NO YAOI!
NO MANHWA!
You know how most of the times mangas don't give you a reason for why the protagonist is so amazing, great, genius, etc? Why did he win or loose, no one knows. Nor does anyone know why he is labeled one in 10 years.
I want it explained. Like, for sword skills, I don't want them just waving their swords around according to special effects. I don't want to see them swing and suddenly earth splits apart. I mean, he's cutting air, it's not physically possible that the earth splits if you don't somehow summon an earthquake, right? So for sword skills, I want to see them winning by skillfully using the laws of physics. I want to see them DODGE! That's the very basic damn it! Parry the enemy attacks, footwork, turn enemy strength into his own, etc! That make sense? I mean, martial arts does exist in real life, so if he's not a mage, don't make him look like one.
Or, for things like sports. You often see them yelling out a name "blah blah blah!!!" and suddenly the opponent is defeated. Makes you think there is no skill involved.
It doesn't have to be martial arts or sports, just giving examples. Those two are especially bad in this area with the overuse of special effects.
In short, I don't want the plot ruling over the skills. I don't want the chars to win or loose only because that's part of the story. I don't want to see them defeating the demon king n times stronger only because of the plot. I suppose this might be better defined in animes? Considering there's animation rather than snapshots like manga panels. But either is fine.
Some examples, though to be honest, I don't remember myself how much they fit.
Liar Game (drama)
YuGiOh (anime)
Bad examples:
Phi Brain
many, many martial arts and sports manga
Prince of Tennis, the original anime series is one of the better sports, but went completely downhill for all of the sequels.
Last edited by renseih at 9:39 pm, Mar 20 2013
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