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****** or ******?

Which is a better *****: ****** or ******?

  • ******!

    Votes: 18 66.7%

  • ******!

    Votes: 9 33.3%
  • Total voters
    27
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Nidoprince

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OK. Here's why I wanted to start this thread. I talked to my friend about ****** and he brought up ******. He said it's OK, and he likes ****** better. Then, much later after that, I went to a comic-con and had a discussion about anime with these people that worked there. They said ****** is TWELVE TIMES better than ******.

I have yet to read ******, and all I know is that there's a guy with orange hair that has a sword. I have read ****** for a few volumes, but then got into the anime more.

So here's what I want: answers! What is better? ****** or ******?

And please, no spoilers unless in the spoiler tags, I'm not so far in the storyline of either.
 
I will have to say ******. It has more unknowns.

******, has very few unknowns and it's all just fighting for a common and recurrent purpose: defeat the antagonists.

****** has the goal of trying to defeat the antagonist except for one: Sasuke; making it a tricky situation.
 
Both, I cannot possibly decide.
 
Depends on what you like. If it random fights and hot girls, Then go for ******. If it's an random ninja story with questionable plot, Then go for ******.
 
TsukiMirage said:
Depends on what you like. If it random fights and hot girls, Then go for ******. If it's an random ninja story with questionable plot, Then go for ******.
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Is that really what you think of them?

****** has hot girls? Never noticed. Random ninja stories? Since when is the plot random?
 
Alloute said:
Is that really what you think of them?

****** has hot girls? Never noticed. Random ninja stories? Since when is the plot random?
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That's what I think they boil down to.

Does Orihime come to mind? What about Matsumoto? ****** has a girl that fits every type and fetish. As for ******, The plot zigs and zags all around. Things you think are important are either never fully explain or just drop.
 
I've only read a few ****** chapters here and there, and IMO the plot can be a little dry... the characters are awesome - everything from their design to their personality to their (to some extent) backstory. But unfortunately - like I said - the plot (random fights as was mentioned) sort of turns me off.

****** on the other hand has an excellent plot, I think. Sure, it can be random, and the author sometimes doesn't know exactly where he's going with things, but for the most part he's done a good job of keeping me hooked. Not to mention I like his drawing style, and the surprises and plot twists can be pretty cool. And the characters are easy to be fond of.

So yeah... I'd definitely have to side with ******, but I suggest you read many chapters from each and decide which you like better; there are various reasons to favor each.
 
Just a suggestion, If you're gonna read one arc of ******, Read the Turn Back The Pendulum arc. It's real good and you won't have to have much knowledge of the previous chapters to understand it.
 
I myself read both ****** and ******, and it is a tough choice really as each has their own individual aspects which make them great.

I feel ****** has a more gripping and less predictable story than ******, however, ****** has it's amazing fight scenes (which mainly in the *****, I find far better drawn than fight scenes in ******). As for characters, they all have their good characters and bad characters, I do however think that ****** has better character designs for villains (compare say, Ulquiorra to Orochimaru) and characters like Mayuri and Kenpachi, however, ****** also has it's good characters, such as Kakashi, Killer Bee, and heck, even Danzo has an interesting design.

What I like about ****** too, is ****** was thrown into the plot a lot harder than Ichigo. ****** was a reject, he has a demon sealed in him. Ichigo, is a bit of a hard nut, and always has been, so I feel people can sympathise with ****** a lot more than Ichigo, and I myself find ****** to be a far more interesting protagonist.

I did notice a bit of repetition in ****** though:
Soul Society Arc - Let's all rescue Rukia!
Hueco Mundo Arc - Let's all rescue Orihime!

Who are they going to rescue next? Rangiku?!

I feel ****** is a lot less repetitive than ******, and it is for that reason that I am voting ******. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying one is better than the other, but there is just no neutral option, it really depends what you want in a story - For plot, go to ******, for beautiful action, go ******.

I have to say though, one thing ****** does better than ****** with is - Do you see any Bleachtards? No. But that's probably due to outside of Japan, ****** has a higher target audience.
 
OK, so my friend isn't crazy...well, bring on the posts.
 
****** is good, but Tite Kubo refuses to kill any major protagonists, and he's really lowered the standard that the Soul Society Arc brought. Ever since the Fake Karakura Town arc, I feel like he feels the need to make the villains more powerful and difficult to beat that before, but then the shinigami win after pulling something random.

****** declined for a while as well, but I feel that it's gotten better. ****** has excellent characters like Gaara, and the protagonists lose sometimes. ****** isn't even one of the stronger characters for much of the series, and apart from
Sasuke, who defeated the likes of Deidara and Itachi, (though the latter was holding back)
, the characters are balanced.
 
I should've added One Peace to this...only nobody's mentioned it yet, so I didn't add it to the poll.
 
~Heaven Help Us~ said:
No yeah also, this ****** has varied characters. In ****** they are kinda repetitive. and in ******, you probably won't hate the main character.
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I already watch ******, but not read it. I do like ******, but for some reason, he's not my favorite character. I like Sasori though, even though he
dies.
 
******. But One piece is better then both.
 
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