Greatest Manga Series

[Pharass]

Sorry about the delay everybody. Here are the results:

Fruits Basket: 4 pts
Beck: 10 pts
Lone Wolf and Cub: 12 pts
Berserk: 14 pts

Lone Wolf and Cub & Berserk move on to the third round.

Round 2, Match 8:

Full Metal Panic! Sigma



Vs

Monster



Vs

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind



Vs

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run



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Monster: Another masterpiece from the pen of Naoki Urasawa.
Nausicaa: The magnum opus of Hayao Miyazaki.
Steel Ball Run
Sigma

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Monster
Sigma
JoJo
Nausicaa

[LumRanmaYasha]

While I've read all of Monster, I have to rank the rest of these based on first impressions from their first volumes only. Liked what I read of them, though.

Monster
Full Metal Panic! Sigma
Steel Ball Run
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

[VLordGTZ]

Monster
Steel Ball Run
Full Metal Panic! Sigma
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

[Spark Of Spirit]

Same as Ensatsu-ken.

[Pharass]

Results:

Full Metal Panic! Sigma: 12 pts
Monster: 20 pts
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind: 7 pts
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run: 11 pts

Sigma and Monster move on to the third round.

Round 2, Match 9:

Message to Adolf



Vs

Samurai Executioner



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A tough choice, because of both of these titles are great and among my favorites. That said, I'll go with Hitler on this one.

Wait, that didn't come out right.

[LumRanmaYasha]

There will be an odd number of manga in round three, right? Is one match going to have 5 entries, or will they be divided up some other way?

In any case, Round 3 is gonna be a toughie. I'm expecting a lot of cruel rounds...

EDIT: After some thought, and more reading, I've decided to change my vote to Samurai Executioner.

[gunswordfist]

Samurai Executioner. A manga that's:

drawn more realistically than many other manga and has aged perfectly

has no annoying manga tropes

has tons of great stories that give new secondary characters a good spotlight

doesn't have action as a replacement for a good writing (the hero goes multiple volumes until he has his first real fight)

A main character that uses his wits and experience he gains over the series to solve many difficult situations.

This has to make it to the next round. SE is the first manga I've ever read and what got me into manga. : )

[Foggle]

Oh shit, I forgot to vote last time. JoJo's failed to make it through because of me!

Samurai Executioner for me.

[Pharass]

There will be an odd number of manga in round three, right? Is one match going to have 5 entries, or will they be divided up some other way?

To be honest, I haven't thought about it yet.
With the next round we're down to 17 titles, so you're correct about the odd number.

[Spark Of Spirit]

I'm going to pass on these.

[Pharass]

Results:

Message to Adolf: 4 pts
Samurai Executioner: 12 pts

Samurai Executioner move on to the next round.

This concludes the second round of the tournament. Round 3 will be up tomorrow.

[gunswordfist]

Hazzah! Hitler loses to a Samurai.

[Pharass]

Round 3, Match 1:

Hunter X Hunter



Vs

Berserk



Vs

Five Star Stories



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Berserk
Hunter X Hunter
Five Star Stories

Note that from now on, only one of the contestants will move on to the next round, so make sure you vote.

[LumRanmaYasha]

Ah, so now we're doing 5 matches of 3 contenders with 1 match with two for a total of six matches this round, I see! Good plan. 

Anyway, as for this match:

Hunter X Hunter
Berserk
Five Star Stories