The Snowy Manga Discussion Thread

[Cloudman]

Super_Boom said:

Cloudman said:

Some really good answers here, and varying as well. It was fun to read through them all. ( I didn't know the mangaka of Fairy Tale also did Rave Master... I remember that old manga, man...) I learned a couple of new things today about some mangaka.


Also, have you ever had a time where you decided to check out a new manga out of curiosity and it ended up being something completely bizarre?  Case and point:

Rave Master was pretty great. The plot was a bit standard, like something you'd see in a 90's JRPG, but the characters and the comedy made up for it. It also had some of the heaviest scenes I've read in a shounen adventure adventure manga before, and also one of the best foreshadowing moments I've seen in any medium. I suppose that's another reason I'm dissapointed that FT takes a week-by-week approach, since RM felt a lot more cohesive as a story.

One of my favorite scenes was when a former villain comes back, joins the MC's team...only to later reveal he slept with his sister while he was MIA. I was not expecting a development like that at all. XD

As for your question...I don't have any better examples, but there was one manga I tried that comes to mind. I can't remember why I tried it out, but I found something called Re:Marina (or something similar at least), and looked to see what it was about. I suppose I should have seen it coming, based on the cover image for it...but I thought it was pretty dumb. It basically about a kid who lives by himself, only for a naked girl (yep) to come out of a portal in his room, tell him she's from the future where she's married to him, but wants to spend time with him now that he's younger. 

I didn't bother to read much further. Maybe it gets better, or maybe I just wasn't the target audience for it. They synopsis I read made it sound like it touched on some heavy themes...when it seemed to me like another "lonely otaku gets a hot girlfriend out of nowhere" manga. The bare tits in the first chapter kinda reinforced that for me.

Wow, Rave Master sounds pretty great. I always took it to be just a simple silly manga with comedy and childish art, but I never expected it to have any deep moments.I kind of wish I read it back then when I used to see it a lot.. Also, that page is also pretty funny, and great if you know what I mean ; )

Also, I feel like I've heard of that manga before, but I can't remember much about it... Though if it's got some nudity or other heavy stuff, I think I'll just stay away myself, haha...