Theonik
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Oh shit I wanted to mention that, yeah waiting for it to exist in translated form in full first.
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Beelzebub 232
Did he just all of a sudden make this the final arc or something, all that final awakening, final stage, etc just felt like it came from nowhere.
I kind of wanted to see Oga get all teary eyed and depressed and need to be comforted by his friends, seems unrealistic that he'd have no feelings at all about missing Beel.
Did he just all of a sudden make this the final arc or something, all that final awakening, final stage, etc just felt like it came from nowhere.
I kind of wanted to see Oga get all teary eyed and depressed and need to be comforted by his friends, seems unrealistic that he'd have no feelings at all about missing Beel.
I remember My Balls. My Balls was tremendous. Really impressive stuff.
I'm waiting for the first volume to be shipped to me, before I start to dip my feet in this one.
Btw, what happened to your avatar?!
dakkumauji
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too lewd for even animegaf
Theonik
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laidbackHERO
Banned
Come on. The logo looks like they pasted the first one they could find off google images.
Of course the logo has so much importance on the chara design
Point is that even if that wasn't proper official art it's similar enough to the real deal and he doesn't like it.
dakkumauji
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Shokugeki no Soma 52
That curry is flawed. Either bishounen/bishoujo everyone or turn them into the next Hulk/She Hulk, smh
That curry is flawed. Either bishounen/bishoujo everyone or turn them into the next Hulk/She Hulk, smh
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Like I've said, Chinese herbal soup can be tasty, TCM nonsense aside.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Toriko
Meh back story.
Beelzebub
It´s not healthy of Oga to just shelf his feelings. Dat ending though.
Meh back story.
Beelzebub
It´s not healthy of Oga to just shelf his feelings. Dat ending though.
Shokugeki 52
Good chapter. Alice's aide one upped Erina's aide by a point, so maybe that's saying something.
Btw when you really look at it group B can't compare to the beasts over at group A. Thank goodness though, I hope most of the people from polar star make it out fine. And I really hope that Tadakoro surprises the whole audience and judges and get's higher than Hisako.
Good chapter. Alice's aide one upped Erina's aide by a point, so maybe that's saying something.
Btw when you really look at it group B can't compare to the beasts over at group A. Thank goodness though, I hope most of the people from polar star make it out fine. And I really hope that Tadakoro surprises the whole audience and judges and get's higher than Hisako.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Yes, because Tadatoshi does not have anywhere to go from here. I think i read that there were not going to be international tournament iirc. The league has to be rebooted or he will end the manga, which i doubt since it´s selling a lot.
One Piece
A little bit of retrospect on the post-timeskip arcs of One Piece, since I purchased all the New World volumes it's given me another look at them and another assessment.
Fishman Island - Never had a huge problem with this arc tbh. The only real issue I had with it is that the pacing was bad (then again so was it in Skypeia and Thriller Bark), and the much hyped up Hody fell completely short and basically jobbed to the Strawhats with no real epic battle or conflict to settle it.
I actually really enjoyed the entire story of the Fishman. The backstory about Fisher Tiger was actually pretty awesome imo, and gave a lot of depth to characters like Arlong who resent humans. It really brought a gray area in One Piece that's never really been explored before, which really shows that for now on we ain't getting the archetypical good guy vs. bad guy crap. This is further reinforced when Luffy actually declared war against Big Mom near the end. This suggests Luffy has bigger ambitions, something more selfish and focused on wealth and power.
Actually a pretty good arc, and even though Hody failed he did provide a good outlet to showcase what the Strawhats can do. C+
Punk Hazard - This is kind of like Fishman Island, only the hyped up aspect was Law. Law did not disappoint, however, as this arc did deliver exactly what we would expect from characters like Law, Smoker, Vergo, etc. I can't even be offended that Ceasar Clown was taken out so easily, cause he was never hyped up to be a big deal outside of the realm of being a fairly intelligent, but mad, scientist.
I will admit that dragging the kids along everyting really hurt this arc, and made it feel like the characters were stilted every chapter. It really dragged this arc down.
To top it off, there was never any real interesting or crazy backstory to go along with it. The bits were very technical, by the book stuff. Nothing interesting. In a lot of ways, as a whole, it's worse than Fishman Island. However it has more action scenes, so if you care about that kind of stuff (I don't) then this is the arc for you, cause 75% of this arc is fighting scenes which imo is pretty boring as I don't really care about what's going on in this arc. C-
Dressrosa - Now this is where it's all coming to full circle. While I was wary about it at first, ever since they revealed what happened to the country, while dropping many other seeds for interesting developments, I have no doubt in my mind this could be one of the greatest arcs in One Piece. Right now, it's just as good as Water7 which imo is my favorite One Piece arc, and that's not even considering the amount of good content that will be happening in the next half of this arc. I also feel like a lot of the things going on here, have vindicated a lot of the introduced elements in Punk Hazard, making that arc not that bad. So far, this is a solid A+
A little bit of retrospect on the post-timeskip arcs of One Piece, since I purchased all the New World volumes it's given me another look at them and another assessment.
Fishman Island - Never had a huge problem with this arc tbh. The only real issue I had with it is that the pacing was bad (then again so was it in Skypeia and Thriller Bark), and the much hyped up Hody fell completely short and basically jobbed to the Strawhats with no real epic battle or conflict to settle it.
I actually really enjoyed the entire story of the Fishman. The backstory about Fisher Tiger was actually pretty awesome imo, and gave a lot of depth to characters like Arlong who resent humans. It really brought a gray area in One Piece that's never really been explored before, which really shows that for now on we ain't getting the archetypical good guy vs. bad guy crap. This is further reinforced when Luffy actually declared war against Big Mom near the end. This suggests Luffy has bigger ambitions, something more selfish and focused on wealth and power.
Actually a pretty good arc, and even though Hody failed he did provide a good outlet to showcase what the Strawhats can do. C+
Punk Hazard - This is kind of like Fishman Island, only the hyped up aspect was Law. Law did not disappoint, however, as this arc did deliver exactly what we would expect from characters like Law, Smoker, Vergo, etc. I can't even be offended that Ceasar Clown was taken out so easily, cause he was never hyped up to be a big deal outside of the realm of being a fairly intelligent, but mad, scientist.
I will admit that dragging the kids along everyting really hurt this arc, and made it feel like the characters were stilted every chapter. It really dragged this arc down.
To top it off, there was never any real interesting or crazy backstory to go along with it. The bits were very technical, by the book stuff. Nothing interesting. In a lot of ways, as a whole, it's worse than Fishman Island. However it has more action scenes, so if you care about that kind of stuff (I don't) then this is the arc for you, cause 75% of this arc is fighting scenes which imo is pretty boring as I don't really care about what's going on in this arc. C-
Dressrosa - Now this is where it's all coming to full circle. While I was wary about it at first, ever since they revealed what happened to the country, while dropping many other seeds for interesting developments, I have no doubt in my mind this could be one of the greatest arcs in One Piece. Right now, it's just as good as Water7 which imo is my favorite One Piece arc, and that's not even considering the amount of good content that will be happening in the next half of this arc. I also feel like a lot of the things going on here, have vindicated a lot of the introduced elements in Punk Hazard, making that arc not that bad. So far, this is a solid A+
dakkumauji
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Tonari no Seki-kun 43
This already needs to be a thing. Like would throw money at it thing.
This already needs to be a thing. Like would throw money at it thing.
Really agree with this post a lot. Fishman island wasn't bad at all, it showed us another side of the world of One Piece, one where discrimination and slavery is prominent and those who are desperate take strength enhancing drugs. The topic was touched upon in the saobondy archipelago arc but this arc puts a light on the whole problem. The pacing was definitely off for me, and the fights were pretty lackluster but it was solid enough to enjoy.
Punk Hazard also expands on the whole "darker other side of the world" thing, and is likely it'll be a motif throughout the new world, and I have no problem with that. Seeing the underworld of the new world was great, and seeing that it's not all about who has the bigger cannons in the new world was great to learn about too. The biggest problem about the arc to me though was that it stayed longer than its welcome. The whole arc felt like a lead up arc to Dressrosa (which it was), and like you said, the whole children plot dragged the arc down a bit.
Dressrosa started off great and has been a good ride since. The coliseum battles kinda got a bit lackluster but ever since it's been going and hasn't slowed down. In fact, the last few chapters have been incredibly great, and I haven't been this excited to read One Piece in such a long time.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Seems like most people who hate on Fishman Island watched the anime, which was ridiculously slow in this arc. Personally I rather like it too. I think it's a great arc over-all. The backstory with the queen was sad and the finale with the call from Big Mom was great. They biggest issue was the enormous fuss over the blood transfusion. This was never necessary in any past arc despite them getting much heavier injuries there. I know this is a big thing in Japan but it just comes off as ridiculous. The fight with Hody was of course nothing much, but I feel like this arc was also supposed to show how much stronger the Straw Hats had become.
Punk Hazard is better than Fishman Island in my opinion. I disagree about it only being fighting scenes, though there are definitely more of that here than in Fishman Island.
Wait wait what does this mean?
Log Horizon
Eh, not as fun to read as the anime is to watch. Seems rushed and a little all over the place.
Well it seems Japan care more about their bloodtype, something to do with personalities or fortune telling or whatever. I know when I had to make my tag in MGS2 and it asked me for my blood type I was like "man I don't know why are you asking"
That wasn't really the point of it in that arc though, it was just a racism thing.
Eh, not as fun to read as the anime is to watch. Seems rushed and a little all over the place.
Well it seems Japan care more about their bloodtype, something to do with personalities or fortune telling or whatever. I know when I had to make my tag in MGS2 and it asked me for my blood type I was like "man I don't know why are you asking"
That wasn't really the point of it in that arc though, it was just a racism thing.
I don't generally care about sales, but seeing Worst at least have some performance in the market makes me happy. Too bad it's over now. :0
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Lolwut! I have read the manga and the arc was utter shit. Hody was a shit villain. The whole racism thing was a joke especially when it was started as a joke. The pacing was atrocious, the reunion of the SH was so unremarkable, the back story was yawn inducing. Everything about that arc is shit except the last couple of chapters.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Yumeiro Patissiere
Reread this recently, and man, I forgot just how harem like it is, except that instead of targeting 14-30 year old males like most shounen harem its aimed solely at 10-14 year old girls.
Terrible story and characters but whatever, it is what it is (mary sue fic for young children), and the baking was fun enough.
Reread this recently, and man, I forgot just how harem like it is, except that instead of targeting 14-30 year old males like most shounen harem its aimed solely at 10-14 year old girls.
Terrible story and characters but whatever, it is what it is (mary sue fic for young children), and the baking was fun enough.
Passive Assassin
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Spirit Circle
Feels.
Feels.
Supaidaman
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I'm not the biggest fan of One Piece but I started to actually enjoy this arc after the last couple of chapters. I was really underwhelmed by Fishman Island and Punk Hazard was okay. Back when this arc started I wasn't liking it very much because of the tournament and the bunch of new characters that came out of nowhere.
After the focus was shifted more to Doflamingo everything got much better. And the latest chapter was awesome.
After the focus was shifted more to Doflamingo everything got much better. And the latest chapter was awesome.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
I really can't see them facing all of The GoM again.... If they lose there is going to have to be a new hook or swerve.
Turin Turambar
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Goodnight PunPun
First three volumes read. Damn, this is going to be almost entirely depressing, right? Good, but depressing. I need something else more happy to balance it out.
Great drawing of course, and more surreal than I thought. I wonder if so many secondary adults are so weird/crazy because they are been seen from Pu nPun PoV, and for him they don't make any sense.
Hinamatsuri
And this is that other "happy" series to not depress me. A stupid girl with ESP, a loveable Yakuza with a heart of gold and some fine secondary characters (I loved the last chapter about Hitomi, poor girl, but she should be proud).
First three volumes read. Damn, this is going to be almost entirely depressing, right? Good, but depressing. I need something else more happy to balance it out.
Great drawing of course, and more surreal than I thought. I wonder if so many secondary adults are so weird/crazy because they are been seen from Pu nPun PoV, and for him they don't make any sense.
Hinamatsuri
And this is that other "happy" series to not depress me. A stupid girl with ESP, a loveable Yakuza with a heart of gold and some fine secondary characters (I loved the last chapter about Hitomi, poor girl, but she should be proud).
More effective than steroids!
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
It becomes less depressing and more outright insanity.
Supaidaman
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
There aren't any watermarks, but I would rehost that image to a site like iminus or imgur rather than directly linking to the scan site.
Turin Turambar
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Uh, this will be an interesting journey.
BassForever
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Toriko
Really well done chapter looking forward to seeing this last supper of the bushyokai
Really well done chapter looking forward to seeing this last supper of the bushyokai
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Shokugeki no Soma
They're having a lesbian slapfight over a girl who is clearly straight. There has to be some kind of unhealthy message here.
(and haha at her starting to obsess over the secretary at the end, I called it, although I gave the secretary a lower shot to be the target than Tadokoro)
They're having a lesbian slapfight over a girl who is clearly straight. There has to be some kind of unhealthy message here.
(and haha at her starting to obsess over the secretary at the end, I called it, although I gave the secretary a lower shot to be the target than Tadokoro)
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I dunno, sadatsuka seemed to have changed targets at the end.
Red Pencil
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Kuroko no Basket 242
I'm happy Rakuzan has been getting more backstory as compared to other teams (that aren't Seirin), though it's most likely because a majority of the team is made up of Uncrowned Kings. Fujimaki probably feels obligated to give them more character. Enjoying this match up of Junpei and Reo. I wonder how long Fujimaki feels like stretching it out.
Ao no Exorcist 52
I'm glad Izumo has been getting some much-needed backstory. Doubt it'll end up quite as extensive as the Kyoto arc, but there's definitely some crazy stuff Kato most likely has up her sleeve.
Was debating on starting Oyasumi Punpun at some point. Maybe if I catch up with other things I can dedicate a part of my Sunday to reading through as much as I can.
I'm happy Rakuzan has been getting more backstory as compared to other teams (that aren't Seirin), though it's most likely because a majority of the team is made up of Uncrowned Kings. Fujimaki probably feels obligated to give them more character. Enjoying this match up of Junpei and Reo. I wonder how long Fujimaki feels like stretching it out.
I'm actually happy Junpei considered Reo as a role model of sorts to inspire his shooting style as I enjoy when characters face off against those they once idolized. It's why I also enjoyed the face off between Kise and Aomine many, many chapters ago.
Ao no Exorcist 52
I'm glad Izumo has been getting some much-needed backstory. Doubt it'll end up quite as extensive as the Kyoto arc, but there's definitely some crazy stuff Kato most likely has up her sleeve.
Was debating on starting Oyasumi Punpun at some point. Maybe if I catch up with other things I can dedicate a part of my Sunday to reading through as much as I can.
TheRealTalker
Banned
Toriko
Sad BackStory but....
Midora.... Aw Yeah
You heard it here folks!
Sad BackStory but....
Midora.... Aw Yeah
She won't... I am calling it!
You heard it here folks!
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Reversible! 1
Well.
Huh.
Well.
Huh.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Reversible! 6
You know what, I'll say this much, at least this explores aspects of transvestism beyond just "boys doing cute things together in a slightly sexually suggestive way", such as reason and method, even though it's kind of shallow. Also at least they don't just make them girl surrogates like so many other manga do, but actual males who like crossdressing.
Other than that though, it's boys doing cute things together in a slightly sexually suggestive way. Not that I'm complaining.
You know what, I'll say this much, at least this explores aspects of transvestism beyond just "boys doing cute things together in a slightly sexually suggestive way", such as reason and method, even though it's kind of shallow. Also at least they don't just make them girl surrogates like so many other manga do, but actual males who like crossdressing.
Other than that though, it's boys doing cute things together in a slightly sexually suggestive way. Not that I'm complaining.
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