Manga Discussion Thread (Spoilers Abound)

[Cjskater]

feels to me like forced nudity and violence scenes mashed together without any actual depths whatsoever to actually tie anything together

a lot like gantz in that sense

Pretty sure there's only a bit of nudity here and there, when it does it's almost hentai though admittedly, one ch with the teacher and some weird pheromones thing and a few others with the slut girl. It does also have a few instances of "forced violence" but most of it however is not (honestly, the violence is part of the story and Akira's personality). Loved watching everyone's sanity degrade though. The buildup from the beginning to around Ch45 was sort of predictable but amazing at the same time.

FYI: I cannot stand Gantz but I love Wolf Guy.

[KuroTsuki]

@Eaglestrike: You should read Suzuka, too, if you haven't already. It's made by the same mangaka and takes place in the same world/cities, just at a different time(I think Kimi no Iru Machi starts in the middle of Suzuka's story.) It's pretty good, and it's done.

[Eaglestrike]

@Eaglestrike: You should read Suzuka, too, if you haven't already. It's made by the same mangaka and takes place in the same world/cities, just at a different time(I think Kimi no Iru Machi starts in the middle of Suzuka's story.) It's pretty good, and it's done.

I plan to over this weekend. Just started chapter 1 and we'll see how it goes. I don't like the "I'm just a normal guy" main characters, I hope he is a bit better than "normal". Edit: Well looks like he's got something going for him, cool. This'll possibly shape up better than Hana Kimi since only one of those two were in sports, now both are, wonder if they'll put much focus on the sports-ness.

[KuroTsuki]

I plan to over this weekend. Just started chapter 1 and we'll see how it goes. I don't like the "I'm just a normal guy" main characters, I hope he is a bit better than "normal". Edit: Well looks like he's got something going for him, cool. This'll possibly shape up better than Hana Kimi since only one of those two were in sports, now both are, wonder if they'll put much focus on the sports-ness.

I dunno. He's kind of similar to Haruto, maybe even tougher(he probably would've been pissed in Haruto's situation at the hospital,) and has talent in certain things.

Edit: Bah lol. Just noticed the edit.

[Eaglestrike]

Bah, he's just starting on the track team, really brings me back to my running days. Honoka is like "He looks like he's in pain...why does he try so hard for her" and I'm like "shit man, the pain was the best part of the sport" >.>

[GRT]

wow i just found out there's a GTO sequel

anyone reading it? how is it compared to the original? or at least the first half of the original...?

[arus2001]

I watched the Suzuka anime. Should probably try the manga sometime since I'm assuming it goes past where that ended.

[Eaglestrike]

I watched the Suzuka anime. Should probably try the manga sometime since I'm assuming it goes past where that ended.

Wikipedia says that the anime was mediocre and failed to capture a lot about the characters the manga did. So I decided to skip the anime and read the manga, despite anime being my preferred medium.

[jimbo]

I watched the Suzuka anime. Should probably try the manga sometime since I'm assuming it goes past where that ended.

yea, the manga story goes further than the anime

[arus2001]

Wikipedia says that the anime was mediocre and failed to capture a lot about the characters the manga did. So I decided to skip the anime and read the manga, despite anime being my preferred medium.

Visual adaptations tend to get that a lot, but I still find a way to enjoy them. Really, I wound up watching it off youtube while having to house-sit for my sister a couple years back. Won't say it really jumped out at me, but then again, trying to portray a somewhat grounded teen drama probably isn't meant to "jump" like other things do.

[Eaglestrike]

Visual adaptations tend to get that a lot, but I still find a way to enjoy them. Really, I wound up watching it off youtube while having to house-sit for my sister a couple years back. Won't say it really jumped out at me, but then again, trying to portray a somewhat grounded teen drama probably isn't meant to "jump" like other things do.

Yeah. I'd say that romance stories are better in manga form, at least from my experience. Most of the time romance anime have those long dramatic pauses that make me want to scream something, usually "get on with it!" because I've never had that many long dramatic pauses even in super emotional teenage years. In manga I can just click to the next page and everything keeps moving, heh.

Suzuka - First track meet:

Spoiler: show

Why do they always have to completely ruin sports by making it like shounon battles? He's doing a 100m run, it takes 10s for the entire thing to happen, there's no time whatsoever for someone to have multiple thoughts and mood swings, then for someone to cheer them on and then they can get a surge. You might be able to get ONE of those things to happen, but not them all, it's way too short of a window. I'm going to laugh at the absurdity at every single one of these races if that's how that part of this manga is going to be, lol.

[KuroTsuki]

Yeah, I think the anime only covers about half the manga, like most romance anime.

[Ker]

Tasogare Otome x Amnesia Chapter 6

http://mangahelpers.com/s/maigo/readonline/84318/1

The manga getting a Drama CD, another step closer for an Anime adaptation.


Index character outfit redesign

Kuroko and Awaki They are both Teleporters Level4 ability(Awaki appears in the first Season of Index in episode 21 *Minute 5:33-5:38* )

Spoiler: show

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/711...d227e4b156.jpg

[Ker]

Mirai Nikki Chapter 52 is out

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It's NSFW Chapter, some nudity near the end of it

[liggy 0]

The only person I don't really like is Rin but she's acceptable considering her story and how big she is in the story and all that.

Spoiler: show

she could have been the one who instigated the whole ordeal

[Eaglestrike]

Spoiler: show

she could have been the one who instigated the whole ordeal

Yeah, I just mean that spiteful bitches exist so she still is some manner of realistic. I don't like her character, but considering she's possibly the "bad guy" I'm not supposed to, so it's acceptable.

[Eaglestrike]

Kimi ni Iru Machi (or whatever) 91:

Spoiler: show

Oh shit Haruto! I'm not sure I would've had the balls to do that.

[KuroTsuki]

Kimi ni Iru Machi (or whatever) 91:

Spoiler: show

Oh shit Haruto! I'm not sure I would've had the balls to do that.

Spoiler: show

Yeah, man. I was thinking something like "Just end it, Haruto. Walk away from that shit." But, then he does this lol. That was pretty awesome.

[KuroTsuki]

Anyone read Metalica Metaluca?

It's a new JUMP manga with 2 chapters currently out. Just another action/adventure manga about metals and minerals with a young main character (8-12 years old. I can never tell till they say) that wants to become a Minea (an expert in metal/mineral collecting that risk their lives.) And, of course, the main character has a special ability/talent that gives him the edge against the first few villains, like usual lol. It's nothing groundbreaking, but it's still pretty entertaining.

It seems like a lot of stuff was borrowed from different manga's lol. The whole Minea thing reminds me of Hunters from HxH with the way they explain it, and the metal/mineral rarity rating system reminds me of 666 Satan and its O-parts. The main character even has SSJ shaped hair.

The first chapter is the only one translated at the moment, but here it is:
http://www.mangatoshokan.com/read/Me...luca/otakami/1

[Kaelan?]

Kenichi and the Breaker are great, if you are into martial arts type i would recommend Veritas.
The story is not that great but the fights are good.

This. I've been keeping up with it for quite a while now and I'm still impressed by the art.

http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/p...lanbg/18-1.jpg

http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/p...lanbg/17-1.jpg

http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/p...lanbg/23-1.jpg