Board 8 > Shounen Anime & Manga Discussion Topic 12 - Without Bleach there is no SHINE

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Bakuman pretty good overall, but too many low points for me to consider it my favorite WSJ series. The current manga arc is a low point unfortunately.

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The current manga arc is gonna make me pick it up when they animate it. I just love it.

GranzonEx posted...
The current manga arc is gonna make me pick it up when they animate it. I just love it.

It's so dumb though. I don't want to say why because of spoilers, but it's probably the dumbest arc in the series so far imo.

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New FT yay

Weeeeeiiiiirrrddd chapter until the end. Guess that's what happens when you focus on Toby!

I'm interested in learning more about this Raven Tail black knight dude.

Arcadias set up the match with Elfman on purpose right? His face looks like he honestly screwed up, but that doesn't fit with what we know about his character.

Elfman gains a RAGE POWERUP

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Also watching the new episode

THE BEST FT CHARACTER RETURNS

I'm talking about Plue, of course!

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Well I'm glad that's all cleared up. I wonder where would Erza be.

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Also, from the preview, I'm guessing the filler starts now?

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BK_Sheikah00 posted...
Also, from the preview, I'm guessing the filler starts now?

Yep. No word on how long the filler will last either as far as I know.

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Mission... failed.

One last volume of Naruto and part 1 will be done with!

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Ayvuir posted...
OK SO IVE JUST REALISED BLEACH ANIME HAS FINISHED AFTER JUST WATCHING THE LAST EPISODE!

FFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!

I thought there was one more final arc? Or is that just manga based?! WHY?!?!?!

it was either 18 months of filler or ending it now and coming back later

I think they made the right choice

Oh ok sweet, so they will bring the final arc back as an anime?

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Consider that Naruto and Dragon Ball are also anime series that ended.

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tear inducing episode of One Piece



sumimasennnnnnnnnnn


next week's that second Toriko/One Piece crossover

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So tired...need to stay up all night...might as well do this....

10. Nurarihyon no Mago

Author: Shibashi Hiroshi
Debut: March 2008

What is it, pj?
A battle shounen about yokai. The legendary yokai Nurarihyon wants his three-quarters human/one-quarter demon grandchild, Rikuo, to take over the clan, one of the most powerful in Japan. For the first 10 chapters or so he acts like a brat that just wants to live a normal school life and stuff and hates the idea of it. At night the yokai quarter takes over and he looks like an older badass with a much less annoying demeanor with great swordfighting skills. As the battle arcs happen, the "Night" form essentially becomes the real main character, pretty much appearing in 90% of the chapters. Eventually there becomes virtually no difference between the Day and Night forms, as he accepts being the head pretty quickly, becoming a much better protagonist.

Story
Even though it takes place in modern day, it's got a pretty cool feudal Japan feel that is supported by two things. First, all the yokai pretty much live and act like it's olden times, and it's primarily where the story arcs take place. Secondly, lots of the story takes place over backstory, which actually DOES take place in the past, following the events of his grandfather in his prime, and his own half-human half-yokai father. Some of the best storytelling happens in the backstory, which on the flip side means the main story generally just gets relegated to fights with mostly uninteresting minor characters.
I do like however that "arcs" have a weight behind them that cause dynamics of the world and characters to change permanently, though it rarely capitalizes on it to make that much of a difference, though maybe in the future it will? Who knows.

Characters
The three heads of the Nura Clan are pretty cool, and generally the villains of the past also pretty interesting. Unfortunately all the main character's schoolfriends and main yokai allies generally kind of do nothing but get captured/fight bad guys. They also don't have much chemistry for being a big ol happy family, and while I'm not expecting a bunch of humor from a series with quite the serious tone, there could be done a lot to make me care or even enjoy watching them...do things. It's just very dry and not emotionally captivating.

Art
Pretty nice, a few bland designs here and there, but it captures the feel of that traditional Japanese art pretty well (for WSJ anyways). Can be kind of dirty and messy, in the sense that panels are generally chock full of background and black lines and complex looking things. Not a bad thing to me though, as it's kind of charming in it's own way. For reference, One Piece is probably the next "dirtiest" looking things, so it's definitely not bad!

Action
Fights are well coordinated enough, though I feel it sometimes doesn't drum up enough build up to make it too satisfying. What's particularly annoying is several power-up ideas brought up that radically change the main character's fighting style don't get used in any sort of logical consistency. I guess whatever looks the coolest at the time. It's disappointing because one idea is so cool and varied it could carry a series on its own merit and then...something entirely different gets introduced. A real shame, as it was a perfect way to utilize the very varied cast that didn't really have much to add on their own.
I want to mention one thing though, and it's the violence that is very gratifying.
Shonen Jump seems to be on a mission to censor the hell out of itself these days, and it's to have an author that has to balls to have villains kill off innocents, and even in gruesome ways. One example depicts a person decapitated midsentence, the speech bubble protruding from the severed head.

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Story: C+
Characters: C+
Art: B+
Action: B

Overall: C+

Wrote a lot more than I thought I would. Phew

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Are this flashback is so amazing. Now I have 7 days to watch 23 episodes of Toriko, so I'm caught up when that crossover is there.

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New Fairy Tail opening and ending isn't anything special. Second ending to feature Natsu. Although the other one that does that, features Happy more imo. They should've picked something new, perfect time to do Cana.

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It's especially lucky for Levi to get the calm path, when the next challenge requires brain power. It really gets interesting now. They didn't even have to bring in the strongest dark guild for this to be a good arc in the first place. Fairy Tail continues to get better and better, it's pretty impressive.

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Code Geass R2

I gotta get this out. I finished CG R2 last night. It was mindblowing. There is brilliance in that madness, but I'm not satisfied. There were so many things that didn't end the way I wanted. For instance, Suzaku was set up to be the biggest douche in all of anime, you would think the Magnificent Bastard himself would have dealt with that cowardly lying cheating douche at the end. For ****'s sake he KILLED NUNNALLY. But he didn't. I have a problem with that. Bringing Nunnally back sort of relieves Suzaku of some of his terribleness and that's never a good thing.

Then there was the whole thing with all those people betraying Lelouch at the end but ended up not getting executed. WHY. He was the goddamn EMPEROR OF THE WORLD. He deserved to have the satisfaction of knowing he had the last laugh. But no. Instead of revenge, the show decided to REDEEM SUZAKU. WHY. WHY. He's one of the worst goddamn characters of anime ever.

Rolo getting redeemed, I'm fine with that. Rolo wasn't too bad, I felt sorry for him. If Shirely wasn't my favorite girl outside of C.C., I would have loved Rolo. But he killed Shirely... that is very hard to forgive :(

Strangely enough, I was more satisfied with Amagami SS Plus than R2

Dat Haruka arc is godlike.

Code Geass is mindblowing in how horrifically bad it is!

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I would agree if we are only talking about the last 5 or so episodes of R2!

Bringing back Nunnally and redeeming Suzaku. What the ****?

I took a two year break in the middle of R2 before finishing it because I hated the series so much >_>

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I took two weeks off after Shirely gets killed and C.C. lost her memory >_<

Awesome Kakashi flashback to end it.

Part 1 completed.

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Which is a good time for a quick Naruto character ranking.

1. Kakashi
2. Naruto
3. Sasuke
4. Shikamaru
5. Rock Lee
6. Iruka
7. Gaara
8. Neji
9. Jiraiya
10. Kiba
11. Sakura
12. Gai
13. Shino
14. Obito
15. Chouji
16. Itachi
17. Tsunade
18. Hinata
19. Ino
20. Temari

Now, part 2... START!

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Neji is a jounin now huh, awesome.

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Aw yeah good stuff comin your way ctes

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From: ctesjbuvf | #126
17. Tsunade
18. Hinata
19. Ino
20. Temari

Love how 4 of the 5 females are on the very bottom.

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pjbasis posted...
From: ctesjbuvf | #126
17. Tsunade
18. Hinata
19. Ino
20. Temari
Love how 4 of the 5 females are on the very bottom.

What's worse is he put the worst female in the series above them.

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Sakura above Itachi. What is this.

Also as for Code Geass, Kallen best and only good female in the series tbh.

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From: swordz9 | #132
Also as for Code Geass, Kallen best and only good female in the series tbh.

You best be joking. CC da best.

I'm not kidding at all. I actually dislike a lot of the females in CG. Shirley, Nina and CC especially.

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Actually I like Shirely and CC the same. Shirely reminds me of Haruka.

From: swordz9 | #134
Nina

That goes without saying!

I'd rank Nina above Shirley and CC even though all of them are bad.

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I can understand not liking Shirely, but if you don't like CC, how would you rate the series? I mean she's basically just a moeblob and has an angelic voice.

I like the series for the action and a couple characters. It's a fun watch and I just do my best to ignore CC altogether. I think I gave both seasons an 8 or so.

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Lelouch died or not?

I like to forget the ending altogether too.

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I like to subscribe to the theory that he is not the cart driver. The Emperor wouldn't lower himself to driving himself >_>

And btw here are my mecha rankings from that 'era':

Gundam 00 S1 > Code Geass S1 > Gundam 00 S2 > Code Geass R2 > Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

swordz9 posted...
I'd rank Nina above Shirley and CC even though all of them are bad.

Sacrilege

Nina is the worst character in anything ever.

Also Shirley and CC are pretty great

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CC with a bag over her head top tier stuff imo.

pjbasis posted...
Love how 4 of the 5 females are on the very bottom.

Lol, I didn't even notice.

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Naruto vs. Kiba was great to watch animated. I have high expectations for Lee vs. Gaara!

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huh what to do now on Tuesdays with no more Bleach


do I dare start this Rock Lee SD thing?

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no

it's not very good

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I'm starting it when I'm almost up to date with the Naruto manga!

You should watch The Law of Ueki is you don't know what to do today. Or maybe finally watch that short 3D animated One Piece movie.

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I think the obvious answer is put Rock Lee SD on my randomization list so I'll check it out one day

in the meantime it just means Tuesdays I have more time for my backloggery weeee

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Randomization backloggery. Let me help you there...

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One Piece 3D: Mugiwara Chase came up. What a coincidence. You better watch that then.

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