What manga are you reading and how do you like it? What do you plan to read?
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I just finished Oyasumi Punpun (while covered in tears) and, well, it is everything everyone says. A master piece in every single aspect.
And a big thank you to the translator. This manga would be ruined with a bad translation or bad phrasing, but the narration and dialogues were always so perfectly adapted, it didn't even felt like reading a translated manga.
A pretentious piece of fiction? Sure but a masterpiece? A series that couldn't even capture the mind of kids and decided to throw shit like kindergarden kids jerking off for shock-value( which surpasses the retardedness of Shinji jerking off to his bedridden friends body) ? It fails to be a decent coming of age story with constant timeskips that happen for no real reason except plot, let alone being a masterpiece with that dumb philosophical mumbo jumbo without ever exploring or saying anything worthwhile.
And the series having characters simply being there repeat "look so deep, you are reading a very deep manga" without ever exploring much of their character doesn't make this manga any better. It's a very character driven manga yet basically spends more time trying to be philosophical instead of developing them. The visual-effect was the only thing good until the author himself said that he had no real artistic reason for it and decided to simply throw it in because it looked cool which seems to be this manga in a nutshell.
Even the writer wanted people to look at his work and be amazed at the "deepness" of it which makes the failure of this manga hit even harder.
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Lucky me, it's Ballroom e youkoso release fest. I must say I enjoy it more than Jump's Yoko serie
Ahhh, you reading this! I want to read amanga about dance, and I was going or for that one you mention, or for Seshiji o Pin! to - Shikakou Kyougi Dance-bu e Youkoso. I haven't begin with neither, so how it is Ballrom e Yusuko?
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A pretentious piece of fiction? Sure but a masterpiece? A series that couldn't even capture the mind of kids and decided to throw shit like kindergarden kids jerking off for shock-value( which surpasses the retardedness of Shinji jerking off to his bedridden friends body) ? It fails to be a decent coming of age story with constant timeskips that happen for no real reason except plot, let alone being a masterpiece with that dumb philosophical mumbo jumbo without ever exploring or saying anything worthwhile.
And the series having characters simply being there repeat "look so deep, you are reading a very deep manga" without ever exploring much of their character doesn't make this manga any better. It's a very character driven manga yet basically spends more time trying to be philosophical instead of developing them. The visual-effect was the only thing good until the author himself said that he had no real artistic reason for it and decided to simply throw it in because it looked cool which seems to be this manga in a nutshell.
Even the writer wanted people to look at his work and be amazed at the "deepness" of it which makes the failure of this manga hit even harder.
Well, different opinions. Obviously you are quite invested in it, so I won't try to change yours.
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Ahhh, you reading this! I want to read amanga about dance, and I was going or for that one you mention, or for Seshiji o Pin! to - Shikakou Kyougi Dance-bu e Youkoso. I haven't begin with neither, so how it is Ballrom e Yusuko?
The scenario is similar in both, the classic timid boy finds confidence through dance competition. The art is much more detailed in Ballroom e youkuso and it focuses less on school. Then Sesuji wo pin is a weekly manga so the releases will be more often and regular.
There is another title i really like but less about dance than growing up called Tetsugaku letra -
The scenario is similar in both, the classic timid boy find confidence throw dance competition. The art is much more detailed in Ballroom e youkuso and it focuses less on school. Then Sesuji wo pin is a weekly manga so the release will be more often and regular.
There is another title i really like but less about dance than growing up called Tetsugaku letraThanks kdom! :happy: ……..
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Currently reading I'am a hero loving it so far amazing art and not a typical Zombie story I'd recommend anyone who loves thrillers and story to give it a read.http://img1.ak.crunchyroll.com/i/spire2/1a3729d833efaa27820c58a538fd27531431803684_large.jpg
I do like the manga, but I wish the pacing wasn't so slow.
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One Outs. If you want psychological warfare, this is it.
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I managed to find Oishinbo (English) in the library and I'm enjoying it a lot! It's making me wanna go to Japan and try all those foods (I probably wouldn't be able to afford it though).
I heard it's been on hiatus due to controversy over the Fukushima incident? That's quite a shame. Any news on whether the author plans to continue it or if Viz plans to release more volumes of it? -
On my reading list atm are Vinland Saga, which is going slowly but it's going. Berserk; that's a time investment of about an hour per year it seems. One punch man redrawn is the new addition and I read a few chapters every now and then. Will probably chatch up soon. Legendary moonlight sculptor; pretty silly story but I like reading it in batches every half a year or so.
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I do like the manga, but I wish the pacing wasn't so slow.
I think the change of his style has had a negative effect on his storytelling, considering Ressentiment's pacing was perfect.Yeah the pacing is quite annoying I haven't gotten to far in the manga but it did take awhile for the Creepy Crawlies to show themselves or better yet to make an impact in the story.
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Vampire Hunter D manga. Very disappointing adaptation. With upcoming tv series being western and cgi, all chances of a proper adaptation of the novels are now dust in the wind :sad:
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I'm reading:
Fairy Tail
Assassination Classroom
One Punch-man
I'll read:
Terra ForMars
World Trigger
Tokyo Ghoul and Tokyo Ghoul:re
Hinomaru Zumou
Monster
Haikyuu!!
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Reading:
One Piece
Assassination Classroom
Toriko
Bleach
Fairy Tail
Seven Deadly Sins
Silver Spoon
Black Clover
D.Gray-Man
Ao no Exorcist
Owari no Seraph
One Punch-Man
Shingeki no Kyoji
Shokugeki no Soma
Jojolion
Sousei no Onmyoji
Terra Formars
Kingdom
Tokyo Ghoul: re
Hayate no Gotoku
Berserk
Hinomaru ZumouFinished it:
Rurouni Kenshi
Eyeshield 21
Naruto
Rave
Beelzebub
Black Cat
Katekyo Hitman Reborn
RosarioXVampire
Psyren
Death Note
Bakuman
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 1-7
Tokyo Ghoul
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Just started reading Full Panic manga and getting caught up with Gintama manga.
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Currently I'm reading the most grotesque manga I have ever come across: "The domestic Yapoo". It is so bizarre that it is worth mentioning
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Finally read Negima. It was a very good read - that is, until I've reached the end. That was just cringe-worthy.
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Reading Blade of the Immortal and Long Wolf and Cub. Both are pretty great but it took me a bit to get used to the episodic narrative of the latter
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I ended Five-Color Boat. It has a very special cast, since all the five main characters are freaks of the nature (that's how they are called in the story). One has no arms, another has no legs, etc. And about a special freak, a sixth one that can foretell all trues about the people or about the world. The plot is about whether their lifes will change and how if they come to know the true about their special lifes. With fantastic art and great dialogues, this seinen which is sure a golden work.
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I had Domu on my wish list, some time ago, and I just finished. As the subtitle goes: "A child's dream" I was expecting some charming fantasy story about kids and stuff in the Otomo Katsuhiro's (Akira) style, (he wrote Hipira-Kun, a nice story for little children). And it's about kids;… but sure also deserves the tag of horror. Anyway, as it's usual with Otomo's stories, it's really good stuff: wise storytelling, great art, crude scenes here and there.
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Uki, i think you would enjoy this title. So far it is very sweet stories
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Uki, i think you would enjoy this title. So far it is very sweet stories
Cute series. I never thought it would be important for a soap to make bubbles; nice point of view to tell a story. … What's with those researchers?
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Cute series. I never thought it would be important for a soap to make bubbles; nice point of view to tell a story. … What's with those researchers?
I don’t know it seems to be a post nuclear world. I’m not sure we will know much in one volume. I really liked the toothbrush and mailbox stories.
Otherwise I finally took the time to start Dungeon Meshi seriously. It is such a refreshing way to tell a dungeon story.
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I look at:
Bleach
Fairy tail
Magi
High school of dead (can be the wrong name, no translations available)I read:
One piece
Shokugeki no Soma
One punch Man
Nisekoi (montly or so)
My hero Academi (becoming a favorite)
Girls of the wild
UQ Holder
God of High School
The GamerI might have forgotten one or two… Accepting Tuesday releases!
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I’ve started 2 chinese titles recently. They both follow the classic weak guy who by certain circonstances and hard work becomes very strong
Tiger and Crane. With the recent chapters, I fear a Naruto x Sasuke scenario but it has interesting secondary characters and magic powers
Zui wu dao. In full color like Feng zen ji. A cute car master. So far it is quite enjoyable. -
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I follow One Piece, Bleach and Naruto weekly.
Letting Jojolion and Berserk gather a lot of chapters before catching up from where I left them. The same for Magi, but not on purpose. Put Dorohedoro on hold until it's finished.
Hunter x Hunter and Saint Seiya: Next Dimension I read whenever their authors decide to break one of the many hiatuses.Nowadays I avoid starting ongoing series and go only for what was finished already.
Disregarding how I was feeling over an year ago, I started a lot of ongoing series -_- Naruto ended, I dropped Magi and am always updated on Jojolion so here is my current list:
Weekly: One Piece, Bleach, My Hero Academia, Seven Deadly Sins
Monthly: Jojolion
Otherly: Innocent, Berserker, One-punch man, Hunter x Hunter, Saint Seiya: Next DimensionProbably gonna (finnaly) start reading Kokou no Hito this week.
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Dungeon Meshi is legit, may start a thread for it if no one else is planning to..
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Warranted shilling of the AWESOME title known as Teppu
Man the end screamed premature to me. So many things not completely resolved or not resolved at all. It felt more like an end of an arc than an end of the series.
But maybe I'm making up excuses because I'm desperate for some more Teppu.
I haven't seen that many manga or anime about sports, but of what I have, I'd put it in the in the general ball park of the likes of Ashita no Joe and Ping Pong.
I dug it that much.
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I'm reading now Kakukaku Shikahika (wich means: "blah-blah yadda-yadda"). It's an autobiopraphical seinen josei story writen by Akiko Higashimura that recently won the Grand Prize in the 19th Japan Media Arts Festival and the Manga Taisho Award. It has a very powerful narrative and great sense of humour, despite being very touching at some key moments.
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Just finished catching up on Shuumatsu no Tenki after I purchased the first volume on a whim last month. I wouldn't call it great or even very good but it was actually quite entertaining and funny. Without spoiling anything, I just love how the MC is such a gigantic piece of shit.
Got Vol. 2 of Gunjou no Magmel yesterday so that is next on the reread list. That is a series that I wish would get some more attention… it really reminds me of HxH so far and the art is very dynamic and full of energy.
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[/hide]I'm reading now Kakukaku Shikahika (shame I couldn't find a translation of the title. I wonder if there is one). It's an autobiopraphical seinen josei story writen by Akiko Higashimura that recently won the Grand Prize in the 19th Japan Media Arts Festival and the Manga Taisho Award. It has a very powerful narrative and great sense of humour, despite being very touching at some key moments.
It's so good! The title translation is actually in your first link btw.
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It's so good! The title translation is actually in your first link btw.
I missed that. I really like to see pics of the mangakas. But most of the times is impossible to get some (there must be some kind of policy in the industry to not show many pics of the mangakas). Luckily Akiko likes to show herself a bit more (in the story she portraits herself as a shallow person in her early years ). But her self portrait in chapter 6 very much resembles her:
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Beautiful woman.
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I discovered today she is the older sister of Seki-kun mangaka. Which is funny because I don’t remember seing him in the serie.
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Lucky me, it's Ballroom e youkoso release fest. I must say I enjoy it more than Jump's Yoko serie
I just catch up with this one, and I'm enjoying it really much! I really like the characters have weak points; and the fact that things don't always result in the best way for them, which makes them even more real and make the story really interesting and unpredictable. Each character is very well designed and the relationships are complex; it's like there's no main character but all the cast is treated as if each one were the protagonist of his own story. Being the art really good and the sense of humor amusing, this author is like a genius to me.
When reading the first chapters I was curious about how a mangaka would manage to express the feelings of a dancer and involved in dancing, and I was wanting to see like "dancegasm" (like foodgasm in the first part of Shokugeki no Soma). It was my initial interest in reading a manga about dance. But later I was not missing that, and I thought that drawing something like "dancegasm" would be more possible to find in a manga about other kind of dance like contemporary or ballet. But since this is almost about ballroom dance that is difficult, because it's mainly about technique, but not about interpretation or art. Anyway, the character treatment are good enough to make this a truly jewel.
Sengoku is the best!!!!
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Currently I'm reading the most grotesque manga I have ever come across: "The domestic Yapoo". It is so bizarre that it is worth mentioning
Which version? One by the legendary Shotarou Ishikawa, or the one drawn by the industry's poster shithead Tatsuya Egawa?
Hopefully the former.The original novel was so controversial for its disturbing nature, in the 1950s right-wing activists tried to physically stop the publication and led to arrests lol.
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Which version? One by the legendary Shotarou Ishikawa, or the one drawn by the industry's poster shithead Tatsuya Egawa?
Hopefully the former.The original novel was so controversial for its disturbing nature, in the 1950s right-wing activists tried to physically stop the publication and led to arrests lol.
I read the The Shotarou version, from the Cyborg 009 mangaka- an anon had scanlated the whole volume.
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I began Imperial Guards by Satou Daisuke which has good comments. Also had a good laugh with the oneshot Neko Mahime by Uki Atsuya.
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Actually I read the three oneshots available of Uki Atsuya. Cencoroll is an interesting oneshot and Kuragehime has such a great art. It's a shame there's no more manga of this author.
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Look forward to reading;
One Piece
My Hero AcademiaPretty good;
Assassination Classroom
One Punch Man(only one I prefer the anime for)Nostalgia fuel;
Dragonball SuperDipped in quality, but still somewhat enjoy;
Toriko
MagiDear god, why am I still religiously reading this, am I masochistic?;
Fairy Tail
Bleach–-----
I'm kind of interested in giving Hunter X Hunter a go as I've heard it's REALLY good, but I've been put off by the ridiculous hiatuses.
Would you guys say it's worth it or am I better off not getting invested?
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Would you guys say it's worth it or am I better off not getting invested?
It is certainly worth reading but I would rather invest myself in other ones
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I'm kind of interested in giving Hunter X Hunter a go as I've heard it's REALLY good, but I've been put off by the ridiculous hiatuses.
Would you guys say it's worth it or am I better off not getting invested?
Definitely worth it. Just keep in mind the art quality will drop a lot sometimes and that once you catch up to it, it will be a never ending wait (although this new arc that had just started is not really addictive, so I personally don't mind waiting for the next chapters despite loving the manga). But it's easily Togashi's best work and that comes from someone who loves YYH to death and also likes Level E a lot.
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Bought volume 1 of Black Jack. He's such a well-written and loveable character. The stories are generally good and interesting, quite dated (the story with the AI-run hospital especially comes to mind) but always fun and exciting to read. I wonder if the "Face Sore" chapter inspired The Empress in JoJo's Part 3?
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I've also been trying to read Black Jack, but it has the same problem as Gintama, the lack of a continuous story makes it hard to read through so many chapters and volumes.
So far I've been really impressed by the number of different stories that Tezuka has been able to conjure up, he really pushes the limit on what a super-doctor can do and it doesn't feel repetitive. really Scott Mccloud (Understanding Comics) noted that he was a storyteller of such variety, and I think he's right, even with only 4 volumes. Also the dingo story is incredibly over hyped.
@Tanuki:I'm kind of interested in giving Hunter X Hunter a go as I've heard it's REALLY good, but I've been put off by the ridiculous hiatuses.
Would you guys say it's worth it or am I better off not getting invested?
Sure, definitely, it is really good. Not perfect of course, but still worth your time.
The Hiatus thing shouldn't really be a problem, you can just think of it as finished and go read some other manga.
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I finally decided to give the Planetes manga a try. It's quite different from what I expected having only watched the anime but I quite like these differences. Hachimaki is a much more introspective character though I guess this comes from us seeing him age and Tanabe feels a bit more confident and less uptight than her anime counterpart. Half the cast from the anime isn't in it yet though so I'm curious to see if they show up later all. Really liking it so far
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I's soooo happy with Tower of God nowadays. The recent chapters are as good if not better as it was at the first season.
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I just read this short oneshot titled Paper Airplane, and it was … such a fantastic reading. Somehow the question was: what would you do in the outer space if you're an astronaut who finds a flying airplane that is like a fulfiled promise? It's written by Chang Sheng, the author of Oldman, a really great manhua.
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Speaking of Tezuka, i found 12 volumes of Astro Boy (50') published by Dark Horse, supposedly were 23 volumes, so i hope they are the whole package reprinted. I'm looking forward with Astroboy, the very first popular manga, amazing! :D
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Sesuji wo Pin!
WHY YOU SO CUTE
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I re-read Ouran High School Host Club for the first time since it ended. Man, that was fun.
I forgot how funny it was, how charming it was, and most importantly I was reminded that Haruhi is the 'best girl' of anything ever. -
I read the 6 volumes of Kamakura diary straight. It is a really nice slice of life title. It speaks sometime of some heavy topics but without being to dramatic and every characters is enjoyable.
Otherwise Sekitou Elegy has been raised from the scanlation cimetery. That was the good news of the week. -
I guess this thread will work.
So it's long overdue but I'm watching Slam Dunk for the first time and absolutely loving it, still on season 1 so no spoilers!
Anyhow, I got over the "gorilla" thing after a bit but I still can't believe it every time I see this guy XD
Inoue's like "eyes for this character, him, her, yes, him too."
Then he got to this guy and was like "Lines for you."
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I'm reading Inuyashiki by Oku Hiroya (Gantz). Usually I don't get a feeling of confort or satisfaction with this author. Still the story gets me intrigued for what it's going to happen next. It's like a curse: I don't like it but I have to read it.