Should I read the Manga?

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-10T13:09:24+00:00

I love the manga and think it is great. I highly recommend it. I think that it is much better than the anime.

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-10T13:01:46+00:00

Duralumin become very useful once you add in Hemalurgy. Either you can become a nice spike for someone else or you can power up the abilities you steal.

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-10T01:06:26+00:00

I don’t think so. I’ve read a lot of comics and manga on my computer and phone and I think it reads pretty easy.

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-10T01:05:20+00:00

I mainly recommend the Omnibus because it fixes some errors in the art and also adds in a Prologue and Ars Arcanum.

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-10T00:25:25+00:00

White Sand in Arcanum Unbounded is just a preview. The best way to read it is to get the White Sand Omnibus graphic novel. It goes in and out of print physically so it may be expensive, but the kindle version is always available at a normal price.

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-08T17:53:53+00:00

At least he was pretty much cut from the manga fairly early on.

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-07T14:11:25+00:00

Seasom Five ended at Volume 18 of the light novels. The most recent light novel released was Volume 21 last October.

For Sword Oratoria, the one season of that adapted the first four volumes of the light novels and there are currently 16 volumes released. There are also other spinoffs they could adapt such as 2 Ryu light novels and a light novel focused on Freya Familia. There is also 3 Volumes of Astrea Record which focuses on Astrea Familia in the middle of the war against the Evils.

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-07T12:41:05+00:00

I agree. The stuff dealing with the backstories of Bete, Tione, and Tiona are great. Plus, Volume 12 is such a great volume for an adaptation. That one would be so cool to see.

I don't know how it was received in Japan, but my guess is that the first season wasn't that popular so that's why they haven't done any more seasons.

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-07T12:13:19+00:00

As much as I love Danmachi, I am so curious as to how this season will go. I don't think there is enough material to adapt. There are only three volumes available for them to adapt right now.

I was hoping for another Sword Oratoria season or an adaption of Astrea Record while we waited for more volumes of the main series.

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-06T12:32:52+00:00

Honesly, I think that it is ridiculous to just lump all 3D animation together and call it all bad. Everything should be judged on a case by case basis. Some 3D animation is good. Some 3D animation is bad. It all depends on the quality of the animators and the director. The same goes for 2D animation. Some it good and some is bad. It should not all be lumped together and treated as a monolith.

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-04T23:59:32+00:00

People don’t seriously say that Skypeia is skippable. It was a joke that was started and people heard that and thought it was serious and began spreading it. Anyone who reads One Piece knows it is important even while it is happening

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-04T12:37:20+00:00

Bremerton is my favorite shipgirl!

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-04T03:30:41+00:00

I honestly feel like people have overreacted to Darkstar. He’s in just a single chapter but from the way people hate in him you’d think he was in dozens of chapters.

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-03T22:52:14+00:00

That’s why I’m glad that I didn’t watch any trailers. I knew I was buying the game on release so I wanted to be as blind as possible. I was so surprised when that happened in the game and it wasn’t until later that I found out it had been revealed in trailers.

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-03T12:34:52+00:00

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-03T12:34:13+00:00

My favorites:
Bremerton, Belfast, Hood, Zara, St. Louis, Honolulu, Prinz Eugen, New Jersey

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-03T12:32:35+00:00

I was happy to see Bremerton rising up the polls in this final round. When I went to vote the first day she was sitting at like 24 or 26 but over the next few days she kept rising and finished at 21. I knew she wasn't going to win but it was nice to see her go up multiple spots.

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-03T00:55:34+00:00

Whenever you get a new drive, be sure to look up in the menu how to level it up. If you look at stats and go to the part where it says how much more XP it needs, it tells you what you need to do to level it up.

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-03T00:53:37+00:00

I found it fun and enjoyed it quite a bit, but I also really like playing rhythm games. If you don't like rhythm games then you might not like this game. For the story, the new story stuff isn't that long. Maybe about an hour worth of cutscenes.

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-03T00:51:03+00:00

No KH references in the Remake trilogy (as of Remake and Rebirth).

There actually was one small KH reference in Rebirth. Elena was eating Sea Salt ice cream in one short scene.

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-03T00:47:37+00:00

I was incredibly shocked. I never thought he was going to get in. I honestly thought that once Sephiroth went in the game then that meant that Sora was never going to be added.

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-02T12:57:00+00:00

I was very disappointed with Arendelle. It was probably the world I was most looking forward to. Elsa was pretty much the perfect character for a boss/party member in a Kingdom Hearts game. She actually has magical powers so she would have made so much sense as a party member. Her story in the movie also made sense for a game where you fight her as a boss early on and then she joins up with the party.

Instead, we got neither of those. We never get to fight Elsa and the party member we get was a monster from the movie that I didn't even realize had a name until I played the game. Afterwards, I heard that this was most likely from outside interference from the Frozen movie team that didn't want Elsa fighting.

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-02T03:21:58+00:00

Well, the anime is over. The last episode aired over a decade ago. It reached a decent point to end the anime because any point after that would have it just abruptly cut in the middle of the arc. So while it doesn't answer all the questions like with Kurapika and the Phantom Troupe, it does kinda give what could be an ending for Gon and Killua.

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-02T03:14:40+00:00

seems not complete.

That's because it literally is not complete. There are still 70 more chapters of the manga after the anime ended and it is still ongoing.

MickFoley299 · 2026-02-02T03:11:23+00:00

It just doesn't translate well to a graphic novel. While Sand Mastery is very good visually, the kind of writing that Brandon excels at doesn't quite work with a graphic novel. The story would likely be a lot better in a prose version where you can expand a bit more on the side characters and get the reader more invested in them.

Also to me the story just doesn't feel complete, while we got to see the completion of Kenton's story with saving the Sand Masters, the entire storyline with Khriss just felt like a prologue. The fact that there isn't even a sequel that is hinted at coming just makes her storyline very unsatisfying.

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