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I like Magi's general setting, lore, and characters a lot, and it could have been almost a perfect shounen series if it improved on some of its weaknesses (like kinda lack-luster fights, which is a shame because the whole "equipment with a theme" thing has a lot of potential for creativity). I actually liked its big flashback arc from a while back.
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I don't know if i'm the only one in the thread reading Haikyuu while the anime's on break but i'm very happy they're finally giving some major focus to Tanaka because he's my favourite.
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Jul 21, 2017 01:42
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Last chapter of Fairy Tale is out on MS fwiw.
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Jul 22, 2017 17:57
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souboutei continues to be rad as heck
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Jul 23, 2017 09:59
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Latest Astra :  . That is all.
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Has anyone ever read Law of Ueki? Is it any good? I keep seeing it in stores and am curious about it, but can't find much in the way of reviews or impressions, so I figured I'd ask here before checking it out.
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Jul 28, 2017 04:53
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it's pretty good and kinda weird. not gonna rock your world, or anything.
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Jul 28, 2017 04:55
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It's pretty good.
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Cipher Pol 9 posted:Has anyone ever read Law of Ueki? Is it any good? I keep seeing it in stores and am curious about it, but can't find much in the way of reviews or impressions, so I figured I'd ask here before checking it out. ive always thought it was that mangaka's strongest work until saike came out
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Jul 28, 2017 05:07
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ueki plus and the one about underground people weren't very good, yeah.
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Cipher Pol 9 posted:Has anyone ever read Law of Ueki? Is it any good? I keep seeing it in stores and am curious about it, but can't find much in the way of reviews or impressions, so I figured I'd ask here before checking it out. but it's very average over all
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Jul 28, 2017 06:05
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There's a lot of weird powers in it, too bad the main character basically abandons his once he finds out he's a
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I'll admit the 'weird powers' angle is definitely the driving force behind my interest. The wikipedia article on it told me nothing about the plot other than it being about Superpower Tournament Battles, but the only thing I've ever known about the series that's stuck with me is that the main guy makes trees out of garbage and I want to know how that works. Is it strategic tree growing, are they Kurama/Usopp style random anime-trees with their own powers, is he made of trees, I just gotta know. I'm sure I'll sit down and read/watch it one day.
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Jul 28, 2017 07:19
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it's p decent on that end and some of the god powers are still really weird and interesting anyways. it's worth going through imo some of the later themes get p crazy if you like it i highly recommend saike though. it seems a lot more tightly composed plot wise compared to their post ueki works
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Jul 28, 2017 07:34
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also, for some unknown reason it got a very faithful anime adaption. nothing skipped, nothing rushed, okay-ish animation quality. that pretty much never happens for shounen manga.
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^^^ Yeah you might just want to watch the anime. It all seems to be on Youtube too.Cipher Pol 9 posted:I'll admit the 'weird powers' angle is definitely the driving force behind my interest. The wikipedia article on it told me nothing about the plot other than it being about Superpower Tournament Battles, but the only thing I've ever known about the series that's stuck with me is that the main guy makes trees out of garbage and I want to know how that works. Is it strategic tree growing, are they Kurama/Usopp style random anime-trees with their own powers, is he made of trees, I just gotta know. I'm sure I'll sit down and read/watch it one day. Most of the powers in Ueki are turning one thing into another, usually with a condition attached. So Ueki's is Trash into Trees, but it only works on trash that is small enough to hold. Other notable ones in the series: Towels into Iron Marbles into Bombs Tomatoes into Lava Sound into Drawings ect. RatHat fucked around with this message at 08:04 on Jul 28, 2017 |
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Jul 28, 2017 08:01
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:also, for some unknown reason it got a very faithful anime adaption. nothing skipped, nothing rushed, okay-ish animation quality. that pretty much never happens for shounen manga. Oh drat, like start-to-finish faithfully adapted, the whole series? That's great to know, thanks! That is like finding a unicorn, and I like quality anime adaptations more than I like unicorns. RatHat posted:Other notable ones in the series:
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Jul 28, 2017 08:08
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Double post, but the newest We Never Learn was painfully cute. I really do like these dorks.
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Aug 3, 2017 02:48
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Just read the first chapter of cross chat and it owns
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Aug 3, 2017 04:30
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it's a shame the basic synopsis doesn't really sell how good Rokudou no Onna-tachi actually is. it's so much better than "bad girls fall in love with loser MC" sounds.
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Aug 3, 2017 21:03
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If I wanted to get people to read it at all costs I'd say it reminds me of Angel Densetsu.
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Aug 4, 2017 02:10
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read through all of black torch recently (there's not a lot) and it's pretty good. it's kinda like early bleach if yoruichi had found ichigo instead of rukia
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RubberLuffy posted:it's a shame the basic synopsis doesn't really sell how good Rokudou no Onna-tachi actually is. it's so much better than "bad girls fall in love with loser MC" sounds. It's real good, and the secret is that he's not actually a loser.
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Aug 4, 2017 03:32
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It also helps that he's not conveniently falling over face first into vaginas all the time.
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And that he still has a bunch of male friends around. Best MC in a while.
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Aug 4, 2017 19:24
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Sukeban are a cool cultural thing. There's something I find really funny/cool about delinquents wearing their skirts longer than normal. vvv I don't know what first chapter you read, but I really doubt that any actual romance is going to stem from the use of his love potion-esque superpower. Ytlaya fucked around with this message at 22:43 on Aug 4, 2017 |
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Aug 4, 2017 21:18
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The synopsis put me off immediately and the first chapter didn't change my mind. Not a fan of stories that rely on some sort of "love potion" thing for the romance
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Nihilarian posted:The synopsis put me off immediately and the first chapter didn't change my mind. Not a fan of stories that rely on some sort of "love potion" thing for the romance The "romances" are partial reasons for the arcs to happen and are resolved by personal growth and friendship. The main romance is one about which he is conflicted due to the reason for it but is still taking her seriously.
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What do you mean by "taking her seriously"?
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Nihilarian posted:What do you mean by "taking her seriously"? He's trying to become a man worthy of an absurdly strong and fearless delinquent rather than just accepting that she magically likes him and roll with it.
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The ongoing gag with his class representative's shock at the protagonist's actions and situation is really funny. In general the series has some really good humor and feels more like a comedy (like Angel Densetsu or something) than a traditional harem romcom.
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RubberLuffy posted:it's a shame the basic synopsis doesn't really sell how good Rokudou no Onna-tachi actually is. it's so much better than "bad girls fall in love with loser MC" sounds. I'm 10 chapters into this and it's surprisingly good and funny?? I generally steer clear of anything resembling harem stories but Rokudou seems like a good kid.
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i read a couple chapters and then dropped it because literally every "bad girl" the mc met instantly fell in love with him, which was kinda gross. i guess i'm also not a fan of love potion plot devices. but hey, if it doesn't get as skeevy as the premise suggests i might give it another shot.
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SpazmasterX posted:He's trying to become a man worthy of an absurdly strong and fearless delinquent rather than just accepting that she magically likes him and roll with it.
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The twist will be that it was never magical for her in the first place.
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:i read a couple chapters and then dropped it because literally every "bad girl" the mc met instantly fell in love with him, which was kinda gross. i guess i'm also not a fan of love potion plot devices. but hey, if it doesn't get as skeevy as the premise suggests i might give it another shot. It's not skeevy at all, really. Rokudou is a good guy who wants everyone to stop being delinquents/getting into fights and have a happy school life together. It's not really like other "harem" series because it doesn't act like one at all.
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Aug 5, 2017 21:00
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I got some serious feels from the Bike Cop arc
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Aug 5, 2017 21:05
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Plutonis posted:I got some serious feels from the Bike Cop arc It was definitely the best one so far.
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Aug 5, 2017 21:12
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I like how all the "bad" people end up not being that bad. It's a little unrealistic, but I still prefer it to the more typical "MC is a nerd and delinquents are all evil irredeemable scum" stuff. It's a bit closer to the truth of "all of these characters are people and not just cliches", even if their problems are solved really easily. edit: I think this short hair girl who dresses up as a guy (Raino, I think) is my favorite of the characters to show up so far. Ytlaya fucked around with this message at 03:04 on Aug 6, 2017 |
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Sorry to say, but I gave up on Magi ever since they did the weird time travel plot hole story. Sinbad looks promising but so it goes. Blue Exorcist's latest chapter summary looks decent but then the manga-ka goes on hiatus until October so I heard.
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