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HenryEx posted:
He has a bit of a case of moobs instead of abs.
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Jan 14, 2022 15:47
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i think they are just boobs
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Jan 14, 2022 15:59
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IShallRiseAgain posted:He has a bit of a case of moobs instead of abs. Uhm...  She's a girl
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Jan 14, 2022 16:01
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Oh? Usually even even the more crazed fight manga dont make their female characters that muscled, even ones that are supposed to be able to lift buildings. (cowards, the lot of them) her biceps are rippling count me as interested i immediately wrote it off because I read its yet another sengoku era manga Rigged Death Trap fucked around with this message at 16:29 on Jan 14, 2022 |
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Jan 14, 2022 16:23
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I just read what was out there and the Shuumatsu no Valkyrie comparison is very, very apt. It's definitely not Vagabond by a country mile.
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Jan 14, 2022 16:43
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The "can't quite put my finger on it" wasn't meant to be a dumb joke about titties, i genuinely can't quite figure out what's setting me off there. Maybe it's just the weird skintight turtleneck suit (y'know, the thing Garou wears in OPM) somehow vanishing (???) halfway down the torso. I guess it's not too common to see Fuma as a woman, it's usually just Magoichi or maybe Ranmaru Mori
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Jan 14, 2022 16:44
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P sure the "vanishing" is just very exaggerated shading (or highlights, in this case). E: nevermind it's just that she has a massive boob/abs window. E2: tbf if I had abs that nice I'd be showing them off too 
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Jan 14, 2022 16:47
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Yeah, their version of Fuuma Kotaro is fun, and while she's exceedingly unlikely to be a finalist (too many obviously interesting matchups that she can't be a part of thanks to her place in the tournament bracket), I hope the author finds a way for her to make it out alive. https://twitter.com/asedeiya/status/1479490575241994245?s=21
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Jan 14, 2022 16:54
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So it's not just me who got thrown for a loop I checked it out and this guy also wears it and it makes sliiightly more sense from a side angle and without the robe: 
HenryEx fucked around with this message at 22:56 on Apr 29, 2023 |
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Jan 14, 2022 16:58
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There's armor that kinda looks like that in FFXIV, though only on male characters: https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Shisui_Joi_of_Fending Seems like something you'd wear under regular armor to protect your shoulders? But it's a variation on a real thing, anyway.
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Jan 14, 2022 17:17
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Well Tenkaichi is fuckin weird as hell. Featuring Ranmaru Mori as Monster can Astolfo a legion of generic oda retainers to be used as comedic relief This goofy stance 
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Jan 14, 2022 23:34
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Well Seems like a picture for rheumatoid arthritis
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Jan 15, 2022 02:31
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Can't help it, I love these dumb tournament mangas. This one has fun art so I'm down for all the groanworthy cliches of the genre.
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Jan 15, 2022 02:34
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Well Are we talking about Baki?
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ElMaligno posted:Are we talking about Baki? Depends, were you cut down by an imagination blade as soon as the overwhelming battle aura of hit you?
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Jan 15, 2022 08:23
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So is this what seinen manga is now? Just shounen with boobs? I've been following this thread hoping to catch a new 20th Century Boys or Berserk, but it seems like everything being discussed here is just a bog-standard tournament fighting manga with maybe some extra gore or tits.
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Jan 15, 2022 08:35
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Seinen != high brow. And anything good enough to be notable is gonna have its own thread anyways.
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Jan 15, 2022 09:12
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Yeah, tournament with gore/tits suck but I think you might be placing Berserk on too high a pedestal, when it's also not much different than shounen + gore, just with a different era's standard story.
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Jan 15, 2022 10:03
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I personally like my junk food just as much as I like my fine gourmet dinners, they both have their place Also Berserk is absolutely deserving of that pedestal
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Jan 15, 2022 10:09
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Nipponophile posted:So is this what seinen manga is now? Just shounen with boobs? I've been following this thread hoping to catch a new 20th Century Boys or Berserk, but it seems like everything being discussed here is just a bog-standard tournament fighting manga with maybe some extra gore or tits. You can find plenty of other stuff but i suggest other ways. Personally I just look at new releases (of fully translated manga) and try everything that sounds a bit unique. But stuff that isn’t shonen+ is also just less popular with translators
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Jan 15, 2022 10:35
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I started this discussion off by asking about one of those kinds of series tbf. I think a bigger issue for a 20th century boys type series is that to make a really good one is incredibly hard so they're few and far between
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Jan 15, 2022 12:28
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Mary Annette posted:Depends, were you cut down by an imagination blade as soon as the overwhelming battle aura of I was bisected by Baki's Musashi. The other one just made my extremely thirsty.
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Jan 15, 2022 15:32
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I think the hottest seinen coming out of Japan rn (critically at least) is About the Movement of the Earth, which covers geocentricism vs heliocentricism in 15th century Europe, so it’s more of a philosophical drama but also interspersed with really nasty violent bits. Been getting regular scanlation updates, too
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Jan 15, 2022 15:37
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That looks ace, thank you for redeeming this thread
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Jan 15, 2022 16:05
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Coaaab posted:I think the hottest seinen coming out of Japan rn (critically at least) is About the Movement of the Earth, which covers geocentricism vs heliocentricism in 15th century Europe, so it’s more of a philosophical drama but also interspersed with really nasty violent bits. Been getting regular scanlation updates, too Yes, thank you. More like this, please.
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Jan 15, 2022 16:14
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Nipponophile posted:So is this what seinen manga is now? Just shounen with boobs? I've been following this thread hoping to catch a new 20th Century Boys or Berserk, but it seems like everything being discussed here is just a bog-standard tournament fighting manga with maybe some extra gore or tits. That's always what seinen has been, you just don't have a coherent critical consensus to point you to the gems that exist in the translation glut
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Coaaab posted:I think the hottest seinen coming out of Japan rn (critically at least) is About the Movement of the Earth, which covers geocentricism vs heliocentricism in 15th century Europe, so it’s more of a philosophical drama but also interspersed with really nasty violent bits. Been getting regular scanlation updates, too ahh i didn't know this was being scanned, good to know 
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Jan 15, 2022 17:15
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In fact id say the hit rate for seinen manga being good is lower than shonen. Then they have to be translated to reach non japanese shores.
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Jan 15, 2022 20:23
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I agree. There is absolutely gigantic amount of seinen trash that's basically just tits and gore. Also most of isekai are seinen, IIRC? (yes, I know I basically said the same thing twice  )
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Jan 15, 2022 21:20
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Is Helck a seinen? Anyway, the author has a new work Volundio about running a bar in a world dominated by swords with strange powers. It's pretty fun. Looks like translation isn't caught up yet.
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Jan 15, 2022 22:20
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A generic bad seinen would be Ubel Blatt
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Jan 17, 2022 11:07
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I've found something new and thought a while about what to say but i'll just present it without comment 
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Jan 24, 2022 21:13
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Read Bakune Young, what an absolutely wild snd incredible manga
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GorfZaplen posted:Read Bakune Young, what an absolutely wild snd incredible manga It’s some good poo poo
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Jan 28, 2022 08:02
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GorfZaplen posted:Read Bakune Young, what an absolutely wild snd incredible manga Not unless you give me some idea what it's about.
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Jan 28, 2022 09:12
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Nipponophile posted:Not unless you give me some idea what it's about. There isn't a pithy description that makes for an easy hook. Google Toyokazu Matsunaga to see the quality of the art and jump in. It's good to take chances sometimes.
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Nipponophile posted:Not unless you give me some idea what it's about. quote:It started with a brutal beating at a pachinko parlor, and now Bakune Young -- maniac, moron or mastermind -- has taken Japan's biggest crime boss as a hostage as Step One of his plan to rule the world! Soon, yakuza, police, hapless detectives and Bakune's former gym teacher collide as Bakune holes up with his hostage in Osaka Castle, and the manly men of the Japanese mob vow to do anything to rescue their boss!
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Jan 28, 2022 18:01
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Don't humor him, for Christ's sake. That description is awful.
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Jan 28, 2022 18:10
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Must everything have a hot synopsizable angle to be worth checking out? Can't a piece of art's ability to make us think and feel be enough?
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GorfZaplen posted:Must everything have a hot synopsizable angle to be worth checking out? Can't a piece of art's ability to make us think and feel be enough? Sure, but there's a lot of art out there, and not enough time to engage with all of it. You don't need some perfect pithy slogan, just a basic description of the premise.
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