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Can someone explain to me people's fascination with BLAME! and all its counterparts?

IMO not only is it slow, but I find it very hard to follow. With little explanation regarding what is happening, I have been left reading through chapters scratching my head over what is going on.

And in regards to the mega structure, where is all the material being generated to make it? Since matter can't be created out of nothing, how does something get built to reach the moon's orbit?

And wouldn't something that massive screw up the planetary orbits of the solar-system?

I tried reading BLAME! quite awhile back but couldn't get into it (I just remember being bored and confused). However, I'm reading Biomega now and I really like it. Either I'm more mature now (lol) or it has more action than BLAME! did. What I like most about Biomega is the art style; some of the two page spreads show such a mastery of foreshortening and perspective that I wanna kill the mangaka out of pure jealousy. Also, the panel to panel progression has a real emphasis on the speed of movement, which is cool and different. Sci-fi plot is interesting as well, I'm looking forward to seeing what the future of humanity will be (I like all that human evolution jazz; reminds me of evangelion and the human instrumentality project. I doubt everyone will burst into amniotic fluid this time around though... Weird...)

1. Berserk
2. Death Note
3. Full Metal Alchemist
4. One Piece
5. Welcome to the NHK
6. Hellsing
7. Elfen Lied
8. Biomega
9. Zetman
10. MPD Psycho

Berserk
Suikoden III
Claymore
Gunnm

1 Berserk
2 Deathnote
3 Dragonball Z
4 Deus Vitae
5 I"s
6 Hot Gimmick
7 Hana Kimi
8 Ceres
9 Fruits Basket
10 Ranma 1/2

What can I say, I'm a sucker for the goofy romances.

There's a Dragonball Z manga? I thought that was straight to anime. Does Goku spend 6 volumes powering up a Genkidama there too?

Aetherfukz wrote:There's a Dragonball Z manga? I thought that was straight to anime. Does Goku spend 6 volumes powering up a Genkidama there too?

7, but his righteous inner monologue keeps each page fresh.

In that regard DBZ almost felt like an MMO, where they had to level or grind until they were powerful enough for the next fight

That reminds me of a cool Quake 3 mod - Bid for Power. You could do meelee and teleports and all kinds of ki attacks, but the coolest was Non-Supersayan Goku because he had the Genkidama as the last "weapon". And you could charge that thing as long as you wanted to, and it grew ever fatter. So once my Genkidama was biggen than the whole level itself and upon release just annihilated like 30 people/bots in the level

Starnum wrote:...isn't that good enough?

No, even being a Super-Saiyan isn't good enough. Nor is Super-Saiyan 2, 3, or even 4. What you want is an SSJ4 Golden Oozaru Bebi Vegeta... Ya, now that's power.

I always thought the coolest DBZ attack (besides Majin Vegetas suicide bomb) was Tenshin-han's Neo-Tribeam. Especially when he held Cell in a cell (pardon the pun) by attacking him with it through an entire episode.

Aetherfukz wrote:I always thought the coolest DBZ attack (besides Majin Vegetas suicide bomb) was Tenshin-han's Neo-Tribeam. Especially when he held Cell in a cell (pardon the pun) by attacking him with it through an entire episode.

Ya, I vaguely remember that. How was he able to do that? Was it something inherent to the technique? Because I thought he was pretty weak at that point in the story (basically anyone not a villain or saiyan became worthless after the freeza arc).

Yes that was one of the reasons why I liked normal Dragonball better than DBZ, at least after the Freeza saga, only the Sayans could fight. But Tenshin-hans Tribeam had the feature that he had to power his own life force into the beam to power it up. So at the cell incident he gave his life (just as with Nappa when he killed Chao-zu) while holding cell in place with his most powerful tribeams. But of course he got rezzed shortly after

We were comparing power levels.... I'll show you mine if you show me yours.

Starnum wrote:My spiritual pressure

It's over nine thousaaaaaaaand!

Sorry, couldn't resist

Starnum wrote:Well...we could...but I don't know. My spiritual pressure is enough to crush a n00b. I don't wanna hurt anyone.

Aetherfukz wrote:

Starnum wrote:My spiritual pressure

It's over nine thousaaaaaaaand!

Sorry, couldn't resist

Pfff, you think you're stronger now, but little did you know I've been posting this entire time whilst wearing my weighted clothing!

01.Berserk
02.Eden
03.GantZ
04.Blade of the Immortal
05.GTO
06.Kiseijuu aka. Parasite
07.Akira
08.Historie
09.REAL
10.Shin Angyo Onshi
10.Blame
10.Sidooh

hi everyone, i'm a new bie here.
Did all you guys forget Ranma 1/2, Inuyasha, Rurouni Kenshin, Dragon Ball, or Detective Conan and Mitsuru Adachi's such as Rough, Touch, Katsu ... All of them are damn good. And now I'm reading Battle Royale, very bloody, but if you don't mind that, it's a good read.
For romantic genre, i've read and liked Maison Ikkoku, Kimagure Orange Road, I''s, Ichigo 100%, Video Girl Ai.
Btw, thanks all Evil Genius members for bringing us Zetman scanlation, and sorry all of you if this post annoying.

Xandarg wrote:What I like most about Biomega is the art style; some of the two page spreads show such a mastery of foreshortening and perspective that I wanna kill the mangaka out of pure jealousy. Also, the panel to panel progression has a real emphasis on the speed of movement, which is cool and different. Sci-fi plot is interesting as well, I'm looking forward to seeing what the future of humanity will be (I like all that human evolution jazz; reminds me of evangelion and the human instrumentality project. I doubt everyone will burst into amniotic fluid this time around though... Weird...)

Well if you did get into Blame! a while back when you were little. The artwork in Blame! in my opinion is really better then Biomega. In Blame! Nihei Tsumoto artwork progresses throughout the manga. Blame! artwork is amazing, truly astounding. Trust me, if you read Blame! throughout. It's only 10 volumes. You would see that the artwork is better then Biomega. Since you already like Biomega.

Fujin's top ten!

1. Berserk
2. Gantz
3. 666 satan
4. Naruto
5. D. gray man
6. Bleach
7. Death note
8. Tenjou tenge
9. Air gear
10. Sekerei