Oh, my cold, dead heart...

This needs to be the title of a manga some day. And I stupidly thought there were going to be a few Game of Thrones jokes or references in there with that opening line. Silly me.

And Girl's of the Wilds has gotten really good again with decent humor and it appears Queen is finally making her moves. Also, Dal Dal might finally be accepting the fact that Jaegu isn't into her as a romantic interest.

Jae-Gu is dumb not being able to see Dal-Dal's greatness >.>

Dal Dal is awesome but suffocating. Waaaay tooo suffocating.

notveryoften

Also, try saying "But, let us be gay," out loud. It helps if you are looking ahead sternly, sweeping one hand out, or have your hands clasped together in front of your mouth (if seated). Saying this with sufficient gravitas will not help you with anything in life, but at least you will have the experience of it.

I disagree. I felt like a badass saying it whilst seated. I also wear glasses so you know I got those villain vibes as well.

Ahhh cool cool. Thanks for the heads up! :)

@trafi
Oh don't get me wrong, afro Luffy was awesome but the entire arc seemed totally pointless to me. The only good thing about it was them meeting Akoji and him being all like, "who are you guys? Well, whatever, I'm gonna nap." XD

And Girl's of the Wilds has gotten really good again with decent humor and it appears Queen is finally making her moves. Also, Dal Dal might finally be accepting the fact that Jaegu isn't into her as a romantic interest.

@Nezchan

The Bloodstained Labyrinth arc was creepy as shit in the manga. Not sure if they toned down Mai's dream or not, but it was chilling in the manga. Urado was about as nasty a piece of work as you might imagine, too.

It was creepy as shit in the anime as well. I don't think it pulled its punches at all...well at least according to me since ya know, I'm a wimp when it comes to horror lol. But BsL was freaking creepy. Probably the best arc in the entire anime afaik.

Mushishi If you've seen the anime, you'll find the manga familiar since the anime was VERY faithful to the source. There really are very few things that were changed, in terms of both dialogue and even camera angles.

Great to hear! I'm really looking forward to reading the whole thing =)

Is xxxHolic tied into another series?

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No worries. Remote basically means, out in the middle of jack-shit nowhere. And distant works :) But for not being "native," your English reads just fine. What is your native tongue, if I may ask?

So No-Rae better come and pick her up. This might create a scene though. Good they are in a very remote area.

They are actually in a different area, not remote, from where people from the school frequent so the guy can make his moves without worrying about others interfering.

Definitely checking out your webcomics :)

So, uh, Euphonium. There's guys around, but none of them seem to be romantic interests. And the ED is actively shipping the main character with another girl

I'm just gonna leave this here
http://i.imgur.com/ttzCCpA.jpg

I felt like cheering too, but it's KyoAni, so I wouldn't hold my breath.

What do you mean??

My personal favorites:

Great Teacher Onizuka - First manga I ever read and it had me in freakin tears. Basically, an ex-biker gang leader decides to become a high school teacher and is put in charge of the most unruly class at a private school. Hilarity ensues with a few good bouts of drama thrown in for good measure.

Angel Densetsu - Created by the guy who did Claymore. It's about a high school boy who has the face of a demon/devil/super evil dude and is mistaken at his new school for a gang leader, murderer, hard core druggie and etc. It has moments of action, some drama, lots of comedy, and a pretty solid cast of female and male characters. A personal favorite of mine. (I think, I shall start rereading this one now.)

One Piece - I don't think I have to explain the story about this one since it's so friggen popular so I'll explain why I love it so. First, is the artwork. It is so distinct and yet diverse. I love how no two characters look the same and you get an enormous plethora of body types, looks, and etc. (Though the change in look of the two female leads has been a bit of disappointment imho.) It also lends itself incredibly well to the series' humor. Next is the world building, Oda has done a great job building a very believable world and one that I have seriously enjoyed exploring from the very beginning. To me, it's one of One Piece's strengths. And last is the storytelling... I cried over a friggen boat. I don't think much more needs to be said lol. Also, the anime is a TON of fun! I have started collecting it season by season. I know it's a helluva long series but honestly, I would totally recommend it. (Just skip the Davey Back Jones arc, it's the shittiest of the bunch. Instead watch the G-8 arc as to me, despite being a filler arc in the anime, it's a great addition to the One Piece universe and totally worth watching.)

Berserk - Ooooh how awesome this series is. The artwork is phenomenal as is the action, the total badassery of the main character Guts, and all of the super craziness that has happened since the sacrifice. Also, the original anime series trolls you so hard XD, it's great watching people's reaction to the series for the first time haha. Good stuff. Lastly, some don't like the movies but I must say that they are still pretty damned good and worth the watch. The first movie is available on Netflix right now for the those curious. Both the movies and the show miss a TON of stuff but they both do a great job of complimenting the manga.

School Rumble - One of the funniest mangas I have ever read. It also includes of my favorite female characters, Eri Sawachika. It had a terrible ending but I had read that the publisher forced the author to rush it so it had a crap ending. Thankfully, he made a much more proper ending in School Rumble Z and ties up a lot of loose ends. Overall, a great read.

Aqua/Aria - Nez already mentioned this one but I just have to relist. A beautiful series to read and just look at.

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou - YKK for short. Another slice of life masterpiece. Both it and Aria to me, are the best slice of life stories I've read. It takes place in post apocalyptic Japan well after the apocalypse settled down and people are attempting to etch out a living. It follows a female android as she runs a small cafe in a very rural area as she goes about her daily life. A very good yet, melancholic read. No crazy drama, action, romance, or anything of the sort. Sometimes there are entire pages where nothing is said.

A Bride's Story - By the author of Emma: A Victorian Romance, this follows people living in Central Asia in what I am guessing is the mid-late 1800's. It has gorgeous artwork and an engaging story. Very well worth the read. I would also recommend Emma as well as it's a very good read and it has a much more satisfying ending than the anime despite the anime having a pretty good ending as well. Also, some might find it difficult to accept a prearranged wedding between a young 20-something year old woman and a 13ish year old boy but when read in the context of the setting and time period, it makes a lot of sense and also for a very interesting read.

Pumpkin Scissors - A pseudo-European setting that follows a military branch, known as Pumpkin Scissors, that focuses on post-war reconstruction following a devastating war. The main character is the hulking man who is actually very kind and a bit clumsy however he has a very dark past in relation to the war that his comrades in the Pumpkin Scissors are slowly discovering. However, there is some underlying conspiracy going on and the main cast of characters keep bumping up against it. Sadly, the anime doesn't get very far but the manga is still on going, but sadly it seems it's stopped being translated.

Gunka no Baltzar - Another pseudo-European setting this time in an era much more similar to World War I. It follows an officer of a country modeled heavily off of Germany/Prussia who is tasked with building relations with a neighboring country. He is of course, ordered to be an attache/adviser at the smaller country's sole military academy. So far it's been pretty good. I've enjoyed it quite a bit. It has had good artwork, lots of action, drama, comedy (if you can stand its comedy), and politics, and drama, and etc.

Baggata Way - A sports manga that follows an all-girls lacrosse team as they build friendships, discover the sport, compete, and have fun. Of course the main girl is a bit of a natural which I don't mind at all. Lots of comedy and exposition on the sport as well. One of the only sports mangas I read. It's available here as well but sadly, translations are a bit slow to very glacial to very non-existent.

Those are, I would say, my favorite mangas outside of the ones found here. (Check out my classics list if you want to see my favorite yuri stories.) There are plenty more that I would list but this top out as my all-time favorites. Below are a few other things I am reading that are in different formats but worth it imho:

Girl's of the Wilds - Webtoon - A martial arts action Korean webtoon that follows a boy who transfers into a newly minted coed school that was originally a totally girls only school. However, unbeknownst to the man guy, it's heavily oriented towards martial arts and all of the girls there are top athletes basically. It's been going on for a while and it definitely has its slow points, low points, and dull points but! It also has great comedy, drama, and action plus a solid female cast. I enjoy it immensely.

The Irregular at Magic High School - Light Novel - After watching the anime I chased down the light novels because I had heard that despite being a pretty decent anime, it missed a TON of information and scenes in the light novels. And, it was true! A LOT of very good bits of information and some great scenes were either left out entirely or just portrayed totally wrong. It really like the setting but the bro-siscon/incest thingy is kinda really weird sometimes -_-...

My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong as I Expected - Light Novel - Of course, only discovered it after the anime but I really enjoy the read. Hachiman is quite the main character and I can really relate to some of his dialogue and interactions with other characters. Some pretty interesting things going on. I would personally recommend it over the anime because the anime skips a LOT of moments. Unlike Irregular, the moments missed in the anime are actually, imho, moments that should have never been skipped because they add a lot to the series. So, watch the anime as a companion to the LN.

How did I originally miss this thread! Some decent recommendations here and it's nice to see some others having the same favorites as I.
** lucario14 **

So the Naruto manga is ending finally does anyone care?

Yes I do... I've followed this manga for a long time so I'll be a bit sad to see it end.

It was really stupid at the end. I mean, DBZ levels of stupid. It was a great setting that honestly, totally went down the crapper after the time skip. Not to mention so many characters were horribly written.

Nezchan

Aria/Aqua Pure scenery porn about cute girls piloting gondolas in a Venice transplanted to Mars, now a water world. Mostly slice-of-life SF with a hint of mysticism.

One of my all-time favorites right alongside YKK. That ending really snuck up on me, I'm not gonna lie, I got a bit misty eyed. Reading the manga gets 100 times better when you put the anime's soundtrack on in the background lol.

Ghost Hunt Story about a girl who becomes a part-time worker with a psychic investigation team, and eventually finds herself developing abilities of her own. Good character interaction and lots of spooky stuff.

I watched the anime and the Bloodstained Labyrinth arc scared the crap outta me. (I went to bed with the lights on for a whole week after watching that arc, no joke.) How is the manga in comparison?

Mushishi Do I really need to describe this?

Adore the anime and I just started reading this recently, I'm really looking forward to it.

XXXholic I love this one, a take on the "sorcerer's apprentice" concept that makes Harry Potter look shallow. Plus, Watanuki is both funnier and more appealing than Harry.

Saw the anime and enjoyed it. Does the manga go further?

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Like Aria, scenery porn in its purest form. I could look at some of those panels all day. Sweet, lovely apocalypse story set during the slow, calm descent of humanity. No panic, no regret, just one long contented sigh.

Freakin LOVE this one!! Such a great read from beginning to end. The OVA was pretty good too, I just wish it was properly made into a show with the same art style and music from the OVAs.

I'll post it here too, I guess. I'm lost about what the two guys were discussing. Something that's already happened or something that's about to happen. If it's the former, how does it make No-Rae aware of where to look for the two? If it's the latter, what's with the pic of Seol-A and Kyung-Woo?

They are talking about what is happening, what Kyung-Woo is like, and what he is trying to do with Seol-a. So... the past, present, and future is what they are talking about in regards to Seol-a and Kyung-woo.

And I've been pronouncing Seol-a as Soul-Ah and No-rae as No-ray lol.

Overhearing a conversation about what's going on in another part of the town, and it just happens to involve your love interest... Looks like a contrived plot device to me. Come on, what are the chances?

Welcome, Deus Ex Machina.

If No-rae comes to the rescue before anything bad happens, etc, etc.. that will be even more cliché.

But okay, I can suspend my disbelief, because No-rae and Seol-a are really likable characters.

Rhetorical statement but...: I don't mean to be rude but... why the hell are you even reading fiction if these are problems you have with a story like this? O_o

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No problem HypocriticalLiar :)

@SaxonSun
True but Seol-a isn't feeling good and appears to not have been paying full attention to our #1 enemy since she's not been feeling so well so, there is potential for her to not handle the situation as well as she might usually have. All we can do is rage, worry, wish, pray, and hate until next Sunday lmao.

Hylarn

Also, DanMachi's male lead is strikingly emasculated

Been reading the manga and it doesn't really last long. He is still kinda tentative but he gets "manlier" as it goes on.

Agreed about Seol-a feeling sick in regards to her relationship with No-rae. Don't know if anyone else here has gone through that kinda thing but I can tell ya, it's not fun -_- ... so here's to hoping No-rae goes with her gut instinct and rushes to Seol-a's aid! As Soel-a needs a cure and that cure is some No-rae!!

The author hasn't really set a tone for this sort of thing unless I missed it.

I got the impression it was a slice of life where good things, bad things, great things, and horrible things happen as what usually goes on in life. That's been my impression of it.

This is the damned spoiler thread, get rid of those, they are unneeded lol.

Oh and it's chapter 29, it's written everywhere (29화) except here :
ttp://comico.toast.com/titles/85/chapters/30 <=
x)

Yeah I saw that but comico had the link as 30 and on its webpage as 30 so I went with 30. shrugs

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The new one is out: Ch.30

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^ yes

So... should this not be separated as a series then?

Is this going to be a series??

Also halmoni, I went looking at the Google Drive and noticed a "Special 2" folder was created. Is the next release another special or is that just a place holder for whenever another special is released?

QCO probably has her own way of organizing things, but I'm guessing Special 1 is going to contain the Chuseok Special from a while ago, and Special 2 will contain Ssamba's Q&A.

Oh okay. I wasn't quite sure. And is that the Q&A we just read in the special or another one she did?

Oh I am very much aware of it here in the US. I attended a religious high school (Evangelical Christian) here in the San Francisco Bay Area in California and, they regularly preached about how being gay was a sin against god and you were automatically destined for hell. No ifs, ands, or buts.

A religious school preaching against homosexuality in one of the gayest areas in the U.S.? That's so ironic lol.

I know right?! The irony was definitely never lost on us haha. Their arguments are a wet napkin, very easy to poke holes in ;)

Just 55??? You need yours readjusted Nya-chan. Mine are running at an optimal 70-75%, sometimes 80% on a good day.

That rage face!!! XD

Oh I am very much aware of it here in the US. I attended a religious high school (Evangelical Christian) here in the San Francisco Bay Area in California and, they regularly preached about how being gay was a sin against god and you were automatically destined for hell. No ifs, ands, or buts. The hypocrisy was and is amazing. Seriously, Jesus was like a patch to make the Old Testament and the religion more...... flexible and yet they conveniently forget him and his teachings ALL of the time. (That sentence is almost line for line one of the things the school actually told us.)

Thanks to the internet, I quickly found out they were a load of bull. Shame so many groups seem to think along the same lines when the Bible has four books dedicated to preaching the exact opposite by the man their religion is named after! Facepalm

Ironically, it was a Bible teacher in 8th grade, who talked about the sins of being a homosexual, that opened my eyes up lol. I had a rough idea of how sex between two men worked (being a guy myself I could figure it out) but when he mentioned lesbian sex, that was a first and I had no idea how it would work between two women. So, I started researching that very night and now here I am XD...