#Shounen Sunday Comics

[shazzeaslightnovels]

Shousetsu Sousou no Frieren: Zensou

Author: Mei Hachimoku (Author of Natsu e no Tunnel, Sayonara no Deguchi)

Illustrator: Abe Tsukada

Original Story: Kanehito Yamada

Label: Shounen Sunday Comics

Release Date: 17 April 2024

My Score: 4/5

This volume is a collection of prequel short stories set in the Frieren universe. Each chapter focuses on a different character as we learn more about what their life was like before the start of the series.

We start the volume off with Fern, shortly after she starts living with Heiter. We then have a chapter with Stark, taking place shortly after his fight with Eisen as he arrives to the village that he will come to protect for three years. The third chapter focuses on Lawine and Kanne during their time at the magic school. As part of a test, they each have to defeat a monster. This is one of the more interesting stories in the volume as we haven't spent all that much time with these two in the main series and their past hasn't been touched on as much as Stark's and Fern's. I like the relationship between these two so it was nice to see more of them. The next chapter is an Aura chapter. This one starts with her first encounter with Himmel and Frieren and the other heroes, and the fallout from her army's defeat at their hands. This is another highlight as we barely spent any time with Aura in the main series so it's nice to see her being explored here. It's fun to be in the head of a demon too and to see their POV. This the longest story in the volume, and it's also the only one where I think the experience is improved if you've read up to at least volume 9 of the manga (which is where I am at), because Macht, a demon introduced in volume 9, makes an appearance. It's still definitely possible to read and have fun without having read the manga, but it does slightly improve the experience. The final chapter, of course, focuses on Frieren herself, reminiscing about her time with Flamme, and then about her time with Himmel and the others. It's a good story to end the volume on, even if it isn't a stand out. It's also got a few references to popular gags in the manga (like Frieren's blowing a kiss special attack), which was a lot of fun.

I really enjoyed this volume. It was easy to read and Mei Hachimoku captured the feeling and atmosphere of the Frieren series perfectly. Even when it was covering ground already tread by the manga, like Fern's relationship with Heiter, it was never boring. While I wouldn't call it a must read volume as it doesn't provide any particularly new insights for the characters or important information for the story, it was a delight to read and I would easily recommend it to Frieren fans. You probably could get away with reading this without having any previous experience with the franchise, but it would be a lot more boring and I can't see any reason to read this if you don't already love the characters and the world they inhabit.

I do want to mention that there aren't really any illustrations in the volume. Different sections of the cover are used as the title pages for the chapters and that's really it. There aren't any colour illustrations or monochrome illustrations depicting the events in the chapters. I somewhat expected this to be the case, but it's still disappointing. I get that Abe Tsukada was probably too busy drawing for the manga to do more than the cover for this volume, but I can't help but wish that were just a couple of illustrations throughout.

[cosmicrhetoric]

despite whatever the fuck is happening with me now there were several years where i didn't watch/read any animanga at all. and while i genuinely believe i was put on this earth to judge people's boyfriend's taste in shounen i was at this party in college once (during said anime dry period) where someone in passing said they couldn't stand girly shoujo like inuyasha and i was like "ok putting aside the misogyny wtf are you talking about" and he said "you know inuyasha" and i was like "yeah i know inuyasha i had a heart n soul in the 7th grade. that's shounen" and he said "no it's not it's like a romance" and i go "well yeah. i know these classifications get really arbitrary im just saying it's technically listed as shounen" and he's like "kagome." and im "just bc the pov character is a girl doesn't mean it doesn't follow shounen structure/conventions" and he goes "well were there iconic fights" and im like "YES! what the fuck are you talking about fr it was serialized in shounen sunday" and he goes "what's shounen sunday" and that's when i was like i think we should stop talking for a while

[ponett]

I spent a whole sunday reading through immortal hulk with the free trial, is there anything else good you would recommend to go through before the week's end? (I dont read many comics, the last one was I read was archie megaman)

Oh hell yeah, glad my tweets exposed at least one other person to Immortal Hulk. It's great

Admittedly I've only really started reading a variety of Marvel comics recently. I've liked characters like Spider-Man and the X-Men all my life, but I've only recently gotten over my aversion to just diving into random popular 616 stuff and not worrying about having the full context for everything. (I was finally like, oh yeah, I don't have to put up with the MCU and most of the cartoon adaptations being extremely mid, I can just go jump around and read the good stuff.) So I'm not the best person to ask. But here's stuff I've been enjoying recently:

Fantastic Four (2022) by Ryan North of Dinosaur Comics fame. Easily my highest recommendation here. Extremely fun and funny and heartfelt and creative science adventures. Immediately made me care about the Fantastic Four way more than I ever have. I subscribed to this one immediately upon catching up, and I hope North stays on for a good long while. (On a related note, I need to read North's Squirrel Girl run soon.)

Unbelievable Gwenpool (2018). As a series about a normal human girl transported into the comic world and getting by with her knowledge of comics, it's EXTREMELY meta, but instead of just going "haha isn't this all so dumb and tropey?" it ends up being a story about searching for meaning in superhero comic books where creative teams change all the time and the status quo reigns supreme. It's good stuff that goes some wild places. My only real gripe is the inconsistent art.

And they're only a few issues in and are still setting things up, but I'm enjoying the new Ultimates and Ultimate Spider-Man comics, which pick up following the Ultimate Invasion miniseries and the Ultimate Universe one-shot.

And uh... actually that's all the Marvel stuff I've been reading recently aside from Claremont X-Men - which is of course very good, but it's not as easy to recommend as these shorter, more standalone runs.

Some other relatively self-contained Marvel stuff I'd like to read soon:

Immortal Thor, the current series by Immortal Hulk writer Al Ewing that I hear is just as good

Ms. Marvel (2014)

Hawkeye (2012) by Matt Fraction

Spider-Man: Life Story

The Vision (2015)

And I hear Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022) is pretty good and has Miles doing some crazy shounen anime shit while still being a street-level series, so I'm interested in checking that out

I'm also open to recommendations! I'm aware of many of the big hits, but, y'know, there's always gonna be good stuff that gets buried given the sheer volume of comics Marvel puts out every year

[mechaseraph]

SPEAKING OF! Next month Conan will be crossovering with Destiny Rewinder (available all up to last month's chapter till march 18!), a sci-fi time loop manga that runs in CoroCoro magazine (also published by Shogakukan, like Shounen Sunday, in which Cone runs), in form of digital interactive comic (so basically your classic "choose you adventure" thing) Rewinder already did one crossover with Frieren (and Beyblade X as part of it, too) before, and I feel this one could be even longer. They been teasing it for a while by now...

[officialinuyasha]

Yashahime - Takashi Shiina Blog Translation : Rin-chan Now : Sunday S February 2022 -

12/14/2021

From here on, a new chapter (1) begins. 

When adapting (the anime), the backbone is what will be the focal point. I interpreted Yashahime as “a story in which the princesses, together with new readers, come to understand the world of 'Inuyasha', Lord Sesshomaru and Inuyasha senpai through their adventure”.

So, in order to express this course as a “journey”, I brought in the setting of “Journey to the West” (2). This road-movie-like, or "rare road trip", so-called "Journey to the West" format has the advantage of making the process of character development and story progress superimposed on the journey, making the process towards the goal of the drama easier to understand, and is a technique often used in shounen manga since long time ago.

Inu no Taisho was a daiyoukai from the West (of Japan), so, as a journey to the core of the Inuyasha word, their roots, I think it’s logical to set the destination of the princesses in the West. But why didn't the anime do so? Because if that was the case, they would have left the Musashi region, where the characters in Inuyasha are from. Also, there’s the issue of where exactly the "Western regions" are, and how much of the circumstances and geography of the Warring States period is brought into this fairy tale world.

I adopted the idea that it would be better to go down a straight path in the comicalization so that the focal point could be narrowed down, but I am still trying to find the right balance between historical facts and fairy tales, such as whether to bring out local specialities (3) or what to do about dialects… Ah, I was thinking about poisonous high quality food now but is it rejected? It is, yes.

As the result of drawing the storyboard for the next time, it’s decided that master Yawaragi will appear, even though her role will be a little different from the anime. I thought that “since Moroha’s upbringing is different in this world line, I wonder if this master will have less screen time”, but it is unexpected. Then, the voice of Yawaragi in the original anime is played by Ryoko Shiraishi, who played the Kansai-speaking Teleporter Esper Aoi-chan in my work “Zettai Karen Children”. Unexpectedly, (Moroha’s) master is from the “Western wolf tribe, so I thought she should speak in Kansai dialect (laugh). Making her say “uchi” (4) was a bit exaggerated, but since she’s a quick-witted and agile wolf demon, “hyupaa” is inevitable. 

For those of you who say, "I don't know anything about Zettai Karen Children”, so I don't know what you mean", we will have a special surprise guest, unique to the comicalization world line, so please read on Sunday S, which goes on sale around the 25th. It's a surprise, so it's a secret who it is... but here's a hint: there’s a rumor that long ago, in the “Inuyasha” CD dramas, he was teased as “despite being a regular (5) character, he doesn’t stand out”.

The first volume of the manga will be released around January 18th (2022). It includes a talk between Takahashi sensei and me. If it was written by Takahashi sensei, it would definitely sell, but since it’s a comicalization of an original anime and moreover I’m the one drawing it, I have no idea how well it will sell. In other words, I think the number of copies will be limited, so it would make me feel relieved if you could reserve it at a bookshop.

Source: https://cnanews.asablo.jp/blog/2021/12/14/9447938

Notes

1- Saga, arc.

2- Classical Chinese novel.

3- He refers to food.

4- One of the many forms of saying “I” in Japanese. This pronoun has a feminine nuance, so it goes against the “masculine” image of the character.

5- A character that appears frequently.

[animehouse-moe]

You know, I was always pretty against people being overprotective and sleeving/bagging their manga. But I have to say, for used and/or rarer volumes and products, it really does provide a sense of ease in regards to storage. Certainly not something that's for everyone, but for people like myself that really want to ensure that stuff remains in the best state possible, it makes handling and storing them much less concerning.

Definitely not something I'd be doing for my whole collection at all, but will be looking into appropriately sized bags for my JP Art Books for sure.

For reference, the sleeves used can be found here

What They Do And Don't Fit

In terms of English Language Manga, the Seven Seas and Yen Press "Small" size manga fit these bags perfectly. Very nicely fitting with the flaps going right over without any open space between them.

Now, the "regular" Viz size manga do not fit these bags perfectly. They're slightly too large by comparison, so you end up with a bit of an open space as the top of the bags. I'm not 100% sold on how they fit, but I'm also not thinking that I'm in incredibly dire need of better fitting bags. They cover and protect all corners and faces so it'd take a good bit of effort to manage to damage a volume while in its bag.

(Since it's hard to make out, the bag is open at the start of the first Kanji at the top of the spine, with a straight edge coming out and to the right, and the left side curling up to the top of the volume.)

For French Manga, on the other hand, it seems to fit all the regular sized volumes perfectly. I don't have all the publishers on hand, but it fits Pika Edition, Edition Kurokawa, and Ki-Oon.

With JP Manga, it's more of a toss up. The publishers I've got on hand that the bags fit are: Young Jump (Shueisha), Monthly Gangan Joker (Square Enix), and Comic Newtype (Kadokawa). On the other hand, titles from magazines such as Weekly Shounen Magazine (Kodansha) or Weekly Shounen Sunday (Shogakukan) were too small to fit the bags very well. There was too much excess space for them to really be effective, so you'd be better off getting manga sleeves via a proxy website or eBay (no suggestions because I've yet to purchase any). And of course, it goes without saying, other imprints are too large for the bags.

So I guess to summarize. In general, would I really recommend bagging or sleeving of manga? No. It's an edge case for collectors items or rare and/or old titles. Your average and modern collection does not need sleeves at all. On the other hand, they are cheap for a 100 count of them, so if you feel the need to protect specific parts of your collection, you're not going to be breaking the bank for it.

As well as this size of sleeve, you can find larger ones from the same companies to fit Viz Sig, Kodansha, and large Yen Press manga no problem. In terms of JP art book size however, I've yet to do any serious research, but I am planning on looking into it so I might update this post down the road.

[starlight-time-machine]

Week in Review

10/08/2023 – 10/14/2023

Sunday

I have a tradition on Sundays I like to call, unimaginatively, Manga Sundays, where I catch up on all the manga I follow on the Manga Plus app.

MamaYuyu has unique and interesting panelling as always, but I’m not sure if the story can stand on its own.

Handsome Must Die is just stupid fun and I’m glad that the nice looking kid flipped the bird and that the evil kid is getting his proper redemption arc.

Undead Unluck is fantastic, and I love that Latla and Rip share the leg weapon now – this feels like one of the first big shifts in a character setting we’ve seen this loop, other than everyone avoiding/circumventing their tragedies, which are a given.

The Ichinose Family has completely lost me, but at least the emotional moments still come through clearly – Taizan 5 definitely has a flair for melodrama (this isn’t a dig).

The power stats in the Oshi no Ko are fun, and the last page was definitely impactful.

Dandadan is as chaotic as usual, and I can’t wait to see what supernatural or sci-fi or who even knows at this point power up the Class Rep gets from being caught up in this friend group. I loved her vampire fantasies, they felt very true to what a teenage girl would write self-insert fanfics about. I do wish Momo and Okarun would get together already, but that’ll probably have to wait until after this new ghost themed arc.

Marriagetoxin is alright, I’m glad to have a romance themed chapter again after all those action chapters I skimmed through. Erina is a cute little boss.

Magilumiere’s new shady private investor character is fine, I like his design but I don’t really care about his investing strategy when I already know him joining the team is a foregone conclusion.

Akane-banashi is a series I keep up with purely because it’s about rakugo (and I like Karashi), but it’s never really grabbed me despite being about a topic I enjoy. I don’t know, most of the art is pretty whatever to me, and its attempts to make rakugo seem interesting don’t interest me, even though I already like rakugo. I have no idea how it has captured the attention of the typical Shounen Jump crowd, but I suppose I’ll be grateful for it since I’m invested in the wellbeing of rakugo as an art form.

One Piece…I’ll admit that I don’t really know what’s going on in One Piece anymore, since I can’t keep track of all the characters and politics and powers straight in my head and I tend to just skim chapters until something cool happens. The old man spider looks cool, though I have no earthly idea why he’s so revered and feared. Eventually I’ll pick up the anime again – I’ll probably retain things better when I watch them as whole arcs at a time. (I also want to rewatch Water 7/Enies Lobby…)

And finally, I always leave Cipher Academy for last on Manga Sundays, because I love Cipher Academy soooooo much. I love all the characters, all the character designs, the puzzles, the art, the Nisioisin-isms, the list goes on. The first Tayutan vs Iroha Code Battle absolutely blew my mind and I felt a renewed love for the comics medium, so I’ve been hooked ever since. This chapter was really fun: I feel a little proud of myself for seeing through the ‘trick’ this time, even though it was pretty blatantly telegraphed with the close up on the arrow. Nohime is also looking gorgeous as usual, and I’m happy to get some lore about her. And of course Byu is checking out the tables for hiding spots. I wonder if Iroha and/or Shitsuke let the bomb explode to open a hole down into the lower floors? Feels very Stardew Valley Skull Cavern to me.

My friend and I have been watching House M. D. together over Discord – she’s watching for the first time while I’m rewatching. Today we finished off S3, and none of the episodes left a particularly deep impression on me. I’m going to miss the Chase Foreman Cameron team though.

Monday

The new Make Some Noise episode is okay, I’m not really vibing with the prompts…but I always enjoy seeing Jacob Wysocki, he’s one of my favourite Dropout cast members.

More House M.D. – the competition style arc at the start of S4 is pretty fun, but the medical mysteries are not interesting me in the slightest. The House/Wilson moments are great though.

I tried watching the first episode of Ascendance of a Bookworm, and it’s cute enough, but the low production quality is a pretty big turn off…I think I’m just going to read the manga. But this means that Fall 2019 gets a whopping 0 shows in my Anime by Season statistics, which is a far cry from the 14 shows of Spring 2016 (then again, I was in high school at the time, which meant that I had more free time and lower standards). Also yes…I’m so far behind on anime that I’m still working through 2019 shows…

Tuesday

Started the day off with the latest Chainsaw Man chapter, since I’ll get spoilers on Twitter if I left it until Manga Sunday. I would love to be a Devil Name Consultant.

Read through the first part of the Ascendance of a Bookworm manga. I like how tiny and cute Myne is, and these types of isekai stories where the protagonist uses their knowledge of modern technology to advance in society are just about the only kind of isekai I can tolerate. It’s a bit silly that she just happens to know all these handicrafts from doing things with her mom though. I think they could’ve just explained it with her already established book obsession. It’s interesting that she revealed her true self to Lutz so early – I haven’t read a lot of isekai but it doesn’t seem like this is a common trope. Usually it seems like the protagonist assimilates easily into their new world and has fun adventures, but this is an interesting development to their relationship. I also love the business wheeling and dealing, and it’s always fun when it’s a little kid doing it. Some of the plot progressions felt a bit weirdly paced to me, and the manga’s structure isn’t anything too inspired, but the story is interesting enough to keep me reading.

Skimmed through the latest chapter of Gakuen Babysitters. I basically only read it to get a dose of cuteness, but I still hang on for the Ryuuichi and Hayato interactions, which are few and far between these days.

Also read the latest chapter of Scary Campus College University. I’m not really digging this Cultural Festival arc because I don’t really care about the backstory stuff, but Fujimiya’s turn has been fun to see, and I’m looking forward to seeing the confrontation between him and Mahina.

Watched some more House with my friend. I’m not enjoying the gimmicky patients like the girl who could see ghosts or the guy who can magically read your insecurities and mirror them back at you. The CIA episode was pretty fun though.

I tried watching Catch Me If You Can, but I wasn’t really feeling it and stopped. This means I can finally continue my daily Movie Roulette though, so that should be fun for tomorrow.

Wednesday

The new Dirty Laundry episode was decently fun, it’s interesting to see guests who I’m actually pretty familiar with for once. The stories weren’t particularly exciting though.

Read the new Asper Kanojo chapter. Anyway,

Read the first few chapters of Shiroyama to Mito-san. I’m really looking forward to seeing how this oddball romance progresses.

Today’s Movie Roulette choice was Fantastic Mr. Fox, which my friend has been wanting me to watch for ages so we watched it together on Discord. It was pretty fun, though the stop motion animation and stares into the camera wigged me out a bit. I’m still not sure how I feel about Wes Anderson’s Wes Andersonisms, but the new Henry Sugar movie is on my list and I actually do love that book so we’ll see…

Thursday

I finally finished reading Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Moustache Mary, which I started weeks ago and haven’t had time to return to until now. Sammy Keyes is one of my favourite childhood book series – I love Sammy’s boldness and resourcefulness, I like that the books are written like kid-friendly noir mysteries, and I like the characters and all their developing dynamics. This instalment was a pretty fun romp, and I was surprised to see a kid’s book talk about meth? As a kid I only remembered the pig (I don’t think I got that far into this one, or reread it a whole bunch). I really didn’t appreciate the slurs though, intentional or otherwise.

I’ve had an on and off headache for like three days now, and I wanted something soothing to watch while I ate dinner so I put on Heya Camp, which was about 30 minutes total for 12 episodes. It was perfectly fine and cute, not much else to say about it. I’m looking forward to getting back into Yuru Camp proper though.

Today’s Movie Roulette choice is In & Of Itself, which I had put on my list because I heard that it was life changing. It didn’t really do that for me, but it was fine. I enjoyed the magic tricks. I think if I were one of those people in the physical audience who he would look in the eye and identify, it’d be emotionally moving, but other than that the platitudes of perspective and identity weren’t all that mind blowing to me. But with this, I’m officially down to 100 movies left on my to watch list!

And then, because I couldn’t help myself, I started the next Sammy Keyes book, which is the Hollywood Mummy. It’s the first Sammy and Lana centric story in the series and I remember nothing about it, so I’m pretty excited.

Friday

I watched some more House with my friend. This crop of episodes was pretty good, with the Christmas one being a highlight. I’m definitely enjoying the more lighthearted silly sideplots than the ones about House brooding about his pain or addiction.

Managed to read the latest chapter of Akuheki before passing out from sleepiness. Today was a very toxic yaoi kind of day, huh? I always enjoy the complexity of the main couple’s relationship in this BL, which is pretty rare to find. And oh my godddddd when Daimon was presented on stage as an object…this is the good stuff.

Saturday

And now to catch up on the BL series I’m following (which I was going to do on Friday night, but oh well). First up is A Second Goodbye to You, which I feel like only barely counts as a BL at this stage? But I’m enjoying the intrigue and the thriller aspects of the story, even if it feels a little like they’re just systematically placing the suspicion onto each person involved in turn. And after the third “Everything’s going to be okay! Oh no someone died!” twist it gets a little tiring. The reporter is an interesting new addition – I really hope he can just help Harusawa out because he’s definitely in over his head.

Next is the latest chapter of Memeshii Aku to Azatoi Suh, which I find to be generally pretty silly and I’ve only gotten this far because I enjoyed the original manga that this is a spin-off of. This chapter was like a lecture on slut-shaming and consensual sex lol. But good for them, now they can get together without reservations.

I watched the first episode of Spy x Family season 2 over dinner, and it was fun! Just more of the same, which is a good thing when the quality’s already pretty high. I enjoyed the experimental animation in the opening and ending, and I’m always down for a Loid/Yor shippy episode.

We’re nearing the end of House season 4 now with a solid batch of episodes. I realize now that I actually like this new team more than the original team – Thirteen is cool, Taub is cunty (this is a compliment) and Kutner is just chilling. Plus Foreman is still there, and he’s my favourite from the original trio. The episode where House diagnoses someone by watching a soap opera is a fun setup, though the ending felt pretty rushed and anticlimactic. My friend and I don’t like the Wilson/Amber pairing, but we do love that it brings out House’s jealousy and plenty of Hilson moments. We’ve left the two part season finale for tomorrow, which should be fun.

Went back and watched the second episode of SpyFam since it was available. And man they really tried their best to fill out the Bond centric segment huh…and it’s like, I like Bond as an addition to the family, but it’s hard for him to carry a storyline by himself. The Damian segment was a lot more fun – I like that shot of Damian with his little cape looking up at the sky. And I like that his friends are a little more fleshed out and that they’re his actual friends, not just henchmen. Pretty cute episode, if a bit slow.

Okay wow I’m only halfway through Undead Unluck episode 2 but I needed to write down my thoughts in case I forget anything. I love the stylistic choices and directing style here, it feels like they’re really taking advantage of the medium to elevate the story and the atmosphere rather than just adapting the manga panel for panel (cough SpyFam is sometimes a little guilty of this when it’s not doing big action set pieces cough). But the big blue sky framing and the stylistic cut into the title card and the UNAVOIDABLE cut was pretty perfect, and captured the impactful energy of the manga’s style. Hanae Natsuki as Shen is also sooooooo good, and I’ve always loved how interesting the Union felt like as villains – knowing what I know now, everything makes sense, but when I first read the manga it was really refreshing to have an antagonistic force that could be negotiated with and seemed to have its own altruistic goals, and also crazy to see people actually die and for those deaths to have consequences on the story…a shocking concept, in shounen battle manga. I really love Undead Unluck’s commitment to its own setting and exploring all its possibilities (well maybe not in the romance department. Which, while refreshing, is very straight lmao).

Also they haven’t announced who voices Mui yet, but I have my fingers crossed really really really really really hard that it’s someone who can speak Chinese…I get why Shen didn’t get that (I don’t even know of a male seiyuu who speaks Chinese) but I have two female Chinese seiyuu in mind who’d be great for Mui…Homoto Akina perhaps…and totally not just because I love her Love Live character…but pleaseeeee I’d love to hear some real Chinese in the anime. The opening was fun and stylish, but I have to admit I was a little disappointed by Queen Bee’s song for it. It was just more lowkey than I would’ve expected…it’s heartening to see so many characters show up in the opening, though. It seems like they’re in it for the long haul and I really do hope we get to see the entire manga adapted. The directing in this episode feels like they’re setting up how this will be a grand adventure, and I can’t wait to watch it play out. I just feel reassured that the people working on this anime really understand what makes Undead Unluck so magical, and their love can be felt through the work.

Wow I’ve never noticed that little opening on Shen’s waist…hip window… Also man I appreciate them animating Andy’s dick censor, it’s pretty funny how it flops around.

LMAOOOOOOOOOOO OKAY JUST GOT TO WHERE HANAE NATSUKI TRIES HIS BEST TO SPEAK CHINESE…I’M ROOTING FOR  YOU MAN…

I completely forgot how Shen just sells out a member of the Union for seemingly his own amusement. It definitely sowed the seed for how interesting of a character he is…and why he’s my favourite heh. And wow that ending was beautiful…

I’ve written so much about Undead Unluck that it’s a little embarrassing ha, but I love this story so much and it’s amazing to see such a great adaptation of it. I love feeling like I’m about to set out on an amazing world-spanning journey…it almost feels like when I watched One Piece for the first time as a ten year old. I’ll definitely be tuning in every week.

And that’s it for my first Week in Review! (I’m forcibly ending it here so that I go to bed and not watch any more shows or read a book.) As you can see, I can talk a lot about things that don’t matter to anyone but myself because I think I’m soooo interesting (this is only half sarcastic). If anyone ever even sees this, I’ll be amazed. But until then, I’ll just be here talking to myself.

[zinmangaonline]

These are the best places to read legal and free manga online

Computerized manga experiences a revelation issue. Monitoring all of every one of the new deliveries that emerge on a week by week or month to month basis is genuinely hard. There are a lot of applications that deal with both Android and iOS. Online book shops likewise have a broad assortment, and buys can be made on your Fuel, Kobo, Niche, or Tolino tablets. Where are the best places for manga online to peruse free or authorized? Having the option to do this will allow you an opportunity to put resources into characters or stories, before you begin purchasing various volumes.

VIZ Media

VIZ Media is the biggest wholesaler in North America and has applications for iPhone, iPad and iPod Contact and Android. You can peruse a lot of free titles and furthermore buy manga or offer full volumes for $4.99 to $5.99. This list incorporates manga of their famous series, and new volumes are added as they are delivered in book shops for a portion of the more well known series. Viz works on various sites. Shonen Sunday's web-based English collection, which has free internet based serializations, and some example sections. Shonen Sunday brings sections down once the print release is out, however it's perfect for those perusing the books or who need to test an enormous lump of a series. SIGIKKI highlights titles from the Ikki line of books. Parts are posted web-based then brought down when print release is out. Free, promotion based site. Shojo Beat has free section 1 sneak peaks of the overwhelming majority of their series. Simply click on the series name in the rundown, then, at that point, click "Online Manga" at the highest point of the page. In the interim, on VizManga, their whole iPad list can now be perused/bought on the web at this webpage! At long last, Viz has one of the most outstanding membership administrations.

Zinmanganet

Zinmanganet is the best spot to get free comics to peruse or download. It is likewise exceptionally easy to find a wide assortment of Manga on this site, which can be perused or downloaded.

Furthermore, you don't have to join or buy in to get to Manga Fox. You just need to go to this site to have the option to peruse your number one Mangas for nothing. Downloading Manga in an alternate format is straightforward. You'll likewise have the option to find manga in various sorts on this site like activity and sci-fi.

Go Manga

Go Manga Seven Oceans serializes a few titles online as web manga, which you can look at on their landing page, for the most part new volumes of their unique titles. As they own advanced freedoms to you titles, they additionally sell finished series on a few tablet gadgets. Assuming that you navigate their unique properties, you'll see joins for downloads in Niche, Arouse and ITunes formats.>

E-Manga

E-Manga offers a large number of classifications, from Activity to Seinen, Standard, Cut of life, Show, Sentiment and some more. Their library incorporates titles from Computerized Manga's most famous engravings, as well as our banded together distributors like Tezuka Creations, Media Processing plant and SoftBank Innovative (Harlequin Sentiment manga). They additionally convey DMG engrave, which are series' limited by fans for fans. This assistance has a lot of free titles and free downloads and essentially takes special care of the English market.

Netcomics

Netcomics offers serialized manga on the web. Many titles slant towards fangirls , but at the same time there's a few Shojo, Shounen and Seinen Korean works alongside some Japanese manga. It's an online manga rental help, the principal section is free, then, at that point, you can lease a volume for a quarter a part, and access it for 48 hours. The organization likewise \ has a little print line, and puts out books rarely, contingent upon the interest for a given title.

Yen Press

Yen Press is a joint endeavor between Kadokawa Enterprise and Hachette Book Gathering, devoted to distributing manga and realistic books for grown-ups and youthful perusers. Established in 2006, Yen Press has rapidly ascended to become one of the biggest and most productive distributors of manga and unique realistic books in the North American commercial center and has turned into a main impetus in the acquaintance of light books with new pursuers through its Yen On engrave. You can predominantly download free content on their applications or by means of Comixology.

NTT Solmare

NTT Solmare They've been at the cellphone manga market game for quite a long time, and recently have been putting out a great deal of content. A ton of it has never been delivered in english, and incorporates kinds not deciphered frequently, as well as some manga made explicitly for mobile phones like new full variety Cobra manga.

Comic Walker

Comic Walker basically offers free titles of Neon Beginning Evangelion, Secondary School DxD, Versatile Suit Gundam: The Beginning. The organization is outstanding for its straightforward, no hidden obligations approach. This is the spot to pursue manga without problem. You can peruse practically each of their titles solidly in your web program.

Book Walker

Book Walker offers a lot of free manga, yet you can likewise pay per issue. It is controlled by Kadokawa and is an all inclusive resource for legitimate and official computerized comics from Japan. The assistance presently incorporates every one of the famous distributors, including Viz, Kodansha, and Yen. It offers some smash hit titles like Assault on Titan, No Game No Life, Re:ZERO - Beginning Life in A Different universe.

Crunchyroll Manga

Crunchyroll Manga offers many free titles, which are much of the time the initial not many volumes in a few notable establishments. They likewise foster their own computerized content as well. You can buy into only the manga administration alone, which gives you full and limitless admittance to everything. On the other hand, on the off chance that you as of now buy into their anime real time feature, you get full admittance to the manga free. You basically read the manga in your web program.

Wrap Up

There are many free manga sites out there. Simply researching this pulls up a huge number of query items. The complete rundown that Great tablet has given, addresses the biggest locales that are very notable. The majority of all have stuff you have caught wind of previously, yet in addition has some extraordinary stuff, only hanging tight for you. Assuming you have a superb site, that isn't on our rundown, remark beneath.

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🍬 Manga:Seven Days: Friday-Sunday 🍬

🍬 Alternative:セブンデイズ FRIDAY→SUNDAY🍬

🍬 Author (s):TACHIBANA Venio , TAKARAI Rihito 🍬

THIS WAS A VERY VERY SWEET STORY! ♥️♥️♥️ And the ending is worthy of the first volume! I was a little surprised it didn’t go farther, but then again, the seven days are in the title. 🤣 I like the whole concept of the seme who only dates for a week then finds someone he truly loves, yes its a cliche but then again, I’m a sucker for this type of love story! Anyway the story itself was well written and you could definitely feel the frustration from both of them before they finally confess to each other 🙆🏻‍♀️ But damn I demand a sequel, this manga deserve a continuation! 💯

[tsukuyomi19]

Manga “Misoshiru de Kanpai!”

Cover Volume 01-09

Art & Story: Sasano Sai

Status: Ongoing

Genre: Comedy, Cooking, Romance, Shounen, Slice of Life

Serialisation: Gessan

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[ayuuria]

Yashahime Translation: Shounen Sunday S November 2021 Issue Part 1

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Part 1: Remaining Mysteries Roundup!

Part 2: Rumic Question, Part 2!!

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TV Anime, Hanyō no Yashahime, Remaining Mysteries Roundup!

The First Chapter left behind various mysteries while reaching a shocking last (scene) with “Setsuna’s death”. Will Towa be able to save Setsuna? And what is Kirinmaru’s objective? Before watching the curious continuation in the Second Chapter, we are going to look back on all the remaining mysteries up to this point.

Mystery 1: Towa’s Mystery

Even though Ne no Kubi reacted to the rainbow pearl in Towa’s left eye and borrowed the Tree of Ages’ power to cross time, why did Towa have to time travel?

Mystery 2: Setsuna’s Mystery

Why are Setsuna’s dreams being devoured by the Dream Butterfly? Also, will her dreams continue to be devoured…

Mystery 3: Sesshōmaru and Kirinmaru’s relationship

What is the relationship between Sesshōmaru and Kirinmaru? According to the Spirit of the Tree of Ages, both are walking down the same path…

Mystery 4: Kirinmaru’s Objective

What is Kirinmaru’s objective for turning this world into a degenerate one? Konton of the Four Perils said that Kirinmaru has a connection to the Dream Butterfly as well.

Mystery 5: Riku’s True Identity

Riku said he was “someone who was thrown away” by Kirinmaru but who exactly is he? Setsuna said that Riku and Kirinmaru have the same scent. Also, the aspect of him knowing English and many other things…

Mystery 6: Takechiyo’s Past

When Takechiyo was young, a certain monk brought and left him in the care of the Corpse Shop. What happened in Takechiyo’s past?

Mystery 7: Sesshōmaru’s Objective

Sesshōmaru locked Inuyasha and Kagome in the black pearl and gave the rainbow pearls to Towa and Setsuna. What was the true objective behind that?

Mystery 8: Inuyasha and Kagome

Inuyasha and Kagome are imprisoned within the black pearl. What are they doing now?

Mystery 9: Kirin Osamu’s True Identity

Who is Kirin Osamu? In the modern era, Kirin Osamu looked at the Grim Comet and said, “So ordinary humans can’t see it at all.” It seems Kirinmaru could see that as well…

Mystery 10: The Windmill of Time

What is the “The Windmill of Time” that can be seen from the location where Sesshōmaru’s mother is? And who is Akuru? Kirinmaru said to Sesshōmaru’s mother, “It appears Sesshōmaru has not yet found Akuru’s pinwheel and is struggling.”…

Mystery 11: The Continuously Sleeping Rin

Why does Rin continue to sleep within the Tree of Ages? According to Kaede, after giving birth to Towa and Setsuna, Rin vanished before she knew it. It is said that her fate is tied to Zero…

Mystery 12: Setsuna’s Death

Sesshōmaru hands over a broken Tenseiga to Towa but can Setsuna be saved?

Certainly pay attention to how the mysteries remaining from the First Chapter will be resolved in the Second Chapter!

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~Sesshōmaru・Inuyasha Family History~

Fully loaded with information on the First Chapter of “Hanyō no Yashahime”! Compiling the character backgrounds, a complete explanation of all 24 episodes of the First Chapter! It is the strongest supplementary book for deciphering the Second Chapter! There are many other highlights such as a total of 26 interviews and comments from the staff and cast!

On sale around October 22 (Friday)!!!!!

Price: 2,500 Yen (10% tax included)

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Let’s live our lives busily, let’s live them with a schedule!

Monday, January 24th: Rose of Versailles Liveblog!

Tuesday, January 25th: Jetty and I get to have one last day off together before she goes back to school and I have a very tough schedule to keep.

Wednesday, January 26th: Patreon Livestream of the Song of Farca, which I know nothing about! 

Thursday, January 27th: LIveblog of Shounen Ragu! 

Friday: Making shababt and watching the baby! 

Saturday, January 29th: I have to kick the book club AGAIN to February 19th. I assure you it is not for lack of desire and when I made the schedule in the beginning of the month everything was accounted for, but Jetty rescheduled a bunch of stuff to get her comics locked and loaded to sell and now I have no one to watch the baby so! Feb 19th! 

Sunday, January 30th: PATREON LIVESTREAM of us eating this: 

Join Jetty, me, and Mike! 

Monday, January 31st: the liveblog draw winner which reminds me I better draw that

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I recently read Balancing Toy and Cross Game because of you and I loved both! They were so good at depicting mundane life and packing emotion in subtle ways. Could you recommend some slice of life manga?

this makes me so happy, omg! 😭 i’m really glad you enjoyed them, i love the slice of life genre so much for how it’s used as a medium. i’m going to recommend some other titles here, but i think yamakawa aiji and mitsuru adachi’s other works are definitely worth checking out as well! 

sangatsu no lion (manga/anime) - this may be one of the more obvious recent choices within the genre, but i think it’s with very good reason! chica umino has the slice of life genre down to a science. the story primarily follows rei, a shogi prodigy who has recently started to live alone due to tensions he felt he was creating within his adoptive family. he’s very lonely and depressed due to what he felt was an invasive experience on his own part, so a lot of the narrative follows him being reached out to by other people and him learning to ask for help rather than keeping all of his struggles to himself. there’s a lot of complex emotions and trauma tied into the narrative, but they’re often depicted against very simple situational backdrops, so it feels like you’re walking through ordinary people’s lives but in a way that’s deeply relatable. i believe the anime is on netflix so that’s very convenient as well, and i think it does a beautiful job of conveying a lot of the imagery that’s so crucial to depicting the ideas contained within the story. i would definitely recommend chica umino’s other primary work, honey and clover, for similar reasons as well, but i recommended that in my shoujo recs post already so i won’t rehash that here

azumanga daioh (anime/manga) - i’m not sure how to describe this series. it follows a group of teenage girls (and a few of their teachers) as they navigate three years of high school. and that would sound like an at least semi-serious endeavor, except it isn’t really on the surface. the series operates as a progression of chronological one shots centered on different gags and nonsensical situations, and it makes for comedy that i think has remained pretty timeless despite the series being nearly two decades old. the anime is great, both the sub and dub are phenomenal, and the manga is written in the form of those comic strips you used to read as a kid on sundays. it’s just super simple, lightheartedly funny, and surprisingly heartfelt when it wants to be due to the relationships you see illustrated between the girls. i would recommend kiyohiko azuma’s other primary work, yostuba&!, for similarly lighthearted and funny material. also, these are some of my favorite scenes from the anime

ojamajo doremi (anime) - this falls more into the shoujo category, esp since the mcs are witches who navigate a witching world, but i think it operates by slice of life parameters because of the way the story is told. ojamajo has received a lot of praise for its timelessness due to the relatability of its multiple scenarios to people of all ages and backgrounds. most simply put, it starts as a show about a girl who accidentally becomes contracted to a witch and so becomes a witch-in-training herself. doremi gets into all sorts of ridiculous messes and has to solve them not just through use of her powers but also just per normal problem solving skills. there’s narratives about friendships, relationships with our family and our teachers, growing up, learning to accept different kinds of people, etc. and similarly to azumanga, tho it initially feels like a purely one shot set-up, the plot and development of the characters builds in a way that’s subtle but also pleasingly noticeable. it’s just super down to earth and kind and funny, and there’s even a movie that came out last year (i believe?) to celebrate the twentieth anniversary, which made its main characters be girls who had grown up watching ojamajo and were now seeking out their own adventures as they grew up. i think that’s really sweet

horimiya (manga/anime) - this is perfect to get into right now bc the anime just started airing! it follows a pair of students, hori and miyamura, who come to find out about each other living “double lives”. hori hides the fact that she goes home everyday to take care of her house and her brother bc her parents are always at work, and miyamura looks like an otaku bc of the way he dresses but is actually just a normal guy with some tattoos and piercings. they coincidentally cross paths one day and are made privy to each other’s “secret” lifestyles, so a friendship and eventually a romantic relationship strikes up between them. the nice thing about the manga is that not a lot of time is spent on getting them into the relationship. you actually see them as a couple for most of it, doing couple-y things, engaging in couple-y conversation, having couple-y squabbles. there’s also a cast of characters outside of these two who deal with their own day-to-day issues and such, so overall it’s a nice casual read about people and how they interact. i wouldn’t say it ever gets angsty (at least not that i’ve read so far) but it’s nonetheless very enjoyable for its straightforwardness and simplicity

bokura ga ita (manga/anime) - i haven’t watched this in a long time so my memories are somewhat hazy, but i think this features one of my favorite explorations of grief in a shoujo manga. it starts with nanami, a high school freshman who hopes to make new friends but is also put-off by the most popular boy in school, yano, bc of his superficial attitude. yano is actually still emotionally recovering from the death of his girlfriend the year prior. she died in a car accident and was with her ex-boyfriend at the time, so yano assumed she was cheating on him, and instead of properly processing the event, he pretends to act like he doesn’t care. he and nanami grow close over the course of the narrative, but there are a lot of levels to yano’s trauma and grief that keep them apart in various ways. it’s very much true to that era of romance manga in the sense of all of the ridiculous drama and love lines, but i think it’s really weighted because so much of that drama stems from real trauma and characters’ issues with depression, etc. if you loved nana or paradise kiss, i think you would enjoy it. also, if memory serves, i believe the anime covers only half of the story, prior to a major time skip 

i didn’t want to feature any repeats, so i’m going to direct you to my shounen recs post for some more stuff i love from the slice of life genre as well. in particular, i think silver spoon and sket dance are great for that (as is oofuri, but it’s also a sports series very detailed with its sports lore, so idk if you’d be interested in that). and while i haven’t read the following personally, these are some trusted recs that i’ve either been meaning to read or got from friends: mushishi, oyasumi punpun, barakamon, nichijou, beck. i hope this all helps! 

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ask game! ✨

Thanks for the tag, @rosyoreo! :D 

What does your favorite pair of socks look like?

I am a sad old lady without any fun socks, I’m afraid... ^_^;; I used to have loads of fun socks! I always liked toe socks as a teen, and had several pairs in a bunch of different colors, including a striped rainbow pair that made an appearance in my senior photos. XD But I find a lot of fun socks nowadays tend to be ankle cut, and I just never liked the feel of those.

What’s something that made you happy today?

I haven’t been awake for too long, but being tagged in a cute ask is a good way to start the day! :D

What’s your favorite and least favorite cereal? 

Hmmm... I really like Blueberry Morning, Cranberry Almond Crunch, and Quaker Oatmeal Squares, though I don’t get them as often as, say, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Reese Puffs, or Life as they’re more expensive for a smaller box and rarely if ever go on sale. LOL Least favorite is probably just normal, boring Cheerios or Corn Flakes. If I’m gonna have a “boring” cereal, give me Chex or Kix instead, lol.

What music do you listen to when you’re having a hard time? 

Honestly, it depends on whatever I’m into at the time. Though I do have a tendency to put on some, uh, more yelly, screamy type stuff when I’m really mad about something or maybe some more depressing stuff when I’m, ya know, depressed. ^_^;;

Do you have any stuffed animals? If so, what are they? 

I do! I used to have a LOT more, but I donated most of them a year or two ago. Some of my favorites of what I still have are my big teddy bear named Mr. Thomas who I still cuddle every night and my super old little bear that I’ve had since before I can remember named Tony (he’s missing one eye, the other and his nose have been reglued back on though the eye has been dangling by a few bits of fur for ages, and he’s incredibly threadbare with no stuffing in his neck).

What weird food quirks do you have? 

You mean I’m not the only one who puts ranch on everything, Rosy???

Are you working on any projects right now? 

I just finished up a big pin commission a few days ago, so not right now. Though I thought about making some Mob Psycho pins for myself, so we’ll see. XD

What movie or TV show is your guilty pleasure? 

I think I’m at the point where’s there’s nothing I’m really guilty about. XD Does Digimon count? Or maybe the D.Gray-man manga? Ah. I know: NFL football XD (this has become such a dumpster fire in the past decade but I can’t give up the one competitive sport I watch religiously lol)

Who was the best (or worst) teacher you ever had? 

I remember all of my 1st through 6th grade teachers being very nice, supportive, and just lovely people - Mrs. Terwilliger, Mrs. Song, Mrs. Callaway, Mrs. Wise, Mrs. Sebright, and Mr. Reed. My middle school - Mr. Burger - and high school - Mr. Curfman - band directors were some of the best in the area, always getting more out of us then what should have been possible, lol. Also liked some of my middle and high school Reading/Language Arts/English teachers - Mrs. Lane (who bless her heart had to put up with way too much with my class because I was with the rowdy kids), Ms. Hollibaugh (who first really got me interested in writing), Mr. Melvin (who was just really funny while being super dry but also serious...? he was an enigma to everyone, and we loved him for it), and Mrs. Clarke (who really encouraged me to keep writing and let me use fanfiction as extra credit XD).  And I had a really great computer science teacher in college - Mr. Rembert - with a good sense of humor that made everything easy to learn. He was also the anime club adviser, and owned a local gaming/comic shop, giving me an old Japanese Shounen Sunday magazine from when Ranma 1/2 was still in it as he didn’t know what else to do with it, lol.

Do you collect anything? 

Not really, though I have been known to spend money on Digimon merch. It’s a small collection, but I enjoy it! (Not enough Frontier merch, BTW!!)

I really have a hard time answering anything without long paragraphs full of text. XD But this was fun, and helped me pass some time while go through some music! Hmm, let’s see, this time I’ll tag @sinisterlutist and @gladrial!

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Manga the Week of 4/28/21

SEAN: The end of April and there’s still so much going on.

Airship has two digital-early debuts. I Have a Secret (Kakushigoto) is the latest one-shot by the author of I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, and is not related to the manga and anime series Kakushigoto. It’s all about unspoken feelings in high school.

MICHELLE: Ooh. This sounds my speed.

ASH: I’ve enjoyed the manga adaptations of this author’s works; I really need to make a point to read some of the originals.

SEAN: The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary (Kuitsume Youhei no Gensou Kitan) is a fantasy series about a man, the sole survivor of a battle that killed off all those important to him, who hires himself out as a merc. Sadly, most people just want to use him. Can he find an ally? This is a long-running LN series in Japan, with 15 volumes to date.

We also get the last of the deluge of Alice in the Country of digital editions, the light novel Alice in the Country of Diamonds: Bet On My Heart. Lastly, there’s a 3rd volume of Roll Over and Die out early digitally.

Denpa Books’ website says they have the debut of Shino Can’t Say Her Name (Shino-chan wa Jibun no Namae ga Ienai), a one-shot from the creator of Flowers of Evil, Happiness, etc. that promises to be a bit lighter in tone than those titles. It ran in Ohta Shuppan’s Pocopoco, and is about a girl with severe social anxiety. This seems to take a less comedic take than Komi Can’t Communicate.

MICHELLE: I will likely check this one out.

ASH: Same!

SEAN: Ghost Ship has Destiny Lovers 6, Parallel Paradise 5, World’s End Harem 10, and Yokai Girls 13.

J-Novel Club has a quartet of titles, as we get Invaders of the Rokujouma!? 36, Record of Wortenia War 10, Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles 14, and Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: The Reckless Journey 3 (manga).

Debuting in print for Kodansha is Chasing After Aoi Koshiba (Kyou, Koshiba Aoi ni Aetara), a yuri manga from Ichijinsha’s Comic REX. It’s got the writer of Masamune-kun’s Revenge (ehh…) and the artist of Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki (yay!). A girl hopes to meet up with her first love at a reunion. (Yes. Yes, I know. It got bumped at the last minute.)

ASH: I thought that sounded familiar!

SEAN: They’ve also got the 8th Bakemonogatari manga and the 8th Kino’s Journey manga, which is also the final volume in the adaptation.

The digital debut is And Yet, You Are So Sweet (Na no ni, Chigira-kun ga Amasugiru), a Dessert title about a girl who just got rejected and the popular guy who hears about this and offers to help with her problem. But will she fall for him?

MICHELLE: Sounds a bit like Say I Love You., but I’m totally down for it.

ANNA: Me too, if only it wasn’t a digital only title because I will likely forget that it exists.

SEAN: We also get The Dawn of the Witch 2, DAYS 23, Harem Marriage 4, Those Snow White Notes 3, What I Love About You 5, and When We’re in Love 7.

MICHELLE: Yay for more DAYS! Also, how am I this far behind on Those Snow White Notes already?!

ASH: It does seem to be on a quick release schedule!

SEAN: One Peace Books has The Rising of the Shield Hero 19.

Seven Seas’ debut is Dai Dark, the latest series from the creator of Dorohedoro. It runs in Shogakukan’s Monthly Shonen Sunday, and should appeal to all fans of her previous work, and likely will be just as violent as her previous work.

ASH: I am so looking forward to this one!

SEAN: Also out: Alice & Zoroku 8, The Ancient Magus’ Bride 14, The Demon Girl Next Door 2, The Legend of Dororo and Hyakkimaru 3, Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: Kanna’s Daily Life 8, My Room Is a Dungeon Rest Stop 4, and Syrup: A Yuri Anthology 3.

MICHELLE: I look forward to getting caught up on The Ancient Magus’ Bride!

ASH: I’ve some catching up to do, too, but I really do enjoy the series.

SEAN: Square Enix has the 6th Hi Score Girl.

Yen On’s debut next week is a two-fer light novel adaptation of a Makoto Shinkai work: 5 Centimeters per Second + Children Who Chase Lost Voices. Now you can be depressed but also moved in prose!

ASH: I somehow missed that there were two 5 Centimeters per Second novels – Vertical released another one a couple years ago, too.

SEAN: Also out: Accel World 24, The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life 6, Baccano! 16, The Eminence in Shadow 3, The Genius Prince’s Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt (Hey, How About Treason?) 6, High School DxD 3, The Irregular at Magic High School 16, King of the Labyrinth 2, Torture Princess 7, Wolf and Parchment: New Theory Spice & Wolf 5, Woof Woof Story 6, The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat 2, and You Call That Service? 3. Some long awaited titles there: Irregular at Magic High School and You Call That Service haven’t had a volume out in over a year.

Four Yen Press debuts. After School Hanako-kun (Houkago Shounen Hanako-kun) is a comedy spinoff of Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun. It runs in PFantasy, which I can only assume is like a spinoff of Shonen Panpan? No, that just sounds like a dirty Japanese schoolboy. Anyway, it’s probably an online spinoff of the main magazine.

ASH: I like the main series, so will likely give this one a try, too.

SEAN: I Was a Bottom-Tier Bureaucrat for 1,500 Years, and the Demon King Made Me a Minister (Hira Yakunin Yatte 1500-nen, Maou no Chikara de Daijin ni Sare Chaimashita) is the manga adaptation of the light novel we saw last month. It ran in Gangan Online.

I’m the Catlords’ Manservant (Boku wa Oneko-sama no Geboku desu) is about, as many manga are, a child having to pay off their parents’ massive debt. This one does so by serving shapeshifting cats. This runs in GFantasy, which means it’ll interest Melinda, probably.

ANNA: I am just amused by the description of this manga.

ASH: New cat manga!

MELINDA: I HAVE BEEN SUMMONED. Also, yes. Yes. BRING IT TO ME.

SEAN: Your Turn to Die: Majority Vote Death Game (Kimi ga Shine -Tasuuketsu Death Game-) reminds us that death game manga are still apparently a thing. It’s based on a game, runs in Shonen Ace, and… well, it’s a death game manga. Come on.

Also coming out next week: Golden Japanesque: A Splendid Yokohama Romance 2.

MICHELLE: Yay!

ANNA: I was slightly underwhelmed by the first volume but maybe the second volume will sell me on the series.

SEAN: That ended up being quite a bit. Anything you’re picking up?

By: Sean Gaffney