Manga Rec Thread

Yeah. I personally didn't read the manga cause it was the period where I didn't even know mangas existed. It was anime for me. No internet, no knowledge. Gotta thank Animax for being a lifesaver.

Things were a lot different back then huh.

Also forgot. Baccano is another must watch. The English dub is just phenomenal.

 

Oh yes, Tearmoon Empire hits all the right buttons for me. I keep rereading those chapters.

 

Middle-Aged Man's Noble Daughter Reincarnation

This is the translated webcomic version the author posted on twitter, it's the story of a middle-aged salaryman being a blonde Katarina, but with JoJo & Candy Candy references.

It just got serialized.

 

This one is really nice find. If it was normal manga uses to much time skips, but I assume that is intentional to show us similar felling of how time passes for elves.

 

I come bearing offering:
Kengan Asura
Kengan Omega (sequel)

Great action and characters. (Almost) Everyone has an understandable and sympathetic motivation. Binged the entire series in three days and I'm left wanting more.

Also, did you know that those two share universe with Danberu nan Kiro Moteru?

 

Has anyone read the arguably best gambling manga that ever graced the manga industry yet: I'm talking about Usogui - Lie Eater by Saki Toshio Sensei.

Prepare to have your eyes pop out with anticipation, plenty of sleepless nights glued to the screen, and a bit of dehydration too. Remember to drink lots of water to energise the brain just to keep up with the chapter events.

 

https://manga4life.com/manga/Tis-Time-for-Torture-Princess

Cute and kind of funny, what more do you want these dayss?

 

It kinda retells the same joke over and over again... but, yes, it's cute and funny and oddly wholesome.

 

It kinda remembers me of Maou-jou de Oyasumi, which is about a princess being kidnapped by the Demon Lord and not actually caring because she just wants to laze around and sleep all day. And then she starts terrorizing the demon lord's people by cutting the tail off a fluffy demon to make a pillow etc...

Terrifying little monster that girl is and... oh my goodness they are at like 150 chapters by now.

 

The joke is there just as an excuse for everything else, it's even kind of lampshaded too within.

 

I forget the name of it, but one of the reincarnated villainess manga had the MC be the Secret Boss

MC-Chan: If the heroine and her harem are going to try to kill me, I should train myself to be the best possible. The game had a lot of RPG and grinding mechanics that I loved *is a gamer girl who likes leveling and finding items and grinding stats and only entered routes so she could unlock the RPG mechanics*

*Spends over a decade delving into a dungeon with no warding or Rez items and blowing on the "Come kill me monsters" whistle alone and murderblendering until she is Max Level*

MC-Chan: Okay, canon is happening now. What will happen then?

Heroine Chan: Lvl1 I'm going to seduce all the Boys!

MC-Chan: Lvl99 I am going to ask the King and Queen to let me ignore politics and stupid noble stuff and be the beat stick that destroys anyone that invades the kingdom.

I know I have seen this general plot a lot, but I just love the concept of a gaming maniac who loves grinding who just plain doesn't care about anything else and basically sells her murderstomp skills to get to ignore normal fantasy stuff.

The sad thing is that I'm pretty sure she'll end up having to go down the route of the normal mangas, but the idea of the Romance Maniac fumbling around while the RPG maniac just ignores flags sounds amazing

 

This one? Villainess Level 99 ~I may be the Hidden Boss but I'm not the Demon Lord~

 

Kanojo mo Kanojo has been a pleasant surprise so far.

 

There is also The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You

 

Not sure what to offer.

Blue Period is an awesome piece about arts. Has your typical hangups when you're one of the many joining the stream in an everchanging current of the art world. Also has good advices all around when you have no idea what to do at art.

 

I've been posting about that for a while in the magical girl thread.

 

Gonna rec a short, adorable manga called Tekito Na Maid no Oneesan & Erasou de Ichizu na Botchan. Possible translation is An Adequate Older Girl Maid and Overly Eccentric Young Master. It's a series of short stories about a young maid taking care of a young boy over the years as he grows up. And yes, it's entirely SFW and wholesome.

 

Imma drop a rec here for Kyuusen no Shima. Essentially, think near-porn meets cosmic horror. It's a story about this kid, Yuuma Nuenaki, who's been called up to his family island of Mikashira in order to take up the position of Nuenaki head. Yuuma refuses, previous head (his grandma) dies, Yuuma becomes head of Nuenaki, and now has to deal with the mystery of the Nuenaki and Mikashira island. And no, it's not about why he has a harem of big tiddy ultra thicc Onee-samas.

I'd personally recommend it because of how many porn tropes it hits without ever completely taking the plunge, and the juxtaposition between near-hentai levels of lewd and serious plot. It's world is actually very interesting, and could be a cool backdrop for any quests or fics. The only downside is the hefty case of blueballing that goes on in there, because the series is only 14 chapters long and doesn't have a proper ending.

Also, Kyuusen no Shima roughly translates to "Island of Evil" which, while a bitching awesome name, lacks the oomph of the Japanese.

 

Spirit Circle

A story about a guy exploring his past incarnations to discover the reason why his crush wants to kill him. There is tragedy, humor, love and sheer honest brutality. The way each previous life shapes the ones following and are woven together is hauntingly beautiful, specially when a future incarnation provides closure to a past one. A story about ending the cycle of revenge done right.

Spoiler: Images

 

Yesterday I found a manga/anime I'm honestly a little surprised I haven't heard more of around here, Gleipnir. Without going into details it's a tale of a boy who can become a monster and the girls that have to strip to fight alongside him. Now that that horribly misleading, no matter how true, summary is over I honestly do recommend looking into if you like mystery/seinen/fighting series.

 

Spoiler: Actual Spoiler

"I think I peed a bit inside you."

I gotta catch up on that series.

 

So, I recently found a manga that's disappointing in how it was cut so short. It's Territory of a Shark Girl, and 8 chapters of good wholesomeness about a girl who seems like a Yankee and this guy who wants to get to know her better.

 

I’m going to recommend 2 that I have gotten into this month
Records of Ragnarok - Gods decide to destroy humanity and Valkyries taunt the gods into a tournament arc with historical figures fighting gods
God Of Highschool - A Korean WEBTOON that begins as a tournament for high schoolers where the winner will have one wish granted. I wouldn’t recommend the anime since it condensed 112 chapters of material into 13 episodes.

 

While short, I've been enjoying Kimi wa Shinenai Hai Kaburi no Majo thus far.

Ignoring the description, it definitely seems like it's leaning towards the horror genre and it gets into the action fairly quickly. Not sure how long it will continue but I'll probably keep following it.

For manhwa, I'd recommend Beware of the Villainess!.

While there have been quite a few Otome Isekai manga after Hamefura became popular, this is definitely one of the more entertaining ones. The main character has zero fucks to give, the male leads get absolutely destroyed, they have no issue changing the art-style for some hilarious poses/faces, and they have an interesting take on the heroine's situation later on.