Submitted 2 months ago by wjs018@ani.social to manga@ani.social
Another week in the books. Let’s chat about manga in the general discussion thread! Feel free to use this thread for questions, comments, recommendations, etc.
Like normal, please be careful with spoilers. I wrote a guide about spoilers in case you need a refresher on how to handle them (also linked in the sidebar).
It seems MangaPlus has started doing Oneshot translations. Cool stuff, but the translation of these seem off… It flows poorly (I had to double take so many sentences) and there are some weird quirks. It feels very MTL’y. No translator is credited so it probably is MTL. Sorry, “AI”. Sad to see this is what my subscription money is going to.
Unfortunately, I expect this to happen more and more going forward. I suspect that the popular, long-running series will warrant the higher-quality, dedicated translators. However, the long tail of other series will start to be consumed by lightly edited MTL.
God I hope not. The latest oneshot was already hard to follow because of it. I’m all for officially reading, but this is insulting.
I’ve been on a holiday trip last week which means I finally had some time to dig into my backlog a bit. Here’s some brief thoughts on what I managed to get into:
I’m still catching up with the latter two but I’m pretty happy with the results, especially since I spent most of my time resting away from the screen for a change. There’s still A LOT of stuff to go through but any dent in a backlog is progress.
Yotsubato
Glad to see this one getting some attention! Lots of people (myself included) got into it because it’s often recommended as a first manga for Japanese learners, but then I discovered that it’s genuinely really funny! It really felt like the mangaka understood the chaos small children bring to the table.
Nan Hao & Shang Feng
Those sponsored segments were truly bizarre! I totally agree though, when those jokes hit they really hit. Lots of great visual gags.
I also learned about Yotsuba to when looking for something to practice with (still haven’t touched the Japanese version ironically enough) but yeah, it’s a great series even as a normal read. Quickly ended up among my favorites.
Nan Hao & Shang Feng feels like looking at my friends from school at times. I don’t think their adventures were that crazy but many chapters made me go “yeah, that looks familiar”. Is there anything similar from the female perspective? I’d be curious to see how that compares to real life experiences.
Yotsuba and Nan Hao are two series that I have always kind of been aware of, but haven’t yet taken the dive to start reading. About the sponsored chapters, are they explicitly presented as an ad? A recent series that I have been following has some pretty obvious Cup Noodles product placement (it is officially licensed I believe) is “Wait 3 Minutes, Mugi-senpai”.
Gyaru Cooking looks like it might be a prequel to Renge to Naruto just based on the cover. I haven’t read it, but it looks like fun.
The Story of a Succubus Who Came to the Human World - looks like it’s inspired by the succubus manga in My Dress-up Darling (or got referenced in it); real cute and wholesome
You inspired me to get caught up on Delusional Teacher. When I read the beginning of it a while back, I was worried that I would get tired of the joke as it kept going. However, I think that even though sensei remains absolutely hopeless, there is enough going on with the students’ character development that it has remained interesting.
Gal Can’t Be Kind to Otaku!?
Based on the title alone, I thought you were talking about a different series I had read in the past, The Story of an Otaku and a Gyaru Falling in Love. Your recommendation looks more interesting than the series I had read.
Dropped
Inaho-kun Is Supposed to Be a Fake Sweetheart - another trap romcom; humor / character / plot don’t click for me
Too late for me.
Bit late, but of notice I managed to finish (meaning: I remembered it existed) Gensou Gourmet.
It’s an isekai SoL/food oriented story. The art is gorgeous, the fantasy food is to drool for, and the characters are very likeable.
Unboxious@ani.social 2 months ago
wjs018@ani.social 2 months ago
Make sure to check out !dandadan@ani.social where @GordonFreeman@ani.social posts manga chapter discussion threads and artwork. I imagine that activity over there will ramp up during the show’s run as well.
About With Hat Atelier, I am cautiously letting myself get excited about the anime coming up next year. I haven’t read the manga source, but both Gigguk and Mother’s Basement recently put out episodes talking about how fantastic the manga is; comparable to Frieren or Dungeon Meshi.
Unboxious@ani.social 2 months ago
Yeah, those videos are part of what made me want to read the manga. So far everything that Geoff has said about it has been completely true. Hard to say if I can say the same for Garnt, but that’s likely just because he spent more time talking about the magic system and I’m only 7 chapters in.
ReluctantZen@feddit.nl 2 months ago
Regarding the page turn button, if yours is anything like mine, it’s just a volume rocker to Android. So, if the other apps don’t support turning pages using the volume buttons, then yeah, it won’t work.
Unboxious@ani.social 2 months ago
It actually is configurable on the Boox page! You can set it to be a volume rocker, turn page buttons, or for scrolling. I guess I haven’t tried setting it to scrolling to switch pages, but I doubt that would work either.
Would be nice to see a more advanced configuration utility like the steam deck has; there’s no reason I shouldn’t be able to push the button to simulate a swipe!
Thade780@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Witch Hat Atelier is not only a manga or a story for me. It’s pure and unadulterated art. I absolutely love it.