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RIGHT TURN ONLY!! - Afro Shinigami

Anyway, why am I not surprised that the manga adaptation for Afro Samurai sucks?

Regarding Bleach, to be fair, the fact that they were only at 20% of their power was something that was established way long ago. When Ichigo fought Renji in Soul Society, he was told that anybody of Lieutenant rank or higher who was sent to the human world had their power sealed, and that therefore Renji's strength was 5 times higher than what it was when they first fought in the human world.

So anybody who remembered that would have known from the very start of the battles that most of the good guys were only at 20% of their full power. Maybe it's still a cliche, but it's not like that story element was just thrown out of nowhere with no forshadowing or anything.

I just love the name Pumpkin Scissors... I dunno why, it's just seems catchy and interesting.

Sorry, Ms. Lim, but allowing random Japanese words into the dialogue does not miraculously make things more convincing.

Mad_Scientist wrote:

Regarding Bleach, to be fair, the fact that they were only at 20% of their power was something that was established way long ago. When Ichigo fought Renji in Soul Society, he was told that anybody of Lieutenant rank or higher who was sent to the human world had their power sealed, and that therefore Renji's strength was 5 times higher than what it was when they first fought in the human world. So anybody who remembered that would have known from the very start of the battles that most of the good guys were only at 20% of their full power. Maybe it's still a cliche, but it's not like that story element was just thrown out of nowhere with no forshadowing or anything.

Regarding my review, to be fair, you're debating a point that I never actually made (apparently I secretly said that "They totally pulled the 20% rule out of their ass" when I wasn't looking). Your point is duly noted, and in fact I have always admired Kubo-sensei for creating a complex yet self-consistent world, but that has nothing to do with the fact that I'm-only-using-X-percent-of-my-power is, in the 21st century, a big fat glaring cliche whether it happens in Volume 6 or Volume 24, and any amount of foreshadowing, story background, or laws of physics does not excuse it.

I'm a little surprised about such a positive review on Rin, though. I haven't read it myself, but I always hear complaints about the implied non-con in it.

I think that even if an aspect of something is a bit cliched, if it's handled just right, it can still be enjoyable to read/watch. Maybe I'm just more forgiving than you regarding things like that.

Sorry, Ms. Lim, but allowing random Japanese words into the dialogue does not miraculously make things more convincing.

You can't see the face I'm making, but suffice to say that alone makes me want to not read it, though that's a bit unfair.

What implied non-con? There's no non-con at all in Rin, as far as I remember. The catch is somewhere else, but the character feels appropriately bad about it, characters learn from their mistakes and the issue ends up being appropriately solved. I think Rin is one of the better BL manga out there, definitely worthy of some attention.

Actually, the anime is the adaptation; the manga is the original work (it was published in a doujin magazine and didn't hit the big time until Hollywood came trotting along).

The way I figure, the anime ironed out the kinks, polished the artwork and made it suck less.