Just hoping the english dub is as fitting as the japanese voices. I don´t pretend to watch the anime dubbed, but it´s already quite shitty and censored to receive a bad voice cast…
Toriko
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I really wanted to see a speed of sound, poison armor enhanced ultimate twin Kugi punch reflected with Super Spatula!!! :(
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The problem is that as far as the actual fight against the 4 beast went, it was incredibly underwhelming.
4 Beast beats up 4 kings for 1 chapter.
–---thorough focus on Komatsus antidote preparation-----
4 beast beats up the pets, while kings stand to one side and store energy.
Energy ball thrown at beast, beast dies. No amount of "PACMAN!!!!" Can change that incredibly lackluster choreography.Where the hell was my fight?!?! Where were the epic back-and forth struggle between the kings and the beast? Where was the teamwork and combo attacks? This was setup as the Toriko version of Oars vs Crew battle, only with the entirety of humanity as the stakes, against a beast the size of a city with knowledge of and counters to the 4 kings fighting style, and it being the first time all 4 kings fought at once. So basically, Oars x10.
And please don't tell me to "just wait a little longer" for actual proper basic shonen writing. Half the forum calling for the other halfs patience with fishman island because "Kaido/the shichibukai/Big Mom will show up for the second half of the arc and be involved in everyhting, just you see!" Doesn't change how lackluster that reading experience was.Its been what, 14 chapters since the 4 individual beasts were even mentioned? And now even the bonus, previously unknown main beast is dead. Slow down shima, whats the rush? The fights this mini- arc had sooooo much potential.
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I really wanted to see a speed of sound, poison armor enhanced ultimate twin Kugi punch reflected with Super Spatula!!! :(
That would be cool. Thats what I thought was going to happen.
@The:
The problem is that as far as the actual fight against the 4 beast went, it was incredibly underwhelming.
4 Beast beats up 4 kings for 1 chapter.
–---thorough focus on Komatsus antidote preparation-----
4 beast beats up the pets, while kings stand to one side and store energy.
Energy ball thrown at beast, beast dies. No amount of "PACMAN!!!!" Can change that incredibly lackluster choreography.Where the hell was my fight?!?! Where were the epic back-and forth struggle between the kings and the beast? Where was the teamwork and combo attacks? This was setup as the Toriko version of Oars vs Crew battle, only with the entirety of humanity as the stakes, against a beast the size of a city with knowledge of and counters to the 4 kings fighting style, and it being the first time all 4 kings fought at once. So basically, Oars x10.
And please don't tell me to "just wait a little longer" for actual proper basic shonen writing. Half the forum calling for the other halfs patience with fishman island because "Kaido/the shichibukai/Big Mom will show up for the second half of the arc and be involved in everyhting, just you see!" Doesn't change how lackluster that reading experience was.Its been what, 14 chapters since the 4 individual beasts were even mentioned? And now even the bonus, previously unknown main beast is dead. Slow down shima, whats the rush? The fights this mini- arc had sooooo much potential.
You said it yourself, the 4 beast had adapted to their techniques, there was basically nothing they could do besides relying on a super technique like PACMAN!!!.
Of course, the author could have gone in another direction but whatever. I enjoyed it, especially since it was different than anything previously seen in this manga, which is actually something this manga does very well (IMO): variety. Keep'em coming, Toriko.
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@The:
The problem is that as far as the actual fight against the 4 beast went, it was incredibly underwhelming.
Exactly. If we're facing up against a humanity-destroying monstrosity, I expect a little more badassery and epic maneuvers than "they clasp hands and all of a sudden the 4Beast is eated."
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speaking of pacman, did you know that if you put a finger in your ear and scratch it, it sounds like pacman?
My suggestion is to do this while reading chapter 207 for great sound effects.
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@The:
The problem is that as far as the actual fight against the 4 beast went, it was incredibly underwhelming.
4 Beast beats up 4 kings for 1 chapter.
–---thorough focus on Komatsus antidote preparation-----
4 beast beats up the pets, while kings stand to one side and store energy.
Energy ball thrown at beast, beast dies. No amount of "PACMAN!!!!" Can change that incredibly lackluster choreography.Where the hell was my fight?!?! Where were the epic back-and forth struggle between the kings and the beast? Where was the teamwork and combo attacks? This was setup as the Toriko version of Oars vs Crew battle, only with the entirety of humanity as the stakes, against a beast the size of a city with knowledge of and counters to the 4 kings fighting style, and it being the first time all 4 kings fought at once. So basically, Oars x10.
And please don't tell me to "just wait a little longer" for actual proper basic shonen writing. Half the forum calling for the other halfs patience with fishman island because "Kaido/the shichibukai/Big Mom will show up for the second half of the arc and be involved in everyhting, just you see!" Doesn't change how lackluster that reading experience was.Its been what, 14 chapters since the 4 individual beasts were even mentioned? And now even the bonus, previously unknown main beast is dead. Slow down shima, whats the rush? The fights this mini- arc had sooooo much potential.
I think Shimabukuro realy wants to get to into the Gourmet World and doesn't want to spend twenty years getting to the end.
Still no excuse for the man's pace. In Bleach the utter lack of progress only slightly damages an already unsalvageable product, whereas here there's an actual quality series here that could be made so much better if some things were focused on a bit more.
Oda has that problem where he introduces characters, and even brings them back from the dead after a specificaly poignant death scene, and then does nothing with them, even if the potential is there. That's kind of how Shima works too.
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If Shimabu really wanted to get to the Gourmet World he shouldn't have made it hell on crack
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If Shimabu really wanted to get to the Gourmet World he shouldn't have made it hell on crack
I seem to recall that way back when, we all thought the Grand Line (and later the second half) was going to fit such a description… when in fact the first half of the Grand Line is a fairly normal place, with Millions of ordinary people living ordinary lives. The Second Half of the Grand Line seems fairly tame for what we were expecting, so far, too.
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@Fire Fist:
I seem to recall that way back when, we all thought the Grand Line (and later the second half) was going to fit such a description… when in fact the first half of the Grand Line is a fairly normal place, with Millions of ordinary people living ordinary lives. The Second Half of the Grand Line seems fairly tame for what we were expecting, so far, too.
We've seen one island that's not even naturaly inhabited. And another one constantly assaulted by lightning. Methinks it's a little too early to say that :P
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Ughhh. Areas that only have lightning strikes remind me of that stupid area in FF10 where you had to dodge the strikes 200 times to get Lulu's stupid final weapon >_<.
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Ughhh. Areas that only have lightning strikes remind me of that stupid area in FF10 where you had to dodge the strikes 200 times to get Lulu's stupid final weapon >_<.
I have no idea what this place is but I instinctively want to hold a massive live concert there :ninja:
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@No:
I have no idea what this place is but I instinctively want to hold a massive live concert there :ninja:
It's not that interesting. It was just super annoying.
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I liked it. It was a nice twist on the common energy ball/attack thing. And having them defeat 4 beast without any sort of super technique that combined the four of them and allowed them to overpower the monster (after being poisoned, beaten easily and having sustained so many serious injuries) would have been much more of a asspull, IMO.
Like it was stated, the gourmet cells have celular energy and the strongest predators can emit that energy to the outside of their bodies, where it materializes. But only when their hunger is strong enough.
Its no more ridiculous than the other attacks of the series, really.
I couldn't agree more :happy:
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The english casting choice for Toriko thus far is pretty good. Ian's voice as Seo in Sekirei can very easily be a great Toriko voice (which I believe is pretty close to his natural speaking voice) and admittedly I only know the guy playing Komatsu as Ox from Soul Eater, but making his voice less nasally and more whiney could lead to a good performance. I'm excited for the dub, as I've held out on watching the anime until I could get the DVDs… well, that and I had no interest in seeing this Tina character you've all spoken about.
On the manga front, I just love how the author's making it so clear Zebura never learned food honor; he just became this powerful out of sheer training. You can especially tell when they're all giving thanks and he's just standing there like "Whatever" lol. Also, to a comment on the previous page, I just wanna throw out Zebura is well faster than the speed of sound now. Toriko is around the speed of Master Chin after his training, and Zebura is around that speed or faster by now, so it would probably be closer to 'beat-kugi punch-spear bounced off super-spatchual' lol
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Ehhhh… I'll stick with my Japanese fansubs and be happy. :D
After the horror of which was Bleach and the original One Piece 4kids dubz.... I'll never go back to English again. -
! いま买ってきた
冲撃的すぎてヤバい鉄平が・・・・・
鉄平は追いついた相手にいまココで死ぬと言われる。
ゾッとした颜をする鉄平
王食晩餐は人间だけ食べ残してた
四獣に喰われた人间は生きてた
全人类で実食
高価そうな酒などが盛りつけられてるテーブルの上にフルーツ盛りが有る。
中には鉄平の头と手が盛りつけられてた
死んだか鉄平
そして喰われるのか鉄平
ってかマジか
! Soo can anyone translate this? It says something about Teppei and dying… -
There's literally two kanji in there I can't find in a dictionary so I'll leave it to Kewl
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This is the first time I see Kewl yelling in horror on a translation, so i guess what that spoiler says it´s true. I´m gonna cry
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! Is Teppei really gonna die?
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! If he does die, I'm going to cry.
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! Noooo! Say it ain't so!
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Kewl just went hitchcock.
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Chinese scans are out. Oh my…
! Ending aside, I guess the pseudo explanation for Toriko's fork/knife is just part of the world and has to be accepted. I wonder though if other things will be explained as "appetite" in the future.
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Oh my god, I was prepared for everything, but not for that…
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! Oh wow. That's some pretty dark imagery right there. Also the most interesting thing that has happened in Toriko since the Food Honor arc.
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Link to the Chinese scans, I wanna see I wanna seeeeee!
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Where are the raw images?
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Here and here
! http://mangahelpers.com/t/kewl0210/releases/36088 http://www.ishuhui.com/thread-23847-1-1.html
! OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDDDD NOOOOOOOO WHYYYYYYYYYYY I can't I can't I can't… NOOOO
I've prepared for the most visual thing ever, but this... this... It's too SHINY OH GOD -
IM GOING TO CRY
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Oh my god.…..;
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My eyes won't let me sleep. It's already 2am here and i'm still thinking OOOOOMMMMMYYYGODDDD
Oh thanks Kewl for the trans.
OMY GOD DAMNIT
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! Oh
My
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That is possibly the most shocking image in the entire manga.
Absolutely love it. Toriko is all about visual and metaphoric representation of appetite and food! so this double spread of Teppei apparently being served to someone is just so distressing. It's just unsettling to see a human being served as a dish in this manga. I always thought since we saw Grinpatch showing interest in eating Toriko and Terry, that this comic got potential to create some creepy scenes concerning the, uhm, "dark side of food"
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Nyeh, I've always wondered what that would taste like.
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That last page is sooo disturbing O_O I like it.
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That is possibly the most shocking image in the entire manga.
The next chapter can easily top it by showing a person eating this 'dish'.
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I call Zonge. It's totally going to be him.
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Hard stuff to digest (pun intended)
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…...my... god.....
...I totally did NOT expect that. Just... wow.
Also sad. T_TThat scene will NOT make it into the anime.
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No fucking way. I didn't know what to expect on that last page, but I didn't expect that shit. My God.
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! My heart is broken. Oh my god. Just the way it was …set up is ... probably the most disturbing and unsettling.
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Eh, the way you guys were talking about it I was expecting something way gorier.
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I really loved the imagery and juxtaposition Shimabukuro used there. It's downright eerie.
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! I think the fact that it is not gorey is what makes the image so effective. In this day in age, I think we are all a little desensitized from gore. The way his head was displayed. Not gorey. Face turned away. There was something more disturbing about it than if we saw an image of his bloody head, veins hanging out of his severed neck. Know what I mean?
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I'm just going to say it: this manga is EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING I hope for in an action-centered shonen series.
I mean sure, there are series like Beck and FMA that are deeper, or more "meaningful", but the amount of fun and awesome in this manga is just off the charts.
And the funny thing is, if you dig for a bit, you can find quite an amount of depth to it. The last image has quite a meaning to it, especially compared to the "sunshine and rainbows" mood of the rest of the chapter.
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Wow…. That was dark.
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My, my head… where did it go...
My eyes won't let me sleep. It's already 2am here and i'm still thinking OOOOOMMMMMYYYGODDDD
Oh thanks Kewl for the trans.
OMY GOD DAMNIT
Is this kinda thing okay for JUMP??Don't worry, I know a ton of JUMP manga featuring shit even more disturbing than that.