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Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#5976: Aug 30th 2022 at 5:29:52 PM

Frankly, I think phasing away from the long-running battle shounen model is better from a more subjective quality standpoint as well. The weekly schedule of WSJ is simply too brutal and frequently leads to authors suffering from burnout and health issues long term, which subsequently often results in long hiatuses and/or lower quality art and storytelling. Not everyone can be like Oda and keep momentum going for so long.

Edited by Draghinazzo on Aug 30th 2022 at 12:16:20 PM

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#5977: Aug 30th 2022 at 5:35:28 PM

And even Oda has health problems and has to take mandatory breaks cause he's such a workaholic

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Lyendith Since: Mar, 2011
#5978: Aug 30th 2022 at 5:49:36 PM

In a way, One Piece forever remaining a unique tour de force of long-term storytelling that no one will ever reproduce will only add to its legend. Oda is basically the All-Might of shonen authors − no one can ever be him, but it’s for the better.

SKJAM Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#5979: Aug 31st 2022 at 5:32:44 AM

Aliens Area is setting up some more worldbuilding and perhaps leading to the next big plotline.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#5980: Aug 31st 2022 at 5:34:39 AM

[up][up] Only a couple series at this point are only doing the eternal long-running running epic.

Primarily Hajime no Ippo and Baki.

Edited by slimcoder on Aug 31st 2022 at 5:35:04 AM

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
fishysaur Good for nothing Since: May, 2018
Good for nothing
#5981: Aug 31st 2022 at 11:26:58 AM

Among the current series, one that could be among the greatest is Sakamoto Days, which I'm surprised no one is talking about it: it has great actions, fun battles, good characters and is not pretentious. In Italy, the series was praised by manga critics like Cavernadiplatone, Sommobuta and Kirio 1984 (the latter two even called it "the best battle shonen currently on jump")

There isn't an impossible dream, there are only people who give up
fillerdude Since: Jul, 2010
#5982: Aug 31st 2022 at 4:37:20 PM

In the current lineup Sakamoto Days is probably the top in terms of pure action choreography. The author clearly watched a ton of action movies.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#5983: Aug 31st 2022 at 4:37:56 PM

Imagine the crossover with John Wick [lol]

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
TheTragicNoir from Under the bridge. Since: Feb, 2019 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#5984: Aug 31st 2022 at 6:59:54 PM

An absolute crime that Sakamoto Days isn't discussed very often like other WSJ mangas. I guess only when we get an anime adaptation, that might change.

Cross (Don’t ask)
#5985: Aug 31st 2022 at 7:05:04 PM

Does it at least have it’s own thread?

TheTragicNoir from Under the bridge. Since: Feb, 2019 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
Nouct over the front from an east coast Since: Sep, 2014 Relationship Status: Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies
over the front
#5987: Aug 31st 2022 at 7:59:01 PM

Sakamoto Days' paneling is so fucking kino, I love it

jun_kagami Since: Oct, 2018
SKJAM Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#5989: Sep 4th 2022 at 10:36:11 AM

Aliens Area gives more worldbuilding and an actual bad guy.

uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#5990: Sep 4th 2022 at 10:41:25 AM

Huh, Hero Academia is ranked quite low this week even though it placed consistantly high in the previous ones. Any idea what might have caused that?

Edited by uncertanSearcher on Sep 4th 2022 at 7:41:45 PM

Lyendith Since: Mar, 2011
#5991: Sep 4th 2022 at 11:13:48 AM

Issue 40!

Front color: Dai Tokyo Oniyome Den (Nakama Tadaichi)
Center color: Koukousei Kazoku (2 year anniversary), Ao no Hako, Undead Unluck (23 pages)
End: Chikyuu no Ko (chapter 27)
Absent: One Piece, Witch Watch

1. Jujutsu Kaisen
2. Akane Banashi
3. Boku to Roboco
4. Sakamoto Days
5. Black Clover
6. Yozakura-san Chi no Daisakusen
7. Nigejouzu no Wakagimi
8. Mashle
9. PPPPPP
10. Boku no Hero Academia
11. Sugoi Sumaho
12. Aliens Area
Earthchild ends… as decently as it could have, I’d say. But man was this whole series a mess.

[up] Maybe a sign that the end is drawing near and the editors want to emphasize new series.

Edited by Lyendith on Sep 5th 2022 at 4:52:57 PM

BattleRaizer from Realm of Khorne Since: Apr, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#5992: Sep 4th 2022 at 11:15:13 AM

Oni Bride isn't really have anything to make me want to keep reading it. Even by the supernatural romance it still bland.

E.T technically is a Isekai movie
Cross (Don’t ask)
thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#5994: Sep 4th 2022 at 11:27:31 AM

I like it enough, but I don't like the main couple. One is barely interested, the other is overbearing in a way that's funny but negates any minuscule interest of them hooking up.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#5995: Sep 4th 2022 at 1:22:53 PM

[up][up][up][up][up] I have seen one guess that the higher gore in this chapter got really squeamish.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#5996: Sep 4th 2022 at 7:41:18 PM

I feel like Oni Bride is trying to do way too much at once. It's a comedy, it's a romance, it's a shounen battle series. Trying to juggle all this, introduce the cast, and get the basic exposition in resulted in a strikingly clunky first chapter. I could see it working once it's done with set-up (the comedy is fairly good), but I didn't really find it interesting enough to want to give more of my time to

Lyendith Since: Mar, 2011
#5997: Sep 5th 2022 at 7:19:47 PM

It's a comedy, it's a romance, it's a shounen battle series.

Well, it worked for Ayakashi Triangle, which this seems to be a wholesome version of. But like you said, there’s way too much stuff happening too quickly − even the "I don’t remember you" problem is solved in like 10 pages and there’s a buttload of exposition.

On the other hand, the characters all have enough personality that the author manages to make them likeable and distinct despite the rushed introduction. I also really like the character designs and the artstyle in general, as well as the comedic dialogue.

So I’m still reserving my judgement. If the author works to fix the pacing issues, this can actually be pretty good.

fillerdude Since: Jul, 2010
#5998: Sep 5th 2022 at 8:33:33 PM

Elusive Samurai makes an excellent showing of its unique brand of humor by having a samurai muster strength from fantasizing romantic scenarios with pretty girls.

Aliens Area: goes from boring As You Know level of talking to a sudden bad guy burning things down. Sure, I guess.

As for Oni Bride yeeep way too much happening in the first chapter. For starters it would have been better if it didn’t show how the MC and the bride met as kids right from the start. Art style is nice and cute, though.

Edited by fillerdude on Sep 5th 2022 at 8:35:44 AM

Comun Since: Jun, 2012
#5999: Sep 5th 2022 at 9:43:22 PM

Man too horny to die's loss against man too angry to die was a bit anti-climatic though.

fillerdude Since: Jul, 2010
#6000: Sep 5th 2022 at 10:21:15 PM

[up] Perfect summation of the chapter evil grin


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