Submitted 4 weeks 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).
Just finished volume 9 of Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship. And for a series I picked up 3 years ago on a whim, I have been having a blast with it. I know it’s based on a light novel and I could read that but I prefer to read manga. My only problem is having to wait 6 months for volume 10 to resolve the cliff hanger 9 left off on.
The LN for it is so fun. I don’t really like the harem set up, but at least each girl has a personality and contributes to something.
Also, I am a sucker for the privateer setting.
Yeah, I’m a fan of harems to start off with so that wasn’t really a big deal for me. And I do like the fact that each girl is distinct and Hiro seems to(at least in the manga) not have the focus of “collecting” girls. Like he has goals and an end game in mind. It just so happens to contain two other people in it.
As the rug pull on the tsundere trope was pretty funny.
I haven’t been able to read too much this past week, but I do want to call out one series that I happened to find and have been reading (instead of keeping up with other series):
The basic setup is simple; two high school students go to different schools but happen to ride the same train regularly. They each have a crush on the other, but are too shy to really do much about it. Pretty typical slowburn romcom, right? Well, what if I told you that the whole series almost exclusively takes place in this one train car and that the romantic leads very rarely even say much? In fact, the series takes the form of the other passengers on the train basically providing a running commentary on the romantic developments of these students, even providing assistance on occasion. I have enjoyed the hell out of it and these two goofballs are cute as hell with a colorful cast of other train passengers.
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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.