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dipwood posted:I get the impression from manga that mental health is basically a joke in Japan. The scenes from the juvenile detention facility, where attempts at the rehabilitation of 14-year old, clearly mentally disturbed boy who murdered his cousins seemed to consist solely of "kneel here for several hours and think hard about the horrible things you have done" were particularly egerious. Lt. Lizard fucked around with this message at 19:25 on Sep 23, 2023 |
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# ? May 10, 2024 06:48 |
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dipwood posted:I get the impression from manga that mental health is basically a joke in Japan. I mean, the manga for A Silent Voice almost didn't get published for similar reasons about the treatment of handicapped people.
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# ? Sep 23, 2023 19:20 |
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Tangently related (physical disabilities) and may have been mentioned but Real (wheelchair basketball manga by the writer of Slam Dunk) had a chapter last month after like a two year hiatus. It's one of my favourite manga, and I think it counts as seinen.
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# ? Sep 25, 2023 10:47 |
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Squidster posted:It's been a long time, but a new chapter of The Bugle Call just dropped. thanks for posting. this manga owns.
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# ? Sep 27, 2023 04:49 |
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Tenkaichi 30 Holy poo poo, Hanzo actually won
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# ? Oct 28, 2023 04:55 |
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I'll believe Kojiro is dead when I see the corpse. But yeah, what an upset!
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# ? Oct 28, 2023 05:24 |
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blizzardvizard posted:Tenkaichi 30 After months of predicting that it would be Hanzo eating poo poo because Kojiro was blatantly set up against Musashi both historically and in the story itself. I'm happy my guy Hanzo actually pulled out the W and used Musashi against Kojiro in the best way possible. Emzedoh posted:I'll believe Kojiro is dead when I see the corpse. But yeah, what an upset! Same honestly, I theorized that Hanzo could survive this match by faking his death so it's entirely possible Kojiro manages to do the same. He was alive going into that fall so we'll see.
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# ? Oct 28, 2023 05:28 |
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despite winning, he's basically out now. hanzo uses a spear, which he can't really do with one hand. some of the contestants are bullshit enough to not be fazed by that sort of thing, but hanzo's just some guy.
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# ? Oct 28, 2023 05:31 |
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Tbh my first thought is that he's gonna get some sort of prosthetics, probably with some form of hidden weapons or tricks too. I have no idea if that's realistic for this time period, but the series is playing it loose with realism anyway
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# ? Oct 28, 2023 05:43 |
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This version of Kojiro was not very interesting so I'm fine with him losing. Hanzo's going to need a magic prosthetic arm or something though.
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# ? Oct 28, 2023 06:02 |
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Sindai posted:This version of Kojiro was not very interesting so I'm fine with him losing.
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# ? Oct 28, 2023 06:04 |
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Ninjas with prosthesis limbs are a thing that predate sekiro by a while and is practically a genre staple for stories involving ninja. Hell yeah Hanzo.
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# ? Oct 28, 2023 09:26 |
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blizzardvizard posted:Tenkaichi 30 It was a good trick.
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# ? Oct 28, 2023 17:33 |
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Seeing that cross section of Hanzo's spear was interesting. I never considered that there would be something inside the pole.
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# ? Oct 28, 2023 17:57 |
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I didn't see a better thread for it but worth saying: that Pluto anime loving rules as hard as you'd hope a Pluto anime would
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# ? Oct 28, 2023 17:59 |
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blizzardvizard posted:Tenkaichi 30 God gently caress yes. Was rooting for Hanzo all the time, biggest underdog on the tournament by miles. gimme the GOD drat candy posted:despite winning, he's basically out now. hanzo uses a spear, which he can't really do with one hand. some of the contestants are bullshit enough to not be fazed by that sort of thing, but hanzo's just some guy. He only used a spear to match Tadakatsu, it's gonna turn out he's better at one-handed weapons or use prostetics poo poo unlike the others. He did get more damage than anyone else in the tournament so far though, so unless the winner of the next fight gets equally roughed up, he is in for a bad time
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# ? Oct 29, 2023 01:59 |
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Rody One Half posted:I didn't see a better thread for it but worth saying: that Pluto anime loving rules as hard as you'd hope a Pluto anime would It finally came out? Hot drat I'll have something to watch later this week. Mindblast posted:Seeing that cross section of Hanzo's spear was interesting. I never considered that there would be something inside the pole. Some kind of sliding mechanism is all I can guess. Or the reservoir of poison for the 2nd spear tip
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# ? Oct 29, 2023 04:20 |
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The Pluto anime is pretty good. I'm seeing a lot of complaints from people in the industry that it messed with a bunch of animators work by replacing their hand drawn effects with CG or doing a lot of weird compositing over it, as well as being uninspired with the camera, and comparing it unfavorably with the direction of "Monster" which apparently used the animated medium better. But it's still a competent adaption of Pluto and that manga is great so the adaption is also decent.
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# ? Oct 30, 2023 19:53 |
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I personally think it’s an excellent adaptation and while the directing is a bit flat in that you can basically see the panels they were putting on screen, the ending flows a lot better. In the manga I felt there were a bunch of big reveals all smooshed together and the adaptation gives everything a bit more breathing room. Maybe I just have better tolerance for infodumps when it’s spoken dialogue and not walls of text.
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# ? Oct 31, 2023 04:17 |
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First PV for Mysteries, Maidens, and Mysterious Disappearances is out. We'll also be seeing an official english TL starting Next year so hats off to the author for their current and continued success.
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# ? Nov 3, 2023 20:56 |
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Brought To You By posted:First PV for Mysteries, Maidens, and Mysterious Disappearances is out. We'll also be seeing an official english TL starting Next year so hats off to the author for their current and continued success. I tried to read this series years ago, and it started out kind of interesting but there was a real drop in the art quality after the first couple of arcs, maybe it was an issue of it getting rushed for publication deadlines. It was also one of those manga where the art is very horny in a way that doesn't really mesh with the rest of the story.
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# ? Nov 6, 2023 19:46 |
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Usuzumi No Hate is basically Blame! combined with NieR Automata It has some fantastic art
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# ? Nov 12, 2023 19:59 |
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Pretty bold comparison to be making. Means comparing the series to some very high standards. Only finished the first chapter as I write this post, but it seems alright so far. Looks nice, but so far it's more "this is a nice abandoned city" than Blame or Nier Automata style "Holy crap" (admittedly, Automata got a lot of boost from the soundtrack there). One thing that stands out in a mildly negative way, though, is how talky it is. The protagonist has constant narration. Some of it feels redundant in and of itself, but more than that, it hurts the Berserk comparison. The quiet emptiness of that manga makes the whole tone, and it would evaporate if Killy had thought balloons explaining everything. But again, that's the high standards of comparison bit. In and of itself, so far I'm interested enough to keep going. Not a bad place to be.
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# ? Nov 14, 2023 11:27 |
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That's a good series. Definitely inspired by Blame! but not as out there.
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# ? Nov 14, 2023 12:18 |
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Is this the place to talk about heavenly delusion (tengoku daimakyou)? Because Holy poo poo I just finished the first season and what a ride that was.
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# ? Nov 19, 2023 14:50 |
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well, there's an anime thread for it, but I'm not sure if there's been a manga thread for it.
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# ? Nov 19, 2023 15:02 |
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poo poo, thanks. I looked all over for it but apparently I can't see anything on the app.
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# ? Nov 19, 2023 18:33 |
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there's a new Mieruko-chan, and it's taking one step out of the current arc and stepping right into the next arc without hesitation. I have to say it's been really good at hooking me to the supernatural story of the series, I wasn't sure how it would do past the initial oneshots but it's still a series I immediately read the moment a new chapter hits.
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# ? Nov 22, 2023 03:37 |
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Tenkaichi 32 I'm going all in on Yasukecoin, we need more non-sword guys in this and Club+Shield is a cool weapon combo.
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# ? Nov 22, 2023 17:40 |
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Plutonis posted:Tenkaichi 32 I feel like yasuke is a much better bet than William Adams turned out to be. as far as making it out of the first round. Gotta get some gaijin representation on the bracket and we're so far looking good in that Yasuke isn't a surprise sexual predator or something. Worth noting that this is the 2nd time a character's weapon choice was retconned between their initial appearance and actual fight. Yasuke had like 8 sticks strapped to his body originally and his tournament blurb said he practiced some two stick fighting style native to southern africa. Now he's rocking the Club and Shield which isn't a bad change mind you, and the story is leaning to the theme of strongest spear vs Strongest shield so I'm interested.
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# ? Nov 22, 2023 18:17 |
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Brought To You By posted:Worth noting that this is the 2nd time a character's weapon choice was retconned between their initial appearance and actual fight. Yasuke had like 8 sticks strapped to his body originally and his tournament blurb said he practiced some two stick fighting style native to southern africa. Now he's rocking the Club and Shield which isn't a bad change mind you, and the story is leaning to the theme of strongest spear vs Strongest shield so I'm interested. Either that or his shield is shattered during the fight and he switches to dual club style.
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# ? Nov 22, 2023 20:49 |
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Looks like a new group picked up Ura Baitou again!
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# ? Nov 23, 2023 00:08 |
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https://mangadex.org/title/51e1b2f2-8e20-4ece-a271-81959e37e22d/azumi azumi is finally finished. sort of ends on probably the weakest arc in the series
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# ? Dec 1, 2023 20:22 |
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no kiichi vs for a while, but some more hideki arai is being translated, this time irene https://mangadex.org/title/8e5cb227-2190-4d86-8b63-6962759aec52/irene-of-love-revisted
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# ? Dec 7, 2023 19:31 |
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the wacky kiryu side story devils x devil is getting translated https://mangadex.org/title/7a4c489d-4838-4b84-98e4-da054481a09a/devils-devil-kiryu-in-paris
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# ? Dec 12, 2023 23:37 |
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Another ominous toot from the Bugle Call! Plans for the Future The Pope is def. a real piece of poo poo, but they really do need super-soldiers to hold off the Empire. Zoe is the child at the center of Omelas, only she's too brainwashed to realize how terrible her life is. At least Lucas is in her corner! I do also wonder how recent the Ramus are; I suspect they've only been around for a century at most.
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# ? Dec 17, 2023 04:10 |
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finally. volume 5 of kiichi. https://mangadex.org/chapter/196b3ac1-de75-43ea-8cea-58903733dd04
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# ? Jan 2, 2024 20:39 |
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Squidster posted:Another ominous toot from the Bugle Call! I loved that performance of the neck-cracker suite. As for your spoilers I'd agree the ramus are recent. Probably only 2-3 generations but it's possible this isn't the first occurrence of Ramus given the towers are these ancient structures.
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# ? Jan 3, 2024 00:58 |
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A new chapter of Bugle's call dropped. New guy has a couple death flags on him so we'll see how long he lasts. We're putting the Garland in more focus as well, gonna be interesting to see what her father's deal is and how the Pope plans to usurp her powers.
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# ? Jan 22, 2024 17:07 |
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# ? May 10, 2024 06:48 |
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The Bugle Call is so loving good. it needs more eyes on it and an official translation ASAP
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