 The 2021 award list for the 14th edition of Manga Taisho, an annual Japanese manga award, has been announced. The award is decided by a panel of bookstore clerks who select the best title from manga series which have fewer than eight volumes and have released at least one volume in the last year. The first voting round decides the nominees, and the second decides the final ranking. *1. 91 pts Sousou no Frieren [Adventure, Fantasy, Shounen] by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe *2. 67 pts Chi: Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite [Drama] by Uotou *3. 64 pts Karaoke Iko! [Drama] by Yama Wayama *4. 60 pts Mizu wa Umi ni Mukatte Nagareru [Romance, Shounen, Slice of Life] by Rettou Tajima *5. 59 pts Oshi no Ko [Drama, Music, Seinen, Supernatural] by Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari *6. 58 pts Kaijuu 8-gou [Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Shounen] by Naoya Matsumoto *7. 57 pts Onna no Sono no Hoshi [Comedy, Josei, School, Slice of Life] by Yama Wayama *8. 48 pts Metamorphose no Engawa [Slice of Life] by Kaori Tsurutani *9. 46 pts Kowloon Generic Romance [Drama, Romance, Seinen, Slice of Life] by Jun Mayuzuki 10. 38 pts Spy x Family [Action, Comedy, Shounen] by Tatsuya Endou Source: Comic Natalie ← Previous Year |
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| For a moment there I thought this got an anime announced, that's good to hear, I am not too big on this series but it deserved the win. GG. |
| Well consider me interested, guess I'm adding another manga to my read list. |
| “I just spent the last two years thinking that you guys knew more than me about life and I just found out that you guys are just as dumb as me.” “Duh-doy.” “Yeah, duh-doy.” |
| It really doesn't deserve it, but I guess 2020 was a pretty lackluster year in terms of new manga serializations. Frieren really isn't anything special, what I read of it was pretty bad tbh. It's one of those waifu driven manga, if you don't care for the waifu Frieren, then you get nothing out of the boring story. Either way, SxF or Kaiju 8 should have won imo, but they're both more successful in sales so I guess it's fine. |
| :3 |
| I was planning to read this for a long time but I can't seem to muster up my enthusiasm to read this. Maybe one day. Congratulation to the author and his/her team on this. |
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alpha_shadow said: The manga was never waifu driven for me. It really doesn't deserve it, but I guess 2020 was a pretty lackluster year in terms of new manga serializations. Frieren really isn't anything special, what I read of it was pretty bad tbh. It's one of those waifu driven manga, if you don't care for the waifu Frieren, then you get nothing out of the boring story. Either way, SxF or Kaiju 8 should have won imo, but they're both more successful in sales so I guess it's fine. It was moreso about reliving your past life and giving another glimpse to things you once took for granted. It's about recollection and considering the emotional weight behind the things that shaped you, something that Frieren wasn't able to do the first time around. It's a very narrow perspective to only look it at it from a waifu point of view |
--l--Mar 16, 2021 4:03 PM
| I really enjoy Frieren, it has a nice slice of life pace and answers that question "so what happens after the demon king is slain?" |
| Sousou no Frieren fully deserves the award. It's been one of my favourites manga in recent times, and hopefully, this award helps show how amazing this manga is. |
alpha_shadow said: It really doesn't deserve it, but I guess 2020 was a pretty lackluster year in terms of new manga serializations. Frieren really isn't anything special, what I read of it was pretty bad tbh. It's one of those waifu driven manga, if you don't care for the waifu Frieren, then you get nothing out of the boring story. Either way, SxF or Kaiju 8 should have won imo, but they're both more successful in sales so I guess it's fine. It's fine if you don't like the story but to say a manga is waifu/husbando driven just because of the main character's gender is a bit narrow minded. It would be more appropriate to say if you don't like the character then there's a chance you may not like the story. When I think of 'waifu' driven manga I associate it with more on the lines of guilty pleasure manga which focus around harems and I don't really put this manga in that same category. |
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alpha_shadow said: It really doesn't deserve it, but I guess 2020 was a pretty lackluster year in terms of new manga serializations. Frieren really isn't anything special, what I read of it was pretty bad tbh. It's one of those waifu driven manga, if you don't care for the waifu Frieren, then you get nothing out of the boring story. Either way, SxF or Kaiju 8 should have won imo, but they're both more successful in sales so I guess it's fine. how the hell it's waifu oriented when both main female character are barely do something that act "waifu appeal". personally i was more attracted to it's nostalgia atmosphere and reminiscence of the past retracing and rethinking relationship of people, from the past and present. how time change stuff we familiar with with something we unfamiliar. how to deal when we have to facing reality that time passed without a single ounce care about us. |
 "If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on." |
| Totally 100% deserves it. I haven't enjoyed a manga like it in awhile now, I love it. I guess I'll check out some of the other manga on the list like Monster 8. |
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| Damn, how many times has SxF and it's fans been BTFO... kek |
| Definitely one of the best manga of all time. 100% deserved. |
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alpha_shadow said: It really doesn't deserve it, but I guess 2020 was a pretty lackluster year in terms of new manga serializations. Frieren really isn't anything special, what I read of it was pretty bad tbh. It's one of those waifu driven manga, if you don't care for the waifu Frieren, then you get nothing out of the boring story. Either way, SxF or Kaiju 8 should have won imo, but they're both more successful in sales so I guess it's fine. Well that is a terrible opinion. Regardless if you like a series or not just because it has a main female cast doesn't mean it's waifu driven? You might as well say any male main character you don't personally like is a husbando driven series. Anyway personally I don't really like how Japan usually tackles European medieval high fantasy so I am pretty happy with it. Frieren reminds me a lot of Mushishi just in a European high fantasy setting. |
BilboBaggins365Mar 16, 2021 8:11 PM
| Honestly didn’t know most of these titles but here’s to hoping for anime adaption(s)! Congratulations to all the fans and creators of the series, by the way! |
#Anime4Life be my Life Motto! #PrayForKyoAni  |
| I hope Karaoke Iko! gets a translation, it was rated highly on Kono Manga ga Sugoi too. |
| Go read the Push Pin Woman by Kawai Katsuo. |
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