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REVIEW: Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun GN 1


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chito895



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:15 am Reply with quote
I wasn't sure if I should buy the manga of Nozaki-kun, mostly because I'm not that fan of 4-panel manga. But after reading the review, I'll give it a chance once I have some spare money. I just hope I find it as funny as its adaptation.

I'm still waiting for a 2nd season of the anime, though.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:27 am Reply with quote
I haven't gotten my copy yet. A look at the pre-orders shows it is due this coming Wednesday from the comic shop. I'm looking forward to it. If it is anywhere near as good as the anime it will be a great read.
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Utsuro no Hako



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 11:51 am Reply with quote
Appropriately enough, Gangan Online also published Daily Lives of High School Boys, along with Watamote and Barakamon. I think being an online magazine makes them more willing to experiment with oddball series that have a different sense of humor from the standard gag manga.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 12:18 pm Reply with quote
I really love nozokai which make it sad to me that fans always seem to ignore my merchandise for it at my booth.
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Key
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 1:47 pm Reply with quote
How closely (or not) is the manga adapted by the anime version? Given that the anime version is (arguably) the best anime comedy of the past decade, is the anime version an improvement on the manga?
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killjoy_the



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 2:13 pm Reply with quote
Key wrote:
How closely (or not) is the manga adapted by the anime version? Given that the anime version is (arguably) the best anime comedy of the past decade, is the anime version an improvement on the manga?


The anime is a pretty faithful adaptation. It changed the order of some minor things around but that's it. So if you don't want more of the same, avoid the first few volumes of the manga.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 3:56 pm Reply with quote
In that case, then, at what point does the manga go beyond what was animated?
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killjoy_the



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 4:11 pm Reply with quote
According to mangaupdates

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Anime Start/End Chapter
Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1
Ends at Vol 4, Chap 46 (Including Specials)


TVTropes put it this way though

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The anime usually follows the manga strips it chooses to adapt pretty faithfully (especially in the first 2 and a half episodes) while building on the scenes from the manga, and it gives (a little) more plot by further emphasising Sakura and Nozaki's relationship (such as the anime-original ending). However the order of the chapters adapted also changes frequently and some chapters are often altered or have scenes left out in order to fit more chapters in the episode.


I myself didn't mind the same jokes with the little details added, but if it's a deal breaker for you then wait a while.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 9:00 pm Reply with quote
One note on the realities of printing books: generally, a book is made up of "signatures" consisting of 8 or 16 pages (16 is most common). This is based on the way a single large sheet of paper folds down--think of when you were a kid (unless I was the only nerd who did this) and made your own little "books" by folding a piece of paper in half, quarters, eighths, and then trimming off the folded outer edges to get separate pages. The printer prints the page content on these large sheets of paper, then folds them, binds the book together, and trims the edges clean.

That means it's not so easy to just add 1-2 pages at the end of a book to fit the translation notes when there isn't a spare page in the Japanese book that can be put to use for this purpose. You actually have to add 8 or 16 pages, and fill them all with ads, a preview of the next book (or another series), or random panels extracted from the pages like Tokyopop did in their later years... (I never understood why they did that until I started working in this industry. I still think it was an odd choice.)

There's my inside info :) I'm just sorry I don't have a good joke to round it off!
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:08 pm Reply with quote
FFS, Sentai, Blu-Ray of this… when?!
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Princess_Irene
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 7:53 am Reply with quote
Thanks, Lys! Then I amend my complaint to "a note saying where the translation notes are would have been nice." Very Happy Both inside covers were used for what I assume to be the original under-the-dust-jacket comics, but a little asterisk with a page number on the title page might have worked.
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John Thacker



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 9:02 am Reply with quote
killjoy_the wrote:
According to mangaupdates

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Anime Start/End Chapter
Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1
Ends at Vol 4, Chap 46 (Including Specials)


I myself didn't mind the same jokes with the little details added, but if it's a deal breaker for you then wait a while.


Yeah, I'd agree with that. We own the Japanese volumes one through five, and four ends with the festival (they tack on a little bit more for closure in the anime.) There are jokes and scenes throughout the way that aren't in the anime, so I don't think you'll be disappointed buying it rather than waiting for volume 5.

Note that by the tankobon numbering the anime part ends with chapter 40, which is the end of volume 4. Perhaps the numbering is different online? I don't see anything from 第41号 onwards in the anime.

Princess_Irene wrote:
Both inside covers were used for what I assume to be the original under-the-dust-jacket comics


Your assumption is correct here. Smile
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Ali07



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 9:20 am Reply with quote
This is one series where I'm torn. While I really enjoyed the anime, and would like to see more...I'm unsure if I should. Loved how the ended the anime, as it felt very fitting, and I do wonder if my journey with these characters should really end there or not.

I'd say that Kawai Complex is in a similar boat. The endings felt very satisfying to me, and I do wonder if I look at what is beyond will destroy the initial journey.
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Merxamers



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 4:50 pm Reply with quote
As soon as i saw this review, i rushed to my comic book shop to pick it up- only to find out it's not coming out until December 20th!!! Y u do dis ANN :'(
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 5:42 pm Reply with quote
Oh no, really? It has a release date of 11/17 according to the encyclopedia...(my bookshop cares nothing for official release dates, so I can usually get stuff early.) Are you outside the US? That might do it.
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