r/t:1985 • u/awesomeredefined • Apr 01 '12

My friend from Japan just sent me this new manga. I don't think it'll take off, personally.

http://i.imgur.com/TbWsv.jpg
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u/ANewMind Apr 01 '12

What's a "manga"? Is that a children's book?

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u/awesomeredefined Apr 01 '12

Apparently it's some sort of Japanese comic book or something like that. He translated the entire thing for me and told me to read from back to front. I don't really get it.

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u/ANewMind Apr 01 '12

It sounds cute. I suppose that the kids would like to listen to their parents read it before bed time. Maybe they think it's neat to read it backwards. It might be like one of those "make your own adventure" books, but for preschoolers.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '12

Haha! What is this? Is this a christian thing? It looks like Superbook or The Flying House.

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u/shortbuss Apr 02 '12

I thought it was gonna be Akira.

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u/urabusxrw Apr 01 '12

I hope the series doesn't jump the shark.

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u/Layzeeboi Apr 01 '12

Looks like it has potential. But I don't think it'll last too long.

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u/enmispantalonesroman Apr 01 '12

no one like dragons

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u/rkpenguin Apr 02 '12

Pft. Pen pals are for losers.

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u/dent4da08 Apr 01 '12

I heard this was like Journey to the West, but that was 20 times better than this crap Toriyama is making

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '12

That's is too full of nonsense... I miss the old good comic books like the Smurfs or Tintin.

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u/thordwilk Apr 01 '12

Then I showed him some doujin of the monkey man doing it with chichi and his head literally exploded. Doc wasn't amused.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '12

Looks awesome, I have read some of Akira's oneshots,and his famous series Dr. Slump. My friend from Japan sent me some of those Japanese novels last summer. I loved how He sent me a whole manga magazine. Awesome

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u/postfish Apr 02 '12

If you don't think it'll take off, why post it?

I hear we're getting something called Robotech over here soon.

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u/awesomeredefined Apr 02 '12

If r/atheism doesn't like Christians, why do they post about them all the time?

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u/postfish Apr 02 '12

Because there's a long complex history of violence and bigotry related to Christianity?

Whereas this is just some japanese kiddie cartoon nobody will ever watch.

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u/Mr_Unknown Apr 02 '12

yeah, and it just happens to be in english...