2012-10-04, 12:02 | Link #10747 |
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I, for one, am a firm believer that promotion/propaganda should not interfere with the story. I thought that whole act, which consumed several pages, was completely uneeded.
There were better characters positioned to save the day than Oudo/13P. And if not, the theory of Oudo being a Shiranui double was still better. ~~~~ But I also think this interaction with Shiranui/Medaka is awful. Perhaps, too awful? Seems like it's deliberately awful, if you catch my drift. The fact is; Hansode is also playing a part right now. ~~~~~ Don't know about the rest of you, but Hanten looks classy. |
2012-10-04, 13:18 | Link #10748 |
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I'm pretty certain we're going to get an arc centered around the Thirteen Party, now that the main characters are essentially out of commission.
It would seem REALLY cheap if Hanten'in could just wave his hand and heal that-which-cannot-be-healed, so we'll probably see Oudo and co. go on some sort of Dragonball-gathering adventure like I suggested a couple of pages ago. They're at the right level of power for challenges to actually matter, too. |
2012-10-04, 14:25 | Link #10749 |
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Lol, sometimes it feels like Naze is two different characters(oh look it's the student council vice president...no wait it's the mummy remodeler), not just in appearance but in disposition. Guess it just depends on her actual role in the story...it's been a long while since they actually were the "13 party". Munakata, Naze, and Oudo seemed to be the best suited as independent characters.
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2012-10-04, 14:47 | Link #10751 | |
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You can't heal Iihiko's damage with a Skill, they already said that. They need something better than a Skill, which is why I'm (jokingly) saying "Dragonballs". |
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2012-10-04, 15:16 | Link #10753 |
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I did find it kind of funny that Naze went back to her mummy mask outfit.
By the way, here's a complete baseless, wild, random, off the top of my head speculation/thought I just had: What if Shiranui's new role was to be Zen's shadow? No idea why, no real reason to support it, just a random idea that popped in to try to justify why Shiranui's acting more friendly to Medaka
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2012-10-04, 15:54 | Link #10754 |
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Hmm...is it possible to interpret Shiranui's frustrations to show her being Not So Different? Zenkichi and Shiranui have both devoted their lives to serving Medaka, one by choice the other by role. Zenkichi was most people's link to Medaka, but Shiranui was the link Zenkichi had to be grounded himself. She periodically tests his will, and makes him and Medaka better people(or at least, that's the intent). Of course, they're probably not gonna focus on that since Zenkichi's down for the count.
Btw, it seems Hiroshi Kamiya made into the Medaka Box anime as MUNAKATA! Looks like he's made the jump from the vomic(albeit as a different character) |
2012-10-04, 16:27 | Link #10755 | |
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Defeating him is possible, it would just take strategy rather than brute force. |
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2012-10-04, 19:57 | Link #10758 |
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I'll just bear with it. Imo, it's leading to a twist with Shiranui. As I said, I'm not buying any of the ridiculous emotions she's displaying.
I believe we'll have the tiny black-hearted minus, who cares for nobody(except for maybe one person) and only thinks of the job back some day. |
2012-10-04, 20:33 | Link #10759 |
Homo Ludens
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I'm enjoying it more now; we're starting to get into some interesting things and as long as the three leads stay broken it could go into some equally interesting directions.
It could be FAR worse; the Front Six could actually have defeated Iihiko. |
2012-10-04, 22:58 | Link #10760 |
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I feel like I enjoy this manga more when I'm hung over .. because the ridiculousness doesn't quite seem so silly .. I kid, but sometimes I can't believe how much Nisio trolls us..
I dub this "The Power of Friendship" arc. I'm repeating myself, but I said it before.. more and more people are going to appear to help, Class Plus 13, Class Minus 13, all those people in the stands during the election.. People will all remember Shiranui and come help her and Zenkichi will make some speech like: "Even Kumagawa can't make our friendship nothing! Can't make all your bonds with all those friends nothing!" -- That is how Iihiko will be defeated! |
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action, comedy, harem, nishio, romance, shounen, student council |
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