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Banned
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Age: 28
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Originally Posted by arekwibowo
Spoiler for My opinion after reading DxD:
Hs dxd events don't have any connection with each others. Reading it like watching "super man" or "batman" series: villains show up, beat them, done (+ bonus molest scenes), move to the next episode.
=>You read one arc, it won't courage you read the next arc since it's irrelevant.
"HS dxd" tries to contain all the genre but fails at every single genre.
It's not a light, relax, daily-life manga to read like "to love-ru", "Aria" or interesting, unpredictable plot development like "Yureka", "the record of a fallen vampire", "TWGOK",...
Power development isn't near as interesting as Naruto or Ichigo. (even though they are the same type : suddenly power-up for granted.)
Same goes for the battle.
The romance and ecchi aspect is irritate to read.
1st, he is as dense as any other "harem" lead character.
2nd,He is a pure pervert and stupid who is unable to think anything beside his d*ck, even before important battle BUT never has gut to do what he wants. Typical "barking dog never bite".
3rd,i first mistake he is very brave to confess his dream even-though knowing the consequences. But turn out he is too stupid to think which consequences he will have if he does everything he did. => mindless brute.
=>the irritation of his stupidity overshadows the joy from reading the romance developments and chick-fights.
My English is bad so i can convey it to you, but long story short, the author is bad at writing the story.The author abuses too much "deus ex machina" (google it, example: Ichigo's frequently sudden power-up). When i read a story and the phases " the author does this", "the author did that" always come to my mind, the story is utter garbage.
I drop the LN after i read vol3 since the MC sucks and disappoints me. I first hope he is the same as MC from "trinity seven" but turn out he is worse than typical harem male lead. This LN teach me one value lesson: acting pervert doesn't equal to being awesome.
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Hmm . . .
Spoiler for reply:
Wkwkwkwk Going all out with your dissatisfaction and bare them all.
Well, I myself both like and dislike HSDxD.
Like it for the good art. Dislike it for (everything arekwibowo laid bare above).
Lately, what's been attracting my attention is Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
If you're familiar with the title Mirai Nikki, then just replace the male lead with someone badass.
I've, for one, stopped reading most underdog-male-lead stories.
Especially for ones where they typically gain power and courage on a whim.
It's just so. . .plain, to say they got the power they wanted because they deserved it.
" I have people I want to protect, so give me power. "
Personally, I hate that kind of development. . .
So you see, for me, it's either they are badass from the point the story started ( all that power training left behind for the flash back events ), or badass power for badass motives.
All in all, suddenly gaining power because you have someone to protect is an old idea --
Yes, it is attractive when you connect the male lead to yourself to the point where :
" This might happen to me, if I keep myself right, maybe I'll get the chance to protect a lovely girl with a new-found power that will be granted to me ( or has been inside me all along ). "
But just having and wanting to protect some people doesn't make people deserve sudden power-up.
You want to protect someone, you gotta train yourself. Mahouka gave me that. And I'm happy with it.
I've practiced what I said by training karate. I don't need a dragon's power to rescue a girl attacked on the streets now. ( is not a reference to any LNs )
So you see, reality is actually cooler than fiction for me.
And LN which also complement a taste of reality are what I call good LNs.
It's not like you have to live in Japan to get a taste of what it's like to train your body.
I suggest you Mahouka, read that for a badass protagonist.
Check Tsuki Tsuki, Kikou shoujo wa kizutsukanai, and Gekka no Utahime no Magi to see what it's like to train by one's self to raise to power.
And note that not all of them are action related. But all of these are sure to have protagonists I like. ( 'Scuse me for some full-ecchi ones and full-comedy ones )
They don't gain power by doing nothing/hoping to protect someone.
If they can, they train. If they can't, they stay to their part as moral support.
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