Talk about your recent reads here with your fellow community members!

Due to some interest from the community, we will be trying out this weekly recurring thread. Everyone is welcome to discuss and share ideas on what they’ve been reading this past week.

You can write a whole thesis or just a sentence. Ask for recommendations or give them. Whatever you feel like. The goal is to increase activity so the more the merrier. Just remember to be respectful because we’re all here to talk about what we love and have fun while doing so.

  • colin@lemmy.uninsane.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago
    • Kaguya-sama - Love Is War. i enjoyed Oshi No Ko in anime form & this is the author’s earlier work. first three volumes are in color. it’s a romcom that’s more comedy than romance.
    • Sometimes Even Reality Is a Lie: teenage first-love, twist is that an early mistake means her parents think he’s a girl and not a date, and he just goes full into crossdressing when they’re together rather than come clean. whole thing’s in color and more visually impressive than the others on my list here.
    • Gabriel Dropout: comedy/slice of life where both angels and devils visit earth undercover, and sort of all end up in a role reversal where the devils are super naive and eager to please while the angels are manipulative or lazy. i put down Nichijou in favor of this: it fills the same “light comedy” niche while being a little more varied and a lot less disjointed.

    as always, recs welcome – especially for more stuff that’s in color.

      • colin@lemmy.uninsane.orgEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        i hadn’t heard of it, but i see the connection! just peeked at the first few pages, bookmarked so i can come back to it in the evening :)

        • Bearswithjetpacks@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          You’re in for a great time. It has one of my favourite side character glow-ups in any manga I’ve read, and you’ll know when the time comes. I’m hoping you’ll grow to love that character too!

          • colin@lemmy.uninsane.orgEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            hey, i finished Mousou Telepathy this morning, just wanted to come back here to thank you for the rec :) nobel sure knows how to draaaaag out a plot, but the character growth was worth it!

            • Bearswithjetpacks@lemmy.mlEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              Glad you enjoyed it! Yeah, it got frustrating at times watching Nakano and Toda fumble and agonize over a couple of silly things, but things worked out, and more importantly - Mana-chan! What a turnaround from what she was at the beginning! Hands down one of my favorite characters.

      • Floopity@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        What a sad time it was when Mousou Telepathy and Tomo-chan both ended their daily releases!

    • Cityshrimp@lemmy.world
      3·
      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.