Most Addictive Anime/Manga

[warismydestiny]

@Zamunda:

You're not the only one. In fact i've had a bad experience with One Pience (i started the anime twice but i couldn't stand episode 1 so i DROPPED it, maybe i should read the manga). Oda's characters just look rubbery to me, the anime is too colourful, but i think what i don't like the most is his artwork (clanky and rubbery chars).

The reason i registered is because there are practically no Toriko forums, and this one here seemed to have loyal followers.

you should start one piece again out of all the mangas iv read odas art is my favorite it improves trust me check out my post in this thread http://apforums.net/showthread.php?t=17934&page=33&p=2840406&highlight=#post2840406 and obviously my choice for most addictive manga is one piece its the only one that keeps making me come back week after week with other mangas i just catch up to the current chapter and then wait untill the manga finishes than read em all at once

[IgorGB]

@warismydestiny:

you should start one piece again out of all the mangas iv read odas art is my favorite it improves trust me check out my post in this thread http://apforums.net/showthread.php?t=17934&page=33&p=2840406&highlight=#post2840406 and obviously my choice for most addictive manga is one piece its the only one that keeps making me come back week after week with other mangas i just catch up to the current chapter and then wait untill the manga finishes than read em all at once

You just wrote an entire paragraph without a single comma or period, congratulations. We should have an award for that.

[warismydestiny]

im sure your perfect grammer and syntax has brought you so much happiness in your life

[Zamunda]

Grammar - it will change your life!!!! Not…

Some people can't be helped... What i meant to say before was LANKY, not clanky... Oda draws lanky character, and i'm more of a muscle guy type. So i take it you've had the same experience as me regarding OP? Anyways that's a big investment of time, i'm not sure i can handle it right now... One day probably...

[Luffsopp]

Read all of Full Mental Alchemist then basically watch all of Brotherhood after it. Great time to spent before finals just because you want to try to be as smart as Ed and Al; beside you know actually studying for finals.

One piece is also in my list but that's a given.

[Drake]

@Zamunda:

Grammar - it will change your life!!!! Not…

Some people can't be helped... What i meant to say before was LANKY, not clanky... Oda draws lanky character, and i'm more of a muscle guy type. So i take it you've had the same experience as me regarding OP? Anyways that's a big investment of time, i'm not sure i can handle it right now... One day probably...

Its an investment you'll be glad you made.
One Piece is one of those series that most people are skeptical to start because its so long, but if you get hooked on it you'll be extremely glad its so long.
When I first got caught up in the manga I genuinely wished that there were more chapters available.

[Demonicpoodle]

@Drake:

Its an investment you'll be glad you made.
One Piece is one of those series that most people are skeptical to start because its so long, but if you get hooked on it you'll be extremely glad its so long.
When I first got caught up in the manga I genuinely wished that there were more chapters available.

Yeppp. If there were all of a sudden 200 chapters of One Piece released right now, I would basically spend all day(s) catching up on them. Really, what stopped me a few years ago for a little while was this picture:

It just looked too cartoony for me with the gums, but I got used to them rather quickly and didn't even notice 'em after a while. People in a certain volatile forum kept calling the series "godlike" (when normally they would call everything just "shit") and I wanted to see what all the fuss was about, and I could not stop. Even though I too was a person who disliked lanky people (characters in my manga? They've gotta drink muscle milk, eat at least 200g of protein in a heavy calorie diet, and be in a bulking phase or I'm just not interested in them), I eventually moved past that and realized Oda doesn't even have many lanky characters, it was just my first impressions that made me think that.

Also is warismydestiny saying something? I can't seem to understand.

[AlucarDraculA]

@Zamunda:

Some people can't be helped… What i meant to say before was LANKY, not clanky... Oda draws lanky character, and i'm more of a muscle guy type. So i take it you've had the same experience as me regarding OP? Anyways that's a big investment of time, i'm not sure i can handle it right now... One day probably...

Yep No muscly guys here

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Yep no muscly guys what so ever.

[Drake]

@Zamunda:

Grammar - it will change your life!!!! Not…

Some people can't be helped... What i meant to say before was LANKY, not clanky... Oda draws lanky character, and i'm more of a muscle guy type. So i take it you've had the same experience as me regarding OP? Anyways that's a big investment of time, i'm not sure i can handle it right now... One day probably...

Also, most people hate Oda's art style when they first start reading, but you'll eventually start to appreciate it.
I kind of liked it from when I first started reading it, and gradually started to like it more.
Granted, I dont like it nearly as much as I like Takehiko Inou's (or Miura Kentaro's or Kakizaki Masasumi's) style, but I really like the very non-traditional style Oda uses.

[Smeik]

Hunter X Hunter and One Piece really got me, but the manga I seriously couldn't drop was Monster, I read over 100 chapters in one go, it was the only time I did something like that. In the end it was quite funny, because after the final chapter I was pretty disappointed (it was still good, of course)

[Zamunda]

Okay people.

Guyver. I remember at some point i really wanted to know how the story unfolds (after the anime) so i read all of the translated volumes back then in just a few days. Takaya's design and art is soo creative, detailed and epic! Guyver is also know for its delays as well. As of May 2013 there are 30 volumes. The manga started in 1985. Quality comes slow i guess but heck Berserk has 37 or 38 volumes (started in 1990).

[Drake]

Adding The Breaker: New Waves to the list along with Btooom!.
I enjoyed New Waves a lot more than I should've. Btooom! was just a quick read all around.

Next on my list is Tower of God, since its been suggested a couple of times in this thread.

[KaizokuJinbei]

Tengen Toppa Gurann Lagann and One Piece for me

[Shezar]

Besides One piece, Slam Dunk(i remember losing some nights sleep because of it(i like to read and watch at night and it was hard to stop in mid arc) and Kingdom(the most recent one) definitely.I wish i could read the raws.

Fullmetal alchemist is another one.
Ah almost forgot abou this one to bad it was short (atleast for me): Franken fran while disgusted wih some parts i couldnt stop reading it,start to finish in one go.

Toriko was almost in same path but it became boring for me after certain events.

[Friend of Luffy and Gon]

Bleach and Naruto, because even though I borderline loathe them, I still read them. Any series I read with excitement is not an addiction, but a nice addition to my day, so my other manga doesn't count.

[Lorce]

-Definitely Dorehedore… the story just kept going and going, and you just want to know so badly what happens next...
-Slam Dunk was really addictive too, but I hated the fact it ended I wished it went on for longer
-Hunter X Hunter kept making me scavange for internet access when I had a lack of it for a while...
-Hajime No Ippo was just... I kept saying, ok let me just see how Ippo wins this fight... oh what happens now? no way? ok so then what?... just didn't want to stop -_- I caught up with the mange in 3 weeks when it was on chapter 950 or something
-Vinland Saga had me glued to my chair for hours too
-One Piece, obviously
-Gamble Fish was pretty addictive
-Hammer Session
-Gantz

[Drake]

@Shezar:

Besides One piece, Slam Dunk(i remember losing some nights sleep because of it(i like to read and watch at night and it was hard to stop in mid arc) and Kingdom(the most recent one) definitely.I wish i could read the raws.

Fullmetal alchemist is another one.
Ah almost forgot abou this one to bad it was short (atleast for me): Franken fran while disgusted wih some parts i couldnt stop reading it,start to finish in one go.

Toriko was almost in same path but it became boring for me after certain events.

How long does it take for Slam Dunk to pick up?
I read around twenty chapters or so and I'm still kinda meh about it.

[andre]

Hunter X Hunter
One Piece
The Breaker
Angel Densetsu
Magi was for a while (and then it got a little stagnant)
Negima

[Wagomu]

Anything Fukumoto. I eat that guy's work up like it's crack. Sweet, delicious crack.

[Davy Jones]

@Wagomu:

Anything Fukumoto. I eat that guy's work up like it's crack. Sweet, delicious crack.

Mine would be Bakemonogatari.

[MiyamotoMusashi]

@Drake:

How long does it take for Slam Dunk to pick up?
I read around twenty chapters or so and I'm still kinda meh about it.

I would say keep going but if you don´t like Sakuragi, it could just be that the manga is not for you

[Shezar]

@Drake:

How long does it take for Slam Dunk to pick up?
I read around twenty chapters or so and I'm still kinda meh about it.

I started with anime then the chapters,i liked pretty much from the start.
So i dont know what to say XD.
Keep watching or reading thats all i can say really.

[TonyTony Chopper]

mangas in my forever library:

One Piece ( the best of the best!!! )
Trigun ( the best storyline! it makes me cry every time I read it )
Fullmetal alchemist
Hunter x Hunter
Slam Dunk ( the best sport manga ever! and it always makes me smile )
Berserk
GTO
Fruit basket ( warmhearted story which also makes me sob! I specially love its story development and pace )
Rose of versailles
Please save my earth ( I have special feelings for this manga that's different from any other mangas?!)
Tokyo crazy paradise
Yotsuba& ( manga I read for doses of happiness )

Animes I'll never stop re-watching

One piece
Fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood
Mushishi ( one of the best animes out there, it's so unique)
Ghibli movies
Slam Dunk
Hunter x Hunter
Dragonball z
Trigun
Cowboy Bebop
Kara no Kyoukai movies
Baccano!
GTO
Code Geass

[Drake]

@Shezar:

I started with anime then the chapters,i liked pretty much from the start.
So i dont know what to say XD.
Keep watching or reading thats all i can say really.

Yeahhh, it got pretty good fast. I'm on episode 72 I think.

@TonyTony:

mangas in my forever library:

One Piece ( the best of the best!!! )
Trigun ( the best storyline! it makes me cry every time I read it )
Fullmetal alchemist
Hunter x Hunter
Slam Dunk ( the best sport manga ever! and it always makes me smile )
Berserk
GTO
Fruit basket ( warmhearted story which also makes me sob! I specially love its story development and pace )
Rose of versailles
Please save my earth ( I have special feelings for this manga that's different from any other mangas?!)
Tokyo crazy paradise
Yotsuba& ( manga I read for doses of happiness )

Animes I'll never stop re-watching

One piece
Fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood
Mushishi ( one of the best animes out there, it's so unique)
Ghibli movies
Slam Dunk
Hunter x Hunter
Dragonball z
Trigun
Cowboy Bebop
Kara no Kyoukai movies
Baccano!
GTO
Code Geass

If you like all of those, I HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY (HIGHLY) Recommend Hajime no Ippo. I think its the only anime/manga that has made me laugh until I cry. Other than One Piece its by far my favorite Shounen. Its one of those feel-good series (that ACTUALLY makes you feel really good), and it has some badass fuck yeah moments like the ones in One Piece.

[Cruithne]

@Lorce:

Hammer Session

Aw yis. Glad I'm not the only one who's read it.

[Kondo]

Ongoing:
One Piece
Tower of God
HxH (heh 'ongoing')
Kingdom
Toriko (kinda)
OnePunch Man

Basically the long running ones with a huge world and a lot of possibilities.

Gintama anime.

[Getsuya]

After crossing over a certain point in Clannad: After Story I think everyone pretty much can't stop watching 'til the end, though that probably doesn't count since 3/4ths of Clannad/After Story are kind of boring in comparison.

I watched Cross Game and both seasons of Spice and Wolf weekly as they came out, which is very odd for me since I tend to wait for seasons to be over then grab the batches instead of watching them piecemeal.

I couldn't put Mawaru Penguindrum down because it kept taunting me, making me think that maybe, just maybe, in the end everything would come together and I would figure out what the heck I just watched. Surprise! It doesn't. I wasted 26 episodes of my life.

When I was in high school my anime club president handed me some DVDs with Narutaru AKA Shadow Star. I spent one sleepless night watching it from beginning to end and was deeply traumatized.

Both Sailor Moon and Detective Conan/Case Closed were addictive to me mostly because they are like the potato chip of anime. You can just keep popping in episodes with no real nutritional value and before you know it you've watched like 100 of them and can only vaguely remember the flavor.

I'm also addicted to showing people Higurashi. I don't tend to re-watch series but I've now seen this one about 5 times because every time I meet a new person who I think would like one of the best supernatural thriller stories of all time I sit them down and marathon it with them. Now I've grown a little more sane and just pester them to read the manga which has the advantage of filling in lots of the plot the anime glosses over and the fact that the art isn't absolute tripe like in the anime.

Oh and I watched a lot of Onegai My Melody (don't judge me!) because I couldn't get enough of this:

('Are you gonna read from the Kuromi note again?' 'Darn right I'm gonna!') The addiction dropped off when it got to Kuru Kuru Shuffle because the new villain had about 1/100th the charisma of the old one.

[G.A.G]

@Wagomu:

Anything Fukumoto. I eat that guy's work up like it's crack. Sweet, delicious crack.

Quoted for truth, specially Gambling Emperor Zero that encompasses gambling in a more open way.

[Mastercutor]

One Piece (clearly), Dragon Ball, Fullmetal Alchemist, Watashi ga Motenai, Shingeki no Kyojin, everything by Junji Ito, Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan, After School Nightmare, Schoolgirl in Concrete (warning: guro), Gantz (until near the end where I decided to drop it), Battle Royale.
Edit: Fuan no Tane too. Addictive and extremely scary.