Nickelodeon

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Synonyms: Heart Food, Kopi Kopi Luwak, Funny Game, Afterlife Jaunte, The Kaguya Paradigm, Facehugger, High Heels and Sneakers, Vigilante, Animal Magnetism Theory, Warren Wilson Dies Again, Poohta's Forest, Paracelsus' Beloved Desciples

Japanese: ニッケルオデオン

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 3

Chapters: 39

Status: Finished

Published: Sep 25, 2010 to Aug 25, 2014

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Supernatural

Theme: School

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Ikki

Authors: Dowman, Sayman (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.67¹ (scored by 5,188 users)

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Ranked: #1934²

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Popularity: #1562

Members: 13,743

Favorites: 296

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This is a collection of one-shots from Dowman Sayman. It contains short stories about serial killers finding love, historical figures brought back from the dead, a clever take on the the September 11th attack, yaoi fan-girl ghosts making suggestions to the men she watches, and everything in between.

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Nov 2, 2020

doubleone

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This manga is effectively a collection of skits in manga form, with some small tie-ins between disparate chapters. If you don't want to read something without an extended narrative then this isn't for you.

Ok, are they gone?

Yeah this manga is an absolute blast to read. While there isn't any strong narrative throughline to speak of, the collection is held together effectively by the strong tone and atmosphere shared across each vignette, with a general focus on the morbid and dark all the while having an undertone of bizarre comedy. Personally, that's a sweet spot.

In general, the characters are quirky and charming. I wouldn't call any ...

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Mar 17, 2017

eye-sigil

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MOOD: A veritable thought-particle collider of a series.

It’s hard to describe what makes Nickelodeon great. People have compared it to the works of novelist Haruki Murakami, to anime the like of Lain, Penguindrum, or Kyousougiga, ad infinitum; none of this really fits the manga.

It could be chalked up to its way of approaching fantastical and absurd concepts with a mundanity one would see in a realistic manga and a warmth one would see in a slice of life work. Yes, it’s weird, but it doesn’t point itself out; instead, it lets you discover its weirdness on your own.

Perhaps it’s the brevity of its chapters - ... each chapter is about 6 or 7 pages long, but in those pages ideas are explored to extremes in ways full series haven’t tackled the same concepts. Its flash fiction stylings create a structure that is never boring nor rushed.

More likely, however, is how well it manages to channel the spirit of its namesake media format, the nickelodeon. Although the manga is very inclusive (tackling a multitude of LGBT themes in its 39 chapter run), it relies on weird, new ideas, shock value, and occasionally erotic content to recreate the sheer fascination of an emerging medium. This and its brief lengths (as mentioned before) really do make it feel like you’ve walked inside a seemingly magical box and been shown things that you’ve never experienced the likes of before.

The stories run a broad range of genres, tones, and styles. There are stories ranging from conversations about buckets to a woman who eats her lovers to a story about a girl born on the day of the Columbine attack. In this, it tackles themes of unrequited love, manipulative lovers, sister interactions, determination, and a slew of other thinking pieces on human life.

The art is entirely unique in its field, sporting a pop art/saturday cartoon inspired aesthetic, with solid but disarrayed lines, exaggerated features, sharp angles, intentionally stretched proportions, and vivid shading. It’s not entirely describable, but it’s utterly gorgeous to look at.

If there’s anything to take issue with, it’s that the series will perhaps leave you feeling unfulfilled. There was much more of it planned, but when the magazine it ran in tragically closed up shop, mangaka Dowman Sayman was forced to bring a sudden end to the series, leaving threads of worldbuilding and plot hanging in an emotionally dissatisfying fashion. Despite this, the first and last chapters still manage to serve as great bookends to the series for anyone unaware of the corporate politics behind the ending.

FINAL VERDICT: With its tales of conjoined twins, buckets, vore, unrequited love, hypnotism, space, pop culture references, and much more, Nickelodeon’s pace, boldness, and intrigue will leave you blown away and needing more.

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Sep 24, 2012

Tedbaxter

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Preliminary (Unknown/39 eps)

Dowman Sayman and his pet project Nickelodeon (named after the short-lived early 20th century nickle theatre project) display a world very much different than ours - limbs are lost at leisure, animals may roam and commute through zoos as they please, and youkai have peacefully immigrated to our world. At it's core this is a story of innocent love overtoned with the supernatural. Each story is presented in an artstyle reminiscent of The Nightmare Before Christmas mixed with Mike Mignola .

This manga dabbles in a little bit of everything from self aware Pokemon parodies to tales of strange animals in the middle of their ...

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