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[Vector]

Bleh.  I wanted so badly to really like Naruto, but I can't help feeling like it never really got anywhere.

Never really got anywhere? But it's not over yet!

I can't help thinking about the sheer length of the thing.  He's done 58 volumes and isn't done.  Dragonball was totally over in 42; Samurai Deeper Kyo, in 38; Kenshin, in 28; Saikano, in 7.  I can't help feeling kind of miffed... so much time is taken up by long and exhorbitant fights, and explanations of the fighting moves, and stuff about the Dark Past, that, well.  The art shows and never tells.

I like a good story where you can go back and look at details.  There's always more to see.  Awesome theories to play with.  Fan ideas for how things work, because the author knows but isn't explicitly telling.

The series may not be done, but I really expect more by this stage of the production process.  It's really bloated.  Long is fine, bloated is not.

[Darvi]

I can't help thinking about the sheer length of the thing.  He's done 58 volumes and isn't done.

If you think that's long, then you should read Conan. (On the other hand, the plot only advances every 3 or so volumes while the subplots which are kinda the main feature of the series never last longer than 2)

[Jervous]

I don't really watch the animays and the magnas and I don't even really look at this topic but

This is the only anime I've ever watched, not including stuff like yugioh and pokemans cause that's like cartoons to me.

(seriously watch this even if you've never played the game, its right good)

[Tellemurius]

I don't really watch the animays and the magnas and I don't even really look at this topic but

This is the only anime I've ever watched, not including stuff like yugioh and pokemans cause that's like cartoons to me.

(seriously watch this even if you've never played the game, its right good)

God best RPG series i played in years (sorry but FF died in my heart)

[Jervous]

YES that is so true.

[JoshuaFH]

I actually decided to investigate if there was a list of all plot relevant Conan eps only.

http://members.shaw.ca/makimura/DCN/EPS/DCNCRITEP.html

This list seems surprisingly generous, but maybe I'll try it out when Conan actually finishes.

Or when Japan sinks into the ocean, whichever comes first.

[Darvi]

Alternatively, I could go through all my volumes (incomplete because a) I haven't bought any in ages, b) the german ones aren't as up to date and c) some went missing :x ) and do the same with the manga.

Probably not 'cause I'm lazy like that.

[Leafsnail]

Well I did have that policy about only watching series with under 50 episodes.  That was... kindof ruined by Conan, but I really watch it for the individual episodes and tricks.  Damnit, I work it out some of the time!

Yes, I'm doing it. I'm almost there. I'm at episode 104 of Hokuto No Ken, just a few episodes away from being done with HnK.

Now I just need to forget that HnK 2 exists, so I can live my life without the torment of feeling obligated to watch it.

I have no idea how you guys marathon shows like you do, I get mentally exhausted after three eps.

There's kindof a two track thing in my mind for this.  There are series where I absolutely HAVE to know what happens next.  I need to see the conclusion, I need to know the twist, I need to see the culprit brought down, and damnit I'll do it even if I have to keep reading until 5am.

And then there are others where I want to be able to think about it and work it all out or at least understand everything that's already happened before continuing.  Unfortunately these clash sometimes.  Umineko worked by forcing me to take 6 months breaks between episodes during translations >.>

[Kobold Troubadour]

This is the only anime I've ever watched, not including stuff like yugioh and pokemans cause that's like cartoons to me.
(seriously watch this even if you've never played the game, its right good)

Mm, it's nice and all...but I'll always be a Phantasia fan. The originals all the way...

This list seems surprisingly generous, but maybe I'll try it out when Conan actually finishes.

Or when Japan sinks into the ocean, whichever comes first.

Uh, how exactly does time work in their universe? Shouldn't the characters graduated or at least skipped a few grades already by now through the sheer number of episodes...or do they keep missing schooldays and birthdays that a parahgfHAFDJFGA!#! Graaah! nitpicky common sense bad! plot holes no see!

Actually just finished Hoshi no Samidare some time ago, reading it all in 2 days time. Needs more love...anime where?!? That's injustice I tell ya'.

Also finished reading ARIA...been some time since Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō (Love that series, The world has ended...and we're pretty much alright and OK with everything.) that I felt so satisfied and at peace after a series. Also probably the reason I've been hugging random people lately and why birds keep on following me while on an impromptu song and dance number with unknown people off the street. Now on to the anime! (Wait 3 seasons? Ahw....I'm gonna' get distracted by something before I finish!)

[ToonyMan]

Actually just finished Hoshi no Samidare some time ago, reading it all in 2 days time. Needs more love...anime where?!? That's injustice I tell ya'.

Try out Sengoku Youko.  It's the newest work by the same mangaka and it's pretty good.  The one flaw is that IT HASN'T BEEN SCANLATED IN ABOUT A YEAR

[JoshuaFH]

I have finally finished Hokuto no Ken! Yeeaaah!

And I really liked the ending as well. For all it's hyperbolic manliness and animation that borders on being intentionally campy, it brought a tear to my eyes to see the entire thing end.

I just wish it wasn't sullied by the ginormous number of plot holes.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Like, ok, watch 104, then start up episode 105. See anything different? Kenshiro is literally completely blind at the end of episode 104, but his eyesight has been restored completely by the start of episode 105.

What the fuck happened inbetween the two eps? I mean, literally, there is not a single scene, not a single shot, not a single line of dialogue that explains what happened. Kenshiro's blindness was kind of important guys, it's weird that it just goes POOF and gets better with nary a word of even acknowledgment.

And the flashbacks are bizarrely timed, especially Fudo's. I just can't for the life of me figure out where on the timeline these scenes take place. I mean, there's a pretty goddamn huge difference in the world and society between the pre-apocalyptic world and the post-apocalyptic world, but flashbacks that logically take place before the Nuclear War are all framed as though they're still happening in the post-apocalyptic world. I mean, their are still random thugs just wandering around, seemingly little technology, and in Fudo's case, he would literally go around killing people in broad daylight, he was NAMED Fudo the Demon for Christ's sake... but that doesn't make sense if they existed in a modern society. Literally anyone could just call the police on him, because everyone still lived in a society where that was a thing, but it's never explained why that never happened.

And the very last episode, which was summarizing the events of the entire 109 episode series, throws further confusion into the mix, saying that Shin's beatdown of Kenshiro and Yuria's abduction happened... and THEN the Nuclear War happened! WTF?! We know that the War happened while Yuria and Kenshiro were together! It was KIND OF an important scene, since they had to take up the last space of a bomb shelter together.

It was a great show, but it needed alot of editing, that's for sure.

[shadenight123]

there are some "titanic" mangas which are a lot of chapters.
that's why i usually read all mangas just for the gist of it. if i like them i'll remember them if they pop up again with a new chapter. otherwise i'll forget about them.
was the case with naruto, i started it when it wasn't yet the "enormous" amount of stuff it is now (and i ain't watching anime with 100+ fillers episode, like Bleach). i even was one of the first readers of the bleach first manga chapters.
that's probably why i keep reading them, i don't have to reread everything. i dropped detective conan. Especially after the cases became more and more insane. I mean, really? are they all reading "a hundred and one way to commit a bizzarre murder that a detective can solve but a policeman can not?" i read it for the plot advancement, but i stopped that too...too, many, fillers.

[JoshuaFH]

I took some time to watch Neko no Ongaeshi today, another Ghibli film. It was quite the pleasant, adventurous romp if I say so myself.

[penguinofhonor]

I read up to like chapter 42 in Fullmetal Alchemist today. I stopped because my school's internet crawled to a stop for a while, and still seems unable to load large images.

But does anyone have a site besides mangafox? Because they seem to have switched over to a different fan-translation in like chapter 40 and this one makes me want to kill people. Is there a site that has consistently good translations? You know, like someone put a little effort into making sure everything sounded decent instead of just stopping at the literal translation.

[ToonyMan]

Mangafox sucks ass.  Mangareader also sucks ass.  I die a little when people use them.

Use Batoto or Manga-Access for online sites.  Go to the scanlators sites from MangaUpdates or to BakaBT for completed series to download stuff.  Use MangaMeeya or HoneyView to read downloaded manga.

Here's FMA on MangaUpdates.

Happy readings.

EDIT:
Oh man Tower of God season 2 has started.  Yessssss  Also loads of new Kaiji chapters, yesssssssss again