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Apr 6, 2010 9:52 AM
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Shin Angyo Onshii

1. Almost half of the story is a retrospective and then suddenly BLAM! climax - first I was exctatic with that retro, especially since the it was really brilliantly conducted, but then I my face got longer and longer when I noticed that the number of volumes left kept getting scarily thin - I mean, think Berserk, and the final battle between Griffith and Guts suddenly happens just after the Eclipse

2. That fucking Banja/Banjo/whatever guy

3. When Munsu took that Mandrake filled needle, which was supposed to supress his 'curse' - I was so pumped up then, thought he would be flying here and there, punchan and kickan ass like no other, but instead he acted pretty much how always did, only without getting an astma attack after 30 seconds - kind of disappointing

One Piece

1. When Luffy destroyed the Raigou, I wut'd

2. There is no way Zoro is still alive. He has taken enough cuts and lost enough blood to kill 25 blue whales.

3. Sanji can light his leg on fire with no damage being taken to his leg. Awesome, but stupid.
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You see, that's what you get for having One Piece as your favorite manga.

As for me, is Berserk and I only have one complain:

Miura is going to die before he finishes it! BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Apr 6, 2010 11:43 AM
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Three bad things about FMA? Ok, that one's going to be hard xD But I'll try to be objective.

1. ...
Ok, you know what? Scratch that, I was sitting there for 10 minutes and still didn't know what to write. I like everything about FMA.

On to Pandora Hearts:
1. Homolust vibes between Gilbert and Oz xD I may just be affected by the fandom's yaoi obsession, but it's still somewhat visible in some scenes >.>
2. How everyone's so attractive (I know, crazy, but that's actually pretty damn distracting XD)
3. ...and...that's it >.>

Ouran HSHC:
1. How there is less and less humour recently D:
2. How it's obvious from the start that Haruhi is going to end up with Tamaki, when I don't want her to...
3. How Casanova gets little to no attention -sob-
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kodial said:
You see, that's what you get for having One Piece as your favorite manga.


Lawl, opinions.
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Apr 6, 2010 12:01 PM
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Gantz

1. The art changed a bit too dramatically between phase 1 and 2

2. Was showing Nyri's penis really necessary Oku? I mean it had little tenticals growing out of it. ew.

3. After phase 2 the story got bad. fast.
Apr 6, 2010 12:52 PM
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Fullmetal Alchemist

1. Though they are few and far between now, I've always hated - and I mean hated - Edward's short rants.

2. Envy.

3.


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SPOILER TAG D: Not everyone knows about point 3 in your post, Xingfly...
And btw, I like him even better this way :D
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Apr 6, 2010 5:16 PM
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Slam Dunk

1 Did not reveal Rukawa's past

2 Ended when I wanted more of it

3 A few matches dragged on (but they were all awesome)

And just so you know, it was hard to even come up with one bad thing, cuz frankly I think it's perfect.
Apr 6, 2010 6:50 PM
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...well these are all going to be nitpicks, just fyi, and I'm going over my three 10s here

Banana Fish
1) art in the first 4-5 volumes is a bit messy at times
2) Viz didn't publish all of the side stories, only two of them
3) (and I can't believe I'm going to say this because I don't normally go for this sort of thing):


Maison Ikkoku
1) Ibuki Yagami
2) Kyoko can be way too stubborn at times to the point where you want to slap her just as much as Yusaku does
3) Yusaku and Kyoko suddenly start calling each other "Godai" and "Manager", respectively, all of sudden around vol 11 or so (going by the Viz 2nd ed reprints). I don't get why!

Please Save My Earth
1) artwork in the early volumes
2) the OVA was only 6 episodes
3) ending seemed a very slight tad rushed
Apr 6, 2010 9:19 PM

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Haru Yokoi:
Ending was way too sudden
2nd Sae Arc could have been alot longer and a source of some great reading
Changing Sae's hair color for like all of a chapter?
It doesn't think, it doesn't feel, it doesn't laugh or cry..... All it does from dusk till dawn is make the soldiers die.
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Cenedess said:
Ouran HSHC:
1. How there is less and less humour recently D:
2. How it's obvious from the start that Haruhi is going to end up with Tamaki, when I don't want her to...
3. How Casanova gets little to no attention -sob-

I have to agree, especially on the humour part. I think its time for the mangaka to end it soon to be honest.

Fruits Basket
1. The flowers! I know its shoujo and all but the flowery backgrounds was all too much.
2. I hated Tohru in the beginning. (But now I love her)
3. It's sad

Hikaru no Go
1. The bullshit ending.
2.

3. Playing Go doesn't look that epic in real life...
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I am not going to do spoiler tags so if you haven't read all of these then look away.

Vinland Saga

1. FARMLAND SAGA
2. Askeladd's death (though necesarry)
3. Weekly magazine size releases in a monthly magazine

Mirai Nikki

1. More zany plot twists than Code Geass
2. Minene dying.
3. Esuno's art

The World God Only Knows

1. Current arc
2. Elsee exists
3. The whole angel thing is kind of silly.
Apr 7, 2010 7:32 AM

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Haylias said:
I am not going to do spoiler tags so if you haven't read all of these then look away.

...lol. So much for reading from the bottom to top for me XD (yeah, I actually read that line at the end.)
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Eden: It's Endless World!:
1- Over exaggerated violence, sexual content and nudity. Sometimes fitting, others times no.
2- Fucking depressing and probably too addictive.
3- Makes everything else looks like crap.
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Ichigo 100%

1. Pussy of a main character. Far too indecisive when it comes to girls. Makes unnecessary drama at times and I just don't feel bad for him, only the other three girls.
2.

3. Excessive amount of characters added to please the lower half of men, just cluttered the story line.

Pastel

1. Drags out far too long, most dragged out manga I've ever read
2. Sometimes its hard to tell characters apart, all you can use is their hair
3. The early 40ish chapters or before Mugi goes to the beach again have really bad art, so lucky they improved on it.
Apr 7, 2010 9:45 PM

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Vagabond

1. Matahachi

2. Matahachi's mom

3. Somewhat frequent breaks, but at least the mangaka doesn't put the series on hold to play Idolmaster.

Fruits Basket

1. Yuki's feelings for Tohru are retconned. I'd have been happy if he had just naturally gotten over/given up on her.

2. The art starts out bad, gets really good, and then starts going downhill because the mangaka seemed unable to make characters look different from each other.

3. We never get any hint about what happened to Momiji, but he did grow greatly as a character so it's not that big of a deal.

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-Ah Megami Sama-
1-Bell and Keichi haven't even kissed yet. *since 1988*
2-Extremely slow progression in each chapter.
3-Few number of pages in each chapter.
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Rebella said:
-Ah Megami Sama-
1-Bell and Keichi haven't even kissed yet. *since 1988*

Wow o.o Talk about taking things slowly xD
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Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou:

1. It ended.
2. It has not been given a full length anime adaptation or an English release.
3. Nothing in life should ever be that perfect.
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To Shaman King

-They turned Anna and Yoh into hippies...hope they fix it
-I feel weird with the constant naked men and the thing that keeps following their parts =.=''
- MOAR ANNAXYOH MOMENTS DAMMIT XP

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Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou:

1. It ended.
2. It has not been given a full length anime adaptation or an English release.
3. Nothing in life should ever be that perfect.


So true, its a shame that there isn't a proper anime adaption.
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To Shaman King

-They turned Anna and Yoh into hippies...hope they fix it
-I feel weird with the constant naked men and the thing that keeps following their parts =.=''
- MOAR ANNAXYOH MOMENTS DAMMIT XP


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*seconded* I hope we see more of them in flowers, if more chapters are ever released.

Anyway; Pandora Hearts:
1) It's quite slow at times, seems like little has happened.
2) Not enough Break
3) It's monthly :p
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Berserk
1. Miura (mangaka) takes way too many breaks.
2. Who knows when we'll get back to Griffith now... (see above)
3. Elfhelm: are we there yet? ~_~;;
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Bleach

1. Tite Kubo can't draw backgrounds.
2. They can spend a whole chapter just looking at each other.
3. He killed Stark =(
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Shadowhuntress said:
1. Tite Kubo can't draw backgrounds.


Don't mind the fact that a good chunk of manga in general lacks any real backgrounds.
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Gantz

1 It's gonna end at some point
2 I have to wait a month for each chapter
3 It's too good for me
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Shadowhuntress said:
1. Tite Kubo can't draw backgrounds.
Don't mind the fact that a good chunk of manga in general lacks any real backgrounds.
Kubo is especially adapt at avoiding having to draw backgrounds. Fights that takes place in the sky, minimalistic buildings, Hueco Mundo is a desert, etc.

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Beelzebub:



  • Slow realease. The mangaka sure takes a long time, to draw!
  • I am waiting for the romance to develop there, but it is very less likely.
  • Punch lines. The character who does "punch lines" is very similar to Shinpachi from Gintama.
  • The child there, is really annoying. But the main character feels that way too, that's good.
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spupapi said:

  • Punch lines. The character who does "punch lines" is very similar to Shinpachi from Gintama.


  • A straight man like Shinpachi >> I want to read it now.
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    Bleach

    1. Tite Kubo can't draw backgrounds.
    2. They can spend a whole chapter just looking at each other.
    3. He killed Stark =(


    #1- true, and he's too lazy to do so
    #2- correction: TALKING to each other.. but yeah, most recent chapters are all fucking crap
    #3- well.. I think Grimmjow deserved more than that.
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    Bleach

    1. Tite Kubo can't draw backgrounds.
    2. They can spend a whole chapter just looking at each other.
    3. He killed Stark =(


    I want to play too xD
    He really can't, I read Shin angyo onshi and the difference between the two is incredible.
    1. Tite doesn't kill good guys, even if they lack a lower half.
    2. His ideas of bankai are horrendous.
    3. The power levels are ridiculously imbalanced (check vizard).
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    spupapi said:

    Slow realease. The mangaka sure takes a long time, to draw!


    Umm... it's a weekly manga. How is that slow?

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    ^ Exactly what I was wondering. xD

    Voices of a Distant Star
    1. Nooo, not those time warps! D:
    2. They had to be separated for so long. ;o;
    3. They didn't meet by the ending. ;n;

    Though I have a feeling that they did meet. ♥

    Kuroshitsuji
    1. The art quality dropped, regarding Sebastian's face. His is now ridiculously long. :| Especially the position of his nose!
    2. Where is Elizabeth? Prince Sohma? ;o;
    3. Recent lack of suspense that should surround a mystery.

    D. Gray-Man
    1. I'm considering removing it from my favorites.
    2. D-d-d-d-drastic art style change! Takes a bit to get used to.
    3. Humor at this point? It's out of place.
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    Jazze said:
    D. Gray-Man
    1. I'm considering removing it from my favorites.
    2. D-d-d-d-drastic art style change! Takes a bit to get used to.
    3. Humor at this point? It's out of place.


    I completely agree with those points, however, here are my points about DGM.

    1. The art style changed immensely, and I really don't like it as much.
    2. The plot. Where the hell did it go?
    3. I want Lavi back. ><
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    Sotoriel said:

    3. I want Lavi back. ><

    FFFFFFFFFFFF-
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    Sotoriel said:
    Jazze said:
    D. Gray-Man
    1. I'm considering removing it from my favorites.
    2. D-d-d-d-drastic art style change! Takes a bit to get used to.
    3. Humor at this point? It's out of place.


    I completely agree with those points, however, here are my points about DGM.

    1. The art style changed immensely, and I really don't like it as much.
    2. The plot. Where the hell did it go?
    3. I want Lavi back. ><


    I'm glad I'm not the only one who's disappointed by it :/
    The art is so muddled, I find it hard to see what's going on most of the time, it's been like that since around the Thief G Arc.
    The plot... it just threw random words and meanings out there and expected us to know everything.
    It was easy to follow up till around... during / after thief G, then everything blew up :/ now each chapter I have no idea what's going on and find myself re-reading previous chapters to find out.
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    Loveless
    1. The chapters are too short for something that is realeased only once a month.
    2. I got so pissed off trying to figure out who the hell were guys and girls. In fact I had to go watch the anime to figure it out.
    3. I sometimes have no idea what's going on.


    They are all very true....I thought Yayoi was a girl til I read it the second time.

    Naruto:
    1. Sakura (need I say anymore?)
    2. That Naruto...

    3. That it's been going on for so long....I mean, I love it and all, but a conclusion would be nice....

    Fairy Tail:
    1. No English release.
    2. At the start, I'm not too keen on the art.
    3.That it's so damned addictive!!
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    Fairy Tail:
    1. No English release.
    2. At the start, I'm not too keen on the art.
    3.That it's so damned addictive!!


    There is an English release.
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    Great Teacher Onizuka

    1: It ended without an ending. The students weren't shown graduating and Onizuka got together with no-one; remaining a virgin. I have to assume it wasn't ended conclusively just so that Fujisawa could milk more money out of it, and that made me think about 9/10ing it. (Actually, I did 9/10 it at one point...)

    2: Fuiisawa started some plot threads and then seemingly lost interest. The best/worst example of this is the Kunio/giant girl relationship, which got going and then never got time again. Maybe Fujisawa didn't want to turn GTO into a rom-com?

    3: The arm wrestling arc - easily the worst part of GTO. The character the arc focused on was basically a lesser, male version of Urumi, and it was kind of dull watching Onizuka - predictably - go through 100 guys; Heihachi from Tekken being one of the 100. When I was at that point in the manga, I feared for the quality of what remained, and I'm glad I ended up being worried over nothing!

    Easy. Someone who cannot be objective about their loves is immature.
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    Skip Beat:

    1. oh my god. can't kyoko notice that ren likes her?! i mean seriously. D:
    2. i hate how the valentine arc lasted so long. :/
    3. i dont know, this was hard enough to figure out xD

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    animechap said:
    mooglebot said:

    Fairy Tail:
    1. No English release.
    2. At the start, I'm not too keen on the art.
    3.That it's so damned addictive!!


    There is an English release.


    Omg lol why don't play.com have this? I never check amazon coz it usually costs more and they do! Thank you so much for pointing this out to me! (and god I feel like an idiot now!)
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    Onani Master Kurosawa

    1. The art is quite sketch-like.
    2. Could have done more parodies.
    3. So addictive to the point where I just had to marathon-read it and couldn't do anything else.
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    Skip Beat:

    1. oh my god. can't kyoko notice that ren likes her?! i mean seriously. D:

    ...she still hasn't? o.o My God, I don't even read the manga and I know it...

    And I actually found something I don't like about FMA :D The chimeras - but only in the anime, their voices are so stupid x__X In the manga they were ok...
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    One Piece
    1. He kills off heroes, but never villans.
    2. Luffy and Shanks are self righteous but their pirates. (I know this is just apart of their personalities, it just irks me)
    3. The extremely short time it has taken to conquer the first half of grandline.(about 3 months)
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    Skip Beat!
    1. Has a lot of filler near the middle (thankfully the've gotten past that now)
    2. Ren's demands for a better reason for Kyoko to be a star are unreasonable
    3. It looks like it's turn into a love triangle- it's good as it is and doesn't need it!
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    GANTZ
    1. Oku writes very questionable dialouge sometimes
    Ex: During Katastrophe a high school girl says "can we go home now?"
    2. Has some very stupid moments
    Ex: That Osaka team member raping the the alien made of women and gets his limbs ripped off.
    3. The Art is a little hard to follow in the latest chapter.
    4. Plot holes...
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    KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN (the one manga I'm obsessing over at the moment):
    1. A huge filler block at the beginning. Anyone who knows this series, you know what I mean.
    2. There really isn't a break between the more exciting arcs. If Amano Akira had split the fillers up, I think it would be a more balanced series.
    3. There's not a lot of depth to the characters.
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    KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN (the one manga I'm obsessing over at the moment):
    1. A huge filler block at the beginning. Anyone who knows this series, you know what I mean.
    2. There really isn't a break between the more exciting arcs. If Amano Akira had split the fillers up, I think it would be a more balanced series.
    3. There's not a lot of depth to the characters.


    If you catch up then you'll get
    1. The very little character development will be wiped clean.
    2. The plot will become more cliche and terrible than even bleach.
    3. Pokemon and stolen techniques from other shows.
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    misamiera said:
    KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN (the one manga I'm obsessing over at the moment):
    1. A huge filler block at the beginning. Anyone who knows this series, you know what I mean.
    2. There really isn't a break between the more exciting arcs. If Amano Akira had split the fillers up, I think it would be a more balanced series.
    3. There's not a lot of depth to the characters.


    If you catch up then you'll get
    1. The very little character development will be wiped clean.
    2. The plot will become more cliche and terrible than even bleach.
    3. Pokemon and stolen techniques from other shows.


    Following this thread convinced me to stop reading Reborn! and D.gray-man. Ah-hah!
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    Zetman
    1. Orgin story is 70+ chapters
    2. I'm not a fan of rape at all
    3. Story has some confusing points sometimes
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