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Otaku_X
Joined: 25 Nov 2008
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| Death Note Another Note... xxxHOLiC AnotherHOLiC... Nisioisin isn't very clever at naming. |
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Who Is This Guy!?
Joined: 07 Aug 2008
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 2:06 am |
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| So! I'm NOT the only one who thought No Shaking Throne was one of the better volumes later on in the series! |
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teh*darkness
Joined: 16 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 3:17 am |
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Hehe, Bleach gets a lot better in the current volumes in Japan. 33-35 are really good. Lots of revelations and amazing fights.
*Just finished reading through them a couple weeks ago.* |
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minakichan
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| I pretty much don't consider Romeo X Juliet to have anything at all to do with Romeo and Juliet in the same way that Bakuretsu Tenshi/Burst Angel really has nothing to do with Little Women. When you look at it that way (i.e. random fantasy love and war story... with flying horses), the series is actually much better. |
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ankoku22
Joined: 26 Mar 2006
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Location: the American midwest
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:57 am |
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I also found Naruto vol. 32 to be a bit disappointing. And then later on, Sasuke gets so much focus that Kishimoto might as well have renamed the series after him. Bah. At least things get better when Pain appears, kills Jiraiya, and then wreaks all kinds of havoc in Konoha. Thankfully, Viz is supposed to be speeding up the U.S. releases (again) in early 2009.
As for Bleach vol. 25, that was a good read. I agree with a previous commenter who said that volumes 33-35 are good, but I'll also throw in vol. 27 too... because I'm a hopeless romantic at heart... *sniffles* |
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MPD51
Joined: 28 Nov 2008
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:57 am |
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| Heh heh. I loved the OP > Naruto, Bleach comment on the main page. Brought a smile to this fanboy's face. |
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MrAnimeSpecialist
Joined: 22 Sep 2008
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:01 pm |
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| MPD51 wrote: | | Heh heh. I loved the OP > Naruto, Bleach comment on the main page. Brought a smile to this fanboy's face. |
In my country (Canada), One Piece volumes come out at the same rate as Bleach and Naruto.
In other words, they are only a few volumes short of the most recent japanese releases! 
No offense, but you U.S. fellas generally get the short end of the stick in the manga
department. |
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DavidShallcross
Joined: 19 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:39 pm |
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| "Famously cute bacteria"? Is this Moyashimon crossover? |
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Tempest
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:25 pm |
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| MrAnimeSpecialist wrote: | | In my country (Canada), One Piece volumes come out at the same rate as Bleach and Naruto. |
(you really should point out that the situation you are referring to only applies to 1 province)
Actually, Viz will over take Kana's Naruto releases in a few months, and Quebec gets those a good 4-6 weeks after they're released in France.
But of course, we'll also have access to the Viz releases.
Quebec remains, IMHO, the best place in the world for manga outside of Japan. The two biggest non domestic (non Japanese) manga markets in the world (the USA and France) provide the manga that is available in bookstore shelves in Quebec. Quebec gets all the US manga same day and date as in the US, and all the French manga about 4-8 weeks after the French release. The best thing about it isn't getting stuff early, its that there are a lot of titles released in France that aren't available in the USA and vice versa. So Quebec has more volumes of manga on the shelf than either the USA or France. Only one catch, you need to be billingual, fortunately most people in Quebec are.
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belvadeer
Joined: 11 Jun 2006
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| I remember watching the first episode of the RxJ anime at the Expo last year. It was certainly a unique twist on Shakespeare's tragic romance. Honestly the fantasy elements like flying horses didn't bug me. Sure they were out of place, but it's called artistic creativity. Besides flying horses are kind of a romantic cliche, so it's all in good context. |
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Andrew Cunningham
Joined: 01 Feb 2006
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Location: Seattle
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 2:12 pm |
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| Actually, the anime episode adapted the novel chapter, not the other way around. |
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MrAnimeSpecialist
Joined: 22 Sep 2008
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 3:46 pm |
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| tempest wrote: | | MrAnimeSpecialist wrote: | | In my country (Canada), One Piece volumes come out at the same rate as Bleach and Naruto. |
(you really should point out that the situation you are referring to only applies to 1 province)
Actually, Viz will over take Kana's Naruto releases in a few months, and Quebec gets those a good 4-6 weeks after they're released in France.
But of course, we'll also have access to the Viz releases.
Quebec remains, IMHO, the best place in the world for manga outside of Japan. The two biggest non domestic (non Japanese) manga markets in the world (the USA and France) provide the manga that is available in bookstore shelves in Quebec. Quebec gets all the US manga same day and date as in the US, and all the French manga about 4-8 weeks after the French release. The best thing about it isn't getting stuff early, its that there are a lot of titles released in France that aren't available in the USA and vice versa. So Quebec has more volumes of manga on the shelf than either the USA or France. Only one catch, you need to be billingual, fortunately most people in Quebec are.
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It just so happens that a) I live in Québec and b) I am bilingual.  I should have mentioned that before.
Only 1 province in Canada provides so much manga? I'm glad to have been born here!  |
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marie-antoinette
Joined: 18 Sep 2005
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Location: Ottawa, Canada
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| Yeah, I am jealous of the Quebecois manga market. I'd love to pick up some French manga, if only to try and get my French skills back. But even in New Brunswick, I didn't see much of it, and NB is actually fairly bilingual (albeit often Acadian French). |
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bahamut623
Joined: 23 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 6:59 pm |
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It seems that Bleach has a knack for making the "necessary but boring" bits of shonen manga entertaining. Last time he reviewed Bleach it was during a story arc transition volume, and this time it was a training arc. Both types fall under "necessary but boring" but Kubo made them really fun to read. And you just gotta love that cover. I think Viz removing the titles from the covers was a really wise choice. While I always enjoy his funky little titles, I think the front covers have all looked much better without them...and sometimes we even get to see slightly more of the image.
As for Naruto, I agree. Nothing since the time skip has been especially interesting, but what's recently been happening in US Shonen Jump has been pretty exicting (because Naruto was actually the main focus for once). |
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MrAnimeSpecialist
Joined: 22 Sep 2008
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:48 pm |
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| bahamut623 wrote: | | I think Viz removing the titles from the covers was a really wise choice. While I always enjoy his funky little titles, I think the front covers have all looked much better without them...and sometimes we even get to see slightly more of the image. |
Well, I personally like those titles. There are so engrish-y. Luckily for me, they are kept untranslated for the french release (in english. I'm not making this up). |
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