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Another week in the books. Let’s chat about manga in the general discussion thread! Feel free to use this thread for questions, comments, recommendations, etc.

Like normal, please be careful with spoilers. I wrote a guide about spoilers in case you need a refresher on how to handle them (also linked in the sidebar).

  • @Essence_of_Meh
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    53 months ago

    I’ve stumbled upon two ongoing series over the weekend. First was We Won’t Become Adults - a relatively new story (10 chapters translated so far) about two students looping through the same Monday for who knows how long, trying to engage in various activities associated with “youth”. While there’s some comedy and fanservice here, tonally the whole thing feels mostly tragic and nostalgic rather than anything else.

    The second series that stole some of my time was Mysterious Mayuri-san - a comedy 4-koma about a kid and the titular Mauri-san, a strange girl with an ability to create floating doughnuts above her head. It’s simple, it’s funny, it’s easy to read in short bursts. It can feel a little random at times but not necessarily in a negative way.

    While I did enjoy both of those series neither of them grabbed me in a way that really makes me want to keep up with them long term. I may, I may not - we’ll see. Either way, I thought I’d post about them in case someone else finds them to be more up their alley.

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      23 months ago

      I am almost positive that I have seen somebody post about Mayuri before in this community, perhaps @[email protected]? I am positive because I have it added to my library, but I just haven’t had time to read any of it yet.

      Completely unrelated to this series specifically, but I always find it interesting when the Japanese art and cover includes an English version of the title; but then the actual English title is completely different.

      • @Essence_of_Meh
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        23 months ago

        That’s possible. I tend to skim over new postings whenever the list of my currently followed series gets to a certain number so I might have missed previous mentions. Oh well, might be a useful reminder in case someone else was in the same boat.

        As for the titles, I wonder if it’s an attempt by (some) authors to attract/acknowledge potential unofficial translations? They obviously can’t force a specific title for an official release in case there’s a trademark issue but this way they might try to bring attention of the English speaking audience? Or maybe they just think it looks cool, who knows?

        I’m too sleepy to word good and try explaining what I’m trying to say right now. I’m going to hibernate for a bit instead… _(´ω`_)⌒)_

  • @[email protected]OPM
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    33 months ago

    This past week has been super busy with work for me. Specifically, I have been doing tons of technical writing. I have found that after a long day of writing/reviewing stuff that I just haven’t had the ability to then turn around and read much manga. Instead, this past week has been more anime-focused for me. There are a couple series I managed to keep up with though:

    • @Essence_of_Meh
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      33 months ago

      Welp, I checked out Journey Home After School and it’s great. Thanks for posting about it!