Not so Fun Fact: Ken Akamatsu abruptly ended Negima because of disputes with Kodansha and some proposed Japanese Copywrite Law.

I think it would’ve been better if Negima was continued rather than creating UQ Holder. It would’ve been a more epic series that’d be similar to the old Big 3.

gambling

For me the god of gambling manga is Fukumuto Nobuyuki, and hes getting old (64 years old). I’ve said this earlier but it’d be interesting to see them pair up.

1. When I hear Takeshi Obata, Death Note comes to mind (I’d assume most of you would have the same thought).

2. I’ve read Death Note (I’ve watched the anime first), Bakuman (Manga then Anime then Manga again), All You Need is Kill (Movie first), Platina End (manga only). I’ve also watched Hikaru no Go but only knew it was Takeshi Obata’s work when creating this post. I loved all of his works besides Platina End which I only liked. His new works hasn’t reached the level of Death Note and Bakuman, unfortunately.

3. As much as I would like to say that it’s all about the story, I’d say his art still has a big impact to the manga. His art elevates the story to a whole new level. I couldn’t imagine Death Note drawn by another mangaka like Eyeshield 21’s Yusuke Murata, or Kaiji’s Nobuyuki Fukumoto to be the same masterpiece. The drawback is he needs a good partner, which fortunately he had with Tsugumi Ohba. Death Note and Bakuman were great, maybe even modern classics that would be relevant for years to come. On the other end, Platina End was a disappointment. The story was only fine but the art elevates the manga a bit to be likeable.

4. I don’t know if it would actually work well, but it was interesting to imagine Obata’s art being used on Nobuyuki Fukumoto’s work. Imagine Light Yagami playing Restricted Rock, Paper, Scissors. That’d be epic.

He has a beautiful unique style where if you a random page of any of his works on the internet, you’d know it was his.

I hope he continues to make more works, and I’ll be excited to read all of it.

Maybe I should read Hikaru no Go as well.

Do you not like the “Chosen One” trope as well? Sometimes I don’t like it if not executed well.

Like all the protagonist’s hard work is swept aside because he suddenly has HAX because he’s the Chosen One is bad execution.

Was it like this in KHR?

incarnation/resemblance of older characters trope

Which one are you talking about? And why do you hate the trope so much?

I remember Ghost Fighter also had daily life arc.

It’s been a long while since I’ve read this manga but I remember that the first part of the manga was leaning towards Slice of Life/Comedy and only about 40 chapters or so did it become a full on Shounen Battle Manga.

I think the obvious thing is to make it a shounen battle manga on the get go with a heavy sprinkle of SoL/Comedy.

That’s probably it. I remember it got kind of convuluted towards the end but I was a kid back then and maybe just didn’t understood it that much.

Maybe lean more towards the vongola family story instead of whatever they did at the end?

I wish we see more of Noona as well.

Yeah he can definitely walk the talk. Every Kayden moment is just bliss.

Negima!

Fantasy, Battle Manga with heavy sprinkle of Harem, Rom-Com (especially in the early volumes).

I’ll add it to the title, thanks

Don’t be confused with Negima!? which is a spin-off parody that leans towards the comedy side.

you can’t draw a circle in gimp?

This is my first time hearing one shots get an anime series.

I think I have the list of places found in Your Name, hopefully I can go to at least one.

about less than a week I think, so we might not have enough time to visit other areas

Unfortunately it’s a big group (20+)

Oooh I’ll think about the coin laundry thing.

I’ll check out Navitime as well.

Is nakano brodway better because price?

I think we’ll only be staying in Tokyo, but I’ll keep this in mind if we plan another trip to Japan.

Speaking of trains though, I’ll be landing in Narita Airport and I remember seeing that the train from Narita to the heart of Tokyo is expensive or something.

Ghibli museum tickets gets sold out in an hour for the whole year?

I’ll keep in mind the Yamanote Line AirBnB thing, that seemed extremely useful.

I don’t know if I’ll be buying figures tbh, but I heard that I should at least go to akihabara just for the atmosphere and the experience.

Tachiyomi and Mangadex extension (or the scanlators extension if it’s available).

However, most of the time I just download the complete manga from private trackers like bakabt or myanonamouse and side load it locally on Tachiyomi.

I just want to add something regarding twists, saying a story has a twist without going into detail is still wrong.

As you’ve said, the only thing you should say about a story with a twist is that it was interesting or something to that extent but never explicitly mention the word twist.