
With so much recent controversy over manga endings (Bleach is in its “final chapter,” Negima ends in 3 chapters, and generic Jump love comedy Kagami no Kuni no Harisugawa just received one of “those” endings), manga fans have been debating the perfect length for a manga – with many coming to the conclusion that “about 30″ volumes is about right.
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Bleach-watchers have reacted with a mixture of surprise and incredulity to the news that Bleach is entering into its “final chapter” – although just how long this will last is the subject of much speculation.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Jan 24, 2012 09:36 JST
- Tags: Copyright, Crime, Endings, Internet, Law, Police, Politics, Sites, USA

Such major file hosting services as Filesonic and Fileserve have begun shutting down or crippling their services out of fear that they may end up following Megaupload’s management in being extradited to the US to face charges of facilitating copyright infringement on a grand scale.
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The 12th episode finale of Mayo Chiki! brings the series to an end in much the same way as every other episode progressed – cute maids in ero-moe bathing action, though with a rather romantic twist this time…
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Even Kirino herself is drooling over the news that the new Ore no Imouto Portable game will be “full of H scenes” and is apparently to contain yet another pregnancy ending.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Sep 12, 2011 10:37 JST
- Tags: Endings, Incest, Kirino, Kuroneko, Light Novels, Marketing, Moe, Ore no Imouto, Otaku

The 9th volume of the Ore no Imouto novel is in general circulation, and to say the developments therein have not been favourably received by all fans would be a major understatement – but this is as nothing compared to the spiteful joy of Kuroneko detractors.
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The abrupt cancellation of Mitokon, a manga by Mangatarou serialised in Jump SQ, has lately become rather notorious for prompting what may be (in various meanings of the term) one of harshest manga endings ever…
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If a single episode can make or break an anime, it is more often than not the ending which does so – thus anime fans have helpfully sought to rank what are in their opinions some of the least convincing finales in anime history.
Whilst the ranking itself contains no spoilers, it seems highly probable the comments might.
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Anime, whether entire series or moments thereof, that most fans can agree it would have been better not to have happened form the basis of this surprisingly far-sighted and detractor-free ranking.
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Aya Hirano has announced that she has “decided to quit” her agency Space Craft, and that she has closed her fan club (which apparently still had members) as well.
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Ore no Imouto fans are again in uproar, this time over the freshly unveiled cover of the ninth volume of the light novel, displaying as it does a wedding dress clad and rather fractious Kirino in the arms of an unfortunate Kyosuke…
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Victorica fans witnessing the conclusion of top moeic lolita anime Gosick have been delighted by what has been described as one of the most heartwarming endings ever, and a major departure from some of the more bloodsoaked endings of recent titles.
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