Black Cat

[BravoSector]

Due to popular demand (or just one person), I've decided to start a thread on Black Cat manga.




STORYLINE (MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS):
Its about two sweepers, Sven and Train, who go after criminals. Train used to be a member of Chronos, which is a type of terrorist organization. Sven used to be a cop until he got beat up and his partner died. Now he has an eye that can see in the future.

Currently, chapters 1-138 are out. I'm sure you can download them from http://www.directmanga.com.

[Munsu]

i really like this manga... it's fun when it has to be fun and serious when it has to be serious, i like the 4 main characters, though im not that fond of Sven

[kAi]

I've been reading this one for a long time, and have liked it for ages, but just before lately, chapters hardly came out, but now they seem to be which is great, I've been waiting for it, for a while.

[BravoSector]

I think chapter 139 is up, but manga heaven hasn't put it up yet for download but for anyone who missed it, here is chapter 138: http://home.cogeco.ca/~tk421_1/%5bManga-Heaven%5dBlack_Cat_-_138.zip.torrent

SPOILERS
In the past 3 or 4 chapters, there was a battle between Eve and the skateboarding wind-controling kid. Eve shows how much she is able to transform.

[kAi]

The stuff from manga heaven really annoys me, they don't edit very good.
I'm going to stick with Akatsuki-Manga releases, althought they're slow, they are 10x better, but they've been releasing more since Manga Heaven has come around.

[Hakeem_21]

Manga-heaven are decent and since i wannaa finish this manga fast i will stick with Manga heaven cause Manga-akatsuki isnt so good iether.

[kAi]

haha, you've got to be joking!

a-m is ALOT better than manga-heaven, look at the editing, it's as clear as day!

[Hakeem_21]

Yeah they are better m-h but they are not so much better than them that i have wait months for a chap or two.

[Ryllharu]

A-M is a tiny and extremely underfunded group. Despite all that, the releases are FLAWLESS. Yeah, they're a little slow, but they're really worth the wait.

[PSJ]

the guy is named sven? what was he? a a swedish policeman that decided to move to japan when he lost and eye and could se into the future?

[kAi]

He gets an eye off his cop friend that dies, and then gets off the police force, and that eye can make him see a little into the future.

[Hakeem_21]

They dont say he is swedish,who knows maybe he is german i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif

[tensai]

i just started reading this manga (now im on volume 4) and i have to say im liken it so far
it kinda reminds me of cowboy bebop

[Hakeem_21]

There jobs speciely reminds of Cbi/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif

[kAi]

136 released by Akatsuki-Manga
go and get it

akatsuki-manga @ irc.irchighway.net
akatsukimanga.com



Chapter 137 released by Akatsuki-Manga.

Damn Eve is cool, she did some nice transformations.

[PSJ]

This thread feels rather dead, lets try to revive it. Just read the 4 first chapters and this manga started of rather good. I like Train as a former badass assassin, Sven looks awesome to.

[kAi]

Well, you've just started, anything we say can spoil you in bg ways, hurry up and catch up.

and their hasn't been any releases from A-M, so nothing to really talk about.

[PSJ]

I'll catch up as fast as possible, will probably post about some cool events and characters on the way.

[Ryllharu]

Originally posted by: kAi
and their hasn't been any releases from A-M, so nothing to really talk about.

Akatsuki-manga has a policy not to scan licensed series, and someone picked up Black Cat, along with a fair amount of their other series.

Originally posted by: nishio: staff member of A-M
Well, if you haven't figured it out. Black Cat has been licensed. Project pages are updated accordingly. Yes, there is a discontinued section. At least some of you figured that out.
Kinda a shame, they were definitely the better scanners as far as I was concerned (in terms of visual quality and detail). I have a few chapters to catch up on from manga-heaven.

[kAi]

Akatsuki-manga has a policy not to scan licensed series, and someone picked up Black Cat, along with a fair amount of their other series.
I think they are still doing it, but more of an IRC release.

[PSJ]

Okay, read up to chp 157. Are there more released? Eve easily got the coolest ability, the development in this series is quite good, took me 3 days to read all of it....

[kAi]

Yeah chapter 158 is out, by Manga Heaven.

How awesome is this manga, and you can tell why we've been awaiting the anime that is to be released next month

[PSJ]

No XDCC list in Manga Heaven's channel, so where do i find this?

Yea i am also looking forward to the anime now, can barely wait to see them all i action.

[kAi]

You should come by #gotwoot and idle sometime.

but on the topic

lurker.net will be your best manga friend

#lurk @ irc.irchighway.net

[Munsu]

I just read chapter 138... man, I forgot how much Eve kicks ass, can't wait to see her animated, she's badass


Edit: 151

lol at Train kicking Kevin in the face... that was hillarious


Edit: 158...

What were the chapters that the girl from the last page appeared in? The girl that could use fire tao...

[Hakeem_21]

There will be anime on this?? why o why?

The first half of this manga was exiting but then it got lame with tao,railgun etc.

[PSJ]

Tao isn't to lame as ideas like that carry entire mangas. What i like with this manga is that the supernatural power can be beaten by science(the nano machines) and it can also be beaten by skill(the time guardians). This isn't like any other manga that uses supernatural soul powers, in any other manga that would feature something like it the only thing that can beat it is stronger power of the same type. This manga suprised in that regular skill and determination can beat powers like Tao.

[Hakeem_21]

Yeah that is a good touch but the second half of manga isnt done very good.

It was better when Train won fight with his assasin skills rather as now he only wins with the railgun.

[PSJ]

He hasn't only won with the Railgun. Read it again. He barely used the railgun this far and in the last fight against the Tao master he fired his last shot to show her that he doesn't need it to win against her and he will fight Creed without the railgun.

He won a couple of fights to introduce the railgun but that was about it.

[Hakeem_21]

He wins by railgun lately even though he beat the tao master without it.

Against Creed he wont have a chance without the railgun thanks to greeds sword.

[PSJ]

He won against the big fatguy without it to. He used it against the bug while they were on the boat, before that he only used it when he first got it against those grunt soldiers and then he shot it once to show the lightning head(forgot his name).

The railgun hasn't even been around for that long.

True, Creed will beat Train.

[Munsu]

And the sword wont be much of a factor as the nanomachines will...

[Hakeem_21]

Didnt Train shoot the fat guy with the gun?

[Munsu]

I'm not sure if he used it at any point in the fight (I doubt it)... but he beat the fat guy with an anesthesic bullet...

[Hakeem_21]

Ah ok it was a while i read it.

[Munsu]

159 is out

http://www.kippeimanga.net/

[PSJ]

160-162 is out by manga-heaven go get them at #lurk or your usual place. Some good stuff, we finally get to see the doctors Tao.

[Honoko]

164-165 by manga-heaven out. yay i finally caught up!

[PSJ]

163-165 was cool. The monkey is funny as hell, what an idiot. Now that the chronos numbers are entering this will get interesting i really want to see Sepheria going full strength against Creed.

I'm just sad that this is ending in less than 2 volumes : (

[Ryllharu]

166 and 167 are out. Sephira starts fighting with Creed. The more interesting part is the little sketch attached to either 166 or 167 depending on Manga-Heaven's or MeowMix (it might be both, but M-H is 166 and MM has it in 167). It shows a much younger Sephira. We did get to find how Train was eventually led into the Chronos Numbers, and we know those other two (ball and chain and blind-guy, their names aren't important even though I just read them) were born into it, but it always interested me how Sephira became the leader of the Numbers. With that sketch, now I want to know more than ever! I really hope they waste a few chapters getting into that.

I always wanted to know how Kyouko ended up drinking the Elixer too, we got to learn about that stupid affro strong man, but we never really learned about the others, excepting the Air boy Eve fought. I always assumed it was just out of boredom, but I definitely wanted to know for sure.

Due to length constraints, I guess we may never know...

[Honoko]

sephira's badass. she's like, "i'm gonna kill you!!" and then went straight for his throat, no-nonsense style. love it i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif

[masamuneehs]

I've started to read this manga because I am getting slightly frustrated with the anime. The show is half-decent, but it seems to be falling short of manga reader's expectations. It has glaring flaws in pacing, camera angles and music.

So I am only through Volume 1, but I must say that I like how the manga deals more seriously with matters of life and death. Blood is shown, wounds aren't glossed over. The characters are also drawn in a way that makes them appear older than their anime forms, which helps make it more serious. The manga also fleshs out plot events and character exchanges alot better than the anime, which I have always felt has a frantic, rushed pace to it that I really can't stand. Anyhow, its a shame that this thread has sorta faded out. I'd be hoping more people would be active about the manga, seeing that the show is fairly new.

Also, should this topic maybe be moved to the Black Cat section of the forum?

[kooshi]

Chapter 171 - 173 have finally been translated :)
Is there nothing that can kill Creed? This is annoying me quite a lot now. To defeat Sephiria that easily is too much.

[darkmetal505]

holy crap where did you find them?

edit: found them at stoptazmo

yea, creed is pretty crazy

Black Cat Chapter 171 (http://rapidshare.de/files/14756294/BlackCat-Ch171.zip.html)

Black Cat Chapter 172 (http://rapidshare.de/files/14833294/BlackCat-Ch172.zip.html)

Black Cat Chapter 173 (http://rapidshare.de/files/15071538/BlackCat-ch173.zip.html)

Black Cat Chapter 174 (http://rapidshare.de/files/15276147/BlackCat-ch174.zip.html)

Black Cat Chapter 175 (http://rapidshare.de/files/15207465/BlackCat-Ch175.zip.html)

[suckitdry]

i like this manga until i find out creed is gay! wtf up with homo like that make all anime suck i do not want read him lust for Black Cat bummhole...

[kAi]

Well, that was the end of volume 19, one volume to go. It's going to finish so soon, I don't want it to, but it probably will be a good time to finish it, I hope it finishes well, and if it doesn't volume 21 here we come, heh.

Nice chapters, haven't read Black Cat in a while.

[masamuneehs]

An Illuminati Torrent has been created with chapters 171-177 in it
Black Cat Manga - Chapters 171-177- Illuminati (http://www.point-blank.cc:16384/allowed/torrent.php/Black%20Cat%20171-177%20%5BI-M%5D.torrent)

guess this is all that's left of this concept after the butchering of the anime...

[darkmetal505]

hmm, will train be able to break creed's sword? I like his new attacks.

EDIT: more releases

Black Cat 178 (http://www.animekoko.com/illuminatimanga/BlackCat-Ch178%5bIlluminati-Manga%5d.zip)

Black Cat 179 (http://www.animekoko.com/illuminatimanga/BlackCat-Ch179%5bIlluminati-Manga%5d.zip)

Black Cat 180 (http://www.animekoko.com/illuminatimanga/BlackCat-Ch180%5bIlluminati-Manga%5d.zip)

Black Cat 181 (http://www.animekoko.com/illuminatimanga/BlackCat-Ch181%5bIlluminati-Manga%5d.zip)

Black Cat 182 (http://www.animekoko.com/illuminatimanga/BlackCat-Ch182%5bIlluminati-Manga%5d.zip)

Black Cat 183 (http://www.animekoko.com/illuminatimanga/BlackCat-Ch183%5bIlluminati-Manga%5d.zip)

[darkmetal505]

bump, sorry, new chapters.

Black Cat Chapters 184-185 torrent (http://www.point-blank.cc:16384/allowed/torrent.php/Black%20Cat%20184-185%20%5BIlluminati-Manga%5D.torrent)

[dragonrage]

well i was browsing though the manga section of barnes and nobel and i came upon Black Cat, i have read how awsome the manga is, and i decided to check it out. I had high hopes after watching the first few episode of the series then it went all down hill and an amazingly rapid pace i might add. After reading the first 2 volumes you all were right, its is awsome, too bad they fucked up the anime, those S.O.B.s. Anyways you can add another Black Cat manga fan if anyone is keeping a list:D

[dragonrage]

well i was browsing though the manga section of barnes and noble and i came upon Black Cat, i have read how awsome the manga is, and i decided to check it out. I had high hopes after watching the first few episode of the series then it went all down hill and an amazingly rapid pace i might add. After reading the first 2 volumes you all were right, its is awsome, too bad they fucked up the anime, those S.O.B.s. Anyways you can add another Black Cat manga fan if anyone is keeping a list:D