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Hypocrisy posted:It all feels super weird and unsettling because the mom isn't doing anything too weird and yet there is a tension. It's remarkably uncomfortable to read. I will be very surprised if the protagonist's crush doesn't either get murdered or become subject to a murder attempt if she visits their house. I think part of what makes it so uncomfortable is that the protagonist still just a kid and doesn't really have any way to avoid his mom. He's stuck with her even if she's crazy.
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You guys are talking about Imperial Guards, which IMO was a really good series, kinda wanted more but it was good. It's a lot less...historical than Golden Kamui though, since it's like Not-Japan versus Not-Russia & also Giant Sabretooth Tigers. I believe the same guy who did this does Shut Hell. http://kissmanga.com/Manga/Koukoku-no-Shugosha I'm liking A Trail of Blood well enough, this mangaka's series can be pretty up & down in quality but they at least usually feel unique and creepy and that's more than most manga.
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Punkin Spunkin posted:You guys are talking about Imperial Guards, which IMO was a really good series, kinda wanted more but it was good. It's a lot less...historical than Golden Kamui though, since it's like Not-Japan versus Not-Russia & also Giant Sabretooth Tigers. I believe the same guy who did this does Shut Hell. Same artist, but the writer passed away a few months back. 
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Punkin Spunkin posted:I'm liking A Trail of Blood well enough, this mangaka's series can be pretty up & down in quality but they at least usually feel unique and creepy and that's more than most manga. Speaking of Shuzo Oshimi, I heard that Iniside Mari apparently ends up with Mari having multiple personalities or something? I read some of it and didn't reach that point, but if so that's disappointing. One of my least favorite tropes is when that particular type of MPD/DID (which, as frequently portrayed, is controversial at best scientifically) is portrayed like a real thing. I would rather there just be a flat-out supernatural explanation. How is Aku no Hana? Does it suffer from an unsatisfying ending? darkgray posted:Same artist, but the writer passed away a few months back. Does Shut Hell have a different writer? Because I remember really enjoying it.
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Ytlaya posted:Speaking of Shuzo Oshimi, I heard that Iniside Mari apparently ends up with Mari having multiple personalities or something? I read some of it and didn't reach that point, but if so that's disappointing. One of my least favorite tropes is when that particular type of MPD/DID (which, as frequently portrayed, is controversial at best scientifically) is portrayed like a real thing. I would rather there just be a flat-out supernatural explanation.
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So I read Aku no Hana. I actually liked the ending. It's not that common that teenagers in manga actually grow up and meet new people and change. I would have liked to have known more about what ended up happening to Nakamura, though, since all that's really revealed is "she worked at her mom's shop and I guess maybe became well adjusted?" It's also not really clear how Saeki resolved her issues; when he meets her again in high school she clearly still seems "off" and gets weird with him over the topic of Nakamura (and she's also dating a guy who looks like the protagonist, which kinda indicates she never really got over him). I guess you can just attribute it to teenager hormone weirdness. The conclusion for the main character was good, though; I liked his general character development.
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Ytlaya posted:So I read Aku no Hana. I actually liked the ending. It's not that common that teenagers in manga actually grow up and meet new people and change. I would have liked to have known more about what ended up happening to Nakamura, though, since all that's really revealed is "she worked at her mom's shop and I guess maybe became well adjusted?" It's also not really clear how Saeki resolved her issues; when he meets her again in high school she clearly still seems "off" and gets weird with him over the topic of Nakamura (and she's also dating a guy who looks like the protagonist, which kinda indicates she never really got over him). I guess you can just attribute it to teenager hormone weirdness. The conclusion for the main character was good, though; I liked his general character development.
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Aku no Hana was real hosed up but I think pulled off its hosed-uppedness a lot better and with consequences than most series that simply try to be edgy for the sake of it.
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I've been continuing where I left off in I'm Inside Mari, and while I don't really like the whole multiple personality thing, I have to give it credit for being foreshadowed really well. There are a lot of hints given early on that this guy isn't really inside of Mari's body. The real Komori Isao's reaction to Mari and the other girl breaking into his apartment and saying "I'm you and stuck in this girl's body!" is hilarious. Poor guy is so confused and really doesn't want to deal with this poo poo.
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Plutonis posted:Oh yeah Ravages of Time and Souten Kouro (the latter got loving dropped by scanlator though which pissed me off cause it was my favorite rotk manga) I checked out what's been scanslated of Souten Kouro cause I love Ravages of Time and wow, it's pretty good. Really liked the portrayal of Cao Cao and Liu Bei (Sun Jians kinda boring but he's dead so whatever). Cao Cao's actions and speech seem outrageous/cartoonishly outlandish but it fits when I think about the original Three Kingdoms novel - a person able to accomplish all of those feats must definitely have been an extraordinary/eccentric person. Also enjoyed the depiction of Liu Bei as a fast talker/swindler con-man which was quite refreshing. He's similar to the Ravages of Time Liu Bei in that they are both highly skilled at manipulating people but the Souten Kouro one is less "noble" I suppose. Only 74/400 chapters were translated so I'm pissed off too. Thanks for introducing me to it though!
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frajaq posted:don't know which thread to ask this, figure it's this one: Bokko is an amazing war manga about tactician monks that go alone to cities under siege to help the citizens organize against invaders. It has everything you could possibly want about a war manga in a siege situation with very low odds of survival. http://kissmanga.com/Manga/Bokko left to right:  
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I'm gonna check Bokko later. Another one I remembered that you should read is Kagemusha - Tokugawa Ieyasu and Sakon - Sengoku Fuuunroku by the legendary artist from Fist of the North Star that include a lot of Sengoku era politicking and of course some incredibly gruesome fights.
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thanks a lot of the suggestions, those sound really cool
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Wild Horses posted:Is that the manga with the sabertooth tigers and nippon nationalism Nah. If for whatever reason Japanese nationalism really gets on your nerves, Golden Kamuy actually takes a pretty critical look at Japan during the Russo-Japanese war not only toward it being kind of an awful war that never should've happened to start with, but also in how poorly the country actually treated its own soldiers during and after the war. Golden Kamuy is extremely good.
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Best Shiori Experience so far, like a Yasujiro Ozu movie!
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I love it when any form of media does the "takes place entirely in a single location" gimmick. Shiri experience has been on fire these last few chapters.
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Captain Invictus posted:Shiri experience Lol
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So long as it never goes back to the needless human suffering every other chapter, I'm gonna say Shiori Experience is really good atm
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The mean teacher is a bad person, but she was actually more or less correct when she talked to Shiori a couple chapters ago. For all her character flaws, she (the band teacher) is apparently very competent and hard working, and you don't get good at music by just having fun all the time. I hope soccer teacher is actually a good guy. I don't really see any reason for him to be tricking Shiori, and band teacher's negative reaction to them talking with one another implies he's being genuine. One thing that always confused me is why ex-baseball drum guy was ostracized after joining the band. In what world does an otherwise normal/good looking guy joining a rock band in high school make him unpopular?
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In the 90's high school drama movie made comic that is this series what's special about that particular typo, dare I ask
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he's insanely prolific
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Captain Invictus posted:In the 90's high school drama movie made comic that is this series You said Butt Experience
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Ytlaya posted:One thing that always confused me is why ex-baseball drum guy was ostracized after joining the band. In what world does an otherwise normal/good looking guy joining a rock band in high school make him unpopular?
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Today in Somali and the forest spirit, things take an insanely hard turn http://kissmanga.com/Manga/Somali-to-Mori-no-Kami-sama
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It is in your best interest to read this years Manga Taisho winner. http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/hibiki-shousetsuka-ni-naru-houhou-r21108
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coathat posted:It is in your best interest to read this years Manga Taisho winner. That was great, hit a lot of notes I really like in stories. Do you know if its caught up with raws?
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There's six volumes out in Japan.
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At this point of Genshiken I'm not sure if we're meant to agree with that speech or find it cringe-worthy.
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The art is so gross I'm not sure I'd care to know either way
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Punkin Spunkin posted:The art is so gross I'm not sure I'd care to know either way In other news, looks like someone has never seen a Ghibli movie before and doesn't feel like getting pressured/shamed into watching one, but those are some pretty low blows: 
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Relin posted:a moment of clarity in the third to last genshiken chapter He's loving right.
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Punkin Spunkin posted:The art is so gross I'm not sure I'd care to know either way 
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Relin posted:a moment of clarity in the third to last genshiken chapter I marathoned all of Genshiken and that was basically what I was wondering too. Also Genshiken art is fine.
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I really liked Bokko. What similar stuff is there? Old school detailed art, emphasis of cunning over brute strength etc. Doesn't have to be 3 kingdoms period or whatever.
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New Trail of Blood. This feels like an arthouse movie script and storyboard. Supremely uncomfortable.
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The last chapter of Shut Hell released today. If you want to read a completed manga about some Mongols and folks obsessed with writing you should check it out!
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