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Show-ha Shou-ten

Akane-banashi

I see a lot of similarities between these two mangas. Both are about similar and yet unique topics. Both are, at its core, shonen mangas (protagonist goes through trials and tribulations, becomes stronger, etc). Imo both have excellent art and story.

Is there one that you guys prefer? If so, why?

Or perhaps there’s another manga with similar topic and style that you prefer over these two?

[-] Cityshrimp@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Started reading Dungeon Meshi since ppl were recommending it. Damn, it’s way better than I expected. Lots of innovative ideas and the world building is topnotch. Can’t wait for the anime!

Also started reading Aishiteru Game. Pretty typical romcom, but I’m a sucker for casual romcoms, and the art is pretttty good. Only on chapter 11, hoping it remains strong

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[-] Cityshrimp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I can never get tired of seeing their evil looks. These chapters are why I enjoy it more than Temple

[-] Cityshrimp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is a tough one. I’ve read a good amount of villainess mangas and tbh they all sort of blend together at some point. They are all so similar it was hard telling them apart after a while, especially if new chapters don’t come very often. I’ve stopped following all but two - “The Banished Villainess! Living the Leisurely Life of a Nun Making Revolutionary Church Food” and “I'm in Love with the Villainess”.

The former is not all that innovative, but the direction is slightly more refreshing than the usual. I wouldn’t say I recommend it but I prefer it over something like “My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!”

The latter has a more unique premise and the art is better than most villainess mangas. Yuri might put some ppl off, but if you’re ok with it, this is probably the one villainess manga I’d recommend

Note: I almost never read anything with less than 20 chapters, so maybe there are some good, new villainess mangas out there that I haven’t read. Looking forward to other ppl’s comments!

[-] Cityshrimp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Looks like it, but have mixed feelings about that. I love the entire series except for the final arc. I hope they take some liberty there at least to cover some of the flaws (e.g. the lame battle against the quadruplets)

[-] Cityshrimp@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I’m for it. New to lemmy so not sure if there’s auto-mod to make life easier on the mods

[-] Cityshrimp@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Just sent this to programmer friends to induce certain irony

[-] Cityshrimp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I read a few chapters, but I typically can’t get into a manga with this kind of pacing. Sket-dance is probably the border line for me in terms of how many jokes/retorts they pack in a chapter. Anything more than that, and it’s too exhausting to read lol

Edit: never watched the anime but I think I’d enjoy that more than the manga

[-] Cityshrimp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Valid points. I was also thinking why the something like magic doesn’t bother me the same way. It doesn’t exist in the real world so I can never experience them, but I enjoy watching a hero blast off magic way more than I would if he made some exceptional dish from monster meat. I think some of it comes down to personal preference. Cooking/food just isn’t as interesting to me when it doesn’t use real world ingredients.

I also read Toriko and I thought it was an ok fighting manga, but I did not enjoy the food prep/eating parts. I just want them to go back to fighting lol

[-] Cityshrimp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I didn’t hear about that one until after I started avoiding isekai cooking mangas. I’ll give it a shot.

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Isekai / reincarnation / fantasy mangas have been huge these past couple of years. There are many interesting mangas with various topics and themes out there, but “cooking” is one theme that I can’t get behind.

I love cooking mangas in general. I’ve read Mister Ajikko, Chuuka Ichiban, Yakitate Japan, Shota no Sushi, Oh! My Konbu, Shokugeki no Soma, and many more. In these mangas, no matter how ridiculous it gets, it is usually based on real world ingredients. The final product is often exaggerated but the flavor is something I can actually imagine. I’ve actually attempted to make some of them and read about others who have done the same.

But this is often untrue for cooking scenes in fantasy mangas. For example, cooking is a major part of Drifting Dragons. They would make dragon meat dishes that are similar to real world dishes and go into details about how it tastes. In Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill, Mukoda would make real-world dishes but isekai monster meat, and how great they taste. But… so what? No matter how much you describe the taste to me, I don’t know and will never know how a dragon or orc taste.

I’m not saying those mangas are boring. I actually really enjoy both Drifting Dragons and Campfire Cooking, but I just can’t get into the food part of it. I would probably enjoy them even more if they glossed over the food and spend more time on other things.

[-] Cityshrimp@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

“Bad Move” indeed

[-] Cityshrimp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The blue, earless, mechanical cat - Doraemon

[-] Cityshrimp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I typically prefer manga over anime but I think this is gonna be a fun watch. Getting hyped!

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