Poll of the Day > Anime, Manga, VN, JRPG, Related Things Discussion Topic LXXVII

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BOF4 Deez nuts
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I have BOF II on GBA, I don't know where I put it though, regardless I should play it from where I left off.
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I played Breath of Fire on SNES. I liked it but I never finished it; I did that thing where I get to the end of a game and lose interest. It had great music and cool characters though. I've also got BoF IV on my Vita.
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Honey and Clover is a frustrating show
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keyblader1985 posted...

I did that thing where I get to the end of a game and lose interest.

Did you get to the end of the game, or ... did you get to the end of the game? That is one of those titles where there is a True End that is not easy to get (and is not hinted at all by the main game).

I personally think BOF1 is great, but it does not gather a whole lot of steam until about mid-game (i.e. when you see the Emperor get his minions together and officially start shit by sending them after you).
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^ Reminds me of Tales of phantasia. There were atleast 2 or 3 times I thought I was within 10 minutes of the end credits, only to find there was still TONS of gameplay left. That game was really huge. I never actually did beat it, but I played for I think around 60 hours...
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Woah! I just discovered that Kaguya-sama (my favorite manga now), won the NicoNico manga contest!

http://tsugimanga.jp/result/2017/comics/

Which means there's a high chance that it'll get an anime. Usually, I get wary whenever a manga series I like might get an anime, but this is one of those series that would just be PERFECT in anime.

Also, @FellWolf Promised Neverland got second place!
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I've never read Kaguya-sama, what's it like T0ffee? Should I look into it?
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Why would you get wary about them making an anime? That shouldn't change the manga at all
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I've also been reading the 5th, 6th, 8th, and 14th placed mangas as well. So happy that they're getting the recognition that they deserve.

Here's a translated list of the winners if you're interested.

1. Kaguya-sama (11,884 votes)
2. The Promised Neverland (11058 votes)
3. Watashi no Shounen (My Boy) (8960 votes)
4. Yagate Kimi ni Naru (Bloom into You) (8933 votes)
5. Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken (8128 votes)
6. Ane Naru Mono (The Sister of the Woods With a Thousand Young) (7549 votes)
7. Taishou Shojo Otogibanashi (6610 votes)
8. Komi-san wa Komyusho desu (6537 votes)
9. Shinmai Shimai no Futari Gohan (6321 votes)
10. Dr. Stone (5791 votes)
11. Oshi ga Budoukan Ittekuretara Shinu (4952 votes)
12. Konta Shou no Gouhou Recipe (4744 votes)
13. Happy Sugar Life (4510 votes)
14. Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet (4381 votes)
15. Ani no Yome to Kurashiteimasu (Living With My Brother's Wife) (4246 votes)
16. Maoujou de Oyasumi (Sweet Dreams in the Demon Castle) (4224 votes)
17. Gunjou ni Siren (Ultramarine Siren) (4202 votes)
18. Kakushigoto (4068 votes)
19. Asobi Asobase (4011 votes)
20. Totsukuni no Shoujo (3958 votes)

OlorinTheOtaku posted...

I've never read Kaguya-sama, what's it like T0ffee? Should I look into it?

You definitely should! It's about two proud "geniuses" trying to get the other to confess to them, since in their mind, 'the one who confesses first loses!"

AllstarSniper32 posted...

Why would you get wary about them making an anime? That shouldn't change the manga at all

Eh, I've seen a couple of instances where the mangaka got disheartened after seeing how the anime got a low rating and stopped, or the anime made drastic changes from the original, so the mangaka added those into the manga without warning, you know stuff like that.
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Ah,I understand now lol
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T0ffee posted...

OlorinTheOtaku posted...

I've never read Kaguya-sama, what's it like T0ffee? Should I look into it?

You definitely should! It's about two proud "geniuses" trying to get the other to confess to them, since in their mind, 'the one who confesses first loses!"

Also, it's genuinely one of, if not THE smartest, most well-written comedy/romance mangas I've ever read.
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God Damn it... I feel so out of the loop, I've never heard of any of the manga T0ffee listed in post #412... Are they like, really new or something? I always end up reading stuff that's years old. Kaguya-sama definitely sounds interesting though, I'll check it out.
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OlorinTheOtaku posted...

God Damn it... I feel so out of the loop, I've never heard of any of the manga T0ffee listed in post #412... Are they like, really new or something? I always end up reading stuff that's years old. Kaguya-sama definitely sounds interesting though, I'll check it out.

Yeah, I think the contest was only for relatively new manga, meaning manga that have only been in serialization for around one to three years.
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I've only heard of Kaguya, Neverland, and Bloom Into You (since it's already been localized).
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Awesome. I want an anime covering first arc of Promised Neverland
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Nearing the end of Chimera Ant Arc in Hunter x Hunter

All these deaths are sad

FellWolf posted...

Awesome. I want an anime covering first arc of Promised Neverland

Something this successful, for certain it'll get an anime adaptation, next year or two. I'm guessing when the next narrative arc is done.

30 something chapters in 1-cour or 2-cour? 1-cour would be really tight pacing; 2-cour would be slower, like AoT S1.


I think Noragami's 1st season had pacing issues, and this season's Made in Abyss is suffering the same thing. I'm guessing they stretched material because their 1st narrative arc would be like 7-9 episodes with normal pacing, and ending midway through a second arc is really disappointing.
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Also, I don't know if I said this before, but I'm reading a manga that pretty recently got an anime announced. Golden Kamui, it's a survival adventure set in post Russo-japanese war in 1920's in Hokkaido. MC quirkily can survive grievous wounds, so he's supposingly immortal. Other than that, there's nothing supernatural I think. And he's accompanied by an Ainu woman in their adventure.
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I was just looking at that one in the bookstore a couple days ago. Seems pretty interesting.
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eating4fun posted...

Also, I don't know if I said this before, but I'm reading a manga that pretty recently got an anime announced. Golden Kamui, it's a survival adventure set in post Russo-japanese war in 1920's in Hokkaido. MC quirkily can survive grievous wounds, so he's supposingly immortal. Other than that, there's nothing supernatural I think. And he's accompanied by an Ainu woman in their adventure.

bout' time it got an anime, I always thought Golden Kamui was really cool.
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Nami with long hair after the 2 year time skip is sexy. Mmmmmmm

Also I ship Perona and Zoro currently.
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FellWolf posted...

Honey and Clover is a frustrating show

I loved it.
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A random thought from this anime season:

Shinpei in Hajimete no Gyaru and Uehara in Gamers! are played by the same guy (Toyonaga Toshiyuki), who also voiced Amakusa (main character) in Noucome. I thought it might be him, but it was fun to confirm it. Dude has crazy range, and he does comedy very, very well.
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Goddamn that was a powerful ending to Goblin Slayer's major arc.

Guys, I swear, you HAVE to read Goblin Slayer, if you're any kind of fan of "dark" high fantasy mangas like Berserk.

It's not for the faint of heart though. Like I said, this is like Berserk, so expect gore, death, and lots of rape.

But it's truly good. Comparing GS's first 15 chapters with Berserk's, and I can say that GS beats it by a landslide. And it'll only get better from here.
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I saw the live action Gintama movie the other day in a Japanese theatre. Follows the benizakura story arc. Just like the anime movie except worse. Kagura's actress was super cute even if her acting was terrible
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T0ffee posted...

Goddamn that was a powerful ending to Goblin Slayer's major arc.

Guys, I swear, you HAVE to read Goblin Slayer, if you're any kind of fan of "dark" high fantasy mangas like Berserk.

It's not for the faint of heart though. Like I said, this is like Berserk, so expect gore, death, and lots of rape.

But it's truly good. Comparing GS's first 15 chapters with Berserk's, and I can say that GS beats it by a landslide. And it'll only get better from here.

Sounds like Ubel Blatt, which is a manga I've recommended on this thread a couple times. It is also dark high fantasy with plenty of gore, death, and nudity.
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Berserk is the best dark high fantasy But I'll take a gander at those. I've seen ubel blatt around
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I've been browsing through a few Myanimelist articles/lists lately; this one made me laugh.

https://www.myanimelist.net/amp/featured/1910/The%2010%20Craziest%20Anime%20Commercials

I remember when Miku performed on Letterman; when I first heard about it I did a little internal "nooooo" because I knew it wasn't going to go over well. It went about as well as you could reasonably expect it to, but the awkwardness was palpable.
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Geez it's been ages since I posted here, sorry about that guys, I've been quite into Yakuza 0 these past few days so I haven't really been watching much anime, my current side-anime is a simple re-watch of Busou Shoujo Machiavellianism, I do want to see something new but can't find anything at the moment, I'll likely just have to wait until the end of this season to watch something different
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Haven't been posting much either, though I do read the replies. Been watching Kaibutsu Oujo. It's not very good. :(
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This reminded me on what a shame it was for Berserk's recent adaptation to be such a trainwreck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXifOfaDmjQ
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whats the tldw version?

I think I know the people who post on the anime topic the most, which still isnt very most.

I guess there is a few people I have on steam like Allstar, Turtwig, Helly, Lokarin and Delta

dioxxys posted...

whats the tldw version?

Misappropriated time/skills/manpower/management, and incompetency.


Slightly longer: Director had huge, achievable ambitions; Squandered a huge amount of time deciding on artstyle/models; Couldn't use the detailed 3d models they made because it took too long to render them with deadlines so close, couldn't use standard 3d tools/effects because of incompetency/deadlines,
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This topic needs a bump. Which is unusual. *headscratch* Busy end-of-month, perhaps.
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Latest Promised Neverland is a nice set up for next chapter.
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I'm really enjoying Suikoden (PS1) its simply brilliant. Finding & recruiting the stars of destiny & seeing your castle grow is so amazing.

In other news, I just discovered a new series of JRPGs, the "SaGa" series. On the original Gameboy there where 3, Final fantasy legends 1, 2 & 3. On SNES, Romancing SaGa 1, 2 & 3. Finally, on PS1, SaGa frontier 1 & 2.

According to Wikipedia they are made by Square soft & feature open world, non linear gameplay with multiple different characters (each with there own stories) to play as. This series sounds really amazing, anyone have experience with it? I'm really surprised I only found out about it now.

After I finnish Suikoden I'll play Suikoden 2, but after that I think I definitely wanna look into this SaGa series. There's alot of games on my plate...
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koMUGI

Doesn't komugi mean wheat? What you mean dioxxys? I don't get it...
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OlorinTheOtaku posted...

Doesn't komugi mean wheat? What you mean dioxxys? I don't get it...

Its this blind girl from hunter x hunter I find cute because her voice is so cute, especially when she says her own name.

Just dont look her up on youtube lol, well that is if you want to watch hunter x hunter

LOL, oh ok. Maybe try a bit more context next time, dioxxys ^_^
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OlorinTheOtaku posted...

This series sounds really amazing, anyone have experience with it?

There is also a game called Unlimited Sa Ga for PS2. I do not recommend that one.

That being said, the Sa Ga games can be difficult until you get used to how they play (i.e. how to build stats for different characters, classes, races, etc.). I recommend playing the first one (called Final Fantasy Legend in the U.S.) to get a feel for the basics of the system, then playing the first Sa Ga Frontier when you really want to see what the games can do. Or the PS2 remake of the first Romancing Sa Ga, which is also a good, underrated choice.

In the meantime, though, enjoy Suikoden II. Truly one of the best JRPGs ever made, certainly one of the best of the PS1 era.
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new event up in granblue covers the Mysteria Academy arc from Rage of Bahamut, it seems

http://game-a.granbluefantasy.jp/assets_en/img/sp/assets/npc/zoom/3040130000_02.png

grea can step on me
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god im going to create my anime morphing sex homunculous tomorrow and going to go to town on that thing

Always feels like what I want to watch is airing, or not until next season. :(

Picked two shows at random and they're both lackluster. Finished up Kaibutsu Oujo already and 4 eps into Kenzen Robo Daimidaler. Hopefully the next show I watch is good.

Anyone want to recommend an isekai show? Probably seen all the goods ones though.
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dragon504 posted...

Always feels like what I want to watch is airing, or not until next season. :(

Picked two shows at random and they're both lackluster. Finished up Kaibutsu Oujo already and 4 eps into Kenzen Robo Daimidaler. Hopefully the next show I watch is good.

Anyone want to recommend an isekai show? Probably seen all the goods ones though.

Was gonna recommend 12 kingdoms but you have indeed already seen that.

Aha! You haven't seen ISM (Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari). Thats actually a really solid isekai show IMO. Only weird thing is we never see the main guy actually in the real world in this series (I think its a tenchi spinoff or something but everything that happens here is standalone).

https://myanimelist.net/anime/5781/Isekai_no_Seikishi_Monogatari

EDIT: the only other isekai I've seen that you haven't is Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito and I wouldn't wish that show on my worst enemies.
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YoukaiSlayer posted...

dragon504 posted...

Always feels like what I want to watch is airing, or not until next season. :(

Picked two shows at random and they're both lackluster. Finished up Kaibutsu Oujo already and 4 eps into Kenzen Robo Daimidaler. Hopefully the next show I watch is good.

Anyone want to recommend an isekai show? Probably seen all the goods ones though.

Was gonna recommend 12 kingdoms but you have indeed already seen that.

Aha! You haven't seen ISM (Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari). Thats actually a really solid isekai show IMO. Only weird thing is we never see the main guy actually in the real world in this series (I think its a tenchi spinoff or something but everything that happens here is standalone).

https://myanimelist.net/anime/5781/Isekai_no_Seikishi_Monogatari

EDIT: the only other isekai I've seen that you haven't is Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito and I wouldn't wish that show on my worst enemies.

I've passed over that Tenchi show a ton of times, cause I haven't seen any Tenchi stuff. You say it's standalone though, so I might get it.
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YoukaiSlayer posted...

Aha! You haven't seen ISM (Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari). Thats actually a really solid isekai show IMO. Only weird thing is we never see the main guy actually in the real world in this series (I think its a tenchi spinoff or something but everything that happens here is standalone).

Chipping in to add a +1 in favour of this series Dragon, it's actually pretty good and is one of those "easy shows" to watch imo
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