I'm currently reading Osamu Tezuka, considered to be the "Father of Manga." He was the creator of Astro Boy, and was thought of as the Japanese equivalent of Walt Disney, who greatly influenced his style.
For whatever reason, I don't recall anyone having had recommended him to me, so I consider it great fortune to have stumbled upon him. I now want to read all of his stuff! What sets him apart for me is his great moral compass.
Five stars: Delicious in Dungeon, Volume 9 by Ryoko Kui and Taylor Engel (Translator) (2020) mostly deals with the party trying to survive an attack by succubi. The cat character ends up being the one to save the party because she's not as simple a being as the others. She's complex because she has more than one type of desire and they are in opposition to each other.
Five stars: A Man and His Cat, Volume 2 by Umi Sakurai (2018) is the first full volume of Mr. Kanda as a cat dad to Fukumaru. Both are learning how to live with each other and coming to understand that they can be their genuine happy selves with each other.
Five stars: Komi Can't Communicate, Volume 6 by Tomohito Oda (2017) spends most of its time on what if stories. The boys in the classroom spend their time playing "who would you date" and imagining scenarios. It's an entertaining diversion from the repetition of Komi trying to socialize given her anxiety.
Five stars: Ako and Bambi Volume 1 by Hero was published in Japan in 2022 as Ako to Bambi (あことバンビ) and released in English this year by Yen Press. Bambi is beginning his career as an author and has found one of those too cheap to be believed apartments. The reason it's so cheap: it's haunted.
Chciałbym sprawdzić czy wkręcę się w #manga 🙂
Gdybyście mieli coś polecić z gatunku horror / thriller, to jaka byłaby to manga? Od czego najlepiej zacząć? 🤔 @ksiazki@bookstodon
Five stars: Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Volume 5 by Sumito Oowara and Kumar Sivasubramanian (translator) is all about sound design and the clock tower at the edge of the high school's property. Joining the Eizouken project is Doumeki, a collector and designer of sounds.
As a huge #OnePiece fan, I was enjoying it at the get go, but I have to admit that there were some moments where I felt it was slow, but I kept watching because of the way fans talked about it, the moment I felt completely in love with the series was at Arlong Park Arc (ep 31-44), especially with the episode 37, for others is later or early in the story.
I understand it is scary to get started after seeing the amount of chapters and episodes it has, it takes time commitment, it's been almost two years since I watched the first episode, and it has been an incredible experience. You have multiple options to start.
Watch the anime. Fans complain about the pacing, it was annoying for me at certain moments, but for me, most of the time I didn't notice it. It has the advantage of being more accessible, I would say, most people will likely watch on a streaming service with the dub in their native language. Watch One Piece on Crunchyroll
Watch One Pace. Fan edit of the anime. This is a project that takes the episodes of the anime, and edit them to make them more truthful to the source material by removing filler scene, long reaction shots, stretched fights, fixing certain errors from the original anime (especially from the old ones, like color schemes since they didn't know or errors that made the final version probably because of deadlines of being a weekly anime since 1999) and removing censorship from certain censored scenes. You can download the episodes by torrent or watch through telegram. Their website claims it 45% faster to watch than the original. One Pace official website
Watch One Piece Live Action. Even though it has certain controversial changes that I don't agree with, I loved how it opened the door for a lot of people to read the manga, watch the anime or One Pace. Watch One Piece Live Action on Netflix
I'd forgotten I preordered Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki's Conjecture Vol. 2 manga and it showed up just in time for my day off. 😊 It's a delightful paranormal cozy mystery series. I've read the first two light novel volumes and the manga is equally good. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C6YKNTQY
Five stars: The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today, Volume 3 by Hitsuji Yamada (2020) deals with separation anxiety. Specifically, Saku's going on the biennial company retreat, a trip she skipped when Yukichi was a kitten.
Five stars: The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again, Today, Volume 2 by Hitsuji Yamada (2019) continues to explore the relationship between Saku and her oversized cat, Yukichi. The two also spend more time with Saku's boss's niece, Yume-chan.
Five stars: The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again, Today by Hitsuji Yamada (2019) is about a man sized former stray cat who now serves the woman who rescued him during a snowstorm.
Four stars: Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie, Volume 3 by Keigo Maki (2019) covers summer break. It includes a river trip, fireworks, video games, and a picnic.
Guys!!! It gets good around chapter 1176. (lemmy.world)