| Hey mates can I have some recommendations for a collection of short stories? |
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Ryuoha said: Hey mates can I have some recommendations for a collection of short stories? Hikidashi ni Terrarium Akai Mi Hajiketa |
AudioTsunami said: Ryuoha said: Hey mates can I have some recommendations for a collection of short stories? Hikidashi ni Terrarium Akai Mi Hajiketa Thanks for the fast reply |
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| Would Minami-ke fit under a manga with a main cast of mostly one gender? It's about 3 sisters but their is a large cast of side characters of both genders |
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| @Ryuoha I think you answered your own question. The main cast is the 3 sisters and the supporting cast are the side characters. The MAL entry also has it labeled as such, and since the main cast are of the same gender, it counts. |
AudioTsunami said: @Ryuoha I think you answered your own question. The main cast is the 3 sisters and the supporting cast are the side characters. The MAL entry also has it labeled as such, and since the main cast are of the same gender, it counts. ok just making sure that the side characters didn't mostly half to be the gender too |
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| This is sort of unrelated to the challenge but I was wondering if anyone could tell me which chapters Legend of the Legendary Heroes and Ouran Highschool Host Club leave off on if you've watched the anime. |
| Bakaupdates says that Legend of the Legendary Heroes anime runs all the way through the novels. Neither the novel nor the manga have been entirely translated though, so I guess you're gonna have to just take their word for it. Ouran Host Club goes through vol 9 of 18 and is completely translate, so there is that. |
AudioTsunami said: Bakaupdates says that Legend of the Legendary Heroes anime runs all the way through the novels. Neither the novel nor the manga have been entirely translated though, so I guess you're gonna have to just take their word for it. Ouran Host Club goes through vol 9 of 18 and is completely translate, so there is that. Thanks friend. tsuyokunaru said: @Veredin Yet, if you're doing the challenge and plan to use any of these, you have to read them completely! You can't leave off some stuff out just because you watched the anime before... just saying. Gotcha. |
Jerkhov said: I'm lacking motivation to catch up on manga I barely started at the end of last year, if I restart them from chapter 1 can they count towards the challenge? I was only about one volume into both mob psycho 100 and nanatsu no taizai and forgot what was happening in them really, so restarting them might give me more incentive. AudioTsunami said: 6. "Is re-reading allowed?" -- Yes, you may re-read a manga you previously read but we invite you to use that time to read something you haven't read yet. Re-reading is mandatory if you want to pick up something again that you started last year or before and didn't finish. So do I have to delete the entry from my list and remake the entry? Or will reentering chapter counts as I go along still work? |
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| @NeverStrikes a quick read of the wiki article says that they are also portrayed as adults at some point, so I think choosing something else would be appropriate for this challenge item. @Jerkhov There's no need to delete the entry. As long as you re-read the chapters, you just add the count until you finish it and that's it. The re-read chapters won't be counted towards your "days" count though, since you can't enter partial number of re-read chapters. |
密室殺人はなぜ美しいのか。 |
| Hi, could someone recommend me a good romance manga (absolutely no BL). Preferably one that is completed and has an english translation as I don't know enough Japanese. Much appreciated. :) |
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OmegaOtaku said: Hi, could someone recommend me a good romance manga (absolutely no BL). Preferably one that is completed and has an english translation as I don't know enough Japanese. Much appreciated. :) Is it for the "romantic relationship" challenge? If not, Cross Game(this could work for that challenge, but it's questionable) If so, Ao Haru Ride If you want super Ecchi romance, Sundome was p good. ~~~~ I know you said absolutely no BL no matter what, and I'm not big into BL myself, but I did like Seven Days(the only BL I've read) quite a bit and it's not graphic at all. So just throwing that out there(it's also very short, probably could finish it in an hour or 2) |
AudioTsunamiMar 28, 2016 12:00 AM
OmegaOtaku said: Hi, could someone recommend me a good romance manga (absolutely no BL). Preferably one that is completed and has an english translation as I don't know enough Japanese. Much appreciated. :) I really liked the romance in Beck, but it's about much more than that. Molester Man is funny and is a bit lighter, I really liked it. Mysterious Girlfriend X is my favorite manga and you chose it for the banner, so I would really recommend it, it has a unique take on romance but I hope you can appreciate it. Dengeki Daisy has good romance but goes someplace else with its story. The World God Only Knows, what can I say.. Awesome romance, this isn't really BL (or is it?) so I'll just leave it here -> Prunus Girl Romance with Sci-Fi, recommend SaiKano Romance and nice twists Sakuranbo Syndrome - Cupid no Itazura II Interesting story Seishun Forget! Romance with mature tones, not for everyone Sundome Hope you find something you like.. :) @AudioTsunami beat me to it! D: |
KazzeonMar 28, 2016 12:04 AM
HeNrYTG50 said: OmegaOtaku said: Hi, could someone recommend me a good romance manga (absolutely no BL). Preferably one that is completed and has an english translation as I don't know enough Japanese. Much appreciated. :) I really liked the romance in Beck, but it's about much more than that. Molester Man is funny and is a bit lighter, I really liked it. Mysterious Girlfriend X is my favorite manga and you chose it for the banner, so I would really recommend it, it has a unique take on romance but I hope you can appreciate it. Dengeki Daisy has good romance but goes someplace else with its story. The World God Only Knows, what can I say.. Awesome romance, this isn't really BL (or is it?) so I'll just leave it here -> Prunus Girl Romance with Sci-Fi, recommend SaiKano Romance and nice twists Sakuranbo Syndrome - Cupid no Itazura II Interesting story Seishun Forget! Romance with mature tones, not for everyone Sundome Hope you find something you like.. :) Thanks for the help. I almost completely forgot about Mysterious Girlfriend X. I watched the anime and loved it so yeah definitely gonna read it. Also Sundome and Seishun Forget sound interesting so I'll give them a shot. Thanks :) |
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OmegaOtaku said: Thanks for the help. I almost completely forgot about Mysterious Girlfriend X. I watched the anime and loved it so yeah definitely gonna read it. Also Sundome and Seishun Forget sound interesting so I'll give them a shot. Thanks :) No problem! :D mysterious girlfriend x never forget I hope that you like them! :3 |
| So... Does Naruto count in the » Read a manga with children as the main cast In the beginning they were still 12-13 years old... |
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| I'd say no, because 12 is the cut off and they aren't 12 for most of the story(if they are 12, they might be 13 idk i never watched naruto). |
AudioTsunamiMar 28, 2016 12:55 AM
asian_otaku said: This is kind of a stupid question, but how do you make a list to link? I think you need to elaborate |
AudioTsunami said: so where do you think Naruto suits the best? This is my Manga Reading Challenge.I'd say no, because 12 is the cut off and they aren't 12 for most of the story(if they are 12, they might be 13 idk i never watched naruto). |
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| My question for the challenge is this: For the series that starts with the last letter of my username, are alternative titles allowed? |
asian_otaku said: AudioTsunami said: I think you need to elaborate Like, do I link to one of my manga lists(ie, my completed list)? Or is there a way to make a completely new list and link that? Sorry, I'm still fairly new to the site, and I haven't completely figured it out yet. Are you talking about the challenge or your own personal list? Beause you can only have one list. If you want to learn more about the challenge, go to the sign up thread. ~~~~~~~~ @keimaconquesta Read a manga that focuses on non-romantic relationships » Read a Super Powers, Fantasy or Supernatural manga » Read a Sports, Martial Arts, Cars or Games manga » Read a manga with an archetype as a main character One of the demographic ones depending on your age/gender » Read a manga based on a one-shot that got serialized (i'd suggest this one cause it's the hardest) various other ones if depending on haircolor or w/e. It's up to you man. |
| @4evaDC Yes, alternative titles are allowed as long as you use that one in the challenge list. @asian_otaku You have your own manga list in MAL where you log everything you read and then you have a list of challenges which is the one you put in the thread where you sign up. Then in the challenge list you log what you read just this year (you will also need to include this in your MAL list). If this explanation is still not what you were asking, please elaborate more Edit: Wait. I think I got it? In the sign up, you link to your complete manga list (not a sub-list) The url is like myanimelist.net/mangalist/username. Then in that form you're using in the forum thread, you create the list of challenges that you want to use. |
omakaseMar 28, 2016 8:03 AM
密室殺人はなぜ美しいのか。 |
| Hello there, can anyone reccommend me something to read? I don't mind how long it is, whether it's publishing or not, or what the genre. Come at me with something random, as random as you can get. Thanks in advance ・ω・ And, permission to voice a question- what do I do for... » Read a manga that is tagged with a genre you dislike ...if I don't particularly dislike any genre? |
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AudioTsunami said: Okay, I'll choose the last one. Thanks for helping!asian_otaku said: Like, do I link to one of my manga lists(ie, my completed list)? Or is there a way to make a completely new list and link that? Sorry, I'm still fairly new to the site, and I haven't completely figured it out yet. Are you talking about the challenge or your own personal list? Beause you can only have one list. If you want to learn more about the challenge, go to the sign up thread. ~~~~~~~~ @keimaconquesta Read a manga that focuses on non-romantic relationships » Read a Super Powers, Fantasy or Supernatural manga » Read a Sports, Martial Arts, Cars or Games manga » Read a manga with an archetype as a main character One of the demographic ones depending on your age/gender » Read a manga based on a one-shot that got serialized (i'd suggest this one cause it's the hardest) various other ones if depending on haircolor or w/e. It's up to you man. |
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Fresh_Mint said: Hello there, can anyone reccommend me something to read? I don't mind how long it is, whether it's publishing or not, or what the genre. Come at me with something random, as random as you can get. Thanks in advance ・ω・ Not so random since it is my favorite manga: Mysterious Girlfriend X Another one is Prunus Girl Parasyte is pretty good Beck was awesome! Akumetsu has a lot going for it.. Was it supposed to be only one? :S hope you don't mind And for the question, I would go with your least favorite genre. |
| @Fresh_Mint Your lowest rated on Malgraphs are Comedy and Romance but you seem to read that a lot, so I'm not sure if that's right. Other than that you have both Super Power and Martial Arts low, but the sample sizes are reall small. Shoujo is low but that isn't a genre. So you can go with something like Mujuuryoku Shounen or Kamui which are Super Power Shoujo manga. Or you can go the Martial Arts + Super Power route by reading something like Veritas(10 vols) or Dragonball/Naruto(very very long). Shinobi Life is also an option. Martial Arts romantic comedy shoujo. |
| Can someone recommend something to me? Can be anything as long as it's a minimum of 20 chapters and is not too long (so not 200+ chapters). It can be any genre, but if you want to know, my preferences lean towards psychological manga, and the shounen demographic. Thanks in advance! |
| “Do you think that I count the days? There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.” ~ Jean-Paul Sartre |
Dianga-12 said: Can someone recommend something to me? Can be anything as long as it's a minimum of 20 chapters and is not too long (so not 200+ chapters). It can be any genre, but if you want to know, my preferences lean towards psychological manga, and the shounen demographic. Thanks in advance! Shigurui (samurai fighting stuff/ real dark) Gunnm (Action Sci-fi, not as dark as shigurui) Kokou No Hito (Psychological and on your PTR, also one of my favorite manga) |
| I just read the FAQs added to the first post and wanted to point out to @tsuyokunaru that Sket Dance and Nazo no Kanojo X can also be read for the "manga that was serialized from a one-shot" challenge. Sket Dance pilot chapter - Nazo no Kanojo X chapter 0. I'll try to think if other manga can fit the challenge's requirement :D I think Nisekoi could fit too, the prototype was published in this collection of short stories. |
AnnyApr 1, 2016 4:10 PM
| @Kella thank you! I had totally forgotten about Nisekoi and I read the prototype for it ages ago. I'll be adding this to the list in a bit. It's really good to build our own list since other sites don't really seem to have a search tag for it, so it'll be easier for people to rec things or choose. |
omakaseApr 2, 2016 6:24 AM
密室殺人はなぜ美しいのか。 |
| Great contribution @Kella |
| @AudioTsunami thanks! And I have more: Nanatsu no Taizai prototype Nurarihyon no Mago one-shot 07 Ghost prototype (the MAL's page is not very specific about this chapter being the pilot) In Binbougami ga!'s page is stated that volume 1 contains the manga's pilot one-shot. Defense Devil one-shot Eyeshield 21 one-shot Kekkaishi prototype |
| So, I signed up today (april 4) but started Girls Friends yesterday and Hellsing in march, do the count for the challenge? Also, synopsis of Pluto says protagonist is a detective, surely that qualifies for "main character that is a professional in his field", correct? |
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Punkero said: So, I signed up today (april 4) but started Girls Friends yesterday and Hellsing in march, do the count for the challenge? Also, synopsis of Pluto says protagonist is a detective, surely that qualifies for "main character that is a professional in his field", correct? Anything that you read during the challenge period(1.1.2016 - 12.31.2016) is eligible to be used for this challenge. A detective is a profession, yes. |
| Hello. This is one of my first challenges on MAL and I am hella enjoying it. I found so many great manga outside of the domain I usually read. I need a little help with some of the challenges. Would really appreciate your help :) » Read a manga recommended to you by another Manga Reading Challenge participant - I am free to any suggestion but the manga must Completed with scanlations and less than 100 chapters. Any Genre is cool with me. » Read a manga that focuses on non-romantic relationships - Does Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro count, since the protagonists have a Detective-Assistant relationship. And can you suggest me some more for this challenge. » Read a manga based on real event or person - Does Chikan Otoko count. Because I heard it was based on a real story on 2ch. Any other recommendations for this. |
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BakaSenpaii said: Hello. This is one of my first challenges on MAL and I am hella enjoying it. I found so many great manga outside of the domain I usually read. I need a little help with some of the challenges. Would really appreciate your help :) » Read a manga recommended to you by another Manga Reading Challenge participant - I am free to any suggestion but the manga must Completed with scanlations and less than 100 chapters. Any Genre is cool with me. » Read a manga that focuses on non-romantic relationships - Does Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro count, since the protagonists have a Detective-Assistant relationship. And can you suggest me some more for this challenge. » Read a manga based on real event or person - Does Chikan Otoko count. Because I heard it was based on a real story on 2ch. Any other recommendations for this. http://myanimelist.net/manga/10552/Hoshi_no_Samidare http://myanimelist.net/manga/670/Bokurano http://myanimelist.net/manga/145/Beck Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro works for that challenge Chikan Otoko seems to widly accepted as based on a true event, so that's acceptable |
AudioTsunami said: http://myanimelist.net/manga/10552/Hoshi_no_Samidare http://myanimelist.net/manga/670/Bokurano http://myanimelist.net/manga/145/Beck Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro works for that challenge Chikan Otoko seems to widly accepted as based on a true event, so that's acceptable Thank you for your suggestions. Will surely try them out. |
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| Hello everyone, I hope the challenge is going well for you. As for me, I should be able to go back to reading more manga and continue the challenge actively in the near future. As such, I'll try to post some impression of the things I have read and try to discuss about various manga related stuff that could be interesting to talk about in this thread. It would be nice to have more return about the readings of the challenge members and communicate about good stuff you want to recommend to others or discuss about. It just so happen that I completed a manga today, Bokura no Hentai (didn't read it for the challenge though since I started it before the beginning of the year), with the last chapter's scan that was released earlier. I would like to recommend it to anybody that hold some interest in the gender bender department. It talk about cross dressing, transexuality and subject like that with care and a lot of delicacy, especially through the first volumes that were quite strong in my opinion (and also pretty dark sometimes by the way, if I recall). Even if it's different, I think people that have read or watched Hourou Musuko should take a peek at it, because it should interest them. So everyone, did you read something for the challenge that was really great and you would recommend to other challengers ? |
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| I've really had this on the backburner cause I'm been caught up with the Anime Challenge, the Anime Watching Challenges Club stuff, and general life stuff. So far I have only read Stray Dog, Goshiki No Fune, Giganto Makhia, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 1: Phantom Blood, Omoide Emanon, Virgin Na Kankei, Zero, and Innocent. I'm currently working on Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2: Battle Tendency. I'm about 2/3rds through. Innocent, Emanon, and Zero are probably the best reads. Each are pretty interesting in their own ways. Dullboy rec'd me Zero and Emanon I think, and the both were rather interesting. One was character piece on a rather sadistic boxer and the other was kind of a weird story about the history of the earth being remembered by 1 being in a generation and being passed on from generation to generation through birth. Innocent is a historical fiction piece about Charles-Henri Sanson and the Sanson family of executioners in 18th century France. It's a dramatized account of some of the real events that happened with some of the factual stuff taken from Charles-Henri's grandson's memoir. It also helps that it is done by Shinichi Sakamoto, who did the excellent Kokou No Hito, which is just as beautifully drawn and also based on true events(well,based on a retelling of true events kinda similar to Vagabond) Aside from those 3, Goshiki no Fune is a weird little story about traveling freak show performers in the early-mid 20th century Japan. It is an award winning work, but I rated it as a little above average. I think some of it could have been lost in translation or even possibly mistranslated all together. Giganto Makhia is the first new work by the Berserk guy in like 24 years or something. The art is freaking awesome but at a meer 220 pages the story didn't get everything done that I felt it could have. I definitely still had some questions by the end, but would love if the guy picked it up again at some point in the future with a second story or a prequel or something. Virgin na Kankei was borderline H ecchi, somewhat harem-ish stuff. It is what it is. The one shot was okay. JoJo has been kinda average but I know a lot of people feel the story gets better later on in the series with the best arcs being considered part 4 and part 7. Not sure if I'm gonna stick to the series after part 2 because it's kinda been a slow read and I heard that Starlight Crusaders isn't all that well received. |
| I'm not even halfway through the challenge but I had bad and good picks so far. I tried to read more Josei and Shoujo titles than usual which wasn't actually a bad thing. Decent/Cute Stories A disappointed by Average Wth Nice surprises Best so far |
Error205Apr 8, 2016 9:51 AM
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| My best pick so far is Piano no Mori. I didn't expect it to be so good... at all! I like this kind of slow paced manga, and listening to the pieces the characters play while reading makes the whole experience incredibly better. I even cried a couple of times, the slow pace and the detailed representation of everyone's emotions and feelings made me care about the characters more than I though. The only think I thought was a bit strange was the relationship between the MC and his girlfriend, but I didn't really care about it since it's not the main focus of the series. I also really liked Fukigen na Mononokean! But this is a simple matter fo taste, it's mainly episodic and all the questions raised still have to be answered. I just really like the characters, and recently I'm into these "demon exorcising" manga. I'm liking also Bungou Stray Dogs (even if I think it's getting a bit confusing), Takane to Hana (nice twist for a shoujo manga), and Amaama to Inazuma (it's just so cute xD and I'd like to try some of the recipes written by the author); Lovely Complex was a nice read too, but I still remembered most of the story even if I watched the anime 7-8 years ago. The biggets disappointments would be Tasogare Otome x Amnesia and Mars. I didn't like Amnesia's characters at all, especially the MC which I found way too plain and uninteresting. This was the biggest problem, since if I don't care about a manga's characters I get immensely bored and try to quickly get rid of it, and this is exaclty what happened with this series. About Mars... I started it thinking I was reading a masterpiece, but I don't think it deserves to be called so. The story was waaay too overdramatic, with the result that it got ridiculous. The girl started to tick me off very quickly, and the crazy guy that tries to get in the way of the main couple ended up being simply absurd. Among the titles the people before me mentioned, I've already planned to read Bokura no Hentai, Innocent (waiting to buy the last volume next month to start reading), Ashita no Ousama (not sure what to expect, I'll see) and Sayonara Sorcier (just bought the volumes and I want to read it for a bonus challenge). I'll start Bokura no Hentai as soon as possible, I was waiting for Hachimitsu to release the last chapter xD Really looking forward to it! |
AnnyApr 7, 2016 3:08 AM
| question, if we entered the challenge later than Jan 1 (I entered in Feb sometime), may we still count manga that we started/finished in january? |
SleepyBear said: question, if we entered the challenge later than Jan 1 (I entered in Feb sometime), may we still count manga that we started/finished in january? Yes. :) But I think you have to count as if you started the challenge on Jan 1. |
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