Author Topic: I need some new manga to read (Read 1163 times)

Great Rumbler · « **on:** October 21, 2011, 10:15:44 PM »

I'm pretty much caught up everything I'm currently reading [Coppellion, Franken Fran, Amanchu!, Teppu, Yankee-kun to Megane-chan, Sankarea, Junketsu no Maria, and a random assortment of other garbage that I shouldn't be subjecting my mind to] after getting on a manga-reading tear the past week, and I'm thinking about starting on something else. From the manga I listed, it's pretty clear that I have an eclectic taste that knows few bounds, so gimme something weird and off-beat. The more obscure the better!

Don't recommend One Piece.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #1 on:** October 21, 2011, 10:18:36 PM »

deadman wonderland
nijigahara holograph

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2 on:** October 21, 2011, 10:22:57 PM »

Quote from: Van Cruncheon on October 21, 2011, 10:18:36 PM

deadman wonderland

I watched a few episodes of the anime, but couldn't really get into it. Way too much "blah blah blah" not enough homicidal theme park. Is the manga more of the latter, perhaps?

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nijigahara holograph

Looks weird as all hell, so I'll go ahead and start reading it.

Bebpo · « **Reply #3 on:** October 21, 2011, 10:23:16 PM »

I want to read Deadman Wonderland but I'm gonna wait until it finishes.

Bebpo · « **Reply #4 on:** October 21, 2011, 10:28:15 PM »

I can tell you manga not to read:

-Bleach
-Everything CLAMP outside Clover, X [unfinished], Tokyo Babylon, Chobits
-Trigun

I think 99% of manga are distinguished mentally-challenged honestly. About 5% are so distinguished mentally-challenged they are exhilarating-ly fun to read such as Death Note or Fist of the North Star. 1% is uhhh Yotsuba&!, Fruits Basket, Monster, One Piece, and maaaaybe Berserk though let's see where it is in another 10 years.

Nijigahara was ok, same with Solanin; but sorry Treesang, I still think they're overrated.

You should read Drifters if you want entertaining + good art. But it's still really early and only has 20 pages a month, so get used to waiting. It's by the Hellsing guy (I hear Hellsing was a lot of fun).

Himu · « **Reply #5 on:** October 21, 2011, 10:28:57 PM »

Yoshihiro Tatsumi works namely Abandon the Old in Tokyo and A Drifting Life.

If you haven't read Tezuka's MW, Black Jack, or other recent officially translated manga, do so.

Children of the Sea.

I'll Give It My All Tomorrow.

Yotsuba&

One Piece. Seriously.

That's for not so obscure manga suggestions, I'll come up with a follow up post featuring more obscure picks.

Bebpo · « **Reply #6 on:** October 21, 2011, 10:32:41 PM »

I used to like and read a lot of manga when I was in college and around 18-21. Seemed that manga >>>> anime.

But now I only read manga for my cheap popcorn entertainment. I don't actually think it's good literature anymore. Just seems so badly written almost all the time.

These are the manga I'm currently following for instance:
-One Piece (good)
-Naruto (better than Bleach, but bad)
-Bleach (very bad)
-Drifters (fun)
-Berserk (sorta good?)
-Gantz (lolololololol so distinguished mentally-challenged it's fun)
-Soul Eater (generic shounen but I like the art and characters...sorta)
-Yotsuba&! (awesome!)
-Fist of the North Star (lolol, but it's entertaining so far)
-XXXholic (started off good, got bad, committed to finishing it)

Himu · « **Reply #7 on:** October 21, 2011, 10:34:42 PM »

Almost all of those are shounen. That's why you don't think so highly of manga.

Himu · « **Reply #8 on:** October 21, 2011, 10:36:03 PM »

And yes, manga > anime

manga is far more eclectic and diverse and there's currently 1000x better manga than there is anime.

Bebpo · « **Reply #9 on:** October 21, 2011, 10:38:56 PM »

I don't find most shoujo to be that much better. Last really good one I read was Fruits Basket. And I don't hear about much good recent seinen these days.

Personally it seems to me that the more intelligent and well written Japanese stories and their authors have moved from manga -> light novel as the light novel became a prevalent medium in Japan during the last decade. Before that when it was FULL NOVEL or manga, a lot of people opted to write a manga. But now there's this in-between and most of the anime you see these days that actually have good writing tend to come from light novels instead of manga like they used to.

For instance, the Baccano/Durarara writer; or the Bakemonogatari/Katanagatari writer.

I'm a lot more open to reading a light novel than a manga.

Himu · « **Reply #10 on:** October 21, 2011, 10:40:09 PM »

There's more to manga than shounen and shoujo, bebpo.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #11 on:** October 21, 2011, 10:41:48 PM »

Yotsuba, Trigun, and Hellsing...I'm already all over that scene. Berserk...I'll wait until it looks like there's a real end-game, because right now there isn't one and it's going on twenty years. One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach...passes for me, just not interested. Fist of the North Star...awesome, but I'll just watch the movie/series if I feel like that sort of thing. Gantz...I've sniffed around it from time to time, but don't really want to start reading/watching it. Children of the Sea, Saturn Apartments, and I'll Give It My All Tomorrow...keep wanting to read these, just haven't gotten around to buying them yet.

Drifters looks pretty wild, so I'll check that out, too.

Oh, and Bebpo, go read Franken Fran. I'm not kidding. Go read it. Seriously.

Himu · « **Reply #12 on:** October 21, 2011, 10:43:28 PM »

Read this pdf, Great Rumbler.

http://www.mangareader.net/1246-42956-1/abandon-the-old-in-tokyo/chapter-2.html

Thank me later.

Himu · « **Reply #13 on:** October 21, 2011, 10:47:31 PM »

They didn't have the whole chapter on there

read here then:

http://www.mangareader.net/1246-42956-1/abandon-the-old-in-tokyo/chapter-2.html

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #14 on:** October 21, 2011, 11:28:42 PM »

Read this slice-of-teenage-life thing called Ciguatera that was quite compelling recently. Some real WTF moments in there.

Vizzys · « **Reply #15 on:** October 21, 2011, 11:47:49 PM »

zetman
oyasumi punpun

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #16 on:** October 22, 2011, 12:26:56 AM »

Quote from: Viz on October 21, 2011, 11:47:49 PM

zetman
oyasumi punpun

I've read a little bit of each of those, need to get back into them.

Quote from: AWESOM-O on October 21, 2011, 11:44:02 PM

Is the Battle Angel Alita manga any good?

Sure it is.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #17 on:** October 22, 2011, 12:55:38 AM »

Dance in the Vampire Bund

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #18 on:** October 22, 2011, 01:03:30 AM »

Quote from: Trent Dole on October 22, 2011, 12:55:38 AM

Dance in the Vampire Bund

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #19 on:** October 22, 2011, 01:20:18 AM »

No you really don't, go out and punch a weeaboo you'll feel like a man or at least less of a fey cheeseburger-thing

Vizzys · « **Reply #20 on:** October 22, 2011, 03:28:28 AM »

liar game
flame of recca

magus · « **Reply #21 on:** October 22, 2011, 05:55:58 AM »

last time i was into reading manga,i was reading bakuman,it was okay but it dragged and dragged and dragged and i just stopped caring

there is mirai nikki which is pretty weird and creepy

or otherwise go with yotsuba which is the complete opposite

MCD · « **Reply #22 on:** October 22, 2011, 07:32:02 AM »

Masturbation Master Kurosawa
Vinland Saga
Shingeki no Kyojin
Tsumi to Batsu
Shamo
Beelzebub
Nurarihyon no Mago

bork · « **Reply #23 on:** October 22, 2011, 01:45:07 PM »

Quote from: AWESOM-O on October 21, 2011, 11:44:02 PM

Is the Battle Angel Alita manga any good?

It's awesome (and so is Aqua Knight by the same author, which is sadly unfinished), but after completing the story Yukito Kishiro decided to retcon the ending and keep it going under the name "Last Order." I don't like the newer series quite as much, but I still have a lot left of it to read. It's still on-going.

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Author Topic: I need some new manga to read (Read 1163 times)