Yesterday I learned that in One Piece we first meet rayleigh in chapter 19 in a two panels at the bottom of page 8 and yet we don't see him again chapter until chapter 500.

Also here is his first appearence in the Anime.

Nice catch. When I was catching up on One Piece, I spent a lot of time on the wiki reading random trivia like this. Oda really loves setting up plot points long before they're utilized, like Brook's crew being a key point in the Twin Peaks arc in the early chapters of the manga, Doflamingo's power being shown hundreds of chapters before being explained, and Haki being used all the way back in chapter 1, 600 chapters before it was officially given a name. Below is another of my favorites. The image on the right is from back in the Alabasta arc, all the way in chapter 157.

Basically, a random tattoo typo turned out to be a setup for something much bigger...that Oda had already planned on Sabo's character at the time Ace's introduction. Considering that Sabo wasn't formally introduced until Luffy's flashback ~Chapter 600...this kind of setup is insane. I can't think of an author in any medium that foreshadows to this extreme...and it's part of why I love One Piece so much. You literally can't rule out any minor plot point balooning into something much much bigger later on. It honestly feels like I'm being rewarded for following the story closely, rather than being disappointed in seeing certain plot points be forgotten or go absolutely nowhere.

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Too tired to write my manga updates tonight. I thought this was funny though.

Was rewatching some scenes from Marineford the other day and noticed the cross out S. Also most of Usopp's lies are also foreshadowing future moments/events

The only other writer I can think of is Martin with the Game of Thrones novels--and his started to fall apart by book four.  Of course, he was following a ridiculous amount of threads so it's kind of understandable.

That's funny...I read the Ice and FIre books up till book 3 before I got caught up on One Piece, and I remember thinking at the time that OP has similar world-building...without leaving me depressed afterwards. I can definitely see the similarities.

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Yamada-kun to End in 5 Chapters

Day old news now...but thought I'd post it here anyway. Surprised it went on this long....I should make another attempt at it someday. Curious how many loose ends are still around, and if five chapters will be enough to resolve everything.

Yeah, most long-running series of any kind leave you thinking that they're eventually making it up as they go along.  One Piece, on the other hand, makes you think it was all planned out 20 years ago.  It's an amazing achievement.

Which brings me to Yamada-kun.  I'm really glad it's ending so the mangaka, who I like quite a bit, can move on to something else.  I loved the first class of witches, so to speak, but then dropped it because it felt pointless.  It definitely had that Bleach type "this is popular, let's draw it out" feeling.

I love Ayla's character in Hitoribocchi no Chikyuu Shinryaku.  Her "difficult personality" makes things fun.

Heya, Cloudy here. Haven't had a manga rec in a while, and I found a manga I thought some people may be interested in, so... here I am.

I remember some readers were reading a cross-dressing manga called "Boy Skirt" and while this one isn't nearly as deep as that one, I thought I'd bring it up. It's called Lily, and it's abouy a girly boy who lives a normal life with his family... until he learns his parents have a huge debt, abandon him, and he gets sold off to someone to help pay for it. All seems lost for him, becoming a slave to someone, but then his sister comes in to save the day... However, it's not much better. His sister has a plan for him to pay off the debt, but the deal is, he must become a maid idol and work in a maid cafe. So much for him getting over his girly side...

So yeah, you can check it out if... you want!

*rolls around, dodging Switch thread and Trump thread aplenty*

*hits a brick wall*

Ow! What an inconvenience!

*sees he's ended up in the Manga Thread*

What a joyous day. I think I'll post my updates.

One Piece - Reunion soon?

Luffy's got his doubts cleared up, and is heading back to meet with Sanji. Maybe this will finally be when they reunite, and Sanji can join the rampage. Though it seems more likely he has another plan in mind. RIP Luffy's stomach.

Brook lost to Big Mom already. I guess there was never a chance of victory for him. Poor bones. Hopefully the animal friends can save him, while Luffy and Sanji reunite.  

Shokugeki no Souma - Teamwork Fail

I genuinely laughed this chapter. Takumi and Megumi giving it their all...while Saiba and Souma just fail miserably. Poor Erina XD Only now she realizes how her idol is basically an older version of Souma.

Still like that Souma and Erina are on the same team. Hopefully a cute shipping moment coming up. Not a weird Saiba one...the good one.

Oh...and angry Gin is best Gin.  

My Hero Academia - Strong Naked Man

Geez...Archie Comics Hero is pretty badass. I liked how they described his alternate power as a video game glitch...since that's basically what it is.

Was hoping to see the cute girl and shy boy fight...but now we're moving to the next thing. Not sure I understand what Gran Torino is implying. Will Deku work with this League of Villains dude? Or is this just a really awkward segue to let us know that All Might's former sidekick is a villain?  

Curious to see what happens next.

Fairy Tail - Because she's Erza...

God. Erza fights make Natsu fights look interesting. At least Natsu adds some humor to his cheesy power-ups. Now Erza's going to cut a meteor in half with friendship power. Huzzah....

I suppose it's badass...and this is the manga I need to turn my brain off while I read it anyway.  

Seven Deadly Sins - SMT

Demons are totally evil guys, let's kill em all. They won't come back for revenge.

This revelation is like the justice vs. chaos thing in Shin Megami Tensei...only far simplified. More interesting than usual I guess. 

Still getting tired of seeing Meliodas and Elizabeth romance in every freaking era though.  

One Punch Man - Ha

That last line was funny. "If you want to have fun fighting...DON'T GET STRONGER." To be Saitama is pain.  

Ao no Exorcist - *sizzles*

Holy explanation Batman. Maybe this would be less annoying if I read more frequently...but I can't figure out what's going on here. Demons only exist in the real world? What the heck is Satan doing then? Pretty sure he was himself when he possessed Shiro in the first chapter. Maybe I just misunderstand how this works. I guess I can accept that this is a way to let demons exist in our world...this just changes my perception of what demons actually are by quite a bit.

Seems like Mephisto had humanity's best interest in mind...even though his actions seemed like they caused the Blue Night. Hopefully Satan remains evil next chapter...kinda worried it's gonna take the path of the first anime ending. AKA Satan is just misunderstood arc.  

That's all for now. Still catching up on a few things. I've heard good things about The Promised Neverland. Might try that next, since it's not very far currently.

I just read a lie. There is *nothing* that makes Natsu fights look interesting.