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There is quite a bit to cover between the point of the end of TSR -> End of the Novels, it slows down for the character development chapters but picks up super quick later, it can be easy to get lost. Honestly at this point I'm a little wary if they'd be able to even do an anime adaptation while doing the source material justice, would need to be 24+ episodes if they didn't cut any of the important stuff, which is pretty much everything after TSR.

Hmm.... Even though I'm thinking it could be done, this makes me want to read the novels. Last one I read was "A Dancing Very Merry Christmas," and that was only half of it; the most I could find translated at the time.

 

[Swag]

Hmm.... Even though I'm thinking it could be done, this makes me want to read the novels. Last one I read was "A Dancing Very Merry Christmas," and that was only half of it; the most I could find translated at the time.

Because of the direction the story takes it's just needed to have a lot of stuff included otherwise towards the end things won't make sense or the story will have to go in a different direction to accommodate.

Minor Spoilers

Spoiler

Stuff like Sagara's Origins, Birth of Mithril, the different battles that take place, Sagara vs Amalgam, Whispered Origins, Sophia Origins, and eventually the ending

I missed some stuff in the list but it's a lot to animate.

 

[flawfuls]

Kekkaishi Manga to End in Japan on April 6.

I will marathon through this series once it's over.

 

[Stat Flow]

All this talk of Bleach kinda makes me wanna pick it up again, stopped reading around when Aizen was getting sentenced and Ichika lost his powers. I think they were starting some wierd Hell Arc or something. Was just a tad bit boring, has it picked up since then?

The new arc has finally started to pick up as of about five chapters ago. I like it a lot actually.

 

[Infinite Justice]

Kekkaishi Manga to End in Japan on April 6.

I will marathon through this series once it's over.

Same

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Kekkaishi Manga to End in Japan on April 6.

I will marathon through this series once it's over.

Well guess I will finally start getting into the series. Hopefully the series gets on AMZN 4 for 3 promotion fast. OH and the anime too, I wish it was on dvd...bah humbug. The main character seems so cool.

 

[Crash Station]

Kekkaishi Manga to End in Japan on April 6.

I will marathon through this series once it's over.

Ooh, guess I should as well.

 

[GG-Duo]

Kekkaishi Manga to End in Japan on April 6.

I will marathon through this series once it's over.

It's in denouement mode. These last two chapters were

Spoiler

pretty sad

.

I've only started reading this manga over the past two years, but it's pretty interesting. There's battles in the manga but it's decidedly different in tone. Could it be due to the female author?

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Kekkaishi Manga to End in Japan on April 6.

I will marathon through this series once it's over.

I should get around to reading the rest of this series. I read the first few volumes and thought it was decent.

 

[Stat Flow]

To anyone who's read Kekkaishi, is it worth picking up? I don't know anything about it but I can put it in my queue after marathoning Beelzebub.

 

[pieatorium]

To anyone who's read Kekkaishi, is it worth picking up? I don't know anything about it but I can put it in my queue after marathoning Beelzebub.

Its ok, nothing amazing but it isn't terrible either, it kinda drags a bit in the middle imo but it would probably not matter as much in a marathon.

 

[Swag]

The new arc has finally started to pick up as of about five chapters ago. I like it a lot actually.

Is Aizen the villain?

 

[Stat Flow]

Is Aizen the villain?

We don't know who the real villain is with certainty yet. But it seems like the villain is Aizen-like. Compared to the previous arc, this arc has a lot of mystery driving it.

 

[Infinite Justice]

Is Aizen the villain?

Multiple Aizens are in this one

 

[Crash Station]

Its ok, nothing amazing but it isn't terrible either, it kinda drags a bit in the middle imo but it would probably not matter as much in a marathon.

Oh hey, you're back. Sorry about getting you banned before

 

[Solune]

To anyone who's read Kekkaishi, is it worth picking up? I don't know anything about it but I can put it in my queue after marathoning Beelzebub.

Contrary to the buzz going around, It suffers from alot of dragging on in certain arcs, picking up, and then slacking again. Admittedly I guess it picks up from where I left off but I dropped it and that was like Chapter 205ish, expect alot of boring inbetween interesting.

 

[Stat Flow]

One Piece Spoilers

Chapter 619: At the Forest of Sea
Cover story From the Deck of the World vol.6: City of Orange, massive pet food shop Shu-shu opens

Zoro seems to have moved faster than Hodi in water, and landed the slash.
The New Fishman Pirates supply the ES
Neptune makes a way for them, but then grabs Zoro, Usopp, and Brook and does a massive version of the current throw, Ultra Marine.
As the NFP pirates are being washed away, some of the underlings supply Hodi with ES
Neptune lags behind in the escape due to age, but calls up Hoe to attempt to get away
Zoro's breath is running out. Neptune is capture by doped up Hodi by one hand, and Zoro and co are also caught by the NFP
Neptune orders his men to get Fukaboshi and the other two.

Luffy and Shirahoshi arrive at the Forest of Sea.
Franky and Jinbe joins up, Jinbe is surprised to see Shirahoshi there.
Next he is surprised to see Hachi all beaten up
Sanji finally restores to his normal self
Another axe comes flying from Decken, but Luffy takes care of it
Nami and Camie also joins up
Jinbe acknowledges the situation.
Some details of his gratitude and apology are revealed
Eleven years ago, the one who let Arlong loose to East Blue was Jinbe himself

End

(more after that)

Sorry, Robin was already within the corals of Forest of the Sea
Zoro's breath ran out, and got caught as a result
They didn't ride the current, Aquamarine is an attack.

So now the split between the SH is two groups, those with Neptune and those at the Sea Forest.

Zoro lost his breath and Hodi is using hax -____-

 

[Griffith]

One Piece Spoilers

Eleven years ago, the one who let Arlong loose to East Blue was Jinbe himself

Yes, bring on the flashback.

 

[Angry Grimace]

One Piece Spoilers



So now the split between the SH is two groups, those with Neptune and those at the Sea Forest.

Zoro lost his breath and Hodi is using hax -____-

When is Zoro going to use the sharingan he's hiding under there?

 

[Stat Flow]

When is Zoro going to use the sharingan he's hiding under there?

:lol :lol :lol

 

[Drkirby]

Jojo Part 6:

Spoiler

Odd, was not expecting Dio to have even more kids. I guess Gio may of been a one off that was more Jostar then Dio

Edit:

BS, it is a 2 hour drive max, traffic isn't that bad in Florida. They are even next to I-95!

 

[Crash Station]

JINBEI JOINING!

 

[Hellsing321]

Yotsuba and Bubbles
Yanda confirmed for God-tier troll. I let out a gasp when Yotsuba bumped her head.

 

[Angry Grimace]

:lol :lol :lol

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

 

[Laughing Banana]

One of the biggest... stupidity, perhaps?... in the world of One Piece is how Zoro can actually talk with his mouth holding a sword.

 

[Crash Station]

One of the biggest... stupidity, perhaps?... in the world of One Piece is how Zoro can actually talk with his mouth holding a sword.

I think Oda actually addressed that in an SBS. Can't remember what he said though.

 

[Dresden]

One of the biggest... stupidity, perhaps?... in the world of One Piece is how Zoro can actually talk with his mouth holding a sword.

Oda just hasn't covered his stint as a ventriloquist when he was young.

 

[fireside]

I think Oda actually addressed that in an SBS. Can't remember what he said though.

Zoro speaks with his heart

 

[MCD]

Anyone here read The Breaker?

I didn't like part 1 because I wanted to see more of the main character's growth into a martial artist and less of his master's upper hax.

Now part 2 (New Waves) seems to be heading into this direction, the Shounen direction which we all love and hate.

 

[Solune]

http://i.imgur.com/U84G8.jpg

Anyone here read The Breaker?

I didn't like part 1 because I wanted to see more of the main character's growth into a martial artist and less of his master's upper hax.

Now part 2 (New Waves) seems to be heading into this direction, the Shounen direction which we all love and hate.

Quite a few read it here, I just read it recently right when New Waves started coming out. Part 1 is leaps and bounds better than Part 2 right now though.

 

[Griffith]

Naruto Spoilers

http://i.imgur.com/gTDI3.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Qh1ZZ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/YGWKV.jpg

 

[Reknoc]

Those JoJo pages look so good. Art in the panels looks similar to what it's like for stuff like volume covers.

 

[Steroyd]

Naruto Spoilers

http://i.imgur.com/gTDI3.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Qh1ZZ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/YGWKV.jpg

Is that Chouji in the last pic? That doesn't even make sense.

 

[Drkirby]

Those JoJo pages look so good. Art in the panels looks similar to what it's like for stuff like volume covers.

Yeah, I like the art in part 6 a lot, even though I was mostly pointing out things I found funny. The only thing I dislike about it is that it makes it hard to tell just what is going on when there is a lot of action.

 

[Laughing Banana]

Is that Chouji in the last pic? That doesn't even make sense.

Maybe he can produce the effect of power-up pills... without actually using the pills?

 

[Parallax]

It's in denouement mode. These last two chapters were

Spoiler

pretty sad

.

I've only started reading this manga over the past two years, but it's pretty interesting. There's battles in the manga but it's decidedly different in tone. Could it be due to the female author?

i expected its end a few months ago. last chapter confirmed it.

Spoiler

gens "revival" and the inclusion of all the characters that have appeared so far

was a nice touch, but an easy way to let people know its ending. i would like to know what happened to spike dude though.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Is that Chouji in the last pic? That doesn't even make sense.

It does make sense since we have seen these wings before. Choji probably ate some pill.

 

[Pandaman]

Is that Chouji in the last pic? That doesn't even make sense.

dont remember choji's drugs?

 

[gundamkyoukai]

Kekkaishi Manga to End in Japan on April 6.

I will marathon through this series once it's over.

Guess it's time to start back reading , stop when i see things was coming to a end maybe 50 chapters ago.

 

[Drkirby]

Well, done with Part 6 of Jojo, now onto Steel Ball Run.

I wonder just how Steel Ball Run is going to relate to the original series, Part 6's "epilogue" didn't really flesh much out, more or less was "Everything is fine." Does it take place in the same Universe as the normal Universe, the one created at the end of Part 6, yet anther one?

 

[Stat Flow]

Don't tell me Chouji is going to be the star of this battle. Is Kishimoto trolling us...? Who the fuck didn't want Shikamaru to be the one doing everything in this fight.

And him going butterfly mode doesn't have the same badass effect like it did if 1) he's not in the same conditions as he was in part 1 when he did it and 2) he doesn't become skinny chouji

 

[Lain]

Open Sesame is kind of mediocre. How the hell did it manage to go on for 20 volumes, when after 10 the bullshit excuse for the annoying relationship between the main character and the bitchy girl still hasn't been explained, not only to the reader, but to the protagonist as well.
Plus, he goes "I wonder why Mogami is always a bitch to me, maybe all those hints about knowing me in the past" and right after he is "I'm thinking too much, I have to train for boxing!", which makes it so dumb it hurts.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Don't tell me Chouji is going to be the star of this battle. Is Kishimoto trolling us...? Who the fuck didn't want Shikamaru to be the one doing everything in this fight.

And him going butterfly mode doesn't have the same badass effect like it did if 1) he's not in the same conditions as he was in part 1 when he did it and 2) he doesn't become skinny chouji

Shikamaru got his moment with Hidan. I am glad that Kishimoto is concentrating on minor characters. Choji definitely needs the spot light. I hope Ino does something important in this war, and not just communication shit.

 

[-_-]

Yotsuba and Bubbles

Love the ending and Yanda really is a freaking awesome troll.

Really looking forward to another arc with Ena, Muira, and Yotsuba, although I'm kind of wondering if Yotsuba is ever going to go to school since she's already five.

 

[Stat Flow]

Shikamaru got his moment with Hidan. I am glad that Kishimoto is concentrating on minor characters. Choji definitely needs the spot light. I hope Ino does something important in this war, and not just communication shit.

Well in that case I'm glad someone's interested in these folks getting screentime at this point. Chouji and Ino should've been a lot more involved in Kakuzu's death, and that was like years ago. He played an integral role in Asuma's death as well.

 

[pieatorium]

Oh hey, you're back. Sorry about getting you banned before

lol no ones fault but my own for taking the joke too far

 

[Kreed]

Kekkaishi:

Kekkaishi Manga to End in Japan on April 6.

I will marathon through this series once it's over.

Not too surprising considering how the manga has been going as of late story wise. At least it should be getting a proper wrap up vs a quick/rushed ending.

To anyone who's read Kekkaishi, is it worth picking up? I don't know anything about it but I can put it in my queue after marathoning Beelzebub.

The series is one of the better long running shounen series IMO. It does suffer from slower paced arcs like others have mentioned, but it will probably be less noticeable if you're reading chapters back to back vs weekly.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

http://i.imgur.com/U84G8.jpg

Anyone here read The Breaker?

I didn't like part 1 because I wanted to see more of the main character's growth into a martial artist and less of his master's upper hax.

Now part 2 (New Waves) seems to be heading into this direction, the Shounen direction which we all love and hate.[/QUOTE]

Main character on that cover looks cool!

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Bleach spoilers

http://i.imgur.com/N0Ldu.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/abJRk.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/O0zgR.jpg

Well in that case I'm glad someone's interested in these folks getting screentime at this point. Chouji and Ino should've been a lot more involved in Kakuzu's death, and that was like years ago. He played an integral role in Asuma's death as well.

That arc was specifically designed to make Shikamaru grow up. It was about how Shikamaru´s character would deal with the situation. We can see Shikamaru´s growth, when Shikamaru cheered up Naruto after the death of Jiraya. This time it is Choji´s and hopefully Ino´s turn to show their growth.
I also want to see Shino and Kiba fight.

 

[Steroyd]

It does make sense since we have seen these wings before. Choji probably ate some pill.

dont remember choji's drugs?
http://i.imgur.com/svHIa.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]

It's hard to remember when a character who barely gets that much panel time gets next to no panel for years, I still think it's silly that the natural power-up to growing oversized limbs is butterfly wings.