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Post by Youngster Joey on May 15, 2013 3:17:11 GMT -5
Does it go in a different direction than the show?
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Post by Hiro the Half-Elf on May 15, 2013 7:36:10 GMT -5
Read a volume or so of Crying Freeman. It's... something. Kazuo Koike basically drops all pretense of characterization by the end of the first arc. I mean, the premise is theoretically about a Japanese artist who is kidnapped and turned into a super assassin by the Chinese Mafia, and his yearning for freedom, but... Then he just becomes the leader of the mafia? What? The art is quite good, though there's a lot of nudity for no real reason other than because the artist wanted to draw nude figures (typically covered in complex tattoos) in action all the time. The protagonist usually fights shirtless, often in a speedo, sometimes completely nude... and the few times he starts a fight fully-clothed, his shirt comes off after the first kill. Strange stuff. It's fairly boring, though. After you realize the characterization is never going anywhere, there's nothing else compelling about the series since the protagonist is completely overpowered and isn't matched by anyone else. Oh well. Biggest disappointment is that the protagonist doesn't keep the chinese garb he wears in the first chapter. It's super classy.
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Post by Phone Master Ion on May 17, 2013 7:55:40 GMT -5
Does it go in a different direction than the show? Not much, the exposition arc just comes after the first big arc in a flashback for some reason.
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Post by Hiro the Half-Elf on May 17, 2013 12:27:20 GMT -5
Read a bit of Detective Conan... In Japanese! Man, the furigana on these scans are blurry, I'm going to have to come back later.
I've picked up a couple RAW mangas to check out- Yotsuba to!, Aqua Knight, Detective Conan, and a hilarious account of cat ownership by horror mangaka Junji Ito. I've had the best luck with Yotsuba, partly because the speech is nice and everyday, partly because the scans are nice and crisp.
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SummerWolf
Half-Elf
Playing Tales of Xillia
Posts: 48
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Post by SummerWolf on Sept 1, 2013 7:36:40 GMT -5
Naruto one peice bleach Death note
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Post by yunarukami on Sept 19, 2013 9:46:04 GMT -5
Here is my current reading status as of 9/19/2013. Claymore - 143/? D.Gray-man - 141/? Denpa Kyoushi - 90/? Fujimura-kun Mates - 50/93 Hayate no Gotoku! - 422/? Kuroshitsuji - 9/? Nisekoi - 92/? Rosario to Vampire: Season II - 67/? myanimelist.net/mangalist/KahrRamsus
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Post by AokiShizuku on Dec 23, 2013 22:11:47 GMT -5
Drag-On Dragoon Shi ni Itaru Aka
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat the freaaaaaak is this?! So much death, rape and mindblowing.
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lynnie
Oracle Knight
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Post by lynnie on Jun 1, 2015 20:00:08 GMT -5
-Sailor Moon -Gangsta. -Gintama -Apocalypse no Toride
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