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Post by philster on Oct 14, 2005 21:46:02 GMT
Oops, Watsuki ...
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Post by SilvaShado on Oct 18, 2005 17:46:09 GMT
Well I'm back. I did read vol 19, though rather quickly.
Will would prefer me to just watch the anime, but I'm determined to read the manga because so far, I've liked it better. The anime is good, but not the same. Also, Will knows I won't like the dark OVAs. And from what he's told me, the full impact of what's just starting in vol 19 isn't there. Kenshin's past isn't as strong of a factor, or something like that. Guess I'll find out later, if I ever watch it.
Spoilers vol 19: I was also completely taken by surprise by the whole wife thing. This story arc is going to be very gripping and sad. I have no idea how Kenshin is going to get through it or how it will affect his friends.
As for my favorite characters, Sano and Misao are the two I remember the most. Sano is just cool and kick-butt. And Misao, I guess I kinda relate to her, and she's just really spunky.
Kaoru has been a let-down, but then she's supposed to act the way she does.
I'm really gonna have to skim through some old volumes to refresh my memory. It feels like ages since I read it.
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Post by janggut on Oct 19, 2005 5:11:34 GMT
glad to have u back again, Sarah. Kaoru should have her chance to shine, i think, as the person who will heal Kenshin. her being 19 (i know, so is Rooster Head) & not having such brutal past, she may be more of a softie than the rest. Misao is a woman with very bitter past & yet she can pull through, so yes, she is indeed a very strong character. i like the part where she talked with Kaoru woman-to-woman in regards to Kenshin after the Makoto affair.
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Post by philster on Oct 26, 2005 8:21:58 GMT
YES! Sarah's back! I'm sorry I wasn't here to welcome you back, my friend. I'm glad you're still going to keep company with us, even after all this time.
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Post by philster on Oct 26, 2005 8:23:11 GMT
And Misao is my favorite female character in the series, no doubt about it. I just didn't want to spoil why that is for Shan, but I guess it wasn't much of a spoiler anyway. She's sooo cool. Kinda disappointed that she won't be part of the main cast past vol. 19, though, but ah well, can't have everything.
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Post by SilvaShado on Oct 30, 2005 14:37:40 GMT
Thanks for the welcome back. Glad to be back, just wish I had more time online, but all will happen in due time... or something like that.
The new RK volume should be out soon! Can't wait. Or for the next SJ. I finally got caught up on my SJ's and SB's. Still wish I had someone to talk to about SB - the stories are all picking up and I'm liking them all pretty well. Still sucks that it's only one chapter of each, but more happens in one chapter of a shojo title than in two chapters of a shonen title. Less action, more plot.
um... not much else to say right now. So I'll cruise around the boards a bit more before I have to go to work.
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Post by Shan on Nov 2, 2005 3:12:03 GMT
Hey everybody before we left on vacation, I downloaded all the RK chapters that I had not read and read them while we were gone. Made some good late night before bed reading. I will keep my mouth shut though so as not to spoil it for you guys since you are buying the volumes as they come out and reading them. Shan
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Post by Shan on Nov 2, 2005 3:15:53 GMT
While we were gone, I also got it in my head that I wanted to try making a Kenshin micro. I modeled him after one of the pics in the manga. Here it is. Kenshin What do you think? Shan
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Post by Shan on Nov 2, 2005 5:18:09 GMT
BJ just told me that my Kenshin is not a micro that it is a doll. ;D Oh, well I don't know the difference, but thanks to BJ I will now call him a doll instead of a micro. ;D Now I am just waiting for him to tell me what the difference is. So what do you Kenshin people think of my Kenshin doll? ;D Oh, and thanks BJ for the help. Shan
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Post by SilvaShado on Nov 2, 2005 16:50:16 GMT
Very cool. Whether he's a micro or not, he's very cool. Well done Shan!
To those who get SJ, there's an excerpt from vol 21 in it. Looks like it's gonna be an awesome battle.
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Post by Shan on Nov 2, 2005 22:59:31 GMT
Thanks Sarah. And BJ told me why he is considered a doll instead of a micro. Here is what he said in case you wondered too. "Ok, well a micro is using the templates from micro heroes. A doll is closer to the animation itself (IE: Its more anatomicly correct....smaller head...less exageraterd body etc.) " Hmmmm, guess that means I created some of both and didn't even know it. Shan
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Post by Shan on Nov 2, 2005 23:05:55 GMT
I've been thinking too. Ooooooooo, Shan that is dangerous. ;D I think I want to try making Misao. If she turns out OK, then I may try some others. Hmmmmmm, big question is whether she will turn out to be a micro or a doll. ;D Oh, well, I'll just yell for BJ and let him tell me when I finish it. ;D Shan
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Post by Shan on Nov 3, 2005 4:29:46 GMT
Sarah -> What does SJ and SB stand for? What stories are you talking about? Could you tell me a little about them? Shan
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Post by philster on Nov 4, 2005 23:01:09 GMT
Aha, I can tell that one is a doll *nod* The others you made are definitely Micros. SJ = Shonen Jump, manga magazine for boys SB = Shojo Beat, manga magazine for girls
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Post by janggut on Nov 7, 2005 6:31:00 GMT
Shan, i take that doll over the best micro any time of the day. it's so NICE!!
now that Shan has more than just play catch up, i think it's time for me to move on from volume 19.
sidenote: apart from the above-mentioned reason, i have also finished all 28 volumes of Lone Wolf & Cub. so far the best manga i've ever read. & also the saddest, most tragic. my favourite character, not just in that manga, but among all comic/manga, is little Ogami Daigoro. from birth till 4 years old (when the story ends), he has been in the middle of trials, tragedies, deaths, battles - all that would even turn adults to dust, he & his father Ogami Itto have wandered & journeyed through meifumado (buddhist version of hell) on their path to vengeance after Yagyu Retsudo destroyed their clan & family by way of deceit.
the little boy's facial & body expressions, the things he does, his shido (short for bushido, samurai's warrior code); he has been the most amazing of all character yet i cheered, feared, cried for him at each page till the end. hence my 'instant' poem in Shan's Share Your Poem thread. my heart goes out for that little boy who has to face such harsh world.
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Post by Shan on Nov 8, 2005 0:46:48 GMT
thanks jags. yeah, you can move on from volume 19 since i'm way ahead of you now. ;D it did make good late night reading while we were gone though. as you read more, be sure to tell me what you think, but be sure not to spoil it for phil. it'll be almost a year before he finishes it, but i can't wait that long to hear what you think. shan
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Post by Shan on Nov 11, 2005 0:19:49 GMT
Here is another micro doll that I did of Kenshin. The first one is still my favorite though. I now want to do one of Misao. Shan
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Post by philster on Nov 11, 2005 6:15:06 GMT
Very cool, Shan! And thanks for being considerate of me ^_^
I'm definitely following Viz's version to the end. I wasn't sure before, but now that I've made friends with other people at NarutoForums who are also fans of Rurouni Kenshin, we all agree Viz's version of Rurouni Kenshin is the best English manga dub ever.
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Post by philster on Nov 12, 2005 6:03:45 GMT
Found this off NF. Hehe.
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Post by Shan on Nov 12, 2005 21:40:06 GMT
Cute gif. Shan
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