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  • @[email protected]
    7•1 year ago

    I have been catching up on manga of some anime series I have enjoyed so far this year. The latest are:

    • Oshi no Ko: I absolutely binged this series after the final episode aired. I am now caught up with the most recent chapter and I do not regret binging this at all. It has also made me appreciate the extent to which the anime actually elevated the source material. This is a story that just hits in both mediums so, so well.
    • Tomo-chan is a girl: I had been working my way through this series since the anime finished airing and it has been fun. I just finished it yesterday. I feel like the anime did a good job with the adaptation, retaining all the important bits.
    • Heavenly Delusion: I haven’t actually started this series yet, but the anime came out of nowhere for me last season, so it is top of my list to start next. Really looking forward to see how the manga compares to the anime.
    • Atsumare! Fushigi Kenkyuubu: I absolutely adore this SOL comedy manga about a Mystery Research Club. It is really wholesome and full of interesting characters. If you like a series full of weird characters like Komi-san, but just want the SOL rather than the romance, it is a great read.
    • @vvvvv
      3•1 year ago

      Oshi no Ko

      Is there a point in watching anime if I binged manga first?

      • @[email protected]
        5•1 year ago

        I personally think so. You won’t be surprised by anything that happens, but if you are a fan of anime, the art and execution of the anime is some of the best that I have seen. The decision to make the first volume be a 90-minute episode 1 really helped get the big surprise out of the way so that the rest of the show can focus on the characters whose POV we follow going forward. In particular, I think episode 6, that focuses on Akane’s struggle with social media, has a much stronger impact in anime form over manga. That episode has stuck with me ever since and it is one of the single most emotionally impactful episodes of anime I have ever seen.

        • @vvvvv
          3•1 year ago

          Thanks. Have a funny:

        • CityShrimp
          1•1 year ago

          Thanks for the analysis. I’ll eager wait for the entire story to finish first then binge the whole thing. I hate waiting for animes with good drama to finish lol

    • @[email protected]
      2•1 year ago

      Great to see another mystery club fan. That manga is what keeps me going every week. If you enjoyed that, you should definitely check out the author’s previous work Ika Musume which has the exact same formula.

      • @[email protected]
        1•1 year ago

        Thank you for reminding me about this! At one point this was on my to-read list, but it grew too long and slipped my mind. I love Atsumare so much I have to check it out.