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Post by janggut on Feb 14, 2006 6:57:39 GMT
yep it is. let me see if it's sendable, ok? u can always PM me your e-mail.
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Post by SilvaShado on Feb 14, 2006 16:15:02 GMT
I sent ya a PM jang
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Post by janggut on Feb 15, 2006 4:00:02 GMT
got it!
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Post by SilvaShado on Feb 20, 2006 19:15:53 GMT
Well, I finally got things sorted out with SJ, mostly. I have read the Jan, Feb and March issues now. Here are my comments for January:
Preview: Samurai in Space – weird and wacky. One I wouldn’t mind reading if it was in SJ, but not one I’ll buy on its own. The main character, Gin, reminds me of a mix of characters, yet thankfully has his own unique flavor.
Naruto – Very cool fight between Naruto and Kiba. Naurto’s not completely stupid. That was a pretty smart trick to pretend to be Kiba’s dog. And then his Naruto Barrage attack was very cool. But then Neji versus Hinata! @_@ Family rivalry is so stupid. But I do love the character development of Hinata in this issue and in Feb’s issue.
One Piece – I’m enjoying this. While it’s a pretty quick read because of all the fighting, I like seeing how loyal everyone is to Luffy and how they’re depending on him to win the main fight. In this particular issue, I was surprised at the fight between Zoro’s three sword style and the octopus’ 6 sword style. Not that I doubted Zoro, but he did seem overwhelmed. Not that I expected him to lose, since he’s one of the main characters. But I knew it was going to be challenging. The fight between Sanji and the other fishguy was kinda interesting. I like how smart Sanji is and how breathed air in the guy’s gills. But all of Sanji’s attacks have lame cooking names, but I suppose it is his style.
Shaman King – Wow. Ren and Yoh teaming up to take down Ren’s father. Quite a challenge. But first they have to get through Sh-Wen. I’m glad Jun and Bailong show up to even the fight. Yuan is just so big! It’s crazy, but then Ren’s family is a bit bonkers. I really enjoyed Ren’s character development.
Go – I am so glad this is in SJ. Sometimes all the battle manga gets to me. It’s nice to read about competition that doesn’t require you to bash your opponent’s skull in. And there’s a lot more character development in Go than in many of the other SJ manga. But it was kinda sad to see that his friends didn’t want him around… though I understand why, it’s still sad. But then Yuki shouldn’t be such a jerk! I really liked the little play that they put on. It was a nice break from things and put some perspective on the past.
YYH – Not much to says since I saw this all in the anime. But it was fun to see Genkai testing Yusuke – to see whether he’d willingly kill her for power. As for the Dark Tournament, The Fractured Fairy tales… they weren’t very interesting in the anime and they aren’t here either, especially this first goon.
Yu-Gi-Oh – I’m reading, but not getting into it. I just keep wondering how soon it’ll be over and whether they’ll put a new manga in. I sure hope so. I’d hate for SJ to get even slimmer, unless they started putting in more chapters of the other mangas.
So overall, I enjoyed it pretty well. I guess I was just so happy to get SJ again. But January definitely wasn’t the strongest issue. I enjoyed Feb & March much better.
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Post by janggut on Feb 21, 2006 6:37:24 GMT
@ Sarah -> sorry! i still haven't found time to send it to u. found out the each volume is about 40++ MB so i think i might send it to u in chapters when i'm free.
give me a bit more time, ok?
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Post by SilvaShado on Feb 21, 2006 6:45:58 GMT
No worries Jang. With something that large, you would have to send it in smaller segments. No rush, take your time. ^_^
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Post by philster on Feb 21, 2006 18:47:02 GMT
Glad you're enjoying Naruto, Sarah ^^
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Post by SilvaShado on Feb 21, 2006 19:54:42 GMT
Yup! And I have more good things to say about it when I have the time to post about Feb & March issues.
How ya been Phil? You haven't been on in a while.
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Post by philster on Feb 23, 2006 2:42:03 GMT
I'm doing good. Busy as always with the forums I'm now in charge of... plus things are starting to move now concerning my graduate school plans. But I've also been reading a lot of manga. ^^
On topic as far as SJ-related stuff... I've been reading Black Cat lately online. That was previewed in one of the recent SJ magazines, and it's actually pretty good. I'm on volume 4 and the characters are fun. I also caught up to chapter 400 (the current chapter) of One Piece. Let me just tell you now, One Piece is definitely going to be a looooooooooong trip, whether you read it in SJ or online. It took me forever, but it's definitely a nice adventure story with a zany twist. But the story arcs are looooong. Whew.
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Post by SilvaShado on Feb 28, 2006 19:24:06 GMT
Glad you've still had time to relax and read. Have fun with the forums. I'll try to stop by soon and see what I can add to the discussions.
I've been doing my best to keep up on my reading with SJ, SB, Rurouni Kenshin and Bastard. Money's been tight so I haven't been able to catch up on Bleach.
Hopefully I'll have time to post more comments about the last two SJs soon.
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