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).
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I finished Gal Maid & Villainess: Only Milady’s Happy End Will Win!, it was pretty alright. Not the best thing ever or something I’m going to return to in the future but I had fun.
I was initially worried about the short length but I think that was honestly for the best - while the idea was solid, the execution could use some more cooking. I understand that this is author’s first published work and I think they did well for that - I hope they can make something even better next time as it was a pretty enjoyable read overall.
I’m also slowly going through Please Bully Me, Miss Villainess!
MC is dropped in a world of otome game as a villainess and forced to act like it. She doesn’t like it and tries to do bare minimum which leads to a lot of misunderstandings with the her target, the heroine of the story, who’s really into being bullied by MC. Pretty funny and a light read. I’m not sure how much staying power it’s going to have in the long run.
I’ll stick with it until I’m bored, I guess.
Finally, I’ve took the time to migrate some of my library as most of the series I read were on comick - didn’t get too far though, due to mix of laziness and the fact the many of those titles aren’t up to date on other sources. I’ll just have to chip away on it slowly as things change.
wjs018@ani.social 1 week ago
The thing that I liked the most about Gal Maid was the dynamic that the three leads had. One that the TL was kind enough to summarize in graphic form:
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It was a pretty fertile ground for interactions between the three and for really letting Serina’s overpowering brightness shine through. I will be looking forward to what the author does next.
As for migrating series…I am right there with you. I think I am down to ~100 series stuck on Comick, but honestly, a lot of those are likely to just get removed at this point.
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Scenes with the trio were definitely a highlight for me. Interactions with other characters however… I feel like there was a good chance things would get a bit stale in the long run unless author had a way to shake things up a bit. Too bad we won’t get to see that.
They did mention a plan to write something in the same universe (or at least reuse some character which didn’t make it in here) so there is a possibility we’ll get to see some nods to this series. I hope they get another chance to get published.