I finished this up recently. Season one was all right, season two was great. Rico was my favorite of the gunslinger girls. Is the manga worth checking out?

>>280069824 (OP)
Yes it's absolutely fantastic desu, although bring your tissues for you will need them. Think the first season's tone and the second season's art style. Based Rico enjoyer but for me it's Angelica

>>280069824 (OP)
The manga is infinitely better than the moe-blob pile of shit of season 2.

S2 artstyle looks like butt and doesn't have any of the atmosphere of S1 and it looks like they recast all the voice cast so I'm probably going to just read the manga when I get back around to it

>>280069992
But season 2 is more faithful to the manga than season 1.

>>280069824 (OP)
Rico and Petra are by far best girls

>>280071598
the more faithful to the manga an anime series is, the less reason there is to watch it

>>280069824 (OP)
I already told you the manga is my favorite and worth your time

>>280072398
ok filler enjoyer

>>280069824 (OP)
>I finished this up recently. Season one was all right, season two was great. Rico was my favorite of the gunslinger girls. Is the manga worth checking out?
Absolutely not. Stay the fuck away, I made the mistake of reading it, and it ruined the anime for me. The author kills all the girls, there is no happy ending, and there's even some cuck romance subplot.

AVOID. AVOID. AVOID.

>>280069824 (OP)
Read it, it's good

>>280074075
>Story makes a point over and over again about how the girls won't last long
>Retard still gets mad when the author delivers on this plot point
It's all so tiresome

>>280074075
Nigger are you baiting? That's the obvious turn of events.
Angelica's death in the anime is the most blatant foreshadowing possible.

>>280074236
>>280074257
I don't give a single solitary fuck how you think it was clearly foreshadowed, or how thematically consistent it was. The author could have taken a different route with the handlers and girls going awol and achieving some semblance of happiness, but he didn't. The manga is nothing but irredeemable garbage miserywank, and I recommend any sane person to stay the fuck away.

>>280074075
I always wonder where retards like you come from. Like putting aside the obvious fact that yeah it's a tragedy so you're going to feel emotions and shit, people repeat this "the author kills all the girls" shit even though that's untrue considering surprisingly many girls make it through the finale and Claes + most supporting cast is alive at the end of the manga, and the ending message is literally about there being hope in the world. Aside being fucking dumb tone-blind post, it makes me wonder how many people read a fake spoiler like this and end up skipping a manga that's legitimately fucking amazing.

>>280074369
>The author could have taken a different route with the handlers and girls going awol and achieving some semblance of happiness
That's pretty much what happens for most of the girls

>>280074075
>>280074369
can this specific kind of autist please fuck off from anywhere media discussion happens? or at least stay in places where they discuss children's cartoons?

>>280074369
>story about the morality of bio-engineering soldier with an expiration date for short term victories
>hurr durr they should achieve happiness
Damn you are retarded.

>>280074403
"Legitimately fucking amazing"? Fuck you, when he killed Henrietta I was so mad that I ripped apart the physical books I had purchased. And after all these years, I still hate the author for making me go through that.

>>280074506
Yes. They should achieve happiness specifically because of that, but the author fails to deliver.

>>280074369
>I don't give a single solitary fuck how you think it was clearly foreshadowed, or how thematically consistent it was
So you wanted obvious wish fulfillment instead of good writing? I honestly fail to see why you're trying to make your shit preference everyone else's problem

Some things could have been done differently.

>>280074540
>I was so mad that I ripped apart the physical books I had purchased
You can't be a real person. I refuse to believe someone like this actually exists.

S2 is so bad I never rewatch it and now I'm old enough I'm beginning to forget it.
I win.

>>280074540
lol, you're the OP from THAT thread? you deserve to wear a trip

>>280074549
Absolutely I wanted a good, happy ending instead of the tripe you call good writing.

>>280074582
Fuck you, you made me dig up the picture. Genuinely fuck you for reminding me.

>>280074704
i can feel the seethe emanating from this image.

>>280074540
So you had nothing to say about giving a literal fake spoiler because you're dumbass?

>>280074752
Words cannot express how livid I was at that time, but ripping that garbage apart at least brought me a modicum of solace.

>>280074704
a genuine bonafide autistic tantrum

>>280074800
The fuck you mean fake spoiler? Henrietta died. I dropped the shit story at that point and didn't look back. And I read afterward that other girls died too. Where's the lie?

>>280074704
lol its this retard again baiting for (You)s

we were robbed of this

>>280074878
I literally explained you the lie, you dumbass. You keep repeating a thing that doesn't happen because you didn't finish the story so you have no fucking idea what even happens. If you're not a troll just unironically finish the manga, it's not a bad end.

>>280074540
>I ripped apart the physical books I had purchased

>>280074962
save yourself any more headache and stop replying to literal poo-smearing autists

>>280074704
>I was so mad I performatively ripped the book apart and took pictures of it to post online
I mean I saved this pic because it's really funny but you're still not a real person

>>280074962
It's a fucking awful ending regardless of whether some characters survive. Henrietta is dead, Triela is dead, and I don't even care to find out what others died.

>>280075057
I took a picture of it to remind me to never again purchase anything and support a shit writer before the story has concluded and I've had a chance to look at story spoilers and the ending.

It's moments like these that remind me how unironical autism is also a thing in this board.

>>280072631
Thank you wanitsumiposter

>>280075119
So you went from "I'm not lying" to "yeah I'm lying but I don't even care". This will be my last reply to you but I'll just say it's really funny most of your chimp out was caused by you not actually reading the manga, so you will never find out that the work has a decently conclusive and hopeful end, so the only thing left for you is to cry eternally over the shredded visual representation of your brain problems.

>>280075223
No. The ending cannot be good without Henrietta in it. Even if everything is sunshine and rainbows, it's still going to be a shit ending.

And now, at the very least, OP is going to be aware of why he should avoid the manga. And if he still foolishly decides to invest time and emotions in it, at least he knows what he's getting into.

>>280075305
The only thing OP knows is that you're an autist who made a fool of himself

>>280075305
>it's a shit ending because I have a fake headcanon about what happens
This is great content by the way

>>280075355
Maybe. But in the off chance that he's not some kind of a weird masochist who enjoys seeing characters he like die, I've just done him a massive favour.

>>280075440
So you're saying that Henrietta, Triela and Rico didn't die? And you're accusing me of lying?

>>280075524
We already know you don't know what happens in the mango so why try to do this no u thing now

>>280075589
Because I have the Internet.

I miss the story time

would be neat if someone was willing to tl Aida's original gsg doujins

>>280075671
Well it doesn't seem to do you much good because Rico actually survives the fight

>>280075524
You got already busted for lying so I don't honestly understand what you think moving the goalpost salvages at this point.

>>280074704
>

>>280075671
>phoneposter
It keeps getting worse somehow

>>280076057
Even I gotta work.

>>280075883
It was a hyperbole, not a lie, and the point was to convey to OP that he would be wise to stay away. Especially because some malicious fucks earlier told him to go read it because it's "amazing". The same shit has happened to me in the past, you cunts recommending miserywank garbage like gsg and made me feel awful. I don't wish that experience on anyone, and I wouldn't be sperging like this if you lot could be trusted with recommendations.

>>280076371
>hyperbole
Hyperbole implies you're purposefully exaggerating. In reality you just didn't read the manga and had a false impression on what happens. Do you think being dishonest is going to start working out for you at this point?

>>280074075
such is war on italian terror

>>280076582
I was purposefully exaggerating, you daft cunt. I knew that some characters survived, and I wrote that all of them die despite that. Because the point was clearly conveyed far better that way, and it also made you lot go "nuh uh, not all of them die, some of them in fact didn't die" and then you were confirming to the OP that he'd be stepping deep into unpleasant territory even if there are some survivors. And now if he does decide to get involved regardless, at least the impact of character deaths will be lessened, and I've done some good.

>>280076826
The only way is to break the wheel(tear the manga)

>>280076893
you gotta carry that weight, cowboy.

>>280076889
>I was purposefully exaggerating
No, you say author kills all the girls without a hint of exaggeration
Let's recap, your full run so far has been
>every girl fucking dies!
>okay so they don't all die, but at least these 3 do
>what? Rico doesn't? okay but it's a bad end anyway
>what? It's a happy end? Okay but I have a special definition what bad end means to me personally
>oh you took me seriously? I was just making a hyperbole!
>okay I don't know what hyperbole even means
>I didn't actually say the things I said
Seriously how can you be this embarrassing and still think people don't see that you're a weaselly faggot who just can't admit to having been wrong about the manga. Is it just because you tore the manga already lmao
Every single turn you've taken in this chain has been fucking horrid, consider exiting the thread

>>280076889
>And now if he does decide to get involved regardless, at least the impact of character deaths will be lessened, and I've done some good.
Did you ever consider that not everyone is as autistic as you are and that spoiling the manga for potential new readers with fake spoilers just because you feel bad with the story twists is an extremely selfish thing to do? It's just crazy to me that you can't even begin to comprehend that GSG is a manga classic and that most people really like it for what it is. I thought you were a troll but anon was right, you're probably just really autistic.

>>280076966
Every girl doesn't die. Enough of them die that no matter how positive you think the ending is, it's still utter trash. That was the hyperbole, and I was correct about everything. Also Rico surviving is just your personal hopium.

You are allowed to like miserywank, but at least do the common courtesy of warning people of what they're getting into.

>>280077071
No, I didn't. Most people enjoy stories more if they know what's going to happen, so if the OP now decides to get involved with the shit story, then he'll enjoy it more. And if OP had believed me when I wrote that all of the girls die, then he'd even be positively surprised in the end.

>>280076928
There must be a way out of this place

The real tragedy is this is what the threads turned into now. Stop giving this autist attention. I even see you fags bring him up in completely unrelated threads.

>>280077197
>Most people enjoy stories more if they know what's going to happen

>>280077258
It's true, it's been tested and the results are clear.
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/spoiler-alert-spoilers-make-you-enjoy-stories-more

>>280077318
>dude in California said it's okay to spoil things despite it being one of the most universally hated things

>>280069824 (OP)
manga is great read it.
i finally got around to reading it recently after watching the series several years ago.

>>280074704
>>280074075
>>280074540
>>280077197

Season 1 was really good. I watched about 30 seconds of Season 2 and dropped it there and went to read the manga.

>>280077353
Here is the relevant study, the sample size was over 800 people.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797611417007

Here's the follow-up study if you want to pay for access.
https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/ssol.3.1.09lea

This is just another case of people not knowing what they want. And besides, if I were to attempt to avoid spoilers, there would be no way to convey what an altogether unpleasant experience the manga is. How do you warn someone that characters are going to die without saying that characters are going to die? "Dude be careful, it's a tragedy"? That means the exact same thing.

>>280077472
Season 2 is the perfect example of why being more faithful to the source material doesn't necessarily mean a better anime.

>>280069824 (OP)
>season two was great
Just stop..

>>280077197
I want you to understand that you just basically still agreed to everything you're being accused of with no actual counter arguments, but tried regardless to synthesize that into you being in the right somehow despite being a lying goalpost mover. The only thing you've been correct about is that Henrietta and Triela die and that's nowhere close to your original claims. You claimed every girl dies: you've literally stated you believed that to be the case because you read that somewhere, so it was a honest belief and not a hyperbole. Rico surviving also isn't a headcanon. It's crazy to think you actually seem to believe you'll save face if you wrangle hard enough here

>>280077472
>>280077563
Wrong It really isn’t season 2 is bad, it’s just mediocre while season 1 was Madhouse in their prime. If Madhouse did season 2 as well and lets say adapted the whole thing, then it would be amazing.

>>280077624
>It really isn’t season 2 is bad, it’s just mediocre while season 1 was Madhouse in their prime.
I don't know why you're saying I'm wrong when you agree with me.

>>280077537
So you're unironically doing the bit now where you think you're doing a public service by spoiling manga online because some burgers in california like their fiction mild flavored
Did you ever consider, you know, not doing this?

>>280069824 (OP)
I don't give a shit if S2 was faitful to manga or whatever, the art change was travesty.
S1 art is just so good.
also I'm "allergic" to chocolate but triela was the best.

>>280077720
Based Triela converting even the basement dwelling racists

>>280077653
More disagree with second anon who failed to realize the studio is what elevated the first season, shouldn’t have quoted the first anon.

>>280077600
Just either Henrietta or Triela dying would have been enough to make me hate the story and the author. They both die. Other girls also die. As far as I'm concerned, and anyone else wanting to avoid feeling awful reading the story, that is close enough to "all girls dying". It works perfectly as a hyperbole.

The wiki lists Rico as deceased. You can speculate whether she survived, but that is hopium at best, like I said. I will concede and apologise if you provide me with a statement from the author confirming her survival, otherwise my point stands.

>>280077753
Even then I'd think you'd agree "being more faithful to the source material doesn't necessarily mean a better anime." seems perfectly in line with what you're saying too. Because making a show isn't just about how accurate it is to the source.

>>280076057
hehe

>>280077675
No. Not at all. I'm doing this because I would have been glad if someone had spoiled the story before I picked up the manga. That would have been impossible of course, since the manga was still ongoing at the time, but if I were in OP's shoes I'd be thankful if someone warned me. The study is not the reason, just reinforcement.

You think it's fun hating a story this much? I'd be much happier if I had never watched a single episode or read a single page of gsg, and I'm sure there are others like me.

>>280077795
I just think too much of the conversation about season 2 being worse in this thread fails to praise Madhouse for their production and focuses too much of being faithful adaptation. Some anon also said something earlier in the thread about too faithful of an adaptation isn’t really worth watching, as well.

>>280077763
>Just either Henrietta or Triela dying would have been enough to make me hate the story and the author
Yeah and that's what anon meant by saying you have a special definition for a bad ending, it's good we agree. Again, you agree to everything people accuse you of but still think you had some upper hand, you're so dumb
>You can speculate whether she survived, but that is hopium at best
She literally survives the events, she doesn't have a bad end, dumbass. It's an absolute fucking riot that you demand a written statement from the author but don't bother reading the fucking manga actually written by him.

Also you dropped the part about hyperboles because you couldn't argue against that anymore, gotcha.

>>280077846
Strictly speaking someone did spoil you online but the spoilers were lies.

>>280077993
Well again, we seem to agree.

>>280077998
>She literally survives the events
To be fair Rico dies a year after they move onto the boat

>>280077998
I don't mind agreeing with me having a special definition of a bad end. Characters I like dying is more than sufficient to ruin a story, if you think that an ending can be good when half of the cast is in the dirt and consider that the standard definition, then fine.

She literally dies, or her fate is unknown. All her friends are dead. That is not a good end.

>>280078036
Strictly speaking, it doesn't matter. When Henrietta killed herself I was done and wish nothing but pain and suffering on the author for making me experience that.

>>280077846
>No. Not at all
But you're actually doing it tho

>>280078080
Then next time say Madhouse did a great job with season 1 instead of bringing up adaptation accuracy

>>280078135
No? I'm doing a public service by spoiling the manga, because that is exactly what I wish had happened to me before I read it. The study is secondary.

>>280078131
>I don't mind agreeing
Yeah, and considering you've dropped mostly everything by now with no retorts you've clearly conceded all the points. And you moved the goalpost again with Rico: now you're not arguing anymore whether she survives the events, you're arguing whether her ending is good or not. Again, just dishonesty and trying to save face. You understand you got your ass pounded (homosexually), right? It's pretty clear by now.

>>280078145
I genuinely don't understand what your problem is. I literally say season 1 was really good, and in reply another anon adds that again, accuracy /= good in reference to season 2 in response to others praising that aspect. You're just being obstinate for no reason.

>>280078261
What is there for me to argue if you think the ending is good despite a large amount of characters dying? You have a different definition of a good ending than I, and there can't be an argument before both sides agree on definitions.

Her status is listed as deceased. She dies. OR her status is unknown. Believing that she survives is hopium. You are allowed to believe what you will.

>>280078287
Why do you think he brought up the adaptation accuracy into the conversation? And you call me obstinate? I even said that I shouldn’t have quoted you. Why are you arguing this much for someone else? Are you autistic?

anyone has the triela wallpaper, where she is going down using rope, at the back you see the city and the wall she is goind down is our screen lol, you can see her panties.
lost all my shit when the 4 HDD crashed.
now I'm surviving on the main SSD.

>>280078359
>You are allowed to believe what you will
She survives the fight as shown in the manga by the author.
>What is there for me to argue
Nothing really at this point for sure. But as an extra focus point here, I think it would be fun if you recognized that I have read the manga and you in fact have not done so, which pretty much by default means my analysis on what the ending is will be more grounded. If you don't recognize that fact then you're obviously just full of shit. Think about it.

>>280078437
>Why do you think he brought up the adaptation accuracy into the conversation?
Because the first season was better and not as accurate?
> I even said that I shouldn’t have quoted you. Why are you arguing this much for someone else? Are you autistic?
When you say things that make no sense I'm going to say you're not making sense and are acting like a retard.

>>280078533
And why is accuracy relevant to this conversation?

>>280078598
Okay I genuinely think you're retarded, here's a greentext version so it's simple for you
>Gunslinger Girl thread
>People talk about the show
>Anon posts his opinion about the show and how season 2 wasn't very good
>Other anon adds onto that opinion saying that a common point on why people say season 2 is good doesn't make it good on its own
>Other other anon responds to both anons and acts like a retard for multiple replies because he doesn't like when people talk about the show in ways he doesn't like (?)
Happy?

>>280078718
Again, Season 2 isn’t bad. It is just season 1 is great.

>>280078907
You cannot comprehend the things you read.

I miss the thread we had last year or so where some random faggot got so upsetti that he deleted his entire GSG folder

>>280078982
Just replying insults now?. Go ahead and get the last reply in after this, I’m sure you will feel better.

>>280079115
There's no point trying to argue with someone with zero reading comprehension.

>>280078509
I will recognise that you have read the manga, for what reason I can't say. Maybe you like torturing yourself. And I have not read the manga past the point when Henrietta died. That was enough to destroy any enjoyment I would have otherwise had. Me not reading the final bits do not invalidate the warning I am giving to OP.

>>280079102
And I think that vindicates my point. There are a lot of people, or at least some people, that do not enjoy tragic stories. Giving them a fair warning as I have done can save them from a lot of misery.

>>280079438
Now that we're done being snarky, I honestly think you should read the manga because it's mainly the last volume for me that elevates the story above being hopelessly dark. You hate GSG because you tore up your experience just before the catharsis. I know you won't do this, but you would end up enjoying the manga more than you do now.

>>280079525
Nah it's actually funnier than that, he got mad because the manga was political

Live for me!

>>280079578
I honestly think I should not read the manga, I hate it enough already. I haven't ever experience a single tragic story that I have enjoyed, regardless of whether I stuck with it to the end. The only catharsis I got was from ripping the first omnibus apart, and even so I still hate the story. I don't care if everything is fixed and the story concludes with a positive note. The characters I liked are dead, and I hate it. I can't even enjoy the anime anymore, because I know that a large portion of the cast will be canonically dead in the future. And I hate the author for it.

Whatever you enjoyment you get out of seeing the characters you empathise with die, I don't have that. It's not cathartic, it's infuriating and frustrating, not pleasant and enjoyable.

Lmao that faggot still seething, i remember when this started weeks ago