Like the avatar though, Suzuya is kind of cute there.Gary's got his Savage Boots on.

The ava was Kaneki from TG, do they look similar?I spot a Danganronpa 2 avaDid you play the game @Brandish?
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uh oh, nevermind... I mistook you for someone else lol. At least I brought this thread back to life xDThe ava was Kaneki from TG, do they look similar?
I've never played the game :P
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I didn't get too much farther than I last spoke to you about it... I'm a slow reader, and Koe no Katatchi happened.Did you continue with Kaguya-sama?

I will make myself at home here, I hope you don't mind. :3

I live in Cairns. I have left Australia, but not gone to another continent. I've never really had the ambition to travel... but I may go to Japan in 2019 for the Rugby World Cup.In which city do you live in Australia? And have you ever left your country, if so which cities did you visit? Australia is one of the countries I seriously intend to visit at least once in my life, but I'm obviously not sure which locations to visit. I guess you can recommend me some nice places? Australia sounds like an extremely exotic and interesting country for us people outside of it. I don't know if you feel the same way as someone who lives (and was born?) there?
One Piece, Robot x Laserbeam, Vinland, OPM, Otoyomegatari, Akatsuki no Yona, Tomo-chan, Skip Beat, A Trail of Blood, Love is hard for Otaku, Jagaaaaaan... and Berserk, HxH and Dorohedoro whenever they want to come out. Catching up with Kingdom and Kaguya-sama atm.Aside from TPN, which ongoing series do you read currently and do you watch any animes from this season?
) Do you recommend any? Eh, what about Pearce and Keary at the roosters?Cronk is moving over to the Roosters... At least he didn't join Parramatta or god forbid Cronulla...![]()
Judging from the google pictures, Cairns looks beautiful. Is it a known tourist area?I live in Cairns. I have left Australia, but not gone to another continent. I've never really had the ambition to travel... but I may go to Japan in 2019 for the Rugby World Cup.
Or is google giving me a wrong impression?
Most of the time I went to the beach (just swimming) on my vacations. Exaggeratedly speaking, I'm kinda "fed up" with it. I want a change of scenery, more sightseeing and exploring, a complete different experience. Rainforests or diving the Great Barrier Reef sounds exactly what I'm looking for.It depends what you'd like to see. The tropics - go for Cains (rainforests, Great Barrier reef etc is not far from where I live) or Port Douglas (not far from Cairns anyway). A nice city - Melbourne or Perth. The only place that I don't really like is Sydney.
You confirmed twice that your recommendations are near Cairns, I take you would accept me as a guest at your place?

There are quite some names I have heard, but not read. Otoyoemagatari is about the woman who is married to a child, a series which has an incredible art? Saw a couple of panels on 9GAG, was really impressed. I tried to give the anime of Akatsuki no Yona a chance, but felt kinda annoyed by Yona herself. It seems that she has become quite the woman now, hasn't she? Jagaaaaaan was a tad too weird for me. ^^" I wanted to read Tomo-chan, unfortunately the +5xx chapters scared the hell out of me. u.u You have a thing for the romance genre?One Piece, Robot x Laserbeam, Vinland, OPM, Otoyomegatari, Akatsuki no Yona, Tomo-chan, Skip Beat, A Trail of Blood, Love is hard for Otaku, Jagaaaaaan... and Berserk, HxH and Dorohedoro whenever they want to come out. Catching up with Kingdom and Kaguya-sama atm.
Anime - Mahoutsukai, Konohana Kitan and SnS this season (I missed last weeks eps) Do you recommend any?
Yes it's a tourist hot spot.
)Cairns has a few beaches but I wouldn't say they're attractions compared to the Gold Coast or Noosa (those places are nice). So yes Cairns has a range of ecotourism activities. And of course, you're welcome to stay with meMost of the time I went to the beach (just swimming) on my vacations. Exaggeratedly speaking, I'm kinda "fed up" with it. I want a change of scenery, more sightseeing and exploring, a complete different experience. Rainforests or diving the Great Barrier Reef sounds exactly what I'm looking for.You confirmed twice that your recommendations are near Cairns, I take you would accept me as a guest at your place?
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How come you don't like Sydney? It's often the first to go city when Australia is mentioned here. Of course most people haven't been there, so it's more of an opinion based on hype rather than an actual experience. That's why it's interesting for me to hear the opinion of someone who actually visited Sydney.![]()

Otoyomegatari is about marriage in central Asia in the 19th century, there are several couples featured. The main pair is the one you mentioned. It's a really charming manga (with some sad parts, epic parts too) and it is one of my favourites. The art is exceptional, especially with the embroidery detail.There are quite some names I have heard, but not read. Otoyoemagatari is about the woman who is married to a child, a series which has an incredible art? Saw a couple of panels on 9GAG, was really impressed. I tried to give the anime of Akatsuki no Yona a chance, but felt kinda annoyed by Yona herself. It seems that she has become quite the woman now, hasn't she? Jagaaaaaan was a tad too weird for me. ^^" I wanted to read Tomo-chan, unfortunately the +5xx chapters scared the hell out of me. u.u You have a thing for the romance genre?
Until last season, I never followed anime weekly. So it is a good experience to watch them with you guys. I like to binge whole seasons if possible. You're watching Index/Railgun, how are you liking it? It is my next planned anime.Just three series this season? Are you not into animes that much or is this an exception?
I like Mahoutsukai a lot 2 eps in, and I do plan to start the manga.I can assure you that there is a very low chance that you won't be amazed by Mahoutsukai no Yome. How did you like it so far? You could start the manga after the anime finishes. There shouldn't be much to catch up, since it only has +40 chapters or so.
The next best series (excluding season 2 or above series) are Inuyashiki and Kujira. Both of them seem to be well received. I obviously only talk about this season though.
Have you watched Shingeki no Kyojin? You also didn't try any manhwas?

I'll keep that in mind. Not that I have concrete plans, but I'll definitely set foot on Australia.Yes it's a tourist hot spot.
So, you better not mess with Brandish theI haven't followed Rugby for a few years (Rugby Union that is), mainly because I don't like many players from Australia right now. I used to play rugby competitively but IRL got in the way with training/matches so that forced my hand. Your more into soccer though, right? (Football, should I say?)
Damn, I should stop googling those places you mention. Makes it harder to not pack my things and book a flight to Brandish's mansion. It will be so fun if I think about it.Cairns has a few beaches but I wouldn't say they're attractions compared to the Gold Coast or Noosa (those places are nice). So yes Cairns has a range of ecotourism activities. And of course, you're welcome to stay with me![]()

Your rival is also my rival.To be fair to Sydney, I have never lived there and I've not seen a whole lot of it. My main complaint is that the sports stadium seems so far away from the main city... which is annoying. Melbourne is much better planned in this regard. Plus the state where I'm from has a rivalry of sorts with Sydney's state, so that bias plays a role too xD
If Sydney doesn't accept inferiority, then it doesn't deserve a visit of my epicness. 
Guess you are right with Otoyomegatari. It's not like I've heard much about it, but when I did it was only praised.Otoyomegatari is about marriage in central Asia in the 19th century, there are several couples featured. The main pair is the one you mentioned. It's a really charming manga (with some sad parts, epic parts too) and it is one of my favourites. The art is exceptional, especially with the embroidery detail.
Yona was meh to begin with for me as well. She has got a lot of good character development since the beginning, thankfully. Tomo-chan is only 1 page per chapter, and it comes out 1 chapter per day. It's pretty funny.
I don't have a thing for romance but I'll read them. Manga/anime romances are more appealing to me than Hollywood ones, which are cringe. What are your thoughts on this particular topic?


I just finished Index/Railgun yesterday. I can wholeheartedly recommend it you. Well to be honest, Index is not that special in my opinion unless certain characters appear. It's still good though. Railgun on the other hand is very good, especially Railgun S is an awesome, adorable and thrilling ride.You're watching Index/Railgun, how are you liking it? It is my next planned anime.
You are making @niichan and myself proud.I like Mahoutsukai a lot 2 eps in, and I do plan to start the manga.

I'm asking myself why I mentioned SnK, it feels kinda random in the convo.I've seen the first season of SnK, and I liked it. You a fan of SnK?
I read Annarasumanara a while ago and I thought I should try to read manwha, since that was really good. I've been recommended The Gamer a few times and it was popular on reader sites. What are your fave manwha?
Not that it matters, I absolutely love SnK as a watcher and reader. I know there are a lot of people who didn't like the recent revelations and change of scenes (I hope I don't spoil that much), but I was more than fine with it and looking forward to each chapter.
It's gotten better. It still has the issue it had when you dropped it though. That being the transition from a RPG parody into more of a normal contemporary supernatural battle webcomic. And that was kind of it's main selling point. Without that it's good but not amazing.As for The Gamer, I wouldn't advise against it. In my opinion, it's just not my cup of tea because it lacked a certain seriousness in the plot I was hoping for and thus the tension was missing for me. It also had a lot of boring, repetitive stuff. I include the term "boring", because repetitiveness generally is not a deal breaker for me as long as it is executed in an interesting way. But maybe @Jammin can tell you more about The Gamer. I guess a lot has happened since I dropped it.
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Otoymegatari is the stand out for me. I recommend it without hesitation. Also it's not really a romance despite being a manga about brides (I don't want to give that impression). It's more about those people's customs pertaining to marriage.Out of these series, which would be the top 3 you would recommend?
- Otoyomegatari
- Akatsuki no Yona
- Tomo-chan
- Kaguya-sama

Yea I've been eyeing this for quite a while thanks to niichan and Alpharez in the WW's. Misaka seems so amazing and I don't even know her yetI just finished Index/Railgun yesterday. I can wholeheartedly recommend it you. Well to be honest, Index is not that special in my opinion unless certain characters appear. It's still good though. Railgun on the other hand is very good, especially Railgun S is an awesome, adorable and thrilling ride.

Oh I've seen some people destroying SnK's 'flashbacks' or whatever. Maybe because it's a monthly, it might annoy some, judging from the comments.I'm asking myself why I mentioned SnK, it feels kinda random in the convo.Not that it matters, I absolutely love SnK as a watcher and reader. I know there are a lot of people who didn't like the recent revelations and change of scenes (I hope I don't spoil that much), but I was more than fine with it and looking forward to each chapter.
Damn you've read a bunch of these. So you'd say they start out great, but may not keep it going. I've seen some people say they're sick of manga and find manwha to be better... I'm probably not going to get that point since I won't read too much manga.Tower of God is the only one I still follow though. Sadly, I dropped most of them. From my perspective, manhwas tend to start strong, but fail to keep up a certain level. Just to name some examples: no development whatsoever in Girls of the Wild's + neglect of the once appealing genre, boring repetitiveness in Noblesse in regards to plot and fights and plot stagnation in DICE.
As for The Gamer, I wouldn't advise against it. In my opinion, it's just not my cup of tea because it lacked a certain seriousness in the plot I was hoping for and thus the tension was missing for me. It also had a lot of boring, repetitive stuff. I include the term "boring", because repetitiveness generally is not a deal breaker for me as long as it is executed in an interesting way. But maybe @Jammin can tell you more about The Gamer. I guess a lot has happened since I dropped it.
So, if I were to recommend a manhwa, it would definitely be Tower of God as it has an amazing and hilarious cast (especially badass female ones), a fascinating world building (even though it gets not explored as much as I want), incredible art (the art improves a lot later) and a very mysterious plot. Holt picked it up too and he is amazed as far as I can tell.![]()
Gosh, those pages are outstanding.Otoymegatari is the stand out for me. I recommend it without hesitation. Also it's not really a romance despite being a manga about brides (I don't want to give that impression). It's more about those people's customs pertaining to marriage.
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Kaguya-sama might actually be better for you, however I would like to read more of it before recommending it (I said this to niichan as well). Tomo-chan is pretty safe for the lols.
If you weren't into Yona I probably wouldn't bother (I was referring to Yona's character before, the start of the manga was good for me). It has ups and downs, the current arc being a down, the one before it being so good![]()
I think the second one is the first picture I saw in the web. Just staring at them makes you want to read the series, even if it's only for the art.
But yeah, I'm more than convinced that the series as a whole is a great read. I won't pickup a new series any time soon, but I will note this for the future. I might pick up this one or Kaguya-sama based on your future recommendation. For now, I plan to read Made in Abyss, Kimetsu no Yaiba and Railgun. Tomo-chan, Kaguya-sama/Otoyomegatari and 4 Cut Hero (because Jammin doesn't stop hyping it) might be next.
I'll pass on Yona.Haha, niichan recommended it to me once, but I didn't pick it up for whatever reason. Ultimately, I picked it up because of the WW and Alpharez campaign. Mikoto Misaka won't disappoint at all. I won't spoil you that much, but before I watched Index/Railgun I thought she would be difficult to like at the beginning, because she is often ranked at the top of every tsundere list I saw. But... just watch it!Yea I've been eyeing this for quite a while thanks to niichan and Alpharez in the WW's. Misaka seems so amazing and I don't even know her yet
Did you watch all of Index then all of Railgun? That's how I'll be doing it.

Right, it has become quite controversal lately. Well, when a lot of mystery is involved in a series, people get easily disappointed about the revelations. I can't really blame them, because the mystery part is one of SnK's charm and revelations - whether they are good or not - kinda "take away" the thrill and suspense, obviously. Revelations hardly do good to a series.Oh I've seen some people destroying SnK's 'flashbacks' or whatever. Maybe because it's a monthly, it might annoy some, judging from the comments.
That said I'm really looking forward to giving this a crack someday.

Yes, that's at least my humble opinion. But you shouldn't base your decision on that. @Lady pompom-chan still reads Noblesse and enjoys it? The Gamer is in @Jammin's top 5 ranking.Damn you've read a bunch of these. So you'd say they start out great, but may not keep it going. I've seen some people say they're sick of manga and find manwha to be better... I'm probably not going to get that point since I won't read too much manga.
I might give the Gamer a miss then, and if I do pick up something it'd be ToG. What about The Breaker? Seems to be on of the most popular, and Jammin referred to it as if it were a standard.
Also there's this manwha called Priest that I want to try, heard of it? It's based off a game I played when I was a kid (Blood).
). Well, I don't want to shit on New Waves. It has cool fights, some incredible characters and the story is more than fine. But I belong to the minority who doesn't like New Waves as much as the first part. New Waves is well received by most people. So, if you decide to read The Breaker, you sure should read New Waves as well, even if it's just because of that one character whose name I won't tell ya.
If you ever thought Whitebeard is the most badass old dude, be prepared: there is someone more badass! 

You can enjoy Rugby there too, I think (though I honestly don't know if it's part of the Olympics, lol)
Oh god, I failed so hard... Seriously, before I started to write my post, I was permanently reminding myself "don't forget to tell that The Breaker is on indefinite hiatus, don't forget to tell that The Breaker is on indefinite hiatus, don't forget to tell that The Breaker is on indefinite hiatus" and then I DID FORGET IT! >.<" I even went as far as to tell Brandish to read it.Why are you guys not mentioning the #1 thing @Brandish needs to know before reading Breaker? I feel like there is a very important fact you haven't made enough of a point to mention and recommending Breaker to someone without mentioning that thing is like guiding a blind man off a cliff.
Anybody thinking about reading it needs to know it's on long term, possibly permanent, hiatus. And not like at a natural stopping spot either. Like right after a pivotal moment creators just threw up their hands and were like "We're done here." and went to start up a new completely different series.
I guess, I can understand why. Just remembering and describing it is painful.
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Sorrymasen Brandish, please keep Jammin words in mind! It's your decision in the end.Is that so? I had the feeling that I was talking to a wall sometimes.I don't think you're in the minority regarding New Waves @syx it was a pretty heavy loss in quality overall, and I feel like that's something most people agreed with. The sole exception was the old guy whose name shall not be mentioned, he was epic![]()
I still have the feeling that New Waves is well received overall, dunno, maybe my mind is playing tricks on me.