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Electric Phantasm posted:Oh yeah since no one posted about it yet The bits where they talked about how nice the old lady was gave a tiny bit of meat to the whole "It's not about morality. It's about survival." talk from Grimm. As a werewolf among werewolves, she really was the nice old lady she acted like. It's just, you know. She was nice as a creature that lives to eat people. By human standards, less so.
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CodfishCartographer posted:Yeah I'm digging Red Hood so far. I hope it leans into the angle of the party game of werewolf rather than battle shonen - I would totally be down for a series that's mostly based around different whodunit scenarios trying to puzzle out who the werewolves are, with a payoff of a cool action scene. Will they have a tanner who wants to get lynched though
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Reiche posted:I absolutely love that the cliffhanger at the end of ch. 209 was Mikumo’s laptop running out of juice before he could do his homework. World Trigger is best if you think of it as a sports manga.
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So I grew up with Inuyasha and love it to this day. The original anime was drat near perfect in my opinion. Then The Final Act crushed my heart after I obsessively waited for Viz to dub and release it for two straight years. I've never seen worse pacing in a show in my life. It was in no way a satisfying finish to my beloved series. So I wanted tor read the manga's version of things. Only I can only read manga online and Viz themselves told me as far as back as 2014 that the Japanese side of things would not allow them to make Inuyasha available digitally. This was the state of affairs every time I checked for years and years. Well I just learned Inuyasha is finally available digitally via Viz, Kindle. and Comixology. It has been for months now. I can finally collect the last...it looks like VIZBIG Vol 12 or 13 is where the original anime ended so 12-18 at $14 a piece. Not too bad. Of course Inuyasha ran way, way too long and was at its peak much earlier but I still wanna give it a try.. It can't be worse than Final Act. NikkolasKing fucked around with this message at 03:58 on Jul 6, 2021 |
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https://twitter.com/VIZMedia/status/1413544741514383373 Looks like Netflix was good for something after all.
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Mashle Hooray Mash is back! Roboco gives us the Gorilla Gachi origin story we all were waiting for. Magu-chan, Naputaku finally struts his stuff for once I'm enjoying Red Hood quite a bit, Grimm telling Velou to not bother getting mad at the werewolves killing each other is a refreshing change of pace. The mentor/mentee dynamic here seems like it could go some interesting places Neru I'm still not entirely sold on. I'll stick with it to see where it goes but I'm just not really clear on what the story wants to be. This seems like the type of thing that will fizzle out quick because it can't grab an audience.
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Alacron posted:Mashle Hooray Mash is back! Three entire chapters of build-up for the Falcon Knee of Justice. Entirely worth it.
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Neru feels like some really old manga someone suddenly decided to scanlate
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That Sakamoto panel was absolutely terrifying. It's an old trope, but the artist really sold it.
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Shadowlyger posted:Three entire chapters of build-up for the Falcon Knee of Justice. Entirely worth it. Guy Sensei would be so proude of Mash. Sakamoto also made for an unnerving introduction to this killer X guy.
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TriffTshngo posted:I saw Candy Flurry on the Viz recommended thing after finishing another chapter of something and I read through it and I've decided I love it, and will be devastated when they announce its cancellation in 2 months. Might be even sooner, tbh. But it's surprisingly funny and charming.
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Shadowlyger posted:Three entire chapters of build-up for the Falcon Knee of Justice. Entirely worth it.
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Just a thought, shouldn't there be another new series starting? We've had three cancellations/endings (Cop & Dolphin, i tell c, and Nine Dragons) but only two new ones in Red Hood and Neru. Maybe I'm wrong but I was under the impression that SJ only cancelled something when they had a new series ready to replace it.
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Alacron posted:Just a thought, shouldn't there be another new series starting? We've had three cancellations/endings (Cop & Dolphin, i tell c, and Nine Dragons) but only two new ones in Red Hood and Neru. Maybe Hunter is coming back soon?
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I read the first 10 or so chapters of Yu-Gi-Oh (the "Season 0" material before the card game took over), and I found it pretty disappointing. Somehow I had the impression that it was something like Kaiji or the Darby arcs in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, but in early Yu-Gi-Oh the actual games feel like an afterthought, a pretext for Yugi's Egyptian alternate personality to inflict sadistic supernatural punishments on people. This might even have been interesting if the people being punished were interesting, but instead they're just assholes in a contrived way. I then started on Undead Unluck, which I think is pretty much the only ongoing Jump battle manga I didn't read before, and I actually liked it (as of about 20 chapters in). Andy is an rear end in a top hat (especially early on when he's being a sexual harasser), but both he and the Unluck girl are pretty unconventional protagonists for a shonen battle manga, and I like the bizarre setting with the eldritch book giving arbitrary quests and the Lathe of Heaven-style reality changes. (Chainsaw Man introduced a similar reality-changing concept towards the end; I'm not sure which series did it first, but it's a lot more plot-central in Undead Unluck.) The fights are also creative, although Andy's gory power can make them hard to follow at times. Silver2195 fucked around with this message at 01:09 on Jul 12, 2021 |
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MonsterEnvy posted:Maybe Hunter is coming back soon? Well it's been nearly 3 years... 
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Silver2195 posted:I read the first 10 or so chapters of Yu-Gi-Oh (the "Season 0" material before the card game took over), and I found it pretty disappointing. Somehow I had the impression that it was something like Kaiji or the Darby arcs in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, but in early Yu-Gi-Oh the actual games feel like an afterthought, a pretext for Yugi's Egyptian alternate personality to inflict sadistic supernatural punishments on people. This might even have been interesting if the people being punished were interesting, but instead they're just assholes in a contrived way. Imho the whole premise of “dark trickster god ruins lives of cartoonishly evil villains of the week” owns and it’s a shame the series moved on to high stakes Calvinball (relatively) but I can aesthetic how it’d be disappointing from the perspective of expecting actual strategic fights and not just, you know, an eldritch capricious trickster god to dunk on assholes.
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cisneros posted:Neru feels like some really old manga someone suddenly decided to scanlate I really like it so far, I like the character designs and they do look pretty old school. It has some nice interesting paneling and I liked the humor in the chapter. This weeks high school family was great too. I just love how leaned in to the premise they are. Don't have typical parent-child arguments here!! Great HxH ref too Jerkface fucked around with this message at 05:03 on Jul 12, 2021 |
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yea I'm enjoying neru so far too but it's early days so we'll see how it pans out nice art always helps. tends to get me to stick around longer
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Brought To You By posted:Well it's been nearly 3 years... I wonder how many manga have started and ended in shonen jump since HxH has gone on break.
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Silver2195 posted:
This. I bounced off Undead Unluck hard. I hated Andy so much and I still don't like him. But the story and the setting are interesting enough that I have started to keep up with the series now. The current arc is pretty interesting. Sakamoto: Sakamoto is good. Scary man was Scary. The interactions were sweet, there's a lot of set up and I loved the return of killing you in my thoughts but with a twist. It got a chuckle out of me. Magu chan: Magu chan currently has me interested. This is definitely something that it needed. Elusive Samurai was funny. Roboco: Was funny. Witch Watch: Please don't become generic shounen.  But a lot of plot is happening currently.Candy Flurry: Does this feel like the pre axe speed up to anyone? Irie is cool though. And pretty funny. Mashle: Hot dang that final spread. It was exactly what this manga needed right now. Hunter: Really? A Chekov series? I found the art to be a little hard to follow sometimes.
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Elusive Samurai: Good poo poo, the one shrine dude going "This bondage play is way too advanced for a boy of his age!" was hilarious as gently caress to me. The supernatural element introduced here (besides the future sight stuff) has got me wondering where this is going. Magu: Mediocre chapter (for the third time in a row) that was saved by Falcon Knee. Roboco: Bondo's friends are good people and it was nice to see some backstory. Also, some dude on Reddit was super determined to find the issue of SJ that appeared in the chapter. Could just be coincidence but given how often the series brings up SJ stuff I wouldn't be surprised if the author was referencing an actual issue. quote:After looking at Jump issues where One Piece was on the cover and "Yuuna going for it in the classroom," I've narrowed down the issue they were reading. Small spoilers from the issues below.
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ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:Magu: Mediocre chapter (for the third time in a row) that was saved by Falcon Knee. I do hope that's Mashle. Because Magu-Chan was loving dope! Naputaaku rules so much!
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Mulderman posted:I do hope that's Mashle. Oh yeah I meant Mashle, I've never read Magu-Chan so I can't talk about it.
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Jerkface posted:Witch Watch Witch Watch is doing fine saleswise. CodfishCartographer posted:https://twitter.com/WSJ_manga/status/1401802442866581505?s=19 Darth TNT posted:https://twitter.com/wsj_manga/status/1402899831165796352?s=21 I don't read Blue Box anymore, but I do love that art style.
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I Am Fowl posted:I wonder how many manga have started and ended in shonen jump since HxH has gone on break. Hunter x Hunter last showed up in issue 52 of 2018 (the last issue of that year, since the issues roughly correspond with the weeks in a given year, sometimes with a double issue). Series that have started and ended since (in boldface notable series): Chainsaw Man (1/2019 - 2/2021); ne0;lation (2/2019 - 22-23/2019); Hell Warden Higuma (3/2019 - 24/2019); The Last Saiyuki (14/2019 - 38/2019); Yui Kamio Lets Loose (15/2019 - 52/2019); Samurai 8 (24/2019 - 17/2020); Double Taisei (25/2019 - 52/2019); Beast Children (26/2019 - 1/2020); Tokyo Shinobi Squad (27/2019 - 2/2020); Mitama Security: Spirit Busters (40/2019 - 36-37/2020); Dr. Stone Reboot: Byakuya (48/2019 - 4/2020); Zipman!! (1/2020 - 19/2020); Agravity Boys (2/2020 - 5-6/2021); Guardian of the Witch (10/2020 - 29/2020); Moriking (20/2020 - 7/2021); Bone Collection (21-22/2020 - 7/2021); Time Paradox Ghostwriter (24/2020 - 39/2020); Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin (30/2020 - 29/2021); Phantom Seer (39/2020 - 18/2021); Our Blood Oath (41/2020 - 8/2021); Build King (50/2020 - 19/2021); i tell c (9/2021 - 30/2021); Nine Dragons' Ball Parade (11/2021 - 31/2021). Yes, it's a lot.
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Darth TNT posted:Witch Watch: Please don't become generic shounen. Witch Watch is going for that Gag Manga with Occasional Serious Arcs slot left by Gintama so there’ll be more of that probably.
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I'm frankly surprised Undead Unluck doesn't have a larger following. It has a unique setting + premise, creative fights, and fun characters. It's also been around for a while now, so obviously people are enjoying it and reading it, but I don't think I've ever seen anyone talking about it outside of this thread. I've seen more fanart and discussion on twitter around Red Hood than I have Undead Unluck, and that only has 3 chapters!
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CodfishCartographer posted:I'm frankly surprised Undead Unluck doesn't have a larger following. It has a unique setting + premise, creative fights, and fun characters. It's also been around for a while now, so obviously people are enjoying it and reading it, but I don't think I've ever seen anyone talking about it outside of this thread. I've seen more fanart and discussion on twitter around Red Hood than I have Undead Unluck, and that only has 3 chapters! Well UU did not have the best first few chapters, then picked up a lot after that. UU is nicely set up that the creator can keep the story going as long as they want.
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CodfishCartographer posted:I'm frankly surprised Undead Unluck doesn't have a larger following. It has a unique setting + premise, creative fights, and fun characters. It's also been around for a while now, so obviously people are enjoying it and reading it, but I don't think I've ever seen anyone talking about it outside of this thread. I've seen more fanart and discussion on twitter around Red Hood than I have Undead Unluck, and that only has 3 chapters! Undead Unluck starts out with a whooooole lot of joking about sexual assault and I'm sure that turns off a lot of readers. It did for me, I read like ~3 chapters and dropped it immediately.
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Manatee Cannon posted:andy is the worst protag in jump right now He's really improved. Though I consider Fuuko to be the actual protagonist. Also I just realized how much Undead as an ability sucks. According to an author note. Andy can still feel pain, it's just become background noise to him at this point. MonsterEnvy fucked around with this message at 22:35 on Jul 12, 2021 |
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Undead Unluck is pretty crazy in terms of the scope/stakes/powers stuff which is what sets it apart. It's another one in the "Dr. Stone" category where apparently editorial and critics just love it to bits but readers are more like "eh, it's alright". Undead Unluck won awards and promptly got outsold by Mashle. Dr. Stone has just an absurd amount of editorial support clearly with extra pages, color pages, a kinda pointless spinoff, lots of advertising- and it still sells pretty good. Not amazing, but pretty good.
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dogsicle posted:at this rate i expect Red Hood to die and leave fanart of the giant lady as its only lasting impact so honestly Unluck could do worse Did the idea of Red Hood come before or after the author played Resident Evil Village?
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dogsicle posted:at this rate i expect Red Hood to die and leave fanart of the giant lady as its only lasting impact so honestly Unluck could do worse Legitimately hope the author just inserts that lady wholesale into whatever they do next
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