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[Dedication Through Light]

Fairy Tail

Oh boy, I can't remember the last time a manga had such an emotional impact on me. From the buildup of everyone's strongest attacks against Hades to those hopes being dashed when he emerged unaffected. And then the sheer despair when poor Wendy disappeared; by the end of the chapter I was wiping tears from my eyes.

I can't imagine how the group will overcome such a fearsome foe. Perhaps Natsu, driven into a blind fury by seeing his companions disappear before his eyes will tap into his hidden depts and snatch vict- Nay! I daren't dream of something so amazing.

/DTL

Thats actually pretty compelling. When was the last time that Natsu, alone, served as the saviour in the arc? It would be rather unexpected and powerful if it did happen, but for a series so focused on teamwork, it may not transpire, unless Mashima continues to shock and surprise in his usual fashion!

 

[Stat Flow]

Counter Troll successful

 

[iavi]

The Breaker: New Waves

This is the most frustrating piece of fiction I've subjected myself to in a long time, really. This shit is ridiculous. The art is generally amazing, and the fights are as entertaining as ever, but this narrative is horribad. HORRIBAD. The characters are amazingly typical, and the plot resets completely, then goes nowhere, nowhere at all.

 

[Wiseblade]

Thats actually pretty compelling. When was the last time that Natsu, alone, served as the saviour in the arc? It would be rather unexpected and powerful if it did happen, but for a series so focused on teamwork, it may not transpire, unless Mashima continues to shock and surprise in his usual fashion!

Poe's law in effect? Or the most meta Counter-Troll ever? You decide!

 

[survivor]

Fairy Tail

The fuck did Hades just do to Wendy? And why couldn't he do that to Lucy instead? Mashima, I am disappoint.

 

[iavi]

Genkaku Picasso


This manga is absolutely amazing... I'm lost for words. I mean, I can say that the art is some of the best I've ever seen in a manga, that 'Picasso' is likable in a very Keima-ish way, and that the premise is ingenious, but that doesn't even begin to do what's here justice. Trying to guess at the meaning of the pieces before they're explained is a whole level of fun in of itself. I flew through those pages so fast, it's crazy.

How often will this one be released? The fact that there are only four volumes available kills me.

 

["God's Beard!"]

The Breaker: New Waves

This is the most frustrating piece of fiction I've subjected myself to in a long time, really. This shit is ridiculous. The art is generally amazing, and the fights are as entertaining as ever, but this narrative is horribad. HORRIBAD. The characters are amazingly typical, and the plot resets completely, then goes nowhere, nowhere at all.

The Breaker is one of the 3 worst shonen ever made, alongside Veritas and Wolf Guy.

 

[Bisnic]

I'm still unsure if DTL is either the biggest troll or the biggest dumbass in the world.

 

[Parallax]

The Breaker is one of the 3 worst shonen ever made, alongside Veritas and Wolf Guy.

to love ru isnt on your list, so i dont think i can take your list seriously

 

[iavi]

The Breaker is one of the 3 worst shonen ever made, alongside Veritas and Wolf Guy.

Ha, I haven't read Veritas, but I can definitely see The Breaker being Wolf Guy levels of bad. Not as bad, but close. Which is kind of shitty, because both of these mangas/manwhas have great art.

 

[flawfuls]

7 Billion Needles Volume 1

So it's like Parasyte, but with dinosaurs? Awesome.

Genkaku Picasso

This manga is absolutely amazing... I'm lost for words. I mean, I can say that the art is some of the best I've ever seen in a manga, that 'Picasso' is likable in a very Keima-ish way, and that the premise is ingenious, but that doesn't even begin to do what's here justice. Trying to guess at the meaning of the pieces before they're explained is a whole level of fun
in of itself. I flew through those pages so fast, it's crazy.

Yeah the whole thing is thing is a lot like TWOGN.

How often will this one be released? The fact that there are only four volumes available kills me.

Do you mean 4 chapters because there are only 3 volumes. Also the whole thing has been translated officially by Vertical.

 

[Kreed]

I'm still unsure if DTL is either the biggest troll or the biggest dumbass in the world.

Even if we were just talking about the manga thread, the biggest troll title would go to exarkun.

 

[upandaway]

ST&RS 2

Why are everyone still jumping at these HxH-esque exam first arcs even when it doesn't make sense at all within the story?

That exam was a silly gimmick. Really disappointing.

 

[Slayven]

Ha, I haven't read Veritas, but I can definitely see The Breaker being Wolf Guy levels of bad. Not as bad, but close. Which is kind of shitty, because both of these mangas/manwhas have great art.

Veritas is so bad it hurts, why have a main character when he never wins and everyone ignores him?

 

[Parallax]

Veritas is so bad it hurts, why have a main character when he never wins and everyone ignores him?

seriously. what the hell was up with that? it seems madoka got more face time than he did. and that ending, holy shit.

 

[Averon]

Ippo 943
Wow. They're finally talking about Ricardo Martinez again. Maybe this is a sign Ippo with finally move on to the world stage in to not too distant future. Also, Takamura going to take them all on? Ha! I'd like to see that.

 

[GTP_Daverytimes]

Can anyone list for me the Bloody Monday series? i read it a few years back and i just saw it again but it had "Bloody Monday: Last season", is there other seasons in the series? i want to know before i delve into the last season (It was an interesting manga, but i just lost track of it's releases{i hate monthly releases, the only monthly release i read are Claymore and Vampire Knight})

 

[flawfuls]

Can anyone list for me the Bloody Monday series? i read it a few years back and i just saw it again but it had "Bloody Monday: Last season", is there other seasons in the series? i want to know before i delve into the last season (It was an interesting manga, but i just lost track of it's releases{i hate monthly releases, the only monthly release i read are Claymore and Vampire Knight})

There is just Bloody Monday, Bloody Monday Season 2 and Bloody Monday - Last Season.

 

[GTP_Daverytimes]

There is just Bloody Monday, Bloody Monday Season 2 and Bloody Monday - Last Season.

Thanks. Funnily enough i have forgotten everything that happened in Bloody Monday (I was reading 10-20 manga's every 2 weeks) am sure if i read 2 pages it will all come back.

 

[iavi]

Yeah the whole thing is thing is a lot like TWOGN.

At the face, I wouldn't say that it was anymore similar than that. Well, besides 'Picaso' himself.

Do you mean 4 chapters because there are only 3 volumes. Also the whole thing has been translated officially by Vertical.

Yeah, I was way off on that one. Thanks.

Veritas is so bad it hurts, why have a main character when he never wins and everyone ignores him?

Almost sounds like Bleach.

 

[Dresden]

Veritas isn't that bad.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Kagami no Kuni no Harisugawa

This is pretty cool...

I guess I've been missing out on new mangas glad this thread keeps posting stuff I have not checked out

p.s. Saki is way cuter :3

 

[AAK]

Wow, this series is so good! Never fails to put a smile on my face

 

[finowns]

Ha, I haven't read Veritas, but I can definitely see The Breaker being Wolf Guy levels of bad. Not as bad, but close. Which is kind of shitty, because both of these mangas/manwhas have great art.

You're so wrong.

Veritas has its problems but the hate it gets is odd to me.

 

[Crash Station]

Needless

All caught up. When I first started, I wasn't expecting Cruz to STILL be cross dressing :lol. The current arc is pretty great with the city. Didn't even realize there was a part of this world that wasn't a total crapsack.

 

[Parallax]

Needless

All caught up. When I first started, I wasn't expecting Cruz to STILL be cross dressing :lol. The current arc is pretty great with the city. Didn't even realize there was a part of this world that wasn't a total crapsack.

has it been completely translated yet? that missing chunk in the middle is really keeping me from reading it

 

[Crash Station]

has it been completely translated yet? that missing chunk in the middle is really keeping me from reading it

No, but it's the same as the anime. Just watch that then jump to chapter 50.

 

[A Black Falcon]

Fairy Tail

The fuck did Hades just do to Wendy? And why couldn't he do that to Lucy instead? Mashima, I am disappoint.

Lucy is the main female character, she's probably not going to disappear at the beginning of a fight like that.

Thats actually pretty compelling. When was the last time that Natsu, alone, served as the saviour in the arc? It would be rather unexpected and powerful if it did happen, but for a series so focused on teamwork, it may not transpire, unless Mashima continues to shock and surprise in his usual fashion!

But Natsu has, with a team or not, beaten every single final enemy since the Tower of Heaven arc, I believe (maybe with one exception; before then he didn't)! It'd be him NOT doing that that would be surprising. Of course though, that's not going to happen. This is Mashima after all, he's going to stick to the genre-expected.

I hate team battles in general (they all suck. that includes the SH vs Oz fight and various others.. sole exception: HxH) so it's certainly not like I was expecting anything. But I don't see the connection between not expecting something and be able to say something about it.

Eh, I think Fairy Tail has done some okay team battles...

 

[Infinite Justice]

has it been completely translated yet? that missing chunk in the middle is really keeping me from reading it

IIRC nope but they were filling it though.

 

[Lain]

I picked up the first volume of Breath of Fire IV because, quite shallowly, the cover was just right for my taste. For a first volume it wasn't bad, even though there were only a couple of quick fights while the focus was kept on the journey and the search for Elina.
It felt easy to read with pleasant character art to look at, so I'm not going to complain.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

ST&RS 2

Why are everyone still jumping at these HxH-esque exam first arcs even when it doesn't make sense at all within the story?

That exam was a silly gimmick. Really disappointing.

I dont understand the complaint with the exam? The first chapter spent quite of bit of time indicating that they need an exam to get into the Space Academy. This second chapter did it in an interesting way even if it seemed to barely start. Can really criticize the series with only two chapters on the table.

I love Maho and Amachi's character designs, artwork is fresh, and the series feel fresh and new. I will keep reading.

 

[Rorschach]

lol kick some ass Takamaru.

PS: <3 Sendo. Naniwa Tiger is best tiger. Still hope he beats the shit out of Miyata.

 

[flawfuls]

Sex 1

Came for the sex got an interesting and very classy manga about a youth and gangs and stuff, but no sex. Total disappointment.

 

[Crash Station]

Arago 10

I'm guessing it's only a matter of time before Rio finds out about Arago's powers. Wonder if she gets powers of her own. We need some damn teammates already.

 

[Shouta]

I picked up the first volume of Breath of Fire IV because, quite shallowly, the cover was just right for my taste. For a first volume it wasn't bad, even though there were only a couple of quick fights while the focus was kept on the journey and the search for Elina.
It felt easy to read with pleasant character art to look at, so I'm not going to complain.

It's a short series and not bad. It covers the story of the game better than the game does really.

 

[Wiseblade]

Ippo

RIP Sendo, Mashiba, Date and Saeki. It was nice knowing you.

 

[Articalys]

Usagi Drop 54

Whaaaaaaaaaat.

That is a bullshit cop-out/retcon to make this not less creepy and the author knows it.

 

[upandaway]

I dont understand the complaint with the exam? The first chapter spent quite of bit of time indicating that they need an exam to get into the Space Academy. This second chapter did it in an interesting way even if it seemed to barely start. Can really criticize the series with only two chapters on the table.

I love Maho and Amachi's character designs, artwork is fresh, and the series feel fresh and new. I will keep reading.

It annoys me because they're using the exam as an excuse to just make the MCs go through various gimmicky challenges that are slightly modeled after astronaut problems. And it's something that way too many series do. Mx0 is also guilty of this with its semester exams (which often had nothing to do with the magic of the students). It's just a series of inventive challenges, which in a vacuum could be really cool, but in the context of a series they make no sense.
A common symptom of this is that for the sake of having the 3 kids be together, they're sacrificing the fairness of the exam because it's very unlikely that one person would pass if he's stuck with 2 idiots. Unless they complete the full challenge they fail.

I like how they handled it, art's awesome, and the MC is awesome, and I like the setup a lot, but it's still annoying. And what I'm criticizing here has nothing to do with how many chapters it has.

 

[Dresden]

Usagi Drop 54

Whaaaaaaaaaat.

That is a bullshit cop-out/retcon to make this not less creepy and the author knows it.

Second half is reaching DtB2 levels of non-existence at this point.

 

[Articalys]

Second half is reaching DtB2 levels of non-existence at this point.

I've actually wondered: is it

Spoiler

the time skip in general that people don't like or specifically the Rin loves Daikichi part? Like, if it had gone the predictable route of "Daikichi marries Kouki's mom, so now they're all one big happy family" would people have been as mad

?

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

It was Tsukishima who saved Peach. The parodies about Tsukishima being there is too awesome.

 

[Dresden]

I've actually wondered: is it

Spoiler

the time skip in general that people don't like or specifically the Rin loves Daikichi part? Like, if it had gone the predictable route of "Daikichi marries Kouki's mom, so now they're all one big happy family" would people have been as mad

?

To be honest I don't mind

Spoiler

Rin's love for Daikichi

that much, I've seen worse. It's just this particular "twist" that bothers me because it suggests that the author wants to legitimize it as much as they can, which strikes me as being particularly cowardly.

e: also because the quality has dipped since the timeskip. But that's not really important compared to the more pressing issue of

Spoiler

banging the girl he raised for ten years.

e2: I remember now, the part where he went online to read the will.

Spoiler

So it's been there all along - they're not related - oh well. Still strikes as being lazy because we never see what was in there.

 

[tri_willy]

It was Tsukishima who saved Peach. The parodies about Tsukishima being there is too awesome.

hah! awesome.

next weeks fairy tail's title chapter is definitely a dead give away for "him" to return... if that is not the case, then fuck this!

 

[airmangataosenai]

I feel numb after reading Usagi Drop 54, with that one panel the series died to me... they retconned the whole family dynamic and most likely they won't even revisit this revelation, it's just an easy way to get to the ending which apparently comes in like, 5 chapters. Why, why did this woman work so hard to undo such a beautiful piece of work? She ruined every character she developed so perfectly. I almost doubt it's the same person.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Nurarihyon No Mago 1-159

Very nice and little cliche, but i really like the author´s concentration on the 3 generation of the Nura clan.

 

[Infinite Justice]

I feel numb after reading Usagi Drop 54, with that one panel the series died to me... they retconned the whole family dynamic and most likely they won't even revisit this revelation, it's just an easy way to get to the ending which apparently comes in like, 5 chapters. Why, why did this woman work so hard to undo such a beautiful piece of work? She ruined every character she developed so perfectly. I almost doubt it's the same person.

2 apparently according to the translation team.

 

[Lain]

Usagi Drop 46-54

Personally, I don't mind the direction it went in as it nears the end. I don't even feel that what happens in chapter 54 is a real retcon or that it ruins the family dynamics. Actually, it makes more sense to me why

Spoiler

Daikichi would try so hard to have it feel like a real family.

That said, I would have liked it more if it went another way, without

Spoiler

the falling in love, but still keeping it a close relationship, like the tight family they have been so far, with Daikichi marrying Kouki's mom

, yet I'm not dissatisfied with how the author decided to do it.
There are still two chapters left and some special or something, so there's still something to look forward to, as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

ST&RS 2

Yosh! I love the enthusiasm of Maho and Amachi. I really like this "child" 'strength" aspect of that hidden message. Its quite compelling. I was glad they finished the block puzzle fast and kind of off panel. This series is fun.

 

[A Huge Battleship]

A Lollipop or a Bullet 1-6

Glorious. It's genuinely painful to see something as refreshing and compelling as this hang in scanlation limbo.

Spoiler

$20 says the ending'll be a tear-jerker.

 

[grandjedi6]

Who shot JFK?

Spoiler

Tsukishima