Tier list of the manga I'm currently following

[The Notorious SLAV]

Title. I could definitely read more, but I don't feel like getting the mangaplus app just yet, and since I make a point of reading every one-shot Shueisha publishes, I have a backlog of almost twenty of those, anyway.

 

[turbocuckcel_7000]

looks like normie stuff tbh, aside mayube from what you put in 8/10, crazy shit

i am reading Jojolands even though Araki added a fucking troon character and it's kind of random and not that great of a manga, I don't know why, just inertia from reading previous parts
and Hajime no Ippo even though it also deals with long unpopular arcs and other issues typical of an aging mangaka, just like with Jojolands, welp

this is what it costs if you don't want to read normie stuff tbh

 

[hatepilledandrich]

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Title. I could definitely read more, but I don't feel like getting the mangaplus app just yet, and since I make a point of reading every one-shot Shueisha publishes, I have a backlog of almost twenty of those, anyway.

Is boruto good now?

 

[The Notorious SLAV]

Is boruto good now?

TBV is much better than I've feared. It being a sequel to Naruto still partly carries it, but it is engaging, the pacing and action are decent, and it stands on its own.

 

[The Notorious SLAV]

long unpopular arcs and other issues typical of an aging mangaka, just like with Jojolands, welp

I guess that would be stuff like art getting worse, plotlines getting staler as the author clearly doesn't have many ideas anymore, and so on?

this is what it costs if you don't want to read normie stuff tbh

 

[turbocuckcel_7000]

I guess that would be stuff like art getting worse, plotlines getting staler as the author clearly doesn't have many ideas anymore, and so on?

well, art doesn't necessarily get worse, especially since mangakas get assistants to help with that (they often draw everything except the main characters)

what happens a lot is a kind of weird time bubble effect, one arc becomes very long, the story doesn't move on, and then the manga just ends or the current chapter ends before anything interesting happens, i don't know why that is, but it seems like the author is afraid of moving on from the status quo, because what comes next might not be as interesting, also there might simply be too many things going on at once

 

[kishin]

all these love side stories in boruto make me drop the manga, so much bullshit for a monthly shonen manga

 

[_meh]

I haven't kept up with Boruto for months.

I just remember grown up Boruto being back in the village and his sister looking Kyuubi chakra mode or something.

 

[_meh]

Have you seen the manga where a guy ate his bully or friend and gained some power or something?

I'm thinking of getting into that as well.

 

[The Notorious SLAV]

I just remember grown up Boruto being back in the village and his sister looking Kyuubi chakra mode or something.

Yeah, she now has Kurama, because giving him to Boruto would probably make him too overpowered I guess.

Have you seen the manga where a guy ate his bully or friend and gained some power or something?

I'm thinking of getting into that as well.

Not sure what that is, but sounds interesting.

 

[The Notorious SLAV]

what happens a lot is a kind of weird time bubble effect, one arc becomes very long, the story doesn't move on, and then the manga just ends or the current chapter ends before anything interesting happens, i don't know why that is, but it seems like the author is afraid of moving on from the status quo, because what comes next might not be as interesting, also there might simply be too many things going on at once

I see, never heard of that before.

 

[_meh]

Yeah, she now has Kurama, because giving him to Boruto would probably make him too overpowered I guess.


Not sure what that is, but sounds interesting.

It's just power boost after power boost.

Tbh Naruto series was like that:

1) Has the Kyuubi
2) Being an Uzumaki granting him large chakra reserves and the Uzumaki clan being reknowned for their sealing jutsu
3) Being the son of the fourth hokage
4) Being a reincarnation of one of the early brothers
5) Being related to the first hokage as well (Uzumakis and Senjus being related to each other) and a reincarnation of him
6) Has sage mode
7) Being granted more power from that sage guy at the end of the fourth ninja war.

Just endless power buffs, where does it really end? Lol.

 

[The Notorious SLAV]

It's just power boost after power boost.

Tbh Naruto series was like that:

1) Has the Kyuubi
2) Being an Uzumaki granting him large chakra reserves and the Uzumaki clan being reknowned for their sealing jutsu
3) Being the son of the fourth hokage
4) Being a reincarnation of one of the early brothers
5) Being related to the first hokage as well (Uzumakis and Senjus being related to each other) and a reincarnation of him
6) Has sage mode
7) Being granted more power from that sage guy at the end of the fourth ninja war.

Just endless power buffs, where does it really end? Lol.

Truth. I've seen some convincing arguments that the thing that really broke the power scale of early Naruto and led to the endless power creep we see later was the introduction of Mangekyo Sharingan, and it granting ultra-broken, one-shot powers to its users. Thoughts on that? Even with the tailed beasts and doujutsus existing, the early Naruto was still a pretty balanced universe where basically any slightly competent character could conceivably be a threat or rise high with training alone, with the juubi being mostly power batteries and not too above giant summons or top-tier ninjas when unsealed, and doujutsus buffed their users, but weren't some be-all, end-all abilities. Then the MS got introduced and with it the idea of super-powerful lineage-linked abilities which were just unbeatable for the average ninja, the important characters without them had to be buffed to counter that, and quickly, if you weren't a jinchuuriki or weren't from a super-strong clan with an overpowered kekkei genkai which you of course mastered, you basically just didn't exist in the story,

 

[_meh]

Truth. I've seen some convincing arguments that the thing that really broke the power scale of early Naruto and led to the endless power creep we see later was the introduction of Mangekyo Sharingan, and it granting ultra-broken, one-shot powers to its users. Thoughts on that? Even with the tailed beasts and doujutsus existing, the early Naruto was still a pretty balanced universe where basically any slightly competent character could conceivably be a threat or rise high with training alone, with the juubi being mostly power batteries and not too above giant summons or top-tier ninjas when unsealed, and doujutsus buffed their users, but weren't some be-all, end-all abilities. Then the MS got introduced and with it the idea of super-powerful lineage-linked abilities which were just unbeatable for the average ninja, the important characters without them had to be buffed to counter that, and quickly, if you weren't a jinchuuriki or weren't from a super-strong clan with an overpowered kekkei genkai which you of course mastered, you basically just didn't exist in the story,

Yeah, this is part of the reason why early Naruto had potential becauses at least seemed balanced, but in the end it just turned into another Dragon Ball Z (I just wanted to see ninjas doing ninja stuff and being versatile, and not spamming spirit-like bombs as rasengans). I think there's a reason why some people feel drawn in to characters like Rock Lee or Might guy who were talentless and had to work their way up, but then you have guys like Naruto who were supposedly meant to be talentless, but Naruto really just had unlocked talent.

 

[The Notorious SLAV]

Yeah, this is part of the reason why early Naruto had potential becauses at least seemed balanced, but in the end it just turned into another Dragon Ball Z (I just wanted to see ninjas doing ninja stuff and being versatile, and not spamming spirit-like bombs as rasengans). I think there's a reason why some people feel drawn in to characters like Rock Lee or Might guy who were talentless and had to work their way up, but then you have guys like Naruto who were supposedly meant to be talentless, but Naruto really just had unlocked talent.

Exactly, especially the last part.

 

[Maikowski]

which one is the 9/10?

 

[The Notorious SLAV]

which one is the 9/10?

The Urban Legend Files.

MANGA Plus by SHUEISHA

mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp

A pretty hilarious gag manga about a bunch of oddball students encountering various well-known urban legends. It barely manages to take itself somewhat seriously here and there, but is mostly just a self-aware episodic gag comedy.

 

[Eddiesicoy]

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Title. I could definitely read more, but I don't feel like getting the mangaplus app just yet, and since I make a point of reading every one-shot Shueisha publishes, I have a backlog of almost twenty of those, anyway.

Nigga who tf cares about boruto

 

[The Notorious SLAV]

Nigga who tf cares about boruto

More people than I would've expected watching OG Naruto fans' thoughts and reactions to it.