Manga: Cross Game

[Dark Dragon]

You got the complete Saint Saiya series? Decent quality? I know I was getting those Azn fansubs, but I think they stopped at around 52 episodes or so, and never bothered with the series because of that.

Or did you just find the dubbed version, or what?

We're way off-topic, but fuck it...

Yeah i do, very good quality (as good as an anime from the 80's could get anyway), i got it from a torrent posted from a request thread that i made on this forum. I think it might be dead by now but i'll try to seed it if you need to download and here is the link to the actual torrent.

edit: i just checked, there still quite a few seeder on that but i'll continue to seed until you finish the download.

edit2: I forgot to mention that the entire thing is subbed by some unknown group but the sub quality themselves are pretty decent. The torrent consist of the entire TV series + the first 2 OVA.

[Munsu]

Great, thanks... Now I have to start clearing up space.

Anyways, let's get back on topic.

[Dark Dragon]

Just got caught up with Cross Games.

I can kinda see why you would expect more from the former coach team. But personally i wasn't very surprised to see his team lose since Adachi seems to go out of his way to paint the guy as a complete douche. There is also that "no name team" comment that work as a very subtle Adachi style hint.

This is a good place to take a break since the baseball season just started so it didn't feel too awkward.

At this point, i really have no clue which girl Koh will go for since Adachi tend to surprise me when I've convinced myself that i got his pattern figured out. I really would prefer it if Koh end up with the childhood friend lookalike because it would feel too cliche if he got together with Aoba.

[Munsu]

Yep, it was hinted by the "no name team", but just the same it's a tactic to build his team to big this huge monstrous team. Anyways, it's fairly uncommon to do this, so I found it funny at the time that he lost in the first round.

As for who Koh would end up with, I really don't mind... though I like Aoba myself. But by the looks of it, the lookalike seems too easy at the moment, so Adachi might go in a different direction. Else, we need to see some adversity because what's an Adachi series without love triangles, misunderstandings, and the underdog relationships.

[shinta|hikari]

I'm pretty sure he will end up with Aoba. Pretty much the entire manga is devoted to developing their relationship, and most characters only served the purpose of putting them close together, including the clone. While Adachi can do twists, he does not force them, which would be the case if Aoba gets the short stick.

[Munsu]

Just because Aoba and Koh don't end up together, it doesn't mean that she'd get the short stick. There's also Azuma, and she seems to be at least a bit fond of him.

[shinta|hikari]

Maybe, but I don't really see Aoba enjoying herself with Azuma nearly as much as she does with Koh.

[Munsu]

Great news for us Adachi loving bitches... apparently this manga will get adapted to anime:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...o-get-tv-anime

With the manga still ongoing, I hope they don't fuck it up.

[Munsu]

Well, finally a new chapter is out, 131... I uploaded it to sendspace for you guys:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/yrvlxu

It's the beginning of the Third Part of the series, of what I'm assuming will be a total of four parts (don't hold me up to this).

Also, a reminder that next month the anime version will start.

[Dark Dragon]

Great, i have been waiting for this.

Hopefully the anime version will attract more attention than the manga has so far.

[Augury]

From mangadownloads.org:
Cross Game 132 rapidshare
Cross Game 132 yousendit
Cross Game 132 free.fr

Last fall I read through all of Adachi's longer works in one huge marathon - Nine, Miyuki, Touch, H2, Rough, Katsu - and caught up to Cross Game just before it took a break. I'm glad to see it's continuing.

I'm not sure why Adachi's works haven't generated more interest among the manga-reading fan base as a whole. Granted, he has certain formulas that he tends to follow and some of his jokes are difficult to translate/appreciate because they are based off of Japanese culture, but I thought that his storytelling is very good and has a high re-readability compared to many other series.

I haven't watched much anime recently (only following Nodame Cantabile and Major) but I think I'll take a look at Cross Game when it airs in a couple weeks.

As for the Koh-Aoba relationship, I don't think Adachi considers whether they end up together or not as important. He seems to be more interested in the fulfillment of dreams - Wakaba's vision of Koh and Akaishi at the Koshien, and Aoba's frustration at not being able to test her limits as a pitcher. The less prominent desires among the ("good") support cast will probably play out too - Azuma reaching the Koshien; Junpei marrying Ichiyo.

Anyways, I find myself reluctant to post sometimes but I'll be following the series with interest.

[Munsu]

And here's 133:
http://www.mangadownloads.org/downlo...wnloads%5D.zip

As for Adachi's works, well they are quite popular around... as there been a mangaka with more series been made to anime? I think it's more that people around GW don't like this type of series (and there aren't many manga readers) and sports in general.

[Augury]

Yeah, perhaps it's a community preference thing. I think, though, that Adachi's works are quite different from others in the sports genre. He keeps things pretty realistic (as far as I can tell) as opposed to other series which take the liberty to bend space/time/physics rules such as Prince of Tennis or Eyeshield21.

[shinta|hikari]

What I like about Adachi is he treats his viewers as smart people. His jokes are witty, and even the simple expressions of the characters have deep meaning when seen by a discerning reader. Not everything is spoon fed, and this fact makes it feel like you are getting to know the characters instead of being told about them.

[Dark Dragon]

134 is out

[Augury]

Cross Game 135 (Mediafire)

[Munsu]

And here's 136:
http://www.mangadownloads.org/downlo...wnloads%5D.zip

Will catchup tonight.

[Munsu]

137 is out:
http://www.mangadownloads.org/downlo...oads%5D.zip%20

Enjoyed this chapter a bit, I wonder if anything will come out of the last comments of the chapter with the whole "You'd be in the way" comment, or if it's simply one of the usual random jabs they throw at each other.

[shinta|hikari]

Aoba didn't look like she took it as a random jab, even if Koh probably didn't think she would get affected as much. Koh seems to be getting serious with Wakaba 2. I wonder how this will turn out, since I am quite certain it will be AobaxKoh in the end. I just hope Wakaba 2 does not die. I don't really care for her much, but Koh would be too pitiful if that were to happen.

[Augury]

Cross Game 138 from Manga Downloads









Things are moving along... looking forward to the next chapter.