Ajin

It's announced that Ajin has surpassed printing 2,300,000 copies.

I'm enjoying this, but I don't think they've made the slightest attempt to explain why all the humans in this have some kind of natural universal hatred for Ajin...

Volume 4 cover:

Tokyo Ghoul is a lot worse than Ajin. If you have to drop one, drop TG.

This applies if you are older than 15 years or something like that at least...

Go read naruto or some other shit then

It's not that the quality is diminishing, but that the process of fleshing out the ablities of the AJIN - or demi-human shadow-things, has been spotty, which gives most readers a funny twitch in their memory banks because most technical/scientific/quasi-religious explanations for the phenomena in a supernatural themed manga take place with a more straight-forward methodology (literary technique). Here we have to pick up bits and pieces from dialogues that don't fit very naturally into the course of the story.

 

Imo, the author had a rough idea with great visuals and based on the success of his previous manga, he was given a green light without a fully fleshed out concept. Now that he's building upon that rough concept, we're getting those necessary phenomonological explanations in piecemeal doses... which as I mentioned before, triggers the sixth sense (aka imprecise memory) of most readers... with the general feeling being that the story isn't unfolding in a very controlled, deliberate manner.

 

This is a good story, but I confess that the author's very original concept - otherworldly creatures that cause a human to ressurrect, but don't endow any other powers, is fumbling all over itself. I've definitely never seen anything like it, but I'm having a hard time getting the same 'pumped up' experience that other seinen give me while reading. Instead these battles leave me kind of fatigued and wishing that the characters would just die...or that someone would figure out a way to accomplish that. Since we haven't seen anything that gives off a 'chosen one' vibe that might alter the fates of all the AJIN, the story just seems to be rambling along without hinting at an ultimate villain, or a reason d'etre.

i agree with you there but *spoiler* seeing how the cap guy (i forgot his name) is just letting his ajin roam free that is interesting to me he's letting it develop personality and self consciousness i wanna see where that goes to.

Is it me or does the quality of the manga seem kind of inconsistent?  It was pretty good at first but seems to start being a little unbearable. It looks more like a rough draft and a small amount of cleaning up by the artist.

It's not that the quality is diminishing, but that the process of fleshing out the ablities of the AJIN - or demi-human shadow-things, has been spotty, which gives most readers a funny twitch in their memory banks because most technical/scientific/quasi-religious explanations for the phenomena in a supernatural themed manga take place with a more straight-forward methodology (literary technique). Here we have to pick up bits and pieces from dialogues that don't fit very naturally into the course of the story.

Imo, the author had a rough idea with great visuals and based on the success of his previous manga, he was given a green light without a fully fleshed out concept. Now that he's building upon that rough concept, we're getting those necessary phenomonological explanations in piecemeal doses... which as I mentioned before, triggers the sixth sense (aka imprecise memory) of most readers... with the general feeling being that the story isn't unfolding in a very controlled, deliberate manner.

This is a good story, but I confess that the author's very original concept - otherworldly creatures that cause a human to ressurrect, but don't endow any other powers, is fumbling all over itself. I've definitely never seen anything like it, but I'm having a hard time getting the same 'pumped up' experience that other seinen give me while reading. Instead these battles leave me kind of fatigued and wishing that the characters would just die...or that someone would figure out a way to accomplish that. Since we haven't seen anything that gives off a 'chosen one' vibe that might alter the fates of all the AJIN, the story just seems to be rambling along without hinting at an ultimate villain, or a reason d'etre.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4

To anyone who doesn't know the guy.

BECAUSE I LIKE BEING A SMARTASS

No, but I do want a consistent character who suits the setting. MC doesn't stand out from the inummeral sociopaths plaguing this series.

I agree. It would be a different story altogether if everyone else was "sane" and the MC were the only sociopath, but with everyone being crazy and there being no "right", it just doesn't really make him stand out or be significant. In this type of stories, it is generally best to make a "naive" or, at the very least, not totally insane or sociopathic character. He is neither of those.

TL;DR, This story's protagonist is weak and unlikable (to me) because he is similar to the other, sociopathic characters.

Is it me or does the quality of the manga seem kind of inconsistent?  It was pretty good at first but seems to start being a little unbearable. It looks more like a rough draft and a small amount of cleaning up by the artist.

What's with the hate on the MC? Do you want every main character in every manga to be naive super justice do gooder heroes?

Haven't read something this good in quite sometime. Think Ajin has a one up on Tokyo Ghoul.

I love them both. Equally. Neither one is superior to the other just because of getting better grades and being more mature. ... No! Don't jump, there's so much to live for, Jiro!! Jirooooooo!!!! No... Why?! Why, god WHYYYY?!?!?!?

very interesting

I'm a little annoyed that Kei's friend seems to have disappeared as quickly and unexpectedly as he appeared. But there's a lot of dangling ends with big question marks needing tied in yet so I guess I'll keep hoping he comes back.

Hahaha. Satou's IBM on "free-time" looks oddly cute. That part amused me a little too much.

Spoiler

 

i laughed way more than i should in this part. 

Hito Kui is even better.

http://www.dm5.com/m117914/  Well there's the link to the manga in a foreign language. Perhaps you're referring to the anime? If there is an anime, I wouldn't know, because I haven't watched anime since 2012. I don't watch, because  echii is one of the big themes in any anime these days, and that's not for me. And the stereotypical shounen bs is even worse in film than on paper. 

Ajin is the crunchyroll's new manga:

http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-842285/new-simulpub-manga-from-kodansha-ajin-koe-no-katachi-the-heroic-legend-of-arslan

Haven't read something this good in quite sometime. Think Ajin has a one up on Tokyo Ghoul.

Hito Kui is even better.

Haven't read something this good in quite sometime. Think Ajin has a one up on Tokyo Ghoul.

While the premise and powers are interesting, the author of this series is sometimes inconsistent with the personalities of the characters. While the shift in personality of the main character was supposed to come off as some twist, it felt more like bad writing. Almost as if the author could not decide on the personality of the main character then tried to hurriedly cover up his indecision.
 
That being said, this series doesn't add much to the "we're monsters simply because of x reason" manga genre. It has a standard plot involving unrealistic people who immediately dehumanize someone because of a superficial reason. At least unlike many other in the genre, this manga had groups of people who fought for the "monsters" civil rights.
 
Some of the characters are interesting and a few fights are handled in fun ways. The fight scenes are enjoyable due to the practical ways the immortals fight. The plot isn't too bad compared to other series. I'd give it a 6/10, worth a shot if you have the time.

Tokyo Ghoul is a lot worse than Ajin. If you have to drop one, drop TG.

This applies if you are older than 15 years or something like that at least...

Well that sure convinced me.