That hack Shakespeare could never write the Monogatari series
  • 141 points unicorns-exist

    Eiichiro Oda could write A Midsummer Night's Dream but Shakespeare could never write One Piece.

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    87 points Busco_Quad

    So, this got me curious;

    There isn’t a historical consensus around which Shakespeare play was written first, or when exactly it would’ve been written, but the furthest back I can find anyone claiming is 1588 for Titus Andronicus. Since Shakespeare died in 1616, that would make his writing career 28 years long, at the longest.

    The fist chapter of One Piece was published on July 22nd, 1997. That means the Manga is currently 28 years old, turning 29 in 2026. So yeah, Shakespeare could never have written One Piece, because One Piece has taken longer to write than Shakespeare was alive and actively writing.

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    40 points Etris_Arval

    Shakespeare didn’t have the equivalent of slop-loving weaboos in his day and an industry happy to force feed it through their eye sockets either.

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    35 points Ponce-Mansley

    If Shakespeare fans could read this, they'd be very upset 

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    20 points Otherwise_Meringue45

    If Shakespeare fans could read, they’d be very upset

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  • 122 points idontevendrinkciroc

    This post is bait for the bcj posters who want to talk about anime. Im writing all of your guys names down and never forgetting a single one

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    32 points manufatura

    In your death note?

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    21 points Classic_Bass_1824

    Light was such a dumb fuck how do you get caught with a tool like that

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  • 58 points SlowTeamMachine

    Someone's highschool english teacher told them manga doesn't count as a book.

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  • 60 points concavemask

    Shakespeare could never write the toothbrush scene. He would simply be too afraid/cowardly

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    24 points SlowTeamMachine

    This is true because the filthy Elizabethans didn't even have toothbrushes.

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  • 74 points Proud-Bluebird

    Shakespeare should add more ironic pedophilia if he wants his writing to be recognized as masterpiece

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    34 points Etris_Arval

    I’ve seen what anime series have been popular. They weren’t “ironic” about their pedophilia.

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    -3 points Genoskill

    citation needed.

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  • 21 points Genoskill

    Brought to you by the creators of "I've been busting my ass being a Star Wars fan for 5 fucking years".

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    3 points AmarieLuthien

    Incredible! Shakespeare could never.

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  • 18 points Busco_Quad

    How could you make a list like this? Top 10? That makes no sense, unless every spot is Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure

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  • 12 points Snoo48605

    Shakespeare could never write something like Zetsuen no Tempest

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  • 10 points Accomplished-City484

    Is that the fuckin babadook?

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  • 12 points LisleAdam12

    I don't know who this Sakespeare is, but it's cool that I now know that he's not worth reading.

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  • 7 points PrismiteSW

    Fujimoto could write Hamlet but Shakespeare could NEVER write Fire Punch

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  • 5 points stpierre

    The Tempest, but Miranda looks 12 but is actually 9000 years old.

    JK that'd still suck balls

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  • 3 points pippileatherstocking

    Well, both give me a headache.

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  • 4 points VicugnaAlpacos

    Ok, I get it cringe but the pic is from Ping Pong the Animation it is only 12 episodes and it is so good. If you like anime you should watch it.

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    1 points woah-thats-big

    Fr, best anime oat imo.

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  • 3 points Cipher_Draconian

    Excuse me?

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  • 3 points manufatura

    Mostly because he couldn't speak japanese

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  • 2 points JizzerGizzard

    Anime fans continue to baffle the rest of the world

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  • 4 points fernandofky

    Jesus fucking Christ. Normalize bullying again...

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    Woah did you just uj in arrr slash bookscirclejerk 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 internet jannies pls ban this Sanderson denier 😤 😤😤 Tbh that rule is stupid lol

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    Woah did you just uj in arrr slash bookscirclejerk 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 internet jannies pls ban this Sanderson denier 😤 😤😤 Tbh that rule is stupid lol

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  • 1 points KathaarianCaligula

    this but unironically

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