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NEWS: Da Vinci Code Author Dan Brown Gains Super Powers in Official Japanese Manga


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Msag



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 1:44 pm Reply with quote
:O This is my first time ever hearing of such a series, but man do I have to check this out now! Not for Dan Brown (with his oh-so-special "powers" Rolling Eyes ), but Dostoevsky and Agatha Christie? Sounds fun... has anyone else read this series, I'd like to hear others opinions on it.
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Eisenmann V



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 2:04 pm Reply with quote
Sounds like a fun series, but I'm a little put off if a hack like Brown is in it.
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Asrialys



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 2:16 pm Reply with quote
This sounds like something that would crossover well with Read or Die...
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Polycell



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 2:16 pm Reply with quote
I could've gotten behind it had he been given some illusion powers or somesuch that have his targets seeing the world about as accurately as he writes about it.
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grooven



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 2:58 pm Reply with quote
Looks cool I will check it out. The designs looks awesome too!
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KabaKabaFruit



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 3:15 pm Reply with quote
I wonder if Stephen King could end up being in this series?
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consignia



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 3:18 pm Reply with quote
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"only Brown himself has the historical and religious knowledge to decipher the poems."


I'm not sure where to comment on this...
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Emerje



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 3:33 pm Reply with quote
I've been working my way through the Book Girl series (on book 6 right now) so it makes a manga that features names like Osamu Dazai and Kenji Miyazawa (a constant reference in the BG series) all the more interesting.

KabaKabaFruit wrote:
I wonder if Stephen King could end up being in this series?


Not sure he would consent to something like this, but he would make a great villain.

Emerje
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 3:52 pm Reply with quote
This sounds rather intriguing.
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DangerMouse



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 4:55 pm Reply with quote
This sounds really cool.

Asrialys wrote:
This sounds like something that would crossover well with Read or Die...


Yeah.
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Kougeru



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 5:13 pm Reply with quote
consignia wrote:
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"only Brown himself has the historical and religious knowledge to decipher the poems."


I'm not sure where to comment on this...
He knows far more about both subjects than most living authors..you cant really argue that. Don't mistake is stories for his beliefs either. He was openly said he doesn't really believe in the stuff in the writes.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 5:18 pm Reply with quote
Well, it seems the mangaka is well-read and well-traveled at least.


Eisenmann V wrote:

Sounds like a fun series, but I'm a little put off if a hack like Brown is in it.


There's Japanese hacks in it already, so why not.
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Polycell



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 5:19 pm Reply with quote
There's a good reason a certain trope-focused wiki used his name to refer to someone being outed as not having done research they claim to have for their writings.
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 5:37 pm Reply with quote
His power should be that he transforms into Tom Hanks with that bad mullet. Laughing
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Joe Carpenter



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 5:48 pm Reply with quote
Asrialys wrote:
This sounds like something that would crossover well with Read or Die...



I was just thinking the same thing


anyway, why couldn't it be Mangafied Stephen King instead?
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