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It's still a step down from Me and My Devil Blues.
chickdigger802
Banned
It's everything you need. Healthy for your Mind... and your body ;P
A Black Falcon
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Trinity Seven 11 - 12
This series releases kind of slowly... it's monthly I guess. Anyway, it's still pretty amusing stuff. So dumb, and so predictable a lot of the time, but still, amusing stuff.
... Ninja girl's still my favorite. And yeah, evil mage girl's sure to be added to his harem soon enough.
GE
Why have I still not managed to completely drop this?
Strike Witches: Katayoku no Majotachi
GAH is that a lot of up-close pantyshots. It's overdone even for Strike Witches, I think...
You think? But so far the harem's pretty much just the 6 (surely soon to be 7) girls of the "Trinity Seven". I'd think it'd stop there, what with the title of the manga and all... them and maybe his cousin, if he rescues her.
This series releases kind of slowly... it's monthly I guess. Anyway, it's still pretty amusing stuff. So dumb, and so predictable a lot of the time, but still, amusing stuff.
... Ninja girl's still my favorite. And yeah, evil mage girl's sure to be added to his harem soon enough.
GE
Why have I still not managed to completely drop this?
Strike Witches: Katayoku no Majotachi
GAH is that a lot of up-close pantyshots. It's overdone even for Strike Witches, I think...
You think? But so far the harem's pretty much just the 6 (surely soon to be 7) girls of the "Trinity Seven". I'd think it'd stop there, what with the title of the manga and all... them and maybe his cousin, if he rescues her.
Not.
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
Yes. There are some nuts who are obsessed with teh grimdark who say it gets worse, but... Yeah, they are objectively wrong.
Godashi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now all that's left is to wait for DEEN to mess it all up.
I don't understand the love for Sankarea. I read a few chapters didn't see anything special. Zombies should be shot in the head not loved.
YYH
These mystery of the week chapters in the beginning are nothing like the later arcs. So weird, makes me think the stuff like the Medaka Box shift was planned all along.
YYH
These mystery of the week chapters in the beginning are nothing like the later arcs. So weird, makes me think the stuff like the Medaka Box shift was planned all along.
Fidelis Hodie
Infidelis Cras
Bastard
So . . I cleared that 100 chapter time skip . .
All I got is . . what. the. fuck.
So . . I cleared that 100 chapter time skip . .
All I got is . . what. the. fuck.
I actually thought it was pretty good until the later chapters where it becomes a snooze-fest. (Last chapter I read, MC and the girl were stuck in a cave or something)
I'm not really following you man, but whatever! I really liked it! (not sure if you could tell)
I would pay to see my face when this happened. Just to measure how fast I went from shock to huge dumbass grin.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
They even moefying Zombies.
...............Zombies.
...........
It seems like nothing is safe from the power of ~~~Moe~~~
...............Zombies.
...........
It seems like nothing is safe from the power of ~~~Moe~~~
Glass Rebel
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Bad what the fuck or good what the fuck?
I thought about reading this after finishing Monster.
No I dropped it somewhere before the Toujo arc. Too much filler and they dropped some of the best gags. Plus the Alain Delon stuff was over the top it was suppose to build up to the current weirdness not go all out from the beginning.
Tribes of Trusty
Member
For a dead organism without cardio-pulmonary circulation, Sankarea sure blushes a lot.
It would be cool to what would happen if Hibari lost.
In every possible way. *endless facepalm*
I'm following the anime. It's so bad, but it has some entertaining moments (and the latest ED with the girls is nice).
Has the Anime or Manga been licensed for an English release? I'd love to buy either.
Glass Rebel
Member
Monster END
What an absoulutely fantastic manga. Urasawa's gotta be my favourite mangaka.
I'm alternating between Urasawa and Tezuka, so after finishing Pluto, Adolf and now Monster I'll probably read Buddha before picking up 20th Century Boys.
What an absoulutely fantastic manga. Urasawa's gotta be my favourite mangaka.
I'm alternating between Urasawa and Tezuka, so after finishing Pluto, Adolf and now Monster I'll probably read Buddha before picking up 20th Century Boys.
Dedication Through Light
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Fairy Tail 273
Pretty epic chapter. Mashima throwing so many fights in one, and with Ren (epic attack) and even Orga (cool attack), it is impossible for me to dislike it. And Natsu even had tons of panel time, epic. Depressing panel of the losers was quite emotional, still cant get over Grays unfortunate lose, hopefully he can recover somehow. But the next fight will truly be stunning, Jellal ought to have some pretty compelling attacks and deliver since we havent seen him fight in arcs. Its going to be spectacular.
Pretty epic chapter. Mashima throwing so many fights in one, and with Ren (epic attack) and even Orga (cool attack), it is impossible for me to dislike it. And Natsu even had tons of panel time, epic. Depressing panel of the losers was quite emotional, still cant get over Grays unfortunate lose, hopefully he can recover somehow. But the next fight will truly be stunning, Jellal ought to have some pretty compelling attacks and deliver since we havent seen him fight in arcs. Its going to be spectacular.
Neoriceisgood
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Needless
Just got through all of Needless, not entirely sure what to think. The art's pretty decent and I like some of the powers. The fanservice is ... kinda weird, how old are the girls in this manga even meant to be? Kinda questionable.
Still managed to be interesting enough to keep my attention despite a small list of things I don't like much.
Fairy Tail
Not much unexpected in this chapter, kinda fun to see a chapter that wasn't specifically about FT itself for once. Though it's totally showing how incredibly predictable the position of certain guilds in this tournament is.
(Quatros Cerebros or whatever pretty much being a joke was pretty much obvious from their designs alone, same with Mermaid Heel really.)
At the start of this tournament I was mildly curious how Mashima would handle the teams that were part of it. (especially when there was a mysterious strong guild left)
but now it pretty much seems that we have two fodder guilds, two "strong" guilds that are mostly meant to give FT points. (I doubt FT would lose in a fair fight against Lamina Scale or Blue Pegasus, because that'd imply they'd be weak! we can't have that!)
And that leaves Raven Tail as the guild that makes FT an underdog through unfair play & Sabertooth as the "how can anyone not think they'll win?"-amazing group.
Considering we know the point system we can probably even figure out at what point FT should start winning matches to suddenly make a comeback to #1 as well.
Considering there's 100 points in total and a max of 20 points one can get per day, assuming. Sabertooth tends to only get the #1 position or #2(or #3?) position in a match where FT somehow manages to win it's pretty much impossible for Sabertooth to be the absolute winner for 3 days straight (or 50-60 points) total without it becoming factually impossible for another group to win the tournament.
Now there's a few options left that'd work with Mashima's style of underdog-based storytelling. I could imagine Fairy Tail not winning the tournament points-wise, but still defeating Sabertooth in some of the final 1 on 1 matches. Making FT obviously "better" yet not the winner.
It's hard to predict though, I don't think Mashima would remove the suspense of FT being able to win in theory though, so I can't imagine Sabertooth being a flawless competitor until day 3.
Just got through all of Needless, not entirely sure what to think. The art's pretty decent and I like some of the powers. The fanservice is ... kinda weird, how old are the girls in this manga even meant to be? Kinda questionable.
Still managed to be interesting enough to keep my attention despite a small list of things I don't like much.
Fairy Tail
Not much unexpected in this chapter, kinda fun to see a chapter that wasn't specifically about FT itself for once. Though it's totally showing how incredibly predictable the position of certain guilds in this tournament is.
(Quatros Cerebros or whatever pretty much being a joke was pretty much obvious from their designs alone, same with Mermaid Heel really.)
At the start of this tournament I was mildly curious how Mashima would handle the teams that were part of it. (especially when there was a mysterious strong guild left)
but now it pretty much seems that we have two fodder guilds, two "strong" guilds that are mostly meant to give FT points. (I doubt FT would lose in a fair fight against Lamina Scale or Blue Pegasus, because that'd imply they'd be weak! we can't have that!)
And that leaves Raven Tail as the guild that makes FT an underdog through unfair play & Sabertooth as the "how can anyone not think they'll win?"-amazing group.
Considering we know the point system we can probably even figure out at what point FT should start winning matches to suddenly make a comeback to #1 as well.
Considering there's 100 points in total and a max of 20 points one can get per day, assuming. Sabertooth tends to only get the #1 position or #2(or #3?) position in a match where FT somehow manages to win it's pretty much impossible for Sabertooth to be the absolute winner for 3 days straight (or 50-60 points) total without it becoming factually impossible for another group to win the tournament.
Now there's a few options left that'd work with Mashima's style of underdog-based storytelling. I could imagine Fairy Tail not winning the tournament points-wise, but still defeating Sabertooth in some of the final 1 on 1 matches. Making FT obviously "better" yet not the winner.
It's hard to predict though, I don't think Mashima would remove the suspense of FT being able to win in theory though, so I can't imagine Sabertooth being a flawless competitor until day 3.
Dedication Through Light
Member
I gave up trying to predict what happens in Fairy Tail, its impossible since Mashima can take his stories in so many ways and he always does the unforseeable to surprise us in good ways. Pretty nice. Hopefully Fairy Tail A reigns supreme even over B and Sabertooth sooner than day 3.
Glass Rebel
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Fairy Tail
Arania... Web... alright.
The opponents designs are so cheap, it's hilarious. Also two boring fights in a single chapter. Let's see how Mystogan fares.
Arania... Web... alright.
The opponents designs are so cheap, it's hilarious. Also two boring fights in a single chapter. Let's see how Mystogan fares.
Neoriceisgood
Member
It's because Mashima doesn't care about his non FT/lame pretty boy characters.
My biggest gripe with FT is and has always been the extreme disinterest Mashima has in his extended cast, it's like he's trying to do weird Oda designs without any sort of love of spirit.
Compare the average not plot relevant participant in this tournament to say, the Supernova designs from shabondy. Mashima's "quirky" designs have no life to them at all imo.
You're right up until the point where the tournament falls apart on the last day and the secret plot of the organisers is revealed. But are they working with Sabertooth, Raven tail, or both?
Dedication Through Light
Member
Wait, lets not fall victim to exaggerated fanciful machinations. Would he really try to take inspiration from Oda?
Well I think Mashima is just catering to what his audience wants. Those are the characters that are the best in manga and always cool. The Supernovas you indicate are essentially basically never around anyway? The one that falls into that category that you set for Fairy Tail (and oddly the supernova who has the most/best fanarts), has actually had the most screentime out of all of them (Trafalgar Law). Surely Mashima ought not be faulted here.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Law knows about D.. More screen time validated
Neoriceisgood
Member
Oh for sure, the 5th day will most likely be about the secret evil plot. But that stuff is so obnoxiously obvious it's not even interesting to speculate about.
I'm curious how much I can predict about the actual tournament part of this arc, I feel like we have enough information to figure out what would happen.
The supernova were extremely (and I mean extremely) minor characters in One Piece, yet I feel like every single one of them had a story and a design Oda genuinly liked.
Interesting powers, a bit of history & a bit of the OP world in pretty much all of them and we can't even tell if we'll see them again or what their role will be.
To me the entire supernova thing felt like Oda showing us that the One Piece world is larger than "just" the Straw Hats.
A Grand Magic Tournament like the one in FT might be the perfect place to give us a bigger picture of the FT world yet half of the teams look like they took Mashima exactly 5 seconds to design.
The fact that he spent a total of two panels on the actual attacks in the Mermaid Heel/Blue Pegasus fight tells me enough about how much the author cares about these characters.
Honestly, half of these guilds are literally there as fodder to show how "awesum" some of the better guilds are. In what's supposed to be a tournament showing off only the best that's a disgraceful way to write imo.
chickdigger802
Banned
Fairy Tail
Stuff Stuff.
Naked sad wet Lucy.
Mistgun.
Stuff Stuff.
Naked sad wet Lucy.
Mistgun.
got it in one. when in doubt T&A it out. Mass hype
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Fairy Tail
Jellal will win next week. It´s inevitable. Dammit, i hate that character and all of his copies, alternative other world self etc.... The way Mashima showed Wendy, Lucy, Gray, means that Jellal will most definitely win. BTW i knew Web´s magic has to do with spider or web based on her cloths since the first chapter that showed her.
Jellal will win next week. It´s inevitable. Dammit, i hate that character and all of his copies, alternative other world self etc.... The way Mashima showed Wendy, Lucy, Gray, means that Jellal will most definitely win. BTW i knew Web´s magic has to do with spider or web based on her cloths since the first chapter that showed her.
Well, duh.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Elaborate.
Dedication Through Light
Member
Not even entertaining the thought that he could just somehow lose? Lamia Scale was surprisingly pretty good before in the past rounds, I dont think they would somehow lose even if its against Jellal. Based on the past, it will be stunning if he can break the losing streak of Fairy Tail to be honest. His time to shine will come later in the arc, I pray.
Pause, you weren't reading this before? Welcome to the collective. :lol
Edit: Medaka Box chapter was good, I'm surprised to see that Suinasaki is genuine (thus far) if a bit eccentric. And I still maintain that Hitoyoshi is my favorite character in this manga. Anshin's analysis on him being the type of person that builds up others sold me even if I knew that already.
As for the last bit on the chapter end, I really wonder how this ending is going to play out. It seems like there's still enough for a good amount of chapters. At the same time, the anime date is coming closer and unless we're getting trolled on a meta level, that deadline is pretty much 4 or so weeks/chapters from now. I wonder how much could be put in there to make the ending satisfying without killing whatever momentum this arc has going.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Bleach
BTW the quincy spell has a precedent. Ishida used it on his father when he was training.
BTW the quincy spell has a precedent. Ishida used it on his father when he was training.
Not that I know.
The picture looked interesting, so I was gonna check it, which brought me to who did the chapter and what do I read? That the translator of Teppu, Shadow-Skill, retired, so they need to find a new one... why God, why?!
Me and My Devil Blues chp. 1
I can appreciate how great it is for the realistic portrayal of American history/black culture, and the art is better than Kangoku Gakuen, but I just feel very indifferent about it. It's just not my cup of tea, I think.
Sucks because I can see why it is so good too. Maybe i'll enjoy it more if I revisit it in a few years.
Edit: By the way, do we discuss korean webcomics here? I wasn't a big fan until I read Melo Holic which is really good!
I can appreciate how great it is for the realistic portrayal of American history/black culture, and the art is better than Kangoku Gakuen, but I just feel very indifferent about it. It's just not my cup of tea, I think.
Sucks because I can see why it is so good too. Maybe i'll enjoy it more if I revisit it in a few years.
Edit: By the way, do we discuss korean webcomics here? I wasn't a big fan until I read Melo Holic which is really good!
Seriously, everyone in the world was reading Sankarea except upandaway. EVERYONE
Dem magic leaves fix that blush.
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