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Post by Sink on Feb 6, 2018 12:10:45 GMT -5
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Post by sharphands on Feb 6, 2018 13:19:09 GMT -5
i cant focus on anything anymore so i barely read manga but a few of my faves are: deadman wonderland (this one is SO good its one of my faves. the anime is so bad gjdgfk), aku no hana/flowers of evil, ajin (as far as i know the original creator has left and the anime is going their own route but its still rly good but ive only read up to what the og creator wrote/drew), and i liked kazumi magica but goddamn the outfits are TERRIBLE
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Post by Lemley fireemblem on Feb 6, 2018 14:10:39 GMT -5
hello please check out DELICIOUS IN DUNGEON a manga about an RPG party WHO, strapped for cash, end up trying to cook monsters they encounter n the dungeon while they try to rescue one of their fallen members. IT IS SO FUCKING FUNNY AND THE CHARACTERS ARE ALL VERY CUTE you can buy it on amazon for sure and it might be in bookstores too YEAH!!!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  |
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Post by Sink on Feb 6, 2018 14:59:09 GMT -5
BUNGO STRAY DOGS*
********Translator's note: "Bungo" means "literary".THE PREMISE: - BSD, at first glance, is a standard shounen manga about people with special powers getting into fights. HOWEVER, it's actually a really interesting take on the traditional shounen manga, because all of the characters in it are sexy anime versions of real-life authors, and all of their cool fighting abilities are based on literature the real author wrote in their lifetime. This can make the first few volumes a little bit hard to get through, since all of the starting authors are, of course, Japanese, and there's a lot of references flying directly over your head about some famous goth dude in Japan who wrote emo poetry in the year 1860.... But once you get past the first initial volumes, there's a LOT of international author representation, including several well known American authors! It's a lot of fun if you're a book nerd.
WHY IT'S GOOD:
- Bungo has an exceptionally-well written plot, and there's a few good reasons why. The first is that the author and the mangaka are two different people, so one person has time to focus on all the storytelling. The second is that it's serialized as a monthly, not a weekly--the chapters are longer, and there's more time to think up better plot lines and character development.
- For a shounen, BSD REALLY chugged the respecting women juice. I have a hard time getting into most shounens as a genre because they're always about dudes...doing stupid shit...but bungo actually puts a lot of care and effort into making sure the girls don't get shafted, don't die for ~manpain~, and get equally well developed characters and arcs. Plus there's just a bunch of little things--girls in bungo are just as likely to have physically-powered down-and-dirty combat abilities as guys, and aren't the butt of every single kidnapping or combat loss. There were a lot of chapters in Bungo when I remember I kept thinking "Oh, great. This girl is going to die for this boy's manpain now, isn't she..." and then she DIDN'T and also went on to get HER OWN ENTIRE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT ARC and that's why I go to church now
- The protagonist has very realistically written depression that the authors don't take any shortcuts towards writing him out of. This is also a total rarity in shounen that I really appreciate--usually in shounen if the protagonist is depressed it usually lasts like 5 chapters tops and then he gets shocked out of it by some external event and DOUBLES DOWN ON HIS DETERMINATION or something. Not cutting any corners when writing the main character as someone with depression is not only nice to see if you have depression (#relatable), it also gets you a lot more character insight on all the other characters because it shows you how they cope with the impact and help him slowly move forward as a person.
- I've un-ironically said the phrase "F Thot Fitzgerald" about 20 times in the past few months
WHAT'S NOT SO GOOD:- There's two side characters who are heavily implied to be in an incestuous relationship. They aren't extremely relevant to the plot and don't show up that often, but if that sort of thing rubs you the wrong way it's obviously not fun to deal with.
- The anime covers the first few arcs of the manga and the light novel, and kind of...misses the above points or intentionally homogenizes them to appeal more to the standard straight man anime fan. It's still a lot of fun to watch, and it's great to see how they animated a lot of scenes, but I'd definitely definitely definitely start with the manga before the anime.
- The fanbase is...a little bit bad. There's a lot of standard yaoi crungus going on. It's one of those "talk about it with your friends and no one else" shows.
- The official English translation did get hit with a little bit of the Jojo-style offbrand names to avoid copyright infringement. Just call it the Great Gatsby for fucks sake we all know it's the Great Gatsby
Overall, this is probably my #1 manga of 2017!! There's 5 volumes out in English right now and I love it to pieces. Talk to me about it any time!!!!!
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Post by sharphands on Feb 6, 2018 15:59:47 GMT -5
BUNGO STRAY DOGS*
********Translator's note: "Bungo" means "literary".THE PREMISE: - BSD, at first glance, is a standard shounen manga about people with special powers getting into fights. HOWEVER, it's actually a really interesting take on the traditional shounen manga, because all of the characters in it are sexy anime versions of real-life authors, and all of their cool fighting abilities are based on literature the real author wrote in their lifetime. This can make the first few volumes a little bit hard to get through, since all of the starting authors are, of course, Japanese, and there's a lot of references flying directly over your head about some famous goth dude in Japan who wrote emo poetry in the year 1860.... But once you get past the first initial volumes, there's a LOT of international author representation, including several well known American authors! It's a lot of fun if you're a book nerd.
WHY IT'S GOOD:
- Bungo has an exceptionally-well written plot, and there's a few good reasons why. The first is that the author and the mangaka are two different people, so one person has time to focus on all the storytelling. The second is that it's serialized as a monthly, not a weekly--the chapters are longer, and there's more time to think up better plot lines and character development.
- For a shounen, BSD REALLY chugged the respecting women juice. I have a hard time getting into most shounens as a genre because they're always about dudes...doing stupid shit...but bungo actually puts a lot of care and effort into making sure the girls don't get shafted, don't die for ~manpain~, and get equally well developed characters and arcs. Plus there's just a bunch of little things--girls in bungo are just as likely to have physically-powered down-and-dirty combat abilities as guys, and aren't the butt of every single kidnapping or combat loss. There were a lot of chapters in Bungo when I remember I kept thinking "Oh, great. This girl is going to die for this boy's manpain now, isn't she..." and then she DIDN'T and also went on to get HER OWN ENTIRE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT ARC and that's why I go to church now
- The protagonist has very realistically written depression that the authors don't take any shortcuts towards writing him out of. This is also a total rarity in shounen that I really appreciate--usually in shounen if the protagonist is depressed it usually lasts like 5 chapters tops and then he gets shocked out of it by some external event and DOUBLES DOWN ON HIS DETERMINATION or something. Not cutting any corners when writing the main character as someone with depression is not only nice to see if you have depression (#relatable), it also gets you a lot more character insight on all the other characters because it shows you how they cope with the impact and help him slowly move forward as a person.
- I've un-ironically said the phrase "F Thot Fitzgerald" about 20 times in the past few months
WHAT'S NOT SO GOOD:- There's two side characters who are heavily implied to be in an incestuous relationship. They aren't extremely relevant to the plot and don't show up that often, but if that sort of thing rubs you the wrong way it's obviously not fun to deal with.
- The anime covers the first few arcs of the manga and the light novel, and kind of...misses the above points or intentionally homogenizes them to appeal more to the standard straight man anime fan. It's still a lot of fun to watch, and it's great to see how they animated a lot of scenes, but I'd definitely definitely definitely start with the manga before the anime.
- The fanbase is...a little bit bad. There's a lot of standard yaoi crungus going on. It's one of those "talk about it with your friends and no one else" shows.
- The official English translation did get hit with a little bit of the Jojo-style offbrand names to avoid copyright infringement. Just call it the Great Gatsby for fucks sake we all know it's the Great Gatsby
Overall, this is probably my #1 manga of 2017!! There's 5 volumes out in English right now and I love it to pieces. Talk to me about it any time!!!!!
ive never seen or read bungo but my friend jamie likes it and i lovingly call it chungo gay dog |
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Post by biggay on Feb 6, 2018 18:59:08 GMT -5
if you read anything, please read 20th century boys. its incredible. by the same guy who created monster.
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