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With proper training, yes 😀
Ignoring that I fell off a 2nd time, catching up to Sakamoto Days with people solidifying it was indeed worth my time with over 160 chapters to read was a fantastic experience. I'm generally never fussed to start a new series just because it's new, I got enough of a backlog in all sorts of media that I don't mind waiting. Not just to avoid the pain of something getting cancelled, but I like getting to binge through several arcs. Again, I don't always abide by it, but I like my rule.
On that note, I'm well overdue on properly starting Akane Banashi...
I started Ruri Dragon despite there only being 13 chapters because I figured there had to be some reason it was being kept around despite a year long hiatus
I would've waited longer for Kagurabachi but it looks like it has a pretty secure spot now so I rolled the dice
I would've waited longer for Kagurabachi but it looks like it has a pretty secure spot now so I rolled the dice
Psyche House was better than I thought it would be. Figured it'd be a gag manga, but it seems to be going for something more sincere. Though now that I think about it, it seems like the non-comedy aspects of Witch Watch.
Though this logic would mean someone would still have not started Spy Family in fear of cancellation lol
I don't have it in me to wait if a new series interests me. If I get burned, I get burned. It's paying off with Kagurabachi, at least.
And besides, Jump broke my heart by killing Magu-chan and High School Family waaaay after the 30-40 chapter range. After that, nothing else can hurt me.
And besides, Jump broke my heart by killing Magu-chan and High School Family waaaay after the 30-40 chapter range. After that, nothing else can hurt me.
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Im starting to invest in this series. How long until it turns sour?
"I'll strike the victory pose for you, I'll take the cap off your bottle for you" :(
I'm done being burned with new Jump series lol. Monthly Afternoon 4 life
Depends. I don't really think it has. It's just a lot of the usual teenage drama and love triangles. Which shouldn't be surprising when it's running in Jump.
like i said early, the main leads for GGG legit have a better chemistry and romantic buildup than in BB. The writing in it is sooo good
Ah okay. Im in the 40s now and Im enjoying it but something feels lacking compared to the first 20 chapters.
Now I really need to check out GGG.
Once I finally read the first chapters of Kagurabachi, I was shocked at how good it was for being memed on. That is a manga with a confident start. Maybe it's easier to see in hind-sight, but before I even got a few chapters in, it really felt like something special compared to a lot of other new SJ manga.
Granted, a lot of the other manga I really enjoyed gets cancelled pretty quick so what do I know.
The reason the series got memed on was for it's art, and tbh I think the art is still fairly weak.
I think the overall art is strong, but the faces specifically are weak/lack expression. Also the attempts at humor earlier on were pretty bad, so hopefully that's permanently diminished...
The gag of Hakari being way off in the distance and getting called over were pretty funny at least
I can't buy this given how bad so many other series look. I barely know what's happening in normal JJK panels, much less the fights.
IIRC, the Kagurabachi meme started less because of any concrete thing about the series like the story or art, but just because the scenes they used in the previews before the first chapter came out seemed kinda generic.
People found the combination of a brand new series that no one knew with "nothing personal kid" style images bigging up Sakura to be funny. The jokes started before the series even began.
People found the combination of a brand new series that no one knew with "nothing personal kid" style images bigging up Sakura to be funny. The jokes started before the series even began.
The memes weren't negative/ironic at first I'm pretty sure.
The preview image looked cool and the internet collectively decided to gas it up like it was going to be the next One Piece.
It was kind of a knee-jerk reaction to most new series immediately being called axebait. This one looked slightly promising so everyone clung to it because they were tired of everything constantly being commercial failures.
When Kagurabachi launched, it had been almost three years since the last successful action Weekly Shonen Jump manga (Sakamoto Days). If you add Jump+, then it falls to 2.5 years only (Dandadan). That's a very long time and I truly think the people who memed Kagurabachi did so out of "despair" - they were starving for a new battle shonen.
The only thing about this series is that I cannot fucking stand the "ice princess" archetype in manga where they treat people like absolute shit "but then have a heart underneath it".
Give me the chill personality of Chinatsu in BB over Nadeshiko in GGG any day of the week.
I think Nadeshiko actually subverts that pretty well, because she's really only like that at the very beginning and that's largely because she thinks the MC doesn't really respect golf and is trying to just shortcut his way to being good at it. When he actually starts getting into it, her personality also eases up and she more just becomes serious rather than icy. Also, even at her icy-est, I don't recall her treating anyone like shit
Yeah, didn't mean to say the memes were necessarily negative.
On the action series front, I wonder how much the fact that the West collectively doesn't care about Elusive Samurai affects the perception of recent Jump series. Because it has done perfectly fine. Not incredibly, but it could easily blow up in Japan with the coming anime adaptation considering it seems like it will be getting a big push.
RuriDragon 13
Ruri, how do you forget someone's name within 2 panels? Maeda has a point lol
They're friends now 🙌🏻
Spy x Family 98
This is so swee-
Noooooo :(
Blue Box 148
I am sooooo over the separation part of festival arcs. Kyo's flashback was :(
I see another love triangle is about to start.
Girl Meets Rock 22
Oh shiiiiit, is Chihiro gonna throw hands :0
Ruri, how do you forget someone's name within 2 panels? Maeda has a point lol
They're friends now 🙌🏻
Spy x Family 98
This is so swee-
Noooooo :(
Blue Box 148
I am sooooo over the separation part of festival arcs. Kyo's flashback was :(
I see another love triangle is about to start.
Girl Meets Rock 22
Oh shiiiiit, is Chihiro gonna throw hands :0
Marriage Toxin
Kinosaki is the best girl/guy and this arc cements that
Magilumerie
Still haven't brought AST ace in the hole, Tsuchiba
Kinosaki is the best girl/guy and this arc cements that
Magilumerie
Still haven't brought AST ace in the hole, Tsuchiba
Elusive Samurai is great but I can understand why it doesn't do huge numbers, it's just hella weird. It's a semi-grounded historical drama, it's a wacky comedy with a Japanese version of Genie from Aladdin, it's a battle manga from time to time. It reminds me of Golden Kamuy in terms of being a dizzying mashup of different genres, but even more eclectic with fewer familiar touchstones than GK, which people at least recognize as a neo-Western.
ehhh
I think the subject is just too niche
It's a historical manga about a very specific time period that's completely obscure to 99.9% of Western readers. Some manga like that can work, but they are mainly Seinen, not Shonen. I'm not sure I can name a single shonen manga succesful in the West where the historical aspect is such an important part of the series. At most it'd be a vague setting like Demon Slayer's Taisho era. Maybe Spy x Family I guess, but it's a part of history that's known to basically everyone here, and it's a Western setting, not a Japanese one, so that helps.
Because of series like Vagabond, Vinland Saga, Kingdom, Bride Stories, Innocent, etc, the "historical" genre has become synonymous with seinen. I'm convinced this has hindered TES in Western countries. Art-wise too: I think people have started to link the genre to more realistic art styles (as opposed to the very stylised one in TES).
I feel like TES often feels very totally dissonant, like Matsui's style just doesn't fit the setting. And while it's very clear that Matsui is very passionate about the subject matter and history, it sometimes feels like he comes on too strong in a very "did you know Shakespeare was like the original rapper" kind of way
I feel real history also hurts the story at times. Real history isn't always the most narratively satisfying thing.
Yeah, I would classify TES as a more challenging read. It's all over the place tonally but still favors historical accuracy over a satisfying narrative at times, despite having license to do as much alt-history as it wants and an anachronism-loving god shepherding the main cast and breaking the fourth wall. Not a complaint at all, just acknowledging that it's not the most accessible.
Monkey Peak is getting a kickstarter for an official release in English
Umi End Roll 12
Well Sora isn't wrong —a director can't just make whatever film they want when they have the production crew and actors livelihood on them. Still don't like him though
Well Sora isn't wrong —a director can't just make whatever film they want when they have the production crew and actors livelihood on them. Still don't like him though
Finally caught up to Undead Unluck
Not much to say but holy shit. One of the most wildly inventive and audacious shonen manga I've ever read.
Not much to say but holy shit. One of the most wildly inventive and audacious shonen manga I've ever read.
The fight that just ended in UU was one of my favorite fights of all time in any manga I've read. I've reread each chapter of it multiple times.