#Kuro (somato)

[lonk-water]

Also bought the box set for this other manga I know nothing about because the whole set was just 15 bucks. It came up when I searched kuro on the ebay store for the seller I got volume 3 of shoulder-a-coffin kuro from to see if they have more volumes

[chillykitty]

Cringetober #12 niche interest & #18 old art redraw

2016 & 2019, though I lost the original '19 file with my old computer's death, so i only have what was my tumblr icon. i had been meaning to redraw the him for a While, he's been my icon on most things since '16

[hellsite-yano]

[daveedmee]

Reminds me of a manga I really like:

Kuro (Somato)

[cerinelle-stellarium]

Seinen Stories to Start With

You would not believe the insane amount of effort I went through to do this thing. Made from the results of this poll. All series here 100% guaranteed to stay wholesome/consistent through their runs. If you're looking for something sweet, a good story or a combo of both, you will find it here!

All series listed here are from the 2000s-2020s.

ACCA: 13 Territory Inspection Dept.

Accomplishments of the Duke's Daughter

Airmaster

Alice and Zoroku

The Apothecary Diaries

Arte

Barakamon

Binbou Shimai Monogatari

Blue Period

Bocchi the Rock!

Bokura wa Mahou Shounen

A Bouquet For An Ugly Girl

Boys Run The Riot

Chibisan Date

Chio's School Road

Chi's Sweet Home

Children of the Sea

Coffee and Cat

Dad, tthe Beard Gorilla and Me

Dance Dance Danseur

Delicious in Dungeon

The Demon Girl Next Door

Dinosaur Santuary

Don't Hurt Me, My Healer!

Dungeon no Osana najimi

Emma: A Victorian Romance

Engaged to the Unidentified

Fastest Finger First

Forest of Piano

A Galaxy Next Door

Gekikou Kamen

Genshiken

Getsuyoubi no Tawawa

Gingitsune

Girlish Number

Girls Und Panzer

Gohan no Otomo

Gochika

Go With The Wind, North-By-Northwest

Granny Girl Hinako-chan

Heaven's Design Team

Heterogenia Linguistics

High Score Girl

Himouto! Umaru-chan

Hinamatsuri

Hito Hitori Futari

Hoshikuzu Telepath

Hozuki's Coolheadedness

Hyakunichikan!!

Hyouga Mono

Ichigeki Sacchu!! Hoihoi-san

If My Favorite Idol Made It tto the Budokan, I Would Die

Insomniacs After School

Interviews With Monster Girls

In This Coner of the World

Is Kichijou the Only Place to Live?

I Want Your Mother to Be With Me!

The Kawai Complex to Manor and Hostel Behavior

Keep Your Hands of Eizouken!!

Kokou no Hito

Kotaro Lives Alone

Kowloon Generic Romancey

Kuro (Somato)

Kutsuzure Sensen

The Last Uniform

Love Me For Who I Am

Love Roma

Magical Meow Meow Taruto

The Magical Revolution of the RReincarnated Princess

Manga ni Tsukurikata

Maomarimo

March Comes In Like A Lion

March Story

Memories of Emanon

Mimia Hime

Minami-ke

Miss Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles

Mokke

Momokuri

Mushishi

My Brother's Husband

My Girl (Sumomo Yumeka)

My Neighbor Seki

Natsuiro Kiseki

Nicoichi

Nobunage no Chef

Noramimi

O/A

Odd Taci

Oh, My Sweet Alien

One Punch Man

Otome Youkai Zakuro

Our Dreams at Dusk

Pan de Peace!

Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt (Literally the only ecchi magical girl parody I'll allow on the list)

Penguindrum

Please Tell Me! Galko-chan

Pluto

Police In A Pod

Pop Team Epic

Psycho Staff

Read or Die

Re-Kan!

A Room For Two

Run with the Wind

Saint Young Men

Saturn Apartments

Sekai Maou

Shadows' House

Shiharu Genesis

Shiori Experience

Shounen Note: Boy Soprano

Shrine of the Morning Mist

Silver Nina

Sing "Yesterday for Me"

Sketchbook

Skip and Loafer

soianin

Sora no Manimani

Space Brothers

Space Patrol Luluco

Steins' Gate

Sugar Apple Fairy Tale

Suicide Girl

Sweetness and Lighting

Tadakoro-san

Tekkonkinkreet

Thermae Romae

This Art Club Has a Problem!

Tiger & Bunny

Tonari no Kashiwagi-san

Translucent

Twin Spica

Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari

UdUmi Monogatari

Uncle from Another World

Under Ninja

The Unpopular Mangaka and the Helpful Onryo-san

Velvet Kiss

Wa ga Na wa Umishi

Wakako Zake

Wandering Son

Wave, Listen to Me!

The Way of the House Husband

What Did You Eat Yesterday?

Whispered Words

Wife and Wife

Witch Hat Atelier

Ya Boy Kongming

The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting

Yasashii Sekai no Tsukurikatta

Yomigaeru Sora - Rescue WingsY

You Are Being Summoned, Azazel-san

Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games

Youth Forger!

[characterswithcolorsnamesfight]

Propaganda for General Prelim Poll 19

(Vote here)

Amber (Rune Factory) :

No propaganda yet

Lal Song (Star Trek) :

"Ok so Lal is technically named for the hindu word for beloved or darling according to the encyclopedias but as an Indian this word also doubles in many Indian languages as a word for red or ruby. Propaganda: she's created and tragically dies in the span of an episode and her own father, Data, an android, can't properly mourn for her and makes artwork of her and misses her :(. "

The Indigo Man (The Graveyard Book) :

"he's very creepy and very sad"

Momomiya Ichigo (Tokyo Mew Mew) :

"The momo part in her family name means pink/peach"

Rosey the Robot (The Jetsons) :

No propaganda yet

Garret Redmond (Big Sky Country) :

"basically a hallmark movie villain. he wants to buy the family farm for his big multi-million dollars enterprise and he's an evil capitalist"

Kuro (Somato Kuro) :

"黒 means black and it is both the title of the manga and the cat."

Kurokawa Akane (Oshi no Ko) :

"Akane means "madder" (as in the shade of red dye) and Kurokawa means "black river""

Grey (Nui!) :

"Nui! is a Toy Story like story about plushies, if they are loved enough they come to life. If they are loved even more they can become human for a short while. Those with living plushies know that they are alive and tend to bring them everywhere, or the plushies will do it themselves. It's an really adorable manga but doesn't shy away from dark subjects."

[clownmoontoon]

Soooo what are the other three "seemingly emotionless monster that has decided to take care of an abandoned little girl" manga? I only know of two others: Taihai no Hanauri and Girl From the Other Side.

WELL FIRST OF ALL I HADNT HEARD OF TAIHAI NO HANAURI BUT I JUST LOOKED IT UP aND //ADDS TO READING LIST IMMEDIATELY OMG THANK U

OK SO THE MANGA I MADE THAT POST ABOUT WAS

SOMALI TO MORI NO KAMISAMA/SOMALI AND THE FOREST SPIRIT"

INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL, INCREDIBLY WHOLESOME STORY AND ART I WOULD KILL FOR BOTH OF THEM ;;;;;;

OUGHGHHG ;;;; VERY FATHER/DAUGHTER, FOUND FAMILY LIKE TOTSUKUNI NO SHOUJO!!

HOWEVER (PAIN)

THIS MANGA IS INCOMPLETE AND ... IT SEEMS IT WONT EVER BE FINISHED ;;;;

(kudos to the mangaka for putting their health as priority tho!)

DESPITE THE CANCELLATION I STILL HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT AND THINK ITS WORTH THE READ!! i was emotionally invested in these two by the end of chapter 1 haha

I READ THE FIRST 32 CHAPTERS 🌱 HERE 🌱

AND THE LAST 4 AVAILABLE CHAPTERS 🌱 HERE 🌱

u could technically read them all in the second site but i prefer the translation of the first one personally

THE SECOND MANGA IS!!

KURO (SOMATO) ^^ its usually titled this way to be easier to find since "kuro" just means "black" and makes it kinda hard to search for, "somato" is the mangaka!

a story about an orphan girl living alone and her black """"cat"""

VERY MYSTERIOUS, BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED (IN FULL COLOR!!) AND SPOOKYYY

AND KURO WOULD BASICALLY DO ANYTHING TO KEEP HIS GIRL SAFE AND HAPPY ;;;;;;

ALSO LOVE HOW THEY MIX MONSTER STUFF WITH EVERYDAY NORMAL CAT THINGS SLKDD

AND THIS MANGA IS COMPLETE!! AND A VERY VERY FAST READ IMO!! each "chapter" is just a page long!

U CAN READ IT 🖤 HERE 🖤 the chapter set up is a bit confusing but basically u wanna read the ones that are like 1-18 otherwise itll just be a single page, and then skip ahead to the next 19- whatever, etc!

THE NEXT MANGA IS!!

MAHOUTSUKAI NO YOME/THE ANCIENT MAGUS' BRIDE

i guess its not technically little girl since she's a teenager bUT STILL FITS THE TROPE IMO

this one gets a bit of a bad rep bc the marketing team and anime went sO HARD in the "romance" direction when the story itself is actually about found family and learning how to deal with (and identify) complicated emotions and navigating relationships when u are nd and so full of Trauma ™

ITS FUNNY AND HEARTWARMING AND THE ART IS STUNNING

AND HAS SO MUCH REP I DONT NORMALLY SEE IN MANGA (gays, neurodivergent, GNC ppl, poc, chubby ppl realistically drawn and not as a joke, ETC!)

and imo the most believable character growth from a character who starts suicidal and learns to value her own life after a lifetime of feeling worthless SO FOR THAT ALONE ID READ IT IF U STRUGGLE W THAT TBH

ALSO BIG BONUS THE MANGAKA IS FRIENDS (AND A FAN OF) THE MANGAKA FOR THE GIRL FROM THE OTHER SIDE AND THEY OFTEN MAKE FAN ART FOR EACH OTHER AND HAVE DONE A FEW COLLABS IM OBSESSED WITH!!

BTW HAVE I MENTIONED TOTSUKUNI NO SHOUJO?? BC EVERYBODY SHOULD READ TOTSUKUNI NO SHOUJO SDLJKDKJD

[chompmon]

I started readin kuro while waiting for new chapters of shadows house and Somato makin great additions to the "little kids in terrifying situations" genre

[stimmingcrow]

Kuro & Kuro Stimboard

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[purplepadlock]

ok: I'm 100% positive Kuro is either a sequel or prequel to Shadows House

like, it honestly would not surprise me if Somato eventually come out and just straight-up say "oh yeah btw the Shadows' house is actually the exact same house from Kuro"; or if they eventually tie in the origins of the Morphs to the creatures from Kuro....

creatures who, like the Morphs, also take over the appearances of living beings, live in a forest surrounding a small, isolated village, and generally leave humans only unless they encroach on their territory

a lot of the things Kuro also sets up would also explain things about Shadows House. White flowers basically keep the creatures away from humanity - maybe the Morphs evolved from these 'creatures' into shapeshifters as a way to get around this hindrance.

why the humans of Shadows House can see Morphs also kinda makes sense, even if in Kuro, the creatures can only be seen if you take a vaccine made from the flower that the creatures avoid: the ending of Kuro can make the case that maybe it's the smoke from the soot charcoal making the Morphs visible

one thing I'm not entirely able to work out is why the Shadows/Morphs release soot when the creatures don't, but the creatures do show the ability to perform a variety of different techniques, so it's possible that these abilities either evolved from the soot or were a side-effect of becoming shapeshifters

but, the best thing that Kuro and Shadows House sharing a world?

Emilyko and Coco look a lot alike. Coco could be Emilyko's daughter/mother/grandmother/granddaughter. We might actually know something about Emilyko before she was... Emilyko.

[lonk-water]

[holdharmonysacred]

I’m still in the middle of reading the series but Shadows House is a goddamn good manga and you all absolutely should read it.

[ruben-lyrics98]

Kuro (Somato)

[reinxshademix]

Shadows House by Somato is is getting an anime woooooo

https://twitter.com/shadowshouse_yj/status/1316755853693779968?s=20

[iconnoteven]

Coco and Kuro from Soumatou’s Kuro 🐾