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Re: Manga no thread

Post by Wumpy » Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:26 am

the_zoomies wrote: Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:21 am Thanks Wump

I think I get the power fantasy aspect, but it's the hyper literal nature that's so confusing to me. Like a shonen about a kid that can cast bolt 3, but only has 20mp, and each issue they get one more MP. It's just odd.

I guess it's not for me or something.
there are like ten million korean MMOs that we just never get here, just gotta assume it scratches an itch they've got

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Re: Manga no thread

Post by Skeletor » Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:33 am

the_zoomies wrote: Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:21 am Thanks Wump
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Re: Manga no thread

Post by Shiny Days » Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:35 am

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Post by Starprintsky » Tue Dec 01, 2020 5:13 am

the_zoomies wrote: Tue Dec 01, 2020 4:21 am Thanks Wump

I think I get the power fantasy aspect, but it's the hyper literal nature that's so confusing to me. Like a shonen about a kid that can cast bolt 3, but only has 20mp, and each issue they get one more MP. It's just odd.

I guess it's not for me or something.
Haha I was gonna say I thought all shonen stuff was basically power fantasy + ~the strength I derive from my friends~ but yeah I see the distinction you're making now.

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Re: Manga no thread

Post by Shiny Days » Tue Dec 01, 2020 5:15 am

it's important to have ~systems~

~systems~ and a character / characters interacting with that makes a story interesting

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Re: Manga no thread

Post by Starprintsky » Tue Dec 01, 2020 5:21 am

Shiny Days wrote: Tue Dec 01, 2020 5:15 am it's important to have ~systems~

~systems~ and a character / characters interacting with that makes a story interesting
Yeah love those stories where the system is clearly explained, it's important to know how precisely the protagonist is weilding power that nobody ever has before but hasn't quite figured out how to properly tap into it yet

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Re: Manga no thread

Post by Shiny Days » Tue Dec 01, 2020 11:58 am

volver sometimes it's hard to tell if you're being sarcastic or not

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Re: Manga no thread

Post by Starprintsky » Tue Dec 01, 2020 12:32 pm

Fuck ever since that Skyrim faux pas I've lost all credibility

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Re: Manga no thread

Post by the_zoomies » Tue Dec 01, 2020 3:07 pm

Shiny Days wrote: Tue Dec 01, 2020 5:15 am it's important to have ~systems~

~systems~ and a character / characters interacting with that makes a story interesting
Yeah, I think it's that system aspect that's so culturally divergent from the fiction I'm used to.

If I go wildly, WILDLY generic about funny books.

Traditional fiction is the triumph of those chosen by the gods
European fiction is the destined triumph of those chosen by birth (ie: nobility)
American fiction is the random triumph of those chosen by birth (ie: Mutants, Ender Wiggins, Harry Potter (I KNOW))
Japanese fiction is the triumph of hard work + randomness
Korean fiction is the triumph of hard work within the highly specified system

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Re: Manga no thread

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