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Yay venison! was the best part.
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# ? Aug 20, 2011 13:30 |
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# ? May 5, 2024 23:25 |
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Man, this chapter's getting me all nostalgic about when I used to go hunting with my dad and uncle. Venison is delicious
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# ? Aug 20, 2011 18:53 |
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Makes me nostalgic for the venison curry that I can order anytime at my local Kashmiri-Mexican fusion restaurant. City Supremacy E: brb, getting curry.
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# ? Aug 20, 2011 19:38 |
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drat, another great chapter. It's crazy just how much I can relate to what goes down every few pages. I can't say I ever had a problem with the circle of life, but I did have a moment when I realized that you can play hard after working hard all day long. Mountain biking is the thing to do around here after 12+ hours of work. Farm life is crazy as hell, but everyone I've met so far wouldn't have it any other way. I'll be interested to see what Hachiken's dream ends up being... aside from knocking up Aki, of course!
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# ? Aug 21, 2011 17:05 |
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moflika posted:I'll be interested to see what Hachiken's dream ends up being... I'm guessing he'll end up a chef, cooking what he grows and whatnot.
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# ? Aug 21, 2011 20:10 |
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Tarodia posted:I'm guessing he'll end up a chef, cooking what he grows and whatnot. That's my guess too, what with the pizza and the Yay Venison!.
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# ? Aug 21, 2011 21:41 |
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Huh, really? I figured with how specialized everyone else is, and how pleased the president was that Hachiken doesn't have a dream, that he's destined for some kind of generalist position, like management, or being a teacher. Huh! Or a food processor/distributor of some kind. That would fit, just like you guys say.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 05:54 |
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I'm going out on a limb here and say that he's going to be the best drat accountant ever. Or the best drat middle management of a downtown Tokyo firm. Seriously, just because he's going to agri school doesn't mean he's going to become farmer john. It's only high school. I mean he's doing this so he can get a better placement in university choices by virtue of being top of class. I predict that he's going to spend the next 3 years escaping from whatever family problems he has and his hatred of the grind of high school prep (which he seems to be really good at so it stands to reason that he was probably top of his class in j.hs as well.) In the meantime he will learn valuable lessons about life and friendship in this rag tag group of unlikely fellows where he will find a deeper understanding of the world and that life is hard everywhere and although he had come out to Hokkaido to escape from what he considered an academic prison even out in the country people try just as hard to achieve their goals and the main problem he had was that he was sprinting a marathon he should have been jogging instead. His family actually loves him very much and he comes to terms with his own problems and moves on to a big name school. Also, a few chapters down the line, before the slaughtering, Beefbowl will be kidnapped/rescued by Hachi and the ragtag team of friends and they will hide him in the woods near the trash collection spot. Alas, while sneaking food to Beefbowl it is revealed that Beefbowl has escaped through a hole in his enclosure out into a torrential rain and all the rest of the animals are to be evacuated for fear of a flash flood. Desperate to rescue Beefbowl Hachi sneaks into the stables to ride the ugly horse to find him and Aki joins him while the rest of the crew search frantically for the two in the rain. Hachi and Aki never find Beefbowl and in a freak accident Aki falls off the horse and they must find shelter in an abandoned shed because the roads are all flooded and oh no it is too cold they have to warm each other somehow oh god this is embarassing but hey, this is the chance that Hachi has been looking for! At the crucial moment however the door is opened and its the principal and oh look Beefbowl led them to the shed, which it turns out is right behind the principals mansion in the school. And will you look at that, the flood has unearthed a hot spring! Which is haunted. Beefbowl is saved and named the school mascot for saving their lives. So it's back to studying and the hilarious hyjinks of farming and everything seems well and the tension between Aki and Hachi seems to be developing steadily when oh hey, who is this little kid entering the high school? Oh my god it's Hachi's like sister Nana who wants to come to school to be with her Oniiiiichan~~~ Hachi is now like the most popular dude ever and he's got a steady harem thing going with a few of the fat chicks but the Holstein club is after Nana! Whom she tames and enslaves to ensure that no whoreslutfarmbitch gets their poo poo smeared hands on her precious OniiiChhhhhhaaaann. But it turns out that Hachi doesn't really have a sister in real life. It's a ghost from the haunted hot spring which has tricked everyone and only Beefbowl can see her as a true ghost because that's what animals do. The ghost had been lured by the smell of pizza and had chosen Hachi to be her long lost betrothed who just happens to look exactly like Hachi who it turns out looks a lot like what the Principal used to look like and hey, Nana is actually the ghost of the principal's childhood friend who drowned in the hot spring and that's why he built his house near there. And then there's some poo poo with a cooking competition against big food companies that make pizzas out of imported goods instead of good old domestic products. And a rival agricultral school for the world's most elite families opening up right next door which only allows rich kids in and they have maids and poo poo, some of whom are ninjas. And the big beefy looking kid takes the school to the baseball finals but he breaks his arm but he plays anyway to confess his true feelings for the fat chick who runs farms like Google and they take their hick farm to international ConAgra level poo poo. Hrm and one of the Holstein freaks turns out to be a feared legendary fist of the the street and neverlosing fighter of unending passion in some town who had a change of heart and decided to inherit the family farming business instead of the family yakuza business. All of which is revealed by a new teacher who used to be the gang's previous leader but he's a decent guy deep down. Oh and somebody dies... erm let's say the freckled bitch. She dies of cancer. Caused by freckles. Freckles not being common on Japanese people it turns out they were little malignant tumors everyone attributed to bad skin due to growing up dirt poor in hicktowns. BEST MANGA EVER The above is just ramblings and me typing really loudly and fast while looking serious so that my boss doesn't get mad at me. If any of this stuff happens I'll probably hate this manga forever and it probably won't because what kind of idiot would make a manga like this. Sure it'll sell millions but goddamn it I want to enjoy my highly unprofitable farming manga while I can and this author made enough money now to do whatever she wants. Also, they turn one of the tractors into a mecha. Beefbowl drives it. Agaisnt another mecha driven by an artificial intelligence the industrial high builds. There were no survivors.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 15:14 |
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notafbiagent posted:I'm going out on a limb here and say that he's going to be the best drat accountant ever. Or the best drat middle management of a downtown Tokyo firm. This is the most ~ANIME~ thing ever, and I love it.
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 15:31 |
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But what about the power of Friendship?
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 17:01 |
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notafbiagent posted:I'm going out on a limb here and say that he's going to be the best drat accountant ever. Or the best drat middle management of a downtown Tokyo firm. Frame this post (for murder(because I'm laughing myself to death)).
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# ? Aug 22, 2011 21:14 |
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notafbiagent posted:Also, a few chapters down the line, before the slaughtering, Beefbowl will be kidnapped/rescued by Hachi and the ragtag team of friends and they will hide him in the woods near the trash collection spot. Alas, while sneaking food to Beefbowl it is revealed that Beefbowl has escaped through a hole in his enclosure out into a torrential rain and all the rest of the animals are to be evacuated for fear of a flash flood. Desperate to rescue Beefbowl Hachi sneaks into the stables to ride the ugly horse to find him and Aki joins him while the rest of the crew search frantically for the two in the rain. I cannot wait for this arc.
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# ? Aug 24, 2011 04:45 |
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Chapter 15 is out! Out, damned spot! out, I say! Poor Hachiken. Man, Grandpa is so badass this chapter. I am looking forward to more misadventures with Mikage's family.
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# ? Aug 31, 2011 14:31 |
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I Watson posted:Chapter 15 is out! Out, damned spot! out, I say! Poor Hachiken. Man, Grandpa is so badass this chapter. I am looking forward to more misadventures with Mikage's family.
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# ? Aug 31, 2011 16:59 |
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And here's the link to the chapter. e: Hachiken, Mikage, and a bear corpse. Looks like they'll be eating well. Nondevor fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Aug 31, 2011 |
# ? Aug 31, 2011 20:25 |
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If Karl May is anything to go by, bear paws are delicious.
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# ? Aug 31, 2011 20:38 |
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I laughed way, way too hard at the dead deer being blindfolded so Hachi wouldn't have to look at its eyes. This is fantastic.
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# ? Aug 31, 2011 20:38 |
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Can't butcher a blindfolded deer... that smacks of murder.
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# ? Aug 31, 2011 22:19 |
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And afterwards the blindfold was off, so it was still looking at him And what a romantic ending~ Does bear taste good?
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# ? Sep 1, 2011 22:31 |
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Just by looking at one I'd guess it's probably tough but in a stew or slow cooker it might be nice. I'd certainly love to try one!
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# ? Sep 2, 2011 00:51 |
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I have always been of the understanding that it tastes like rear end.
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# ? Sep 2, 2011 05:39 |
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I'm pretty sure it was brown bear I had, but I'm not sure. A friend of mine's dad got one about 10 years ago in Northern Michigan. It's very greasy, but it's a dense meat. I don't really remember the flavor too much, but it wasn't as gamy as I was expecting, nothing at all like the wild boar I'd had before. The stuff I had was prepared in a stew, so I don't know how tough an actual bear steak would be if you could even cook it that way. I remember it being very lean for as much grease as it was putting out, but that might be a seasonal thing. EDIT: Since I don't remember the taste very well, I'm going to half agree with Zorak on this one. It must not have been amazing, but I don't remember it tasting as bad as squirrel. pointlessone fucked around with this message at 05:46 on Sep 2, 2011 |
# ? Sep 2, 2011 05:43 |
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Thanks guys. Maybe it's an "acquired" taste, then. I'm sure we'll find out in a chapter or two.Zorak posted:I have always been of the understanding that it tastes like rear end. Carnivores are all supposed to taste bad, aren't they?
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# ? Sep 2, 2011 11:29 |
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My stepdad hunts and one day on a rainy day I was watching a hunting show with him and the guys on it were cooking bear. They were slow cooking it to make sandwiches and the result looked like pulled pork. I was all "Man, that looks pretty good..." I asked him about the taste and he said it wasn't spectacular and that slow cooking it is the only way, he finds, that makes it edible. He says it tastes quite grainy when not cooked enough.
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# ? Sep 2, 2011 12:48 |
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House Louse posted:Carnivores are all supposed to taste bad, aren't they? Salmon is delicious, man! Also: Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel; Chapter 9 posted:"...I can personally attest to the deliciousness of lion burger"
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# ? Sep 2, 2011 14:17 |
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New chapter - http://www.mangareader.net/silver-spoon/16/1
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# ? Sep 8, 2011 15:33 |
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JosephWongKS posted:New chapter - http://www.mangareader.net/silver-spoon/16/1 Don't forget to mention the 4 week break!
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# ? Sep 8, 2011 16:42 |
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moflika posted:Don't forget to mention the 4 week break! The attention to detail in this manga impresses me. I grew up near a massive dairy farm, and it's pretty neat seeing the equipment used there drawn so accurately.
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# ? Sep 8, 2011 16:47 |
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Most predators are gamey and/or tough, but the solution to everything is just cooking them right. Hell, duck is disgusting unless you know how to cook it.
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# ? Sep 8, 2011 17:09 |
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One thing that kind of bothers me about this manga, thinking about it, is actually just HOW "cheery" it is. There's like... no disagreeances or ill-will ever. There's no negative social interactions beyond Hachiken's bad relationship with his family. It just seems kind of odd that, say, the BUY OUT EVERYTHING megafarm subsidy gets along with a tiny little farm just doing their thang and they're on a first name basis? I'm pretty sure it doesn't work this way.
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# ? Sep 8, 2011 17:34 |
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Zorak posted:It just seems kind of odd that, say, the BUY OUT EVERYTHING megafarm subsidy gets along with a tiny little farm just doing their thang and they're on a first name basis? I'm pretty sure it doesn't work this way.
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# ? Sep 8, 2011 17:57 |
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New Chapter http://www.mangafox.com/manga/gin_no_saji/c017/1.html e: 2nd page seems to say that the 1st volume was really popular!
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# ? Oct 15, 2011 04:43 |
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Glad to see that it's back from the break! I missed this manga. Tama's outburst was pretty great. "MY GREATEST LOVE IS MONEY!!!" And cue all the dramatic poses. e: Hachiken's reactions to the live birth were hilarious. Nondevor fucked around with this message at 05:45 on Oct 15, 2011 |
# ? Oct 15, 2011 05:40 |
I had to do a double take on "Oh, my! " but then I got it
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# ? Oct 15, 2011 07:22 |
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I just got back into this series after a while and I really like it. I get the same sense of that I get from reading James Herriot. I'm definitely going to be keeping a close eye on this series and this thread.
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# ? Oct 16, 2011 20:00 |
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Glad to see this back. Was there any particular reason for the hiatus? Was she working on the family farm as a refresher?
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# ? Oct 16, 2011 21:49 |
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God drat, Tama's "I LOVE MONEY!" bit absolutely slayed me, and I don't know why.
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# ? Oct 16, 2011 23:36 |
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an_mutt posted:God drat, Tama's "I LOVE MONEY!" bit absolutely slayed me, and I don't know why. A kindred spirit?
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# ? Oct 17, 2011 05:44 |
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More! http://www.mangafox.com/manga/gin_no_saji/c018/1.html
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# ? Oct 18, 2011 17:48 |
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KoB posted:More!
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# ? Oct 18, 2011 17:55 |