What is the worth of REAL?
It is made of excellence and deserves to be on our Enlightenment list.
35.7%
5
It is too unremarkable to be on either of our lists.
0.0%
0
It is vastly overrated and deserves to be on our Relations list.
7.1%
1
I have not read this manga, but can you imagine all the bad puns we could make with its name? Click for approval!
57.1%
8
14 votes
| REAL is now up for vote. Decide if it will drive to the hoop of Enlightenment or if it will be counted as FAKE in our Relations. You get it? 'Cause it's called REAL, so if it loses, it'll be FAKE. You know what, forget I said anything. . . RULES: 1. You can only vote for a title if you've finished watching/reading it. You must’ve read or watched at least 60% of the published content for unfinished titles. There might be exceptions for very long finished titles – they are decided on a case by case basis, but usually amount to more than half of the published content. 2. Write your vote at the very top of your comment. 3. Below your vote, give a substantial explanation to back it up. It doesn't have to be lengthy; it just needs to cover the points you want to make. 4. If you have only read/watched the adaption/source material of the respective nominee, please state so in your post. 5. It will take a minimum of 5 votes for either Enlightenment or Relations to make it into any of the lists as an anime (3 votes for manga). If it fails to reach that, it will be deemed Unremarkable. 6. The votes for Enlightenment will have to outnumber the votes for Unremarkable and Relations for it to be included in our list; the same goes for Relations. If it fails to reach that, it will be deemed Unremarkable. 7. Behave yourself. We accept discussions and debate, not flaming and incoherent fanboy/fangirl behavior. 8. The fate of the poll will lie in the hands of the officers if it turns out that there are more first time voters than regulars or the series cannot be gauged by both voting and discussions. This poll with end in 7 days! BEGIN!!!!!!!! |
AlabastreAizoJul 7, 2013 9:18 PM
| Option 1 this manga deserve to be in enlightenment list REAL can be regarded as a masterpiece from Takehiko Inoue, on which is recognized for his art and human portrayal. His work on REAL is able to clearly show his talent on portraying human's nature, expression, and spirit in a very powerful depiction yet still realistic in his own way. The story itself lay around a quite sensitive issue: physical disability. With REAL, Inoue able to reconstruct the common view on how people with disability are considered a weak and inferior being compared to normal, healthy people. The main characters are not a "perfect" disable people that easily overcome their deficiencies. They went through a lot of hardships, hit the bottom of their life, inspired but also discouraged by those around them. There are tons of emotions throughout the story, and REAL able to represent those in the most fascinating way. Kudos for the brilliant author! The theme itself is not that uncommon. There had been some works with the same theme in the past and There are also many American movies that undeniably good on this matter. But REAL is by no means inferior to them, if not better in the presentation. |
doraemon1992Jul 7, 2013 11:28 PM
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| You know there's an actual manga called FAKE. It's BL. And yeah, I haven't read this but I definitely approve of any and all bad puns made about everything ever. |
RarityRoyale said: And yeah, I haven't read this but I definitely approve of any and all bad puns made about everything ever. A sick sense of humor like that should be punishable by banning. |
| I haven't read enough of it yet, but the way Inoue handles handicapped characters is superb. As someone who works on a voluntary basis for the Red Cross I applaud him for that. |
| Steel Ball Run anime when? |
| If it actually made relations (which it probably won't) I really would just add 'FAKE' to the relations instead for like, a week. |
| This needs more votes, too. Damn. We're slacking this week. I bet I can read enough to vote by Sunday, but I'd be sad if I did that and there still weren't enough votes. |
| Maybe keep the polls open as long there aren't enough votes/posts with vote ? ( choose the number required ) As for me I may read it next week If I have enough time. I'm a fan of Inoue for Vagabond and Slam Dunk. |
| We don't have any manga polls after this. We could extend it. We could even start to just do manga polls for two weeks since it's harder to get people to vote in them. |
| Even though I started REAL for this poll, I've been very busy this week (which seems to be true for many of our members). I would appreciate an extension of the poll as well, and would definitely finish it within the next week. Being so inactive, a general span of 2 weeks for Manga polls probably wouldn't disrupt anything if we wanted to make this standard. |
| It is made of excellence and deserves to be on our Enlightenment list. (your vote) REAL was/is a very interesting read to say the least, never would I have thought that a manga about wheelchair basketball would be so intense and captivating where you would really connect with characters . It's filled with well written relatable characters that makes you wonder if this is just fiction or based on a true story, they are three dimensional and fairly complex'd and deep. There were certain moments where I almost broke down in tears because the scene I was reading was simply too intense. It just shows how harsh reality is, where there is no room for fantasies. How your social statue and your ''fake'' relationship could disappear in an instant. You watch the characters as they develop, their happy moments, their darkest moments, their despair. The drama is mature, there is no melodrama and no sudden sob stories shoved in your face. It handles the issues of disability in Japan rather well. The manga doesn't fall into convention, it doesn't fall into the stereotypical moments in both drama and sport. The art is magnificent and beautifully detailed, it is the most realistic art that I have come across. It's simply beautiful. It makes you experience the atmosphere of the situation without the need to say words. I also loved the comedy in the show it was nice and I also liked the NBA references. All in all REAL is an excellent manga. *Note*: I've read more than 46 chapters but I don't know where I last stopped so I didn't update my list. |
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| With 4 votes for Enlightenment and no other vote, I draw this poll to a close. Thank you for voting. |
| It's still Sunday here. One day I will catch up and agree with this poll. |
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