uc pseudonym wrote:Unusually for my generation, I'm an early riser. I was up especially early today, not for a specific reason, but let me just put it this way:
20th Century Boys Volumes 8-22
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Well, in between volumes I went biking, did errands, finished household tasks, and ate. But yeah, pretty much. When I get a bit of free time I can blaze through a series fairly quickly.
Now the issue at hand: 21st Century Boys. Where be the translations? All I have is chapter one, and I'd like to see some more resolution for loose ends and character plots.
Now the issue at hand: 21st Century Boys. Where be the translations? All I have is chapter one, and I'd like to see some more resolution for loose ends and character plots.
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uc pseudonym wrote:Well, in between volumes I went biking, did errands, finished household tasks, and ate. But yeah, pretty much. When I get a bit of free time I can blaze through a series fairly quickly.
Now the issue at hand: 21st Century Boys. Where be the translations? All I have is chapter one, and I'd like to see some more resolution for loose ends and character plots.
21st Century Boys is slated to wrap up the series by the next (16th) chapter. RAWs have been available routinely thanks to certain sites, but translates scans have yet to be written. The general assumption is that the groups still translating the series do so in volume incriments, so you'll need to wait till 21CB is "Collected."
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Just finished Monster, vol. 1. XD
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I read the first chapter, and I am not in love. No need to elaborate, though.
Ah, I see. It is really a shame that many good series don't have the popularity (and hence speedy translation) of the big shonen titles. But I can wait.
Personally, I prefer Monster over 20CB. The plot isn't as elaborate (hence not as fun in some senses), but I think the issues it will raise in later volumes give it more lasting value.
Fish and Chips wrote:21st Century Boys is slated to wrap up the series by the next (16th) chapter. RAWs have been available routinely thanks to certain sites, but translates scans have yet to be written. The general assumption is that the groups still translating the series do so in volume incriments, so you'll need to wait till 21CB is "Collected."
Ah, I see. It is really a shame that many good series don't have the popularity (and hence speedy translation) of the big shonen titles. But I can wait.
Radical Dreamer wrote:Just finished Monster, vol. 1. XD
Personally, I prefer Monster over 20CB. The plot isn't as elaborate (hence not as fun in some senses), but I think the issues it will raise in later volumes give it more lasting value.
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Just finished vol. 2 of Monster. XD I'm enjoying it so far, though I think 20CB grabbed my attention faster. Still good, though!
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Radical Dreamer wrote:Just finished vol. 2 of Monster. XD I'm enjoying it so far, though I think 20CB grabbed my attention faster. Still good, though!
I think the opposite can be said for me. Monster grabbed my attention much faster than 20th Century Boys. However I did finish Monster before I even started 20th CB, so that could simply be why. I'm also going to have to side with UC on this one. I find Monster to be slightly more enjoyable.
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Finished reading Monster vols. 3 and 4 last night while my internet was having downtime. 
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Recently finished Yotsuba&! volume 4.
Reading:
Megaman NT Warrior vol. 12
Kingdom Hearts 2 vol. 1 (looking to be pretty darn sweet.)
Reading:
Megaman NT Warrior vol. 12
Kingdom Hearts 2 vol. 1 (looking to be pretty darn sweet.)
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Basara Volumes 16 and 17
The lead characters finally find out the other is their mortal enemy. I can't decide if I like how this and the aftermath was handled. What will determine my opinion is likely to be how this affects relationship dynamics, which may confirm what I thought was done well or just irritate me more. As of right now, I don't know if I think this is well-handled or if it makes me want to punch kittens.
The lead characters finally find out the other is their mortal enemy. I can't decide if I like how this and the aftermath was handled. What will determine my opinion is likely to be how this affects relationship dynamics, which may confirm what I thought was done well or just irritate me more. As of right now, I don't know if I think this is well-handled or if it makes me want to punch kittens.
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Working on From Far Away 7. Now this SO reminds me of an earlier Inuyasha, but awsomer^^
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Air Gear - Up to 159
It's entertaining, although not exceptional. Some of the dialogue is rather awkward...
It's entertaining, although not exceptional. Some of the dialogue is rather awkward...
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Monster vols. 5 and 6. Working on 7, now. XD
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Gin Tama vol. 1
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I just finished the fan made adaptation of Voices of a Distant Star. I liked it quite a bit. Although I liked the original film more, but it was still nice.
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MasterDias wrote:Air Gear - Up to 159
It's entertaining, although not exceptional. Some of the dialogue is rather awkward...
I'm following this as well. My opinion is essentially the same as yours overall. It is good to see Spitfire do... well, anything. He's just been mysterious for most of the series. I'm betting this will be his last/only fight.
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Fish and Chips wrote:20th Century Boys vol. 1
Refresher course for my pending review.
wow, you're really putting in a lot of...manga reading for your 20 CB review. i'm really anticipating your review now. i'm sure it's gonna be pretty awesome.
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- Abraham Kuyper
"God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy."
- Westminister Confession of Faith (Chapter 5, Section 1)
"The wisdom of God has found a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God all the while upholding the righteousness of God!!"
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"Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God!"
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"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
- Martin Luther
"I have to tell you first that I am ready to die. I have put my affairs in order. Your supreme weapon is killing. My supreme weapon is dying, because when you kill me, people all over Romania will read my books and believe on the God that I preach - even more than they do now."
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"The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin in it to condemn the whole world."
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"Sometimes we don't present the Gospel well enough for the non-elect to reject it."
- John MacArthur
"In the total expanse of the human life, there is not a single square inch of which Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine'."
- Abraham Kuyper
"God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy."
- Westminister Confession of Faith (Chapter 5, Section 1)
"The wisdom of God has found a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God all the while upholding the righteousness of God!!"
- John Piper
"Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God!"
-John Piper
"The very One from Whom we need to be saved, is the One Who has saved us."
- R.C. Sproul
"All of Christian life is ceaseless worship of God the Father, through the mediatorship of God the Son, by the indwelling power of God the Spirit, doing what God commands in Scripture, not doing what God forbids in Scripture, in culturally contextualized ways, for the furtherance of the Gospel, when both gathered for adoration, and scattered for action, in joyous response to God's glorious grace."
- Mark Driscoll
"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
- Martin Luther
"I have to tell you first that I am ready to die. I have put my affairs in order. Your supreme weapon is killing. My supreme weapon is dying, because when you kill me, people all over Romania will read my books and believe on the God that I preach - even more than they do now."
- Dr. Joseph Ton, the exiled Romanian pastor (quoted by James Montgomery Boice)
"The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin in it to condemn the whole world."
- John Bunyan
"If the Christian has lost sight of Calvary, that shows that he has lost his way."
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jon_jinn wrote:wow, you're really putting in a lot of...manga reading for your 20 CB review. i'm really anticipating your review now. i'm sure it's gonna be pretty awesome.
Well, there's also an ulterior motive, but yeah.
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Monster, vols. 7 and 8.
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Getbackers volume 19
Beck volume 1
Beck volume 1
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"Sometimes we don't present the Gospel well enough for the non-elect to reject it."
- John MacArthur
"In the total expanse of the human life, there is not a single square inch of which Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine'."
- Abraham Kuyper
"God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy."
- Westminister Confession of Faith (Chapter 5, Section 1)
"The wisdom of God has found a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God all the while upholding the righteousness of God!!"
- John Piper
"Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God!"
-John Piper
"The very One from Whom we need to be saved, is the One Who has saved us."
- R.C. Sproul
"All of Christian life is ceaseless worship of God the Father, through the mediatorship of God the Son, by the indwelling power of God the Spirit, doing what God commands in Scripture, not doing what God forbids in Scripture, in culturally contextualized ways, for the furtherance of the Gospel, when both gathered for adoration, and scattered for action, in joyous response to God's glorious grace."
- Mark Driscoll
"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
- Martin Luther
"I have to tell you first that I am ready to die. I have put my affairs in order. Your supreme weapon is killing. My supreme weapon is dying, because when you kill me, people all over Romania will read my books and believe on the God that I preach - even more than they do now."
- Dr. Joseph Ton, the exiled Romanian pastor (quoted by James Montgomery Boice)
"The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin in it to condemn the whole world."
- John Bunyan
"If the Christian has lost sight of Calvary, that shows that he has lost his way."
- J.I. Packer[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]
"Sometimes we don't present the Gospel well enough for the non-elect to reject it."
- John MacArthur
"In the total expanse of the human life, there is not a single square inch of which Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine'."
- Abraham Kuyper
"God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy."
- Westminister Confession of Faith (Chapter 5, Section 1)
"The wisdom of God has found a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God all the while upholding the righteousness of God!!"
- John Piper
"Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God!"
-John Piper
"The very One from Whom we need to be saved, is the One Who has saved us."
- R.C. Sproul
"All of Christian life is ceaseless worship of God the Father, through the mediatorship of God the Son, by the indwelling power of God the Spirit, doing what God commands in Scripture, not doing what God forbids in Scripture, in culturally contextualized ways, for the furtherance of the Gospel, when both gathered for adoration, and scattered for action, in joyous response to God's glorious grace."
- Mark Driscoll
"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
- Martin Luther
"I have to tell you first that I am ready to die. I have put my affairs in order. Your supreme weapon is killing. My supreme weapon is dying, because when you kill me, people all over Romania will read my books and believe on the God that I preach - even more than they do now."
- Dr. Joseph Ton, the exiled Romanian pastor (quoted by James Montgomery Boice)
"The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin in it to condemn the whole world."
- John Bunyan
"If the Christian has lost sight of Calvary, that shows that he has lost his way."
- J.I. Packer[/SIZE]
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Monster, vol. 9.
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Finished up Kingdom Hearts 2 vol. 1
Now reading:
Gin Tama vol. 1
Dragon Drive vol. 2
Now reading:
Gin Tama vol. 1
Dragon Drive vol. 2
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Monster vol. 2. I bought vol. 1-5 at the Otakon merch room, but I accidentally bought 2 copies of vol. 3. I also bought some (non-pornographic) doujinshi but it seems it's all in Japanese.
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