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"The more manga you read, the more you'll understand you'll never be able to read everything you want to no matter how hard you try" -Lots of other otaku before me "The more you know, the more you know you don't know" -Aristotle, Ancient Greek philosopher
-I can randomly decide to start manga no matter how many I'm reading already,
-I love diversity and try to give every manga a fair score.
-IMO it's better to read a manga to chapter 1/2/3 immediately when you're interested, instead of putting it into your PTR and then lose interest after time passes by.
-I mostly write clarification about what I liked and disliked about animanga in my lists, located in the tag column.
-I've been avoiding Junji Ito's work and some manga that I've seen the anime of, such as Hunter x Hunter, Death Note, Dr. Stone, Kuroko no Basket, Naruto, Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer etc because the former is not really my liking of horror and the latter seven I'm fine with the anime only, I want to read stuff I've not seen yet because that's more entertaining than another double story for hundreds of chapters. (Exceptions are Magi, OPM, Yuukoku no Moriarty, Yakusoku no Neverland...)
If you love any of these manga, we might have a good overlap in manga taste:
>Golden Kamuy
>One Piece
>Berserk
>Kokou no Hito=The Climber
>Toshokan no Daimajutsushi=Magus of the Library
>Imawa no Kuni no Alice=Alice in Borderland
>Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin=Rainbow: The Criminal Seven of Compound Two, Cell Six
>Bastard (manhwa)
>Teenage Mercenary (or Mercenary Enrollment)
>Lucifer no Migite
>Les Misérables
Don't be afraid to post a comment if you got questions, it's not as if I'm going to ignore or delete your post.
Languages I can at least understand:
Dutch/Nederlands: fluent, it is my first language. English: nearly fluent: my go-to language whenever Dutch isn't able to make the conversation keep going. French/Français: I have been surrounded with French since my childhood but even then I still have difficulties talking with native speakers. I can write texts and mails without issues as long as I have time however, so here on MAL it's also fine :) German/Deutsch: I haven't heard a lot of German in my life, however it is probably the closest language there nowadays is (except South-African) to Dutch. I can understand it with enough time to connect the dots minus a few words here and there.
I have studied Latin for six years in high school, so I have some notions about Spanish, Portuguese and Italian as many words are derived from the Latin words, but don't ask me to write anything because I'll have to use a translating tool, which isn't always correct.
Likes:
good storylines
good OSTs & OPs
things that can make me laugh sincerely
badass characters
creativity
honesty and friendliness
Poeta doctus (learn stuff about irl through an author's work)
Classical Greek and Latin culture
Sciences
Dislikes:
Toxicity, egocentrism, narcissism
Earrape and continuous yelling (exception: Let Me Hear - Parasyte OP)
Stories with MCs that are too OP, without good plot, without redeeming factors that end up as a waste of time
Stories that progress extremely slow
Cringe stuff like Killing Stalking
other things idk for now
I love classical literature, such as Homer's Odyssey and Iliad, Virgil's Aeneid, Ovid's Metamorphoses, Greek and Roman mythology and movies of derivatives based on parts of that such as Percy Jackson (books and movies).
Other movies that I like are The Maze Runner trilogy, The Hunger Games, lots of Marvel movies, Batman: The Dark Knight trilogy, the Harry Potter franchise, some Disney and Pixar movies such as Tangled and Inside Out, Inception, The Matrix franchise, Divergent trilogy, the Cobra Kai series, I am number three...
On the forums I'm quasi only active in the Animanga recs and Manga Discussion boards. AD is just so full of bait and crap posts I don't even care anymore like bruh.
Feel free to see the stuff I recommend to y'all. I try to only post quality° manga recommendations, and this a few times a week, (°with multiple similarities and some differences, and not just based on a tag or similar MC personality or concept like revenge).
Lately I've been trying to put the spotlight onto less known manga.
I've stopped doing reviews, since I know myself, I can't explain a full story well enough, it's up to yourself to try it out based on other reviews or recommendations. The only exceptions I make, are when nobody else has reviewed a manga I love (rated 9 or 10).
Examples: 1 Second ; Lucifer no Migite (soon)
Manga that I'd give a 9 immediately when I see they've been added to MAL:
+Adventures of an Undead who became Paladin
+Peerless Dad/Father, Unrivalled
+Wo Zhen Bushi Xie Shen Zougou
+Second Life of a Gangster
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Anime ratings:
10: Extremely good, every episode was thrilling/fun/worth watching* 9: Masterpiece, most of the time hyped and glad to have watched it * 8: Good/Great, worth watching but sometimes lacking 7: Normal score: mediocre plotline, animation may be lacking a bit (not really taking older anime into account here), sometimes less interesting 6: Plot isn't all that interesting, often just focus on attack scenes, superficial [Sometimes reasons are given in the tag area, but mostly it's because generally it's less good than the 7-rated anime, not because it's a waste of time] 5: Not sure how I feel about these, but it was disappointing in some way <5: Not worth watching**
Since I now watch anime adaptations of manga I really like, the balance will naturally be shifted to the upper side of the anime rated spectrum, with quite a bunch of 8s. My manga list is still faithful to my full rating scale. Also the issue with giving more 8s and 9s comes from the several seasons of a single anime, manga don't have multiple entries as much as anime.
*NB: Because long running series often have fillers and slower paced parts, the best ones are commonly rated 9/10. It's not fair for me to give them a 10 if there were more than a few slow parts, but still I love them for what they are. Examples of these are One Piece and Hunter x Hunter. **NB: I tend to skip shows rated below 6.50 so that's why the first sifting leads to very few anime scored below 5.: abolished before 2022
Manga ratings:
*I try to rate only after reading Ch 3 (except one-shots). If I'm still in doubt, I leave it blank for the moment.
*First rating is most commonly 6/7. 8 only after at least 10 Ch. (6 = average, 7 = okay, 8 = very good). Lower than 6 may occur, but that means it's bad from the beginning.
*Score might raise by one if there's a continuous supply of great chapters, score might drop by one if there's a continuous supply of boring/awful chapters. The ceiling between 8 and 9, and between 9 and 10 is higher than the ones lower than 8.
*Lowest score given atm is 1 = Not only cringe/boring/annoying/terrible/waste of time but also offensive and make me wish I could forget they exist, 2 = nothing redeemable, no decent plot, no comedy, no interesting characters, no creativity, boring and superficial, 3 = terrible, 4 means bad/boring/cringe, 5 means below average but not that bad.
*Any manga with 9 or above is a top pick that is a must-read if you've got similar taste as me. 9 = great/well-written/entertaining.
*10 is mostly given to manga that have been taking me by surprise many times, tons of hype scenes, and that made me read non-stop (like at least 20/30+ chapters every time)
*Since I'm a reader that likes to switch between stories, if I keep on reading the same one, it means a lot.
*Dropped manga = forever ditched <> On-Hold = read again later (months-year(s)), as long as they're scored 6 or higher I won't drop them, and as long as manga are scored 8 or above it's got my attention enough not to pause them.
So summarized: Reading list: 1-10°; Completed list: 1-10; On-Hold list: 1-7; Dropped list: 1-5 (unrated manga can be everywhere as well.) °I rather don't want to keep reading stuff rated 4 or below so typically my reading list has manga rated 5-10.
Currently setting anime aside for (seinen) manga/manhwa, I'll watch anime adaptations of the manga I enjoyed but not anime before a manga. I do read some Shoujo & Josei manga, although at a slower pace and less frequent than Shounen and Seinen manga.
Examples are Aqua, Kagen no Tsuki, Niehime to Kemono no Ou, Usotoki Rhetoric, Usemono Yado & Mystery to Iu nakare, Olimpos, Sayonara Sorcier, preferably with another tag like Horror, Mystery or Supernatural instead of solely pure romance.
Reading/PTR list that I can't find here on MAL: (TO BE CHANGED later: more than a couple of these were added already)
>>> These are listed chronologically, the newly additions are added down below, while the one right under this text is the one I read the longest time ago. All ✅ mean it's listed on my anilist account., also my criteria to drop them are not the same as the ones on here, I drop it if I don't want to continue but the score does not need to be 5 or below.
Don't underestimate LNs, 1 chapter can take +- 10 minutes or even 15-20 if you're reading very thoroughly.
Latest update(s): TBATE 387>>398/400+ ; Sep 13, 2022 TBATE 386>>387/394+ ; Jul 26, 2022 ORV 488>>492/551+ ; Jul 17, 2022 TBATE 383>>386/386+ ; May 30, 2022 TBATE 369>>383/383+ ; May 11, 2022 Star Odyssey 9>>11/1372+ ; Mar 13, 2022
#Solo leveling (SL): completed; 270/270 Ch.: completed in 2021
#Omniscient reader's viewpoint (ORV): reading; 492/551 Ch.: read to 483 in 2021
#The Beginning after the End (TBATE): reading; 398/400+ Ch.: read to 321 in 2021
#Transmigrated into a beast tribe: reading; 14/102 Ch - If SL LN is all about dry saliva, then this LN is all about 'did you just assume my gender': read to 14 in 2021 - Beginning: 6/10
#Overgeared: reading; 195/1561+ Ch.: read to 195 in 2021
#SSS-class suicide hunter: reading; 1/178+ Ch.: start: Jan 17, 2022
#King of the Dark World Returns to City: reading; 0/1086 Ch.: start: Jan 18, 2022
#I'm really not the demon god's lackey (IRNDGL): reading; 69/185+ Ch.: start: Jan 20, 2022
#Star Odyssey: reading; 11/1468+ Ch.: start: Feb 17, 2022 - Very similar to Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint (apocalypse) and Solo Leveling (monsters), it has bold cruelty like Berserk as well. - Ch1&2: 8/10!
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#The Runesmith: On-Hold; 7/183+ Ch.: start: Jan 18, 2022 (The first 7 Ch were either 6/10 or 7/10 so it wasn't really "great" this far.)
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#Warlock of the Magus World: Plan to Read; 0/1200 Ch. - only after catching up to Star Odyssey
#The Strongest Gene: Plan to Read; 0/880 Ch.
#The Second Coming of Gluttony: Plan to Read; 0/489(+60) Ch. (reading the manhwa rn)
#Breakers: Plan to Read; 0/231 Ch.
#Water Magician: Plan to Read; 0/100+ Ch.
#The only aura user in magic world: Plan to Read; 0/332+ Ch.
#Profound Pure Guard: Plan to Read; 0/1188+ Ch.
#Sense: Plan to Read; 0/100+ Ch.
My manga favorites will be listed this way:
[1:One Piece][2:Golden Kamuy][3:Berserk][4:Kokou no Hito][5:Toshokan no Daimajutsushi][6:Kingdom][7~8: Manga 9-10][9: 2nd last 9-10][10: Latest 9-10]
Any manga rated 9 or 10 has a chance to appear in my favorites sooner or later. One Piece, Golden Kamuy, Kingdom, Berserk and Kokou no Hito will be on there semi-permanent.
More specifications about some favorite stuff:
1) Fav. episode
2) Best villain/antagonist (IMO)
3) Personal hook (first exciting ep) (Tip: to find out for sure; watch at least [2-3 eps for <25 ep anime][10-20 eps for >200 ep anime]; in general at least 3%)
4) Fav. OP/ED
5) Fav. OST
Also: stories in which the main character is not a hero (rather antihero), such as Bastard, Death Note, Golden Kamuy, Hataraku Maou-sama!, Onanie Master Kurosawa, Terror Man*, Villain to Kill*, Youjo Senki, Yuukoku no Moriarty. Koroshiya Ichi and Juujika no Rokunin are a separate case, almost everyone's a villain/antagonist.
+ stories of (slowly) turning inhuman, such as Birdmen, Chainsaw Man, Jagaaaaaan, Kaijuu 8-gou, Kirihito Sanka, Lives, Mosquito War, Parasyte, Shadows of Spawn, Solo Leveling, Terra Formars, Tokyo Ghoul, Zetman (Jujutsu Kaisen, Attack on Titan: partially)
+ stories with lots of funny misunderstood scenes, such as Maoujo de Oyasumi, Detroit Metal City, Golden Kamuy, Katekyo Hitman Reborn!, Skill of Lure, Angel Densetsu, Mieruko-chan, Lookism, Mashle
+ stories about cunning, smart people having psychological fights (1) or solving mysteries/cases (2), such as Liar Game (1), Yuukoku no Moriarty (1), Detective Conan (2), Dr. Frost (2), Loose Senki: Old Boy (1&2), Tomodachi Game (1), Usogui (1), Imawa no Kuni no Alice (1)
+ smart characters that counsel other people as a butler or a likewise job, such as the Owl in Tokyo Ghoul, MC of I'm really not the evil god's lackey*°, Dr. Frost
+ wholesome, heartwarming stories, such as Adventures of an undead who became paladin*, Emperor to Issho, Hisakata no Oto
°This manhua's name doesn't have any strong connection with the MC yet so don't judge it by its cover/name!
Recently (note: December 2022) I found out that I prefer manhwa with actual earthly settings instead of those power fantasy generic copy-paste manhwa. Doctors, surgeons, firefighters, it's all fine by me. The extra irrealistic things don't take away my enjoyment so no probs there.
-Attack on Titan: 1) Season 2 Ep 6 [Won't say reason for obvious spoilers], S3E17; 2) Zeke, Dina Fritz; 3) S1E1; 4) Guren no Yumiya OP1, Shinzou wo Sasageyo OP3; 5) Vogel im Käfig, YouSeeBIGGIRL/T:T -Bastard (Manhwa): 1) Ch 32 rebel, 38 fight, 46, 74 staged!, 82 demon -Berserk: 4) ED Golden Age Part III: Breakthrough; 5) Forces (Kenpuu Denki Berserk 1997) -Black Clover: 1) Ep 170; 2) Licht (Patry); 3) Ep 6 [Don't let Asta's screaming stop you from watching this anime, it disappears shortly after he joined the Black Bulls]; 4) Eien no Hikare (Everlasting Sunshine) OP12 -Demon Slayer: 4) Gurenge -Dororo: 1) Ep 9; 4) ED1: Sayonara Gokko (さよならごっこ) (speed x1.5) -Dr. Stone: 5) S2: Great Detective Suika, Kindom of Science -Golden Kamuy: 4) Winding Road OP S1, Hibana ED S1, Reimei OP S2, Yuusetsu ED S3 -Hunter x Hunter: 2) Hisoka, Meruem; 4) ED6: Hyori Ittai (Two sides of the same coin); 5) Go on, Gon! (Reminds me of Luffy's Theme) (OST 2.26), Kusari Yarou (Kurapika's theme: Chain Bastard) (OST 2.4), Mosa Domo no Heigei "The Stalwarts' Glaring" (OST 1.12) -Katekyo Hitman Reborn! (reading the manga while listening to some STs): 5) Tsuna awakens, Hibari Kyoya Theme, Flame of Retribution, Sasagawa Ryohei Theme, Fukutsu (speed x1.25) -Magi (SNB/Lab/Kingd): 2) Matal Mogamett, Titus; 5) Eye of The Dragon (Lab&Kingd) (OST 18) -Moriarty The Patriot: 1) S1 Ep 7; 4) S2 ED: OMEGA -Naruto: 1) Shippuuden Ep 328/329: Kurama and Naruto; 2) Uchiha Itachi; 5) Shippuuden Unreleased Training ST (speed x1.5), Sadness and Sorrow, Raising Fighting Spirit -No game no life: 3) Ep 1&2; 4) This game -Omniscient reader's viewpoint: (Manhwa) 1) Ch 53; 3) Ch 23 & 24 (although there were some great chapters before these but 23 and 24 made me stay) -One Piece: 1) [Have a lot of 'em, here are a few] Ep 466(Arrival at Marineford),Ep 586(Punk Hazard, funny interactions),Ep 925(Sanji Raid Suit Transformation); 2) Donquixote Doflamingo (background) + Charlotte Katakuri and Issho/Fujitora (respected opponents); 4) One Day OP13, Hands Up OP16, Hope OP20; 5) Luffy Moukou (Luffy's Fierce Attack), The very very very strongest, Overtaken (still the badass OST), Hangeki no Noroshi, Wano Theme Song, Let's Battle, Bink's Sake, Franky's Theme -Parasyte: 1) Ep 5; 2) Tamiya Ryouko; 3) Ep 1; 4) Let Me Hear; 5) I Am, Next To You, Kill The Puppets, Hypnotik, The Truth, Galaxy -Solo Leveling: (Manhwa) (Beru and Igris are my favorite characters in there :)) 1) Ch 23; 3) Chapter 10,13,17,23&24 -The Promised Neverland: 4) S1 OP Touch Off -Tokyo Ghoul: 4) Unravel -Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song: 4) Sing My Pleasure; 5) Final Song (don't know its name): Ep 13 (chills)
I read the Solo Leveling Light Novel and it's awesome as well! Manhwa Ch 156 equals to LN ch 213 ish. Beru best girl <3
Let him watch his drama series, Jin-Woo!! "I warned him that, if he dares to resort to any underhanded schemes, I shall devour him in his entirety, from the tip of his toes all the way up to the ends of his hairs, oh, my king." - Beru, LN chapter 178
Past favorite characters/(overflow): Characters that leave a lasting impression
*Kamado, Nezuko (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
*Sukehiro, Yami (Black Clover)
*Liebe (Black Clover)
*Novachrono, Julius (Black Clover)
*Monkey D., Luffy (One Piece)
*Smoker (One Piece)
*Jinbe (One Piece)
*Brook (One Piece)
*Zoldyck, Killua (Hunter x Hunter)
*Krueger, Biscuit (Hunter x Hunter)
*Shihouin, Yoruichi (Bleach)
*Noi Nueph, Uraltugo (Magi)
*Uriel (Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint)
*Han, Sooyoung (ORV)
*Lee, Hyunsung (ORV)
*Ahn, Stephen (Weak Hero) pulling a damn Donquixote Rosinante, poor guy
*Hatake, Kakashi (Naruto)
*Gaara (Naruto)
*Migi (Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu)
*Yong, Mu-sung (Legend of the Northern Blade) [Leader of the Iron Brigade]
*Dusik, Cha (Mercenary Enrollment*) [Gang leader]
*Hamchun, Kang (Mercenary Enrollment*) [Lieutenant]
*Kanzaki, Jin (Zetman)
*Sebas Tian (Overlord)
*Min, Jungwoo (Terror Man*) [MC]
*Andre, Thomas (Solo Leveling)*Tempest, Veldora (Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken)
*Reborn (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)
*Beam (Chainsaw Man)
*Mu Sang, Seo (The Legend of The Northern Blade) Tragic strugglers:
*Guts (Berserk)
*Yoo, Jonghyuk (ORV)
Cool/badass characters:
*Yeon, Gray
*Ackerman, Levi
*Roronoa, Zoro; Jinbe; Charlotte, Katakuri; Issho/Fujitora
*Sung, Jin-woo; Igris; Sung, Il-Hwan
*Guts
*Madarame, Baku
*Kaneki, Ken
*Hyakkimaru (Dororo)
*Zoldyck, Killua; Kurapika
*Kenpachi, Zaraki
*Reborn
*Ijin (Mercenary Enrollment*)
*Oyaji (Oyaji)
*Kongou, Akira
*Yu (The Boxer)
Fav. Character Theme OST:
Franky's Theme (One Piece)
Anime:
-4000 Eps: [<572 left]
-5000 Eps:
-Complete 75: Aug 16, 2022
-Complete 100: [<23 left] Manga:
-4000 Ch: July 26, 2021: The Legend of the Northern Blade Ch 17
-5000 Ch (all manga): August 8, 2021
-5000 Ch (pure MAL): Sep 2, 2021: Usogui Ch 71
-6000 Ch (all manga): Sep 2, 2021: Jagaaaaaan Ch 47
-30 days (pure MAL): Sep 13, 2021: Hideout Ch 5 (5,169 Ch: 1d~172 Ch)
-6000 Ch (pure MAL): Oct 1, 2021: Shinai naru Boku e Satsui wo Komete Ch 18
-7000 Ch (all manga): Sep 25, 2021: Kokou no Hito Ch 111
-7000 Ch (pure MAL): Nov 2, 2021: Imawa no Kuni no Alice Ch 73
-8000 Ch (all manga): Oct 23, 2021: Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Ch 62
-8000 Ch (pure MAL): Nov 14, 2021: Dark Mage Ch 9
-9000 Ch (all manga): Nov 9, 2021: Hokuto no Ken Ch 52
-9000 Ch (pure MAL): Dec 14, 2021: Doraemon Ch 6
-10000 Ch (all manga): Nov 24, 2021: Kongou Banchou Ch 5
-10000 Ch (pure MAL): Jan 3, 2022: Golden Kamuy Ch 229
-11000 Ch (all manga): Dec 15, 2021: Apocalyptic Thief* Ch 15
-11000 Ch (pure MAL): Jan 20, 2022: Dragon Ball Ch 346
-12000 Ch (all manga): Jan 3, 2022: The Breaker: New Waves Ch 70
-12000 Ch (pure MAL): Feb 7, 2022: Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji Ch 9
-60 days (pure MAL): Jan 12, 2022: Kingdom Ch 218 (10,609 Ch: 1d~177 Ch)
-13000 Ch (all manga): Jan 15, 2022: Kingdom Ch 249
-13000 Ch (pure MAL): Before Mar 15, 2022: Quanzhi Fashi Ch <105
-90 days (pure MAL): May 16, 2022: Kubera Ch 69 (14,952 Ch: 1d~166 Ch)
-15000 Ch (pure MAL): May 17, 2022: Innocent Ch 24
-17000 Ch (pure MAL): Jul 5, 2022: Waga Na wa Umishi Ch 5
-20000 Ch (pure MAL): Oct 2, 2022: Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin Ch 108
-22500 Ch (pure MAL): Jan 10, 2023: Chio-chan no Tsuugakuro Ch 22
-150 days (pure MAL): Feb 2, 2023: Jisatsutou Ch 51 (23,138+ Ch: 13 rereads)
-25000 Ch (pure MAL): Mar 23, 2023: Uchuu Kyoudai Ch 66
-27500 Ch (pure MAL): Aug 11, 2023: Return of the Blossoming Blade Ch 41
-30000 Ch (pure MAL): [<2,453 left]
-2500 Vol: Sep 13, 2023
-5000 Vol: [<2,500 left]
-50 completed (3,176 Ch): Dec 15, 2021: Average 63 Ch per manga
-100 completed (4,417 Ch): Feb 5, 2022: Average 44 Ch per manga
-200 completed (6,260 Ch): Aug 25, 2022: Average 31 Ch per manga - 200th: Genocyber
-300 completed (... Ch): [<44 left]
-50 recommendations: Jan 15, 2021
-100 recommendations: Mar 12, 2022
-200 recommendations: Nov 29, 2022
-300 recommendations: [<88 left]
>> '17-'20: ~0 - ~1,000 = 1,000 Ch read
>> 2021: ~1,000 -10,000 = 9,000 Ch read (only started reading more manga in the 2nd half of 2021)
>> 2022: ~10,000 - ~22,300 = 12,300 Ch read
>> 2023: ~22,300 -
Miscellaneous:
-1,000 Profile Views: Oct 27, 2021
-10,000 Profile Views: Jun 11, 2022
-20,000 Profile Views: Apr 8, 2023
-Most Ch read in 1 day: 202 (started counting in Nov 2021)
>> (marathon'ed Cestvs and the sequel in 7 hours => 186)
>> (marathon'ed The Breaker and the sequel in two days => 200: Jan 2 or 3, 2022)
>> (72 Ch of Change Guy + 61 Ch of Wolf Guy + 12 Ch of Vagabond + 12 Ch of See No Evil & a couple Ch of 19 other manga => 202: Nov 23, 2022 [+1.3 days])
>1st manga: Berserk
>1st manhwa: Solo Leveling
>1st manhua: Quanzhi Gaoshou
>1st One-shot: Terror (this one's a letdown though)
Fav manhwa: up for debate
Fav manhua: Wo Zhen Bushi Xie Shen Zougou
Fav One-Shot: Tokidoki
Fav Light Novel: Star Odyssey
1) Liar Game vs The Promised Neverland:
Kanzaki Nao <> Emma: Naïve girls that want the best for everyone
Akiyama Shinichi <> Norman: Geniuses with extreme rationality to find loopholes in the system, aiding the girl
Fukunaga Yuuji <> Ray: Also smartasses but somehow entangled with betrayal
2) Battle Royale vs Imawa no Kuni no Alice:
Kawada Shougo <> Morizono Agni: Hardened men with an unexpected softer side hidden behind a thick wall
Last update: March 23
Bar colors:"Bar Left":#11c910;"Bar Right":#253bec
Amazing artwork: Kokou no Hito and Toshokan no Daimajutsushi + couple others like Otoyomegatari, Tenju no Kuni, Ran to Haiiro no Sekai etc have the most detailed and amazing artwork of all the non-webtoon manga I know!
Any manga scored 7 or above is a good rec imo, manga rated 6 might also be fine if you can set your expectations from the start a bit lower.
Historical manga sorted by time era (below for European based manga):
-Prehistoric era: (40,000-120,000 years ago) [with Neanderthals]: Sousei no Taiga
-Macedonia and Greece: (~350-300 BC: 4th century BC): Historie
-Roman Empire (50~55AD: 1st century, Italy): Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs, Nero
-Plinius and the eruption of the Vesuvius (79: 1st century, Italy): Plinivs
-Thermae Romae
-Vikings (11th century, Europe): Vinland Saga
-Renaissance (1500s: early 16th century, Italy): Arte
-French Revolution (1789: 18th century, France): Innocent
-Industrial Revolution (1700s-1800s: 19th century): Levius [Sci-Fi]
-Cold War (1980s, Germany): Toudoku ni Ita
Best (near) endings: (mostly very emotional)
*Battle Royale: Ch 106-119
*Akumetsu: Ch 150-162
*Angel Densetsu: Ch 82-84
You might want to read these manga if you watched and liked these movies/series:
*The Hunger Games => Battle Royale
*Cobra Kai => Hajime no Ippo
*Inside Out (Disney) => Yumi's Cells
*The Dark Knight (Batman) => Zetman
*Deadpool => Deadpool: Samurai
*Venom (Marvel) => Igyoujin Oniwakamaru
*Daredevil (Netflix series) => Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals
*Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Marvel) => The Breaker
*Wolverine (Marvel) => Lives
*Venom and/or Spider-Man (Marvel) => Shadows of Spawn
*Zero (about puppets with numbers, the higher the more one is "worth", zeroes are worth "nothing") => Plunderer
Maybe some controversial takes:
IMO:
*Isekai Yakkyoku > Dr. Stone (characters do not have as many annoying tics and there is more hype and humor)
*If you think Chainsaw Man is a 10, that means you've not read enough manga yet.
*Akumetsu does not deserve a single score tier less than Death Note
*Boruto is such a waste of time. Just move on and read/watch anything else.
*If you gave Killing Stalking anything above 6, is everything okay?
[Yeah I didn't want to cut off all small corners as it took me so much time last time I did that. I don't care about those aesthetics anymore.]
My Golden Kamuy Collection so far: (€253 spent ~$275)
[Got all volumes from 1-27 except V18.]
(Other pic coming soon: None)
I only buy manga I know I won't regret having spent money on.
Manga I'd want to buy someday: Kokou no Hito, Liar Game, Kingdom, The Promised Neverland V1-3, Imawa no Kuni no Alice (I don't need V1 if it costs 20 euros... the later volumes are better), Lucifer no Migite, Akumetsu (if it's in English, I understand a decent amount of French but I'm not fluent)
English translated manga vols:
Golden Kamuy 1-17,19-26 (= 25)
One Piece 24,28-30,36,54,57,65,66,80,91-93,98 (= 8 + 2 omnibuses 3in1)
French translated manga vols: (These were so cheap: only €2 a piece but not in pristine conditions. I don't mind though. All 8 vols of Les Misérables were new, normally they cost about 8 euros a volume but with shipping it became €10/vol. I also don't mind, because there is no English version available. Thanks to these I have a nice way of learning more French together with manga I loved that I couldn't get in English :D!!
Examples: Bremen, Zetman, Rainbow, Yokokuhan, Megumi no Daigo, Heads & Les Misérables
Les Misérables 1-8 (= 8)
Baptism (Senrei) 4
Bremen 6,8
Heads 3
Me-gumi no Daigo 5
Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin 3
Prophecy (Yokokuhan) 2
Vinland Saga 9
Zetman 7,8
Zipang 17
=> Total = 19
>> 79 Vols in total as of August 29 2022
>> 97 Vols in total as of Oct 22 2022
>> 106 Vols in total as of Nov 19 2022
19-11-2022: As I'm reading "My Home Hero", I feel the same urge to binge as I did with Waga Na wa Umishi; Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin & Megumi no Daigo. I love it whenever I find such another manga I can excitedly binge on the edge of my seat :D
18-8-2022: Today I passed by a nearby bookstore to look if they maybe had some interesting manga volumes to buy (haven't bought for months until today), and I found TBATE vol 1! That was literally the last one I'd have expected, since it takes a while until manga from America come over to my country. €20 were worth it, glad I didn't buy Solo Leveling for the same price before. I also bought Witch Hat Atelier V9, even though I'm not that far in the manga yet.
06-8-2022: I gained more than 600 chapters here on MAL because I finally found Solo Leveling's and Omniscient Reader's Novel pages. I actually want to complete ORV soon because the ending is so close (rn at 492/512) the ending is somewhere in the 510s, the rest should be epilogues.
Edit: Yoo I went from 109 days to 123 days, that's the equivalent of 31 minutes per novel chapter xD. No way it's that much but it is 20+ mins though.
Latest onion-cutting chapters: Escort Warrior 141: Jul 7, 2023 4-punkan no Marigold 4x in the first 8 chapters: Feb 15, 2023 Medical Return 143 & 146: Dec 11, 2022 Megumi no Daigo 59 (V7 Ch 7): Oct 7, 2022 Tongari Boushi no Atelier 9: August 15, 2022 Hoshi Mamoru Inu 1 & 2: July 19, 2022 Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin: several chapters; July 7-8, 2022 Sayonara Sorcier 10: June 18, 2022 Adventures of an Undead who became Paladin 69: June 6, 2022 Kubera 177+178: June 5, 2022 TBATE (LN) 378 & 379: May 11, 2022
From top to bottom and left to right:
1) Akumetsu, One Piece, Berserk
2) Golden Kamuy x3
3) One Piece, Golden Kamuy, One Punch Man
4) Naruto, The Promised Neverland, Golden Kamuy
MAL Heatmap (started counting anime & manga from Sep 28, 2021)
The first couple of seasons of TWD were great but the series did steadily decline from that point on till the very end lol. Still I'll definitely give the sequels a chance :P.
Dexter having 8 seasons and its final one being the worst is sadly saying of how they milked the series till it was D-R-Y huh :< it felt like that with TWD too as well tbh, it didn't need 11 seasons, the plot was lost, the characters lost their interest BUT again I also enjoyed the first seasons a lot so the milking that went on for seasons and its disappointing ending also didnt ruin it for me, so you might as well watch TWD next lmao.
I finished Netflix's One Piece live adaptation. It was alright, better than I expected it to be. Did you watched btw or?
Are you done with season 8 by now? You must be huh :P. Damn you know a series is good when you're checking out the spin-off sequels lol. Don't think I'll be checking The Walking Dead sequels though 😒
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Damn, losing a year would suck big time. Good luck with your studies man.
Manga #16 in MRC 2023.
Wish you a lot of success in everything you want to achieve !
Dexter having 8 seasons and its final one being the worst is sadly saying of how they milked the series till it was D-R-Y huh :< it felt like that with TWD too as well tbh, it didn't need 11 seasons, the plot was lost, the characters lost their interest BUT again I also enjoyed the first seasons a lot so the milking that went on for seasons and its disappointing ending also didnt ruin it for me, so you might as well watch TWD next lmao.
I finished Netflix's One Piece live adaptation. It was alright, better than I expected it to be. Did you watched btw or?