The Anime/manga thread (+ recommendations!)

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Oct 20, 2013 2:39 AM #1095716
I read a small bit of the manga of code:Breaker and I, personally, found it quite boring.

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If your interested in some anime that should punch you in the feels, I would recommend Clannad, Toradora, Wolf Children, Spice and Wold, Garden of Words, 5 Meters per Second, Bakuman, and AnoHana.
Or if your feeling more manly look into Rainbow, and Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom.


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Oct 20, 2013 12:16 PM #1095869
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It's worse than Fairy Tail, which is saying something.


...lol, i like fairy tail :/ both doesnt suck imo, I like them....
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Oct 20, 2013 1:36 PM #1095894
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...lol, i like fairy tail :/ both doesnt suck imo, I like them....


I don't really know that much about anime, but even I know how Fairy Tail sucks.

That anime really irritates me.
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Oct 20, 2013 1:45 PM #1095899
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I don't really know that much about anime, but even I know how Fairy Tail sucks.

That anime really irritates me.


O_O .....geez, really? Do you guys really think Fairy Tail sucks? :( Am I the only one who dont think so???
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Oct 20, 2013 2:17 PM #1095908
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O_O .....geez, really? Do you guys really think Fairy Tail sucks? :( Am I the only one who dont think so???


It's a popular anime, so you're not alone.

But damn bro. It's got a lot of corny jokes. Natsu is soooo obnoxious. There's just soo much shit that's happening that it doesn't even make sense anymore.
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Oct 20, 2013 2:28 PM #1095912
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O_O .....geez, really? Do you guys really think Fairy Tail sucks? :( Am I the only one who dont think so???


I don't hate it, but it's not my favorite anime, either
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Oct 20, 2013 3:07 PM #1095923
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It's a popular anime, so you're not alone.

But damn bro. It's got a lot of corny jokes. Natsu is soooo obnoxious. There's just soo much shit that's happening that it doesn't even make sense anymore.

lol...but sometimes they are really funny ^_^ and Natsu...well....ok, your right XD
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I don't hate it, but it's not my favorite anime, either


So does Fairy tail sucks in your opinion?
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Oct 20, 2013 10:24 PM #1096098
They were thinking at make a season 2 of Fairy Tail, as the manga is still going, besides about Code:Breaker can be boring, but with that anime i met Ao no Exorcist.
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Oct 21, 2013 12:13 AM #1096174
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O_O .....geez, really? Do you guys really think Fairy Tail sucks? :( Am I the only one who dont think so???

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Fairy Tail is by far the most overrated Manga/Anime I have ever seen. The characters are so shallow; Natsu revolves only around the concept of "I must save my friends! Friendship is good! Evil must be destroyed!" Grey's character only goes as far as to just tag along with Natsu and just defeat the opponents. Erza, outside of that one arc where she had her flashback, has always been a mentor character and nothing more. She's always been there, just helping out whenever she needs to. Lluvia is just in love with Grey and that's as far as her character develops. I could go on. I'd also like to mention that not only are these characters shallow, they are far from dynamic. From the 300 chapters that have been released, barely any of the characters seemed to have changed in the slightest bit.
The plots are insanely redundant. A good chunk of them all seem to revolve around Lucy (and when its her time to shine in these arcs, she does NOTHING) and when they aren't, it just happens to be some random looming threat and they just send in a couple of guild members with maybe +1 more character that's from an outside guild, and that's the extent of it. The Laxus arc was the only one I particularly enjoyed. The Edolas arc was also a neat idea, but I thought it was boring as it dragged on.
To add insult to injury, the most recently finished arc (the one with the dragons 'n shit) ended poorly. Some say it ended well, but anyone who's ever read Rave knows that the author is just repeating an idea that he got from his previous manga. Sure its nice for new readers, but to those that read Rave it seems more like a low effort way to end the arc. Plus it ended so randomly. Since when did that mage know how to reverse time? How was such a major power never explained before? Not only was this idea recycled from his previous manga, it was executed waaaaaaay better in Rave. In Fairy Tail, it was done sloppily.
And did anyone notice that everyone in this manga seems to be freaking immortal? Why is it that nobody dies in this manga? Right when its reaching the climax of a story and a character is in the brink of death, whether he/she is a major or minor character, he/she always appears to die, but then turns out to be perfectly fine for some random reason, which completely kills the mood of the story.
300 chapters in, the story still feels like no progress has been made. Here, I'm referencing the status of Natsu's dragon. I feel like each new arc is drawing farther and farther away from the main story.

I know I have more to say, but I can't think of anything else in the moment.

Natsu sucks too. Like a lot. I've noticed that Fairy Tail creates really good set ups to their arcs, but they're executed terribly.
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Oct 21, 2013 2:02 AM #1096250
IDK Fairy Tale feels like One Piece with a little less, I got bored of it in the first episode.
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Oct 21, 2013 6:25 PM #1096538
The some of the differences that One Piece has with the rest of the Shounens seem minimal but actually create a huge gap in between them. The art style of One Piece to start is unorthodox and unique; there are very few mangakas if any at all that have the same drawing and character design as Oda. Like some of early Naruto, One Piece's fight scenes are amazingly well-done (most of the early ones especially), which is really what put the "Big 3" ahead of others. Skipping ahead, what many mangas/animes of today lack is depth within the main characters. It's true that many of the main characters of a variety of manga have back stories, but none ever go quite as in depth and as heart wrenching even as much as One Piece. Characters like Brook and Robin have such depth behind their characters that it really creates a huge impact on the story based on each of their actions. It really feels like a pirate crew that values each other.

One Piece's main flaw is that, like Fairy Tail, the plot lines are starting to become much more predictable; after the time skip, the stories seem to have less impact and the power of each of the crew members seem to be amazing at one point but weak in another. But aside from that, One Piece really brings itself to be a colorful and fun adventure unlike any other. It will be a long time until something like One Piece comes back when it ends.
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Oct 22, 2013 5:49 PM #1096839
What do you think is better: Bleach or Naruto?

And lol, could it be possible the Ulquiorra is the strongest arrancar? Ulquiorra just said this chapter that no one knows about his final form, not even Aizen, it’s weird that the know-it-all of the Bleachverse doesn’t know something like an underling of his having a final form but whatever. Anyway, is this Ulquiorra’s-only-form a way by Kubo to make Ichigo already on par with the strongest captains of SS? He may be fighting the fourth espada but since the others only have one form the gap of strength may be shorter than we previously thought.
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Oct 22, 2013 9:27 PM #1096913
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Hahahaha you guys Golden Boy is hilarious. Haven't laughed so hard at an anime for a long time. Also it's just a good show. Only 6 eps.

I'm still watching logh too.

Golden boy has me done
it's actually pretty damn funny
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What do you think is better: Bleach or Naruto?

And lol, could it be possible the Ulquiorra is the strongest arrancar? Ulquiorra just said this chapter that no one knows about his final form, not even Aizen, it’s weird that the know-it-all of the Bleachverse doesn’t know something like an underling of his having a final form but whatever. Anyway, is this Ulquiorra’s-only-form a way by Kubo to make Ichigo already on par with the strongest captains of SS? He may be fighting the fourth espada but since the others only have one form the gap of strength may be shorter than we previously thought.

Me and my friends were having this exact discussion on the way home for whatever reason, that's crazy
I feel like there's no way Ulquiorra was actually fourth in strength, he was a monster,
but it is possible seeing as how third is a vasto lorde and that's the form Ichigo went in to beat him
and god knows what the second dude is, I never tried figuring it out
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Oct 23, 2013 10:21 AM #1097142
Ermahgerd, its finally happened. Madman licensed The Garden of Sinners and my copy arrived today, best $150 I've ever spent. Sorry for the vent but IRL people just don't understand.
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What do you think is better: Bleach or Naruto?

Hunter x Hunter
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but it is possible seeing as how third is a vasto lorde and that's the form Ichigo went in to beat him
and god knows what the second dude is, I never tried figuring it out

Wait, what? Didn't #3, 2, and 1 fight the captains while Ichigo was fighting Ulquiorra?
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Oct 23, 2013 10:30 AM #1097148
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Ermahgerd, its finally happened. Madman licensed The Garden of Sinners and my copy arrived today, best $150 I've ever spent. Sorry for the vent but IRL people just don't understand.

Hunter x Hunter

Wait, what? Didn't #3, 2, and 1 fight the captains while Ichigo was fighting Ulquiorra?

I meant vasto lorde was the form ichigo went in to beat ulquiorra