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On February 20 2013 14:34 XenOmega wrote:
Onto another topic : How do you guys (girls) manage ongoing mangas? For example, you wait 1 month and get 1 chapter (roughly 30 pages). Is it better to just wait a long period to read a bunch of chapters or until the manga is finished before picking it up? I have a bad time getting into the mood of the manga with only 1 chapter :/ But at the same time, I don't want to wait forever to read what's going to happen next -_-
The wait is killing me
Wait the 1 week/1 month/once every 2 months for the chapters.
I personally do not like weekly chapters. That being said, most of what I follow are also weekly manga =\. Weekly chapters that have no plot (HnG) are great, you just read it for the week, laugh, and that's that.
Weekly chapters that do have plot/long term arc etc (One Piece, Fairy Tail, most shounen manga) suck. It sucks in the sense that you sometimes have to wait a full year (~40-50 chapters, sometimes more) to even finish an entire arc. It's great to marathon because you read what someone waited almost a year or more to read, in the course of an hour or so. It may also be just me, but I also tend to forget what happened the previous weeks, so manga that develop slowly over a weekly basis tends to bore me (I dropped Fairy Tail for that reason), and I'll wait for a few chapters or so to be out before I read it again.
Monthly chapters are ideal imo because they tell enough of the story in one go that you don't feel too detached, and usually give you something to look forward to the next chapter at the end. Although, unless the series is popular, scanlators tend to forget/lose interest or preoccupied with something else (I don't actually know the reason), and what releases monthly, may take longer than a month to actually translate and be able for you to read..
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Onto another topic : How do you guys (girls) manage ongoing mangas? For example, you wait 1 month and get 1 chapter (roughly 30 pages). Is it better to just wait a long period to read a bunch of chapters or until the manga is finished before picking it up? I have a bad time getting into the mood of the manga with only 1 chapter :/ But at the same time, I don't want to wait forever to read what's going to happen next -_-
The wait is killing me
I cope by moving on and getting hooked into something else to forget my misery ;; For example, I started off reading One Piece, caught up in 2 weeks, and went on to series like Skip Beat, Fairy Tail, Kamisama Hajimemashita, Kimi ni Todoke, Magi. + Show Spoiler +Reason why there are so many shoujo mangas trickled into my list is because I had actually read them before but dropped it because publication was going so slowly, so I just reread them to remember what the heck was going on.
I guess another solution for you is to pick manga with weekly publication to cut down the waiting period? Personally, I can't wait so long for a manga to finish. Like, how do you even know when they're finally going to cut off super long series?
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On February 20 2013 13:09 ragz_gt wrote:Show nested quote +On February 20 2013 12:09 Ushio wrote:On February 20 2013 08:08 ragz_gt wrote:
I think people here are divided in that some think it's a silly show that can be entertaining if you turn your brain off while others think it's worst thing ever besides GSD. I recognize the faults of GSD, but I didnt mind watching it. I really enjoyed the soundtrack but I watched it mainly because of the mecha fights and how hilarious Jesus Yamato is. Also Mu resurrecting himself from the dead. It's just that people who love CGR2 / SAO tends to love GSD, same with people who hate them.
rofl i hate destiny for a passion LOL
@ 'you die in game = die irl' is the whole point why i like the first half of SAO.
On February 20 2013 14:34 XenOmega wrote:
Onto another topic : How do you guys (girls) manage ongoing mangas? For example, you wait 1 month and get 1 chapter (roughly 30 pages). Is it better to just wait a long period to read a bunch of chapters or until the manga is finished before picking it up? I have a bad time getting into the mood of the manga with only 1 chapter :/ But at the same time, I don't want to wait forever to read what's going to happen next -_-
The wait is killing me
I definitely think that people who can wait for a long period of time and read the finished manga series would be best but for myself sometimes I hate myself for gotten into some 'black holes', like Guyver and Five Star Stories and I still want to know the ending of Conan albeit i dont chase it every week now.
While for chasing everyweek (OP etc) or every month (Claymore, Kyojin etc), the waiting/torture is almost like a crusade for us manga fans. I find it very cool to chase some mangas with alot of other manga fans lol
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On February 20 2013 15:08 BurningSera wrote:Show nested quote +On February 20 2013 13:09 ragz_gt wrote:On February 20 2013 12:09 Ushio wrote:On February 20 2013 08:08 ragz_gt wrote:
I think people here are divided in that some think it's a silly show that can be entertaining if you turn your brain off while others think it's worst thing ever besides GSD. I recognize the faults of GSD, but I didnt mind watching it. I really enjoyed the soundtrack but I watched it mainly because of the mecha fights and how hilarious Jesus Yamato is. Also Mu resurrecting himself from the dead. It's just that people who love CGR2 / SAO tends to love GSD, same with people who hate them. rofl i hate destiny for a passion LOL @ 'you die in game = die irl' is the whole point why i like the first half of SAO.
But I'm curious why you think that's special. Isn't "getting killed=you die" standard in almost any action/fantasy/adventure show? Is it just the novelty of it being in a video game that makes it different?
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On February 20 2013 14:49 Sentenal wrote:Show nested quote +On February 20 2013 14:34 XenOmega wrote:
I must admit that I enjoyed more AW overall. SAO started great. I liked the idea of you getting killed = you dying IRL. But then, shit happened, and the anime turned into garbage. Is the idea of "you getting killed=you die" really that special? I mean I guess there is the novelty value that its actually a video game, but the anime itself barely touches on alot of those themes/ideas.
^^ this was exactly the problem I had with SAO. I felt that there was a lot of potential to explore the effects of knowing that your death in game would result in your actual death, and then it completely gets forgotten by everyone in the story.
Edit: yes, it was because you were in a video game that made it kind of novel.
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On February 20 2013 15:17 Sentenal wrote:Show nested quote +On February 20 2013 15:08 BurningSera wrote:On February 20 2013 13:09 ragz_gt wrote:On February 20 2013 12:09 Ushio wrote:On February 20 2013 08:08 ragz_gt wrote:
I think people here are divided in that some think it's a silly show that can be entertaining if you turn your brain off while others think it's worst thing ever besides GSD. I recognize the faults of GSD, but I didnt mind watching it. I really enjoyed the soundtrack but I watched it mainly because of the mecha fights and how hilarious Jesus Yamato is. Also Mu resurrecting himself from the dead. It's just that people who love CGR2 / SAO tends to love GSD, same with people who hate them. rofl i hate destiny for a passion LOL @ 'you die in game = die irl' is the whole point why i like the first half of SAO. But I'm curious why you think that's special. Isn't "getting killed=you die" standard in almost any action/fantasy/adventure show? Is it just the novelty of it being in a video game that makes it different?
I thought the premise was great because the world still behaved exactly like a videogame. That is, anyone, in theory, could've become OP kirito and godmode the game with enough training and imba equips. However, the fear of dying prevents a lot of the players from viewing it like that and the story did touch a bit on stuff like people deciding to just live there like a normal life vs trying to escape or players trying to guarantee their own survival at the cost of others'...in the end it didn't go anywhere and became the trash that we know and love to hate, but I do still think the initial premise was a good idea.
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Finished watching Steins Gate. It was some good stuff. + Show Spoiler +Woulda been the saddest thing ever if at the end of episode 25 she said she didn't love him, but it was kinda obvious what she was gonna do.
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On February 20 2013 14:34 XenOmega wrote:
Onto another topic : How do you guys (girls) manage ongoing mangas? For example, you wait 1 month and get 1 chapter (roughly 30 pages). Is it better to just wait a long period to read a bunch of chapters or until the manga is finished before picking it up? I have a bad time getting into the mood of the manga with only 1 chapter :/ But at the same time, I don't want to wait forever to read what's going to happen next -_-
The wait is killing me
Check the update list everyday (usually 50~) and read the followed ones that are updated. If you miss one you'd just catch them when next chapter is out.
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How should i go about following the next season? I mean when does it start and where do i check what animes are out. I've never done it before, always watched series fully released.
Really want to check Shingeki no Kyojin and Susei no Gargantia.
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On February 20 2013 15:48 KazeHydra wrote:Show nested quote +On February 20 2013 15:17 Sentenal wrote:
But I'm curious why you think that's special. Isn't "getting killed=you die" standard in almost any action/fantasy/adventure show? Is it just the novelty of it being in a video game that makes it different? I thought the premise was great because the world still behaved exactly like a videogame. That is, anyone, in theory, could've become OP kirito and godmode the game with enough training and imba equips.
Cue Kaal's eyerolls about SAO only being popular because of self-insertion.
I thought the premise of SAO was interesting because of true death but that's partly an indictment on the Japanese anime/manga/LN industry having major issues with actually killing off characters. I thought everything else on it was absolute trash. I was able to rate the first vol slightly highly because I'm always soft on "first books" and such by authors (in general, an author's first work always has rough edges because they're not comfortable with it yet), and if it had ended there I would have been perfectly fine with it. Alas.
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On February 20 2013 23:02 Yagami wrote:
How should i go about following the next season? I mean when does it start and where do i check what animes are out. I've never done it before, always watched series fully released.
Really want to check Shingeki no Kyojin and Susei no Galgantia.
New season of anime start beginning on Jan / April / July / Oct, and are called winter / spring / summer / fall seasons. Usually but not always, spring / fall season are more loaded than winter / summer.
http://neregate.com/blog/2013/02/13/spring-2013-anime/ (this site has NSFW stuff so don't wonder around carelessly. The link itself is safe)
http://www.animeph.com/spring-2013-new-anime-season-preview-list
are pretty good place to look for new releases.
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They're rerunning Katanagatari? o_O
That's interesting.
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Not surprising though since original was monthly. And they might try to milk it before Monogatari S2.
Anyone here reading Shokugeki no Soma? Like manga Iron Chef, food so far seems pretty accurate.
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On February 20 2013 15:36 nohbrows wrote:Show nested quote +On February 20 2013 14:49 Sentenal wrote:On February 20 2013 14:34 XenOmega wrote:
I must admit that I enjoyed more AW overall. SAO started great. I liked the idea of you getting killed = you dying IRL. But then, shit happened, and the anime turned into garbage. Is the idea of "you getting killed=you die" really that special? I mean I guess there is the novelty value that its actually a video game, but the anime itself barely touches on alot of those themes/ideas. ^^ this was exactly the problem I had with SAO. I felt that there was a lot of potential to explore the effects of knowing that your death in game would result in your actual death, and then it completely gets forgotten by everyone in the story. Edit: yes, it was because you were in a video game that made it kind of novel.
...It would've been worse if it was just a moody anime about everyone doing nothing because they're too afraid of dying ie I won't go out of my house because I might die.
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On February 21 2013 01:22 Sereal wrote:Show nested quote +On February 20 2013 15:36 nohbrows wrote:On February 20 2013 14:49 Sentenal wrote:On February 20 2013 14:34 XenOmega wrote:
I must admit that I enjoyed more AW overall. SAO started great. I liked the idea of you getting killed = you dying IRL. But then, shit happened, and the anime turned into garbage. Is the idea of "you getting killed=you die" really that special? I mean I guess there is the novelty value that its actually a video game, but the anime itself barely touches on alot of those themes/ideas. ^^ this was exactly the problem I had with SAO. I felt that there was a lot of potential to explore the effects of knowing that your death in game would result in your actual death, and then it completely gets forgotten by everyone in the story. Edit: yes, it was because you were in a video game that made it kind of novel. ...It would've been worse if it was just a moody anime about everyone doing nothing because they're too afraid of dying ie I won't go out of my house because I might die.
Some of the stories kinda covered that, except it was hardly explored at all. While it'd make a retarded main theme, it wouldn't hurt to explore it.
But I guess it is easier just to insert tsundere Asuna.
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She became tsundere? That's hilarious, and reminds me of http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm20108789
On February 20 2013 14:34 XenOmega wrote:
Onto another topic : How do you guys (girls) manage ongoing mangas?
I follow stuff on monthly basis. I don't really follow mostly weeklies, too much of a hassle. When I do, it's in English, because it's less work that way.
For monthly manga (or longer, given that the original Yurihime was trimonthly, so I have no pity or respect for anyone who complains about "oh god one month") I just use Share.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/stQTFgP.png)
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Well, if you read Yurihime...
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On February 20 2013 23:21 Southlight wrote:Show nested quote +On February 20 2013 15:48 KazeHydra wrote:On February 20 2013 15:17 Sentenal wrote:
But I'm curious why you think that's special. Isn't "getting killed=you die" standard in almost any action/fantasy/adventure show? Is it just the novelty of it being in a video game that makes it different? I thought the premise was great because the world still behaved exactly like a videogame. That is, anyone, in theory, could've become OP kirito and godmode the game with enough training and imba equips. Cue Kaal's eyerolls about SAO only being popular because of self-insertion.
lol I guess I shouldn't have been sarcastic. I just meant training/farming is actually a legitimate way to get stronger.
Also uta, Amnesia ep7. Kento. rofl too funny.
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On February 21 2013 03:28 KazeHydra wrote:Show nested quote +On February 20 2013 23:21 Southlight wrote:On February 20 2013 15:48 KazeHydra wrote:On February 20 2013 15:17 Sentenal wrote:
But I'm curious why you think that's special. Isn't "getting killed=you die" standard in almost any action/fantasy/adventure show? Is it just the novelty of it being in a video game that makes it different? I thought the premise was great because the world still behaved exactly like a videogame. That is, anyone, in theory, could've become OP kirito and godmode the game with enough training and imba equips. Cue Kaal's eyerolls about SAO only being popular because of self-insertion. lol I guess I shouldn't have been sarcastic. I just meant training/farming is actually a legitimate way to get stronger. Also uta, Amnesia ep7. Kento. rofl too funny.
Even still, the idea of training/looking for a legendary weapon to get stronger isn't uncommon in the fantasy genre, so I don't know why that would add to how interesting the premise is.
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lol I got bored during Kento route even though I think he was an interesting character. Too much straight-forward romance x_X I like the anime pacing more, but the VN isn't even that long. I dunno.
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