Hey, give them some slack, they’ve got to stand out among the sea of mediocre titles.
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Where can I watch "Blood Joe Dating Two Slime Stepsisters At The Same Time"?
OP left out the Adjective Noun Fred naming convention that lasted from the late 70s through the late 90s
Mobile Suit Gundam
Irresponsible Captain Tylor
Pretty (However they translated Senshi this time) Sailor Moon
Samurai Pizza Cats
Space Runaway Ideon
Devil Hunter Yohko
and on and on and on.
Okay but Devil Hunter Yohko is an actual nice name
Isn't that just an extension of the "Blood Joe" referenced in the OP?
half of that isn’t an adjective
I didn't name it. It's probably more accurate to call it Descriptor Noun Fred.
Though none of them are a Fred.
Keeping original posters' credit intact is cool.
Who else scrolled up to see if it was beep?
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Show is called trigun
Look inside
Protagonist does not have three guns
Could argue he does. Pistol, arm, big laser arm.
Show is called bleach
Look inside
The good guys actually wear black and the antagonists wear white
> show is called fruits basket
> look inside
> oh no
I think it checks out he's got his revolver, arm gun thing, then the beam cannon thing
Damn I really remember none of Trigun, and it was one of my favorites when it came out. I should do a rewatch now that it’s been… oh god like two decades?
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> Movie is called Weathering With You
> Look inside
> No particular focus on erosion
Nor does the gun have 3 barrels
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moore's manga law
Trying to be unique in a largely crowded endeavor like Japanese manga is a very difficult game. Like choosing names for one's creations. So some authors have to resort to using bewildering longer titles if only to stand out, and it gets weirder in very prolific manga subgenres such as a harem romcom.
I faintly remember about Japanese creatives -- and some businessmen -- trying to find naming inspirations from practically anywhere -- a favorite movie, actor, athlete, an odd quote, a catchy phrase in French or Italian (there is heavy use of "atelier"), etc. -- for which to name their next work, not just manga but Japanese product names and trademarks in general; a girl's fashion brand over there which had taken a "Cecil McBee" as its trademark without the knowledge of the actual musician bearing that name (he was informed of it, got surprised, then tried unsuccessfully to sue in court).
This entire post is the title of a short light novel series about anthropomorphic honeybees.
The long title trend started with web novels that had to grab people's attention among a text list of other titles.
Monster would be titled "Do no harm! Unless I save the wrong life, I guess!!!"
My favorite animes from the era remain:
Samurai Pizza Cats, City Hunter, You're Under Arrest!
Read somewhere that's because the mangas in the store just show the title at the front. By putting the whole story premise into the title prospective buyers can see at a glance what the book is about without picking it up.
Give it a little time and books will be intriguing again with a mysterious short title.
Or the word avalanche will spread to other media
That sounds like the PG version of Chuck Tingle titles.
Of course with AI it's impossible to tell which covers are real without going to a site with a definitive list, but I confirmed this one
No way this is real
Perhaps the Mothman sexiness is too overwhelming? That's ok, you can always go with Not Pounded In The Butt By My Book 'Not Pounded In The Butt By Anything And That's Okay' And That's Okay
Or maybe you just need things to be a bit more self-referential, so there's always Pounded In The Butt By My Book "Pounded In The Butt By My Book 'Pounded In The Butt By My Book "Pounded In The Butt By My Book 'Pounded In The Butt By My Book "Pounded In The Butt By My Own Butt"'"'
That's partially true. It's because the web novel that the manga is adapted from used the premise as a title for optimized SEO so that their story can be seen by more readers.
I'm just repeating a thing I read elsewhere, but I heard it's not strictly SEO optimization in the classic Google rank sense, it's that the most popular webcomic portal in Japan doesn't include descriptions in its browse page.
It's awesome practice. I don't read manga, but do watch the anime adaptations. It gives you exactly what it says on the tin. I love it.
Some can get a short name after some time. Like
- TenSura: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
- LasDan: Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town
And others have a short name followed by a longer one like
- Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World
- KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!
- Always a Catch!: How I Punched My Way into Marrying a Prince
- Bogus Skill "Fruitmaster": About that Time I Became Able to Eat Unlimited Numbers of Skill Fruits (That Kill You)
- The Strongest Tank's Labyrinth Raids: A Tank with a Rare 9999 Resistance Skill Got Kicked from the Hero's Party
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"Poop Gun"
Wait, so is the gun made of poop? Does it fire poop bullets?
Then the sequal:
"Oscillating doormat"
Sounds like Chinese tattoos on Americans who've never left their home state.
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There is now so much manga and light novel titles that I kinda understand why they do this. It is hard to decide what to even click on, and if I can't even tell what genre it is from the title or cover picture, I'm less likely to check it out
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I think that's because they are Korean but I could be mistaken
No, but it could be related to light novels? Since there are more and more mangas based on light novels.
Yes I think that's what I meant and then mixed up light novels with manwas
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