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 Silver Spoon is a charming new manga by Hiromu Arakawa, author of Fullmetal Alchemist. Meet the main character, Hachiken Yugo, an honor student who has recently been accepted into Yezo Agricultural High School.  To Hachiken's misfortune, Yezo turns out to be more "Agricultural" and less "School"  Luckily, he soon makes many friends, such as the lovely Mikage  (The rider, not the horse) Mikage really likes Horses. And Horses really like Hachiken! Hachiken is working on learning that horses are not bears. So begin Hachiken's many adventures at Yezo.   Read Silver Spoon! Learn interesting facts about pigs!  Also, it has Armstrong, which is really all that needs to be said.  All currently translated chapters are available here Somebody fucked around with this message at 07:11 on Jan 15, 2013 |
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Jun 29, 2011 05:20
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Hooray! Fullmetal Agriculturalist! It's a really good manga. It also makes me hungry for pizza.
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Jun 29, 2011 05:26
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I really like this comic. I also like how Hachiken is a wishy washy kid with motivational problems who doesn't know what to do with himself, yet is not an annoying pain in the rear end. That just proves what a good writer Arakawa is. There is a real undercurrent of "Your stupid-rear end existential crises don't mean dick in the face of pressing practical concerns you little bitch" in this comic, and I love it 
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Jun 29, 2011 06:06
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Definitely one of the best non-fighting ongoing shounen running right now. Always a pleasure to read it. I wonder if the recent Pizza shenanigans are going to lead to Hachiken deciding he wants to get into cooking. I mean, it's a farming school, so there's tons of ingredients and food experts. Everyone lives simply for eating. He invariably help people and likes producing things for people. Just saying, him deciding to become a Chef wouldn't be crazy!
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Jun 29, 2011 07:04
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Anybody on the fence about reading this needs to start right the hell now. The writing is great and the expressions never fail to make me laugh.
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Jun 29, 2011 07:18
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Bremen posted:
I'm sold on this series already. EDIT: This series is really, really good. Hoping to see an anime soon. EDIT2: Just finished all ten released chapters and I just can't stop grinning. JosephWongKS fucked around with this message at 13:33 on Jun 29, 2011 |
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Jun 29, 2011 12:26
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Zorak posted:Definitely one of the best non-fighting ongoing shounen running right now. Always a pleasure to read it. I suspect he will have a few false starts before finding a real goal.
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Jun 29, 2011 14:33
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I've read Hiromu Arakawa's little author blurbs at the end of the Fullmetal Alchemist books: she comes from Hokkaido, from out in the country, it seems. I just think it's great that she's using her background and personal knowledge to make a neat manga about something most people know very little about. I don't feel it's very "shounen manga"-like, the different focus, the slower pacing, all lend it a feel of a seinen manga; but I still quite enjoy it all the same.
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Jun 29, 2011 15:07
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DrSunshine posted:I've read Hiromu Arakawa's little author blurbs at the end of the Fullmetal Alchemist books: she comes from Hokkaido, from out in the country, it seems. I just think it's great that she's using her background and personal knowledge to make a neat manga about something most people know very little about. I don't feel it's very "shounen manga"-like, the different focus, the slower pacing, all lend it a feel of a seinen manga; but I still quite enjoy it all the same. It's still early in the series - still plenty of time for it to transit into a battle manga after the students stumble on the Principal's dark conspiracy. Holstein cows are people.
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Jun 29, 2011 16:00
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JosephWongKS posted:It's still early in the series - still plenty of time for it to transit into a battle manga after the students stumble on the Principal's dark conspiracy. Holstein cows are people. Oh that would be terrible!  It should be treasured for being not very shonen-like, and still being in a shonen magazine!
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Jun 29, 2011 16:03
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If it's aimed at kids, it's shounen. Not all shounen series are Battle Manga, duh.
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Jun 29, 2011 16:28
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Zorak posted:If it's aimed at kids, it's shounen. Not all shounen series are Battle Manga, duh. Try saying that after the Save-Porkbowl Arc 
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Jun 29, 2011 17:02
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I was expecting a manga with Ricky Schroeder and Alfonso Ribeiro.
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Jun 29, 2011 17:30
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Yeah, it's pretty good.
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Jun 29, 2011 17:32
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Zorak posted:If it's aimed at kids, it's shounen. Not all shounen series are Battle Manga, duh. Its not a battle manga...yet.
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Jun 29, 2011 18:06
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JosephWongKS posted:EDIT2: Just finished all ten released chapters and I just can't stop grinning. Wait... ten chapters? Ooh, new update!
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Jun 29, 2011 18:07
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Color me intrigued - I thought the only "major" manga7anime out there dealing with agriculture with any level of detail was Moyashimon, and from what I read that one made a lot of concessions to fantasy. This looks a bit more interesting, and its particularly fascinatin how an author goes for something so down-to-earth and possibly educational after something as fantasy-heavy as FMA. I hope this does well.
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Jun 29, 2011 21:06
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This is pretty close to the perfect storm of anime for me. Harvest Moon? Check. Informational? Check. Humor? Check. Solid Artwork? Check. Interesting characters? Check. If this was somehow combined with fighting I think I'd be having serious problems waiting for it between chapters. Right now it serves as a great balance to some of the more action-focused manga like Advance of the Giants in terms of stuff I'm following. Can't wait for more, and to see what sort of challenges lie ahead of our protagonist. Especially what happens to pork bowl. 
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Jun 29, 2011 22:11
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Thanks for making this thread, I read the first couple chapters of this awhile back and then totally forgot about it. Now I'm all caught up and loving it. Arakawa can pretty much do no wrong.
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Jun 30, 2011 04:50
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JosephWongKS posted:I'm sold on this series already. If you haven't, go read/watch Moyashimon. Similar shenanigans (until one particular out of nowhere thing ... but I just pretend that didn't happen).
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Jun 30, 2011 06:37
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I hadn't heard of this before, but I read through all the translated chapters. This is great! I love Pork Bowl's name.
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Jun 30, 2011 06:38
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It just occured to me that a cross-over / collaboration between Yukimura (mangaka of Vinland Saga, currently in a farming arc) and Arakawa would be one of the most glorious things ever.
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Jun 30, 2011 06:43
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buzmeg posted:If you haven't, go read/watch Moyashimon. Similar shenanigans (until one particular out of nowhere thing ... but I just pretend that didn't happen). What, the cross dressing? Yeah, because no one ever explores their sexuality while living away from home for the first time for college.
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Jun 30, 2011 12:52
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Farms own, this series own. If you disagree you're just gonna have to
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Jun 30, 2011 18:05
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Serious Frolicking posted:What, the cross dressing? Yeah, because no one ever explores their sexuality while living away from home for the first time for college. Oh, please, extreme genre shift out of nowhere? And, to top it off, it was handled in a particularly ham-fisted manner. The problem wasn't the cross-dressing; the problem was simply *bad writing*.
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Jun 30, 2011 23:45
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buzmeg posted:Oh, please, extreme genre shift out of nowhere? And, to top it off, it was handled in a particularly ham-fisted manner. Yeah, that whole bit had a "Very Special Episode" flavor to it.
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Jul 1, 2011 00:40
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How do I rate things on SomeManga? This needs to be rated higher than it is.
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Jul 1, 2011 01:24
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Elysiume posted:How do I rate things on SomeManga? This needs to be rated higher than it is. Favorite the series, if you haven't already. Go to "My Manga." Find it on your list. Select "Review." The rating is on the right side of the text box.
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Jul 1, 2011 03:29
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I find you generally can't trust the somemanga rating system. I was reading their recommendation forum once and some guy had listed nothing but porno comics as his favorites. This farmville manga is very good though.
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Jul 1, 2011 04:59
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Yeah the best way to go on somemanga is just to pretend there's absolutely nobody else that uses the website. Every time I click on the forum topics to the right I instantly hit back until I'm ADTRW and cry a little.
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Jul 1, 2011 05:08
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Rakugoon posted:Yeah the best way to go on somemanga is just to pretend there's absolutely nobody else that uses the website. This is also my strategy for using crunchyroll.
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Jul 1, 2011 06:48
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Arakawa's new manga is about farm life in Hokkaido? ... It's always great when an author writes what they know. Runa fucked around with this message at 10:43 on Jul 1, 2011 |
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Jul 1, 2011 10:38
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I love this manga. I decided to continue reading it when I saw that more than two chapters had been out and it's so good. So very good.
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Jul 1, 2011 16:05
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Is this series a monthly just like FMA was?
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Jul 1, 2011 18:03
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The Black Stones posted:Is this series a monthly just like FMA was? Weekly. It's only 20 pages per week accordingly.
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Jul 1, 2011 18:30
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I was loving it from the beginning, but then this happened in the third chapter and I was sold for life
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Jul 1, 2011 19:01
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I don't read a lot of manga, but I just ended up reading the first 10 issues in one sitting. Very entertaining.
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Jul 1, 2011 21:40
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Colonel Sanders wearing old boxers on the outside with a porno stuffed down the crotch is the best visual I have ever seen. Godspeed, Silver Spoon. Godspeed.
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Jul 1, 2011 23:05
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Paper Lion posted:Colonel Sanders wearing old boxers on the outside with a porno stuffed down the crotch is the best visual I have ever seen. Godspeed, Silver Spoon. Godspeed. Don't forget, he's wearing a certain hat as well. Echoing that this series is fantastic. e: Especially the pizza "arc" UberChair fucked around with this message at 04:38 on Jul 2, 2011 |
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Jul 2, 2011 04:26
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Gave it a shot. Gouda, asparagus, bacon? That pizza does sound pretty good. I'm so drat hungry right now. This really is such a great read. Farewell, Pork Bowl.
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