Reaper Forums Anime/Manga Discussion Thread

[CaptainPete]

5 hours ago, aku-chan said:

 

Maybe.

I've watched Girls Last Tour, the whole thing is a pair of girls pootling about an endless, mostly empty, city on their half-track motorbike trying to survive.

It was pretty good if rather depressing.

I saw the manga of that and decided I didn't need more depressing reads. 😅

But that does remind me of another one I was reading, I can't remember the name off hand, about an android and a young girl touring the remains of Japan. They find a cyborg at one point and his memories suggest that there was a war that broke out, but that's all we have. Based on the state of the world, it's been a few decades since humanity has been around.

And there was another one, with another name I can't remember, about a female android that's going around and cleaning up the biohazards left behind after a war between humans and some kind of alien race.

There's a few others, but I can't remember the names of them to save my life. The main thing is that there's usually a female character that's not human that's just seeing the world dying with not a bang but a whimper. I'm not saying it's some super popular genre but it seems to be popping up a lot. I started reading one called Alphabet[a] that seems to be about the same thing but I haven't gotten too far into it yet.

[Zink]

Read The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor manwha. It's another story about a young man's adventures in a VR fantasy game. In this the game is just a game and he still has to deal with things in real life. The main character is sort of a loner and accidentally got trapped into following the secret class of Moonlight Sculptor. His play style is a bit unorthodox focusing on less popular craft skills while still becoming an impressive warrior. The comic had just the right touch of humour and a bit of mystery and sadness that I really enjoyed. The problem is that the comic only covers about a quarter of the story and hasn't been updated for 2 years (unless there's somewhere I haven't found). I learned it was based on a web novel so I started ready that. The translation wasn't great and the novel doesn't convey the humour as well. But after speed reading/skimming through to close to where the comic ended I'm starting to get into it more. I think the translation has gotten better or maybe I'm just used to it now. It's long enough I'll likely be reading for awhile yet.

[CaptainPete]

Okay, who has read Oshi No Ko? I'm starting it again and I'm not sure how I feel about it yet.

[CaptainPete]

On 6/20/2023 at 8:13 AM, CaptainPete said:

And there was another one, with another name I can't remember, about a female android that's going around and cleaning up the biohazards left behind after a war between humans and some kind of alien race.

The name of this one is "Usuzumi no Hate." No idea what the translated name is. I forgot to mention that the biohazards are the bodies of people. They have this really weird kind of geometric black stuff growing out of them. It kind of looks like a mineral, maybe silicone? But it's right on the edge of familiar and fantastic.

[CaptainPete]

If anyone is interested, it looks like "Smoking Behind The Market With You" (or whatever the translation is) is getting an official English release and I am super excited for it.

[pcktlnt]

3 hours ago, CaptainPete said:

If anyone is interested, it looks like "Smoking Behind The Market With You" (or whatever the translation is) is getting an official English release and I am super excited for it.

What's that about? 

 

Googled it. Thought it was something similar to "The Devil is A Part-Timer" or "I'm Really Not the Evil God's Lackey". XD

Edited October 15 by pcktlnt

[CaptainPete]

2 hours ago, pcktlnt said:

What's that about? 

 

Googled it. Thought it was something similar to "The Devil is A Part-Timer" or "I'm Really Not the Evil God's Lackey". XD

It's just a story about a woman in her 20s hanging out with a man in his 40s, while they smoke and talk, behind a convenience store. She's also playing a prank on him, as he's her biggest "fan" but is pretending to be someone else while they're smoking. It's published monthly (roughly) so it takes forever to get updates.