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la_vie_noire ([personal profile] la_vie_noire) wrote2010-07-25 05:41 am
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OMG this manga is fantastic II

Yes, I should be sleeping, but OM is about to end, okay?

The Dear Kaby story was a little piece of brilliancy. Very heartwarming how Hiro Mashima wrote about a writer's pain of creating something against their creative vision, under pressure; and being ashamed of the result.

And Lucy! How she is such a geek and smart and a writer also! It's basically her coming of age's story, Natsu looks really like the otherworldly mentor right now.

And pfft, "A man that tastes better than alcohol? Such a thing doesn't exist." A badass, powerful, attractive and heavy-drinker character. And yes, not a man. Sadly, I still don't know her name.

It has problems of course, shonen manga in the end. Anything that has to do with with women and looks. But well, is still hella refreshing.

Edit: ERZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. And this is a completely different woman from the previous two mentioned in this very entry. A woman who is apparently stronger than everyone else so much that the powerful male leads are scared shitless of her. Heck, no one can believe when she teams with someone else (someone else: the two most powerful male leads)! Seriously, this writer loves me.

Also, my computer is dying.

Holy Daughter of ETA:

NATSU (fucking shonen male lead uber powerful whom we know almost nothing about): I will go along with you Erza. But with one condition.

EVERYONE: *Shocked*

NATSU: When we return. Fight with me. I'm different from back then.

GRAY (powerful male rival): Are you stupid? YOU WANNA DIE?

ERZA: *amused* I'm not confident in myself, but I will do it.

NATSU: What do you mean you aren't confident? Fight me seriously!

ERZA: Gray, do you want to fight me too?

GRAY: *shakes head desperately*

Also, love everyone always assuming Lucy defeated the monkey and did all the other jobs by herself.

Oh Erza. Love at first sight. Did I mention she is uber calm and collected, tells Lucy to call her "just Erza," and wears, you know, an armor. Like, fully clothed.

Man, was Claymore the last time I was like this?

[identity profile] meganbmoore.livejournal.com 2010-07-25 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Fairy Tail's mangaka seems to be more aware of the problems of the genre than most, and tries to work things the best he can while still operating within the rules. (Unlike, say, Naruto's mangaka, who rather wallows with gleeful abandon.)

[identity profile] la-vie-noire.livejournal.com 2010-07-25 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeap, I kinda got that, still the body-sizeism at one point was really bad. But still WAY better than most.

[identity profile] yeloson.livejournal.com 2010-07-25 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh. I'll have to give this a second look. I read the first volume and couldn't get past the twin problems of:

HYPERBREASTOLOGY and "Hey Lady Character, watch as I explain shit to you and tell you why you're stupid and my TRUE PHILOSOPHY is awesome and mansplain mansplain mansplain."

[identity profile] la-vie-noire.livejournal.com 2010-07-25 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeap, realistic (or even remotely average) women bodies in shonen manga? Not going to happen soon. The mainsplaining and saving got annoying, but then it got better because Lucy did some explaining of her own to Natsu, but let's see how that goes.

[identity profile] shirapika.livejournal.com 2010-07-26 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
ILU VIIIIIII

Recuerdo que al principio me molestó bastante el fanservice, pero again, es un shonen :'D ...luego apareció topless!Gray y le perdoné todo, soy fácil AHAHAHA

Igual, me gusta mucho que no es de esos mangas en los que OMG ESTAMOS PERDIDOS SI NO ESTÁ EL PROTAGONISTA!!1 Todos los personajes son fuertes y awesome en lo suyo, todos aportan a lo largo de las sagas y juntos consiguen salvar el día ♥

[identity profile] la-vie-noire.livejournal.com 2010-07-27 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
ILUUUU SHIRI!!

Y SÍ. He notado que todos hacen algo, lástima que ahora no he podido seguirlo, pero ILUU.