Topic: Jap Comic Books (Read 33007 times)

Koah · « **Reply #240 on:** February 03, 2011, 09:12:45 AM »

Quote from: Demosprite on February 02, 2011, 06:21:44 PM

http://www.borders.com/online/store/UsedSearchResults?sku=1597961728&type=1

WHAT IN THE SEVEN FUCKS IS THIS SHITTING BOOK PRINTED ON

SOLID FUCKING GOLD? THE WOOD OF THE TRUE CROSS

I JUST WANT TO FINISH MY STORY ABOUT A MOON CRASHING CRAZY VAMPIRE AND THE KID WITH THE DEVIL AND VAGUE CHRISTIAN IMAGREY AND THIS SHIT IS FUCKING NUTS

Isn't it sad, Lyrai? ;_;

A² · « **Reply #241 on:** February 03, 2011, 09:16:01 AM »

I'm spending most of today when I'm not writing my paper trying to track down 2,3, 4, and 6.

YES IT SAD.

DestyNova · « **Reply #242 on:** February 03, 2011, 03:40:13 PM »

Anyone still following Battle Angel Alita? Alita has become some sort of Un-character ever since she went catgirl. Getting a Mary Sue label in a mass of Mary Sues has to be some sort of record since I am finding myself enjoying the stories of Sechs,Zetta and Super Thunder Cyborg whose name I've forgotten much more than her's. The Doomed to die contestants are more interesting.

Saturn · « **Reply #243 on:** February 03, 2011, 05:07:18 PM »

Zekka Sechs and Toji are fucking amazing

and yeah, Gally got really really fucking aloof after she went catgirl and it annoys me

Büge · « **Reply #244 on:** February 03, 2011, 11:19:32 PM »

They turned her into a catgirl? D:

Saturn · « **Reply #245 on:** February 04, 2011, 05:27:21 AM »

Not exactly, her newest body has a tail (or at least the jacket does) though

DestyNova · « **Reply #246 on:** February 04, 2011, 08:52:40 AM »

Not only that, she spends a lot of her time sleeping and eating. Only waking up to punch something before scurrying off.

Mongrel · « **Reply #247 on:** February 04, 2011, 11:15:22 AM »

I was reading that for a while because I really liked the art style that Alita had reached at the end of the original series (the only original-series book I still own is the last volume... I think? I may have the third and fourth ones.), but I think I stopped collecting last order after the fifth or sixth volume. It had just become another one of those meaninglessly overcomplicated non-plots that latter-day Manga are fond of. It's not that I hated it, I just couldn't be bothered to keep up.

JDigital · « **Reply #248 on:** April 21, 2011, 07:30:51 PM »

The final remaining chapters of Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku have been translated.

If you weren't following this series, Mangafox finally sorted the duplicate and out-of-order chapters they had, so now's a good time to start. Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku follows former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi as he battles world leaders for global stakes in the manliest contest known to man: mahjong.

Handy tinyurl link: http://tinyurl.com/legend-of-koizumi

Addendum: This is the song which plays during the final chapter starting on page 13.
戦士の休息〔町田義人〕

TA · « **Reply #249 on:** July 13, 2011, 11:37:56 AM »

Bongo Bill · « **Reply #250 on:** July 13, 2011, 02:03:27 PM »

You're gonna have to explain that one to me.

A² · « **Reply #251 on:** July 13, 2011, 03:06:09 PM »

Miura is both the author of ultraviolet fantasy manganese Berserk, and famous for delays in new chapters.

A² · « **Reply #252 on:** July 13, 2011, 03:07:09 PM »

Manga

Saturn · « **Reply #253 on:** July 14, 2011, 08:05:29 PM »

Kamui Gakupo is the vocaloid he designed.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #254 on:** November 25, 2011, 08:52:33 PM »

I'm reading Golden Boy and... and...

man, what the hell

JDigital · « **Reply #255 on:** November 27, 2011, 12:41:14 PM »

STUDY STUDY STUDY STUDY STUDY STUDY STUDY STUDY STUDY STUDY STUDY

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #256 on:** November 27, 2011, 01:08:20 PM »

I can get behind the short arcs and one shot chapters, but man, the long arcs get downright weird, even by insane manga standards. But especially the bits about the people with crazy magnetic personalities that develop cults through sadomasochism and urine-drinking.

I can't even begin wrap my head around the several chapters-long sex scene interspersed with tirades against academia.

Büge · « **Reply #257 on:** March 12, 2013, 03:44:13 PM »

Toren Smith, one of the first English translators of manga, has passed away.

Mongrel · « **Reply #258 on:** March 12, 2013, 04:27:31 PM »

Oh shit. Wow. Smith was a pillar. His translations were not only seminal, they were amazingly good; easily some of the best work I've ever read. He did such an incredible job preserving story and meaning.

Smiler · « **Reply #259 on:** May 03, 2013, 10:52:55 AM »

Hinamatsuri, a story about a 13 year old possibly alien telekinetic girl magically appearing in some yakuza guy's house and making everyone involved suffer greatly. Probably the most realistic single dad manga ever.

Oh, and the translation work is pretty abysmal for the first 5 or so chapters, but it improves after that. Even through that the thing manages to be pretty entertaining.

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