Puerto Rico Vlog | Adventures and Reading Guards, Vagabond, Island of the Lost, and Folktales
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- čas přidán 2. 07. 2024
- 0:00 Intro
0:35 Welcome to Puerto Rico
1:06 Interlude
2:22 Guards! Guards!
5:44 Interlude
6:18 Vagabond
13:06 Interlude
14:15 Island of the Lost
20:06 Interlude
21:27 Folktales from the Hills of Puerto Rico
23:19 Outro
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Yes, this is on the correct channel 😂 I was on vacation and took time off from the second channel so I could chill while away, which is why this is here. Hope you enjoy it 🤓
Love the interludes but I do wish you have a scene were someone is flying a kite. Ya look happy in the VLOG so..KUDOS!!!
Your videos of that land made this homebody actually desire to travel! Congrats! I'm glad you guys got to enjoy it! Beautiful shots!
One book I wish you would look into hell divers by Nicholas sansbury smith very good series friends family and surviving the end of the world on an air ship that ended the world 250 years previous
I was just there over Christmas break visiting where my family are from and where my parents grew up in
Vagabond really takes full advantage of being a visual medium
Off topic but I just wanted to thank you for the One Piece rec because I'm on Volume 5 rn and I am HOOKED. It's my first deep dive into manga and holy smokes, this could actually be a new fave if it only gets better with future volumes. I am compulsively reading it like crazy 😭😭
I also started First Law based on your recs and omg I am halfway through The Blade Itself and this book is absolutely brilliant! Thanks so much.
Have a nice journey, and stay safe from spoilers. It's one of the easiest series to get spoiled
It gets way way way better. Best of luck in your journey I hope you avoid spoilers
Oooo you’re in for such a ride!!!
@@merphynapier42 I'm so excited!
@@gakatasintoki1881 Thanks. I was just on Instagram recently and I saw the recent One Piece post on the Netflix account and realized avoiding spoilers was going to be harder than I thought 😭😭
As a Puerto Rican, it makes me so happy to see you loving the island so much! I'm glad you enjoyed your time there!
Lol average Puerto Rican not living in Puerto Rico.
I didn't know you were starting Discworld so I instantly broke into a full-on smile when you pulled out Guards Guards. I'm glad you instantly fell in love with the goofy cast just like me and am looking forward to discussions about next books. 😆
Nos salió reina puertorriqueña la Merphy 😍
Los fans de PR dejandose sentir ❤️
Que bella se ve en la isla! ❤
If you end up loving Vagabond I highly recommend Slam Dunk, it's by Inoue (the mangaka) as well and its about basketball. I was never really into the sport that much, but Inoue made me cheer at the edge of my seat for the main story's team. Its also a lovely story about someone that doesnt know much about basketball slowly falling in love with the sport too.
Slam Dunk and Real. Real unlike Slam Dunk is about people with disabilities who find solace in sports (mostly wheelchair basketball). It's very heavy when it comes to exploring some darker themes, which is almost the complete opposite of Slam Dunk.
@@skrishna3 Morj slander
@@skrishna3 Real is absolutely amazing
Pratchett's Discworld is a gem. I never tire of re-reading them.
This vlog made my heart so Happy! Glad you love Mi Isla! 💙
Your Island is incredible! We had the best time there!!
I hope you enjoyed our beautiful island ❤️
Vagabond's story might feel "simple" and "slow" but as You go on You will realize there is a certain depth to it, t the philosphies presented. The Art is stunning and it only gets better and better....
My father had a house in Aguada. He has since passed away. But I grew up and enjoyed visiting during the summer months. It is definitely the area I tell people to visit to get an idea of what Puerto Rico is truly like. Cabo Rojo has great restaurants.
Yaaayyyy Discworld!, it's my favorite series of all time, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do and Puerto Rico is beautiful.
So happy you loved Guards Guards! Discworld was my favourite series growing up and I must have read each book at least 3-4 times now - reading them is like putting on a comfy pair of slippers now :)
I love them all, but if I had to pick my top 5 discworlds:
Maskerade
Interesting Times
Night Watch
Feet of Clay
Soul Music
Discworld! If you do do the Witches next, make sure to include the young adult books with starting with The Wee Free Men, it's an epilouge of sorts to the sub series. As well as some of Pratchett's best prose
Always funny to see where the most replayed parts are in videos like this.
The art of Vagabond is so good that it might have better live action than an anime adaption at this point
I do hope you try watching Mushishi too
Yeah the art isn't pencil drawings He Draws with Calligraphy Brush. Straight up Ink. 💀💀💀 It's so hard to even do calligraphy with the Brush but the Mangaka's just Built Different.
Mushishi is so amazing!! My mom has had the Blue-ray for most of the series ever since I could remember, I think I was 6-7 when I first watched it back in 2009-2010. Such a beautiful anime.
@@unknwnerror1616 Yeah, beautiful is right word for it. The story, visuals, music, setting, its all so good
I am happy, joyous - in fact DELIGHTED that you enjoyed Guards Guards! And when you said you'd read a Pratchett every month this year I cheered. My kids look at me strange now. 😉 Welcome to Pratchett-land! Strange isn't strange here.
Glad you're reading Vagabond! It's one of my absolute favorites. Also fun fact, the mangaka Takehiko Inoue's previous work was a long running basketball series called Slam Dunk, which is considered one of the most iconic and influential sports manga ever written, and you can tell he is passionate about the sport (he also teaches and coaches kid basketball leagues over here in japan). Inoue is one of the most respected managaka in recent manga history and seems like a genuinely cool dude. Vagabond, Vinland Saga, and Berserk are usually considered like "the Big Three" of seinen manga, kinda like how "the Big Three" of Shonen were One Piece, Bleach, and Natuto (though only OP is still going haha with many other Shonen being put in as candidates for the other two unofficial slots lol).
Bienvenida a la isla Disfrutalo mucho Merphy.
What a coincidence, I’m currently reading my first Discworld book and absolutely loving the absurdist humour as well! I’m reading Monsterous Regiment which is considered a “stand alone”/entry point into the Discworld & so highly recommend! 🙌
The Witches series is amazing! I just finished The Shepherd's Crown. Starting the series with Wyrd Sisters makes sense, or with Equal Rites as a kind of prequel. I'd definitely recommend reading Equal Rites before the Tiffany Aching books, which are the 5 books that finish off the Witches Series.
I was so happy to see you went to Puerto Rico and even visited my home town.
Discworld is my favorite thing ever, so I'm glad you liked it!
Discworld, the series that will make you think things and talk to people about stuff. Also laugh alot! Terry is/was a LEGEND.
This is the craziest crossover episode of all time. I hope you had a wonderful time here!
Puerto Rico looks amazing! Enjoy your vacation.
Glad to see you enjoyed Guards! Guards! this time around. Puerto Rico looks beautiful.
So jealous, hanging with a sea turtle sounds so cool
It makes me beyond happy that you have such a good time in Puerto Rico. Since I've lived here all my life it's hard to explain why I love my island so much without sounding unbiased. Your words were simply wonderful to hear! You are more than welcome any time!
This is so wonderful, Merphy, thanks for sharing with us
Very cool started Vagabond so much great character writing and art is epic but Puerto Rico LFG looks so good want to go there again someday
This was so therapeutic to watch (and emotional to me as my husband and I are moving to an island this year - Cyprus - to get closer to our family living in Greece). Those landscapes are absolutely gorgeous and I love how you picked all these books so carefully for that trip. 😍👏
I speed through Vagabond and didn't appreciate the art until I finished, its insane what Inoue can do. It's so good even early on.
What a wonderful vacation!
Loved every scene with Carrot and Nobbs in “Guards, Guards!” 😂 Overly Sarcastic Production had a lovely livestream reading the start of the story, great fun!
I just started Vagabond as well, I’m on chapter 22 and I’m really liking it so far
Beautiful vacation! Thanks for (virtually) taking us with you!
Stunning vlog! Beautiful spots and nice reading.
It's all so beautiful !!! Thank you for sharing.
Wonderfull place to read Vagabond, i love reading while at the mountain in general but Vagabond with the great sceneries you see really get something extra with it
Hyped that you're enjoying Discworld! It's so wonderful all around and I'm certain you'll love the witches series as well.
Welcome back! Your vacation looks so fun!
Merphyyy! This is SO COOL! The best part is 100% you talking about the sea turtle experience! Just the pure joy of that moment was perfect. Everything else is super beautiful too!
Seems like such a great time! Also, so very glad you've started your Discworld journey! I'm sure you're really going to enjoy it :D
I just stumbled upon your channel, but I'm glad you enjoyed our lovely Aguadilla. Most travelers only know the San Juan area and they are missing so much. I've lived in Aguadilla most of my life and I wouldn't change it.
So you know, if you don’t already, Vagabond is an adaptation of Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa, I believe Vagabond is yet to finish but when you catch up to it you can read the novel
I'm glad you're reading Discworld. Equal Rites is the first book to feature one of the witches, but I'd argue that Wyrd Sisters is where the series really begins. The first one feels like reading a Vimes book without Ankh-Morpork, Colon, Nobby, Carrot, or Vetinari. It's an enjoyable read, but I'd recommend waiting until Wyrd Sisters before you decide whether the series is for you.
I completely disagree. I’ve read 25 discworld books, and I haven’t read wyrd sisters yet. For me, Rincewind is the best character
I mean the witches series specifically, not Discworld overall.
@@davidsinger5034 then why not say equal rites? Besides, my point still stands
I'm so envious that you can read all these mangas for the first time and you still have a lot of great series ahead of you. Enjoy it!
so excited to hear you talk about guards guards!
What a beautiful beach at the start, nature shines more than what I have home
Enjoy the island Puerto Rico is perfect !
I just started Vinland saga yesterday and I haven't gotten to the point where I'm obsessed with it yet, but I'm still going to get continued because I'm at the beginning. (P.s I was the one that wasn't sure about the Chimera ant arc but now I love it so thank you Merphy) 😁
I just notice how cautious with new things....OH WELL, ANYWAY
I hope you love it!!!
This video comforted me during some anxious travelling today 🥰 I j’adore the vlog
A very enjoyable vlog! Glad to know that you had good time in Puerto Rico!
Saw Puerto Rico, saw Vagabond and saw Merphy, immediate click. Vagabond is a very slow meditative story despite its high intensity action - the author Inoue Takehiko is a beast and you might like his other works. I adore Real and everyone is going to recommend Slam Dunk too, can’t go wrong with either but I prefer Real
i couldn’t be happier seeing you started reading vagabond, for me it brought more lesson than anything i’ve ever read and reconnected me to a more spiritual side, i hope you enjoy it :,)
what a gorgeous location, i hope you had a wonderful time
Loved tagging along on your trip through this vlog 😊What a beautiful place!
I miss my little island 🏝️ ty for this.
I cannot get enough of Terry Pratchett. I finished Guards, Guards a couple weeks ago and it was a blast.
Oh dear Lady Napier, we, your sometimes faithful servants, have successfully spamed Roger's chat enough times to make him commit to reviewing Mistborn at 425k subs. We are grateful to serve in this noble mission of unifying the booktube and manga community 😋. (Also he was thinking about making a collab stream with your excelence and that despicable goblin, it'd be quite cool if that actually happened, a great opportunity to bull.. *ough *ough, i mean encourage and introduce him to reading fantasy novels). (*Noble book knight voice off) It looks like yall had a great time Merph, you deserve it girl 😊✌🏻
He’s gonna love it!!!
@@merphynapier42 Totally, i hope he is able to recover well from the hack stuff, it hit him pretty hard
@@merphynapier42 He enjoys good storytelling so I’m certain of it as well.
So glad you guys enjoyed your stay in my beautiful island! I'm from Barceloneta so you were pretty close to where I live when you went to Arecibo. Vagabond has been on my TBR for a while but I'm starting it now so I can watch your reviews and discussions!
"Build a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he's warm for the rest of his life."--Terry Pratchett.
I have got to read more of his work.
I watch you because of One Piece! This is my beautiful island im glad that you posted this video weve gone through do much over the last few years, appreciate it!
Absolutely delighted you loved Guards Guards! I had a feeling you would. You’re gonna have a blast with Pratchett, I’m excited to see what you think of the others you read next.
Vagabond being "quiet" is apparently a pretty common complaint about the series, at least common enough for there to be videos talking about the criticism of it being "boring" like The Masked Man's video.
In that video he actually refers to it the same way you do, "quiet", but he also calls it "intimate", both of which I think perfectly describe Vagabond. There's beautiful artwork on every page, there's cool, tense, amazing fights every once in a while, but the main thing driving it's popularity and renown are the quiet, intimate looks into Musashi as a person that take up the majority of the manga's contents.
Outside of the amazing artwork, that's also why you'll often hear Vagabond being talked about in the same breath as Berserk, or vice versa. Except in Berserk's case it's actually the opposite, where the majority of the manga is violence and death, but every once in a while has really quiet and intimate moments with the main character.
I think it's actually pretty cool how two of the "Greatest manga of all time" manga are extremely character driven stories, both with amazing artwork, yet deal with it's story and characters in completely different ways, like Musashi and his love for combat, wanting to test his ability and be the best swordsman ever, contrasted with Guts and him not really caring for combat, but being forced into it constantly because of the cruel world of Berserk.
It's insane how perfect they are for people who don't like one or the other lmao.
So jealous!!! Looks like you guys had an amazing adventure!!! And you got to read some good books too
That Vagabond cover really reminds me of David Bowie as the Goblin King from Labyrinth!
loved it thanks!
I just got back from a week in Puerto Rico myself so this was a surprise to see but glad you had fun ❤️ You definitely were able to read more than I could
I read Guards! Guards! as well this month...LOVED IT
Great Vlog!
First of all great vlog. Hopefully Merphy and your family had time to fully recharge your battery! The same thing btw happened to my Vagabond binding, so shame on you Viz! Anyways, so excited to see your Vagabond journey. Looking forward to the upcoming content for the rest of the year.
Hey Murphy! It’s crazy to see you on my home island, especially to see you enjoy my home town and where I grew up around the western side of the island. Awesome vlog!
Un abrazo desde PR
Glad that you are sharing your holiday on the main channel :)
Vagabond. God yes.
It’s something that grows on you with time as you progress through the story. The art itself tells a profound narrative, and the philosophy presented is spectacular as well. It’s honestly quite simple and straightforward as a story, but the execution is like nothing I’ve ever seen. Truly brilliant stuff in my opinion. Glad to see you’re reading it :)
Beautiful vlog, thanks for sharing this, everything about it is wonderful and your personality shines, love from brazil
Can't wait to see you react to Granny Weatherwax. glad you had a great trip, Puerto Rico is STUNNING.
Aguadilla is such a great place! I stayed there a week in November and a few days in April. Watching this is like reliving my vacation. Surfers Beach was my morning chill spot
I’m excited to start reading the Vinland saga. Started watching the show on Netflix and I plan to get this book with my February haul. Glad you and your family had a great time!
What an amazing holiday ☺️ you look very chill too ☺️ love the footage you've shared. Hopefully I can visit Puerto Rico too ❤️
Vegabond is one of my fav story after one piece. I think you will love vegabond and I would recommend real manga from the same author. ❤
Living lavish, glad you got to have fun traveling. That turtle buddy experience sounds cool lol
This was dope
I recently started Re:Zero (the Anime) and I can highly recommend reading it. The original is not a Manga, it's a Light Novel, but the people that love it call it "peak fiction" and I can't disagree. The setup genre (Isekai) may be weird if you've never read such a story, but the basic premise of the story is really good (teaser below) and the characters are surprisingly deep with rich backstory. It has a very unique way of fleshing out characters, while the story takes various different turns. I just ordered the first volume that starts after the Anime ends and I love it!
Small teaser / basic premise:
The main character gets teleported from our world into a fantasy world and gets cursed. Every time he dies, time gets rewinded to a random spot in the past and he is the only one to remember what happened. This way, we get to see various different sides of the characters (the good, the bad, the ugly), while the story can take various turns.
i'm sooo happy to see you start Discworld! and starting with Guards Guards is a great way in, my first was also from the Watch series and i can't wait to see how you get on with them all. thanks for the beautiful footage too, i've never had any idea what Puerto Rico looks like but i'm so glad i do now! hope we're both good enough at Spanish to read folk tales by the time you make your next trip =] ~
Me encanta Vagabond, lo leí cuando tenía 12 años, con él vi lo "artístico" que podía llegar a hacer el manga como medio. Muy sorprendente ver el cambio tan drástico entre Slam Dunk (El trabajo anterior de Inoue-sensei) y este. Una obra maestra, ciertamente.
Our taste in books are so similar, it's unbelievable. I mean, it was already before you started reading manga but now it's just ridiculous. Guards! Guards! is a blast!!!
That's my island! My home! I'm so excited you were there!
glad ya had a wonderful time in PR 😁❤️💪
I'm glad you liked Guards! Guards! so much. It's amazing. Vagabond is also great. I have to continue reading that.
I'm glad you enjoyed my beautiful island
Hi greetings from Puerto Rico. Hope you guys have fun
We had the BEST time!
Hey, thats awesome. Hope you enjoyed the island :)
Actually just got back from PR last week for my birthday. Glad to see your family enjoying themselves!
So glad you loved Guards! Guards! Merphy. The whole city watch sub-series is amazing.
Sounds like a fun adventure I hope you had something good to eat on the flight home!
I'm so jealous i'm in a desperate need for a vacation
I never thought I'd be nostalgic for PR but this video made me want to go back.
Looks like you had a great time. I read Island of the Lost last year and really enjoyed it. I'm a big fan of non-fiction and especially stories of exploration and survival.
I love Sir Prachett! I joined when you started one piece and have been holing youd also check Prachett one day. So happy. The guard series is my favorite