| Dear Readers, As it is already March 1st in my time zone, I am excited to kick off our reading challenge! Below, you will find a selection of manga and manhwa to choose from. Please pick one that you haven’t read before and let us know which one you’ve decided to dive into. Question of the Day: What book made you fall in love with reading? Share your answers in the comments! Wishing you all a fantastic weekend and happy reading! Best regards, Viraat & the Team https://myanimelist.net/stacks/62144 Tagging users from the interest check: @OshieteOshiete- @AncientCurse @Laniakea @tinshard @LunarPurrs @chuskipop @luckyrune @Dostojevskij @MitsukiHimeka @M1KAS @-snowblood- @WingsR |
viraat_pirateFeb 28, 11:00 AM
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| let's go i choose Planetes |
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| Oh woops, my apologies for not posting in the initial thread. I'll be reading Jumyou wo Kaitotte Moratta. Ichinen ni Tsuki, Ichimanen de. / I sold my life for ten thousand yen per year. What book made you fall in love with reading? The Discomfort Zone by Farrah StorrI randomly listened to a blinkist of this whilst on a train one time. I really enjoyed the content so I went out to get the book itself |
  "You just need to pick the thing that makes you the happiest and work really hard at it. You don't have to pick baseball. I only play because I have so much fun playing it.""Taking your path is definitely easier than throwing away all your achievements and going alone into the unknown." |
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| I'll choose the Onanie Master Kurosawa one What book made you fall in love with reading? And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie |
MitsukiHimekaFeb 28, 3:18 PM
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What book made you fall in love with reading? I don't recall any books that made me instantly fall in love with reading. But the first book that got me into a book series was Tarzan. I read the first 4 or 5 books, sadly, after the first few it just kept repeating itself so I stopped. But the book that I was reading when I decided to read regularly was Dune. It had a very strong start, a boring middle part, and a not so bad ending |
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| Harry Potter Is it basic? Hell yeah But did kindergartener me love it? Ofc, and to this day im still fond if it even if it has its issues |
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| Can't recall either it was mainly short stories. Proper book let's just say, Harry potter got me hooked up. I'll choose Planetes |
-snowblood-Feb 28, 6:27 PM
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| Ooh, there's some neat looking manga here, I was already planning to read a few of these. Think I'll go with Arisa first, that seems neat, but Omoide Emanon as well for sure since it's so short and is one of the ones I was already planning to read. Also super cool to see someone suggested Yomawari Sensei for this, that's a really good one. viraat_pirate said: Question of the Day: What book made you fall in love with reading? That's a super tough question because I can't really remember, feels like I've always liked reading. The closest I can think of is A Series of Unfortunate Events, that's one of the earliest things I can remember reading and being super fond of, but maybe it was Roald Dahl's stuff actually now that I think about it more. |
| maybe its time i actually read a manga for once, i'll go with Nijigahara Holograph cant really say what book made me fall in love with reading since i've been reading since as long as i can remember. its kind of a shame that college burnt me out so badly that i have barely touched any books since then. I've got a whole pile of books ive always wanted to read that i salvaged from garage sales and giveaways. |
| "I can fix her". Patron Saint of Lost Causes. Psych Ward-maxxing. without love it cannot be seen |
What book made you fall in love with reading? For me it was One Piece which was my first manga. Before that i didn't enjoyed reading books, found them to be a slog to get through. But this series completely changed that with it's incredible world building and well written characters, at no point in the 1100+ chapters it felt like a slog. it also led me to check out more manga and made me enjoy reading more. |
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luckyrune said: viraat_pirate said: at no point in the 1100+ chapters it felt like a slog That's interesting to know. The Sloginess is the main thought that's keeping me away from the anime, but maybe I could take up the manga instead and treat it as a grand over-arcing series while reading other stuff? hmmm.. yeah i would highly recommend the manga over the anime because it's much more well paced and oda's artworks are incredible while the anime's art quality does take a dip in some arcs. though there's a community edit of the anime called "one pace" which fixes the pacing issues, so you can use that if you'd like to get into the series through anime |
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viraat_pirate said: Question of the Day: What book made you fall in love with reading? Well probably the first books i really got into was the Young Samurai novels when i was around 13, but other than that i'd say stuff like Kafka on the Shore, Dune and Gormenghast are all important books to me for different reasons. |
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| Hey everyone! I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend so far! Today's question is... what was your first manga? @OshieteOshiete- @AncientCurse @Laniakea @tinshard @LunarPurrs @chuskipop @luckyrune @Dostojevskij @MitsukiHimeka @M1KAS @-snowblood- @WingsR @danzfcc @AnimeIsAMistake7 |
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| probably jojo part 5 vento aureo. i started watching anime when i was 14 and one of the shows my friends had gotten me to watch was jojo which was airing at the time, and once that finished, i was eagerly waiting for the next season only to learn it would probably be a long time. so i started reading where the anime had left off and im pretty sure i read all of the parts that were released at the time shortly after. compared to my anime watching pace, i read manga at a snail's crawl, which is weird because im not a slow reader... |
| "I can fix her". Patron Saint of Lost Causes. Psych Ward-maxxing. without love it cannot be seen |
| Planetes is not my thing so I choose something else: Veil answer of the day: hm I suppose my first (long) manga that I read end to end was Promised Neverland |
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| It was Berserk! I loved it so much, binged every chapter. I have fond memories reading it on the attic on vacation, on the back seat of the car, on the bus, and in the bed. It would be a 10/10 but the sea travel arc wasn't that interesting for me |
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what was your first manga? Ao no Exorcist / Blue Exorcist, I picked volume 1 up randomly a local bookstore in 2011 and I've been following ever since. "Up to date" back then was around chapter 42? We're now on chapter 156. What a journey it's been (of monthly releases, hiatuses from health, hiatuses from working on other projects, annual breaks/breathers). It wasn't always a 10/10 (in case anyone's ever seen on my MAL updates/Manga list that I gave Ao no Exorcist/Blue Exorcist a 10/10. It's been hovering around 6-7/10 "alright-good" for many years, it's only chapter 70 (later 2015-2016) that it became 7.5-8/10 "good-very good". Then chapter 112 (mid 2019) is where I start thinking of this series as a 9-10/10 "great-masterpiece". It's just so perfect to me |
"You just need to pick the thing that makes you the happiest and work really hard at it. You don't have to pick baseball. I only play because I have so much fun playing it.""Taking your path is definitely easier than throwing away all your achievements and going alone into the unknown." |
Lmao i was about to say "good choice if its not the junji itou crabp" , then i clicked . *Tears of blood 🤣🤣🤣🗿 Oh boy i read everything at the library i cant remember exactly what but i really loved reading. The easy shit first of course. Then the first real book favourite was something with justice it was very good . 🤣🗿 Ah wait i think it was these children at a boarding school that was my first favourite. Or detective stuff. Ah i cannot exactly remember but it might be a classmates dragon ball or another classmates ranma 1/2 then i read fruits basket i think but im not sure. Ill chose a manga or manwha tomorrow |
"It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities" - HP1 forever fave quote //This was quoted in the year of 2009 |
viraat_pirate said: what was your first manga? The first manga that i ever bought was Tokyo Ghoul, but the first manga i really got into was Berserk. |
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viraat_pirate said: what was your first manga? Sailor Moon |
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viraat_pirate said: what was your first manga? That would be Death Note, got given it as a present out of the blue and it was pretty cool. tinshard said: It was Berserk! I loved it so much, binged every chapter. I have fond memories reading it on the attic on vacation, on the back seat of the car, on the bus, and in the bed. That evokes such nice feelings, sounds great^^ |
| All i know about berserk is horse fcking . Each their own ig . . 👁️👄👁️ |
"It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities" - HP1 forever fave quote //This was quoted in the year of 2009 |
| I don't remember this either. It should be Kono oto tomare or Kimi ni todoke Edit - First start to end was Pluto Iirc |
-snowblood-Mar 1, 5:00 PM
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| my first manga was salon diana because of that one manga panel everyone used to get when you used to search up “manga couple” back in like 2016-2017….but i only found the source in 2020 🥲 good times |
viraat_pirate said: what was your first manga? I think it was Naruto. I still fondly remember coming home from school and reading the new Naruto chapter with my sister every week. |
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| wait what can u still participate ?? 😭🏃 didn know dis started |
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wait what can u still participate @CrescentCapone sure you can join in now! it's an open event, everyone can participate |
viraat_pirateMar 2, 10:43 AM
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| Hey everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Today's question is... who is your favorite writer? @OshieteOshiete- @AncientCurse @Laniakea @tinshard @LunarPurrs @chuskipop @luckyrune @Dostojevskij @MitsukiHimeka @M1KAS @-snowblood- @WingsR @danzfcc @AnimeIsAMistake7 @CrescentCapone |
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who is your favorite writer? I'm wondering why I even signed up for this event if I hardly ever read. 😅 I'd say my favorites are Philip K. Dick and Neal Stephenson, I can't choose from them. I didn't read many of their works but I loved those I did read |
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who is your favorite writer? Charles Dickens is what I'd probably have to say |
"You just need to pick the thing that makes you the happiest and work really hard at it. You don't have to pick baseball. I only play because I have so much fun playing it.""Taking your path is definitely easier than throwing away all your achievements and going alone into the unknown." |
| I have tons but if I have to choose 1.JRR Tolkien 2.@Dostojevskij 3.Rabindranath Tagore 4.Oscar Wilde 5. X (from my place but Im shy to put name) 6. etc. short story writers, poets and other novelist or non-fiction writers |
Have courage, be kind and occasionally believe in magic CINDERELLA 🎀 |
Agatha Christie or Peach Pit, tbh it was kind of hard picking a favourite |
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viraat_pirate said: who is your favorite writer? Douglas Adams, it's been ages since I've read them but The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency are both absolutely fantastic. |
viraat_pirate said: who is your favorite writer? If i had to pick from novelist's it'd probably be Mervyn Peake, Gene Wolfe, China Mieville, Adrian Tchaikovsky and H.P. Lovecraft. |
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@CrescentCapone sure you can join in now! it's an open event, everyone can participate les go! I'm gonna pick veil who is your favorite writer? R.K. Narayan |
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| Hi everyone! I hope you all had a great start to the week! Today's question is... Who is your favorite manga writer? (careful! not all mangakas are writers!) @OshieteOshiete- @AncientCurse @Laniakea @tinshard @LunarPurrs @chuskipop @luckyrune @Dostojevskij @MitsukiHimeka @M1KAS @-snowblood- @WingsR @danzfcc @AnimeIsAMistake7 @CrescentCapone |
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viraat_pirate said: Who is your favorite manga writer? I'll keep it simple and say Miura Kentarou |
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viraat_pirate said: Who is your favorite manga writer? Araki Hirohiko , Arawi Keiichi |
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viraat_pirate said: Who is your favorite manga writer? Kentaro Miura, Tsutomu Nihei and Qu Hayashida. |
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viraat_pirate said: Who is your favorite manga writer? Ookubo Atsushi: dude's insanely creative - he did an entire manga where everyone has fire or heat related powers and yet still had huge variety amongst them and even justified some pretty out-there stuff as relating to fire or heat, his urban style that he probably inherited from working on GetBackers is super cool, I love his non-standard depictions of insanity in Soul Eater, and in general all his manga just exude coolness. If you wanted someone who's just a writer, then probably Aoki Yuuya; GetBackers was insane and so incredibly well done. Laniakea said: Tsutomu Nihei He's one of my favourites as well, mind if I ask which of his manga is your favourite? |
WingsR said: He's one of my favourites as well, mind if I ask which of his manga is your favourite? Blame! is probably still my favourite from him i think, despite having read (almost) everything he's put out. There's just something so mysterious and cryptic about it that i just can't stop thinking about, it's like sci fi Dark Souls. Plus the art is incredible as well. |
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Who is your favorite manga writer? (careful! not all mangakas are writers!) Akira Toriyama |
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viraat_pirate said: Who is your favorite manga writer? Basic, but because I haven't read that many manga, I'll have to say Tatsuki Fujimoto |
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| Man oh man I'm behind on this. Got hella sick, whoops! Anyways I'm gonna read Cat Barista. Question of the Day: What book made you fall in love with reading? I've been a fan of reading since I was a kid, but the one series that really made me fall in love with reading are the Geronimo Stilton books! If I had to pick just one, it would be The Wedding Crasher. So cute and fun to read! viraat_pirate said: what was your first manga? First one I ever read was Beauty Pop. First one I ever owned I think was either Black Butler or Deadman Wonderland. viraat_pirate said: who is your favorite writer? My favorite writer is definitely Kimberly Lemming. She writes smut and normally I don't read that kind of book. However, her writing reads as someone who was having the time of their life while coming up with the story and the characters and background and you can tell that she loves what she writes. It's so much fun to read. I've always been kind of weird about sex, but she writes it in such a way where it doesn't feel awkward or stilted, it feels more natural (well, as natural as it can be when the LI is a werewolf or a demon!). Anyways, if you're into smut, comedy, action, adventure, romance, and drama, read the Mead Mishaps series! You won't regret it. viraat_pirate said: Who is your favorite manga writer? Yoshiki Tonogai! I know that people either like him or hate him but ughhhh his manga was really what made me want to start collecting and reading more. |
  ❝𝑅𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝑜 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝓊𝓅 𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝒶𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒻𝑒𝑒𝓉❞ -Stephen Hawking |
| Hi everyone! I hope you all are having a great time reading! Today's question is... Who is your favorite manga artist? (the person who draws the manga!) @OshieteOshiete- @AncientCurse @Laniakea @tinshard @LunarPurrs @chuskipop @luckyrune @Dostojevskij @MitsukiHimeka @M1KAS @-snowblood- @WingsR @danzfcc @AnimeIsAMistake7 @CrescentCapone |
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viraat_pirate said: Who is your favorite manga artist? Kamachi Kazuma and Yokoyari Mengo |
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viraat_pirate said: Who is your favorite manga artist? Again probably Kentaro Miura, Tsutomu Nihei and Qu Hayashida. Though i'll add Junji Ito, Gou Tanabe, Makoto Yukimura, Hiroaki Samura (mainly Blade of the Immortal), Yako Gureishi and Kamome Shirahama. |
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| If other things besides manga count- Yuchi jinze for sure with their work on Little mushroom, absolutely stunning |
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viraat_pirate said: Who is your favorite manga artist? Originally I was just going to answer Aida because of how much I dig the artstyle in Hanako kun, but in thinking about my answer I reminded myself of how truly insane the stuff Ishikawa Ken drew was, so I'm going to answer with the both of them. Also I'm a third of the way through Arisa so I thought I'd share my thoughts on it so far, in short - I'm enjoying this a lot. Laniakea said: Blame! is probably still my favourite from him i think, despite having read (almost) everything he's put out. There's just something so mysterious and cryptic about it that i just can't stop thinking about, it's like sci fi Dark Souls. Plus the art is incredible as well. I've only read a little under half of his stuff but I think I have to agree, I dig Sidonia a whole lot because it's the only thing I know of other than Gunbuster to have that level of technological progression, but the crazy stuff he drew in Blame! is unmatched - and yeah, that bizarre, mysterious world is great; all the implications of all the little things going on are fun to think about. |
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