Captain of the Dead City
Is it just mediocre or is it off to a slow start?
"...in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
Face me now, Bitch!
Captain of the Dead City
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"Not mediocre - it's awful" or "not mediocre - it's great"?
Face me now, Bitch!
Its good.
Watch Symphogear
Captain of the Dead City
It should pick up then, and Kishimoto's name is an extra buffer against failure.
Surely he could probably retire on Naruto money at this point though? Why continue the grind?
"...in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
The Head of the Hydra
Because he wants to write manga.
He still has that creative spark.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Captain of the Dead City
Do they come out weekly? Or does he have a more lenient schedule? Maybe he just hires a bunch of assistants to pick up the slack...
Edited by GoldenKaos on Sep 9th 2019 at 4:36:24 PM
"...in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
The Head of the Hydra
Same schedule as before, he’s just doing an artist/writing duo this time.
He writes the main story while another guy draws the thing.
Edited by slimcoder on Sep 9th 2019 at 8:38:26 AM
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Captain of the Dead City
Oh, well that would be less intensive, yeah.
I'm also a bit less interested in it now, since I think his art was always one of his strong points.
"...in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
Honestly, if I hadn't been told he's not the one drawing, I'm not even sure I would have noticed… Ohkubo's artstyle is incredibly similar (though quite cluttered in the early chapters). I think Kishi does the storyboards too.
World's Cutest Direwolf
Isn't the artist one of Kishi's old assistants? Which would certainly encourage a similar artstyle.
Edited by rikalous on Sep 10th 2019 at 7:10:17 AM
yes, he was. The art is certainly inspired by kishimoto but not without it's own characteristics. I honestly dont think the manga is bad, it is a bit boring at first but it gets better as it goes. Really didnt expect it to get lower ranking than kamio yui. Speaking of kamio yui, man that one's a disappointment. Especially, since I'm a big fan of the author's debut work, nurarihyon no mago. Was one of my favorite during my college years.
Edited by jun_kagami on Sep 12th 2019 at 2:16:53 AM
Optimistic Cynic
Samurai 8's ranking = I crai erry time.
Yozakura Family wins the irony award for the week with a teacher complaining about the indecency of a married couple having a private conversation "like a dog in the heat."
World's Cutest Direwolf
I mean, I doubt she'd be thrilled to know that her students are getting hitched in high school.
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
For a good cause!
That cause being the groom not dying a horrible bloody death.
Oh God! Natural light!
World's Cutest Direwolf
Is not his purity worth more than his life?
Side note, I appreciate that we're apparently going to be getting the digital chapters on Fridays now. It's nice to not always be two days behind the scanlators.
That's just this week and next week because the magazine comes out early in Japan (Saturday instead of the usual Monday) due to holidays and whatnot. Scanlations have also been early this week (Thursday when they normally come out Friday).
And what is unchaste about him having sex with his wife? (Not that I'm sure they've even consummated their marriage yet.)
Scanlations coming out earlier can't really be helped, since there's no way legal publishers would be allowed to release the chapters before they're even out in Japan…
Anyway, I'm really digging Yozakura more and more. Don't know how long it can hold out, but so far it's a very entertaining comedy.
…Huh, well, I guess I can put on the TOC for issue 42, even if it's already apparent on Mangaplus and Shonen Jump's website.
Front color: Boku no Hero Academia
Center color: Chainsaw Man, Yuragi-sou no Yuuna-san
Random placement: Yozakura-san Chi no Daisakusen (chapter 4), Mitama Security (chapter 3)
1. One Piece
2. Dr. Stone
3. Kimetsu no Yaiba
4. Yakusoku no Neverland
5. Haikyuu!!
6. Black Clover
7. Bokutachi wa Benkyou ga Dekinai
8. Act-Age
9. Jujutsu Kaisen
10. Kamio Yui wa Kami wo Yui
11. Futari no Taisei
12. Samurai 8
13. Beast Children
14. Tokyo Shinobi Squad
I know I shouldn't be worried for S8 but… I can't help but be a little…?
Edited by Lyendith on Sep 14th 2019 at 2:24:33 PM
World's Cutest Direwolf
Even if they're ready to axe Kishi, there's still a couple series to act as ablative armor for it.
Damn. I thought two weeks in a row meant a pattern.
Optimistic Cynic
I'm scared for Samurai 8. Its better than the other manga I'm reading bar Kn Y. I want it to succeed.
Me in a nutshell (Coping with Depression)
Hopefully it'll get better in rankings and I'm planning to return to reading soon but yeah... Feelsadman. I guess this is probably because Kishimoto's a bit notorious
Edited by ElfenLiedFan90 on Sep 14th 2019 at 5:27:03 PM
"Making screw-ups and mistakes was I ever really good at. Because everything I touch went to hell."
The Head of the Hydra
Is its 1st volume already out, how are the sales?
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Really thought having kishimoto's name attached to it will give it some leeway. Guess I was wrong