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[Micro102]

It feels like it is the source of every stereotype every manga ever had.

[ToonyMan]

It's pretty much everything so people find SOMETHING to like about it, no matter what.

In other news...

Spoiler: I HAVE 3 HP OH GOG DON'T DIE ON ME SHIKI (click to show/hide)

And by that I mean Shiki.

EDIT:
Tohsaka just exploded.

[Trapezohedron]

So, due to lack of manga to read I am forcing my self to read the popular negima sensei  manga.

I feel like stabbing myself. How is this so popular?

fan service and shota.

there are many, many perverted womans in japan.

and mens.

and a classroom of girls with a boy teacher attracts both.

then magic for the magic fans.

but that's just the excuse.

that said, another harem manga in the making:
"Heaven"

and started reading Nisekoi
(about a son of yakuza leader and a daughter of a mafia gang having to date to avoid a war in the city, while a third love interest is the "promised one" who refuses to admit it.)

You forgot about the genre shift halfway in the manga. It becomes a (mostly) shonen piece of work. I'm not a fan of it, though, and probably never will be, due to the sheer amount of chapters I'll have to trudge through in order to get to the latest chapter while not being a total idiot to the plot.

[Chaoswizkid]

So, due to lack of manga to read I am forcing my self to read the popular negima sensei  manga.

I feel like stabbing myself. How is this so popular?

[snip]

You forgot about the genre shift halfway in the manga. It becomes a (mostly) shonen piece of work. I'm not a fan of it, though, and probably never will be, due to the sheer amount of chapters I'll have to trudge through in order to get to the latest chapter while not being a total idiot to the plot.

There is a definite genre shift. The beginning has some fanservice, nothing absolutely terrible though, and the plot is mostly about just his school position. Then the fact that he's a mage becomes more of a focus gradually, and the magic world begins to interact with the plot.

Then you get to Evangeline. This is the first sign of the genre shift from being a fanservice-y harem slice of life middle school with a dash of magic to a fanservice-y harem magic fighting shounen manga. From there, things get progressively more awesome.

One of it's biggest strengths, in my opinion, is that there's a ridiculously large cast of characters that are seen on a constant basis and all of them are identifiable. Later in the series this becomes a bit of a problem because the focus shifts away from somewhere around half of the class of girls, but it also introduces quite a few new recurring characters. That the author actually maintains personalities and character development for so many characters is impressive.

That, and I'm a total sucker for harem series. Ken Akamatsu's earlier work Love Hina was also a favorite of mine.

[Neonivek]

I'd like Harem series more if they often didn't seem so unfortunate.

In that most of the other characters are essentially going to be alone. It is just so bittersweet

THOUGH I don't mind Harem series where everyone gets a crush on the hero, but where there is an obvious pairing and they could always move on (Cordo on Cordio and Yamino Pastichie)

[Nadaka]

I have recently acquired netflix streaming!

Already been watching ghost in the shell, high school of the dead, and have full metal alchemist in the queue.

I don't know which of the many anime series/movies on netflix that I have not already seen are good.

Any netflix anime suggestions?

[Nilum]

Well, I just finished the Arcueid and Ciel routes in Tsukihime. Time to run through the far-side routes! I'm so close to being able to watch Carnival Phantasm. So, so close.

[ToonyMan]

I thought I was reading my own post for a second.

...Don't expect to 'run through' the far-side routes.  They still take a bit of time...and you'll probably want to try out Kagetsu Tohya and Melty Blood after finishing Tsukihime before watching CP.

I planned on reading KT's haunted mansion short story tonight but I'm soooooooo tired.

[Nilum]

...Don't expect to 'run through' the far-side routes.  They still take a bit of time...and you'll probably want to try out Kagetsu Tohya and Melty Blood after finishing Tsukihime before watching CP.

I planned on reading KT's haunted mansion short story tonight but I'm soooooooo tired.

Gaaah, I kind of expected this. My friend won't shut up about how amazing Carnival Phantasm is. Oh well -- Tsukihime's really grown on me. I wasn't a huge fan at first (spoiled by the voice acting in FSN) but the entire Nasuverse is so damn interesting, I can't stop now.

[ToonyMan]

I wouldn't say Carnival Phantasm was AMAZING but it made my night.

Tsukihime is really really weird.  It's a lot more like, psychological and stuff?  It doesn't have huge fights or high production values in the visuals or audio but uuh uuuhh I do really like Shiki.

If you enjoyed playing Fate/stay night and Tsukihime I would highly highly recommend checking out the When They Cry VNs too.  They're both really good.

[IronyOwl]

I have recently acquired netflix streaming!

Already been watching ghost in the shell, high school of the dead, and have full metal alchemist in the queue.

I don't know which of the many anime series/movies on netflix that I have not already seen are good.

Any netflix anime suggestions?

Samurai Champloo. Awesome swordfights and... colorful characters.

Depending on what you're into, Afro Samurai (Resurrection less so). Mostly mindless violence, but well done and rather unique mindless violence.


I haven't seen it (and the manga is garbage, but often well-liked garbage) myself, but since you've got Highschool of the Dead (which I haven't seen either) up there, you might consider Claymore. It's a fanservicey (though in a different way than Highschool) things-get-cut-in-half anime, which sounds somewhat similar.

[ToonyMan]

So...I just finished reading IMOGIRISOU from Kagetsu Tohya......

............

Spoiler: spoiler summary (click to show/hide)

OH NO THIS IS SO SPOOKY

OH GOG EXPLODING CAT

THE CULPRIT IS YOU

This was the stupidest horror story I have ever read.

UNLIMITED CORNERED WORKS

I guess I'll read Crimson Moon now?  Uuuuuuh man that was definitely the stupidest short story I've read so far.  Freakin IMOGIRISOU man.  The trailer made it look so cool.

[zchris13]

Oh god the arms. What is this thing you are doing, ToonyMan.

[Chaoswizkid]

I have recently acquired netflix streaming!

Already been watching ghost in the shell, high school of the dead, and have full metal alchemist in the queue.

I don't know which of the many anime series/movies on netflix that I have not already seen are good.

Any netflix anime suggestions?

Darker Than Black is pretty good, but I didn't really like the English voices that much. The subbed version is on NetFlix.

[Boksi]

Welp, now I know why Hisui can do a Chodenjin Hurricane. Thanks Toony.

In case you don't know what I'm talking about, watch Hisui and Kohaku's combo attack in BMW.