2008-07-12, 04:07 | Link #1 | |
Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age: 34
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Letter Bee/Tegami Bachi
It's been a while since I started a manga thread...
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What's this about? It's a fantasy story set in a world where the only major source of light is a man-made sun above the central capital city. The story, for now at least, follows the path of a young boy whose dream, after a certain dramatic event in his youth, was to become a "Letter Bee," a sort of a glorified mailman in this dangerous world (and yes, they call their headquarter a "beehive"). Said dramatic event involved a certain Letter Bee by the name of Gauche, who saved his life and changed his way of thinking, technically because the boy was a "letter," and someone has had him sent to a new, caring home, a job waiting for a skilled Letter Bee to take on. At the end of their dangerous journey to the boy's destination, Gauche acknowledged their friendship, and the awed Lag decided from then on to follow the path of his savior and idol. Oh, and there's a lot of talk about the "heart" in this series, and our boy Lag can literally shoot out a "heart bullet" to receive visions of the "heart" of people; that is, their true feelings and memories -- it can hit people, letters (obvious), a church bell, and a lot of other stuff and create a bunch of big screen TV's () that allow Lag and everyone around the vicinity to witness these feelings. Spoiler for Space saver: because not everybody wants to read me rant:
Short version: an excellent and very promising fantasy series with good art, good characters, and good plot. I heartily recommend this one! |
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2009-05-28, 01:52 | Link #3 | |
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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Just finished reading all 28 chapters, and this one of the best mangas out in Jump SQ at the moment. Plot is surprising original, atleast compared much of the stuff I've read lately. I'm looking forward to how the anime adapation will handle much of atmostsphere.
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2009-08-16, 17:01 | Link #4 |
WantsToSeeHerSmileAgain
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: on the Alps/ in the plain
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Do any of you know whether Hiroyuki Asada has been taking a break, the manga has been put on hold or interrupted by the editor? I'm asking because I can't find any new chapters after number 30 came out in June and this manga is one of my favorites. The story has that fairy tail touch into it that captures your attention and moves you from the very beginning.
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2009-09-05, 14:03 | Link #6 | |
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2009-09-18, 11:50 | Link #7 | |
WantsToSeeHerSmileAgain
Join Date: Apr 2009
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I just relized they've already taken care of chapters 31 and 32.
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2009-10-01, 11:12 | Link #8 |
NYAAAAHAAANNNNN~
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 35
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Well the anime is coming out soon. The art style is very similar to Claymore, but I think the storyline is really beautiful. It has that kind of post-apocalyptic feel laced with dubious hope, and peppered with jokes once it becomes too emotional.
Though I wish the mutant boar had a more normal name. Or maybe pet boars in anime are supposed to have weird names (remember Botan, anyone?).
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2009-10-20, 11:24 | Link #15 |
reads too much
Join Date: Oct 2008
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Wow that was fast, yay for chapter 33!
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Non-spoilery comment: Was it just me or did the pacing feel a bit off/rough in this chapter? Almost felt as if the original idea for the chapter wasn't long enough so part of the next chapter got tagged on. Also I believe that the anime will stop just before this arc, anyone else have an opinion on that?
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2009-10-20, 14:16 | Link #16 | ||
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I agree that Anime will probably end before this arc provided it doesn't go it's own route. Last arc is actually decent place to end the show since it takes care of one of the major plot threads. |
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2009-10-20, 15:35 | Link #17 |
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Join Date: Oct 2008
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I meant odd pacing as in we kinda cleared up that mini-arc involving the inspectors and then kinda launched into a new mini arc. They felt a little too disjointed, a little too separate to flow well in this chapter, all IMO of course.
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2009-10-20, 15:50 | Link #18 |
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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Ah, I see. Well, I don't count the issue with investigators over with, it's more at this point Lag and co. are in a bind since they can't do anything about them atm. This doesn't mean they still don't have work to do and we don't know arc well play out. It end up like the "Lighthouse" chapter when Lag met Jiggy Pepper for first time.
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2009-11-16, 00:17 | Link #19 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: CA
Age: 36
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This manga is absolute gem!! Loving every chapter and characters.
It is a really good read, but at the same time I sort of have this feeling that I should have waited till in ends (given it's pace maybe 2-3 years lol) because it is absolute torture that this is on monthly release and at the same time riddled with cliff hangers. Anyways, I'm hooked and can't till the next chapter.
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