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"The New Pocket Monsters Series", starts April 2023

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Jeal

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So, what's the point of these mangas? I don't get why someone would read a manga that it's exactly equal to the anime.
 

RileyXY1

Young Battle Trainer
So, what's the point of these mangas? I don't get why someone would read a manga that it's exactly equal to the anime.
They're for people who can't afford a subscription to Netflix but still want to experience the anime.
 

mehmeh1

Not thinking twice!
So, what's the point of these mangas? I don't get why someone would read a manga that it's exactly equal to the anime.
Promo stuff, like those novelizations of random episodes (idk if they still dot hem but I remember a few AG episodes had some)
 

Jeal

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They're for people who can't afford a subscription to Netflix but still want to experience the anime.
Except TV Tokyo is free. And I doubt that buying a manga has a cost-benefit a lot bigger than a Netflix subscription.
 

Blue Saturday

Unfurl your Blessed Wings!
Still not seeing anything that's all that interesting about Liko, kind of scared they'll avoid adding much to her character for the sake of keeping her bland like most main characters in a series. Wouldn't mind a blandness akin to Gon. You'd think they'd give a hint of her personality. But I suppose a female protagonists and lead in anipoke is revolutionary.
 

Blue Saturday

Unfurl your Blessed Wings!
Anybody who calls gon 'bland' never understood his character to begin with
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Gon is definitely a bland character, doesn’t have deep motivations like some other mc’s but he has a charm about him. There are other characters in the HxH universe I prefer from a personality standpoint but I don’t think Gon is a bad character. Just simple (esp. until Chimera arc.)

Most main characters are mandated bland or generic backstories or designs/actions as vehicles for their stories.
 

SunGodNika1997

You can call me Tanner.
Gon is definitely a bland character, doesn’t have deep motivations like some other mc’s but he has a charm about him. There are other characters in the HxH universe I prefer from a personality standpoint but I don’t think Gon is a bad character. Just simple (esp. until Chimera arc.)

Most main characters are mandated bland or generic backstories or designs/actions as vehicles for their stories.
Most shonen protagonists aren't necessarily very deep to begin with.
 

mehmeh1

Not thinking twice!
Gon is definitely a bland character, doesn’t have deep motivations like some other mc’s but he has a charm about him. There are other characters in the HxH universe I prefer from a personality standpoint but I don’t think Gon is a bad character. Just simple (esp. until Chimera arc.)

Most main characters are mandated bland or generic backstories or designs/actions as vehicles for their stories.
Simple doesn't really mean bland though, bland would be more like say, the generic isekai protagonists
 

Kazuniya

certified kino coming in 2024
I'm saddened to see people already talking sh*t about Riko, calling her bland, boring, inferior to Ash. We have barely any real knowledge about her or Roy's personality and character, but people have already jumped to negative conclusions.

This fandom is f-ing miserable.

I really hope that once Ash is gone, some of these people will drop the anime.
 

Akkipeddi

All set to be a nice guy
Can't even take most of this fandom's definition of bland seriously (especially when we've barely gotten more than a few seconds of her). Almost feels like the only way a protagonist can show "personality" according to these people is by being on a sugar rush and constantly smashing into walls and other slapstick moments.
 

GohMaster!

Goh Gettem!
I'm saddened to see people already talking sh*t about Riko, calling her bland, boring, inferior to Ash. We have barely any real knowledge about her or Roy's personality and character, but people have already jumped to negative conclusions.

This fandom is f-ing miserable.

I really hope that once Ash is gone, some of these people will drop the anime.
It's funny also considering all the people that would call SM and JN Ash bland.
 
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