Forum - View topicRIGHT TURN ONLY!! - Bye Bye Mr. Battousai
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shamelessfanboy
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I'd kill for a Nasu licensing.
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Kamon
 Posts: 70 Location: Procrastinating |
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Wow. I can hardly believe that the entire Kenshin manga is completely released in the US. It was barely five years ago that I was reading Jinchuu using the original tankouban and Maigo-chan's text translations. Now my not-as-dedicated friends can finally see much of the reasoning behind my distaste for Seisouhen.
Major kudos to Viz for giving Kenshin such an ultra-fast release schedule. |
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HitokiriShadow
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And in the last volume of Rurouni Kenshin, they even give you a nice little poster. It is shrinkwrapped because of that, so don't buy an unwrapped version if you want the poster.
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Ztarr
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I think the fact that the series goes out with a "wistful sigh" instead of a bang should be in the Pros, not the Cons of the review.
I think the whole point of the series would be lost if the story went out with a 'bang'... a wistful sigh fits the personality of Kenshin. |
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Pop-Art Samurai
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Big points for the Don Mclean reference.
One of these days I'll have to collect all of Kenshin. Some years ago, well before it was licensed I hasten to note, I read some scanlations of the first few volumes and was instantly hooked. Now I have no reason to not get it. |
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GoodLuckSaturday
 Posts: 567 Location: Indiana |
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It was nice to be able to read a RTO feature and not have the book still waiting to be read, except for Kenshin, which really, is the only manga I care about getting right now.
 It's hard dodging all the talk I've been involved with it. I wish I could find it...
Hot Gimmick was covered exceptionally.
And that's what sums it up so well. I can't imagine the empty void I'll have whenever it ends. |
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Kagemusha
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Gotta agree with you, though I'd rather see his short story collections over here, or even Tengu Party. I'm probobly a minority, but I've been disapointed with the last story arc (actually the whole manga as well) of Kenshin. I'll admit that I bought into the hype of it being this great masterpiece when it was first release, and when I was let down I was asured time and time again that the later volumes were awesome. After reading most of the series now, it's definitally one of the better examples of a shonen manga on the market, but much of the time I was skipping battle scenes only to get to so-so story development. There were certianly moments when the story enthralled me, but I guess I'm just too old to really get caught up in it. Interested in reading more of Hot Gimmick though. My tolerance for over-the-top shojo soap opera is low, so I've only read about four volumes, but I guess it doesn't get old. |
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HitokiriShadow
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I agree with you on the last story arc at least. I had heard that the Jinchuu arc was even better than the Kyoto arc but the last story arc was a bit disappointing, especially towards the end. It wasn't bad but it had some issues. The Shu-shinn/Four Gods fights in particular.
If you enjoyed the first four volumes, you'll probably enjoy the rest. If you struggled to get through those first four volumes, then I wouldn't recommend trying to force yourself to read the rest. |
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sii
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Bullsh*t. Anyone who gives Shonan Junai Gumi such a low grade simply doesn't understand good manga.
Especially if the same person gives Hot Gimmick an A- or whatever. It's just my opinion. |
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Tony K.
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What opinion? All you said was the reviewer's grade is bullsh*t. That's not an opinion, but a rant. Opinions involve detailed explanations and well-thought out sentences and/or paragraphs. |
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Nagisa
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Try explaining your opinions and being less hostile before you get banned for trolling. |
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sii
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yeah, I said the reviewer's grade is bullsh*t. That's my opinion. I'm sorry, I don't have time to give you an explanation. Some of us have lives, and don't waste them on anime message boards.
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Tony K.
Subscriber Moderator Posts: 11296 Location: Frisco, TX |
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That's still not an opinion, just a statement. And thank you for being an example of hypocrisy. You don't have time for an explaination because you have a life that you can't waste on an anime forum, then end up replying anyway by wasting your life to tell us? 
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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
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Congratulations, you win today's "trolling idiot" award! What'd you win? A lifetime ban! |
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