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News summary of some article somewhere recently about Naruto:
"We already knew about it, but Kishimoto confirmed that Naruto is approaching its end and he knows how he will end the series."
https://twitter.com/manganewsjapon/status/216740112032206848
"We already knew about it, but Kishimoto confirmed that Naruto is approaching its end and he knows how he will end the series."
https://twitter.com/manganewsjapon/status/216740112032206848
Mugen Utamaro
Wow that was pretty good and like normal good not just Go Nagai good! The story is a reinterpretation of Dorian Gray (which I have never read) but with a pretty well samurai era flavor. For a Go Nagai manga is was pretty serious and even somewhat classy! There were some fan service scenes here and there, but given what the story is about they usually had an actual purpose. The artwork here is also some of Go Nagai's best. It's more detailed that most of his other works (especially the backgrounds) and there were quite a few standout pages.
Wow that was pretty good and like normal good not just Go Nagai good! The story is a reinterpretation of Dorian Gray (which I have never read) but with a pretty well samurai era flavor. For a Go Nagai manga is was pretty serious and even somewhat classy! There were some fan service scenes here and there, but given what the story is about they usually had an actual purpose. The artwork here is also some of Go Nagai's best. It's more detailed that most of his other works (especially the backgrounds) and there were quite a few standout pages.
A Huge Battleship
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You're all wrong. Classmate #15 is best girl.
Onodera or Ruri are acceptable answers. N-Not that I care about this stupid series.
Listen to this man. He's got it right. Chitoge is second.
A Black Falcon
Member
Destruction Princess 18-19
This series is as out of its mind nutso-crazy, of course, but it's been that way from the beginning. This arc's as crazy as ever. It's set in a hot spring town, but don't expect much generic hot spring stuff. Instead, expect Destruction Princess insanity. Yes, even for anime, this series really is something! There are some definite bad things about the series -- for instance, it's utterly, comically absurd, but there's virtually never any thoughts about the lives that have to have been lost in the chaos -- but still, overall, this is a good series, I guess, if "good" applies to something like this.
Loose Relation Between Wizard & Apprentice 17-22.5 [End]
I hadn't realized that this series ended, but I caught up. The ending is pretty abrupt -- I expect that this series was cancelled, most likely, not ended by choice -- but it's an okay, moderately conclusive ending, considering how little time there was. This series is one about a world like the modern one, but with magic. There are mages and such. It's a harem setting, but it's only arguably a harem show, because there's one girl who's the main focus of the romance; only one other girl actually shows any feelings for him, and she doesn't go anywhere with them and he doesn't know about it. So it is a series about a guy surrounded by girls, but there's only any romance with one. I think it works. Anyway, the final arc ended nicely. I was surprised about the plot's ending, it was kind of clever.
Overall, it's too short, but I'd say this is worth reading. It's a fun series, and while the male MC is the one who saves the day, etc, Konoha's far from helpless, and does become a mage too. Not bad.
Classmate (♀ to Meikyuu no Futekisetsu na Kouryakuhou 1-2
This one's a new series from the guy who did the above series. It's pretty confusing at the start -- this clearly isn't set in normal modern-day Japan, but there's been absolutely no explanation so far about how, exactly, this differs from normal reality. I'm really confused. Apart from that, the setup's okay. This looks to be a more serious series than the above one, with harem and action elements (that have real danger, it seems). The plot... I don't really get it, but there's this school with seven students, because it's being merged into a different school in a few years and most people left already. But then the military takes it over and tells everyone they won't be allowed to leave for a few months while they do some secret operation. We get hints of how this world isn't like ours, but no actual explanation. These three mysterious girls appear, two with guns and one with knives or something, and the main character guy learns that he's some successor of something or other, so he's important, naturally. Then this tower comes up out of the ground, which they have to go in... yeah. It's somewhat generic, but not explained well so far. Even so, it's okay so far.
Trinity Seven 17
Gah, this fight's still not over... I mean, it's a good fight, but multiple cliffhanger endings, in a monthly series, is kind of cruel. Anyway though, it is a solid chapter as usual. Entertaining series. I do hope evil girl loses soon though, she has it coming.
Fairy Tail up to 288
Hmm, so what kind of special, evil power is this girl using, apparently? Because yeah, it sure looked like Wendy's attack should have done more damage than that. Overall though, decent chapter.
Unbreakable Machine Doll to 22
This series has gotten quite serious indeed, now. People have died, evil plots have been revealed, and the Night Party hasn't even started yet, though it's about to. Despite the seriousness though, this series has maintained a pretty strong quality level. This is a good series, and I want to know what'll happen for sure. The main protagonists are reasonably likeable, as well, which is saying something for this kind of thing! And yes, they still are.
So yeah, this arc was about the girl who's going to be the MC's first rival in the Night Party. She has a pretty awful "family", let's put it that way. But the MC doesn't want to lose either, so he can't lose to her or something. So far he's done a good job of helping her a bit, but of course the fight hasn't yet started. I expect he'll win.
Pajama no Kanojo (all so far)
I like this series. It reminds me of animes I like, with a story about a ghost girl who isn't actually dead and who wants to get back to her body, and the MC guy who likes her, and goes in a love triangle direction after that. I wonder, will it become harem eventually? So far it's love triangle, with the catch that the not-dead ghost girl's got some issues with her condition... anyway though, yeah, I like this. The story, characters, and art are all pretty average, but it's a decent average, so it's a quite decent series.
This series is as out of its mind nutso-crazy, of course, but it's been that way from the beginning. This arc's as crazy as ever. It's set in a hot spring town, but don't expect much generic hot spring stuff. Instead, expect Destruction Princess insanity. Yes, even for anime, this series really is something! There are some definite bad things about the series -- for instance, it's utterly, comically absurd, but there's virtually never any thoughts about the lives that have to have been lost in the chaos -- but still, overall, this is a good series, I guess, if "good" applies to something like this.
Loose Relation Between Wizard & Apprentice 17-22.5 [End]
I hadn't realized that this series ended, but I caught up. The ending is pretty abrupt -- I expect that this series was cancelled, most likely, not ended by choice -- but it's an okay, moderately conclusive ending, considering how little time there was. This series is one about a world like the modern one, but with magic. There are mages and such. It's a harem setting, but it's only arguably a harem show, because there's one girl who's the main focus of the romance; only one other girl actually shows any feelings for him, and she doesn't go anywhere with them and he doesn't know about it. So it is a series about a guy surrounded by girls, but there's only any romance with one. I think it works. Anyway, the final arc ended nicely. I was surprised about the plot's ending, it was kind of clever.
The MC guy's father is actually alive, and that he'd been raising Cthulu, who of course looks like a teenage girl and isn't crazy, or a Lovecraftian god; she's a being from outer space who mages had sealed here in an ocean prison tower five or ten thousand years ago. Then they set up a lie about how Cthulu was trying to break out, to get mages to go there and get killed by the tower's defenses, because their deaths kept the tower's magic charged or something. So the villain guy goes there to beat Cthulu, but learns the truth, which understandably upsets him greatly. He tries to destroy the world (of course), but the MC saves the day. He almost dies in the process, but lives. Then the MC's father, and Cthulu presumably, come home, and his father starts working on trying to the the MC and Konoha (his apprentice)'s relationship to ... move forward. The end.
Classmate (♀
to Meikyuu no Futekisetsu na Kouryakuhou 1-2This one's a new series from the guy who did the above series. It's pretty confusing at the start -- this clearly isn't set in normal modern-day Japan, but there's been absolutely no explanation so far about how, exactly, this differs from normal reality. I'm really confused. Apart from that, the setup's okay. This looks to be a more serious series than the above one, with harem and action elements (that have real danger, it seems). The plot... I don't really get it, but there's this school with seven students, because it's being merged into a different school in a few years and most people left already. But then the military takes it over and tells everyone they won't be allowed to leave for a few months while they do some secret operation. We get hints of how this world isn't like ours, but no actual explanation. These three mysterious girls appear, two with guns and one with knives or something, and the main character guy learns that he's some successor of something or other, so he's important, naturally. Then this tower comes up out of the ground, which they have to go in... yeah. It's somewhat generic, but not explained well so far. Even so, it's okay so far.
Trinity Seven 17
Gah, this fight's still not over... I mean, it's a good fight, but multiple cliffhanger endings, in a monthly series, is kind of cruel. Anyway though, it is a solid chapter as usual. Entertaining series. I do hope evil girl loses soon though, she has it coming.
Also, now Levy is the only one of the seven girls who the MC hasn't seen topless... good luck there, as they say in this chapter she'll be tough to beat, or catch off guard.
Fairy Tail up to 288
Hmm, so what kind of special, evil power is this girl using, apparently? Because yeah, it sure looked like Wendy's attack should have done more damage than that. Overall though, decent chapter.
Unbreakable Machine Doll to 22
This series has gotten quite serious indeed, now. People have died, evil plots have been revealed, and the Night Party hasn't even started yet, though it's about to. Despite the seriousness though, this series has maintained a pretty strong quality level. This is a good series, and I want to know what'll happen for sure. The main protagonists are reasonably likeable, as well, which is saying something for this kind of thing! And yes, they still are.
So yeah, this arc was about the girl who's going to be the MC's first rival in the Night Party. She has a pretty awful "family", let's put it that way. But the MC doesn't want to lose either, so he can't lose to her or something. So far he's done a good job of helping her a bit, but of course the fight hasn't yet started. I expect he'll win.
Pajama no Kanojo (all so far)
I like this series. It reminds me of animes I like, with a story about a ghost girl who isn't actually dead and who wants to get back to her body, and the MC guy who likes her, and goes in a love triangle direction after that. I wonder, will it become harem eventually? So far it's love triangle, with the catch that the not-dead ghost girl's got some issues with her condition... anyway though, yeah, I like this. The story, characters, and art are all pretty average, but it's a decent average, so it's a quite decent series.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Are we sure it's safe at this point?
Jump Series - 8 Week Averages
1.Toriko　　　 2.9(△0.2)
2.Naruto　　　 3.0(―0.0)
2.One Piece　 3.0(―0.0)
4.Gintama　　 5.6(▼0.6)
5.Haikyuu　 6.3(△1.2)
6.Nisekoi　　　 7.5(△0.8)
7.Beelzebub　 10.4(▼1.0)
7.Sket Dance 10.4(―0.0)
9.Kuroko　　　11.8(△1.1)
10.Bleach　　 13.8(▼1.0)
11.Medaka　　　14.0(△1.8)
12.Kochikame　 14.8(▼0.7)
13.Pajama　　　15.6(▼1.2)
13.Kurogane　　15.6(▼0.1)
15.Reborn! 　 　 16.6(△0.3)
16.Magico　　　 18.6(▼0.6)
17.Nurarihyon 　 19.3(▼0.3)
Nothing is ever certain in the cutthroat world of manga publishing, but Nisekoi doesn't seem like it'll get Kano'd anytime soon.
Naoshi: 1/2
Kano: 0/2
(lolbleach)
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Oh jeez, Magico is not doing good at all. Hope that picks up. Kurogane and Pajama should be near the bottom, not that.
A Black Falcon
Member
Pajama's reasonably good, or at least on the good side of average, as I say in the review post above. I hope it survives.
I thought Magico was being cancelled?
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Where did you hear that? I figured it was safe for a bit with Nura moving to Next.
Very interesting stuff, a lot of it new to me. I don't really think anyone truly "invented" manga though, as you can always trace back the technique to sequential art in it's earliest form and it's pretty much impossible to give credit for that.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Isn't Kano 0/3?
11.Medaka　　　14.0(△1.8)
12.Kochikame　 14.8(▼0.7)
13.Pajama　　　15.6(▼1.2)
13.Kurogane　　15.6(▼0.1)
15.Reborn! 　 　 16.6(△0.3)
16.Magico　　　 18.6(▼0.6)
Of the bottom junk,
11.Medaka　　　14.0(△1.8)
12.Kochikame　 14.8(▼0.7)
15.Reborn! 　 　 16.6(△0.3)
is safe for now.
So:
13.Pajama　　　15.6(▼1.2)
13.Kurogane　　15.6(▼0.1)
16.Magico　　　 18.6(▼0.6)
Out of those three I think Pajama would go first.
12.Kochikame　 14.8(▼0.7)
13.Pajama　　　15.6(▼1.2)
13.Kurogane　　15.6(▼0.1)
15.Reborn! 　 　 16.6(△0.3)
16.Magico　　　 18.6(▼0.6)
Of the bottom junk,
11.Medaka　　　14.0(△1.8)
12.Kochikame　 14.8(▼0.7)
15.Reborn! 　 　 16.6(△0.3)
is safe for now.
So:
13.Pajama　　　15.6(▼1.2)
13.Kurogane　　15.6(▼0.1)
16.Magico　　　 18.6(▼0.6)
Out of those three I think Pajama would go first.
I guess I just thought since the story seems like it is being rushed to make for an ending right now.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
It really could go either way. Right now it feels like it could be an endgame or it could be something like Aizen's introduction or the Kishin in Soul Eater being revived.
Idol wa xxxx Nante Shimasen! 1-2
This is the only idol manga I will ever read.
AKB49 bro.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
I'll get around to it.
Anyone reading Bride of the Water God?
Beautiful art.
I've tried to get into it multiple times but just couldn't. One day.
Hana Otoko - pretty typical taiyo matsumoto, which isn't a bad thing. felt most like ping pong, but ping pong is just way way good.
Initial D - still as cheesy as ever. Sometimes there's some interesting character development in between the chapters upon chapters of highly intricate drawings of cars and mountain roads. i really wonder if chapters are so short because of the millions of speed lines needed to be drawn. it's also kinda fun to pick out what parts are on the cars.
Initial D - still as cheesy as ever. Sometimes there's some interesting character development in between the chapters upon chapters of highly intricate drawings of cars and mountain roads. i really wonder if chapters are so short because of the millions of speed lines needed to be drawn. it's also kinda fun to pick out what parts are on the cars.
Ill Make You into an Otaku, so Make Me into a Riajuu
Manga based on a light novel. This is a prime example of why all light novels are the same
Manga based on a light novel. This is a prime example of why all light novels are the same
ColossalLazy
Member
Magi
Nice fight, good to see the generals arent overpowered
Also trailer for the upcoming anime http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTG4-QshPbQ
Akame ga Kill
Pretty much an introduction to the new team members.
Nurarihyon no Mago
Ugh such a tease. The art is so good. Shame it ranked poorly.
Nice fight, good to see the generals arent overpowered
Also trailer for the upcoming anime http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTG4-QshPbQ
Akame ga Kill
Pretty much an introduction to the new team members.
Nurarihyon no Mago
Ugh such a tease. The art is so good. Shame it ranked poorly.
Dedication Through Light
Member
Well if I knew it had such amazing character designs I would have probably got into it earlier, guess Ill wait for the anime since it seems to have great production values, and this one in fire and the one in blue seem pretty cool.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Good Ending
Downward spiral.
Downward spiral.
Vinland Sage
About time we got back to the Vinland talk. I almost forgot about it! I wonder which continent it's on.
Oh and yeah, what was she thinking when she cut the ropes? There's no way this will end well.
Magi
I could get used to it if she stripped every fight!
Akame ga Kill
I got kinda excited thinking Susanoo would be a Teigu using a Teigu, but... no such luck.
I'm now waiting for more prophecies. I hope they're the to-be-broken kind, rather than the self-fulfilling kind... though I'll be fine with either.
It depends on just how much room Inumaru freed up. It wasn't full-length chapters so I really have no clue.
And yeah Nisekoi's probably safe. I've never seen a manga as young as Nisekoi take the cover from a much older one (as it did magnificently some time ago).
About time we got back to the Vinland talk. I almost forgot about it! I wonder which continent it's on.
Oh and yeah, what was she thinking when she cut the ropes? There's no way this will end well.
Magi
I could get used to it if she stripped every fight!
Akame ga Kill
I got kinda excited thinking Susanoo would be a Teigu using a Teigu, but... no such luck.
I'm now waiting for more prophecies. I hope they're the to-be-broken kind, rather than the self-fulfilling kind... though I'll be fine with either.
The next cancellation batch should be somewhere in the second half of August, and Jump had room for 1 series (starting 2 and throwing out Nura).. but we're also gearing up towards Golden Future Cup 2012. It's possible something will be cancelled to make room for GFC before August.
It depends on just how much room Inumaru freed up. It wasn't full-length chapters so I really have no clue.
And yeah Nisekoi's probably safe. I've never seen a manga as young as Nisekoi take the cover from a much older one (as it did magnificently some time ago).
Well if I knew it had such amazing character designs I would have probably got into it earlier, guess Ill wait for the anime since it seems to have great production values, and this one in fire and the one in blue seem pretty cool.
I'm pretty sure I've told you before it's a series you'll definitely enjoy.
Yeah, why even read the book at that point?
Gantz
This shit has gotten so fucking stupid, I want to stop reading it. Nishi crying for his mom is the same as when he died the first time. I'm fine with that. He didn't bitch out when those kamikaze aliens blew up the gantz room, though. He was gonna go out like a champ there. I am bothered by Kei and Tei surviving the vacuum of space, though.
Plus, why the hell wouldn't Kei have destroyed that tower on the alien ship? That wasn't explained well other than the giant alien asking him not to. However, it makes no sense because no matter what kind of attachment he has to that alien chick, the fact of the matter is, that giant spaceship was about to destroy Earth. Why would he have any qualms about destroying them? If he didn't, there was a good chance he wouldn't have a home to go back to. That just made no sense to me.
I'm tired of this damn manga already. I hope it ends soon. It's gotten beyond ridiculous at this point. PEACE.
This shit has gotten so fucking stupid, I want to stop reading it. Nishi crying for his mom is the same as when he died the first time. I'm fine with that. He didn't bitch out when those kamikaze aliens blew up the gantz room, though. He was gonna go out like a champ there. I am bothered by Kei and Tei surviving the vacuum of space, though.
Plus, why the hell wouldn't Kei have destroyed that tower on the alien ship? That wasn't explained well other than the giant alien asking him not to. However, it makes no sense because no matter what kind of attachment he has to that alien chick, the fact of the matter is, that giant spaceship was about to destroy Earth. Why would he have any qualms about destroying them? If he didn't, there was a good chance he wouldn't have a home to go back to. That just made no sense to me.
I'm tired of this damn manga already. I hope it ends soon. It's gotten beyond ridiculous at this point. PEACE.
Berserk 329 (is out, even if mangaupdates tries to hide it)
Aww, that was surprisingly nice. She wasn't even brutally smashed or anything.
The eyes of some girls in this manga are something else. Nearly Hyouka levels.
retcon:
Hayate
Wow wow wow wow calm down wow. You are too excited. This is starting to go somewhere.
Aww, that was surprisingly nice. She wasn't even brutally smashed or anything.
The eyes of some girls in this manga are something else. Nearly Hyouka levels.
Manga isn't even the problem. It's games I don't have the time for.
retcon:
Hayate
Wow wow wow wow calm down wow. You are too excited. This is starting to go somewhere.
Honestly, I still like the one-shot better than the actual one so far. Maybe it was just the fact it wrapped up nicely (and the art seemed better in it).
...anyway, idoru doesn't seem like she'll be anywhere remotely close to real competition. This isn't Nisekoi!
Where? EG hasn't even scanned it yet
I'll try to be hush hush to not get arrested, hope saying "spectrum" is enough
A Huge Battleship
Member
Arachnid 18-19
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Also 1 to 1 swimming lessons when you've got an organisation trying to kill you and your mentor has told you you're fucked in water is a really awesome idea.
FDJASJKSJHSDKDFKSJ
Also 1 to 1 swimming lessons when you've got an organisation trying to kill you and your mentor has told you you're fucked in water is a really awesome idea.
Nisekoi
Hahahahahahaha, I called it? Hahahahahaha
My prophecy will come true:
The 7 holy key holders must reunite to unleash the ancient Harem King's power lying deep within Raku's pendant to save the world~
As soon as it's in danger of being cancelled BAM battle manga.
Wendy will probably beat her the same way that Natsu beat the other guy. Eating the black *insert element here*.
Hahahahahahaha, I called it? Hahahahahaha
My prophecy will come true:
The 7 holy key holders must reunite to unleash the ancient Harem King's power lying deep within Raku's pendant to save the world~
As soon as it's in danger of being cancelled BAM battle manga.
Well, her magic is the same Lost God Slayer magic that the Fire God guy that Natsu fought on Tenryuu island used. Since her magic is supposed to be Wendy's just better then it probably means her healing powers are a lot better too. Notice that she ate wind too before Wendy hit her with the new attack.
Wendy will probably beat her the same way that Natsu beat the other guy. Eating the black *insert element here*.
Manga stock market? How much to invest in One Piece?
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Hayate
Oh hey, plot is finally starting to move again. Let's see where this goes.
Oh hey, plot is finally starting to move again. Let's see where this goes.
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