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Mary Annette posted:Again!! 46! I'm not sure how I feel about Imamura building a harem of sorts (though it looks like they might be setting up a potential relationship between Shibata and baseball dude).
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Mary Annette posted:Again!! 68! I legitimately think Hiro has the right idea and that they could find some way to get around the whole "minors being unable to bet/buy lottery tickets" thing. I mean, ask your parents to buy it or something. I also don't quite get why Imamura is so weird about dating Shibata. It's not like he has to be in True Love to date this girl when he's 15/16 (though given the fact that he has the mind of an ~18 year old who has never dated anyone I guess it isn't that strange for him to have such an attitude, even if it's frustrating as the reader).
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Autonomous Monster posted:And, as if on cue chapter 70. I found the whole revelation that Hiro was never really interested in Aki an interesting twist, since they initially portrayed Aki as someone who had a pretty idealistic high school life. I'm a little unclear on whether it's possible for both time lines to really exist at the same time. It seems like only one Imamura can be conscious/not in a coma at a time, since he transitions by experiencing brain trauma. Is time progressing at a normal rate in the original world while Imamura remains in a coma, or does a week in the "again" world only translate to a shorter amount of time of him being in a coma in the original world?
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Seven Sins is a really high quality shounen series. It probably won't be considered a classic or anything, but it just has much better art/action/setting than you usually see in battle shounen manga.
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Plutonis posted:Sins is pretty good indeed, although I really loved the previous work from the author a lot more. Seriously, Kongoh Bancho is a must read. One of the craziest goddamn Shonen out there. Holy poo poo, I did not know it was the same guy, though I can tell that the art is the same in retrospect.
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toanoradian posted:Remember Doubutsu no Kuni, made by the guy who makes Gash Bell? The manga that has its last update on September of 2012? Well it's updated again. With nine new volumes. Good god, that is incredibly violent for a children's series (which it is, since it won some Kodansha award in the children's category). Bones sticking out of severed limbs and entrails being torn out of folks left and right. edit: This has prompted me to start re-reading Gash Bell, which I had forgotten was actually quite good. Ytlaya fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Nov 3, 2013 |
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Mary Annette posted:Again!! 73! I dunno, I can't really think of anything he could have done differently in this specific chapter, though he's at blame for not being more straight-forward previously.
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Nov 19, 2013 00:40
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What's sad about the earlier parts of that Koe no Katachi series is that kids are every bit as bad as that in real life. I was bullied some in elementary school, yet, as much as I hate to admit it, I would jump at the chance to make fun of someone lower on the totem pole than myself. I remember feeling disgust towards this unpopular girl who sat in front of me when she peed her pants this one time (you could smell it), even though in retrospect I'm sure she was absolutely mortified. Ultimately, it's all because kids are more or less incapable of empathy just by virtue of their brains not being close to fully developed. Putting yourself in someone else's shoes never enters the equation unless you're watching/reading something that explicitly describes someone else's situation.
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Nov 28, 2013 02:17
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gobbledygoat posted:It almost hurts how much better the oneshot is. I didn't read the one-shot until seeing this, and you're definitely right. The main character is a hell of a lot cooler in the one-shot. In the "chapter 1" he's more of a "I want to protect everyone for justice!" typical shounen hero, while he's a lot more interesting/"tough" in the one-shot.
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I think my favorite of those was probably the WW2 vampire one; the plot wasn't anything special, but the pacing/execution felt really polished. The one with the cowboy samurai girl probably had the worst plot; it read like something a 13 year old would think is cool and was cheesy in a bad way (compared with the Sweat Man one which was cheesy in a good way). edit: I just read the second chapter of Iron Knight and yeah, it was pretty bad. Even if I ignore the rabbit girl at the end, it's pretty ridiculous that this kid is keeping his poo poo together after burning/burying all these violently killed people. It's not so much that I'm unwilling to suspend disbelief and more that they shouldn't have had that sort of violence to begin with if they were going to treat it in such a dumb way. Ytlaya fucked around with this message at 07:29 on Dec 21, 2013 |
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My biggest issue with Koe no Katachi is that Nishimiya comes off as super passive/"nice" to an extent where it makes her character seem two-dimensional. Is "infantilizing" the term for minority characters being handled with kid gloves like this? Presenting someone handicapped in a positive way (or hell, presenting them at all) is obviously way better than ignoring them or presenting them in a negative manner, but ideally they would be treated as actual individuals with the same positive and negative aspects as anyone else. Something like Koe no Katachi is still much better than nothing at all, though.
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Kaja Rainbow posted:It looks like what I and others were saying upthread is correct, what with the little sister outright confirming Shouko's been showing false smiles all along. But it's good that there really has been a change and I haven't just been imagining it. We might gradually get to see more and more of Shouko's true personality, which is something I've been waiting for. Like in the comic Mari no Naka, we find out that Shouko has been secretly going to BDSM sex stores and renting porn.
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Cake Attack posted:Haha, the worst one was the most popular in English. Yeah, god drat. I guess it's not surprising, since I probably would have liked something similar when I was 15 (and I'm assuming a lot of the people who voted were teenagers). The vampire soldier thing was executed pretty well, despite the topic not sounding that good. It also had the art that I liked the most.
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ConanThe3rd posted:Morning Star and Sweat Man were pure poo poo. All the rest at least tried; Sweat Man is a lovely attempt at One Punch Man and Morning Star was just boring. I had trouble following what was going on in Morning Star, and wasn't surprised when I saw that one of the judges felt the same way. There's this one series that some girl does as a web comic (but also releases volumes) called Carciphona: http://carciphona.com/ While the plot/characters aren't anything amazing, I find it really impressive that she is able to release a very professional/polished comic all by herself (and some of her colored/details pictures on her personal website, http://shilin.net/, are also pretty great). I've been buying the volumes just to support her, since it's definitely an uphill battle to be a successful comic writer/artist. Ytlaya fucked around with this message at 20:27 on Jan 29, 2014 |
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Reiche posted:Not to doublepost, but Seven Deadly Sins 70 is out, and it's the perfect mix of an infobomb and Seven Deadly Sins is such a solid shounen series. Its story/characters/pacing are like a much better and more refined version of the main WSJ series and most other shounen battle manga. I'm happy that they finally got around to the more good/relate-able holy knights realizing that the sins aren't bad. I figured it would happen eventually, since it's pretty clear that the sins alone lack the firepower to really take on all of the holy knights. I'm curious about where the series is going to go from here, since I think the guy who Gowther is "fighting" is one of the top tier enemies at this point. I imagine the stuff with King Arthur is setting up some other plot thread.
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Silento posted:Negima and UQ Holder. If you can get past the first 2 volumes of Negima, and deal with a smattering of fanservice here and there, then the action is a lot of fun. UQ Holder is a sequel, but you don't need to read Negima first (you still should though!) I just wanted to mention that if you still don't like Negima (I really tried, but the fan-service and setting - in terms of the main characters being a class of girls taught by a little boy - were too much), still give UQ Holder a shot. While nothing amazing, it's been a pretty solid shounen title so far.
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I just read all of Saiki Kusuo that's currently out, and I'm really happy to see something that funny in the WSJ. Hopefully it stays popular.
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I like the chapter where it turns out all anime/manga cliches were the direct result of Saiki's mind control.
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Allarion posted:New chapter of Again. "You dimwit! All art is cheesy!"
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I like the art style in Boku no Hero Academy, it's really unique.
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Allarion posted:Time will tell on that front, but have another chapter of superhero highschool! That's good to hear. It definitely has a unique feel to it for a Japanese shounen/action manga.
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So there's this comic I've been reading that isn't exactly shounen but not sure what to call it (partly because it's written by some Canadian girl), but she's a really amazing artist and deserves more attention: http://carciphona.com/ Her color art in particular is awesome, but the comic also isn't half bad, particularly for someone without any editor. It's basically a legitimate "web comic" in the sense of being "a comic on the web" (though you can also buy physical volumes of it). Ytlaya fucked around with this message at 01:32 on Nov 25, 2014 |
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icantfindaname posted:Does she have assistants? That's some pretty astonishing artwork, most anime webcomics/webtoons look like they're drawn by cavemen in comparison to that Pretty sure she doesn't. I find it really impressive that she's able to make something every bit as good, if not better, than a lot of other manga all by herself. It's also definitely worth looking at the colored pieces on her personal website, because they're also pretty awesome. From what I've seen her say it sounds like it's just the result of drawing for hours a day every single day for many years. edit: I can't say for sure how well she's doing sales-wise, but based upon the number of e-mails she sent out for this recent raffle (she's doing some raffle for people who recently bought stuff from her) it looks like she's selling on the order of just ~100 or so volumes. Which isn't exactly bad for a total amateur, but it's a shame given that the work she does is better than a bunch of the stuff that actually manages to get published in Japan (much less other web-comics). Ytlaya fucked around with this message at 03:44 on Nov 25, 2014 |
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Law Cheetah posted:Webcomics like this typically release on a schedule of like 2 pages a month, or something like that. I was curious and looked at this and it looks like she more or less does 2 pages a week, though that's on top of commissions and other things.
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Endorph posted:It could be a cool dystopian future type manga, but instead it's 'criminals are the loving worst, and there are no incorrect verdicts, ever' Yeah, it looks like the general message is going to be one that condones the general concept rather than looking at it critically. Which is kind of hosed up.
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coathat posted:Negima is bad and so is Uq holder. But luckily Blazing Transfer Student is very good. http://bato.to/read/_/294971/blazing-transfer-student_v10_ch91_by_hokuto-no-gun I agree the Negima is bad and UQ Holder is just kind of mediocre. Your posting style is kind of abrasive, but you have good taste and have introduced me to a number of good series I wouldn't have heard of otherwise so I think that makes up for it. edit: Blazing Transfer Student is absolutely hilarious. It's hard to believe it was written before I was born; some of the humor seems a lot more contemporary. Ytlaya fucked around with this message at 03:59 on Jan 4, 2015 |
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That was legitimately mean of her to deceive him about the test subject matter. She is going to keep harassing him until he fails out of high school.
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Jesus loving christ, the comments are all people talking about how much they like middle school girls. edit: "She's a middle schooler you pedo!! Although I can't say I disagree with you..."
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MrCinos posted:The latest Gintama arc which now extends to an even bigger one is probably the best one I've read in shounen. I'm biased though since Gintama has always been in my top 3 shounens (since mid 2006). I'm interested in reading/watching Gintama after coming across some clip of a couple of the characters from it doing karaoke to a B'z song (Ultra Soul iirc). edit: here we go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaUPvPEy4DA
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Ibram Gaunt posted:So now that you get all of CR's manga with a premium account I've been looking through its library and saw Fairy Tail, is that any good? I know pretty much nothing about it other than it's popular apparently, and done by the rave master guy, which is a series I remember watching yet remember nothing about besides the weird rear end mascot character. Fairy Tail is an incredibly mediocre, very stereotypical shounen series. It's like someone decided to create a list of elements common to popular shounen series and created something with the explicit intent of checking off every box. If you're a huge fan of shounen battle manga it might be worth a read, but it's very unremarkable. edit: To give you an idea what I mean by "unremarkable," a while back I remember a bunch of people in the thread commenting that they could only remember one or two of the earlier arcs in the series. Ytlaya fucked around with this message at 02:32 on Jan 18, 2015 |
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Silver2195 posted:What makes Fairy Tail distinctive isn't characterization (generic, occasionally derivative of One Piece specifically), plot (a mess at times), or art (blatantly stolen from One Piece), but pacing. Fairy Tail is one of the few shonen manga that doesn't occasionally suffer from the are-they-still-on-Namek problem. This is true and probably the only thing that makes Fairy Tail anything other than an inferior/less inspired Naruto/Bleach (which obviously isn't saying much to begin with). The fast pace might also be part of why each arc seems so forgettable, though.
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Tarezax posted:I just got back into reading Sket Dance, and two new chapters were posted today. I gotta say, I was surprised to see a really respectful treatment of a transgender person in this shonen manga. I might get into reading that once I'm all caught up with Gintama, since I hear it's very similar and I've really been enjoying Gintama. Even if all the humor doesn't stick, there's just so much of it that there end up being a bunch of funny moment regardless.
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coathat posted:Not really Would you mind explaining what it is you don't like about Spirit Circle (if that's what you mean here)? I'm only asking because I think it's really good and you generally seem to have really good taste in manga, so I'm curious about why you wouldn't like it.
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I just wanted to complain about something that bothers me in the shounen comic Hitman Reborn. So, after Tsuna goes to the future he becomes strong enough to take down Byakuran, who literally no one else in the world could defeat. But then after the future arc he comes back and there's a part where his dad is kicking his rear end. If this is the case, why did his dad not also beat Byakuran in the future? For some reason this bothers me worse than most plot holes/power creep in manga. Like, because they traveled to the future we very directly know that no one else was able to beat these guys that Tsuna and his posse ended up defeating, so it makes no sense at all that anyone else (short of maybe the arcobalenos, since they were all sick during the future arc) could beat them, particularly Tsuna's dad of all people. Unlike most people, I actually did not dislike the future arc (aside from the box weapon stuff) and thought it had a compelling setting and characters/villains, but it definitely makes everything that happens afterwards make no sense.
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RatHat posted:I really liked Reborn until it turned into Pokemon and the power creep went off the charts. The story and most of the characters are so bad though. What did you like about Reborn if not the characters? Dexo posted:It's not written the best, but I love the characters and interactions in Reborn. I know, right? I feel weird about liking it since I know that it's generally considered one of the worst recent shounen series, but the main cast of characters just seem to go together really well in Reborn. Like, you really get the feeling that these guys are best buds who have been through a lot together, and Yamamoto in particular is just such a stand-up guy. I find that Mukuro, Hibari, and the Varia are also mostly really good Vegeta-esque anti-heroes (even though everyone's acceptance of Mukuro makes no sense in light of him committing all sorts of murder and atrocities). One pretty big issue, however, that someone mentioned when I brought up Reborn in another thread is that it is super sexist. There are hardly any strong female characters. None of the strong fighting arcobaleno are female, none of the Varia are female, and only one of Byakuran's main 6 henchmen is female (I think she is the strongest woman in the entire series actually, despite not really being a big deal plot-wise). Chrome is the only one that is part of the main fighting cast, and she's super sickly all the time and usually needs to resort to summoning forth Mukuro. Like, it's way worse than even Naruto in this regard. They literally have the girls cook and clean for them during the whole future arc, with even Chrome at one point joining them to fulfill her destined role as a home-keeper.
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The reason I brought up Reborn is that I have been re-reading it recently. I just finished the Future arc and apparently I had completely forgotten about this Shimon Family arc (or never read it in the first place). It's even more egregious as far as the "where were these guys when Byakuran was taking over the world" thing is concerned. At least with the final arc the Vindice have always been portrayed as kind of badass and mysterious, but the Shimon family is just another random mafia family that is super powerful for no particular reason.
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Serious Frolicking posted:So did they ever explain what the hell mafia in that setting were supposed to actually do aside from magic fights and occasionally wearing suits? Haha, I wondered this myself. They did mention at some point that the first Vongola boss created the Vongola to protect local civilians as a sort of vigilante police force. So...basically to be super heroes. So this guy just came out of nowhere and upgraded their rings after they got owned by the Shimon family, hahaha. That's gotta be one of the worse Deus Ex Machina moments I've seen in shounen manga; this unknown guy literally comes out of nowhere and just upgrades their gear immediately after they suffer a defeat. Hopefully the fights coming up are at least interesting, since at this point I'm completely sure that I never read this arc. (edit: Hahahah he also just got some nifty headphones and contact lenses from Irie Shouichi. This series has become big on its accessories.) Speaking of the gear, I was just thinking about how it makes absolutely no sense that the Vongola rings (and all of the Mafia rings?) have supposedly been around since ancient times but the Vongola family was only formed ~10 generations ago. By the way, does anyone know what Reborn's author is writing now (if she's writing anything)? I found something talking about some "elDLIVE" series, but I can't find out whether it's still ongoing. Ytlaya fucked around with this message at 03:40 on May 8, 2015 |
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Hahahaha I totally forgot that there was a character named "Shitt P". The Shimon family arc ended up not being as bad as I expected; Daemon Spade being really strong at least made sense, and he had some relevant connection to the world and plot. Given that the Shimon family was powered up by using the Vongola sin blood, it also makes sense that they weren't able to defeat Byakuran. Tsuna's dad being so powerful still makes no god drat sense though and is a gaping plot hole. Regarding eldLIVE, it's interesting how it seems to be completely in color on the shounen jump plus website. I pretty much never see manga that are completely in color.
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