Well, I'd certainly hope no one likes those characters for that particular reason, but unfortunately some of the evidence suggests otherwise. But really, those are some of my reasons for disliking them, and I didn't intend to apply them to the rest of you.
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Well, I'd certainly hope no one likes those characters for that particular reason, but unfortunately some of the evidence suggests otherwise. But really, those are some of my reasons for disliking them, and I didn't intend to apply them to the rest of you.
Ayo Envelope be keeping it real as fuck on the real. I swear if I read more manga like ya'll lames me and him would see eye to eye.
Anyway, since we're doing this for real.
Best Manga of The Big 3 (It's all I read): Bleach
This arc, so far, has made for one of the best Bleach years overall. We got reveals, fresh faces, an incredible fight, an incredible death, and the foundations have been set for a dope-ass ride going forward. With so many mysteries still remaining, Kubo seems set to give us the goods. The initial invasion was well done and the pacing is perfectly fine at this point. Fortunately, we've also gotten a balance of storytelling and fights so far, along with humor and seriousness.
High Points
-Yama vs Bach and it's great conclusion
-Unohana Kenpachi reveal
-Byakuya vs As Nodt fight
-This line alone: "My arrows are stronger than Uryu Ishida's? Impossible" - Opie
-Royal Guard & Spirit Palace...arrival
-AIZEN NAME DROPS ALL OVER THE PLACE
Low Points
-Byakuya vs As Nodt's outcome; waste a bunch of time giving Byakuya's death screentime then bringing him back
-Ichigo's "arrival" to the invasion; don't waste an entire chapter on this shit
-The very start with all that Yuki nonsense
Overall, I give Bleach's year a B. You thought you could get away from the grades? FUCK NAH.
Worst Manga of The Big 3: Naruto
Man, where can I start with this. See, people seem to think I just hate Naruto innately. Nope, my hate for Naruto's current state of shit is born out of love. Naruto (outside of DBZ & Sailor Moon, but those don't count) was the first anime I started watching and manga I started reading. As a young ass teenager, I loved it. And looking back on it, there was a good reason. Part 1 was awesome. But 2012 ain't about part 1. From the incredible stupid Kabuto flashback to the completely hollow Obito flashback, to the stupid Edo Tensei fights and the ineptitude of Sasuke during the Itachi teamup, everything about it has been incredibly disappointing. I only hope that things become crazy in the next year which will make for entertainment.
High Points
-Orochimaru's return
-Tobi's reveal (why? because we got it out of the way.)
-Hinata/Naruto
Low Points
-Bee becoming inevitable fodder
-The terrible uniting of Kyuubi and Naruto; that flashback with the sage talking to the mini Kyuubi and such was just plain awful.
-Sasuke doing absolutely nothing in his fight with Itachi; there was a lot riding on that, it was supposed to be epic. Instead, Naruto and Itachi's teamup was more important.
-All flashbacks involved
-The Tobi reveal, because Obito is the worst charater currently in this manga.
Overall, I give this year of Naruto a D+. There were moments, but the cons so outheavily weighed the pros.
Why One Piece gets neither award
One Piece is currently kind of just floating in the middle. One Piece, in my eyes, has never really been flat out bad. No, it hasn't dropped to those levels in quite a while. It's fine, whatever.
But that's the problem. For me, it's 'just fine' too much. It doesn't get high nor low, it gets 'high' every so often because of how fucking huge the world is.
Anyway, about this year. It was okay at best. It was predictable and boring. And both villains in each arc were annoying & uninspired. Still, as ALWAYS with One Piece, looking forward is exciting, the Law and Smoker appearances truly saved this arc for me. I also found that there were no incredible standout moments for any of the strawhats. Everything Luffy did was badass, but not surprising. I want more surprise out of Oda for the next year, and while I love that he has shown us minor parts of the New World, I really want the next arc to be epic. Doflamingo's presence is one of those things that will really get this ball rolling.
High Points
-Law vs Smoker...awesome fight
-Law teamup with Strawhats
-All of the Doflamingo scenes
-Knowing of the rest of the New World (Kidd, etc.)
Low Points
-Ceasar
-Nothing surprising out of any of the strawhats
-The "running around building A/B/C/D" was too dragged out.
-FI
Overall, I give this year of One Piece a C+.
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Best Fight Of The Year
Yama vs Bach
Best Reveal of The Year
Unohana Kenpachi
Best Teamup of The Year
Strawhat Pirates + Law
Best villain of The Year
Aizen. See: Infinite Justice's truth. Tied up and still styling.
Anyway, since we're doing this for real.
Best Manga of The Big 3 (It's all I read): Bleach
This arc, so far, has made for one of the best Bleach years overall. We got reveals, fresh faces, an incredible fight, an incredible death, and the foundations have been set for a dope-ass ride going forward. With so many mysteries still remaining, Kubo seems set to give us the goods. The initial invasion was well done and the pacing is perfectly fine at this point. Fortunately, we've also gotten a balance of storytelling and fights so far, along with humor and seriousness.
High Points
-Yama vs Bach and it's great conclusion
-Unohana Kenpachi reveal
-Byakuya vs As Nodt fight
-This line alone: "My arrows are stronger than Uryu Ishida's? Impossible" - Opie
-Royal Guard & Spirit Palace...arrival
-AIZEN NAME DROPS ALL OVER THE PLACE
Low Points
-Byakuya vs As Nodt's outcome; waste a bunch of time giving Byakuya's death screentime then bringing him back
-Ichigo's "arrival" to the invasion; don't waste an entire chapter on this shit
-The very start with all that Yuki nonsense
Overall, I give Bleach's year a B. You thought you could get away from the grades? FUCK NAH.
Worst Manga of The Big 3: Naruto
Man, where can I start with this. See, people seem to think I just hate Naruto innately. Nope, my hate for Naruto's current state of shit is born out of love. Naruto (outside of DBZ & Sailor Moon, but those don't count) was the first anime I started watching and manga I started reading. As a young ass teenager, I loved it. And looking back on it, there was a good reason. Part 1 was awesome. But 2012 ain't about part 1. From the incredible stupid Kabuto flashback to the completely hollow Obito flashback, to the stupid Edo Tensei fights and the ineptitude of Sasuke during the Itachi teamup, everything about it has been incredibly disappointing. I only hope that things become crazy in the next year which will make for entertainment.
High Points
-Orochimaru's return
-Tobi's reveal (why? because we got it out of the way.)
-Hinata/Naruto
Low Points
-Bee becoming inevitable fodder
-The terrible uniting of Kyuubi and Naruto; that flashback with the sage talking to the mini Kyuubi and such was just plain awful.
-Sasuke doing absolutely nothing in his fight with Itachi; there was a lot riding on that, it was supposed to be epic. Instead, Naruto and Itachi's teamup was more important.
-All flashbacks involved
-The Tobi reveal, because Obito is the worst charater currently in this manga.
Overall, I give this year of Naruto a D+. There were moments, but the cons so outheavily weighed the pros.
Why One Piece gets neither award
One Piece is currently kind of just floating in the middle. One Piece, in my eyes, has never really been flat out bad. No, it hasn't dropped to those levels in quite a while. It's fine, whatever.
But that's the problem. For me, it's 'just fine' too much. It doesn't get high nor low, it gets 'high' every so often because of how fucking huge the world is.
Anyway, about this year. It was okay at best. It was predictable and boring. And both villains in each arc were annoying & uninspired. Still, as ALWAYS with One Piece, looking forward is exciting, the Law and Smoker appearances truly saved this arc for me. I also found that there were no incredible standout moments for any of the strawhats. Everything Luffy did was badass, but not surprising. I want more surprise out of Oda for the next year, and while I love that he has shown us minor parts of the New World, I really want the next arc to be epic. Doflamingo's presence is one of those things that will really get this ball rolling.
High Points
-Law vs Smoker...awesome fight
-Law teamup with Strawhats
-All of the Doflamingo scenes
-Knowing of the rest of the New World (Kidd, etc.)
Low Points
-Ceasar
-Nothing surprising out of any of the strawhats
-The "running around building A/B/C/D" was too dragged out.
-FI
Overall, I give this year of One Piece a C+.
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Best Fight Of The Year
Yama vs Bach
Best Reveal of The Year
Unohana Kenpachi
Best Teamup of The Year
Strawhat Pirates + Law
Best villain of The Year
Aizen. See: Infinite Justice's truth. Tied up and still styling.
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Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
gundamkyoukai
Member
Nothing really much happen in the anime OP thread .
We do get a few new people that now watching and we have DTL posting gifs lol .
The anime being 1:1 really hurt it .
brotkasten
Member
I've finally completed my list of manga I haven't read, but want to read:
6000
7 Seeds
Hideout
Magi
Mardock Scramble
Medaka Box
Pluto
Rainbow
Ryuuroden
And the list of manga I have to catch up to:
Beelzebub
Fairy Tail
Hunter X Hunter
Kimi no Iru Machi (what? I need my rage!)
One Piece
Shaman King
I think I read too much shonen.
6000
7 Seeds
Hideout
Magi
Mardock Scramble
Medaka Box
Pluto
Rainbow
Ryuuroden
And the list of manga I have to catch up to:
Beelzebub
Fairy Tail
Hunter X Hunter
Kimi no Iru Machi (what? I need my rage!)
One Piece
Shaman King
I think I read too much shonen.
:lol
Man I used to read quite a few more but damn you know how shit happens.
For 2013 I plan to pick back up:
Beelzebub
TWGOK
Shingeki No Kyojin
And also start something new.
Shoujo stands waiting with open arms!
And speaking of Shoujo, I noticed recently that Kaichou wa Maid-sama is still going on, that should've ended years ago when it was still good.
gundamkyoukai
Member
I would say you can read the novels if you want .
Shoujo stands waiting with open arms!
And speaking of Shoujo, I noticed recently that Kaichou wa Maid-sama is still going on, that should've ended years ago when it was still good.
It suppose to be ending soon i think 3 or 4 more chapters .
"God's Beard!"
Member
There, made it easier for you.
Infinite Justice
Member
Dude you really need to fix this tbh. I'm not saying to go all out like flawfuls but check some other stuff out at least.
Glad to see someone else agrees with my Best Villian choice.
From the few times i checked in i saw DTL trying to bring his game there LOL and actually i'm not really interested some of these anime since i read or i'm currently reading the manga version.
brotkasten
Member
Don't worry, I plan to start with 7 Seeds. I already read the first chapter and the art put me a bit off, but I already told you, that you convinced me to put this on top of my list and that's the next manga I'll start.
Time to start marathoning the manga. I always thought the MC looked good but never had it in me to start another endless shoujo
While this is welcome news, it would've made more of a difference to my feelings towards the series if it happened a year or so ago.
Usui maxed out the bishie sliders during the character creation phase.
Infinite Justice
Member
Just floating doing jackshit until Kubo is ready for him again?
the line Stat Flow Posted is the only thing keeping him relevant at the moment for me (more than the enemies being Quincy imo)
gundamkyoukai
Member
Okay hold off on reading Kaichou wa Maid-sama i swear i read it was going to end soon .
Now i can't find any thing about it WTF must be going crazy .
Now i can't find any thing about it WTF must be going crazy .
It was too good to be true.
I guess I can always just rewatch the anime since that had a good ending!
BassForever
Member
Honestly I probably put fairy tail too low. I really couldn't get into it til the jellal arc, since then it's gotten better and better
gundamkyoukai
Member
Kuroko no Basket 196
Forget to post about this .
Not a bad chapter it was expected for Kise to come and kick ass.
Seeing it color was cool .
Forget to post about this .
Not a bad chapter it was expected for Kise to come and kick ass.
Seeing it color was cool .
No minus points for Neji going out like a chump?
Crash Station
Member
Molester Man 12
How much longer before shit gets real?
How much longer before shit gets real?
My point was you said Kumagawa and then described a different character entirely. People like Kumagawa due to his antics. Though, I actually don't like him as much as the rest of GAF (all about Zenkichi for me).
Anshin'in, though, I do like. Her trolling is so good. Powers are irrelevant.
Infinite Justice
Member
Neji is just that irrelevant i guess (or he's not dead :trollface)
you have deceived me gundamkyoukai and now I'm all sad
6 more chapters I guess?
Who is Neji?
Watch the anime instead!
brotkasten
Member
If you don't like it at this point, then I don't think you ever will. Also, you don't have a heart.
Tenten's boyfriend.
gundamkyoukai
Member
Crash Station
Member
Seems like the Katawa Shoujo effect to me. Not getting the feels at all like everyone else is. It's just boring.
One of the Main characters of Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth.
7 Seeds 4-11
Getting even better. Through all the twists and turns I was thinking, man, this is really cool. Semimaru is becoming a fave of mine, but it might be due to his less antagonistic nature since his first appearance. Something tells me it won't last long though... Anyway, Hana is a great female character from what I've read. Strong-willed, confident, and knows how to take care of herself. Really liked
.
It does get me thinking how I'd react to in their situation though...
Getting even better. Through all the twists and turns I was thinking, man, this is really cool. Semimaru is becoming a fave of mine, but it might be due to his less antagonistic nature since his first appearance. Something tells me it won't last long though... Anyway, Hana is a great female character from what I've read. Strong-willed, confident, and knows how to take care of herself. Really liked
Yanagi's death too, even if he was a prick
It does get me thinking how I'd react to in their situation though...
The Molester Man live action movie was pretty much insufferable. All of the actors are even worse than your average Japanese actor, the worst being molester himself but that may be due to the movie's portrayal of him. He's pretty much a carbon copy of the Densha Otoko dude (the one in the dorama version, I'm not familiar with any other version of DO), so the picture book otaku type who cannot speak more than 3 words at a time even if his life depends on it. Manga molester is basically a god compared to this poor fuck. There's no smex, no Sachiko, no male waiter, no Aizen-sama and literally no tension at all at any time.
The only good part about this movie are the animated and talking 2ch ASCII arts I guess.
Now that's out of the way, it's time for more of My Girl.
The only good part about this movie are the animated and talking 2ch ASCII arts I guess.
No, I didn't expect it to be any better.
Now that's out of the way, it's time for more of My Girl.
I'm disappointed in you, Cosmic.
Seems like the Katawa Shoujo effect to me. Not getting the feels at all like everyone else is. It's just boring.
Meccanical
Member
Who is Rock Lee?
Infinite Justice
Member
brotkasten
Member
You don't remember Tenten? The strong and independent goddess of weapons? She was pretty great in that one battle with that other enemy.
She can have any man she wants. She even resisted Sasuke, when every other stupid woman was falling for him (more like failing, amirite?).
curlyfriski
Banned
She lost to a fan. A fan.
Meccanical
Member
That's cool and all but has she ever won a fight?
A Huge Battleship
Member
EArTH 21
In a last ditch effort to comprehend the plot, I'll wait for the last 7 chapters before picking this up again. It's probably not that complicated but all these breaks are making it hard to remember anything.
Matchstick Twenty 0
Scanning the prologue, I see a high school girl with a rifle and detonator storming an office building while yelling about being a terrorist. Added to backlog.
Not sure if you're asking where my avatar's from there, but if so check the top left of the image in the post you quoted.
In a last ditch effort to comprehend the plot, I'll wait for the last 7 chapters before picking this up again. It's probably not that complicated but all these breaks are making it hard to remember anything.
Matchstick Twenty 0
Scanning the prologue, I see a high school girl with a rifle and detonator storming an office building while yelling about being a terrorist. Added to backlog.
I choose to take that as a compliment, so thanks! I'll try to be A Huge Battleshippy in 2013 as well.
Not sure if you're asking where my avatar's from there, but if so check the top left of the image in the post you quoted.
brotkasten
Member
To be fair, it was a huge fan. Like, bigger than her. It would be pretty hard for everyone to win that.
Does it really matter? All that matters is that she fights with her heart and gives it all. That her way of the ninja.
And I'm sure once she finds out about Neji, she'll go berserk. Poor Obito.
Isn't that everyone's though??????????????????????????
dakkumauji
Member
Tonari no Onigo 01
Guy who can sense supernatural stuff meets an oni girl who wants to be a human. Looks funny enough to keep reading just from the first chapter.
Guy who can sense supernatural stuff meets an oni girl who wants to be a human. Looks funny enough to keep reading just from the first chapter.
brotkasten
Member
Are you really trying to downplay her amazing achievements? I mean, she survived this war, unlike Neji and a bunch of other no-names.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
She beat her clone. So even in winning, she lost
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