Manga Series You Hate

[Mysterious F.]

Well, as anyone can see, most of the members love manga and anime.  :D So, if there are ones we like, then there must be ones we don't like very much, too. So, which ones don't you like?

The one I like the least is Ghost in the Shell. I saw one episode and thought it might be good, but hten about three episodes later I realized the truth: it was crap. No style at all. A complete bore. 4KIDS One Piece was better. 4KIDS ONE PIECE!  :-[

I don't like Kenshin either (I can't spell the full name). I actually think it is a very great series, but I just can't get into it. It is still a great series, however.

Yugioh, Yugioh GX, and Capsule Monster Chest. No explanation. The Abridged Series are awesome, though.


So, what about you? Which don't you like?

[MatthewThief]

hikaru no go, sports manga, girly manga and gross manga  :-*

[Fishalicious]

Manga loves = Loveless, Peacemaker, Pokemon
Manga hates = Not quite sure; I don't read things I dislike.

Anime loves = Loveless (though it's crap compared to the manga)
Anime hates = Pokemon, Peacemaker Kurogane

[Zoratunic]

Let's see, in the anime department I like Gundam, Fullmetal alchemist, Yugioh abidged, and Naruto is okay.
I don't like Mecha anime that potrays giant robots like superheros. They're supposed to be non-sentient war machines people! :P
I can't say much for manga since I don't read it. I picked up a Shonen Jump once, and nothing really caught my eye.

[darkphantomime]

I might consider a *coughs* warning for that... YOU KNOW NOTHING! THe animation was really high quality, you're probably too impatient to really get into it, being as young as you are...

Now for my side of the story... (Prepare for a rant)

Anything of over 100 episodes in length. Naruto, Dragon Balls, and One Piece are the primary ones. The thing is, is that they always end up extending the series for the sake of extending it. With a short series, you're allowed more action and dynamics. Most people have no idea and are often spoiled by the conventional animes like Naruto and One Piece. Popularity means nothing to me. It's about what appeals to me directly on many levels.

Ghost in the Shell is NOT for children of 13 years or younger. Parts of it are violent and talk about politics of the modern world, modern issues... Stuff that young people wouldn't really be able to relate too well as to be able to appreciate the high quality of the story and relevance in Today's world.

I also tried Ergo Proxy, but I had already seen so many others that dealt with similar themes and with a stronger story/atmosphere that it ended up coming off decidedly weak.

[MatthewThief]

ghost in the shell sounds so borring  :-* i watch anime to get away from realistic stuff

[alical]

I dont like Dragon Ball Z, there's just nothing that gets me.

And Tokyo Mew Mew, again, no substance that appeals to me.

Ghost in the Shell is NOT for children of 13 years or younger. Parts of it are violent and talk about politics of the modern world, modern issues... Stuff that young people wouldn't really be able to relate too well as to be able to appreciate the high quality of the story and relevance in Today's world.

I'm gonna see GITS:Innocence in September in London. i've never seen any GITS before but everyone recommended it to me so I wanted to give it a go. It better be good because an expensive 1 and a half hour train journey with my brother isn't pleasant.

[MatthewThief]

Dragonball Z, YuYu Hakusho, Fullmetal Alchemist, Naruto, Bleach are the anime/mangas i like.. i feel like im forgeting something.. either that or its just because i feel like im going to fall over right now... *falls over*

[Rinku]

Dragonball Z is the first one I can think of that I don't like. I'm sure there's more but I can't think of 'em.

[Zelda Veteran]

Popularity means nothing to me. It's about what appeals to me directly on many levels.

Same here. Naruto didn't get popular until after I began reading the manga, and it was brought to... (shudders)... CartoonNetwork ??? ??? ???

[Mysterious F.]

Ghost in the Shell was too original to be entertaining in my opinion. Yes, original is good, but it became original in such a realistic-world-setting way that there was no fun in it at all. And half of all the "issues" are just made up for the plot to move, just like anything in Naruto or One Piece you don't like.

Dragon Ball and all other series that are about the characters in Dragon Ball are just terrible. No plot, little development, and far too many battles puts it second on my least favorite mangas list, the first being Ghost in the Shell. If they were to have less fights and more development and plot, it would make a very good series, but otherwise it's crap. And it is one of the few manga that is truly full of deus ex machina, thus making the attacks too powerful to be cool. Not even JQ's view of Naruto is at that extreme.

I actually prefer manga that JQ definds as "overlengthed" than shorter ones. If all you're going to read is just a bunch of short tiny manga, alot of which will be a single volume, then none of them would truly be notable to you and they would just be "just another manga series you like". With the longer ones, you get more attached to the characters and the seires as a whole, and, with few exceptions, you see loads of development and plot twists that make it interesting to read. Probably the most notable case of the former is Naruto (despite whatever argument JQ will cook up) and the latter being Bleach (the Soul Society scandal was simply brilliant).

And yes, JQ, Naruto is full of development. If you see how much Hinata Hyuga, Neji Hyuga, Gaara, Shikamaru Nara, Tsunade, Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto himself and tell me that there isn't development, then you must have gone nuts (more than usual  :P ).

[darkphantomime]

The only thing you know about development is your limited perception of anime shows. They still act the same in the end as they did in the beginning. There's no personal growth. Try NGE for that, where we see that the people learn more about themselves, emotionally develop or fragmentally fall apart.

Issues addressed in Ghost in the Shell

Terrorism
Overpopulation
Immigration
Revolution
Realization of humanity
Self awareness of human and nonhuman subjects.


In the second season, I was shocked as to how many issues of the modern world were presented. There were suicide bombings, immigration problems, riots, a government trying to cope, a bearucracy that was screwed up. And let's not forget the prominent role of corruption of those in government offices of Japan.

All of which are very relevant issues for the modern world, and especially done in such a vivid manner. Hardly 'made up for the sake of plot progression'.

[LadyNintendo]

I actually prefer manga that JQ definds as "overlengthed" than shorter ones. If all you're going to read is just a bunch of short tiny manga, alot of which will be a single volume, then none of them would truly be notable to you and they would just be "just another manga series you like". With the longer ones, you get more attached to the characters and the seires as a whole, and, with few exceptions, you see loads of development and plot twists that make it interesting to read. Probably the most notable case of the former is Naruto (despite whatever argument JQ will cook up) and the latter being Bleach (the Soul Society scandal was simply brilliant).

*Chokes* Must.....breathe....to.........answer...... :-[

Okay, I do not read a lot of manga (I do watch a lot of anime). I do however read LOTS of comics, most from the Netherlands, Belgium and France. I'm going through my collection now, finding:
*The Dragon of Mons (2 comics which could just as well be one)
*Pacush Blues (4 in total, of which I haven't read 2)
*The Starchasers (possibly more, but I've only read the first one)
*Soda (read one out of three)
*The Bottom of the World (three)
*Letters from a Bar (one I think)
*STYX (one)
*Daddy (two I think)
*Children of the Wind (five)

...and so on. There are quite a few I haven't named. Anyway, these are all no more than five volumes long. And I can't say I'm less attached to their characters then I am to the characters from for instance ElfQuest, Storm or Franka. At least, they don't fight like coarse cows only to distract from the fact the series offers nothing else. Growing in series like DBZ or Naruto means nothing more than either becoming stronger or switching teams.  

[darkphantomime]

I found the soul society arc of BLEACH to be oversized. It kept stretching itself further and further for the sake of suspense. That is not an attractive quality when you don't have the time to pick up this kind of stuff.

[Mysterious F.]

Neither of you haven't actually watched/read the series, so you have no idea how wrong you are. Take Gaara, for example. At his introduction he was a bloodthirsty and sadistic maniac who had a demon sealed inside of him and the star of a tragic past that haunted him, let alone be hated by everyone in his village, but now he is a caring and kind individual who attempts in any way possible to stop bloodshed, has proved his seperate existence from his demon, and is now well-liked by the villagers, so much so that they made him their leader.

If that isn't development, then either you are just disagreeing because you hate the series or you've "puffed too many magic dragons". (Sorry, couldn't resist a Puff the Magic Dragon joke)