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Endless Mike posted:Please don't have a meltdown the first time you get positive female attention. But sorry to hear that. That's tough. ....What? It wasn't the first time. And the joke was just that Rhyno's crusty, I scrolled up quick and you were the first name I saw, nobody's having a meltdown. Lurdiak posted:I'm sorry, I understand how you feel. Fair warning, the actual content of the book isn't gonna cheer you up any. I was about halfway through it at the time. Rhyno posted:I lost a woman I once loved last February, I understand where you are. We were still together and pretty happy, and I think for me that's the hardest part. Maybe I'd have blown it. Or maybe we'd be married since I was planning on proposing, and we'd be happy as clams. I'll never know.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:....What? It wasn't the first time. And the joke was just that Rhyno's crusty, I scrolled up quick and you were the first name I saw, nobody's having a meltdown.
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Endless Mike posted:Oh man I thought you were making a reference to the Online Dating Thread, where some drama erupted earlier in the week when a dude got a Bumble match and melted down and called me a douchebag. For some reason I thought you posted in there, but I guess not!
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I would but your link doesn't seem to work
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# ? May 19, 2018 09:20 |
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Malachite_Dragon posted:I would but your link doesn't seem to work
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# ? May 19, 2018 10:55 |
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I thought it would be a thread for making fun of Online Dating but it seems to be encouraging it? I'm disappointed.
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Its performance art.
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PMush Perfect posted:Anyone who isn't reading the Online Dating Thread and incels.txt, please go do so. is Online Dating Thread the same place as incels.txt? I request an incelink if not.
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Discendo Vox posted:is Online Dating Thread the same place as incels.txt? I request an incelink if not. incelink is the name of my tattoo parlor.
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# ? May 20, 2018 02:35 |
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"Tattoos guaranteed to not get you laid!"
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# ? May 20, 2018 02:47 |
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Surely that would be volcelink?
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# ? May 20, 2018 02:51 |
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I'm going to keep this tab open because I've heard the word being thrown around a lot but never knew it stood for "Involuntary Celibate" and there's no way that thread isn't a goldmine
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Samuringa posted:I'm going to keep this tab open because I've heard the word being thrown around a lot but never knew it stood for "Involuntary Celibate" and there's no way that thread isn't a goldmine I read every word of it up to about two weeks ago when there was a sudden boom in posts again and now I'm close to 3000 posts behind. Absolute gold.
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When's the inevitable explosions when r/incels got shut down due to their dipshittery? So I know what page I can look forward to.
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Malachite_Dragon posted:When's the inevitable explosions when r/incels got shut down due to their dipshittery? So I know what page I can look forward to.
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# ? May 20, 2018 06:27 |
Well I sure do love all this non-comic discussion! Speaking of non-comics, manga! Hajime No Ippo began serialisation in October 1989 and has been written and inked, continuously, by a single author Jyoji Morikawa for almost 30 years*. It is one of the longest running on-going manga series ever produced. Moreso than even more prominent series like One Piece, Naruto or Bleach. And it's still going. It just had a major watershed moment. To tl;dr this a bit Ippo, the main character, has been recovering from a recent loss and has had to go on a brutal training regime to get back in the game and show that he still has it, and to bring into fruition a special move that he has been slowly been perfecting over the course of the entire series. This is 30 years worth of story telling and character development all coming to a head. Back in the ring he faces off against his opponent and has been knocked down twice in the round already, but he is has finally been able to set thing ups to unleash the perfected Dempsey Roll in full force. His signature move. It does not go well This singular image above does not convey the full weight of what has just happened, as I would have needed to post another 6 images to show the full spread, but will probably be remembered as the series Ashita No Joe moment. This is the hero defeated. This is 2 years worth of setup gone. Over 1200 chapters worth of story telling led to this singular moment of Ippo FINALLY unleashing the Dempsey Roll he has spent so long perfecting, only to end with him being brutally knocked out. His dreams of reaching the world stage of boxing dashed forever. That's not the watershed moment I wanted to show, though it is of course one on it's own. It's what happens afterwards. Ippo chooses to retire from boxing. He was aware his body had started to fail him, turn on him, and he knew he had started presenting symptoms of becoming permanently punch drunk. It's time to say goodbyes. Over the course of the next few chapters he says goodbye to his coach, has several long time coming slice-of-life moments with friends and family, and it all eventually leads to him leaving the gym for likely the final time Read Right to left It's really difficult for me to contextualise just what an absolutely powerful moment this is for the series, especially if you haven't been following it. For a series to be written AND drawn by a single author for close to 30 years. For the last 20 odd chapters of a 1200+ series to finally bring to a head Ippo's multiple story arcs and character development And as fan that has been reading it on and off, and catching up in bulk, for probably around 15 years. It's just an absolute delight. There were so many moments from the last few chapters that were just raw and emotional and inspiring, and absolutely worth sharing here, and I don't think you see that very often in other mediums; let alone other manga or comic series. (This might have been a little long, but this is truly a tl;dr version of events from the last several chapters. So I apologise for the length) * - Dude obviously has assistants, but the fact stands. Infinitum fucked around with this message at 08:16 on May 22, 2018 |
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Ippo was great, my wife got me into it years ago and I followed it for awhile. I actually had to drop reading it because one particular arc was just such a loving bummer that I needed to just go read fun comics exclusively for awhile. I'll have to pick it up again and finish it.
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# ? May 22, 2018 08:31 |
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Ippo was hands-down my favorite manga of all time for yeeeeeears. I soured, like many, with the Woli era. But, god drat, I'll go read/watch Ippo/Sendo or better yet, best fight of the series Mashiba x Kimura any day.
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There's a possibility Ippo will get back in the ring, but I find it unlikely. He is currently acting as Kimura's second and is getting some -THE SOUL STILL BURNS- feelings
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# ? May 22, 2018 08:55 |
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Nice posting your pirated anime
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# ? May 22, 2018 13:25 |
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One Piece is the pirate anime
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Endless Mike posted:Nice posting your pirated anime There is no official English version of Ippo to purchase so I don't know what you want here.
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# ? May 22, 2018 19:04 |
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Marin Karin posted:There is no official English version of Ippo to purchase so I don't know what you want here. The same thing every BSS poster wants: to find any reason they can to poo poo on anybody posting manga
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purple death ray posted:The same thing every BSS poster wants: to find any reason they can to poo poo on anybody posting manga Is that so much to ask for?
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I mean, there’s plenty of reasons to poo poo on us, we just want you to do it properly.
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# ? May 22, 2018 20:40 |
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Comic readers and manga readers making GBS threads on each other is the most glass houses thing.
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CharlestheHammer posted:Comic readers and manga readers making GBS threads on each other is the most glass houses thing. Manga/Anime has its own quarantined sub forum for a reason.
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Rhyno posted:Manga/Anime has its own quarantined sub forum for a reason.
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Rhyno posted:Manga/Anime has its own quarantined sub forum for a reason. So does comic books but thanks for proving my point I guess Ironically the exact opposite of this conversation also happens there.
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CharlestheHammer posted:So does comic books but thanks for proving my point I guess Comics have spawned the most financially successful film franchise in history. What's manga done lately?
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Rhyno posted:Comics have spawned the most financially successful film franchise in history. What's manga done lately? .. Spawned some of the most successful merchandising franchises in history? Like if you argument is "comics are great because movies sell well" then presumably you'll say the same about the massively toyetic franchises that move tons of merch.
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# ? May 23, 2018 03:55 |
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Are we really loving doing this again.
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# ? May 23, 2018 03:55 |
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Rhyno posted:Comics have spawned the most financially successful film franchise in history. What's manga done lately? Are you Disney? Then why do you care, unless you get that money it’s meaningless
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I bet pokemon has made more than the mcu
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Rhyno posted:Comics have spawned the most financially successful film franchise in history. What's manga done lately? You cannot be serious. Please break kayfabe and say you're joking. Please Rhyno, I want to believe you're not this stupid.
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# ? May 23, 2018 04:03 |
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The whole point of my post was pissing contests between two similar mediums was stupid. Not to actually start one.
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Hajime No Ippo was so engrossing that pro wrestler Kenny Omega learned Japanese to keep up with it after the anime ended but the manga continued in Japan. It ended up serving him in his career since he's now one of the most popular gaijin in New Japan Pro Wrestling history, partly because he gives interviews in Japanese. El Gallinero Gros fucked around with this message at 04:13 on May 23, 2018 |
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Mr. Maltose posted:Are we really loving doing this again. Yeah, can we not? I posted it here because this is the Touching and Inspiring panels thread, which ADTRW doesn't really have, and it was a really powerful moment from the series. If I was posting dumb anime trope pandering horseshit, it'd be fair enough, but how bout we just chill and just appreciate the cool manga pages. Comics are cool and good. Manga is cool and good. Dumb pandering nonsense, which exists in both mediums, is dumb and bad.
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TwoPair posted:You cannot be serious. Please break kayfabe and say you're joking. Please Rhyno, I want to believe you're not this stupid. I'm clearly trolling and have been since I mentioned ADTRW%^*&whatever the gently caress it's called. Jesus guys. That doesn't mean that manga isn't terrible. Anime though...
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Rhyno posted:I could yap for hours about how much personal discovery I have made since leaving the store and realizing how toxic of a work place it was. But this thread isn't about me.
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