[ SECRET POST #2616 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2616 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Stuff you used to love but now can't stand?

[ariakas]

but how could you possibly know that

Because it's happened so many times before with shounen manga I've seen that became explosively popular when they clearly weren't predicted to be o____o The same thing happens to Western TV shows, at times (Prison Break being one of the most striking examples - they had originally only had half a season written, because they expected to be cancelled - when they weren't they managed to salvage the rest of the season but where the old "ending" was supposed to happen is brutally obvious, and the rest of the seasons were pure dreck because they had no idea where they were going with it.)

In contrast, Arakawa pretty clearly had some semblance of a long plot arc ready from the beginning and her publisher expected FMA to be a completed story, not a Naruto or One Piece-esque phenomenon they'll bleed until it dies.

So, I don't "know" it will happen, but I sure can "predict" that it will based on past experience and how the story/pacing/development has changed as the manga has become more popular. Don't get be wrong - I'd love to be wrong. But I'm still not touching it until it's over. Every other time it's been a mistake. I'll wait until the stove has cooled down again before I burn my hand this time.