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If it had continued as it was, I don't know if it would be just about a semi-failed mangaka, but rather a semi-failed mangaka with schizophrenia and paranoid delusions. Which might be interesting on its own, but I don't know if it could sustain its own series for too long. I'd say the mall stuff was much better handled than most examples of "tiny survivor enclave ruled by self-important arrogant fools", and leads to some pretty awesome stuff afterward with the Hero Trio. Unfortunately it then takes a two-volume detour, at which point it ends presumably with a return to the main trio, and that's where the scanlations have stopped. Can't wait for the next volume! I would highly suggest reading through the mall stuff at least until you reach the part where it changes to an entirely different group of new characters(you can tell because there'll be a shitload of 2ch/4chan style postings in the manga). While that stuff isn't bad, and has some definitely intriguing bits about the setting and what's happening as a whole, I much prefer Suzuki and co's wacky adventures in zombieland honestly.
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swimming anime posted:After reading the first volume, I have to agree with the art and writing being amazing, but the OP i think should have some indication that this manga is about zombies. I liked the first volume but i'm just not interested in more walking dead or anything else zombie related maybe ever and I was kind of annoyed that the OP is purposely misleading about that. I think most people saw it coming early on. The op was all "hey guys giant twist coming up, don't even read the thread etc etc" so I was expecting some sort of surprise double twist, where he was imagining all the zombie stuff, or their was just a normal flu going around. I didn't really care for the mall stuff. They make a point of saying that the leaders were chosen by who had the best weapon. But crossbow guy was happy taking orders from the clearly insane guy that was just randomly murdering people. Anyone could see you don't want that guy in your group.
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I didn't totally dislike the most recent arc with the other characters, it sets up some interesting things, but it probably would have sucked to read in any other way than a big chunk. I did find myself utterly hating the word zombfag though. I mean it's a pretty realistic choice of word given everything but I still hate it.
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Shugojin posted:I did find myself utterly hating the word zombfag though. I mean it's a pretty realistic choice of word given everything but I still hate it. Yep, I hate it too. I agree that the transition in terminology is appropriate, but it makes me think of *chan and reddit, which only reinforces my dislike of the transition into a zombie story and all that entails.. Captain Invictus posted:If it had continued as it was, I don't know if it would be just about a semi-failed mangaka, but rather a semi-failed mangaka with schizophrenia and paranoid delusions. Which might be interesting on its own, but I don't know if it could sustain its own series for too long.
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Chas McGill posted:Yep, I hate it too. I agree that the transition in terminology is appropriate, but it makes me think of *chan and reddit, which only reinforces my dislike of the transition into a zombie story and all that entails.. You say that as if it weren't entirely intentional.
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Chas McGill posted:Yep, I hate it too. I agree that the transition in terminology is appropriate, but it makes me think of *chan and reddit, which only reinforces my dislike of the transition into a zombie story and all that entails..
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I did say that it was appropriate. Doesn't mean that I like it or the direction the story went in.
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Chas McGill posted:Yep, I hate it too. I agree that the transition in terminology is appropriate, but it makes me think of *chan and reddit, which only reinforces my dislike of the transition into a zombie story and all that entails.. I always thought it was interesting that wierdo shutins are going to be the most insulated from a social epidemic like a zombie infection, so theyd be the people left surviving after the initial wave was over. Too bad most reports on the 2 chan paralell site were mostly "Well my dad wont stop trying to break down my door, should I kill myself or fight him?"
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Zombfag rankles me too, but it has got to be the most accurate way to represent what that social demographic would come up with to describe zombies. As far as the recent "partial immunity = superpowers" thing, for now it seems like all the zombies have the same kind of superpowers - their skin is tougher, they can move faster, they're stronger, that has been established since early on. These particular lucid zombies just happen to have all of that stuff plus consciousness, ... sort of. I reserve judgment 'til I see where the overall arc is going and what's with the moving-south thing, though. I do wish that the visions that were originally going on before the outbreak occurred somehow kept happening, but I think it might also be a sort of weird way of showing that his life was so loving boring that he was going crazy - and the last, fading vision told him that the poo poo going down was REAL, so he sorta "woke up" from that. But maybe there's more to the whole seeing-spirits thing and it just isn't out yet, I don't know, this poo poo's full of surprises that's for sure! As far as just not liking zombie stuff goes, to each their own, but this is not like any other zombie stuff I've ever seen, that's for god damned sure. A very interesting, and extremely well drawn take with a unique, culturally relevant approach to the zombie apocalypse, it's been incredibly compelling reading all the way through in my opinion. Plus, these zombies are seriously creepy. That's a plus. Most zombies in American media aren't, because they're just not dangerous, and the only media that makes any kind of sense at all tends to be well after the outbreak started and/or set up the initial premise that EVERYONE becomes a zombie when they croak, because honestly we have SO MANY GUNS, it'd take an incredible failure of the citizenry, the military and basic epidemiology to gently caress up containment if it was just a zombie virus that's transferred like rabies. I love that the lack of good weaponry since Japan has such strict firearms controls makes the one guy with a gun a huge deal, and makes survival strategies for these former shut-in weirdos even more complex and interesting. Plus they're still worrying about the morality of killing ~mostly dead people. I like it. Agreed fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Oct 15, 2013 |
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For me it's not just the gun scarcity thing, but also how most people seem to avoid breaking any laws at all. the whole point of a zombie apocalypse is that you get to go on an awesome guilt free looting spree. Then we have these guys leaving money on abandoned store counters avoiding looking through people's things for supplies. I think it does give a pretty realistic idea for the spread with the whole the national guard wasn't actually allowed to to shoot what seemed to be normal living sick people until it was too late.
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Dr_Amazing posted:For me it's not just the gun scarcity thing, but also how most people seem to avoid breaking any laws at all. the whole point of a zombie apocalypse is that you get to go on an awesome guilt free looting spree. Then we have these guys leaving money on abandoned store counters avoiding looking through people's things for supplies. Well, this is Japan, which in an actual real national disaster event; distinguished itself as a country where order was maintained and widescale looting didn't break out. I'm willing to chalk down Hideo's irrational reluctance to break the law as a pecularity of the Japanese national character. Especially, since Hideo and most Japanese people are exactly the sort of people who try their damnedest to avoid sticking their foot out of line or impose themselves on others. Will2Powa fucked around with this message at 16:35 on Oct 16, 2013 |
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Will2Powa posted:Well, this is Japan, which in an actual real national disaster event; distinguished itself as a country where order was maintained and widescale looting didn't break out. I'm willing to chalk down Hideo's irrational reluctance to break the law as a pecularity of the Japanese national character. Especially, since Hideo and most Japanese people are exactly the sort of people who try their damnedest to avoid sticking their foot out of line or impose themselves on others. I think it's also a attempt to cling to normalcy and the idea that once all of this is over everything will go back to the way it was before. It's normal and right to pay for stuff at a store, it's normal and right for people to follow the law, as long as people keep doing those things they can deny, to some extent, that society has broken down. Some of that makes a lot of sense, like following many of the laws will help keep things from flying out of control, but it will also manifest itself in irrational behavior like paying money for good at a store where everyone is gone/dead/zombified.
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I just burned through the first twenty chapters of this manga, and I had guessed the twist from the beginning, but holy poo poo if it still didn't blow my mind when Tekko attacked Hideo, and then the later reveal that she had pulled her own teeth out to prevent from turning him blew my mind all over again. Now that's love 
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gently caress boys on the run just uploaded 4 chapters to kissmanga and they are loving brutal at the end. Oh yeah I am A Hero rules.
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Grimwall posted:gently caress boys on the run just uploaded 4 chapters to kissmanga and they are loving brutal at the end.
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Hey guys and gals: I just added a I Am A Hero page on ADTRWiki; seeing as how this is one of the series currently listed on our New-to-Manga listing, if possible I'd love if you all would add your own contributions to the pages (personal opinions, other suggested series forward / back linked, etc).
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So what happened to the team scanlating IAAH and Boys on the Run? The BOTR guy said he'd definitely finish it, but that was ages ago, and I thought the last volume of IAAH was supposed to come out last October or something? Have they both just been dropped entirely, or what? Because, man, the cliffhanger at the end of the last scanlated IAAH chapter is pretty much the worst place to stop.
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Illuminati Manga are (were?) the guys translating it, and this is the latest word from December:quote:I Am A Hero: No ETA for it atm. The translator (laika) is taking a break from translating and I don’t know when he’ll be back. If there’s a competent translator around that wants to give us a hand, contact me. http://www.illuminati-manga.com/?p=22279
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I got sick of this crappy mang when it became endless filler about some chinaman. It blows.
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HOLY poo poo I binged the entire series a couple of days ago, and was sort of in despair from not knowing when the next volume would come out! 
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HAPPY EASTER! This is awesome news. I can't wait.
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gently caress, another side arc judging from the first two chapters of the new volume. However, it does seem that we've gone full blown Fortress of the Apocalypse in terms of zombie designs now. edit: chapter 3 of the new volume:  LITERAL HUMAN CENTIPEDES Captain Invictus fucked around with this message at 06:49 on Apr 21, 2014 |
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I lacked the willpower to prevent myself from blowing through them all at once.  I was initially leery of the side arc, but it didn't last too long and revealed some interesting stuff. Confirming that England is hosed, hosed up mutant zombies... I do wonder what the new guy's deal is, but I also don't want to spend too much time away from Hideo and co. learning about him. My god, it's good to have Hiromi back again. It was really nice to just have a couple chapters with the main dudes just chilling and having something resembling a good time. I KNEW that we were gonna get more about the trans dude from the other group than we initially saw, considering how little screentime he had before he was offed.
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Finished the new volume, it was a good chunk of chapters. Hiromi waking up and suddenly being wayyyyy taller and with much longer hair, some good ol' apocalypse-bonin', some chillaxin' in a cabin, a whoooole lotta scenery porn, some hosed-up faces of the main characters, a bit of progress, a bit of OH gently caress HUMAN CENTIPEDES, a bit of dudes walking around other parts of the world that are totally hosed too, a side story that didn't overstay its welcome, all in all a pretty solid group of chapters! Now to wait for the next bunch!
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There's not just a human centipede, there's a giant human octopus thing as well. You can see it through the windows of the church. That's awesome. This manga continues to be the only thing to make zombies scary to me.
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The_Frag_Man posted:There's not just a human centipede, there's a giant human octopus thing as well. You can see it through the windows of the church. That's awesome. This manga continues to be the only thing to make zombies scary to me. Huh, I thought it was just a bunch of human centipede zombies, not tentacles. Interesting. And if you want more horrifying mutant zombies that are actually really creepy, you should check out Fortress of the Apocalypse, it's on Crunchyroll. I think my winner for "most terrifying" is the human-dog-zombies. gently caress those things.
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Captain Invictus posted:LITERAL HUMAN CENTIPEDES That thing's loving terrifying, holy poo poo. Also, it's great to see that we're back with Hideo & Co. The last side arc before the hiatus went on for way too long IMO.
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Captain Invictus posted:And if you want more horrifying mutant zombies that are actually really creepy, you should check out Fortress of the Apocalypse Seems like it's pretty clearly taking inspiration from this series. Thanks for the recommendation. E: It's really good. The_Frag_Man fucked around with this message at 11:34 on Apr 21, 2014 |
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Captain Invictus posted:LITERAL HUMAN CENTIPEDES Huh... Aside from looking freaky as hell, what was up with that? It looked slightly transparent. Also, it seemed to be composed of several humans (at least it had way too many "parts" to come from one body only) that kind of morphed into each other... Given how Hiromi talked about a collective consciousness while she was out, it looks like the zombies are melding into each other somehow. Swarm intelligence, perhaps. Curious how this will turn out. 
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That side story was all kinds of messed up, and this world keeps getting stranger and stranger. Also, I'm glad the story's back on topic: Hideo being goofy in zombieland.
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I'm really really glad this is back, I've been jonesing for some Hideo Hijinks for a while now, and this def. brought that back.
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Man Dancer posted:I read the weird centipede thing as a visual manifestation of the infection taking hold in the guy's brain, much like Hitomi seeing people and zombies as giant toys. I don't think it was literally there as presented. Oh yeah, I forgot about that. You could be right.
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Awww man, side arc? What side arc? That was barely anything, just a little intro scene, you guys got me all excited for nothing. I like it when I Am a Hero shows off the strength of its storytelling by getting into a really long side arc with completely different characters that illustrates different facets/experiences in the manga's universe...and then eventually comes back to Hideo. I guess we were in for some more Hideo though, maybe we can get a foreign side arc or something after that, even that little vignette was great.
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