Dullboy said: Skyzblue said: Actually I'm searching for some too , it's surprisingly not as easy to find as I thought...Does anyone have any recs for manga that focuses on non-romantic relationships ? I think that I am going to face the same problem fairly soon. Well, Skyzblue has already read the majority of the good stuff, so it will be easier to recommend several titles for your consideration, Dullboy, because your are not yet acquaninted with that many according to your list. You can definitely put Lone Wolf and Cub in this category. If not, think about giving My Girl or Banana Fish. Perhaps even Ayako could fit the bill - it is a story that explores the relationships in a family that pretty much punishes an innocent girl for their own sins. There is also a short one titled Inu wo Kau that portrays a family and their journey in raising a dog (the last chapter is out of place, though, as it deals with a group of mountaineers if I remember correctly). Generally, you can explore the family and guardian relationship and other related tags on bakaupdates to see if there is anything worthwhile. |
Dullboy said: I'll start reading "Beck" also , for the "more than a 8,5 rating" , and I was I wondering if some other people plan to do it too or have already read it . To have some thought on it (to be true , the fact that it's 34 volumes long scare me a little) . Yeah its worth the time. Beck had some minor issues and at times felt a tad repetitive. But it's a pretty good manga nonetheless. As for Lone Wolf and Cub, it was something else. Even if you're not a fan of samurai based stories (I'm not one tbh), LW&C is a must read. |
Kagami_Hiiragi said: Idc if you think its weird, I have a life and friends and an income of money. |
Dullboy said: Skyzblue said: Actually I'm searching for some too , it's surprisingly not as easy to find as I thought...Does anyone have any recs for manga that focuses on non-romantic relationships ? Kimi to Boku is a pretty good manga about friendship. It's still ongoing. |
Dullboy said: I'll start reading "Beck" also , for the "more than a 8,5 rating" , and I was I wondering if some other people plan to do it too or have already read it . To have some thought on it (to be true , the fact that it's 34 volumes long scare me a little) . I read it years ago (it was like my fourth completed manga) and at the time it felt incredibly long, but it was entertaining. As Skyzblue says it does get repetitive and sometimes the situations get a bit ridiculous, but the characters are interesting. As for the review idea, I think you could probably write one and then if you're not confident about your writing in English, get someone else to revise it for you? Reviews are mostly about opinion and if you present yours in a clear way and your ideas are good, the grammar and so on can be checked by someone else and be improved. @Skyzblue great idea posting your current review of Rainbow! It could be helpful to others and also it made me think about my own enjoyment of the stuff in reading right now. How would I write about this and that if I had to? Thanks! |
密室殺人はなぜ美しいのか。 |
| Thanks everybody for the replies (I go to sleep and when I wake up I have all this , feels nice huhuhu ) . Yelenicus , you were especially helpfull here , thanks a lot . I had "My Girl" in the visor in the past (but It didn't crossed my mind here) , I think I'll read it yes ("Ayako" and "Inu wo Kau" too , anyway) . Tsuyokunaru and Skyzblue you are confirming my fear for "Beck" (repetitivity , etc) , but I'll read it yes . In the worst case I have "Sakamichi no Apollon" for backup (pretty sure it's a nice read) . I think I'll do the challenge a second time when I'll be done with it (soon) . |
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| I have a question, does K-ON! or any manga like it (cute girls doing cute things SoL) count as "focused on non-romantic relationships"? And also, does a manga we put on-hold or were reading before we signed up for the challenge count? |
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oktavia-12 said: I think so yes , it's about friendship after all , it definitly fit .I have a question, does K-ON! or any manga like it (cute girls doing cute things SoL) count as "focused on non-romantic relationships"? (you might want to watch the anime by the way) As for the "on-hold" question , I'll leave the answer to tsuyokunaru . Also , Welcome to the challenge . |
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oktavia-12 said: I have a question, does K-ON! or any manga like it (cute girls doing cute things SoL) count as "focused on non-romantic relationships"? And also, does a manga we put on-hold or were reading before we signed up for the challenge count? "You can include ongoing manga if you started reading it after January 1st" If you started reading this year, it counts, if not, you could start over and it would.. :) (Iirc) |
Dullboy said: Tsuyokunaru and Skyzblue you are confirming my fear for "Beck" (repetitivity , etc) , but I'll read it yes . In the worst case I have "Sakamichi no Apollon" for backup (pretty sure it's a nice read) . I think I'll do the challenge a second time when I'll be done with it (soon) . Sakamichi no Apollon is absolutely GENIUS. oktavia-12 said: I have a question, does K-ON! or any manga like it (cute girls doing cute things SoL) count as "focused on non-romantic relationships"? And also, does a manga we put on-hold or were reading before we signed up for the challenge count? Yes for K-ON! and if you had it on-hold that's fine, but like HeNrYTG50 said, you'd have to re-read it from the beginning if you didn't start it after January 1st. |
密室殺人はなぜ美しいのか。 |
| For this one ➤Read a manga published before the 90s does the whole manga have to have been published before the 90's ? or just have started before then. also does anyone have any recommendation for that? |
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nomstuff said: For this one ➤Read a manga published before the 90s does the whole manga have to have been published before the 90's ? or just have started before then. also does anyone have any recommendation for that? Well, it doesn't say "published in its entirety", but I am not sure. But try some of these: Akira Lone Wolf and Cub Samurai Executioner Ashita no Joe Please Save My Earth Red Colored Elegy Also pretty much anything by Tezuka. Anyway, here are some of my quick impressions on the titles I've read this month. Barbara. It was an unusual read and probably the most bizzare yet remarkable title written by Tezuka I've completed so far. As always, I was left nearly speechless due to the versatility the author employed here - the art, panel layout, the story and the themes explored were all very strong. Actually, it baffles me that Barbara is not as talked about as his other sophisticated works. However, it was not entirely faultless. Firstly, the ending feels abrupt and somewhat inconclusive, as with most of his other works. Next, I thought that Tezuka wanted to link too many independent points to the main story: celebrity lifestyle, some philosophical ideas, occult elements, politics, sexual perversity, the value of art, etc. So, despite bringing forth so many themes, most of them became muddled or ignored as the story went on. A reason for this is perhaps due to too much focus being given to the enigmatic figure of Barbara. Luckily, she and her relationship with the writer is rather interestingly handled, so the reader will most likely ask themselves whether she is even a real human being or an imaginary entity. Also, it felt as if Tezuka was only trying to figure out what to do with the story in the first couple of chapters because they portrayed an isolated event that made it seem as though there isn't a particular plot that the story is following. Apparently, this was his first attempt at writing gekiga, and it shows. Still, despite the gripes I had with it, I thought that it was a nicely twisted commentary on fame, the culture around it, as well as the issues that engulfed the generation and the country itself during those times. Helter Skelter. A short title that offered an atypical yet hardly fictitious look at the world of modeling. I though it was interesting that most of the characters were presented as negative from the get go: they were either weak, greedy, deviant or arrogant. The only positive character, to my mind, was the make-up artist. This helped me not to develop an attachment to any of them and witness the story unfold through a pragmatic lense. I liked the art style - the rushed, sketchy lines provided the story with a sense of urgency that only enhanced the miserable state of being experienced by the characters. The biggest downside was the employment of methaphorical elements. The author did not have the opportunity to finish the manga due to an accident, so they ended up underdeveloped. Namely, the relationship between Ririko and the detective and Ririko's dreams/hallucinations were a tad confussing and ultimately led nowhere. Parasyte. One thing I liked about this title is that it seemed to be almost entirely void of common tropes. The highlight was the revelation about the mayor, although I wish the author had expanded a bit on his relationship with the parasites. I admire the author for tackling issues related to humanity, morality and environmentalism. However, I felt that these themes were not explored thoroughly enough. Perhaps that is the idea - simply giving the reader some food for thought and expecting them to make their own conclusions. If that is the case, I think that some other titles did a much better job at it because they actually made me consider how these issues unfold in relation to myself and my surroundings. Nonetheless, it was a page-turner and never got stale despite some chapters being weak in comparison. Well, that is a lot of text by internet standards... Finally, if anybody else is struggling in their search for a manga that focuses on non-romantic relationships, I would suggest giving Hito Hitori Futari a try. I remember skimming through and I think that the bond between the politician and the guardian spirit satisfies the conditions. I am fairly certain that this will be the title of my choice for this category, but you can fit in others as well. |
➤ Read a manga recommended to you by another Manga Reading Challenge participant: Max of 10 volumes pls |
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JOAOAA said: ➤ Read a manga recommended to you by another Manga Reading Challenge participant: Max of 10 volumes pls I'd recommend http://myanimelist.net/manga/11037/Olimpos http://myanimelist.net/manga/51493/Murasakiiro_no_Qualia |
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nomstuff said: does the whole manga have to have been published before the 90's ? or just have started before then. It doesn't matter if it ended after the 90s, but it would be better if it ended during. I'm not being too strict about it. @Yelenicus Would you mind telling me which other titles you felt were better at giving you food for thought in those topics you mentioned for Parasyte? I really liked that manga because of the way it tried to explore moral concepts related to humanity so I'm curious. Also I'm done reading Subarashii Sekai which I was recommended here. Right after, I also read Nijigahara Holograph too. I had tried to read Nijigahara Holograph before but I hadn't finished it (probably because I didn't know what was going on that time, but this time it was "easier" to read). |
密室殺人はなぜ美しいのか。 |
| I look forward to this challenge, if I read 25 manga this year it will be more than the last couple years combined. Anyone have a recommendation for something under 5 or so volumes? |
| well then , tsuyokunaru , to bad you didn't liked "Subarashii Sekai" and "Nijigahara Holograph" that much (still your rating for them are highter than mine even though I'm a big Asano fan huhu) . I hope you will still be interested and willing to read Solanin , because as I might have said in the thread in the past , it is I think a much more suited gate for Asano's manga than his other works , which are not really that "friendly" if I might say . It would be sad to miss it , I'm confident in the fact that you would like it better . Still , I would like to add my two cent concerning some point you mentioned in your spoiler , and give you my points of view : I realise that I went completely overboard with this wall of text , sorry , As you might have understanded , I'm pretty sensitive when people are talking about my favorit manga author , gomen ^^ . Totally unrelated , and I don't even know why I think about it right now , but I have the feeling that "Taiyou no Ie" could be to your taste , if you have place for it in your challenge list . (Don't be fooled by what MAL said , it is completed and readable in it's entirety) . |
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Dullboy said: well then , tsuyokunaru , to bad you didn't liked "Subarashii Sekai" and "Nijigahara Holograph" that much (still your rating for them are highter than mine even though I'm a big Asano fan huhu) . I hope you will still be interested and willing to read Solanin , because as I might have said in the thread in the past , it is I think a much more suited gate for Asano's manga than his other works , which are not really that "friendly" if I might say . It would be sad to miss it , I'm confident in the fact that you would like it better . Still , I would like to add my two cent concerning some point you mentioned in your spoiler , and give you my points of view : I realise that I went completely overboard with this wall of text , sorry , As you might have understanded , I'm pretty sensitive when people are talking about my favorit manga author , gomen ^^ . Totally unrelated , and I don't even know why I think about it right now , but I have the feeling that "Taiyou no Ie" could be to your taste , if you have place for it in your challenge list . (Don't be fooled by what MAL said , it is completed and readable in it's entirety) . Thanks for the other rec as well! It's not something I'd decide to read on my own, but lately the recommendations I've gotten have been interesting, so I might as well check it out too! |
密室殺人はなぜ美しいのか。 |
| i finished Mysterious Girlfriend X , but i didn't get the ending, i felt it was dull, like the story is nice and all but there is something missing from the plot (that is to me) !! to be honest i was looking forward for a kiss scene :( |
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K0tA said: i finished Mysterious Girlfriend X , but i didn't get the ending, i felt it was dull, like the story is nice and all but there is something missing from the plot (that is to me) !! to be honest i was looking forward for a kiss scene :( I understand you, but.. |
| My progress with manga has gotten slower (since I've been spending more time on books recently), but here are the interesting stuff I've found in the past week: > Akira and Subarashii Sekai are totally worth the read and I don't really need to give any such analysis as to why they are so good, given that they are the celebrated works from equally celebrated mangakas, Katsuhiro Otomo and Asano Inio respectively. > X-1999 (action, tragedy, shoujo): CLAMP's best work imho (yet to read TRC). The storytelling is great, albeit a bit slow. The characters are well rounded, though there might be a few things that could have been done better. The manga's deceptively pretty, in the sense it has a fair amount of gore and psychological stuff. Also, a striking feature of the storytelling (rather pretty similar to another deceptively pretty manga called Pandora Hearts), is of the grave danger of partial information/prophecies. One thing though, which I suspect will make a lot of the users stay away from this manga, is that it never finished aka it went into hiatus. Still I think its a damn good manga for what it is and people should try it. >Song of the Long March (historical,seinen): Honestly, probably the best ongoing manga out there. The storytelling, the characters, the historical setting, the strategies....everything is top tier. Definitely recommended. |
Kagami_Hiiragi said: Idc if you think its weird, I have a life and friends and an income of money. |
| If I change my mind, can I replace a challenge in my list which I havent started yet with another one? :C |
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Mkim said: Nellynuska said: If I change my mind, can I replace a challenge in my list which I havent started yet with another one? :C Edit it before they have a chance to realize it They will neeeeever knooooow. To be honest, I can't even remember the challenge I took myself without looking. |
Nellynuska said: If I change my mind, can I replace a challenge in my list which I havent started yet with another one? :C Well, it's your list, so you can if you want. Personally I don't want to do it because it's part of the challenge for me to stick with what I chose, but sometimes it might be impossible to find something we want to read that may also fit the categories we chose when signing up, so it really is up to you. @Mkim that really made me laugh! |
密室殺人はなぜ美しいのか。 |
| I was gonna ask about replacing challenges, I forgot to remove the "a manga your friend has rated 10" cos I can't actually do that one. |
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| Everyone (and I mean every-damn-one) should read Please Save My Earth. I don't care where your preferences lie or not. You need to read PSME asap. |
Kagami_Hiiragi said: Idc if you think its weird, I have a life and friends and an income of money. |
Skyzblue said: Everyone (and I mean every-damn-one) should read Please Save My Earth. I don't care where your preferences lie or not. You need to read PSME asap. Why? |
| Mitsu knows. My Manga list |
nomstuff said: Skyzblue said: Everyone (and I mean every-damn-one) should read Please Save My Earth. I don't care where your preferences lie or not. You need to read PSME asap. Why? Read it and find it out yourself. |
Kagami_Hiiragi said: Idc if you think its weird, I have a life and friends and an income of money. |
| I'm currently readingblade of the immortal for "read a manga with a 8.5 score or higher" really enjoying it. |
 Look alive sunshine! The future is bulletproof The aftermath is secondary Its time to do it now and do it loud Killjoys! Make some noise! |
Skyzblue said: Everyone (and I mean every-damn-one) should read Please Save My Earth. I don't care where your preferences lie or not. You need to read PSME asap. I promise I will seriously consider it! I've been reading Terra e... (which I hadn't read despite having the anime in my favorites since like 2 years ago) and I'm very surprised by certain differences between the two that change the way I see a couple characters. It's been very good so far though. |
密室殺人はなぜ美しいのか。 |
Amarantos said: Can someone please recommend me some horror manga. You can try lullabies from hell uzumaki panorama of hell I hope you like them. I don't personally remember them except for uzumaki as it's a recent read. But my personal favorite is lullabies from hell. |
Look alive sunshine! The future is bulletproof The aftermath is secondary Its time to do it now and do it loud Killjoys! Make some noise! |
tsuyokunaru said: Skyzblue said: Everyone (and I mean every-damn-one) should read Please Save My Earth. I don't care where your preferences lie or not. You need to read PSME asap. I promise I will seriously consider it! I've been reading Terra e... (which I hadn't read despite having the anime in my favorites since like 2 years ago) and I'm very surprised by certain differences between the two that change the way I see a couple characters. It's been very good so far though. I must confess, I like the Terra E anime a bit more. Mainly coz it has such a nice soundtrack and lot of feels~ Oh yeah, PSME is definitely a good manga. It has some flaws but it was so damn addictive that I couldn't stop reading it at times. |
Kagami_Hiiragi said: Idc if you think its weird, I have a life and friends and an income of money. |
Amarantos said: Can someone please recommend me some horror manga. I found Hideout interesting and it's not very long. I haven't completedly read Zashiki Onna but I trust this author to do something good because of Dragon Head. @Skyblue I like the anime more too because although I haven't read the ending of the manga yet, I think that the ending of the anime present a big surprise for me that I'm not sure the manga will have because of the way things have been set so far. |
密室殺人はなぜ美しいのか。 |
| Hihi Need recs for: ➤Read a manga with a score of or below 7 in MyAnimeList ➤Read a manga with a score of or above 8.5 in MyAnimeList ➤Read a debut manga ➤Read a manga that starts with the same first letter as your username (name starts with J) If possible, something with shounen artstyle (doesn't have to be shounen itself, just the art). Just find it so much easier to read stuff that's eye catching ;) Oh and if it has side romance, big plus. I love shipping people. And one last thing! I like longer mango. I tend to finish ~200 chapters (20 pages) a day if I'm interested in them. If possible, nothing short of ~50 chapters Also, thanks for all recs towards other users. I picked a few interesting ones here and there from this thread, just for the fun of it. |
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Magnolia said: ➤Read a manga with a score of or below 7 in MyAnimeList http://myanimelist.net/manga/11995/%5Bzion%5D http://myanimelist.net/manga/16150/JADE http://myanimelist.net/manga/29647/Kurokami_no_Helga ➤Read a manga with a score of or above 8.5 in MyAnimeList http://myanimelist.net/manga/42001/Song_of_the_Long_March ➤Read a debut manga http://myanimelist.net/manga/5346/Utahime http://myanimelist.net/manga/219/Alive:_Saishuu_Shinkateki_Shounen (name starts with J) Doesn't it start with m? I think the username means the nickname used for your account. http://myanimelist.net/manga/373/Meteor_Methuselah http://myanimelist.net/manga/61189/Mahoutsukai_no_Yome http://myanimelist.net/manga/17198/Mahoutsukai_no_Neko |
| Yeah, for the username, you should be using Magnolia, so it should be M http://myanimelist.net/manga/584/Mirai_Nikki |
密室殺人はなぜ美しいのか。 |
dream_eater1012 said: (name starts with J) Doesn't it start with m? I think the username means the nickname used for your account. http://myanimelist.net/manga/373/Meteor_Methuselah http://myanimelist.net/manga/61189/Mahoutsukai_no_Yome http://myanimelist.net/manga/17198/Mahoutsukai_no_Neko It does mean your MAL nickname |
| ooh, thought it was real name, my bad. And I already read mirai nikki, my fault I didn't include in list :x Thanks for the recs c: |
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tsuyokunaru said: 2015 Manga Reading Challenge - Discussion Thread!  You may find the Sign Ups as well as more information about this challenge here! Discussion is not necessarily required for the challenge completion, but it will be encouraged! Users and potential participants will probably have different reading backgrounds, and we might even have people who take this as their starting point in manga reading (what can I say, I'm an idealist). Here, we can have a space where people can ask for recommendations or share lists of manga that can fit certain criteria, to help other users who don't know where to start or aren't sure what they may like. Any question about the challenge itself (i.e. criteria explanation, questions about graphics, donating graphics for prizes, other) should be asked in this thread and not the sign ups thread! To keep things neat and avoid spoilers, I recommend using spoiler tags in saying major plot points or when your post has become too long (i.e. longer than 3 big paragraphs). I also recommend using the quote option and @mentions to call the attention of specific users. Hey do you think you could add another challenge to the list? If not that's cool but I was thinking it'd be awesome to have like: Read a light novel series or something on the list so it'd motivate me to finish a light novel series! If not it's cool, I was just wondering! |
Blankbite said: Hi, is this where I suppose to post when I completed the challenge? ☆Link to your sign up form: here ☆Starting date: February 17, 2015 ☆Ending date: April 11, 2015 Thanks. Finally done. Phew. I believe you're supposed to post in this thread http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1352480 |
| Mitsu knows. My Manga list |
| I'm not really into shoujo-ai, but I completed Hana to Hoshi a few days ago and awww it was so cute, I loved it :3 Hoshino was too damn cuuuute~ |
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| @Hyunsuchu Thanks for the suggestion, but I decided before that light novels will not be counted as they are text heavy and don't relate to manga so much. Sorry! @Blankbite You're supposed to post that in the main/sign ups thread again. In other news, two participants banners donated by one of the participants were added to the sign ups post. You may use those if you want to and you may donate more yourself here or through a private message! |
密室殺人はなぜ美しいのか。 |
tsuyokunaru said: @Hyunsuchu Thanks for the suggestion, but I decided before that light novels will not be counted as they are text heavy and don't relate to manga so much. Sorry! Gotcha! Thanks for the consideration though! Awesome challenge |
| Read a manga that you can relate to yourself is going to be hard.I have no idea why I picked to do this one. Has anyone done it? |
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gummyghost said: Read a manga that you can relate to yourself is going to be hard.I have no idea why I picked to do this one. Has anyone done it? I picked that category, too. Although, I have not yet read anything that I could later put there. I don't want to go into something that appears to have something I can relate to, and discover that it doesn't (or does, but very superficially). And really, I usually find out that I can relate to a character or situation after I complete a certain title, not before going into it. Still, it may be easier than it seems to be. Think about it, surely you have some hobbies, things that interest you and so on. Maybe you do some martial arts. Then, you could think about yourself as a person and how you appear to others: a loner, somebody stubborn or ambitious, a strong-willed human being, etc. There are many other aspects of yourself that you may find mirrored to a certain degree in fictional stories. Of course, these may be superficious, but they still pertain to you in one way or another. Don't forget, you can always use mangaupdates to search through the tags. |
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