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I do recommend reading through the manga, mainly because Marika is awesome I'm totally not biased, honest! and she's yet to make her appearance in the anime thus far. You're pretty spot-on that there isn't much plot development though, but it's an amusing read. Nisekoi is quite regularly referred to as 'blush porn'. If you have poo poo taste like myself and enjoy harems with all the comedy, misunderstandings™ and fan shipping that it brings then you'll likely enjoy the manga. Shaft have done a surprisingly good job of it so far, particularly the bus scene in the most recent episode the engrish for 'curb' was that good.
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boredsatellite posted:And hell I've suffered through (and still am) Hayate. Nisekoi's toying around with plot development is nothing compared to that. A pretty cute show and added Shaft visuals makes it a pretty fun show to watch I'm surprised that Hayate has gone on as long as it has, given that it's had more filler arcs than Beach (at least Hata can draw backgrounds). Nisekoi has not a lot of plot but there's been some heavily hinted development in the past couple of months regarding Marika including some new deathflags, as if she hasn't had enough already. There appears to be a big secret she's hiding, so it's possible she knows who has the real key to Raku's pendant
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Mar 13, 2014 05:58
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Pitch posted:are you loving delusional? Are you? They're minor and red herrings, but the flags are there nonetheless. Her assistant (Honda) is always harping on about how she'll be in serious poo poo if she were to push herself too hard, and she's been a lot more energetic in recent chapters. Especially with the amusement park date where Mikage was subtly asking Honda about Marika's health issues. Face it, it's not normal to have someone watching over you all the time because of medical reasons Here's to hoping that next episode will be her time to shine
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Mar 13, 2014 08:50
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Autonomous Monster posted:Hayate is actually funny, though. I'm finding Hayate more enjoyable now that Ayumu and Hina are getting more presence, but it'd be nice for the the idiot trio to make some more appearances. Nisekoi has it's moments too, but they're mostly Marika's comic relief chapters* The faces are great, hence the 'blush porn' tag that it occasionally gets. *definitely not a biased opinion
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Mar 13, 2014 16:13
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jackofarcades posted:From what I understand, M's only 2nd because of one guy voting for her 1500 times (out of 4500 total votes) Onodera and Ruri also have people throwing tons of votes their way. Chitoge is the most popular, but the other girls have more vocal fans. Skychrono posted:
Spot on, except Tsugumi was fifth. Ruri stole 4th place ahead of her. It looks like Marika will appear at long last in episode 12 or 13 depending on whether they rush or draw out the chapters where they go through the field trip photos and Chitoke greaking he lock on Raku's pendant
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Mar 16, 2014 02:30
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JosephWongKS posted:But Marika didn't appear in that arc at all. She appeared in 116 though. As did Chitoge's square fried egg In greater news, Marika should be in the next episode at long last. I'm a sucker for her and I want to see a season 2 just so the parrot chapter can get animated.
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Mar 31, 2014 16:44
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ViggyNash posted:There had better be at least one in every SHAFT show till the end of time. Oh don't worry, it already is. Just like how something's just not an MGS game without boxes, or Atelier game without barrels. It's easily SHAFT's most recognizable artistic quirk.
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Apr 3, 2014 05:52
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Paracelsus posted:Words n' stuff You know, that makes a ton of sense and I wouldn't be surprised if SHAFT themselves admit that this is the full intention behind their animation. It certainly draws enough attention and differentiates them from other studios, which could be another alterior motive behind SHAFT doing SHAFT things. ViggyNash posted:It's completely different in the manga, isn't it? They honestly believe that the human neck is a ball-and-socket joint 
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Apr 4, 2014 04:23
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Next week, gentlemen. Next week is the time for my fellow Marikabros to rejoice! At first I wasn't sure about Kana Asumi as her VA, but it's pretty fitting considering a lot of her previous major roles are girls who are far from why about their affections (like Nyaruko, Chihiro, Mio, etc.) and she's done some good work in the past in her less genki roles. I'll have to hold my final judgement for ep14 but even in the worst case scenario, I doubt I'll be as disappointed as I was with Yaya's VA from Machine Doll.
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Apr 7, 2014 07:13
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The raw for ch.118 is out, and it looks like poo poo's getting real. Whoever the new girl is, Marika knows her. From my understanding, new girl appears to be a relative of Raku's (most likely his cousin, Japanese love using cousins as love interests). Looks like we're in for some actual plot development this arc!
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Apr 11, 2014 07:17
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BlitzBlast posted:The author is pretty much a master of teasing plot development ("I love you." *chapter break* "ZZZZZ OH WHAT I WAS ASLEEP") so I kind of doubt it. True, but this chapter is definitely going to stir up the status quo. It'd be kinda interesting if Shuu started to fall for the new girl just as Ruri starts warking up to him. The series needs to do a bit more with those two. Those few chapters from last month didn't give either of them all that much character development. Why is the anime so drat amusing? I hope the sales are good enough for a S2, considering Log Horizon's already got one planned for late this year and it stagnated hard after the first 8ish episodes.
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Apr 11, 2014 07:40
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ViggyNash posted:This episode stepped it up so much that I almost feel like I'm watching a different show entirely. If Marika's improving your opinion of the show, then you should really check out the manga. The anime has just covered chapter 33 so you could probably start reading from then on as you won't have missed much (I don't recall any major plot points/funny chapters that the anime has skipped yet), and there's some pretty great Marika chapters later on. Oh, and welcome to the Marika camp, where the food is well-presented AND tastes good.
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Apr 13, 2014 15:53
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Paracelsus posted:It's probably because she knows Marika's real accent. I think she's more worried that Raku's come into contact with the only other girl that doesn't have the memory-span of a goldfish
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Apr 20, 2014 02:29
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One of the theories is that Shuu naturally has black hair, and as a kid he handed out keys and promises to a whole bunch of girls so that he could troll the poo poo out of Raku in highschool. Given how crafty he is, I would not be surprised but this is a generic harem.
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Apr 21, 2014 01:31
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BlitzBlast posted:Oh look, more plot advancement is being teased. I wonder how that'll go. Pretty obvious really Yui is the promised girl, is what I can gather. It does explain why Marika was so mortified when she made an appearance, because Marika remembers that Yui is the promised girl, too.
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Apr 26, 2014 04:16
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Wark Say posted:Of course, the author can go back to his goddamn senses and have Raku pick Marika, because she's clearly the best choice. I like you already. I'm very partial to the mischievous types myself, it's a trope that doesn't turn up that much (compared to tsun/kuudere, typical Japanese 'I want to be a wife when I grow up' etc.).
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Apr 26, 2014 05:06
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booksnake posted:Well, I have my doubts about this, because I feel like Marika's reaction was explained in this chapter (Yui constantly embarrassing her) but if it were to be the case... You mean going to make desserts that don't taste like rear end. Minidera is a lot more interesting than her sister, but I'd be satisfied with anything other than an Onodera/Chitoge/status quo ending. I did see Marika's reaction as being a lot more extreme than "Oh poo poo, I really don't like dealing with this person", but we'll have to see how this arc pans out. Curse you, Nomi Kaoshi! Just remember, even TWGOK (of all series) ended with Keima picking a girl. There's hope for the harem genre yet!
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Apr 26, 2014 08:02
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Good point, but nobody was honestly expecting Keima to give a drat about a girl outside of a game. Still should've chosen Haqua or Ayumi though 
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Apr 26, 2014 08:42
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I'm interested in seeing how the results turn up for the next readers poll, but the last one was only 2 months ago so it's probably a fair while off. At the rate it's going, Marika might scrape in ahead of Onodera for top spot, or at least make it very close. Edit: I predict Yui will make it to about 4th quite easily. Just behind Chitoge but above Tsugumi and Ruri.
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Apr 26, 2014 17:45
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They actually did a really good job of this episode, I'm quite impressed, but that just means the bar is set high for episode 20, the Romeo and Juliet play.
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Apr 27, 2014 02:30
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Gravefront posted:Yeah, but hanakana For some odd reason I always like HanaKana characters to start with, but another character grows on me later on. Another example of this is IS, Char was a miracle of the universe but I came to like Laura more after reading the LNs (s2 helped solidify her spot as my favourite).
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Apr 28, 2014 04:05
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I was a little worried at first that Kana Asumi would've gone too overboard with the role, but she's doing a drat good job of it so far.
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Apr 28, 2014 04:39
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If she was to be hyper-genki like Nyaruko it would be overdoing it. Thankfully she only gets liek that when Marika slips back into her old speech habits, which works quite well.
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Apr 28, 2014 06:33
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Another week and once again the nameless mobsters prove to be the some of the best drat wingmen ever.
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May 4, 2014 00:38
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Allarion posted:Finding out that the editor of Nisekoi was also the editor of Gintama explains a lot. Also Marika is his favorite character. Good taste/10 boredsatellite posted:He has good taste You too
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May 17, 2014 06:47
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It's very generic, but it's a fun read and tends to be referred to blush-porn on account of the great reaction faces the mangaka does and SHAFT have done a pretty good job of animating them. Oh, and their anime announcement chapter was pretty clever too it was a parody mini-chapter full of out-of-character head tilts because SHAFT It doesn't have the same kind of interesting setting as TWGOK but after Marika's introduction to the main cast, the dynamics and character interactions got a lot better.
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May 21, 2014 04:18
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Hey look, I found a thing! Semi spoilers with chapter descriptions but it's an overview of the manga and what the anime hasn't covered, for anyone that's only watched the anime and doesn't know where to pick up the manga from. /
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May 25, 2014 03:23
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You're preaching to the minister here, I think the guy who made it is trying to stick to the storyline when he refers to 'skippable chapters'. If anyone here skips anything that wasn't covered in the manga already, then they'd be horrible monsters too. I'm keeping track of it mainly for if I want to do up another mousepad or something from Artscow, Marika's chapters have the best reactions  Here's my current mousepad 
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May 25, 2014 09:28
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Skychrono posted:Kinda seems like this could be where the story branches into a visual novel Oh, have I got some news for you.
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May 28, 2014 03:23
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I'm really starting to miss the anime. SHAFT did a drat good job of the voice cast, and they absolutely nailed the Yakuza too. I'm going to miss Ryuu's "BOCHAAAAN!". fakeedit: No wonder I liked his VA so much, he voiced Ikkaku from Bleach
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Jun 13, 2014 06:57
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The faces are the best thing about the manga, aside from Marika being a miracle of the universe but Yui is definitely growing on me. I honestly can't bring myself to hate any of the characters in Nisekoi, which is always a plus. Most series' have at least one character I sincerely wish would get hit by a bus but even Claude manages to be entertaining when he makes an appearance.
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Jun 13, 2014 07:06
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kidcoelacanth posted:I just read through all this over the last couple days and I'm not sure why, really. I kind of hate all the cliche anime garbage it throws at me. But the art is nice and I'm rooting for Onodera I guess so ??? It's very cliche, but it's light-hearted and entertaining, minus the forced drama that most similar shows have. The fantastic art and reaction images are another reason to keep reading.
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Jun 15, 2014 05:54
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Heh, Marika's face when they all declared they were going to spend the night. Reactions are what make this manga special, and the blush-porn is top notch.
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Jun 27, 2014 03:56
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Tae posted:99% of the manga is filler so.... I think he means "Why can't all fillers be Marika chapters?". I would be totally ok with that, actually.
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Jul 4, 2014 03:00
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Compendium posted:The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > ADTRW > Nisekoi: "I doubt anything will happen because of this" I think you mean: The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > ADTRW > Nisekoi: 
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Jul 14, 2014 06:20
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boredsatellite posted:Yeah my heart kinda died there. Then the Majikore app is what you're looking for
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Jul 18, 2014 17:36
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Chapter 132 is out! http://kissmanga.com/Manga/Nise-Koi/Ch-132--Beauty-Pageant?id=203454
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Jul 24, 2014 16:42
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Yeah, there's a good reason Nisekoi's so popular despite it's very generic premise. Are there any other goons that have the Majikore app?
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Jul 25, 2014 02:36
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He doesn't seem to hate doing Nisekoi though. By that I mean he isn't actively trying to sabotage the series like Akira Toriyama with DBZ.
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JosephWongKS posted:How did Toriyama try to sabotage DBZ? He started just doing whatever after a short while because DBZ got far too big for what he wanted. Long, drawn out fights and stupidly-OTT powerlevels constantly jumping ever higher was an attempt to shake the hardcore fans but they loved it even more. He wanted to start up on other manga ideas and he even wanted to dabble in video games (like how he did the illustrations and designs for Dragonquest) but because of editorial pressure he had to persist with the Dragon Ball franchise. I think he wanted Dragon Ball to end after Vegeta and Nappa were beaten on Earth, from memory. Krursk knows the full story if you ever spot him around the forums.
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