Talk about your recent reads here with your fellow community members!
Due to some interest from the community, we will be trying out this weekly recurring thread. Everyone is welcome to discuss and share ideas on what they’ve been reading this past week.
You can write a whole thesis or just a sentence. Ask for recommendations or give them. Whatever you feel like. The goal is to increase activity so the more the merrier. Just remember to be respectful because we’re all here to talk about what we love and have fun while doing so.
Finally picked up the Vinland Saga manga. As someone who is both a history buff and Scandinavian, the attraction to the manga was rather natural. That said, I’ve enjoyed the story and characters just as much. Definitely going to be one of my favs if it holds up through the chapters I’ve yet to read (which is like 140 more at the time of this comment).
Started reading Dungeon Meshi since ppl were recommending it. Damn, it’s way better than I expected. Lots of innovative ideas and the world building is topnotch. Can’t wait for the anime!
Also started reading Aishiteru Game. Pretty typical romcom, but I’m a sucker for casual romcoms, and the art is pretttty good. Only on chapter 11, hoping it remains strong
I’ll focus on less known series.
- Shinigami ni Sodaterareta Shoujo wa Shikkoku no Tsurugi wo Mune ni Idaku / The Little Girl Raised by Death Holds the Sword of Death Tightly - if I had to describe this manga with two words, it would be “cute gore”. The MC beheads enemies with a smile on her face completely unfitting (on purpose!) the situation.
- When I Returned To My Hometown, My Childhood Friend Was Broken - a romance between childhood friends, in short chapters; the boy is still the same as before, but the girl went from an assertive tomboy to someone fragile and clearly depressive. And as their romance progresses, she tries to “find herself”. Worth noting that, while the MMC is an important factor behind the FMC healing herself, he is not the one fixing her - he accepts her now as he accepted her back then, the manga is rather clear that she’s the one seeking the changes by herself.
- Otherworldly Munchkin - MC and his sister are isekai’d into a tabletop RPG-like world by a shitty goddess. He quickly catches up that the goddess is lying, and decides to steal the gamebook from her hands. And now he’s exploiting the system to save his sister.
- S-Rank Party Kara Kaikosareta / My S-Rank Party Fired Me for Being a Cursificer - another “expelled from party” story. The guy is a complete weirdo, obsessed with macabre-looking curse objects, but he’s damn good at it.
Added cursificer to my read list, it looks interesting. Also it not looking like an extremely edgy looking expelled from party story is kind of refreshing.
Binged Oshi no Ko. I read the first chapter when it was first released a few years ago as I like Kaguya, but due to a lack of interest in idols and idol culture did not continue reading. How wrong I was. Following recent, uh, interesting developments decided to try again. And I was not disappointed. The plot is great, and the characters are interesting to follow. I would prefer more focus on the revenge plot, but whatever. Random thoughts:
- Akane is a megamind who would be great in a more serious “battle of the minds” type of work. She really should not let her detective talents go to waste.
- Kana deserves better
- Chapter 123. Don’t backtrack, Aka, you hack.
I don’t even care about
spoiler
incest
that much, just want to see the fallout if Aka commits. Also anime S3 ending on the last frame of 123 would be glorious.
