30/06/2014: New Manga Releases This Week

When I dropped the Arpeggio anime, I said I would get the manga. So that one for me. I've got the Haganai volume on my to-get list even though I already read Shobon before it was announced as licensed.

Rosencrantz · 30 June 2014

Starting Arpeggio, caught my eye a while back when the Anime was announced and now there's a ton of movies and such coming out so it's worth a go

Continuing Haganai, Sacred Blacksmith & Niekoi

kuuderes_shadow · 30 June 2014

Rosencrantz said:
Continuing Haganai

It's not 'continuing' - it's a spin off that's not even written by Hirasaka. It's reasonably decent given that, though - the characters are all more-or-less in character and it feels as though most of the things depicted really could have happened.

ilmaestro · 1 July 2014

kuuderes_shadow said:
and it feels as though most of the things depicted really could have happened.

This is an interesting psychological approach to take to spin-off manga. Surely if you don't believe these things to have happened (in the context of the series), but you believe the premise of the spin-off is that they did, then you are just acknowledging that you are reading fanfiction.

kuuderes_shadow · 1 July 2014

ilmaestro said:
kuuderes_shadow said:

and it feels as though most of the things depicted really could have happened.

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This is an interesting psychological approach to take to spin-off manga. Surely if you don't believe these things to have happened (in the context of the series), but you believe the premise of the spin-off is that they did, then you are just acknowledging that you are reading fanfiction.

Isn't that what it basically is though? Officially approved and professionally written fanfiction?

Rosencrantz · 1 July 2014

kuuderes_shadow said:
Rosencrantz said:

Continuing Haganai

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It's not 'continuing' - it's a spin off that's not even written by Hirasaka. It's reasonably decent given that, though - the characters are all more-or-less in character and it feels as though most of the things depicted really could have happened.

Lol, I knew when I posted someone would point out it's not a continuation in some form

ilmaestro · 1 July 2014

kuuderes_shadow said:
ilmaestro said:

kuuderes_shadow said:

and it feels as though most of the things depicted really could have happened.

Click to expand...

This is an interesting psychological approach to take to spin-off manga. Surely if you don't believe these things to have happened (in the context of the series), but you believe the premise of the spin-off is that they did, then you are just acknowledging that you are reading fanfiction.

Click to expand...

Isn't that what it basically is though? Officially approved and professionally written fanfiction?

I think this is like concluding that officially approved and professionally made Gucci bags are all knock-offs because they weren't personally created by Guccio Gucci himself.

Kite · 1 July 2014

Nothing on my main to-buy list at the moment, a couple titles to catch up on when I get around to reading them (Sacred Blacksmith, Nisekoi)

30/06/2014: New Manga Releases This Week

Ian Wolf

Mushi-shi

Ian Wolf

Mushi-shi

st_owly (witch)

Time-Traveller

VoxPhantom

Stand User

Joshawott

Monsieur Monster

kuuderes_shadow

Thousand Master

Rosencrantz

Dragon Knight

kuuderes_shadow

Thousand Master

ilmaestro

State Alchemist

kuuderes_shadow

Thousand Master

Rosencrantz

Dragon Knight

ilmaestro

State Alchemist

Kite

Pokémon Master