The theme was "Anime/Manga", as picked by Strawhats, the winner of round #37.
The poll should-be self-explanatory. Please vote objectively, and fair.
You are not allowed to vote for yourself.
Please also post your opinions/criticism in the thread.
Previous rounds and winners can be found pinned in the Contest Forum and the Discussion Thread.
Here are the entries for this round:
SpoilerTo kill a king, Melancholy of a prince
Sergio Tacchini inside his mesh
The king samurai, a prince from his flesh
Melancholic determination, a condescending warmness in his
stare, down to unworthy potentials the gloom of the midnight sky reflects in his
hair, a delicate touch an unmerciful power is what's demanded may he be
light handed, in his attempts to be great the king of tennis may he be
branded, to dethrone a man to kill a king to replace a father's
legacy, or burn on wings of wax another story of icarus ended
unsuccessfully
SpoilerWeekly Thousand Lives
Darkness fell, and so did he
all around him, life stood still.
Food was bland, sheets were hard
Dread was his future, loneliness, his present.
He then dived into this blue electric sea,
where most people stayed the same, if not worse.
His pain was understood by some, loathed by many.
He dove deeper, where trash and treasures intertwine.
Escape was the driver, comfort was the destination.
As he searched, he finally found a world,
where everything stood still except for life.
He saw different colors beyond the two-toned ink,
witnessed vibrant movements in these static, drawn boxes.
A world where art imitates, amplifies, and downgrades reality.
Each page jumped at him,
and he experienced a thousand lives.
He was a goofy pirate,
a colorful ninja,
a well-dressed death god with a giant kitchen knife,
an alien superpower,
a wandering swordsman,
and an oddball sports hero.
And as he lived these thousand lives,
somehow, the darkness around him became bearable.
Life began to move again, albeit slower
than the world that saved him.
He got older, but his heart was beating stronger,
he told himself "This life is still worth taking a shot at,"
as he look forward to living a thousand more lives weekly.
SpoilerThrough the pages
I who desired to run from this universe.
Obliterate the novelist effort to keep my soul.
1, 2, 3, releasing my Bankai to live much longer.
Left in dark with an unsure future created by global warfares, not scared, I feel safe with the true friendships granted by the Fairy Tale.
Forced to quit my dreams, never was I given a chance. I will conquer it as the Grand Line, trusting those who follows me.
I inherited a true blessing of protecting those I love, helping those in need, sharing happiness like One for All.
Life is clouded with darkness, but it will clear and give a marvelous rainbow for us to read and love.
SpoilerOde To Comics
Right to Left, most commonly,
Among the pages the adventures progress.
Each a different story to show and tell me
To capture my attention nonetheless.
A knuckleheaded ninja who dreams to be Hokage
A schoolgirl who travels to the past through a mysterious old well
Oh, the story lines that these drawings portray!
Do some of these plotlines ring a bell?
A family cursed to change into animals of the Zodiac
The son of Satan wants to be an exorcist.
With so many stories, it’s a wonder I’m not an insomniac!
What others have I missed?
A juvenile delinquent, back from the dead, becomes a Spirit Detective
A boy becomes a girl after a fall into a cursed spring
These stories give me such a new perspective!
Can you not disturb me while I’m concentrating?
School girls who become Sailor Scouts
The adventures of a substitute Shinigami
This hobby of mine comes with no doubts!
Anime and manga, they’re pretty great, wouldn’t you agree?
Anime and manga, this writing is an ode to thee!
I cannot express enough my gratitude
For your wondrous stories that set me free from all of life’s uncertainty.
I hope that, through this poem, you have found your love for these works to be renewed!
@Oben thank you for hosting the contest all these times even when you had real life stuff to take care of, we really do appreciate it. There has been 1 vote in 2 days...by a contestant no less....it's dead this time
