{"id":4447,"date":"2010-04-30T22:11:08","date_gmt":"2010-05-01T05:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikoto.wordpress.com\/?p=4447"},"modified":"2010-04-30T22:11:08","modified_gmt":"2010-05-01T05:11:08","slug":"manga-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/2010\/04\/manga-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Manga Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is a shitty post... but not as shitty as the ones on Shit Storm! Vote for me! You will, right? Promise me! PROMISE! DAMN IT, VOTE FOR ME YOU SHITTY STUPID SHITTY SHITTY<\/p><\/div>\n

Recently it has come to my attention that most people read shitty popular manga and never give shitty unpopular manga a shitty chance shitty. \u00a0Thus it is my shitty pleasure to introduce to you shitty five manga that shitty you should be (but probably shitty aren’t) reading shitty shitty. \u00a0Shitty shitty shitty and shitty because they are shitty shitty shitty.<\/p>\n

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This has almost nothing to do with the actual story. Disappointing, I know.<\/p><\/div>\n

Little House with an Orange Roof<\/span><\/h3>\n

Besides boasting one of the worst manga titles I’ve ever seen, Little House with an Orange Roof is quite good. \u00a0It’s what happens when you take your average romance, put a seinen twist on it, and throw in two families of characters. \u00a0You’ve still got your drama and romance, but the novelty of seeing a couple of parents as the main characters isn’t something to play down.<\/p>\n

Of course, the art sucks, the story is almost purely episodic, and you sometimes wonder why the main characters are such dumbasses, but it’s thought that counts, right?<\/p>\n

P.S.: The cover pages are always, without fail, pictures of the girls. \u00a0I think the mangaka is sexist.<\/p>\n

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...has nothing to do with biscuits.<\/p><\/div>\n

Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer<\/span><\/h3>\n

Now one of my favoritist manga, Hoshi no Samidare (which somehow makes it into English as “Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer”) is a complete masterpiece. \u00a0 If One Piece is the pinnacle of mainstream shounen, then Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer is its non-mainstream counterpart. \u00a0It starts off as something of a gag manga, then evolves into a drama, an action series, and finally a blend of all three. \u00a0At the surface, this manga is an enjoyable ride through brilliant characterization and intense but realistic action. \u00a0Underneath, there are are some pretty deep themes going on. \u00a0Of course, I can’t name any of these themes because I don’t really want to think right no\u00a0I’m not a thinker. \u00a0I’m just a guy who likes superficial things.<\/p>\n

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Sket Dance<\/span><\/h3>\n

Comedy is serious business, and Sket Dance proves it. \u00a0The comedy here is on par with Gintama, and the drama far outdoes Gintama’s shoddy transitions from laugh-out-loud-funny to sudden moral-of-the-arc scenes. \u00a0Besides the main trio of characters, Sket Dance doesn’t do as \u00a0good a job as Gintama at characterization (there ain’t no Hijikata or Kondo here!), but the main characters have a lot more depth than Gintoki, Shinpachi, and Kagura.<\/p>\n

Basically, what I’m trying to say is that Sket Dance is better than Gintama. \u00a0Gintama is a great manga, and an even greater anime, but Sket Dance is just… well, better. \u00a0So go out and read this series, because for a Weekly Shounen Jump series that outclasses just about everything else in the magazine, Sket Dance is so un-famous, it’s ridiculous.<\/p>\n

If you haven’t noticed, I’ve been listing these manga in order of how much I love them. \u00a0Of course, Little House with an Orange Roof is pretty damn good to begin with, but Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer is on a whole different level. \u00a0Sket Dance is even higher than that… but not the highest.<\/p>\n

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I would put a picture from the manga here, bu- *BLOOORGH* (throws up)<\/p><\/div>\n

Franken Fran<\/span><\/h3>\n

This shit is the shit. \u00a0It’s the shit’s shit’s shit. \u00a0That’s how much of the shit it is.<\/p>\n

Franken Fran is something like a Higurashi comedy, only scarier and with as much gore as Berserk. \u00a0It will make you feel depressed, entertained, scared, and happy at the same time. \u00a0When you first read a few chapters, you think to yourself, “What the fuck did I just read?” \u00a0After a few more chapters, you think, “What the fuck did I just read?” \u00a0After you’re finally caught up to date, you think, “What the fuck did I just read?” \u00a0But all the while, you’re loving it. \u00a0And that’s what makes Franken Fran good.<\/p>\n

Black comedy, meet Fran comedy.<\/p>\n

Also, vote for me<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recently it has come to my attention that most people read shitty popular manga and never give shitty unpopular manga a shitty chance shitty. \u00a0Thus it is my shitty pleasure to introduce to you shitty five manga that shitty you should be (but probably shitty aren’t) reading shitty shitty. \u00a0Shitty shitty shitty and shitty because […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2zM4X-19J","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}