>watch the anime looking for something that scratches the rpg itch since Im burned out of games>its really good>find out manga is done, start reading>already on chapter 60, series is probably going to my top 10 everHow come some anonymous japanese woman has better sense of lore building, better character and story writing, better jokes, better concept and better art than 99% of the people working in the industry today?
>>281921807because she's an oldschool wizardry and ultima nerd. dungeon meshi is filled with allusions to Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
>>281921807You have bad taste
>>281921952I cant even fathom the slop you must like holy fuck
>>281921807Check these.
>>281921807Japs are good at making meritocracies, you have to be good or they can you for the next guy in line. Women are not exempt from that rule, so you end up with very cool and unique series you don't find anywhere else in the western world.
>>281921807>How come some anonymous japanese woman has better sense of lore building, better character and story writing, better jokes, better concept and better art than 99% of the people working in the industry today?There is a massive lore book called the Adventure Bible that flushes out a lot of the stuff only touched upon by the main story and a large number of blog posts detailing what living life in that world is like. The answer to your question is "love", she loves the characters and world she created to the point of obsession and thankfully she's shared it with us.
>>281922171live forever
>>281921807I was thinking of getting the manga box set.
>>281922171Survive for a while
>>281922171Drifting dragons is badMeat should be the last reason anyone hunts a dragon
>>281923096shut up hippie
>>281923114Hunting then for their thick hide, scales, organs, bones or for pest control all make more economic sense, even within drifting dragon's own lore on dragons; the meat of such a creature would be terrible to eat but the author's frame of reference is probably the Japanese taste for whale and its painfully obvious-- the first chapter they're all salivating over what would be a mountain of the worst possible meat and mentioning the hide as an afterthought when anyone with any sense about them would think of this the other way around
>>281922565>47% off on AmazonDon't tempt me, I'm broke
>>281923295Alligator is good meat, why would dragons be bad meat?
>>281922565I wanted to buy it too but the last time I checked it was very expensive
>>281923295Meat quality depends on what the thing eats, BUT we have solutions to all bad meat flavors/textures. Either via butchering techniques or herbs/spices that remove the gamey flavor. We even sorted out how to cook poisonous fish safely. I have no doubt once someone got their hands on dragon meat they'd sort out how to cook it right. Sure the first ones probably had a lot of waste. But once chefs got it is only a matter of time before it's peak cuisine. Even if you liken it to the worst predator meats out there - stuff like parasite infested bear meat or whatever, people still kill and cook bear. Dragon meat would likely be very close to snake, alligator, and bird meat - lots of lean meat, little fat, mostly "white" meat, not red meat. You'd have to avoid whatever crap makes them spew fire/acid, and avoid spoiling the meat with that. But overall I'd expect it to be generally bland and tough for most bits, with some fat collecting near the gut of the dragon. Stupid easy for humans to fix in other words. I'd also expect dragons nesting on gold to be FAR fattier then their active flying village toasting buddies.
>>281923489If dragons had to be based on Earth critters and rules, I'd wager they would be more similar to birds - you'd get "white" breast meat, and "dark" wing meat. Given dragon habits, the legs would probably be white since they don't walk around regularly. But that doesn't mean they aren't similar to gators and snakes, because both produce "white" meat. And being a white lean meat, humans totally know how to cook that shit dozens of very tasty ways. The dark wing meat would be the hardest to deal with, but we know how to make it tasty too. The fantasy bit that would be hard to deal with is whatever magic/fire production organs are in the dragon. This is the part we can't account for - like if a evil dragon has a corrupt mana core and that just makes all of it's meat taste rotten. Or it vomits acid and has a bile organ that easily ruptures ruining all the meat when you kill it. Crap like that would EASILY make dragon meat a right pain to deal with in a fantasy setting.
the dragons are whales, come on it's blatantly obvious the whole manga is just fantasy whaling
>>281921934>because she's an oldschool wizardry and ultima nerdI think she is more of an advanced casual of not that old games that however likes the stuff and mainly the worlbuilding and storytelling aspect of cRPGsIn the interview she says she watched her dad play those old Wizardry games
>>281921807Some of it's just plain luck as things fall into place. When you go back to the early chapters, you can tell there's a lot of things that she hadn't pinned down yet. That said, I consider the ability to lay the solid foundations for your story without incurring crippling writing debt to be the mark of a good author and generally I think Kui did a good job of that.
>>281922171>no Re Cervin
>>281921934>dungeon meshi is filled with allusions to Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlordthere is one manga that is directly drawing from old Wizardry and fully owns to it, even alluding to the black screen + white wireframe look. Covers resemble the CGA era color palettes.the Daikatana spinoff of Golblin Slayer. Nowhere near as good as DM, though, t's more of a gimmick or fond whim of the author than some super-good at and story trait.
>>281921807ye its good
>>281924398If you can't grow a beard just shave it.
>>281924398>ongoing>dump threads
>>281922171>Centuria it's ok if you still like the shonen formula and its trope>Bugle started with something good, the world building went straight in Shonen territory quickly, getting boring desu. >land of monster havent read>Drifting Dragons like the art, strange cool conceot but the story itself is suffering some sort of progression issue and the main characters doesnt really have any appeal. >TowerI do enjoy this one.
>>281924791he doesn't care about either, it seemsat first I thought he went hobo due to his wife dying, but then it turned out he was like that even before.Still, it's probably a case of "dude in mediavalish fantasy setting being kind gross as you would expect" kind of realism.The messy kind of beard made me think he will get shaved by somebody and it will turn out he is a dark bishie all the time under it (he looks it), but it has never happened over the years. Seems the author is fully committed to the slob image.Expectations dodged, heh.
>>281925118>cat runs away after two minutessmart move anon
>>281925043>the world building went straight in Shonen territoryretard.stopped reading.
>>281925848sorry but its a very childish manga, nothing wrong with that
>>281926164What an odd thing to posture about
>>281922171How about Touge Oni?
>>281924276From her interviews I'd say she started out as a casual fan / outsider, but through research she seems to have become a solid fan of the genre. She's played most of the major fantasy CRPGs starting from the IE engine titles and onward. The only one I can think of that she hasn't explicitly alluded to is Arcanum, but I don't even know if that has any sort of nip translation.
>>281922565>buy volumes as they release>complete box set with cool container releases>can't justify repurchasing entire manga just for the boxIt keeps happening
>>281924276She has/had since she has purged her blogs where she posted art a few times at this point, a few pictures she did of the specific Wizardry characters that she was using in one of the games that inspired the main group in Dungeon Meshi. She probably got into those kinds of games from watching her dad play and then trying herself.
Reminder that Kui drew a whole portrait pack for Baldur's Gate 2
>>281922171>DD>you vill eat ze whales>and be reminded every month
>>281928844I know those pics. It even explains the things like Falin looking like a cleric (she was supposed to be one) and Marcille being able to heal despite being a wizard (she was supposed to be multi-classed into a bishop, a Wizardry's hybrid arcane-divine caster). Lel bishop MercilelAnd Laios learning some magic? She intended him to reclass to Lord, it's what Lord does.Could be Wizardry 7/8 tho.
black background because that is what wood times Wizardry games looked like
>>281928891and bg1and she drew best girl
>>281925043>started with something good, the world building went straight in Shonen territory quickly, getting boring desu.lmao quite the opposite started off with shitty shounen generic fantasy slop(native isekai)turned out to be gene wolfe cosmic horror sci fi kino.
>>281929039>and she drew best girlI never knew she drew Ravel__________.
>>281921934>>281924276Here. Judge her taste
>>281929097very woman-core
>>281921807DM is probably one of the most consistently good manga out there and has one of the most perfect ending possible to the story. Women mangaka are very good, especially outside of romance.When you finish, do read the extra material as said in >>281922420. The world building gets even better.
>>281921807>How come some anonymous japanese woman has better sense of lore building, better character and story writing, better jokes, better concept and better art than 99% of the people working in the industry today?I obviously can't speak for every anonymous Japanese woman, but Ryoko Kui has a strong appreciation for the aesthetic behind how people live, how things are made, and the mundanity that would still exist within fantasy. Before she did Dungeon Meshi she had already put together 3 short story anthologies that were all fantasy hypotheticals: Terrarium in Drawer, The Dragon's School is on Top of the Mountain, The Works of Ryoko Kui: Seven Little Sons of the Dragon, they're all great and you can read them on MangaDex. She's also a "huge casual" fan of PC western rpgs: >>281921934 >>281924276 She doesn't play a lot of games, but she consumes a ton of second-hand content: Dwarf Fortress, Wizardry, Baldur's Gate, Skyrim, most Japanese fans of fantasy exposure to the genre tend to begin and end with Dragon Quest or mmorpgs. At the start of the series Dungeon Meshi was a lot more referential to pop-media, but over time when she got comfortable, she started using more material from folklore.
OP here, thanks for the info, I'll check the other stuff. Her being so secretive about her identity yet giving some hints avout here interests makes me wonder what it would be like to date her
>>281929097can't say I played much of that, it would probably be only bias and preconception of those games I have>Wizardry 6Oh. That's still oldschool, given the graphics even compared to W7. I personally draw the line and Dungeon Master. Amberstar/Ambermoon and EoB1, since those were the ones I did as a youngsters. Can't go more old now when I'm old. W7 I missed to window to play, W6 didn't have access to.>Tokien and EndeBASED beyond reason
>>281929150honestly, Octavia I found to be one of the weaker Kingmaker companions, though I didn't try romance. So it feels weird for her to be a highlight. If she wasn't a girl, what would even be her personality? And Camellia is well, if you know you know. She might have not known, mentioning that she was waiting for the non-existent japanese release. She drew her super cute tho.>Solas one of the highlighted bigger heads.Now that I can get behind even as a male "only waifus matter" gamer. Based.and get the load of how cute her Aerie is
>>281929097I find it fascinating that she played Songs of Syx, though I'm not surprised she liked it.
>>281929097yep she's around my age in her mid 30sthis is your gamerwife
>>281929325I was long an Aeriefag but this would make me one if I was not
>>281928721Impeccable manga, a shame about the TL situation but we will be there next year.
>>281929097>a woman actually touched Expeditions: Romeshe's a rare breed
>>281922171Is it just me or does Centuria have awful pacing? We’ve been in the same fight since February
>>281929761who you chose in BG2 decided the trajectory of your taste in women for the rest of your life.
>>281929858I thought that was a penis...
>>281929858IIRC I intended to romance Viconia, as a Drizztshit reader at the time>Ended up with Jaheira too because of the rewars/being curious.>I didn't intend to recruit Aerie at all>but she gets kind of railroaded into the party at the start for a short while in the circus quest>I was immediately owned, could never kick her out after that (BG1 + 2 had no camp/hub or any mechanism or inactive companions sticking around)>did the romance, in the end liked it best even if it is vanilla
>>281929097>Kui came to see HenryGod be praised
>>281929097Very nice
>>281922175>Women are not exempt from that rule, so you end up with very cool and unique series you don't find anywhere else in the western world.You're telling me you don't want to read/watch Critical Role slop?
>>281929150She drew a better Sera than the one ingame.
>Westshit threadgo back to /v/
>>281928721>Fantasy and mythology series>Look inside>Science fiction
>>281922565I got this for my niece,
>>281930366
>>281929097Would kill to see her Thought Cabinet in Disco Elysium.
>>281930439It's also Lovecraftian.
>>281930593the Japanese dubbing must be absolutely fucking horrific.
>>281921807>How come some anonymous japanese woman has better sense of lore building, better character and story writing, better jokes, better concept and better art than 99% of the people working in the industry today?Because the story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Guts and One Piece, and even Inuyasha, are trash because they don't end, they don't try to resolve anything, they just keep the treadmill going. DBZ and Detective Conan, ends things, even if they pick it up again later with the same characters, at least the previous story is over.And much of the humour is truth that people don't get along with people, at best they sort of hang around with each other and don't really know them.
>>281928721>>281922171Touge Oni is great, someone should drop it regularly so it can enter this list. Also, why isn' t Magus of the library there? There have been a lot drop threads for that manga I think it qualifies for /a/pproved fantasy manga
>>281929097not saying much but she has better taste than the vast majority of /v/ lmao. makes me want to go on a wrpg binge almost desu
>>281929097very surprised she's played Disco Elysium. She has good taste, damn
>>281929144> most perfect ending possibleEh.. I DO think the ending as a whole is great but its also a bit rushed IMO. I would've really appreciated a bit of a longer epilogue so that Senshi/Chil could get more closure, rather than the overt focus on Laios and Marcille (and Izu, to a lesser extent) Though I do definitely appreciate that the adventurers bible had a few little extra comics dealing with stuff like Shuro's proposal to Falin, Mithrun deciding on his next course of work, and Laios/Kabru dealing with the political aftermath of the ending.
No real progress on my end, I've been stuck in a rut trying to get her kit to be both fun and unique so I've been switching to the hero version of Leed to at least keep working, but now I have the same problem there now too. It will still happen, but it's gone from snail's pace to glacial pace.
>>281929858I figured out an exploit to get all three in my first playthrough. Take that as you will.
>>281931700Looks really good. Take your time.
>>281929097>the outer worlds>StarfieldAlright she can't be perfect I guess>Expeditions: RomeBASED
>>281929325>And Camellia is well, if you know you knowPerfect? The cutest? The queen of Drezen? A cinnamon roll who did nothing wrong?
>>281931860>Queen of Drezenpic unrelated I guesshere's the actual Queen
Okay but season 2 when
>>281921807Why do people act so gay about stuff they enjoy?
Mithrun is cool
>>281933339It just specifically this guy and he's making the rounds to spam rpg shit on every board. Hence all the off topic RPG spam from /crpgg/. Reverse search any image in this thread and its all from that general.There's an extremely mentally ill guy who does this on every single board.
>>281929097>space haven>songs of syxThis bitch is cultured I tell you huwhat.
>>281929097There is no way. But if it is indeed true, then I look forward to her next work.
>>281928721meh, got bored to tears
>>281922565Fuuuck, I just bought the bluray set of TNG.I also bought Daydream and Adventurer's Bible in Japanese when I visited Japan earlier this year. Guess I'll buy this too, because the manga's top tier.
>>281933385The only good canary.
>>281921807>>anonymous Japanese womenAnon for fuck's sake that women's been toiling and building up her portfolio in the industry for years before she found her big break with Dungeon Meshi. Read her short story collections.
>>281929097Where do you meet complete retard nerd women like this? I've only interacted with a few in the wild do you have to to D&D clubs and board game groups or somthing?
>>281921807glad you like it, its one of my favourites. but where were you when a new chapter came out on /here/?
>>281929097>shes played more games than me>made a wonderful manga>artistwhat am i doing with my life
>>281921934Are the old wizardry games worth checking out? I plan on playing ultima underworld I & II.
>>281929097>Wizardry 6 was a big inspiration for dungeon meshiOf course it wasI'm surprised there's no space ships and wookies in dunmeshi with how heavy the Wizardry inspiration goes
>>281933960
i really like thistle, the elven men shouldn't look so feminine since it confuses me
>>281929097I'm surprised she's never played NethackAll you do in that game is storm a dungeon and learn what specific things to eat to get benefits like fire immunity and telepathy and so on
>>281934549You should at least play the Dark savant trilogy (6 ->8)The ones older than that have a reputation for being cruel and unusual torture
>>281921807I'm not going to pretend to have in-depth knowledge about the Japanese entertainment industry, but I assume it's because manga as a whole tends to be a more individualistic meritocracy. As an infrastructure, it's more supportive of independent creators. Publishers aren't out there hiring teams of writers, they're looking for submissions from individuals that they judge might be popular. Manga isn't developed by a boardroom and test audiences, it's written and drawn by a single creator with input and advice from an editor or two. In short, in the west you need to play the game with connections and social politics to get hired like any other job in a supporting role in a creative project in the hopes that you might some day work your way up to calling some of the shots. In the Japanese manga industry it seems like you just need a quality work and a bit of luck to get it the shot to speak for itself. Maybe some connections to really get a submission in the right hands. Of course there are exceptions on both sides, but in the west it just seems a lot harder to get yourself exposure as an individual without working your way up the corporate ladder first.
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>>281934764okay im going to reread it, but see what i mean. with the canaries i had to check their chest and even then i wasn't sure
>>281929097should add Dwarf Fortress and Darkest Dungeon considering she has done bonus comics on them
>>281934533You lack focus.
How many times do you think Mithrun has shit his pants
>>281934793>Dwarf Fortressno fucking way...>checks>it's trueok, she's way too based for her own good.
>>281929097>Expedition: RomeThe single most based woman to ever exist.
Anyone know what the deal with Harta spinning off Aokishi is? That's where Kaoru Mori and Aki Irie publish now.
>>281922171Land of monsters has a tone problem
>>281935275Elves don't poopMarcille doesn't count since she's halfu
>>281929852Yeah I don't really get the love for it. It's fine but damn is it ugly and slow.
>>281931860"you just with she just pleased old men for money""in a game where surprising number of female love interests are former or active cannibals, she managed to be the worst of them"
>>281934533>shes played more games than meNGL that one kinda stings unexpectedly, clearly I'm fucked my time flies too fast
>>281934617She kind of steps away from the gaming themes to make it less meta and more true fantasy. The cRPG inspiration was her starting impulse but she realised it's a burden and quality killer for most stories that draw inspiration from it heavily.
>>281934134and based
>>281937334>you just withwish, evenAlso, when not even the party spider is mean to Ember but Camwhore is, that's what should have given you a pause.
>>281936252I like it. It's getting axed anyway so enjoy it while you can.
>>281936343retard
>>281922171Drifting dragons is such a tasteless love letter to the whaling industry.
>>281937334>>281937540>Aruefags and wendogs still seething years laterGet over it
>>281938021over what? tards liking 'muh senseless evil path'?those were always there
>>281938077>Over what?You tell meYou are the one who started seething about cammy out of nowhere
>>281929097>Kingdom Come DeliveranceThat explains A LOT.
>>281937765nuke the whales
>>281921807If everyone was good no one would be exceptional. I don't understand what you're upset about.
>>281938476I'm just telling you she's THE worst girl of the game, that's pretty much objective. It's you who saw it in a romance ranking war.
>>281938659>It's you who saw it in a romance ranking war.*in a romance ranking war context.fuck, I should not work and eat and shitpost at the same time
>>281938594We need another 2 or 3 exceptional mangakas instead of 99.99% of slopp
>>281921807>How come some anonymous japanese woman has better sense of lore building, better character and story writing, better jokes, better concept and better art than 99% of the people working in the industry today?Autism and legitimate interest and skill.
>>281936008Mori and Irie both left Aokishi, still hasn't been an announcement on what they're moving to next.
>>281937684Sure It just feels like the characters don't act natural.
>>281922565I just looked that up. €184 is a lot of money...
>>281921807Because most mangaka are like this. Take JJK for example. >Gege made 5 different mangas with different concepts>One gets picked up>He starts cooking from there, then shits out the writing and ending but still has to keep going since it’s his livelihood. Inspired, authentic ones are writers first, mangaka second. They don’t shit the bed like this, they already know what they want to write from the start.
Has she played Rogue Trader yet?
>>281938659See? Seething again
>>281931671The thing about epilogues is I think they’re overrated, and I don’t mean that in a jokey or ironic way. Some mangaka drag the story past the real ending for more 'closure,' but that choice ends up watering down the actual theme. Take AoT for example. It could’ve just ended with the bird, but they had to throw in the whole 'war never ends' crap for an extra push that wasn’t needed.
>>281939718reread the posts you are replying to and your stuff. It appears you are seething about other romances, I didn't even mention them.I understand you tho, Wenduag "project" was definitely more interesting experience. Arueshalae is rather simple and the voice acting is a step down from that but at least she is nice.Note: I didn't check on the festival content, don't have the DLC, but could that really save it? I did see a video with the Galfrey-related content and that was surprisingly good.
>>281939642Wow, two pairs that never happened.
Been thinking of buying the full set and the boxset is nice, but I already have 2 volumes so it almost feels like a waste
>>281924398I dunno, this one doesn't really have that feeling of medieval adventure for me. Is it doing well?
>>281941355dunno. Lots of gratuitous nudity and sex, so I'm afraid author was fearing Axe, but since the start of the lewd content, it got 40-50 more chapters, so it probably was intended early on if not from the start.After all, as dark fantasy it probably looks at Berserk as one of the inspirations and that was lewd as hell.It would be unfair if it got axed, most undiluted fantasy of fantasy series, atm, I would say.
>>281929039My first waifu...
>>281941813Does the little girl get some?
>>281941895>underage daughteruyou sicko, you have a perfectly good big titty arabian with full bush and this is how you react?
>>281941982Underage and/or daughter means nothing in dark fantasy settings so yeah, I just asked.
>>281939892I would trust Kui to be able to write a bit of epilogue material for Chil/Senshi without it being bloated or unnecessary feeling.That being said, I’m okay with having a ‘I wish there was more’ feeling at the end of a story, and Kui as it was included a whole bunch of extra materials that she didn’t need to for those interested, so it’s not like I’m mad or dislike the ending that we got, it’s just a bit of a lopsided sort of feeling in regard to who in the main party got a lot of attention in the end.
>>281941982>bushwell, i'm sold at least
>>281941813>>281941982Welp, guess I'm picking this up.
>>281942088>>281942306no translations
>>281942373So I guess this author has his own private stash of nude Hanebado girls, right?
>>281924398I'm always put off by how pathetic that beard looks. So thinned out, as if he doesn't have the density to pull off an actual beard.As for the series, I'd love to read follow it, since I enjoyed the first few chapters, but the english scanlations seems to be pathetically far behind, or I just don't know how to find them.On another note, I always read the title as reCervix.
>>281942373It doesn't matter, keep posting these very relevant pages.
>>281922171lol no
>>281928991>>281929013>Cat was there from the startThe best part is that Senshi was supposed to switch from Warrior to samurai, which means he would become a secondary arcane spellcaster (samurai has spellcasting ability in Wizardry)Yep, in the proto concept of Dungeon Meshi, Senshi would have a character arc in which he would overcome his fear and loathing of magic and learn it, presumably form Marcille.Good that she didn't build the story purely on cRPGisms, in the end.
>>281921807Season 2 can't come soon enough.
>>281929097>Disco ElysiumSorcery!Well that fucking explains it
>>281921952This, it's fucking bad, but guess this quirky shit just hypnotizes normalfags, like Shrek's farting
>>281944313sorry couldn't resist
>>281944504It isn't gay if there's a woman involved
>>281944595fixed
>>281944762Okay, now I'm dropping it before I even picked up.
>>281944489>le quirky media!Its called "comedy", its a genre. Too bad you have brainrot and you only care about "flavor of the week" coomer slop
>>281944821My reaction too initially but hey, what's a little fanservice for women. Though I think it's really there as a symbol of corruption and dark decay.It's a pity it's not translated, since as while homo is as much not my cup of tee as anyone's, this king does look like interesting character.Seems he's struggling with being consumed by gay hornyness possibly, not being able to get it up to impregnate the queen and get a heir, which causes the kingdom to go to shit, then later his pretty boy son which he adored gets gruesomely killed, and still seeing his corpse causes him to get gay aroused. That guy must suffer like hell. He's not portrayed like a wimp, effeminate or anything, seems he's just a crushed unhappy dude. Could be interesting, but who really knows, without proper TL.If the Hanebadude managed to make character like that interesting, hats of. Even if I would prefer yet more bushy girls getting fucked silly.
>>281944489>>281944970These posters are funny because if anything Dungeon Meshi doesn't target normalfags, it's content is totally for old /tg/ grognards.
>>281945125>He's not portrayed like a wimp, effeminate or anything, seems he's just a crushed unhappy dude.I forgot to say, a crushed dude that may have fucked young boys straight after seeing his dead son's body, BUT then he does a Theoden, grabs a sword and fights the dark army or whatever the enemy is.
>>281921807Unironically japanese women are the best mangaka and this comes from a chudEverytime I like a manga the mangaka is an autistic japanese woman, they can write>interesting and cool male charactets>no woke agenda (at least not too preachy like most westoid shows)>not fraid to be a little politically incorrect sometimes>mc is never a beta cuck (when the mangaka is a male the mc is ALWAYS a beta cuck)>the plot is always good or interesting because she's very autistic about some topic most women don't care about, like rts games, old history, retro d&d games, classic western fantasy, etc
>>281944504This is based as fuck
>>281921807Shit taste, go watch Lodoss
>>281947076you won't instigate a console war between Lodossfags and Meshifags, fagget
>>281942373>癒やしてくれAh, it's a healing manga.
>>281922171>>281936252>>281937684>>281938835I was tricked into reading Mamono by seeing this stupid deer storytimed on the Catalog. She's been the highlight so far, but goddamn the manga's got some major plot and art consistency issues. The premise is very solid while still being very "classic fantasy", so it's a shame to see it get fumbled like this.
>>281931671Senshi's story was already wrapped up. Chilchuck also didn't have anything that would require more closure.
>>281924398Probably my favorite of the new "dark fantasy" crop so far. Not really sure why it hasn't caught on as opposed to Centuria, which while fun in its own way is much more battle shonen/Chainsawman(?) than fantasy.
>>281948930
>>281949037>is much more battle shonenCould be that very thing that is the reason. Those things are popular, more catchy to lots of folks apparently.
>>281949037>Not really sure why it hasn't caught on
>>281949272But that is the result, not the cause.Popular slop gets translations no problem.Bush girls erotica with buff dad hero for discerning intelectual audience = no scanlations.
>>281947082She would such a pain in the ass, it's amazing
>>281921952Please anon, I'm curious if you're still here to tell us what YOU enjoy
320 posts to go.
>>281947082Should have been the MC
>>281922171I recommend Bride of Barbaroi on top of these. It's one of those series that starts okay but after the 2nd volume it gets way better because the author nails down the direction their world building will take.
>>281921807>How come some anonymous japanese woman has better sense of lore building, better character and story writing, better jokes, better concept and better art than 99% of the people working in the industry today?What's funny is that drawing manga was initially her side gig and her main job was fashion design or something. So she was basically just some random nerd obasan who decided to write a manga and somehow effortmaxxed it because she's Japanese.
>>281953712That happens quite a lot of time to authors you know. This isn't something you should ever focus on primarily, until you make it.
>>281949732It isn't popular because it's badThe other guy just posted only sex scenes because the manga is bad
>>281955946I'm that guy and and I posted those because /a/ is a horny shithole, whether unironically or ironically..
>>281948934>>281948934IMO we should’ve seen Senshi’s emotional reaction to the dungeon being destroyed/him pondering what to do with his life now. As it is we only really get a bit of that through his diary entries which were extra materials.> Chilchuck didn’t have anything that required more closureWe literally never even see him TRY to reconnect with his estranged wife, which was one of the biggest conflicts in his backstory, and an unresolved part of his ‘I don’t like sharing my emotions if I don’t have to’ character arc.
>>281929097Just gonna think about marrying her for a while
>>281956588Senshi said he wanted to be alone and self sufficient. He was always a hobo and his emotional journey ended with the hippogriff. It would have been nice to see Chilchuck's wife but we didn't need to see her to complete that arc. He learned to share things about himself and promised to show Marcille his family, and then we see them meet. That's what shows this growth. Showing his wife would have just been fanservice.
>>281957374> he wanted to be alone and self sufficient.There's obviously much more to his character than that and his backstory made it pretty clear that he was at least in part staying in the dungeon out of guilt/inability to leave the last connection he had to his old 'family' of mining dudes. The dungeon meant a lot to him by the time it was destroyed and yet he didn't really get time in the main story to focus on it/process its loss and what that means for his life now.> we didn't need to see her to complete that arc.We didn't NEED to, but it was still something big that was left hanging. Considering we got extra's about things/characters that were comparatively less important, its pretty weird that we never saw Chils wife/his attempt at reconciliation. > promised to show Marcille his family, and then we see them meet.They only met the daughters, even though the mother was apparently staying with one of the daughters and she mustve known about the meeting. Its like she was skipped over.
>>281922565>>281928807I'm not upset with having bought the volumes individually as they came out, but I am kind of mad about how the Adventure Bible got an updated version that came out after the series was done since I had bought the original version. The updated one has even more side stories and interactions that conclude many of the little side interactions like Falin's answer to Shuro's proposal and other small details.I hope season 2 finds a way to incorporate a lot of those.
>>281921934Is she working on any new projects?
>>281929097> red dead redemption 2Beyond fucking based
>>281922565Bought it last month for $100, shit is really nice
>>281929231>AstarionEvery time
>>281958978Nothing at this point, I think in some previous interview she said she wasn't sure what she was going to do after this. Might go back to doing more anthologies/oneshots, or start planning another long-form manga. As things are, I assume she's still going to be involved in making advertisement visuals/extras and other shit for season 2 of the anime, so maybe she's going to wait until thats over before starting a new big project.
>>281958117Considering S1 didn't even include much of the volume tidbits, I doubt S2 will have the time to include the extra epilogue stories. MAYBE the vol 14 extra since it does feel like the actual end of the story, but I wouldn't be holding my breath.
>>281929150>>281929231>"the very popular" Astarion is by far the smallest, down in a corner, in the back, and is basically just a copy of his cover art posealways amusingeven the adoring fan is drawn with more care
>>281930338Sera's design translates to 2D much better than 3D, she can be cute in a scrappy messy kind of way, not wholly unlike Fleki.
>>281931200Magus of the Library is underrated, I'd argue that it has more solid world building than around half that list.
>>281959585I hope it does. Do they have fewer chapters to work with for the rest of the adaptation than the first half? A lot of those later scenes will likely happen much quicker in animation.
I'm glad that KUI absolutely hate her American Anime convetion meet up. It should further reinforce her to not look foward to their opinion.
>>281924398I'm a bit conflicted with this manga because I love the setting but I can't helping with the yanking feeling that the editor is fucking over with the pacing of the manga because it feels like story just skip some in between plot or explanation for some purpose. It makes the manga feel slow while and incomplete at the same time??
>>281930338>>281959645Sera Grew on me. Would shave name in again.
>>281922565oh i want this
>>281959830I think its slightly fewer chapters, S1 ended almost perfectly in the middle of the story. Though I think some of the later chapters in the manga had a higher page count, so who knows, maybe it balances out. I only hope that there'll be less 3 chapter episodes than S1 had, at that point the story starts getting too rushed. I'd happily give up extra chapter stuff if it meant the main story scenes got actual time to breathe.
i really love dm but i couldn't care less about turn based rpgs, sorry bros
>>281923295You know, the weird thing is that Japanese people don’t care about whale meat. I live in Japan and the vast majority of people have never eaten whale nor have any interest in it. I see whale meat in the supermarkets in small amounts maybe twice per year and despite being such a rare sight people don’t seem to give any care about it. I have my theory for why Japan is refuses to stop hunting. Also if you want to see countries who really love whale look up Norway, they hunt more whales than Japan despite having a fraction of the population.
>>281960512Hopefully they make the finale a movie. It did feel like an epic film.
Dungeon Meshi collab with Little World
I'm not entirely sure what Little World actually is. Some kind of museum I think.
>>281961198Genuinely thought this was just weird fan-art at first.
>>281961198thats such a cute marcille
>>281933493It's a janitor doing it.
>>281960907Movie quality animations of scenes like this would be pretty cool.
>>281961198Chinachuck...
>>281961272It certainly doesn't help that none of their outfits match up with their equivalent nationalities.
>>281934793>she has done bonus comicsWhere do I find them ?
>>281961726Found it.
>>281961757
>>281958978She made a little oneshot for the Exchange Parties with Anthropomorphs anthology of Harta but she has said on interviews she wanted to rest, so I guess we won't see much from her besides the illustrations she shares on her blog
>>281962327Blog hasn't updated since june....
>>281959767Sometimes I think that plays against it. Sometimes it really like the author is giving more atention to the worldbuilding than the story. I mean, the story is still cool but worldbuilding-centered fantasy is hard to sell. Very nerdy stuff
>>281960193Source? Or is this people losing their minds for that ANN interview again?
>>281962384She must be having a blast playing BG3 and Civilization 7
>>281962472It's not something stated in article but from many attendees that went to the event. I was there during her book signing at BookOff and Anime expo event in America. She didn't look very happy at the AX panel. Apparently a blogger told her that a bunch of people who attended her Bookoff signing event cheated the lines and sold off most of her signed book/arts on ebay and it bumped her out. Which was true because there were a lot of complain on the local bookoff IG page after the event.
>>281962875What does she look like?
>>281963351figure is similar to Hirosue Ryoko, but slightly chubbier and shorter. she wore mask. hearsay she pretty old like mid 30 or approaching 40
>>281962875Ah yeah, I heard about the AX line cutting shit, apparently it was a problem with several people, not just Kui, and the AX workers didn't even do shit about it.
>>281929097I can only say I'm shocked that Morrowind isn't on here somewhere.
>>281921807Sometimes it happens. My favorite manga is written by a woman.>>281931200>>281959767I love Magus of the Library, but I need to catch up with it since I'm 2 volumes behind.
>>281947117Indeed. I would assume that the overlap between Lodoss and Dungeon Meshi fans is certainly above 90%. I can't really imagine someone liking Lodoss, but not Dungeon Meshi, would have to be for very specific reason.
>>281965466Dungeon Meshi is ma favorite manga and I find RoLW to be extremely overrated.
>>281951983>ergo proxy>monster >texhnolyze >parasyte >hellsing For actually good fantasy >Maria the Virgin witch >somali and the forest spirit >interspecies reviewers
>>281925043>centuria& buggle are shonenAnon dont listen to the replies your instinct is right. The art is just too good so readers think the content is smth special.>>281930338>>281959645>She drew a better Sera than the one ingame.>2D much better than 3Di think sometimes about that but i know nothing about art so i can´t tell if some features just look better in 2D or if it´s just a favorable drawing....
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>>281925043>and the main characters doesnt really have any appeal.Yeah that's my biggest gripe with DD too, "lol he loves to eat and is two steps from being a savage" is such a boring played out 'pls like this character' traitEvery time he says "I wonder how it tastes" I cringe a little
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>>281965728>interspecies reviewersIt sounds like a joke but anon isn't joking
>>281934738With how good social media it is these day it is way easier to get your manga spread out and have someone read it rather than throw out by editor if they don't like it
>>281967157> i can´t tell if some features just look better in 2D or if it´s just a favorable drawing....Its also absolutely an issue of the skills of the people making the character models, but 2D is generally more forgiving in regards to stylized and unique facial features. Especially in the case where you don't have to worry about small details like weird skin textures or how the lighting might affect someones looks and things like that.
>>281921807When is she going to start her next manga
>>281965728Based anon
>>281921807>anonymousKui had already made a name for herself before DM, at least in Japan. Read the Seven Little Sons of the Dragon and The Dragon's School is on Top of the Mountain
>>281964140>Hirosue Ryoko, but slightly chubbierholy fucking SEX
she likes Steven univsrse so there's no point in reading her material
Posting a classic
>>281964140>chubbier and shorterI knew it, Dungeon Meshi screams "Im somewhat chubby and short". Id still fuck her
>>281969648ALL THE WAY IN
>>281969706I love going from time to time through the weird shit she used to draw a long time ago
>>281969963wait I didn't know that onewhat else is there?
>>281961198wise mystical kot
>>281961757>nips can't into fan translationkarmic justice
>>281970063>spoilerLots of things, things you may have already seen or not. She's had several different blogs over the years, all of which don't exist anymore, so I wouldn't be surprised if there's some stuff even I have never seen.
>>281921807It sounds like we read completely different things because the writing and art in this are terrible.
>>281969706kek
