What you have been reading within the past 7 days

[Papasmurf]

yes, and your reading material?

Wrong thread

Just skimming JoJo part 4 in color and Seishokuki, no interest in sitting down to read something new

 

[Warmmedown]

3am Dangerous Zone, chap 2. Had to read something with a professional MC and this was already on my list.

Imperfect Girl/Shoujo Fujuubun, chap 9. Meh. Adult guy gets kidnapped by an elementary schooler and locked in a closet. Dunno where it's going.

Couple weeks ago:
Ibitsu. Horror that I started reading before.

Skip and Loafer, chap 8. School slice of life/drama about a high-achieving country girl who moves to a Tokyo school and finds she struggles with the academics and social life more than anticipated. Realistic cast of characters who don't mostly aren't archetypal, in realistic situations. The main character is positive-minded and normally solutions are found, so it's quite a light-hearted series compared to some school manga. Like it a lot so far. It actually has an anime coming up too.

 

[SSJ2]

Holyland by Kouji Mori. I found it by chance last night and wanted to see what Mori was about now that he's supervising Berserk.

 

[SSJ2]

Holyland by Kouji Mori. I found it by chance last night and wanted to see what Mori was about now that he's supervising Berserk.

~50 chapters in and so far this has been top tier shit. Hopefully it doesn't fall off from here.

 

[Papasmurf]

~50 chapters in and so far this has been top tier shit. Hopefully it doesn't fall off from here.

How many chapters does it have?

 

[SSJ2]

I think around 180.

 

[Papasmurf]

Is it finished

 

[SSJ2]

Yeah finished in 2008.

 

[Papasmurf]

Might read Holyland and his island manga sometime then. I put Holyland off after reading the first couple of chapters because I figured the fights wouldn't be as realistic as it pretends they are but I heard it was wildly popular in Young Animal so it's worth a shot

 

[SSJ2]

I'm not sure if you can call them realistic given I have little knowledge of martial arts. He does go to the length of explaining many of the fight scenes though and doesn't do it in a convoluted way like HxH. No text walls.

 

[Mystic]

Are the scans good

 

[SSJ2]

High quality on mangasee. I'd give the art a 7.5-8/10. Not peak Berserk level but very good.

 

[Mystic]

I read chapter 1. Not at all what I had expected. Still, the art is good and there's a good amount of intrigue there. Lol at the SOGA arcade cabinet

 

[SSJ2]

Yeah that's how I felt about it too. And while there is definitely a focus on fighting, there's an equal amount of focus on the characters and development, at least so far. Very enjoyable read.

 

[Warmmedown]

Shoujo Fujuubun. Maybe 5 chaps left. It's improved a lot since halfway through, even though the initial situation of a 20 year old being kidnapped and locked in a cupboard by a 7 year old still is ridiculous. Bit reminiscent of Oshimi manga like Chi no Wadachi, I'm Inside Mari and Happiness.

Blaster Knuckle. It feels a bit like if Berserk was set in late 1800s USA. Apparently the author was high school friends with Miura (so was Mori I think).

 

[Kyo]

Hinamatsuri

 

[Warmmedown]

Holyland

The Fable

Issak

 

[Warmmedown]

Holyland, got past where I was in 2013. I actually remember reading about him practising the 1 and 2 5000 times a day and throwing loads of them myself for a few months lol. Forgot that was the inspiration.

The Fable. This shit's starting to get funny

Needless to say, he didn't get this job.
There are some more serious plots that seem to be building, mostly involving the yakuza, but most chapters retain some humour.

 

[SSJ2]

he Fable

Started this last night, got to chapter 6. I like the premise so far. Seems pretty funny as well.

Also gonna start Kingdom.

 

[Kyo]

Decided to read through all the Jojos. I’m on part 2 and honestly bored out of my mind. Not sure I have the mental fortitude to go through a series that’s just okay and that I’ve already experienced.