Manga Manga idea

[Albel the Wicked]

Yeah well, how about you give some examples. If you don't give examples, then I'm afraid that you're just saying a blank statement my friend. At least SOME people think outside the box. I don't think that it sounds like Inuyasha. Getting the pieces of the soul lets him lock into more of his power. See, I guess in this people can cast spells, depending on how strong their soul is. Plus, only a whole soul can unlock Double Edge's true power. I don't know! You guys ask too many questions!

[naota]

[COLOR=Sienna][SIZE=1]The soul thing doesn't sound like Inuyasha to me. Well it does alittle but its pretty original.........are you even still going to go out with this idea?[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[sakurasuka]

[B][COLOR=DarkGreen][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium]Really, constructive criticizm only goes so far. You say HE'S the one being un-original, but everyone else here seems to be the ones falling into ditches and not thinking-outside-the-box. The main complaint of about two thirds of the people here was that it was 'too much like Inuyasha' which may or may not be true, but EVERY anime is going to remind EVERYONE of something different, catch my drift? The only EVER (In my opinion) totaly unique mangas/animes were Dragon Ball (At the time it came out) Inuyasha (Though it does remind me a bit of some other stuff, you know?) and .hack//. I have had 3 manga ideas that EVERYONE I ASKED replied simply: 'Tweak it a little so it won't be so much like Inuyasha' but do you know why it's like Inuyasha? Because Inuyasha has such a vast amount of characters/themes/time settings/abilities/I can go on and on forever-ness that EVERYTHING MADE AFTER INUYASHA WILL REMIND MOST PEOPLE OF INUYASHA. It's just way too loaded with a bit of everything (Which isn't a bad thing. I haven't met one person who hates it, it appeals to everyone.)

On a lighter note, I can see thier point, but still... Great idea! Way better than most of mine! I can see myself as one of the total junkies that loves and collects all your stuff. Are you even going with this as a game anymore? I really hope you will, it's got an awesome plot, it would probably make a good Manga, too -hint hint- ;)

I'm not gonna say 'it needs to be tweaked' or whatever because everyone else here had good ideas, what with the whole not-in-Tokyo thing and all. Really, I didn't find much of anything wrong with it. Keep it up, I'll keep an eye out for ya in a few years!

P.S. I, too, really enjoy the kingdom hearts battle system. Really, go for it![/FONT][/COLOR][/B]

[Albel the Wicked]

YAY! I'm glad that SOMEONE likes the idea. I agree completley with him. EVERYTHING will sound like Inuyasha. Having someone fall in love in the plot would make it too much like Inuyasha. I say, it was a good thing that you like the idea. I was getting REALLY tired of listening to a broken record. Well, Double Edge IS currently in game production by me using RPG maker 2003. So far, it is around 45 minutes. I'd have to say that that is pretty good. But I had to cut out a character, since only four members can be in your party. It DEFINETLY won't have the Kingdom Hearts battle system, on account of the games graphics and that RPG maker only allows turn based combat. But, I'm going to try to be a game maker and have Double Edge come out. Even if I have to make the game by myself, with no help, I WILL create Double Edge.

[AzureWolf]

[FONT=book antiqua][SIZE=2][COLOR=blue]Not to beat a dead horse, but Albel, just let the idea go. You were going somewhere, but needed a few tweaks here and there. However I think things started to go topsy-turvy around the time you said you would move to Tokyo and become a video game designer.

Don't get me wrong, I'm rooting for ya, but that's quite the pipedream. Dare I say, you sound a little too arrogant about this idea. It's not the best thing since sliced bread, and if you want people to stop calling it "like Inuyasha," you are going to have to compromise some part of your idea.

I'm glad you are taking the criticism, but you are missing the point about it sounding like Inuyasha: being similar is fine, but your story has to have something distinct about it. And it's not enough to be slightly different, with a soul instead of a jewel (it's also worth pointing out that, in Inuyasha, the jewel actually contains a person's soul - not a spoiler because it's back story near the beginning of the show).[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[Beorhun]

Azure, I have to agree with you. Isn't it a tad bit too early to be thinking about making this a full-fledged anime and video game? I'm not telling you its wrong to dream, but you're shooting a tad bit too high. Making an entire, 30 or 40 hour game by yourself? Uh...yeah, no. I'm not too serious about it, I like anime, I enjoy drawing manga, but I'm not going to try to make anything big, it's not wat I want out of life. Now, if you want to pursue it, then more power to you. I'm just saying that you're getting a bit...overzealous.
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YAY! I'm glad that SOMEONE likes the idea. I agree completley with him. EVERYTHING will sound like Inuyasha. Having someone fall in love in the plot would make it too much like Inuyasha. I say, it was a good thing that you like the idea. I was getting REALLY tired of listening to a broken record.[/QUOTE]
Well, we may have gone a bit too far, but still, if something sounds like Inuyasha, then that can't be helped. You got offended at some constructive critisism, which will really hinder you if you ever want to make games as a career. Oh, and about the falling in love thing? That might just be me, bit I think it's become kind of a cliche to have a love sub-story in a manga or any form of storytelling, if I may get on top of a soap box here. Why would Miroshi have to fall in love? If he has no soul, how COULD he fall in love? Is it entirely necessary to the story to have Yuantarin, or Miroshi, or anyone else fall in love? My answer, at least, is no, it's there as a false attempt to add character to your characters, and a love subplot is not the only way to do that!

But now I'm getting overzealous, and slightly hypocritical, so I'll stop there. I was being a jerk about this, and it was probably not in my place to do so, but still, think on it. To quote Azure, you're going to have to compromise parts of your story to make it seem original. If people saying that it's too much like Inuyasha, prove them wrong, instead of waiting for someone to agree with you.

[Albel the Wicked]

Beoruhn, the only reason that I'm getting irritated, is because I've been seeing the SAME THING for just three pages of this thread. People don't to even TRY to go beyond the fact that it sounds like Inuyasha. If you take 20 broken records, make them all say "it sounds like Inuyasha" you basically just have this thread. Personally, I don't think that it sounds like Inuyasha. I wasn't even thinking about Inuyasha when I came up with this. It all started out with the drawing of the Double Edge sword. You know that too Beoruhn! Now, on to the fact of the love thing. Yes Yutarin DOES fall in love, BUT before you start throwing full wine bottles at your computer screens, let me fill you in on something. I'm still dwindling on if the main girl should or shouldn't fall in love with Miroshi. But either way, Miroshi doesn't fall in love in the first series. If the main girl fell in love with Miroshi, Miroshi wouldn't feel the same about her, for he has no soul. I think that THAT might be the first time that has happened. Besides, you guys don't even know the full thing of this. I'd put it on, but personally, I don't feel like typing for an hour just to get half of the story on this thing. I basically told you guys the summary of it. Now, if I hear that this sounds like Inuyashsa ONE MORE TIME, I SWEAR I'm gonna have to start bustin some heads. MAN! Now you got me all cheesed off! Forget you guys! I'm gonna play some Temple of Abshai! I don't even think that people would all three pages. Wanna know why? Because all three ****ING pages have the same ****ING comment that it sounds like ****ING INUYAHSA!

[Sara]

[quote name='Albel the Wicked']Now, if I hear that this sounds like Inuyashsa ONE MORE TIME, I SWEAR I'm gonna have to start bustin some heads. MAN! Now you got me all cheesed off! Forget you guys! I'm gonna play some Temple of Abshai! I don't even think that people would all three pages. Wanna know why? Because all three ****ING pages have the same ****ING comment that it sounds like ****ING INUYAHSA![/quote][size=1]Dude, chill. If people think the story sounds like Inuyasha, that's something you're going to have to deal with. Unless you alter your story, you're not going to change their minds, heh.

You should also be aware that Inuyasha is very popular right now, so anything along that vein will automatically be compared with it.

For the sake of an example, I like the book series that starts with [i]So You Want to Be a Wizard[/i]. It's about two kids who learn how to be wizards. I try to explain this to someone, in any detail, and they'll automatically say, "Oh, like [i]Harry Potter[/i]." They aren't similar to Harry Potter in many ways, but the "young wizard" theme is there, and comparisons are going to be made.

I've never seen Inuyasha, but it seems that here you have two stories that involve a character or characters from the modern day being thrust into the past and searching for the pieces to something. Comparisons are going to be made. You need to relax. If that's someone's impression, they have a right to say it.

Especially when you said you didn't see how it was like Inuyasha and asked for input, you opened the door for more comparisons to be made. Don't yell at people for posting them.

gotta catch 'em all,
Sara[/size]

[Kei]

[color=darkblue]Sara is very much correct. You really need to calm down about this.

One of the purposes of this forum is to provide feedback on manga ideas, which you asked for and received. And just as Sara said, since it does contain certain aspects that are similar to those in Inu-Yasha, it's going to be compared to it. There's nothing that you can really do about that unless you change the storyline.

But the main focus of this post is to tell you to simmer down a bit. These posts are merely opinions. You can take them and leave them as you please. They're most certainly nothing to get bent out of shape over, so please try to control your temper.[/color]

[Albel the Wicked]

[QUOTE=Lady Katana][color=darkblue]Sara is very much correct. You really need to calm down about this.

One of the purposes of this forum is to provide feedback on manga ideas, which you asked for and received. And just as Sara said, since it does contain certain aspects that are similar to those in Inu-Yasha, it's going to be compared to it. There's nothing that you can really do about that unless you change the storyline.

But the main focus of this post is to tell you to simmer down a bit. These posts are merely opinions. You can take them and leave them as you please. They're most certainly nothing to get bent out of shape over, so please try to control your temper.[/color][/QUOTE]

Yeah, I'm calm now. It's just that it was a little frustrating, to just have the same thing stated, over and over again. Try to understand how that would be frustrating. I really appreciate the constructive critisism, but please, leave something new people. What it seems like is that one person said that it was like Inuyasha and the others just agreed. I wouldn't have minded if you actually compared it with something else. Like my thread in the Arena Underground where I asked if it would be a good RPG on the OB. Despite that it was pretty much me and Beoruhn talking, someone actually posted that it sound like something else. The fact that she said it sounded like something else BESIDES Inuyasha was good. If people just point out how it is from one show instead of other things, then it could still sound like a rip off. So, that's how this thread would've been better off with just ONE 'It kinda sounds like Inuyasha' comment.