Cityshrimp

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[–] Cityshrimp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I’ve read the whole thing, but skimmed most of the later chapters. I’m afraid it doesn’t get much better. Compared to Ranma and Inuyasha, it is much much much more episodic. There are no arcs and rarely any long stories that span more than 1-2 chapters. The stories become very repetitive too given how long the series lasted. The story does develop but it’s very slow.

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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 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only isekai x sport I can think of is the baseball one. Which is pretty good if u haven’t read that.

I think made-up sports are too hard to do. Even Keijo is really just wrestling with special rules. Made-up board games, on the other hand, seems far more common. They had one in Hunter x Hunter (ant arc), Love is War had a few (thanks to Fujiwara and board game club), and Sket-dance had them. Many gambling mangas also have their own board or card games.

[–] Cityshrimp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Can’t think of many fictional sports besides Genesis in Sket-dance. I don’t particularly like the sport but it was still hilarious

[–] Cityshrimp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Same. IIRC I started reading that in 2021, I followed it until graduation, but dropped it soon after. The releases got slower and the story no longer felt interesting. Such a shame

[–] Cityshrimp@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Why would it take a scientist to demonstrate metric system…? Everything is in powers of 10. How hard is that to explain?

[–] Cityshrimp@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

“Damaged sector” - words I never thought I’d see again

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

This entire manga has been one loooooong build up. I really hope it pays off

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

Imo Love is War is one of the best romcoms in the last decade. Most romcoms have to constantly introduce new romantic interests to stay fresh, but Love is War kept it strong from beginning to end without ever really doing that. The anime was superb as well.

I tried Gabriel Dropout but stopped reading about chapter… 30-40 I think. I think the setting has potential but Gabriel is just too annoying to me. And I feel sorry for the devils who get shafted all the time.

[–] Cityshrimp@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] Cityshrimp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I only like a few VRMMO mangas but this one has been great so far. I really hope the anime can make the fight scenes come to life.

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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 1 points 1 year ago

Tis Time for Torture rarely uses fantasy ingredients so it’s fine to me. This one I’ve been following.

Gensou Gourmet is the type that I have no interest in. Only read 2 chapters but the story or characters did not appeal to me. The food aspect I cannot relate to.

Just started reading Dungeon Meshi and I think they did it right. Instead of constantly focusing on the dish itself, it’s more about the adventure and how food/cooking help them along the way.

 

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.

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