Joker jako niańka i to w dodatku samego Batmana? Taka iście zakręcona sytuacja stanowi motyw przewodni mangi „Joker. Operacja specjalna”. Co więcej, ten szalony pomysł bardzo dobrze zdał tu egzamin. A przynajmniej tak jest w pierwszym tomie, który miałam już okazję przeczytać.
Volume 8 continued where Volume 7 left off, finishing up the story of the Dead Moon.
It continues with Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask being very sick while the other Sailor Scouts are fighting against the Dead Moon Kingdom. Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask try to come out anyway, and they discover some new powers within Mamoru himself! Also, our Pegasus friend is freed.
A lot happens as we conclude this chapter filled with nightmares consuming the planet. See the third pic for one of Sailor Moon's personal nightmares, and one that will haunt me forever.
The last handful of chapters of this volume are more Sailor Moon side stories telling tales about individual Sailor Scouts, their background, and a quick hit self contained story. They were cute, but I am looking forward to the next volume as we proceed the plot forward overall.
Personally, I have really been enjoying the mainline plot a lot more than the seemingly filler side stories. There have been a few good ones, but overall the mainline plot following all of the Sailor Scouts has been my absolute favorite part of reading this. Can't wait for more when Volume 9 of this edition drops.
right now I'm working on VII Days a game for game boy color and "The Unfound Net" a project that I haven't talked much about yet but it's looking great.
Reading a Manga for once again. Delicious Dungeon is fun. Marcielles Faces she makes are very fun to see.
I could see though the series getting a bit stale if you read too much of it at once, each chapter being a "dish of the week" for now. So for now its best for me to read bite-sized chunks of it. The characters and premise are fun so far though.
I will likely read one volume and then change pace with something else.
@indigoparadox yeah. totally. both me and my neighborhood cat visitor. this flat isn‘t even always occupied; but she‘s sleeping over, apparently. (srsly - but it‘s an obvious cat visitor flat, so I‘m not surprised)
New Manga Read - Fist of the North Star, Volume 12
Welcome to the apocalypse!
Volume 11 is about this man on the cover, Falco.
Falco is the inheritor of Gento Kōken (roughly translated as Original Dipper Imperial Fist). The followers of Genko Kōken were sworn to protect the Celestial Emperor (Tentei) from harm.
In this volume, Kenshiro is returning to help the Hokuto Army which is led by Lin and Bat to free those under the thumb of Jaco. Falco, who appears to be nothing but good and compassionate, is somehow the evil Jaco's second in command. Why? Jaco has kidnapped the Tentei and kept them hostage.
This volume is filled to the brim with reveals. Some about Lin. A lot of backstory about Falco, which makes him such a fascinating character. Also, the reveal about the Tentei and who they are was HUGE. Doing minimal spoilers despite this manga being as old as I am.
Falco has a prosthetic leg due to Raoh destroying his leg in the past. Raoh told him that he needed to kill Jaco or, one day, Jaco would manipulate and dominate him. Raoh was right.
While we get a brutal match between Falco and Kenshiro, the ending of the volume is well done with a cliffhanger for the next volume.
ALSO (which I say a lot), Fist of the North Star constantly reminds you that toxic masculinity is bad and that you can be masculine and have feelings / cry. Kenshiro feels, always. Kenshiro allows himself to cry over loss, cry over the suffering of others. He allows himself to feel. There is nothing un-masculine about having emotions. Kenshiro constantly reminds the reader of that...amongst all the brutal violence.
Snippet: "For all the missteps in Disney’s approach to Star Wars since purchasing the IP from George Lucas, there’s one aspect to the business they’ve gotten right: the manga adaptations. Heavily influenced by Japanese culture and film, Star Wars is a property that fits like a (black, L-hand 980 prosthetic covering) glove in the anime and manga world..."
I still buy some physicl manga. I do perfer it, but have no room to store it and there is so much. I am mainly finishing series I started before I went to emanga. Photo of this summers physical purchases, include She is So Cheeky For a Commoner and the next volume of My Job is Yuri, as well as two volumes of Whisper me a Love Song.
Reader’s Corner: Issak (Vol. 7), The Mandalorian (Vol. 2), and SHY (Vol. 6)
May the 4th (give or take a few days) be with you! We've got the latest manga volume of The Mandalorian this week! Oh, not a Star Wars fan? How about superhero fare with the latest volume of Shy? We also have webtoons, romance, and much more this week, including a series we highly encourage you to stay away from.
Oh, so like shitty AI translated anime on Crunchyroll, but for manga. 19 million dollars series A investment to flood the market with mistranslations?!
They claim that a translator is going to do a double check, but at that speed that they promise, very sus.
@yon@chikorita157
So they claim that AI makes the translator's job easier and faster, just like AI companies claim AI makes artists jobs easier, or AI makes storywriting easier.
Companies just want to pay LESS by underpaying staff, hiring fewer staff, hiring less skilled staff, to cleanup after AI does a first-pass of whatever process they want. See WGA strike 2023.
@anianimalsmoe@chikorita157 There’s a tipping point where the tools stop helping I think. Like a bell curve.
For instance dictionaries must have helped. Ways to look up cultural aspects as well. Stuff like rhyming dictionaries and thesauruses. Then digital versions instead of paper. Editing on computers instead of however the analog way worked.
But to get a worse translation to fix has got to be more work, if it’s suppose to end up being a good one. Because it’s not grammar/words only, as we know. It’s like translating in jokes basically.
They clearly want to not have staff at all. And I think there’s where the WGA/AGA failed. Because they didn’t want to be copied, when the goal is to remove them all together. U.S. laws won’t matter when it’s all made on some low cost country server park in the end.
While I don’t like bad translations and bad experiences, it’s something I’ve lived with anyways. They always underpaid translators and shitty customer service is pretty much a staple.
What I think is a big proper issue is the further pooling of wealth due to all this. In simplified terms, if we’d taxed AI (and other post scarcity services some made a killing on) and used it for real livable UBI there would be more of a pressure to produce better entertainment (and services and other things).
I mean there’s groups of people who translate manga without getting paid now. If it wasn’t illegal and they didn’t need to live off it I think they would keep doing it. As a hobby.
(Sorry slightly uncoherent. Been some tough months lately:/ Hope the general idea came through.)
@SceNtriC@szkodnix@ksiazki Jak pisze SceNtriC, już trochę tych mang zrecenzowałam. Planuję też coś o kolejnych napisać, ale dat nie podaję, bo różnie u mnie z czasem bywa. :)
VIZ Media to Release the Destroy All Humans. They Can’t Be Regenerated. A Magic: The Gathering Manga in Fall 2024
VIZ Media has announced that it will release author Katsura Ise and artist Takuma Yokota's Destroy All Humans. They Can't Be Regenerated. A Magic: The Gathering Manga in Fall 2024.
🔖 Wholesome manga rec, the main character reminds me of some people on here
Fushimi-San is a high school janitor. For high schoolers where it seems no adult actually gives them the time of day, Fushimi actually listens and is the role model they need, even if she can be a bit clumsy and laid back at times. Each chapter follows a different students difficulties in their personal life (note: it's not only a fluffy manga, some tough stuff happens too) and the subtle way the janitor ends up being the little nudge towards what they needed. Also the art is super cute!
Jeu du 1er mai : postez 4 affiches qui ont égayé les murs de votre chambre d'adolescent.e
L'affiche collector (et approuvée par la fondation Moulinsart) au format paysage de "Tintin - The Black Island". L'image introuvable sur le net donc je vous mets un équivalent en français avec une autre illustration.
Le poster "Spirou et la vallée des Bannis" dans un numéro de Spirou Magaziiiiiine
Poster Mononoke Hime achetée chez Junku en 1999
L'affiche de l'OAV Gunnm sorti chez Manga Mania Vidéo (1993)
So, I was tagged on Intagram by facetious_manga to talk about my "Bookstagram Backstory." I don't know if a Pixelfed equivalent exists. Bookselfed? Pixelbook? I don't know, I'll use both hashtags and share.
Regardless. Let's go, I guess.
When did I start on Bookstagram?
This account is and remains a personal account. While I post (often), about manga, this isn't exclusively about books or manga. My first post was in April 2016. Wow...that's a long time ago. I started getting more active in posting about books / manga, participating in things like "25 Days of Manga" in 2020. But it was early 2023 when I started posting a lot more manga pics / reviews.
What inspired your username?
I started on Twitter and needed a small handle. MD - I'm from Maryland, MRN - My initials. 83 - I'm old.
What was your 1st review?
The first "review" I posted was saying that the Free Comic Book Day 2016 Firefly comic was good. It got more detailed in my reviews after that.
Favorite part of Bookstagram?
The community. So may good folks to talk, discuss, and share.
Booksta made me buy?
My Lovesick Life as a 90s Otaku. I couldn't NOT get it, the reviews were just too much and I was not disappointed.
Aesthetic?
Middle aged nerdy, bearded Dad-core? I really have no idea.
Recent reads?
A Silent Voice by Yoshitoki Ōima
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku by Fujita
Re-Reading Your Lie in April by Naoshi Arakawa
Describe your aesthetic using emojis
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Tagging no one. Feel free to participate if you like!
