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Post by Sz on Dec 3, 2006 3:12:50 GMT -5
Next week's (December 9) episode of Bleach is when the series becomes certifiably awesome. BE THEREEEEEEEE
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Post by 突貫 (Tokkan) on Dec 3, 2006 3:15:51 GMT -5
I like D.Gray-man better than Bleach.
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Post by Night the SR on Dec 3, 2006 8:46:18 GMT -5
Episode 15 is when Bleach gets certifiably awesome.
You haven't seen anything yet.
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Post by willknavison on Dec 3, 2006 9:30:03 GMT -5
The Bleach manga was certifiably awesome at chapter one, Bi-atch!
D. Gray Man becomes certifiably awesome when the Rewinding City arc is introduced
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Post by Sz on Dec 3, 2006 13:16:02 GMT -5
I like D.Gray-man better than Bleach. I can't hate on Allen and his chums, but D.Gray-man has yet to reach the level that Bleach got to at one point in the SS arc. (regretably, Bleach is kinda arsing around in the manga now. Alas.) Anyway, clearly D.Gray-man becomes awesome once my sig happens. It's like a sort of awesome osmosis. |
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Post by Jolly Joes on Dec 3, 2006 18:12:09 GMT -5
I like Now and Then, Here and There more than Bleach.
Kino's Journey is also better than Bleach.
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Post by NeroKid on Dec 3, 2006 19:27:39 GMT -5
Bleach would be a great show if it just got rid of all that boring crap about hunting ghosts. I am sorry but in no way is Ichigo's exorcism any more interesting then when Ray, Peter, Winston, and Egon do it. oh btw. THE SPIRITS ARE ALWAYS WITH YOUUUU BWA-HA-HA!!!!!  |
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Post by Magi: Model 2007 on Dec 4, 2006 2:29:30 GMT -5
I love Bleach because I eat up shounen shows like they are CRACK.
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Post by Sz on Dec 4, 2006 2:53:17 GMT -5
I love Bleach because I eat up shounen shows like they are CRACK. I like good shounen shows because somehow there are so many that the good ones are better than almost every other genre's. Or maybe it's because they're character driven and all the good characters can be neatly recycled with maximal results? Or that just one or two really good ones happened and everyone else followed the mold to suprisingly good results? Not sure. But I mean: Dragonball Kenshin (just rewatched, 1000% awesome) Trigun (it counts, right? Right???) YYH Bleach One Piece Naruto (for 20 some volumes) D.Gray-man aaaand I'm totally sure I've forgotten some other really good ones too. The point is, something like 10 of the top 20 manga/anime series ever are probably shounen series (granted, I am too lazy to make such a list. Apart from Berserk is still #1), which is just a ridiculous ratio. Like if half of the greatest books ever were fantasy (they aren't) or something. |
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Post by NeroKid on Dec 4, 2006 3:46:08 GMT -5
but wouldn't you say that shonen series possibly appeal to you because you, incidently, are a boy?
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Post by 突貫 (Tokkan) on Dec 4, 2006 4:35:31 GMT -5
The point is, something like 10 of the top 20 manga/anime series ever are probably shounen series (granted, I am too lazy to make such a list. Apart from Berserk is still #1), which is just a ridiculous ratio. Like if half of the greatest books ever were fantasy (they aren't) or something. Berserk ISN'T shounen, it's seinen. |
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Post by Jolly Joes on Dec 4, 2006 6:11:46 GMT -5
^Speaking of that why would Death Note be in Shonen Jump instead of its big brother, Ultra Jump?
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Post by 突貫 (Tokkan) on Dec 4, 2006 7:46:13 GMT -5
^Speaking of that why would Death Note be in Shonen Jump instead of its big brother, Ultra Jump? Death Note is still aimed at a shounen audience, in spite of its themes. |
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Post by Sz on Dec 4, 2006 15:58:48 GMT -5
The point is, something like 10 of the top 20 manga/anime series ever are probably shounen series (granted, I am too lazy to make such a list. Apart from Berserk is still #1), which is just a ridiculous ratio. Like if half of the greatest books ever were fantasy (they aren't) or something. Berserk ISN'T shounen, it's seinen. I didn't say it was. |
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Post by Night the SR on Dec 4, 2006 16:27:27 GMT -5
I love Bleach because I eat up shounen shows like they are CRACK. I concur. |
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Post by Sz on Dec 4, 2006 18:02:11 GMT -5
but wouldn't you say that shonen series possibly appeal to you because you, incidently, are a boy? A 20 year old American male is a bit too far off to be considered part of the target audience, IMO. PS: I forgot to add that not only was I not calling Berserk shounen (um, it's not even close), but also that it and, for instance, the Cowboy Bebop anime defy any proper genre classification -- well, apart from "masterpiece". |
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Post by Night the SR on Dec 4, 2006 18:11:22 GMT -5
Men are men in body only. Always boy in mind and spirit.
So anyone with a y chromosome is the target audience.
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Post by Sz on Dec 4, 2006 18:40:01 GMT -5
Men are men in body only. Always boy in mind and spirit. So anyone with a y chromosome is the target audience. How convenient. Any actual evidence that media preferences don't change over from adolescence to adulthood? ;P |
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Post by 突貫 (Tokkan) on Dec 4, 2006 19:32:32 GMT -5
PS: I forgot to add that not only was I not calling Berserk shounen (um, it's not even close), but also that it and, for instance, the Cowboy Bebop anime defy any proper genre classification -- well, apart from "masterpiece". Shounen (boys ages 6-14) and Seinen (men aged 18-30+) aren't classifications of genre, they are specific demographics for which a product can be aimed at. Shounen is only considered a genre because of the clichés associated with it. |
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Post by Sz on Dec 4, 2006 19:33:16 GMT -5
PS: I forgot to add that not only was I not calling Berserk shounen (um, it's not even close), but also that it and, for instance, the Cowboy Bebop anime defy any proper genre classification -- well, apart from "masterpiece". Shounen (boys ages 6-14) and Seinen (men aged 18-30+) aren't classifications of genre, they are specific demographics for which a product can be aimed at. Shounen is only considered a genre because of the clichés associated with it. Sorry, you know what I meant. |
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