Joshikousei no Muda Zukai (Manga)
A dumb funny SoL about girls being dumb. Found it by accident and it's a definite gem. Updates daily and each chapter is quite short, not many at the moment either.
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https://mangadex.org/manga/19910
Came across this and am really enjoying it.
I thought the art was familiar and it turns out the Mangaka did Midori no Hibi and Ai Kora as well. Worth a look if you're into light-heart Rom-Coms.
Angel Densetsu
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Through a series of unfortunate events and a face only a mother could love, this lovable and diligent student ends up becoming the biggest delinquent without him ever knowing. Join Kitano Seiichirou as he battles bigger than him, without him ever knowing.
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Lies of the Sheriff Evans - I read one chapter of this and ended up immediately reading the rest.
Oh my god, this is amazing. I was expecting a gritty western but instead I got a guy who became a sheriff to pick up chicks.
Jikkyou!! Izumi-kun no Koi Moyou
https://mangadex.org/images/manga/22143.jpg?1529516751
Guy has terrible anxiety, terrible at speaking with people, doesn't have a place in class until a girl hear his voice and she's instantly hooked. So far it's a sweet little story with just enough uniqueness to stand out from the rest of them.
Just to add on to this, there's more than 20 chapters so far but not all of them have been translated, or are available. I believe there are more of the later chapters available on crunchyroll.
I don't think this has been recommended here yet, just started reading this and it's so cute my heart may explode.
https://mangadex.org/manga/19472/uchi-no-musume-no-tame-naraba-ore-wa-moshikashitara-maou-mo-taoseru-kamo-shirenai
Warning: I'm pretty sure it gets usagi drop'd.
Can confirm that this one is really good and it's fuggin cute as all hell.
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Mairimashita! Iruma - Parents sell their son to a demon and dumb things happen. Fun read if bored.
https://myanimelist.net/manga/4281/Outlanders
Been reading this the last few days, it's great
The grammar in this translation can get really weird.
and here's another recommendation:
https://mangadex.org/manga/22225/it-s-not-like-i-don-t-want-to-love
Regarding my previous rec above, Outlanders. I have finished it now. I felt a wide range of emotions I wasn't expecting from what started as a goofy comedy series about sexy space aliens in bikinis and it's easily one of my favorite manga that I've finished, highly recommended again.
https://mangadex.org/manga/11590/shuukan-shounen-girl
This is very interesting and I enjoy it. I hope you do too.
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Decided to check out Hataraku Saibou (Cells at Work) manga because of the first episode.
Can't recommend it enough, both the anime and manga especially.
It's serialized so the "only" way to read it is by purchasing it. Would recommend purchasing it regardless though.
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The Ride-On King
https://mangadex.org/images/manga/27202.jpg?1527610604
Finally an Isekai manga where the mc isnt a wimp
Putin on a tiger?
It's better than black haired slender boy #2643
On the topic of none conventional fantasy mcs
Skeleton Soldier Couldn't Protect the Dungeon
https://mangadex.org/images/manga/28778.jpg?1531327868
Skeleton man really fucks up and his master is killed, but because of there needing to be more than one chapter, he is brought back to the point of his initial resurrection while retaining all his previous memories and can suddenly talk. Also game elements.
https://myanimelist.net/manga/81681/Plunderer
I ran out of translated chapters and now I'm upset
Spirit Circle
It's as 45 chapter manga about a group of people reincarnating and their past lives, finished this recently and it's one of my new absolute favorites now.
The invincible hero, Keyman*! Neither blade nor bullet can hope to pierce his flesh. The protector of the city of Lockville, home to humans and beastmen alike!
What kind of villains will he face?
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*DISCLAIMER: Keyman is not actually the protagonist.
Second chapter in: i can't believe keyman is fucking dead
A buddy cop story between a t-rex and a witch in a city with superheroes.
It feels like something that could be animated by Trigger.
Actually, it seems pretty close to Sex And Violence With Machspeed, if only superficially.
nsfw btw, lots of nudity and violence
Shoutout to ONE & Murata. Here's some of their shit:
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One Punch Man - original | remake
No way you've not heard of this if you are in this thread, but shit I've been hanging around this since the early manga days. OPM starts out pretty whimsical and silly, but slowly grows more developed and complex as the author realizes that people actually like his dumb manga. Hero story with lots of stupid fun characters, revolving around a main character who is the strongest he can possibly be from the get-go, and tries to find joy in his boring and unfulfilling life.
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Mob Psycho 100 - link
One of my all-time favourites. In this manga, ONE has some more experience from working on OPM (and he draws better too!!). Main character has some more personality and depth, and the story progression is pretty good.
MP100 revolves around Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama, a kid with enormous psychic powers. He's very socially awkward and conflict-shy, and is easily manipulated by more socially adept people. As such, he's taken in as an "apprentice" (i.e. less than minimum wage work) by Reigen, a supposed master of psychic powers (a quack). Mob is pretty much made to do all his work of exorcising ghosts and shit. Darker shit happens eventually, things aren't peaceful for long.
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Gokiburi Buster - link
Super short one-off by ONE & Murata. A team of highly trained exterminators attempt to kill a single cockroach. Yep.
Other mangi (manga in plural)
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Berserk - link
The fucking legend. Dark Souls & Bloodborne take heavy inspiration from this. Berserk is about medieval warfare, mythological beasts, horrors from the beyond, and a man carrying a sword that would make even Cloud Strife jealous. The art is fucking incredible.
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Dungeon Meshi - link
A human, a dwarf, a hobbit and an elf explore the depths of a dungeon in order to save a girl who was eaten by a dragon. Time is of the essence, and they haven't the manpower to carry all the resources needed that far into it. The solution is to start eating the monsters they slay. Good thing the dwarf is such a good cook. Wonderful read. Why this hasn't got an anime adaptation yet is beyond me.
When it comes to this manga, and I know people have heard this suggestion a thousand times already, I'd stick only with The Black Swordman, The Golden Age and The Tower of Conviction arcs and pretty much disregard anything else.
Note however that I'm a biased source on this, as the most recent chapters of Berserk left me so utterly disgusted with Miura that I decided to drop the manga altogether
What, why?
Farnese and Schierke enter Casca's mind to find her true self, showcasing some heart-tugging symbolism (Guts being depicted as a Doberman-like hound with a missing paw, dragging a coffin from a chain, inside of which is are fragments of Casca's true self). So, their adventures go through a mental hellscape to put all the pieces together, and they succeed.
Thus Casca is finally returning to her normal self after being a doofus for so long (apparently 20 years of publishment IIRC). She has a bit of heartwarming talk with the two girls after waking up, but the chapter ends with her screaming once she sees Guts.
Cue next chapters being about some far-fuckoff battle where Griffith fights giants with his bigass army that seems to so far add literally nothing to the story. It's effectively blueballing with readers' feelings by adding what looks to be unnecessary filler.
It's a wild ride.
That's less of a problem with story, and more of a problem with Miura not being fast enough.
Haha you guys are weak, we've been ping ponging between Guts & Friends and Falconia for years and you're genuinely surprised that Miura doesn't force some Casca/Guts fanservice down our throats?
Did he actually trick you into thinking this is a heartwarming romcom with the cute RPG party or something ?
You will excuse me if, after:
The ham-fisted foreshadowing regarding the cure to Caska's "condition"
All the pain and suffering all the main characters had to go through to achieve said cure
Said search for a cure for Caska and his love for her becoming Guts' only drive to go forward and his chief character trait
Several chapters showing a detailed journey at the centre of Caska's mind/soul to achieve this very cure
The overall lenght of said story arc
I wanted the fucking plot to actually go forward for a bloody change. Instead it is revealed that Caska's recovery is just apparent or otherwise was only enough to recover her self-cousciousness and mental identity, Guts gets a middle finger of gargantuan proportions for all his troubles and then we are off to another MOTHERFUCKING downright fillerish chapter which needs to show us once again how fucking aweomse and gorgeous Griffith is as he battles against giants from fucking nowhere, like we were in a drugs-induced fairy tale or something.
It is at this point that I realized Miura has no intention of following any resemblance of a normal plot progression anytime soon, hiati from production or not. Hence, he's wasting my damn time, and I don't like to have my own time wasted.
And mind you, this is a recurring problem I have with many Japanese products of fiction. For instance, the main reason I'll probably never going to catch up with the One Piece's manga is that I honestly can't stomach a plot which seemingly revolves around a young hero's journey to find a legendary hidden treasure and become the Pirate King while taking care of his nakama but nowadays, in truth, it's mostly about the heroes stumbling into bad guys and taking care of them, rinse and repeat, with no ending in immediate sight
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