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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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Radiant 42
Such a cute chapter. Good character development for both Seth and Mélie.
Such a cute chapter. Good character development for both Seth and Mélie.
Wait Franken Fran is coming back? I remember reading it a while ago and liking it for the most part.
Chainsaw man 6
better than the bewbies chapter. Writing feels kind of basic.
Cool twist if the girl is really actually a human hater and antagonist for real.
better than the bewbies chapter. Writing feels kind of basic.
Cool twist if the girl is really actually a human hater and antagonist for real.
How dare you !
It's not mediocre ...
... It's just plain bad. Kuramada just isn't a good writer or artist, probably even when compared to the standards of 30 years ago. The best Saint Seiya is(imo and all that) the spin off without his involvement - The Lost Canvas which manages to mantain the premise and spirit (and bullshit) of the series but marries them up with actually competent execution.
Holy shit, I expected you to be mad at me. Yeah, its.. Bad. The thing is, I feel like everyone loves Saint Seiya and its just.. Bad.
Im at chapter 70, only 40 left. And its not good, to compare it to another manga that I find mediocre, Bleach, they have one thing super similar.
In Bleach we have the Soul Society arc, an arc which consists of the guys fighting all the strong enemies to rescue their friend (Female, much like Princess Peach in a way), to follow up that arc (Soul society is the best arc and its all down from there), we have an arc which consists of the guys fighting the new strong enemies to rescue their other female friend in a new cool place similar to Soul Society.
Basically, its the same two arcs. In Saint Seiya you have the main guys, fighting through the twelve palaces and the tough guys to save their female friend. In the arc afterwards, the main guys female friend has been captured by the new bad guys, and Seiya and his friends has to fight 7 strong opponents to save her.
See the pattern? Its basically the exact same arc, even up to some of the moments. Its bad writing, its bad development. Its even bad shounen as you don't get those Epic moments.
Yesh, next manga after Saint Seiya is City Hunter.
Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer
I see now that Planet With was fairly similar to this. Animal companions>mechs though.
The series has an excellent hook that got me into the story from the start. Even just the first couple of pages is the perfect combination of wacky and compelling. I think one of Mizukami's greatest strengths as a writer is how he can create such a riveting structure/concept for a story that pulls you in immediately. In short, there is a giant hammer in the sky that is going to destroy the world. The main character, Yuuhi, is chosen as one of twelve knights that will aid the princess, Sami, in protecting the world (don't let the titles mislead you the story is set in contemporary times). This may sound straightforward but by the end of chapter 1 this premise is turned on its head as in an engaging way that I won't spoil here.
Surprisingly I think the series kind of hits an emotional high note (or one of them) kind of early on when the story is more focused on Yuuhi's development. The middle portion of the series shifts most of the focus on the other knights where things are a bit more hit and miss for me. Amazing final stretch that delivers on what the series had been building up to.
Couple of complaints to go through. I was kind of underwhelmed by the big bad/their backstory, though I'd say the author gets better at writing this kind of character in subsequent works. Having read Spirit Circle/watched planet with you can kind of see some reoccurring themes/plot elements that feel repetitive (I don't consider this a huge issue, authors will lean into what they are good at/interest them. Kind of neat to go through an earlier work and see where the author improves over time). Sami is a cool character but every other panel with her having a panty shot is very annoying (even if it so prevalent as some kind of commentary it still detracts from the series).
Overall, enjoyed it a lot. Great plot construct, interesting characters, and a very memorable final act.
I see now that Planet With was fairly similar to this. Animal companions>mechs though.
The series has an excellent hook that got me into the story from the start. Even just the first couple of pages is the perfect combination of wacky and compelling. I think one of Mizukami's greatest strengths as a writer is how he can create such a riveting structure/concept for a story that pulls you in immediately. In short, there is a giant hammer in the sky that is going to destroy the world. The main character, Yuuhi, is chosen as one of twelve knights that will aid the princess, Sami, in protecting the world (don't let the titles mislead you the story is set in contemporary times). This may sound straightforward but by the end of chapter 1 this premise is turned on its head as in an engaging way that I won't spoil here.
Surprisingly I think the series kind of hits an emotional high note (or one of them) kind of early on when the story is more focused on Yuuhi's development. The middle portion of the series shifts most of the focus on the other knights where things are a bit more hit and miss for me. Amazing final stretch that delivers on what the series had been building up to.
I'm very surprised by how happy of an ending it ends up being. Guess it works though.
Couple of complaints to go through. I was kind of underwhelmed by the big bad/their backstory, though I'd say the author gets better at writing this kind of character in subsequent works. Having read Spirit Circle/watched planet with you can kind of see some reoccurring themes/plot elements that feel repetitive (I don't consider this a huge issue, authors will lean into what they are good at/interest them. Kind of neat to go through an earlier work and see where the author improves over time). Sami is a cool character but every other panel with her having a panty shot is very annoying (even if it so prevalent as some kind of commentary it still detracts from the series).
Overall, enjoyed it a lot. Great plot construct, interesting characters, and a very memorable final act.
I'm trying to get into Naruto, and I was kind of assuming it was like One Piece where the first arc is kind of bad when I got to this ice mirror stuff. But when I searched "worst Naruto arc" everyone had it listed as one of the best ones...
Everyone loves the kid Naruto saga. In my opinion Im not a big fan up until that point, but it really picks up with the exams etc, the ending of the arc is amazing and a truly iconic moment.
Stick with it, if you don't like it by the exams, its probably not for you :/
People really liked zabuza and haku and it was suspenseful and required actual sasunaru to make contributions.
Though I think most watched the anime for it rather than read it.
I'm falling asleep with stupid Haku and the "my dad was a hero" kid 😴😴😴
He reminds me of the dog and mayor from orange Town
edit: Okay the exams are already way better it's all good
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Yeah I also wasnt the biggest Zabuza fan. The exam starts off really strong, and i wish there were more arcs like that where the solutions to problems was "be sneaky" instead of the good old shonen punch to the face.
I never really liked Zabuza, but I do miss how grounded the fights were early on before everyone and their dog started pulling off ridiculous large-scale techniques that wouldn't look out-of-place in Dragonball.
Considering where naruto went it is still one of the better arcs.
This isn't a particularly good series.
Still my favorite Mizukami series, and I've read all of them as they came out week to week (caught up with Lucifer around the last third). That said, I really like Sengoku Youko's story structure with its dual protagonists, and the way characters reappear in both storylines across the timeskip is very satisfying. For some reason Spirit Circle didn't really resonate with me as much, maybe because Mizukami's "thing" really rears its head fairly early, compared to his other works. If you've read his other works it becomes kinda obvious pretty early on, and it became less satisfying for me in the end.
Where's that damn Hoshi no Samidare anime you cowards?
wait am I misreading this
hunter exam was written before chunin exams?? they're so similar I assumed Togashi was riffing off it.
hunter exam was written before chunin exams?? they're so similar I assumed Togashi was riffing off it.
Yup.
They don't talk about those similarities, but check out the interview they did together back in 2016.
I... did it... I finally did it... I finished the OG Saint Seiya, what a painful, boring and slow ride. One of the worst mangas I've ever read, but Im happy I did anyways.. Onto City Hunter which is the next hurdle before I reach Fist of the North Star!!
Shoutouts to my friend Sino for translating the recent aka akasaka interview on the future of Kaguya. As per his admission the translation isn't perfect but please bear with it
Komi 180
Never have I felt such disdain for Najimi, poor Tadano man..
Happy for Ase and Naruse though, they seem like a nice pair.
Never have I felt such disdain for Najimi, poor Tadano man..
Happy for Ase and Naruse though, they seem like a nice pair.
Crossposting with the Anime thread, I found an interesting interview of Tony Radiant, the author of Radiant, translated some of it and wrote down a long list of highlights for the rest if anyone is interested:
Translating is freaking hard though. Since French and English are so close, when I'm trying to do it fast the grammar and cognates just start blurring together haha.
Translating is freaking hard though. Since French and English are so close, when I'm trying to do it fast the grammar and cognates just start blurring together haha.
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Now I'm certain that's just the author's fetish.
Now I'm certain that's just the author's fetish.
I was annoyed too. It feels like two steps forward and three steps back with Sawamura. I haven't been this disgruntled about a sports manga since the Yips saga in Major!
Let's see how it will turns out next week. If he's getting bench (instead of getting subbed to left field), then I'm probably reading this for a while. It's just ridiculous how inconsistent Terajima is.
Me reading this chapter:
Also it's nice to see Kaguya calling herself out for being a terrible person - watching the anime and rereading the manga I realized she actually can be quite mean sometimes (tho Aka usually lets her bounce back right afterwards).
Now that the title of the manga is finally explained...I guess it might be ending for real.
Also it's nice to see Kaguya calling herself out for being a terrible person - watching the anime and rereading the manga I realized she actually can be quite mean sometimes (tho Aka usually lets her bounce back right afterwards).
Now that the title of the manga is finally explained...I guess it might be ending for real.
Yeah, I don't see how anyone is supposed to be able to match that unless there's limitations or something.
Author already said multiple time that he will continue after confession. In fact he haven thought of an ending at this moment of time
Even if he can only use one power at a time he's still got a huge advantage over literally anyone else. Dude's original power was OP enough as is, shoulda make all his powers silly ones if they were going this route.
He needs to be able to beat the villain that literally has all the powers.
Saw that Seven Seas have Kase-san on ebook platforms now. I have two volumes physically and I'm not sure if I'll switch to digital or not. I don't really have the space to collect manga volumes when I don't have to but on the other hand they use that large trim size for the Kase-san volumes that really nice.
All Might did with only OfA though. And Deku's OfA is suposed to be stronger than All Might's at 100%. Training should have been enough
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