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I thought Class 1A was fine for what they are, though it becomes pretty obvious pretty quick the only characters that really matter in the story are Deku, Todoroki, and Bakugo.
I'm one of the dumbasses that liked Iida, Froppy and Red Riot. The last one got some surprising exposure, Froppy got shit and Iida was instantly ghosted after Stain. The Black Bulls on the other hand manage to keep being relevant enough as a whole even if some are pretty half baked as individuals.
 
I'm one of the dumbasses that liked Iida, Froppy and Red Riot. The last one got some surprising exposure, Froppy got shit and Iida was instantly ghosted after Stain.
I will agree with you on Iida and Red Riot. Froppy is the worst character in the entire series and you cannot change my mind. Thinking about a lot of those characters though really does irk me on how the last few chapters played out.

No resolution between Pinkie and Red Riot? Nothing between Deku and Uraracha. No real absolution between Deku and Bakugo either for that matter. Other than Todoroki meeting with Dabi and saying two sentences we don't get much from him either.

Then we get that 8 year time skip where most of them are handwaved away. Feels bad mang. Not as bad as current day Oshi No Ko though, talk about a fall from fuckin' grace.
 
I will agree with you on Iida and Red Riot. Froppy is the worst character in the entire series and you cannot change my mind. Thinking about a lot of those characters though really does irk me on how the last few chapters played out.

No resolution between Pinkie and Red Riot? Nothing between Deku and Uraracha. No real absolution between Deku and Bakugo either for that matter. Other than Todoroki meeting with Dabi and saying two sentences we don't get much from him either.

Then we get that 8 year time skip where most of them are handwaved away. Feels bad mang. Not as bad as current day Oshi No Ko though, talk about a fall from fuckin' grace.
What's wrong with Tsuyu?
 
What's wrong with Tsuyu?
"You saved Bakugo, but you really shouldn't have because its against the rules." has real Lawyer vibes to it. Also nothing is more cucked than an aspiring Super Hero not saving someone because its against regulations to do so and then just letting them potentially die.
 
Following up on the JJK derailing, it turns out that Gege was hospitalized in June 2024 to get Appendix removal surgery:

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Injuries and illnesses like this are commonplace with Mangaka, but has there been any instance where a Mangaka was caught faking an illness or injury, to try to get sympathy for their manga performing badly, having a bad or terrible ending, or being just bad?
 
So I'm checking out The Day I Became a God a few years after it aired, and at least it's not pissing me off like Charlotte did around this time several episodes in. I kinda like Hina, and Youta is kinda refreshing for a Key/Jun Maeda protagonist since it's as if they decided to let the sidekick funny friend become the main character for once and gave him his own funny friend to bounce off of. The only thing I'm ho-hum about since I keep forgetting about it is the side-plot about this hacker kid hunting down some research because that feels like Maeda's just recycling stuff from the last few titles of Key's, and I do wish there were more episodes to help make the summer vacation feel a more lively.

Am still remaining cautious nearing the end because something about it got Japanese fans in an uproar and caused Maeda to close his Twitter account and run away. Just am hoping it's not Charlotte levels of bad.
 
Holy shit, had erased Tokyo Revengers from my brain, another wretched series that started strong and then went to sit, though bin JJK defense, Tokyo Revengers peaked much earlier.

Jump is really losing series left and right though. Sakamoto and Dandadan seem like there is still content for a while (and both are awesome in their own way) and OP is there for at minimum 5 more years, but Undead Unluck is also ending (and my understanding is it had shit sales anyway) and I'm not aware of what are the "big sellers" right now outside of Kagurabachi (is it worth reading? the whole sensation that it got memed into popularity has kept me away, but as you may have noticed, I'll read any slop if it has a good hook anyway...).
I'm not surprised that you forgot about it considering that even the fandom is pretty much dead since the manga ended. New anime seasons couldn't even resuscitate them. Now there is Negai no Astro and everyone says that it's dog shit.

Blue Box has probably over 4 million copies in circulation at this point and it's getting anime tomorrow. I hope with my whole heart that we will get good adaptation, but it's not thr type of hype like JJK considering that it's peaceful high school romance.
 
I will agree with you on Iida and Red Riot. Froppy is the worst character in the entire series and you cannot change my mind. Thinking about a lot of those characters though really does irk me on how the last few chapters played out.
I just liked Froppy's power and design, I didn't even remember her being a bitch about saving Bakugo. But still, my most hated character of the class by far is navel laser boy, piece a shit character with shit motivation that was used to ruin the "traitor in the classroom" arc.
I'm not surprised that you forgot about it considering that even the fandom is pretty much dead since the manga ended. New anime seasons couldn't even resuscitate them. Now there is Negai no Astro and everyone says that it's dog shit.
I've skimmed through the Negai Astro thing and first thoughts were "nope, not falling for this shit again". At least the main character doesn't seem to be a whining bitch that never gets better.
Blue Box has probably over 4 million copies in circulation at this point and it's getting anime tomorrow. I hope with my whole heart that we will get good adaptation, but it's not thr type of hype like JJK considering that it's peaceful high school romance.
Is Blue Box worth a read? I like my SoL romance. Does it actually advance the main couple or does it string out the will they won't they into absurdity?
 
Is Blue Box worth a read? I like my SoL romance. Does it actually advance the main couple or does it string out the will they won't they into absurdity?
Yeah, it's pretty good. There is love triangle, but the characters don't have some kind of toxic rivalry between them and I appreciate that the author isn't fucking around with 300 chapters of pining or ''almost confessed, but something happened'' like in Rent a Girlfriend. From what I know it took a lot of time for this to happen in Komi-san, but I dropped it 5 years ago.
 
I just liked Froppy's power and design, I didn't even remember her being a bitch about saving Bakugo. But still, my most hated character of the class by far is navel laser boy, piece a shit character with shit motivation that was used to ruin the "traitor in the classroom" arc.
I think her power is cool if under utilized. But yeah her characterization as the series went on became less and less hero-y and more and more legally minded. Like she's not the sort of hero that could be involved anywhere the rules aren't totally clear because she wouldn't be able to do her job.

It got to a point where it was like "Why are you here at UA's Hero Academy instead of at some law school or police academy or something with more a more rigid rule structure that you apparently need to function."
 
Is Blue Box worth a read? I like my SoL romance. Does it actually advance the main couple or does it string out the will they won't they into absurdity?
Yeah, it's pretty good. There is love triangle, but the characters don't have some kind of toxic rivalry between them and I appreciate that the author isn't fucking around with 300 chapters of pining or ''almost confessed, but something happened'' like in Rent a Girlfriend. From what I know it took a lot of time for this to happen in Komi-san, but I dropped it 5 years ago.
I lost patience with it and dropped it around 50 chapters in. It drew me in with a nice love story, but after a while the romance starts spinning its wheels, and the series becomes a slow-paced sports manga about the low-octane world of high school badminton. Characters are well-written, but Christ, the pacing kills it for me. The serialized version takes dozens of chapters to accomplish what the original one-shot accomplishes in one.
 
The worst part of all of this is that they'd already established he'd gotten his revenge, this new revenge is just the double down that exists for some reason.
And now it turns out that he never actually wanted revenge, he just wanted to protect his sister. I'm sure he could have found a better approach to all this then. They were prepared to catch Nino (remember her?) in the act, why not Hikaru? He confessed to Aqua, they could have recorded him and caught him then and there. Not like Aqua is going to die anyway, but it would have been a lot smoother to handle things that way, if he really wasn't out for revenge.

Are we at the start of a volume or at the end of one?
 
The best Halloween anime is Soul Eater because it is just Halloween: The Anime.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=zzJ8U8OtEsE
Soul Eater is great, I just wish we'd get another anime that goes all the way through the manga.
So I'm checking out The Day I Became a God a few years after it aired, and at least it's not pissing me off like Charlotte did around this time several episodes in. I kinda like Hina, and Youta is kinda refreshing for a Key/Jun Maeda protagonist since it's as if they decided to let the sidekick funny friend become the main character for once and gave him his own funny friend to bounce off of. The only thing I'm ho-hum about since I keep forgetting about it is the side-plot about this hacker kid hunting down some research because that feels like Maeda's just recycling stuff from the last few titles of Key's, and I do wish there were more episodes to help make the summer vacation feel a more lively.

Am still remaining cautious nearing the end because something about it got Japanese fans in an uproar and caused Maeda to close his Twitter account and run away. Just am hoping it's not Charlotte levels of bad.
It's been a long time since I've seen Charlotte, can you remind me what happens? I don't remember it being that bad.
 
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