Shoujo mangaka Mayu Shinjo, or Mayu-tan, recently obtained a sniper rifle, using it to take aim at her critics.
For those unaware of the episode in question, Mayu-tan became the butt of much ridicule for the imaginative firing stance one of her characters took up – she has apparently acquired a scoped (air) rifle in part to prove detractors wrong.
“My sniper rifle arrived… Hey you guys! It’s so huge and heavy there’s no way I can fire it without putting it over my shoulder! Come on, I was right all along!”
“I can’t look through the scope and reach the trigger with my arm at the same time! What the hell. Are you saying a 150cm woman can’t become a sniper?” she complains.
She seems to have managed it in the end, if barely.
Mayu Shinjo herself is cute in more ways than one (she is 37):
Far from being a stereotypically poverty stricken and downtrodden mangaka, she apparently lives in a spacious and highly stylish residence:
She was recently recruiting assistants – of course, assistants get their own desk:
In fact they each get a TV and PC…
And a “PC refresh room” and a coffee room, and an editorial meeting room, all immaculately furnished as if from the pages of an interior design catalogue:
This is all apparently situated in Shibuya, one of the most expensive areas of Tokyo – leading to the conclusion that Mayu-tan herself must be a wealthy woman indeed.
She also loves cars and Gundam, and owns a specially tuned BMW 330 which she has on occasion taken out on the track:
Other hobbies include gourmet dining and indulging in a taste for brand goods through high class shopping.
Far from being a poster-child for successful mangaka-publisher cooperation as might be suspected from the mountain of cash she appears to possess, her relationship with her publisher, Shogakukan, was famously acrimonious.
She accused her editors of being abusive, exploitative and domineering, saying she first heard of adaptations of her works from the Internet rather than her editor, and was threatened by editors vowing to take her earlier works out of print if she left – she left anyway, using a lawyer to counter their threats, and became a freelance mangaka.
This appears to be a trend amongst mangaka sick of unreasonable treatment at the hands of publishers.
Wherever her fortune comes from, it is probably in spite of and not because of her artistic talent:
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http://img3.sankakustatic.com/wp-content/gallery/safe-misc-viii/mayu-tan-mangaka-mayu-shinjo-017.jpg
lol i saw a parody of this image featuring loli alucard and walter of hellsing:the dawn
http://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/747698
nice to see the source XD
I guess she never saw the clip where a girl tried to shoot a rifle with the stock over her shoulder and ended up having the scope slam straight into her eye because of the recoil.
Vat zee hell iz zis?!
8-O
She's no gunslinger girl, that's for sure!
8-D
reminds me. when i wuz in army. our firing instructor said on 1st time that THIS ISNT THE RIGHT STYLE TO SHOOT. YOU DONT FIRE RIFLES LIKE RPG's and showed us. it missed liek everything ;D so yeah.. that doesnt work..
also another cool thing he showed is ALSO THIS ISNT SOME GANGSTA GUN. YOU DONT SHOOT LIKE IN GANGSTER MOVIES. and did put m4a1 front with 1 hand. sideways and shot whole clip with only one hand :Dw
like in movies ;P yeah those stances did look cool but they dont work ;3 unless you are in really really close range.
Of course it never works because physics says otherwise.
Why is her car a left-hand drive??
Because it was imported from a country that uses left-hand drive?
Sight... the weapon in question is M4 CARBINE. Its not a fucking sniper! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbine
M4 and PSG-1 are simply not comparable. M4 has wight of 3.1kg loaded when PSG-1 has wight of 8.10kg unloaded! Also lengh of M4 with stock extended is 838mm when lengh of PSG-1 is 1208mm.
She has not proved anything other that how stupid she is.
http://world.guns.ru/sniper/sn14-e.htm
http://world.guns.ru/assault/as17-e.htm
LoL,
she seriously need watch action shooting movie
retard.
Cool, Thanks, Now I can spend all day watching cartoons, and coloring in coloring books.
admire golgo 13?
Interesting that she could find success as a freelancer mangaka. The entertainment industry in Japan is dominated by only a handful of insanely powerful agencies, it's almost impossible for a musician, actor etc to find real success without the backing of one of the big companies.
So.. that tall guy in his manga has the equal strength to hold a sniper like her.. albeit the one the guy's using is a lot smaller? Oh well, she's cute anyway.
Christ! It's a comic book. If she wanted him to fire a sniper round out of his ass it's OK.
I can her her asking," Am I doing it right?"
Wow, she sure doesn't know how to hold a fucking gun. Bitch should research her shit before stepping forward and drawing.
holy shit that's one huge mansion she got there O_O
hmm i guess being a mangaka is like a hobby of hers, even if she's not famous she still have alot of money and stuff. man life must be sweet to her(besides the editors)
It looks like an M4 rifle, but I don't see a scope anywhere on the carrying handle, but the other panels make it seemed like the guy is looking through TWO different types of scopes. Even though an M16 and an M4 fires the same type of ammo, the longer barrel length of the M16 has less recoil than its shorter brother. If you don't properly shoulder the rifle to you before shooting, you'd risk the thing smacking you in the face no matter how "light recoil" the weapon is. Also the M4 has a collapsible stock. If the man had so short arms, he could have retracted the stock to the shortest position and even a 10 year old can hold up the rifle with no problem there.
The Airsoft rifle Mayu-tan bought looks like a PSG-1. It like all weapons were designed for the male body and if the stock is too long for a sniper, he or she could just swap it with something more manageable. Putting the stock over your shoulder like that would give you almost no accuracy and would most likely throw the gun off your hands when you fire. It's a rifle, not a rocket launcher
just explain breifly cause like a saw or a intervention it has mods for its on the stock
Hm, for 37 she looks cute... and she got money...
MARRY ME! xD
So, after reading this i pulled out mah AR (for dipshits: its like the one in the manga) and.....what the fuck? if you try holding an AR like that you are going to get hit in the cheekbone with the charging handle. it might not have any recoil but it still isn't going to feel good. and you can only hold it at certain angles so if your target moves you are fucked.
in any case, with a telescoping stock, you can in fact just push it in till you have a 10.5-inch LOP instead of 13 or 14 inches.
@ The Master,...
Has there been a follow-up to this story, on the other forums? Like how the Gun Otaku are laughing their asses off & posting thier opinions?
That would be interesting too.
Wow, she's loaded. XD
She needs to keep her finger out of the damn trigger well.
Nothing is sexier than proper gun control (even with an airsoft rifle).
lol rocket launcher stance for a sniper it may be practical but wouldn't her hand get burned from touch the barrel in this stance and how about the accuracy of the gun no sights or scope = no aim
E46 330 FTW!!!
You do like people that suck dog's cock five times a week.
we read manga for fun ,don't need everything like a real world!!
Spend your time on other activities.
Being a training officer in a paramilitary contractor i can only say that she has FAILED in depicting a person about to fire a rifle. M4A1 is a carbine for Christ sake! And how in the world he is able to use a figgin cross hair without a scope or an EOtech sight? Damn she is a failure as a mangaka!
dude, that's notan AK-47, it's a M4 colt commando
Ehh, at least she isn't one of those Cod fans who think they know all about guns and the military.
It's not the quality of the artist, but the that of the story writer.
she should have gotten a M82A1 sniper rifle. twice the firepower than that rifle.
Actuall a lot more than twice...
:-)
M82A1 is not sniper. Its anti-material rifle.
Ugh, this article made me so depressed. I know I might get a lot of hate for this comment but I gotta speak my mind. I hate Shinjo Mayu's work. I'm not saying I hate her personally, although I hate the fact she's living a lavish life style after writing the most despicable shitty manga I've ever seen and posing with that gun she seems like a poser. Like a girl who tries too hard to look good for guys by doing 'hawt' things. She seems to have no gun knowledge at all. I know barely anything about guns but I know the when you hold a gun that big on your shoulder it won't work out well at all for you. But anyways back to the topic of her manga. I'm an avid shoujo manga reader, I have NO idea why her manga is so damn popular. Are mainstream girls that stupid? My guess is they're only in it for the smut and not the story (although her art is so mediocre and sometimes bad, so I don't fully understand that either). But her stories are TERRIBLE. Her heroes and heroines look pretty much the same in every manga. There's the tall, dark (and usually dark haired), "cool" hero. The there's the timid, weak, short and busty "heroine", who has no self respect or inner strength. The plots of her stories are basically boy meets girl, boy rapes girl, and the girl hates the boy at first, but then learns to "love" him. That's what every single one of her manga boils down to, minus the cosmetic changes and locations. I'm no feminazi, I don't usually have a huge problem with rape in manga, in fact when handled well it make a powerful impact. But this isn't right AT ALL. Rape is not love, you can't teach girls that rape is okay if he "loves" you. It's disgusting when your message to boys (intentional or not) is if you rape a girl enough/preform well during the rape(s) she'll love you. The girls in the manga are only okay with it because the guys look sexy to them. Man, I couldn't even get through Haou Airen because I was gonna rage so hard if I had to read another page of it. It just makes me so mad a manga-ka can be so successful with such shitty work. She's like the Stephenie Meyer of manga, except with more than one series under her belt (well that's debatable since the plot and characters are basically the same). It frustrates me that there are soooooo many better shoujo series out there, but the manga-ka who write are pretty poor. If there's any lesson to learn from Shinjo Mayu, after you get a hit manga, go freelance. It may be hard at first, but once you've established yourself you'll make so much more money. Then you won't have to blame foreign pirates for your cash losses, because the real pirates are the publishers who high jack your profits. Also no dealing with editors who want to control your story and censor you. :D Hopefully in the near future we'll see an increase in free lance manga-ka due to manga-ka sick of editors and meager paychecks. Phew, that rant felt good.
She looks poor compared to the messed up Mormon chick that wrote Twilight. Want to bash on crap that has made someone rich, I'd throw Twilight in there. Even if, yes, it has nothign ot do with manga. Some people just hit a niche and that's all it takes.
Screw art, 37 and that babe face? I'd marry her even without the money.
I know almost nothing about guns, but even I know that that guy is doing it wrong. Iron sights do not make magical crosshairs appear. And the Rocket Launcher pose made me lol. Also, does anyone else want to see her fire that PSG standing like that? Might be good for some laughs.
That's not how one uses a gun... ;__;
First of all, there is no scope on what looks like a toy M4 carbine and iron sights do not work like that.
Secondly....GAH ! GOD DAMMIT THIS IS JUST SO WRONG MY /k/ SIDE KICKED IN !
And as several people have mentioned , that airsoft rifle is a replica of a H&K PSG-1.
I dont see a problem, thats the exact way people shoot in Call of Duty :P
You dumb bitch. Do you think everything you see in a video game is real? Shit. Get educated, bro.
FUCK shes THAT rich?!
I'm never paying for my manga again
A real-life Nagi Sanzenin!
She really needs to focus on her anatomy, still can't get over that freaky long arm on the last pic.
Damn I'd like a real PSG-1.
I'd like it more than this Mayu-tan, lol.
I've seen very small women shoot very big guns around here but I've never seen that way of holding a gun. However, I've sene people try to shoot various guns in weird ways like her drawing and pop themself in the face with the recoil. Pretty funny. Should look up vids of a girl with a hand gun that kicks back into her face or a man trying to hold a shotgun out in front of his face and shooting it with face hitting kick fun.
yea but...the character is using a m16 over the solder not a sniper rifle
plus if you held it that way it WOULD destroy your ear drum
Wow.
Why the fuck then are other mangaka still being publisher and editor lap dogs then?
If she's doing so good imagine how good the others would do.
Fucking publishers scapegoating piracy, internet, population and the crisis when its all their fault.
It's because the stuff she writes is immensely popular. Most mangaka only dream of being this popular.
Probably because they don't know how to go independent like Mayu-tan here. They're more comfortable being in an organization with a bit more steadier paycheck -_-
Steady Aim is pro.
Give her a tripod for God sake.
But on second thought...
NVM...
I think this is actually the first time I fell for a older women. (she's a good 13 years older)
She's good looking, has awesome taste and she draws manga.
I'd love to take her out for a race on the tracks, of course after a delicious gourmet dinner ;)
I think she misunderstood the stance of a M16 to that of a rpg.
Mayu-tan does BL? Since when? I thought she just draws crappy smut shoujo manga.
But man doesn't matter, she's living the high life of a mangaka....
I'm wondering, too, why people think she does BL. If she wrote BL she wouldn't be as rich as she is now.
Word. Shoujo is a big market, unlike BL, which is niche.
I meant to reply to some comments above about her stuff might be BL.
Its a M4
Moe sniper mangaka ojou vs Moe ninja maid! I like ojou mangaka snipers better now!
She must make a manga character of herself!
seconded!
Ummmm.... you're holding it wrong.
Tokyo Marui PSG-1....fail choice....
Woman + Airsoft rifle = news? Must be a slow day.
How is she so loaded? I mean her manga isn't that great I am confused..
THe M4 Has no scope yet has a reticule, Now I know that macho heroes make no sense to them but Iron sights with an aiming reticule make no sense to the general military community and fans of COD
I don't think fans of a video game fall into the "military community". 99% of the FPS gaming community wouldn't know how to aim or fire a gun effectively, much less maintain it properly.
Awesome!
This Woman is pure awesome!
Bad comments - take care of yourself! xD
She's definitely living the dream.
Wow I love her work and she seems even more awesome in person. <3 SEX=LOVE2, Love Celeb, Kimi sae mo Ai no Kusari (could go on).
PSG-1, huh?
I thought Sniper Wolf was Russian, or atleast a Russian sounding Kurd...
y loled hard at the last pic XD
From what I can tell, that's an E46 M3 convertible, not the 330. My former dream car until the new 3 series coupé/hardtop convertible came out.
Yeah, does look like an ///M, with Schnitzer rims and maybe other goodies.
An 3er BMW? Only turks drive this.
Gay stuff
damn.....and rain of brimstone and fire descended upon them (BL fans)
Why the fuck does everyone think she writes BL? Just because she's a woman?
She writes shoujo with male/female sex.
How does a guy trying to snipe another guy make it a BL manga..?
everyone knows if a guys is trying to kill another guy, that guy has undiscovered love for the guy he's trying to kill.
geez you need to read more BL, those are the fundamentals.
No thanks, I'll just stick with my yuri.
This comment is 95% homophobic-free.
The targeting, the single focused obsession, the insertion of the cartridge into a lubricated chamber, the climax of the trigger squeeze, the explosion of the propellent and the release as the round heads downrange... Damn, now that's a lot of imagery...
It's pretty lame when artists don't use any kind of reference for their work. It doesn't seem like most of her drawings are that good, anyway.
Her money is more likely from her family. I doubt she earned it through manga, though BL is pretty profitable right now.
She writes smutty shoujo manga, not BL.
"..It's pretty lame when artists don't use any kind of reference for their work.
You want her to be 2ch Plagiarism police's next victim..?
Well if they leave big publishers then maybe they can, plus she has multiply popular series, this is japan we're talking about, the origin of otakus.
oh god, is that a psg-1
it looks like an H&K
if it is.
i will marry her
Yes that's a PSG-1.
I was drooling more over her living room (?) and the BMW.
Oh come on a BMW? I´m more into an Audi RS4.
Audi R8 ftw! Well, the RS8 would be even nicer...
Than bigger is better!
the point is...... I don't have any of those car
Not a 330ci. Its the big brother, the M3. Side gills near the engine bay are the main telltale signs. Nobody really tracks a 330ci.
I can't stop laughing at the Way he's holding the Gun in that Manga. That's just Epic.
I'd seriously get pissed at her even more, when I'd be around her. She is the typical Stereotype BLONDE just with brown Hairs. Seriously.
Boy's Love is a very profitable Market.
Also i'm pretty sure it's not the pose that was ridiculous, but rather the Ak 47 Being Used to Snipe xD.
and the Scope without a Scope :P
A tip to Mayu:
LEARN THE PRONE POSITION!
Who the hell crumples on the floor while leaning down? Prone like a man!
She's not writing BL, she's writing smutty shoujo.
She doesn't write BL, she writes shojo.
It looks like an M4 rifle, but I don't see a scope anywhere on the carrying handle, but the other panels make it seemed like the guy is looking through TWO different types of scopes. Even though an M16 and an M4 fires the same type of ammo, the longer barrel length of the M16 has less recoil than its shorter brother. If you don't properly shoulder the rifle to you before shooting, you'd risk the thing smacking you in the face no matter how "light recoil" the weapon is. Also the M4 has a collapsible stock. If the man had so short arms, he could have retracted the stock to the shortest position and even a 10 year old can hold up the rifle with no problem there.
The Airsoft rifle Mayu-tan bought looks like a PSG-1. It like all weapons were designed for the male body and if the stock is too long for a sniper, he or she could just swap it with something more manageable. Putting the stock over your shoulder like that would give you almost no accuracy and would most likely throw the gun off your hands when you fire. It's a rifle, not a bazooka.
AK-47... i loled
She don't make Boy's love, she make smut for girls
She is not a BL mangaka but a shoujo one.
but her shoujo manga sucks I mean they're all the same. a boy who looks like a big vampire rapes the hopeless naive girl and it's always about sex and rape (which are not detailled enough to be censored) and often BDSM. (it's actually the same as BL mangas but the uke is replaced with a girl)
... I was merely stating that she is a shoujo mangaka instead of a BL one. How did this turn into an analysis of her work? I don't remember commenting on anything outside of that.
Way to get butthurt about things...
And you have it wrong, BL storyline are the ones aping shoujo manga but replacing the girl with a guy.
It's typical shoujo manga fantasy, man, live with it.
oh cool, I didn't said anything about you are wrong but more like adding things so others know that she's not making BL manga.
Shoujo mangaka shouldn't be writing action then?
"are you saying a 150cm woman can't be a sniper?" yes. if you can't hold the gun to begin with, do you think you can handle the recoil?
what's with the stupid holding style. the butt of the gun goes into your shoulder. that is why it's there. if you want to be cute get a baton, sweet-heart.
guns are for killing, not for making a fashion statement.
"if you want to be cute get a baton, sweet-heart. guns are for killing, not for making a fashion statement."
BWAAAHAHAHAHA! I love it, well said.
haha i think it would be more funny if she got a stun gun, preferably one of these :3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDDkmY-bi44
hilarious idiot decides to test out a 5 million volt stun gun on himself...
You've never seen the Hello Kitty assault rifle I guess :)
Haha, guess again: http://blog.riflegear.com/archive/2007/12/26/hello-kitty-ar-15---evil-black-rifle-meets-cute-and.aspx
LOL WUT
A Hello Kitty rifle for killer lolis? Real life Gunslinger Girls? Do want! ^_^
If she fires a gun holding it like that the least that will happen is a broken shoulder...
I don't think her eye can take as much damage as her shoulder.
Never mind that it's a completely different fucking gun than the one she drew..
Well it's Japan. Getting a real gun or a license is impossible for a civilian, on the other hand airsoft replica guns are readily available to any child up to your granny. And getting an airsoft PSG-1 or an M4/M16 entail the same difficulty if you exclude the monetary difference.
Well, I'm guessing that getting a license for an M16 isn't exactly easy to begin with either.
Worst part is, I'm pretty sure there's a tripod in the box it came in.
m4a1?
I lol'd at how she aimed at picture #2,she might aswell be aiming an RPG-7 in that stance...
I'd take a knife to that gunfight.
its a PSG1
Freelance mangaka ftw! Especially if they can snipe you. ^_^
Well M4 doesn't have much recoil, but that guy would still get that back sight to his eye.
I'd love to have her financial backup for making manga one day.
Also LOL at her drawing skills (regardless of having so many assistants).
Respect for the lady for sending a big "fuck you" to the money hungry control-freak publisher with lawyer. Wish more mangaka are (financially) able to stand up to the abusing publisher like her.
Putting her wealth aside, she seems like a fun person to hang around with :D
Working freelance seems to make her a shitload of money instead of some publisher leeching it all.
I hope other mangaka learn from this fine example.
I don't think she gets all that money from manga. It must be her hobby.
@美味しいケーキ。Delicake!
Lol. Haven't you seen Three Kings? The scope in integrated in the carrying handle! Please watch more movies before commenting...
"She also loves cars and Gundam, and owns a specially tuned BMW 330"
Which turns into a Gundam with the press of a button!
Honestly, with that place of hers, I wouldn't be surprised.
Than you have no other choice.
Heck, forget my place.
I want to move in with her!
That's like the most fucking awesome mangaka abode cum manga studio ever!
-
Anyway, the mangaka apparently does not know what recoil / kickback is and that the M4A1 carbine's carrying handle needs to be taken off if you are to install a scope.
Like her place...nice. And no worries about being sniped by the way she is hold it in the first pic...no chance to use the scope...only random bad luck will get you hit.
A magazine might help, too.
PSG-1, from Metal Gear Solid. The stock (or shoulder stock) and the bottom of the pistol grip is a trademark dead give away. Wiki it.
2nd pic: I thought it was a kid. Gunslinger girl?
uhh, while you are correct that it is a PSG-1 and it does make an appearance in the MGS games, it would be more appropriate to say its a PSG-1 from Heckler & Koch...
Sniping with an M4 is ludacris, moreover by the fact that he is using iron sights, and fireing from a standing position. Its just about impossible to hit a 300m target from a standing-unsupported position regardless of your optics, and nothing shy of 600m could really be considered sniping.
@ Artwork, oops, you're correct on the first pic. It's a M4A1, the barrel is too short to be a M16A2.
I thought you're talkin about the 2nd pic.
It is the PGS1 or specifically the: "Tokyo Marui PSG1 w/FPS-300 Scope w/Adjustable Cheek Rest Airsoft Gun"
http://www.hobbytron.com/ElectricTokyoMaruiSniperRifleTMGP3SG1.html
psg1 airsoft i think
the buttstock of the m4 goes in the shoulder not the side of the head. XD
But then again it's a M4 or M16, not an AK47.
And that pose is ridiculous. One shot and the iron sight on the rifle would gouge his eye out. (which is ironic since another frame shows that he's using a scope), lol.
That pose really is ridiculous, I was military trained with the M16 and not only that you can barley see anything with the regular sight(and yes, for some reason the next frame indicates that he is using an invisible scope) but to snipe with it is a task for Golgo 13's caliber..plus, the way he is holding it will only result with the M16 jumping up from his hands because of the recoil and indeed a banged eye.
She definitely skipped on her research.
Killing people...
She is doing it wrong.
I'm more annoyed with the retard way he's holding it than where he's holding it to.
i might be able to look past preventing the eye gouge with some unbelievable anti recoil ability but that thing is going to do a pogo stick impression with the way it's held.
Either the man is fucking huge, or the gun is really small...
I was in the Boy Scout's firing a BB gun like that was fun for some reason I hate to tell her she so cute but she is holding the gun the wrong way.
She forgot to other part that might be in the Box which is the Bipod to the rifle made to be mounted on the ground makes it easy for you Mayu Shinjo.
Lol, that shoulder stock isn't where it should be.
I.e. his shoulder.
Certainly, I do question her common sense regarding anatomy and stuff.
I'm wondering more about her... luxurious home. As far as I know, manga artists doesn't earn too much.
...fail...
rich ass lady... im guessing thats a TM PSG-1, those are really expensive for TM guns... the last time i checked, they are $530USD for just the stock gun... though obviously not a real threat since its an Airsoft gun.
i lol at her using the rifle, she obviously doesnt know the first thing about safety, since her finger is on the trigger in all the pictures... shes even using her left eye to aim a rifle in her right hand... well, i would have to agree that a G3 and many of the guns based off the G3 (not including the MP5) are pretty big guns, and since they almost all involve many steel parts, are heavy, but its not like you are supposed to be running around aiming a sniper rifle in the first place. real life != CoD.
oh, and if it was a real H&K PSG-1, that would cost $10000USD in the US for just a rifle + scope + 1 extra magazine, and these are PSG-1 magazines that hold 5 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, not G3 magazines which hold 20 rounds, PSG-1s are freaking expensive and very high quality rifles, personally i would go with an Accuracy International Arctic Warfare Magnum in .338 Lapua, which would amount to saving about $4000-5000 for one of the best rifles in the world compared to buying a PSG-1.
hmm... maybe i can make some money teaching her how to use that thing, since she obviously doesnt know how to, and apparently has money to spare :3
airsoft guns are as good as it gets in Japan, for ART REFERENCES.
Still, it'd be like taking a handgun and hold it straight in front of your eye to aim. The gun might be drawn from reference, but if you actually shoot in that position then you're screwed.
And for her to say she can't reach the trigger while holding it properly is not a reason for her to draw it wrong. Are the character drawn by using herself as reference then?
YES, if you can't reach the trigger while holding the gun properly then you can NOT become a sniper.
airsoft guns are really a cool hobby. have played in a field once and it's like a real life Counter Strike. I hope to play more soon.
now, my only weapon is a SPAS 12, but I want to buy some other different weapons. Tokyo has several very good stores of airsoft guns.
for field playing I wouldn't buy a PSG-1 like hers... but I'm seriously thinking in buying a P-90 and a Thompson M1A1.
Point is that there is a big difference between having a phisical reference and not having a reference,drawing from your imagination/pictures from internet.
Yeah, you're right, better someone take these toys from her until she learns how to use it. She could've hurt herself...
I'd like to see that. I bet it would be cute.
Her sense of ergonomic just failed...
Kohta Hirano-kun?
Is that not because in order to use any gun you really just have to load it, remove the safety and push the trigger.
That is half the reason an AK47 is the most used weapon in the world. Because it is in fact so friggen easy to use. It's not even close to the best gun in the world, but about anyone can use it.
But I still doubt you'd be able to even closely handle any gun in the world even decently. Just look at the range of weapons today. We still have Revolvers, and those are quite different from a Dessert Eagle
Elc, you cant really claim to be able to operate a firearm if you cant field strip and service it, theres more to operating a firearm than might be obvious, like the fact that a M249 fires from an open bolt, or loading and clearing a MK19 or M2 can be a bit tricky if you dont know what a ghost round is or that the rounds stick to the bolt face when clearing.
haha, well if you just throw me a random military small arm, i should be able to take it into combat and use it effectively to a decent degree, obviously with some extra training and experience with a weapon i should be able to handle all aspects from it, including clearing jams and other problems. give me a gun, and about a day and i should have pretty much everything down for it. i do however need full training to be able to use it in the field for extended periods since i would have to learn to fully strip and maintenance the weapon.
Not really, Hollywood just latched on to it and made it an icon because its huge and looks intimidating, which granted, staring down the bore of a .50 DE people tend to get very agreeable. But the point stands, it has no practical tactical advantage. It was simply designed to be the biggest hand cannon made, which of course S&W replied with the S&W.500 revolver.
Just curious, if DE is so hard to use and don't practically use in combat so who would use it? Beyond its big, its cool look and stopping power, it must have some more positive trait so it can be this famous, right?
Gee that's funny, to me you're the one who sounds like a tosser and hasn't got a clue. Just remember to change hands on the 99th stroke (if you can last that long).
a revolver is much different from a DE
a desert eagle is not in the slightest a decent combat gun, its very finicky about the way you hold it (magazine positioning and such) and has a giant muzzle flash (along with a pretty decent recoil) while its packing big rounds, its also very heavy and clunky.
revolvers work, thats pretty much it.
that much is certain, first of all, a DEagle is big ass gun that isnt very useful in combat in the first place, its a spectacle gun. its a little more complicated to use a weapon effectively than just pointing in a general direction and pulling the trigger.
i never really took a liking to revolvers, since i find it a pain to reload them, even with speed loaders.
i dont think you know exactly what you are talking about... sounds like you are more of an avid Counter Strike player than somebody that understands actual combat or even how actual guns behave...
i can operate pretty much any military weapon, i cant maintain or clean them though, since im unfamiliar with the inner workings of most of them.
I'd like to see her try that stance with a real M240...
Um, failures indeed, do most of you only think the only guns in existence are AKs and M4s?
Thumbs up to Elc
And you missed the fact she's putting her middle finger on the trigger, not the index. Which I lawled at.
And yes, real life != COD. Many COD-tards always say this ".50 CAL!!!!", and only 0.001% of them knows the actual name and .50 cal is the ammo.
well, considering that the most common weapons in the world include the AK47, M16, G3, and FAL. well you dont necessarily have to use your index finger to pull the trigger, but its preferred.
yes, the CoD fools are full of themselves, CoD is not a good indication of how actual combat is like. you usually cant take more than one bullet if it gets through your body armor, even one of my favorite weapons, the MP5, isnt that great against military targets since they usually wear level 3 or higher armor, which can stop a crapload of 9x19mm ammoi said, even 5.56MM NATO rounds are not very effective against military body armor, since level 3 armor is guaranteed to stop at least 6 7.62mm NATO shots, or at least the plates are supposed to...
CoD-tards would be completely useless in actual combat, since they wouldnt know how to properly use a gun, nor how to use equipment, nor even choose effective equipment either, they would most likely be like "oh this is a 'bulletproof vest', im invincible" without checking the level of the armor, they would most likely forget to even use plates for high level armor. anyone who knows the first thing about combat knows, "theres no such thing as a fully bulletproof vest" and "getting shot at is not fun at all" and then theres the all important "armor only reduces the chance ill die if im shot". well at least we can use them as cannonfodder, if theres a sniper we can send em out as the bait while we sit back and pick off the sniper.
though if i had to go into combat, and could choose whatever equipment and guns, id go with a HK417+AG36, with a USP as my sidearm, cant go wrong with H&K weapons. then theres armor to be taken care of, id just get a lvl 3 dragonskin vest with maximum coverage, along with lvl 3A helmet and face shield for close encounters.
good luck getting through modern day body armor, the only thing thats tougher than the material used in it is diamond.
and yes, there are situations where even the best equipment wont help you much, but it does help to have great equipment since it will keep your ass from getting sent home in a body bag much better than if you had crap equipment.
and im talking about military combat, not trying to subdue a redneck in his house full of dangerous chemicals.
oh, and the guns and armor i mentioned are not high tech... i have no idea where you are getting that idea from, maybe too much Halo... im not talking about running around in powerarmor with a plasma bolt gun.
let me just sum up yr post.
game =/= real life
thank u mr. obvious.
btw all yr high tech guns + armor knowledge can easily be taken out by someone with a brain + yr everyday house supplies.
pulling numbers from your ass i see...
REAL men snipe with AKs.
Dead men in afghanistan sniped with AKs.
There, I fixed it for you.
AK47? That's a CETME or an H&K91. Notice the forward charging handle?
...fail...
apparently, you cant recognize one of H&K's most popular products... i dont know of any army using the HK91, since its aimed for the civilian market, since its semi-auto only... and the CETME is an old gun the G3 was based off of, noone uses it anymore. and there are other common rifles with forward charging handles, like the AUG, even submachine guns like the M12, even the G36 has a forward charging handle.
She's actually a shoujo mangaka = =||
A pretty bad one too.
I kept up with one of her works monthly through buying Ribon to find out why she's so prolific...it was such a pain to follow (okay art, stupid characters, stupid plot, horrible storytelling, etc.), and it's one of her better works too.
lol did you look at the comics posted above? why does a guy have a 5ft long arm? o_O i guess he has elastic arms for the exclusive use of closing doors without having your body in view?
What are you talking about, the faces are so-so but the rest of the art is hideous.
She's gotten better. I'd love to say her art is shit, but she has improved.