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Manga |OT|: No matter how I look at it, it's discord's fault we're not popular
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Is this denpa that Ed who used to work for vertical ended up?
In terms of webtoons, here's the stuff I'd recommend (all of them are on webtoons.com for free):
Tower of God
Is probably the go-to recommendation for webtoons. Stellar art, weird and unique and incredibly well-thought-out world. It has a few lows here and there but always comes togother.
God of High School
I always call this the Korean DBZ. It's non-stop action with incredible choreography that gets cooler and crazier and more hype all the time. Starts out martial-arts heavy but quickly adds supernatural powers into the mix, but never sidelines close combat martial-arts awesomeness. Read this if you want non-stop stylish hype.
Kubera
Shamefully underrated. It's an Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Drama, Romance, Tragedy story with an ensemble-ish cast that gets tons of character development. The world borrows a lot from Hinduism, which is pretty cool. Also excels at foreshadowing and recontextualizing things that happened early with new information. In general, the story and characters are extremely strong. The art also gets progressively better.
Art at the beginning:
Art right now:
There are a bunch of others, but I'mtoo lazy now to write something up, maybe later :P
All of those 3 are 300+ chapters anyway ;)
As I stated over on the Discord, here are five Isekai manga I highly recommend anyone read:
- Common Sense Of A Duke's Daughter (Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Romance, Game, Mystery)
- Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shite shimatta... (Comedy, Fantasy, Game, Harem, Historical, Romance, Slice Of Life, Yuri)
- Isekai Mahou wa Okureteru! (Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Harem, Romance)
- Dungeon Nursery (Action, Adventure, Comedy, Comedy, Comedy, Fantasy)
- Saihate no Paladin (Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Tragedy)
- Common Sense Of A Duke's Daughter (Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Romance, Game, Mystery)
- Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shite shimatta... (Comedy, Fantasy, Game, Harem, Historical, Romance, Slice Of Life, Yuri)
- Isekai Mahou wa Okureteru! (Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Harem, Romance)
- Dungeon Nursery (Action, Adventure, Comedy, Comedy, Comedy, Fantasy)
- Saihate no Paladin (Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Tragedy)
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I know of those titles lol, I'm looking for some deeper cuts
Picked up Yen Press's release of Hakumei & Mikochi. It's really nice and uses that larger trim size you occasionally get from American publishers. Reading it though reminded me what a missed opportunity the anime was in some ways. While I liked it at the time rereading the earlier chapters theirs some scenes that would have really benefited from a different direction.
+1 on Tower of God
Its very One Piece in how the story is setup.
Huge sprawling adventure with the MC and a crew he has formed over this travel peppered with other people (where some has taken an a keen interest in the MC, some are just observing his movements and the rest don't know who the fuck he is) in a world that is very interesting to the point that you might become more intrigued to follow that instead once the opportunity presents itself.
Also these other inhabitants are very strong compared to the MC and his ragtag bunch :P
It doesn't nail some of that as best as it should but there are some damn good moments regardless
How the hell did they get so prominent ?
First they were a mild mannered subbing group :thinking
Its very One Piece in how the story is setup.
Huge sprawling adventure with the MC and a crew he has formed over this travel peppered with other people (where some has taken an a keen interest in the MC, some are just observing his movements and the rest don't know who the fuck he is) in a world that is very interesting to the point that you might become more intrigued to follow that instead once the opportunity presents itself.
Also these other inhabitants are very strong compared to the MC and his ragtag bunch :P
It doesn't nail some of that as best as it should but there are some damn good moments regardless
How the hell did they get so prominent ?
First they were a mild mannered subbing group :thinking
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Thanks for reminding me of Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shite shimatta.
If you need a Jump fix then maybe check out SuperEyepatchWolf's vid on Jump Magazine. He mentions a bunch of canceled losers, so maybe see if you can't dig those up and give them a read. Marvel at some of the lesser tier stuff that exists in the world.
Thanks for the answer.
BTW, I have been reading The Seven Deadly Sins and almost every page I'm amazed at how good the art is! I'm only on 126 but I really take my time with each chapter drooling because of how much I like the art.
Always nice to see a fan of this great series, Fujita is VERY underrated by western manga fans. I was so sad when the translator dropped it, but i just found out that the volumes that are missing in english (26-43) were translated in french. Time to put my mediocre french to some use!!! lol
Sure, it's better than the mess of last year but still with many misinformations about many points on the manga, TOC, popularity and other things as well.
I dunno, i saw 5 new English chapters added yesterday
With the anime coming in 2 months it will be more active I think, since there is no way they will cover the whole thing in a satisfactory way
For people still reading Seven Deadly Sins, it's having a crossover with Yo-kai Watch Puni Puni.
Sorry to disappoint you, but the translator said it would be only those 5 chapters.
He/she dropped the translation after Donald Trump was elected president.
Maybe someone else will get interested in translating it with the anime, but i dunno...
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If you are referring to my post, i don't think this is a scanlation group site, just the tumblr of the dude who was translating where he wrote an announcement. If this is also against the rules i apologize. Edited anyways.
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Sad as it is for Karakuri Circus fans, the translator deserves huge props for their stance.Sorry to disappoint you, but the translator said it would be only those 5 chapters.
He/she dropped the translation after Donald Duck was elected president.
http://funnuraba.tumblr.com/post/153923592977/done-with-anime-fandom-until-4chan-stops-being-a
http://funnuraba.tumblr.com/post/173684312872/hey-its-been-like-6-months-and-i-havent-checked
Maybe someone else will get interested in translating it with the anime, but i dunno...
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I'm looking for some slice-of-life recommendations given Mousou Telepathy's hiatus. Read through Tomo-chan and thought it was okayish.
well that's a shame, hopefully someone will pick it upSorry to disappoint you, but the translator said it would be only those 5 chapters.
He/she dropped the translation after Donald Trump was elected president.
http://funnuraba.tumblr.com/post/153923592977/done-with-anime-fandom-until-4chan-stops-being-a
http://funnuraba.tumblr.com/post/173684312872/hey-its-been-like-6-months-and-i-havent-checked
Maybe someone else will get interested in translating it with the anime, but i dunno...
Yokohama Kaidishi Kikou is the GOAT
Kaguya wants to be confessed to
Genos in the Hot Pot 2 chapter of One Punch Man is lol, the best. Skipped all the monster of the week stuff going on, it always feels like the weakest part of OPM.
Metal Knight though, RIP :(
Metal Knight though, RIP :(
Weird, wonder if crunchyroll will license/translate it. I don't usually post much of my impressions here (cause I forget :X) but I'm really enjoying 7DS.
The Faraway Paladin (Saihate no Paladin) barely qualifies as an isekai. You could get rid of it entirely and it would work just as well as a "reincarnation" story. It reminds me of the classic DnD adventures such as Record of Lodoss War and Escaflowne.
I also recommend the light novels over the manga. The manga is serviceable, but the art pales in comparison to the stunning LN illustrations.
I also recommend the light novels over the manga. The manga is serviceable, but the art pales in comparison to the stunning LN illustrations.
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Nope.
Puni is a mobile game.
The Western version shut down months ago. We wouldn't have gotten it anyway as we never got any of the crossovers.
Ace of Diamond Pt 2 chp 134
Poor Okumura with those drills. Needs more stamina.
Natto scene with Sawamura was lol. I wonder if he actually finished it.
Poor Okumura with those drills. Needs more stamina.
Natto scene with Sawamura was lol. I wonder if he actually finished it.
Finally That Blue Sky Feeling came today, among other manga. Someday Ill actually start fire force instead of just buying it every month.
First time in a while I've gone out and bought manga volumes.
Also lol @ the backs saying "for fans of Steven Universe".
Excited to dig into the post-anime content but first I'm going to reread!
Also lol @ the backs saying "for fans of Steven Universe".
That Blue Sky Feeling Vol 1
This introductory volume does an awesome job of separating itself from characterized BL series by focusing on just one gay male 11th grader and his struggles to deal with trying to have a normal high school life even though he has a rumor spread around that has outed him. Unable to deny the true accusations he keeps to himself in school so as to not "weird" people out. However, a classmate has taken interest and wants to get to know him and be his friend and help to break him out of his shell, and thus the manga launches.
The premise paints a picture of Kou as just a guy who has to stay to himself in order to live out his high school life drama free but can be himself outside of it. I found it to be an emotional premise as high school is the time of one's life and stays with them and it paints the picture that he'd always have memories of how terrible and lonely his high school life was. Perhaps it is great that he could meet Noshiro, who just transferred to the school, and has nothing to lose by befriending this loner. I think it is this aspect that makes this series feel so different than other series. We don't suddenly have the character just wanting to get in Kou's pants and fall in love with him at first sight, but rather we have Noshiro taking extreme and genuine interest in trying to get Kou to experience what school life can really be about. From just confronting him about the rumor, taking interest in making sure people dont hurt his feelings, then some time trying to accept him for who he is, and then taking baby steps that make me genuinely smile and feel happy for Kou as he goes from loner to acquaintance with classmates to even legitimately smiling and laughing with Noshiro, it becomes a sweet story. Further, it is awesome seeing how Kou starts to let Noshiro come into his life ever closer, though it isn't immediate, and it isn't without taking a few steps back, but rather its calculated and done with concern for protecting Noshiro from some of the rumors and treatment Kou has faced. This ultimately leads to our favorite friend in storytelling, "Miss Understanding," to rear her head in full form to lead to tears. However, things resolve with some outside help and some realization for Noshiro that he is experiencing the rises and falls of having a best friendship going on.
This introductory volume does an awesome job of separating itself from characterized BL series by focusing on just one gay male 11th grader and his struggles to deal with trying to have a normal high school life even though he has a rumor spread around that has outed him. Unable to deny the true accusations he keeps to himself in school so as to not "weird" people out. However, a classmate has taken interest and wants to get to know him and be his friend and help to break him out of his shell, and thus the manga launches.
The premise paints a picture of Kou as just a guy who has to stay to himself in order to live out his high school life drama free but can be himself outside of it. I found it to be an emotional premise as high school is the time of one's life and stays with them and it paints the picture that he'd always have memories of how terrible and lonely his high school life was. Perhaps it is great that he could meet Noshiro, who just transferred to the school, and has nothing to lose by befriending this loner. I think it is this aspect that makes this series feel so different than other series. We don't suddenly have the character just wanting to get in Kou's pants and fall in love with him at first sight, but rather we have Noshiro taking extreme and genuine interest in trying to get Kou to experience what school life can really be about. From just confronting him about the rumor, taking interest in making sure people dont hurt his feelings, then some time trying to accept him for who he is, and then taking baby steps that make me genuinely smile and feel happy for Kou as he goes from loner to acquaintance with classmates to even legitimately smiling and laughing with Noshiro, it becomes a sweet story. Further, it is awesome seeing how Kou starts to let Noshiro come into his life ever closer, though it isn't immediate, and it isn't without taking a few steps back, but rather its calculated and done with concern for protecting Noshiro from some of the rumors and treatment Kou has faced. This ultimately leads to our favorite friend in storytelling, "Miss Understanding," to rear her head in full form to lead to tears. However, things resolve with some outside help and some realization for Noshiro that he is experiencing the rises and falls of having a best friendship going on.
Hinomaru Zumou 202-204
For the first time ever the scans caught. Man the author really went the whole hog for this one poured his soul right into it. Probably the best depicted relationship I've seen in Jump.
For the first time ever the scans caught. Man the author really went the whole hog for this one poured his soul right into it. Probably the best depicted relationship I've seen in Jump.
Yea the villains are racists towards a race of people in universe... that doesn't make the series racist.
He means because of the analogs it makes towards the Holocaust, which I would say is also not racists because at no point does it ever try and say Nazi Germany might have been the good guys or something. Like maybe it does if you actually believe what they're saying in which case, why are you believing Nazis? Like I have no idea who started this idea but I am honestly shocked at how many people have latched onto. Like come on, read between the lines here.
If you subscribe to shonen jump you'll get last weeks chapter and all chapters going forward along with weekly chapters of one piece, dr stone, black clover, we never learn, food wars. You'll also get monthly chapters of boruto, seraph of the end, blue exorcist; and ygo arc v. You can only buy back issues up to 4 weeks iirc so it won't help you with the gap between where you are and current, but it'll at least give you an easy anchor spot if you do subscribe for when the volumes catch up to last weeks chapter.
It's kinda sketchy if only because the Eldans are capable of turning titans.
True, but the series makes it clear the Marleans mostly keep the situation the way it is so they can use titans for their military efforts. The racism, fear tactics, and in universe propaganda seem like a front to hide their power hungry nature.
I also think it's why the series is heading for a full geass style ending where Eren/Zeke become the ultimate evil the whole world has to work together to stop, in turn freeing thr Eldieans from their cycle of being either conqueors or slaves.
Yeah but just because they're capable doesn't mean they're evil. If anything, it should make you more sympathetic to them because they're always turned into titans against their will, either being used as fodder for war or as punishment for things outside of their control. If anything the horrible old world fear everyone has of them is a great analogy for how long anti-Semitism has persisted in history and how people have used a narrative of Jewish people being evil to justify their inhumane cruelty to them despite the fact they had no control over any of that. Like seriously, this is a bad reading of the text. This ain't Terraformars here, the author clearly knows what they're trying to say and its not "Eh, maybe the Nazi's had a bit of a point" or something.
The problem is that the rest of the world has an actual justification for their actions here, even if it is massively racist. The Eldans were conquerors and human weapons, so they're being treated in the way they are. That makes sense, where it goes way too far are the holocaust parallels. Like, the only reason the parallel works in X-Men is simply because 99.9% of mutant powers are completely fucking useless and are shit like scales or extra eyes or some other useless crap.
Like, I know the author isn't a Nazi or anything, but it just feels like they didn't put nearly enough thought into the parallel they're drawing here and why it might be problematic.
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