20, 2015 16:39
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Hitball is this comic's best arc thus far
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Oct 20, 2015 16:40
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Hitball is life
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Oct 20, 2015 16:42
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More like... Shillball
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Oct 20, 2015 16:44
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Spending half a year just for the first two points is getting ridiculous. It's not just for those two points. It's also to have some high stakes, high impact gym class action!
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Oct 20, 2015 16:55
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paradoxGentleman posted:dimitri you cant have a chess piece thread the needle between the pawn line and backguard what idiot taught you chess Sun Tzu, apparently.
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Oct 20, 2015 17:01
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I rather still be in the train tbqh
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Oct 20, 2015 17:03
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youcallthatatwist posted:So, can I get something off my chest? conversely i feel that paranatural has seen on a stark upswing in every department and will probably continue to own bones for the foreseeable future. i don't know what you consider "humor" or "jokes" because the comedy's still top-notch. how can you look at floating cool kid or double crying phoenix or the Newzy with Suzy or sun tzu thumbs up hyperchess and disagree
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Oct 20, 2015 17:04
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also laughing at everyone wanting to get to the fireworks factory when this has been the most interaction and character development between the cast we've ever seen and it's all gold
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Oct 20, 2015 17:07
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I'm still cool with it. But then again, I'm still reading the comic in monthly segments.
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Oct 20, 2015 17:09
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Basically this is the fireworks factory
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Oct 20, 2015 17:15
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oddium posted:conversely i feel that paranatural has seen on a stark upswing in every department and will probably continue to own bones for the foreseeable future. i don't know what you consider "humor" or "jokes" because the comedy's still top-notch. how can you look at floating cool kid or double crying phoenix or the Newzy with Suzy or sun tzu thumbs up hyperchess and disagree Okay it probably was dumb to imply that the comic isn't funny anymore, because it is. The difference, I guess, is that as opposed to the madcap insanity of early Paranatural, recently every joke has been bookended by two pages of anime monologues. In general, I think that Zack is much better at writing silly scenes than at writing ~SERIOUS EXPOSITION~. See: Spender and Forge's dumb speeches that become really clunky once they stop being played as jokes.
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oddium posted:also laughing at everyone wanting to get to the fireworks factory when this has been the most interaction and character development between the cast we've ever seen and it's all gold Right? Especially in terms of the non-Activity Club characters like Cody and Dmitri.
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oddium posted:also laughing at everyone wanting to get to the fireworks factory when this has been the most interaction and character development between the cast we've ever seen and it's all gold Hitball being practically meaningless is actually good, because it becomes a vehicle for just that. The journey is the point, not the destination, my friends.
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Oct 20, 2015 20:13
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The fun thing about webcomics is that when you think "man this would be a lot better to read in one go instead of reading serially" is you can just shelve it for a while and it'll catch up to your expectation eventually
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Oct 20, 2015 20:20
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flatluigi posted:The fun thing about webcomics is that when you think "man this would be a lot better to read in one go instead of reading serially" is you can just shelve it for a while and it'll catch up to your expectation eventually But then you start jonesin' and suddenly you're all caught up and oh god damnit, I only "shelved" it for two updates? gently caress.
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Oct 20, 2015 21:14
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The best chapter was three, in my opinion, but I don't super-mind this, but it is straight up Shonen as opposed to something that feels positively madcap like Chapter Three was. There is no allusion to "avant garde bullying," it's just a straight up homage to Greed Island and a trillion basketball mangas. I also miss the messier art, but that's probably just me.
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Probably Magic posted:I also miss the messier art, but that's probably just me. It did have a certain charm.
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Oct 21, 2015 03:09
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If you want to make an homage to a shounen battle scene you could do a lot worse than Razer and Greed Island.
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AnonSpore posted:If you want to make an homage to a shounen battle scene you could do a lot worse than Razer and Greed Island. We even have the antagonist and protagonist teaming up!
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Probably Magic posted:We even have the antagonist and protagonist teaming up! Well we all know Johnny is Vegeta, but who is Max? Best I can guess is future Trunks, which kinda fits in a weird way. Hijack is Baby, this isn't looking good for Johnny.
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flatluigi posted:The fun thing about webcomics is that when you think "man this would be a lot better to read in one go instead of reading serially" is you can just shelve it for a while and it'll catch up to your expectation eventually Yeah like seriously. Sorry it's not moving faster for some of you, but it's a webcomic. Come back and read it later. Once the chapter is done when you go back and read it, the pacing is gonna be fine. People had a similar complaint during the chapter of Gunnerkrigg Court where each page was a different era showing Jones' history. And it went on for weeks and it was really slow, but when you read it as one big chunk the pacing fine.
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pik_d posted:Hijack is Baby, this isn't looking good for Johnny.
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youcallthatatwist posted:So, can I get something off my chest? I kind of agree. I feel like the whole "Paranatural is SO ANIME HAHA" thing has been run into the ground and now it's just...trite? I don't know. The humor has been sucked out of it for me and now it's just tiresome. 
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There are still non-anime jokes in the fight (look at poor Ed pouring his heart out to Dmitri who's completely ignoring him) and that fight looks like it's winding up to its end.
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I'm honestly just getting a bit exhausted at this point, and I think I would be even if I was reading it in one sitting. There's plenty of interesting stuff happening, but it's just... too much, I think? The repeated "maybe THIS will work!" failures make it tough to believe we're approaching the end-game even now, and I desperately want it to be over. I am no longer hype for hitball.
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Oct 22, 2015 17:40
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I will be hype for hitball in your stead, friend.
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i feel the comic strip I have three pages of posts on has been run into the ground, now
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oddium posted:conversely i feel that paranatural has seen on a stark upswing in every department and will probably continue to own bones for the foreseeable future. i don't know what you consider "humor" or "jokes" because the comedy's still top-notch. how can you look at floating cool kid or double crying phoenix or the Newzy with Suzy or sun tzu thumbs up hyperchess and disagree The problem isn't the story Zack is telling but the format he's telling it in. We're this a weekly 20+ page manga there wouldn't be any issues. In fact, compared to many shonnen manga this is pretty damned efficient storrytelling. But at 1-2 pages a week the action scenes have the effect of slowing down time rather than speeding it up which can be aggravating if you're trying to follow things in real time.
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hmm sounds like you need to release yourself from insatiable want for more, my friend. achieve Right Mind
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I preferred the webcomic when it was less anime and had more goofy spirits. I appreciate this may anger some of you.
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