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RedvsBlue
 Posts: 328 Location: snooping through another FF7 walkthrough |
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I'm sure we all have had our bad experiences.
I had the misfortune of buying volumes 1 - 3 of Samurai Deeper Kyo. At a later time, I read volumes 4 - 8 at a friends house. What a waste of printing paper that turned out to be. The premise is not really that fresh, simply putting a small spin on what we saw Kenshin have to go through during the Kyoto Arc. Everyone has to say this line before they go on their merry way. "Stay alive Demon Eye's Kyo, Because I'm going to be the one to kill you."  Is that a mandatory phrase in today's Shounen?
Character development is slow, uninteresting, and quite non-existant for most part. Aside from the fact the art style is quite nice, this has to be one of the worst things I've ever read. I'll just stick to Rurouni Kenshin thank you very much. |
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Kagemusha
 Posts: 2783 Location: Boston |
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Yea, Kyo is pretty mediocre. But I'll have to think about the worst thing I've ever read, thats a tough one.
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darkhunter
 Posts: 2992 Location: Los Angelas |
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I think that's the problem, comparing Kenshin (one of the best manga) to Deeper Kyo.
Kyo is a fun manga that doesn't take itself too seriously or get too deep. I thought the character were excellent. Red Tiger, you never know what to expect from him, and he's a good character with humor. And how Kyo and Kyoshiro personalites conflict with each other. Some of the technique use in defeating the character were done very well. You learn how important maii (distance between two figher) is. Some clever lines: Kyo: "The strong are strong...and the weak are dead" I don't think it's deep, but I do still enjoy reading it, kind of like Ragnarok. Last edited by darkhunter on Tue Sep 07, 2004 4:55 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Arkard
 Posts: 677 Location: Poland |
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I would have to say Gundam Wing, although I only read the 3 first volumes, but it was enough for me.
The manga is bullcrap. Character development is... hell, there is no character development. The characters are all 2D with no real emotions or reasons to justify their actions. The plot is also semi interesting and the art - medicore. What a waste of perfectly good money. But also Dear Boys. The anime wasn`t anything special but I LOVED the music, it was GREAT. so when I was in Japan I thought I would pick up a few volumes of DB. OMG, the charaters are terrible, ugly and have horrible hair styles, like from the 70`s  The action sequences like Slam Dunks are done soo bad imo that even I could do it better. But that`s just my view on it.
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GATSU
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There aren't a lot of Raijin titles I trash, but I'd have to say Bomber Girl, because it's not only lowbrow, but also anti-climactic. (Sort of like Dead Leaves.) Then there's Nemuri Kyoshiro, which decent art aside, is incredibly mysogynistic, and maybe a little blasphemous to Christians as well. I personally feel including it in Raijin was one of the company's biggest mistakes. And from the sampler I read, From Eroica with Love not only has fugly art, but boring characters. Not a lot I've hated, I guess.
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Sarki-Kun
 Posts: 594 Location: Spain |
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Hum...I tend to hate everything about CLAMP (well...maybe Tsubasa is better, but still nothing for me), so I shall say one of them. Probably, Suki Dakara Suki. For some stupid reason, I bought the first two volumes...and...huf...Told them goodbye. The story is awful, the characters don't have anything special, the drawing is kind of strange, the bodies aren't normal (with small faces, long bodies...). And if it wasn't enough, those teachers...Well, I don't know how exactly the serie continues, but looks like they were spoiler[spying the main character], and more things, of course, all without sense.
Guess it's that. |
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lianncoop
Past ANN Contributor
 Posts: 1705 Location: Indiana |
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Well, I do have to admit that you're probably in the vast minority since I've never heard anyone who's not liked CLAMP. Suki is probably one of the worst titles to start anyone off on with the group. It's a good series, but the whole concept is very odd. Mick Nekoi's style of art is an acquired taste - I think you either like it or you don't. Since you already bought the first 2 volumes you may as well get the third since the series is only three volumes. Everything is explained in that third one and things don't seem nearly as creepy once you are told what is going on.
Have you read Chobits? I really haven't run into anyone who has *hated* that title. |
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Sarki-Kun
Posts: 594 Location: Spain |
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Sure, but the world's big enough, and I know more people who also don't like it.
That's the problem I have with CLAMP. I don't know how do they got it, but I'm always buying more and more of them. Well, Ok, I'll take your advice and have a look. This is probably the 99th chance I give to them  .
Yes, I did. However, first of all, the spanish release is very bad. It costs 8 € (9,84 $), which is a lot for us, it's release for the expensivest company here. Even more, there're a lot of bubbles saying "Falta tradu" (translation missing). And I didn't find the story anything really great. I borrowed to my friends and all were loving it. Maybe I don't *hate* it, there are worst series. At least, Chobits doesn't include any racism and critical comments (differently than Tokyo Babylon), but I still think I could spend that money in something better. I don't get the joy of it. |
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Rah-Rah
Posts: 93 Location: Atlanta,GA |
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Read X/1999 and XXXholic. They are CLAMP's best series. Oh, also, racism?! In Tokyo Babalon?! Please explain.
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Destroyah
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I know I'll probably get Flamed for this but, Hellsing. I bought The First Volume for $18.95 and what a waste, I didn't like the plot and there weren't too many action scenes and the ones in there were a little boring.
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Rah-Rah
Posts: 93 Location: Atlanta,GA |
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Destroyah
Posts: 6 Location: Texas |
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Yeah the only store in my Town that sells Manga is over priced, but I thought it was worth it hearing all the greatness and all the praise it was getting. Next time I'll just read the Book at the store.
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Rah-Rah
Posts: 93 Location: Atlanta,GA |
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It gets really good in vol.2 and vol.3. Read those and tell me what you think. I hope it changes your mind. PS-where do you live that whould sell a $13.95 volume of manga for $18.99?!
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Sarki-Kun
Posts: 594 Location: Spain |
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Ok, Rah-Rah, I'll go, unless the translators did a bad work.
That's just with the first pages. Imagine, there're still six and a half volumes. By this reason, they (CLAMP) and Japan is perfect. Japan's probably not a polluted country, isn't it? Japan probably doesn't use nuclear energy. So, aren't they using that electricity and that energy for their own businesses?? And disturbs at Eastern Europe...Well, that's more than awful. I don't want to say nothing with this, but if all japanese people were like them during Second World War, I think they were looking for those two bombs... Oh! And of course, CLAMP doesn't have a shower every day, and they agaisnt the idea of buying magazines and comics. I could believe it from anyone, but not for people who lives of that. |
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lianncoop
Past ANN Contributor
Posts: 1705 Location: Indiana |
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[quote="Sarki-Kun"]Ok, Rah-Rah, I'll go, unless the translators did a bad work.
You have taken the quote out of context. Hokuto is discussing a hypothetical situation based upon the most recent exorcism performed by Subaru. They're trying to prove that a man who DOES do something like that is a sleeze, not saying that all men ARE sleezes.
Again, you have taken the quote out of context. Seishiro is talking about how the good spirits of today are weak because they have no place to live. Hokuto is listing off all of these "righteous" things people say need to be done and the problems of the world and then pitting them against the every day hypocrisies that occur. Then she pulls her "cutesy/sarcastic" mode and bodly says "as long as it's in the name of fashion, it's okay!" She doesn't mean it...she's just trying to act cute. Then if you turn to the next page, Seishiro brings the seriousness of the mood back when he says:
He's pointing out that Tokyo is full of hypocrites and they, more than anywhere else, are going to lie themselves into ultimate destruction. Japan is very aware of nature and the environment. He's not glorifying Tokyo at all in that respect. In fact, he's criticizing it and showing that Tokyo is basically a walking contradiction. I can see how the sarcasm mixed in with truth can get lost in translation, but you completely missed the point that CLAMP was trying to get across. |
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