Monday, January 1, 2024

Manga reading project

Manga reading project


## PROJECT ##

* read more complete manga (I'm tired of all the ongoing series).
* read the manga of anime I finish (unless another season has been announced; watch that first).

-- CURRENTLY READING --

Welcome Home, Papa: A high school girl has love, and lust, for her step-father.
                        https://mangakatana.com/manga/welcome-home-papa.27160

-- 2024 --

 
Time Stop Brave:   Isekai in which a perverted guy has the power to stop time.
                 He has a 3 day countdown to clear each 'stage' and it's not obvious what it is.
   This is a pretty good series with lots of puzzle solving and boob groping.
                             %% ONGOING - latest chapter: 47

My Girlfriend Gives Me Goosebumps!: A thrill-seeking guy willingly dates an obsessed yandere girl.
                                    He lets her do her thing for the excitement.
                                    It's refreshing to see two psychos fall in love. I like it.

Venus Puts Fur On Me:    A guy 'bullies' a girl that is secretly into it.
                    She's a psycho and other psychos join in on the antics.
                    This is some fucked up shit. It's not bad if you can stomach it.
                    %% ONGOING - latest chapter: 110

Fujimi Lovers:   A guy confesses to a girl and she vanishes, as if she never existed.
`             Every time he encounters a new version of her the progress is reset.
            This is an interesting read and is pretty short but it has a shitty ending.

A Rough Lady is Being Deceived:   A girl aims to get a guy expelled from school using lust as bait.
                            Her attempts typically backfire, leading to her feeling the lust.
                            This is a great ecchi-based romcom that's based.
                                                            %% ONGOING - latest chapter: 39

No, Miyahara, Not You!:  A guy tries to confess to a girl but another girl keeps intercepting.
                    It's a love triangle of misunderstanding. It can go either way!
                    %% ONGOING - latest chapter: 23.5

Six Half: A girl with amnesia comes to realise her pre-amnesia self was a pretty nasty person.
        This is a pretty alright series if you can tolerate sassy bitchy females.
        It starts fine but gets boring and drags on. The ending is decent.

Beast Master: A girl befriends a guy that goes all beast mode when angered.
                 She can tame the beast but doesn't believe she is special in doing so.
                 This is pretty cute and quite short. It's alright shoujo fluff.

Puberty, an All Boys School!?:    A guy attends an all-boys school, but there is a big twist.
                               The twist is that all the students are girls crossdressing in disguise.
                               This is a pretty alright series but it might veer in yaoi fantasies.
                                       %% ONGOING - latest chapter: 9

Tomodachi Game: Five friends have their friendships tested with various games.
                It turns out each of them has a dark side, to betray others for personal gain.
                This is a good one. Come on season 2!
                                %% ONGOING - latest chapter: 123
                                https://mangakatana.com/manga/tomodachi-game.3175

Yofukashi No Uta:   A guy meets a vampire girl and wants to fall in love so he'll be a vampire.
                          She is resistant but she does relent. He just has to fall in love for real.
                  This is a good one but the ending was a bit of a let down.

Yankee-Kun To Hakujou Gaaru:     A delinquent guy takes care of a partially blind girl.
                                     She appreciates his support and it isn't long before love blooms.
                                     This is very cute, very nice. The ending is a bit mid and lame.

H.P. Lovecraft adaptations by Gou Tanabe:
The Call of Cthulhu: a man knows the truth of Cthulhu and the cult that worships it.
The Shadow Over Innsmouth: a man visits the creepy town of Innsmouth and regrets it.
At the Mountains of Madness: a polar expedition discovers the remnants of a primordial race. 
The Colour Out of Space: a meteorite crashes onto a farm and causes very strange happenings.

SPY x FAMILY:     A spy forms a fake family to get closer to his target that threatens peace.
         His wife turns out to be an assassin and his adopted daughter is a telepath.
         This is a great series but it's too episodic at times.
                                 %% ONGOING - latest chapter: 96

Last Game: A smart rich guy is bested at everything by a girl that transferred.
             After a decade of losing he proposes a last game: one of love.
             This is pretty good but it suffers from dumbass-based drama and annoying characters.

Goblin Slayer: Year One: A prequel series on the origin story of the eponymous Goblin Slayer.
                    Here we see him making rookie mistakes and learning from them.
                    This is a good one as it is more action-packed than the main series.
                                            %% ONGOING - latest chapter: 102

Majime na Jikan: A girl is killed and is stuck observing things as a ghost.
              Her crush's girlfriend can see her, and unresolved romance creates bitterness.
              This is a pretty alright one. The ending could have been better.

Eensy Weensy Monster: A plain girl scolds a pretty boy for being so egotistical.
                          This shocks some sense into him and makes him fall for her.
                          This is pretty alright shoujo fluff but it could be longer.

Extremely Straightforward Boyfriend × Girlfriend: A guy and girl say what's on their minds.
                                         Their honesty makes them bond. It's cute.
                                         It's refreshing to see confidence. I loved this.

Coelacanth: A girl runs into the same strange boy from her troubled past many years later.
                     It turns out he may be involved in a murder. It's a mystery with some romance mixed in.
             It's pretty alright. The talking sheep was a bit unnecessary and the romance was forced.

My Senpai is Annoying: Romcom between a short office lady and a tall salaryman.
                 He looks down on her, literally, but she secretly likes him.
                 This is a cute one. The progress is slow but there are other couples~,
                                          %% ONGOING - latest chapter: 236

Zom 100: A loser sets off on completing his bucket list during a zombie apocalypse.
        He joins up with his pretty-boy friend, a gym bunny, and a big titty Aryan weeaboo.
        This is a great series and a good spin on the zombie genre.
        %% ONGOING - latest chapter: 64

Kimi no Knife:  A guy is offered 5 million yen by a beautiful woman to kill a person.
                   He soon takes in a teen girl with supernatural abilities. He become a hitman for cash.
                   This is a pretty good drama suspense story. Good ending too.

Heavenly Delusion: Two teens wander post-apocalyptic Japan in search of answers.
                  There are monsters that come out at night, and dangerous people at day.
                  This is like The Promised Neverland meets Girls Last Tour. It's quite good.
                  %% ONGOING - latest chapter: 63

The 100 Girlfriends Who Really Love You: A teen guy has to romance 100 girls or they die.
                                  This is hilarious and really puts the 'com' in romcom.
                                  This is a great harem romcom. It's a parody but better.
                                                                          %% ONGOING - latest chapter: 174

The Kouhai Who Went From Introvert To Influencer: A big tiddy girl finds fame as a streamer.
                                            She runs into the kind guy from school.
                                            Another great by Zyugoya.
                                            %% ONGOING - latest chapter: 14
                                            https://chapmanganato.to/manga-xl1000446

You Loved Me So Much It Hurt: A mentally unstable girl bonds with a popular jock.
                                         She's bullied for every thing and he sees the value in her.
                                 The plot is cliche but the sheer unhingeness makes it worthwhile.
                                 %% ONGOING - latest chapter: 47
                             https://mangakatana.com/manga/you-loved-me-so-much-it-hurt.23040

Yuki no Niiduma wa Boku to Tokeaitai: A man encounters a snowwoman and they get married.
                                    She becomes a loli when weak, and his sister is a brocon.
                                    This is like Tonikaku Kawaii erotic edition. It's alright.
                                    %% ONGOING - latest chapter: 10

Gushing over Magical Girls: A girl wants to be a magical girl but is turned into a villainness.
                         Things gets lewd fast and stays there. The anime makes things lewder.
                         It's quite good. It has 'plot' and then actual plot and development.
                                                 %% ONGOING - latest chapter: 58
                         https://mangakatana.com/manga/looking-up-to-magical-girls.22673

Say "I Love You": A lonely girl with trust issues meets a guy who changes her life.
                He's the popular one and she's the one being bullied. Opposites indeed attract.
                This is standard shoujo fluff, which means it's good romance food for the heart.

You and I are Polar Opposites: Two polar opposite teens hook up and date.
                                                      He is a gloomy dork and she is an IRL e-girl that is also a dork.
                              This is a cute one. The romance starts fast and gets interesting.
                              %% ONGOING - latest chapter: 52
                                                      https://mangakatana.com/manga/you-and-i-are-polar-opposites.26678

The World's Finest Assassin: An isekai where an assassin gets reincarnated as a nobleman to kill.
                                  He is tasked by The Goddess to kill the Hero.
                          This is quite a good series. Come on season 2!
                                                  %% ONGOING - latest chapter: 27

Oogami-san, Dadamore desu: A perverted loner girl and a guy that can reveal secrets become friends.
                           Anyone that touches the guy blurts out their secrets; confessed feels!
                           This is quite cute stuff. The final arc and ending is alright but meh.

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End: A hero elf woman learns the hard way of living a long life.
                                She takes her friend's adopted daughter and learns about humanity.
                                This is a great one, not be missed. Bring some tissues.
                                %% ONGOING - latest chapter: 129
                                https://mangakatana.com/manga/sousou-no-frieren.24578

Kukkoro Knight: A holy knight is captured by the Demon King, who is actually a hot horny female.
               She corrupts him from the very beginning, down a road of lust and understanding.
               This is a pretty alright porn-with-plot but it's a bit too short.

Tokyo Girls Destruction: A transfer student tries to unravel her sister's death at a private academy.
                  The all-female students try to get each other's badges to gain power.
                  This is pretty alright but it has bad pacing and a lackluster ending.

Combatants Will Be Dispatched!: A guy and an android work with evil corporation and a kingdom.
                         He assembles a team of weirdo girls to defeat the Demon Lord.
                         This is a good one, and since it's by Konosuba's author it's funny.
                          %% ONGOING - latest chapter: 53

Sesame Salt and Pudding: A young woman wakes up to find herself married to an older guy.
                     It was done drunk so she could stay in Tokyo but she comes to like him.
                     This is pretty cute and it's pretty short.

Okusan: Slice of life of a big titty wife and her husband who just moved in.
        It's alright but it would be better if I were a busty MILF so I could relate.
        This series is best enjoyed in short bursts, not binged.
        %% ONGOING - latest chapter: 151

Kouhai-Chan Who Wants To Tease: A girl tries to tease her senpai but she's weak to teasing.
                             We've seen this before (e.g. No Guard Wife) but it's still cute.
                             %% ONGOING - latest chapter: 5
                              https://chapmanganato.to/manga-xe1001113

Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!: A guy moves to Hokkaido and meets a local gyaru gal.
                                It turns out they are in the same school and they bond.
                                This is cute, lewd yet wholesome. Love me some regional gals.
                                %% ONGOING - latest chapter: 112
                         https://mangakatana.com/manga/dosanko-gyaru-is-mega-cute.22129

The Eminence in Shadow: An edgy teen's isekai imaginations comes true.
                      He is reborn as an OP MC with a harem of combat girls.
                     This is some good stuff.
                     %% ONGOING - latest chapter: 62



What I'm watching

 What I'm watching

-- ONGOING --

Shangri-La Frontier: A lover of shitty games plays a good VR MMORPG with the aim to conquer it.
                     His experience with bad games makes him a strong player.
                     This is a great love letter to online games.

Solo Leveling: Gates to dungeons open all over Korea and Hunters enter to gain loot for money.
         Our weakling MC soon finds a way to level up and become OP, but it's not easy.
         This is an adaptation of one of the better webtoons. Maybe mid but it's fun.

A Sign of Affection: A deaf girl meets a pretty boy that changes her life.
                  He's a chad with much to teach her, like confidence and love.
                  This is good lovey-dovey shoujo fluff, just what the doctor ordered.

Delicious in Dungeon: Adventurers traverse a dungeon and must survive by eating the monsters inside.
                                       It's like D&D mixed with Food Wars. A shame the nutritional info isn't shown.
                                       This is a great show. They better adapt all the manga since it's finished.

My Hero Academia: A kid with no powers (at first) gets into an academy that trains future heroes.                  There is an eclectic cast of weirdos with weird abilities.                  Some say it's mid shounen slop, but it's entertaining nonetheless.

Bofuri: A girl plays an MMORPG and dumps her points into defense.
     This makes her half-OP and half useless: she barely takes damage but can barely deal damage.
     This is a pretty good series but it's a bit too chill and low-stakes for my liking.

Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again: An old couple wake up back in their 20s.                                      They do cute lovey dovey stuff with an elderly mindset.                                      This is so wholesome it hurts.

 

-- 2024 -- 

Bubble:   A boy who messes up in gravity-defying parkour meets a mysterious girl.
                It's alright. The parkour action is the best part.

Oshi No Ko:  The doctor that delivers an idol's twin babies is killed by a stalker.
He then finds himself resurrected as her son. His path to stardom begins.
This is an amazing series, setting a new standard. A must watch.

Attack on Titan: The Final Season:   The conflict ramps up as titans are used in warfare.
                               Everything comes to a climax in this final season.
                               This is essential watching if you're a fan of AoT.

Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village Arc: Tanjiro and Nezuko enter the eponymous village.
                                     They are there for a sword but find upper rank demons.
                                     Still a great show if fat action and thin plot are your thing.

Isekai Quartet:  Crossover with KonoSuba, Re:Zero, Overlord, and Tanya the Evil.
    Each of their main cast are in school and learn various things.
    It's pretty good and fun to see the character interactions.

Spice and Wolf:    A forgotten wolf goddess comes across a merchant who recruits her.
       They bicker but they slowly bond as they travel and do business deals.
     This is a good one. This was my rewatch before the remake airs in April 2024.

SPY x FAMILY Season 2:  More adventures of the family with an assassin, spy, and telepath.
                      There are some good story arcs like the cruise ship.
                      This is a good one, maybe even better than season 1.

The 100 Girlfriends Who Really Love You: A teen guy has to romance 100 girls or they die.
                                  This is hilarious and really puts the 'com' in romcom.
                                  This is a great harem romcom. Come on season 2!

Goblin Slayer II: Season 2 of the Goblin Slayer's quest to slay goblins.
              There is a noob wizard, an elf wedding, and more goblins raping women.
              This is some good stuff. Can feel a little slow at times.

My Senpai is Annoying:  Romcom between a short office lady and a tall salaryman.
                   He looks down on her, literally, but she secretly likes him.
                   This is a cute one. The relationship progress is slow as hell though.

Zom 100: A loser sets off on completing his bucket list during a zombie apocalypse.
                 He joins up with his pretty-boy friend, a gym bunny, and a big titty Aryan weeaboo.
         This is a great series and a good spin on the zombie genre.

Why the Hell Are You Here, Teacher!?: A teacher and a student keep getting into lewd situations.
                                    Over time they bond and become a secret couple.
                                    This is a good one, especially for teacher x student enjoyers.

Summer Time Rendering: A guy returns his hometown to attend a childhood friend's funeral.
                      It turns out her death may have been caused by supernatural shadows.
                     This is like Higurashi When They Cry meets Re:Zero. It's pretty good.

Bikini Warriors: Girls in a fantasy world go on adventures but nothing ever goes right for them.
            It's like Dragon Quest meets Konosuba, just with the ecchi dialed up.
            This isn't bad, and with episodes only 4 minutes long each it's bite-sized fun.

Heavenly Delusion: Two teens wander post-apocalyptic Japan in search of answers.
                                  There are monsters that come out at night, and dangerous people at day.
                  This is quite good and it really needs a season 2 or a cour 2.

My Clueless First Friend: A male transfer student befriends the ostracized 'creepy' girl.
                                             His chunni nature makes him idolize her, much to her appreciation.
                     This is a cute one but don't hold your breath for love progress.

Hell's Paradise: Condemned criminals and their samurai handlers search for the elixir of immortality.
            Their destination is a paradise island of monsters and killer plants.
            This is good, with plenty of action. Come on season 2!

Chained Soldier: A man stranded in a demon city is saved by a girl with unusual powers.
              He is given temporary powers at the cost of being the girl's slave.
              It's a lewd series with enough action to cancel out the cringe drama.

Jujutsu Kaisen season 2: Another part of the cursed spirit hunters.
                   First we get a prequel part, then more Sukuna and Yuji goodness.
                   This is a great one, easy to see why it won so many awards.

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End: A hero elf woman learns the hard way of living a long life.
                                She takes her friend's adopted daughter and learns about humanity.
                                This is a great one, not be missed. Bring some tissues.

Gushing Over Magical Girls: A girl wants to be a magical girl but is turned into a villainness.
                                                   This gets lewd fast and stays there.
                                                   It's quite good, mainly for the 'plot' and the character development.

Say "I Love You":   A lonely girl with trust issues meets a guy who changes her life.
                  He's the popular one and she's the one being bullied. Opposites indeed attract.
                  This is standard shoujo fluff, which means it's good romance food for the heart.

The World's Finest Assassin: An isekai where an assassin gets reincarnated as a nobleman to kill.                      He is tasked by The Goddess to kill the Hero.                      This is quite a good series. Come on season 2!

O Maidens in Your Savage Season: A literature club of horny teen girls wants to learn about sex.
                            Each girl has their own path of sexual discovery.
                            This is a pretty good romance with the ecchi dialed up.

Combatants Will Be Dispatched!: A guy and an android work with evil corporation and a kingdom.
                         He assembles a team of weirdo girls to defeat the Demon Lord.
                         This is a good one, and since it's by Konosuba's author it's funny.

Onimai: I'm Now Your Sister!: A loser NEET guy is turned into a young girl by his genius sister.
                             He is resistant but he slowly likes it more than his old life.
                                     This is a pretty good SoL series with lewdness but has LGBTaggotry.  

Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!: A guy moves to Hokkaido and meets a local gyaru gal.
                                It turns out they are in the same school and they bond.
                                                                This is cute, lewd yet wholesome, and worth it for the accents.

The Eminence in Shadow: An edgy teen's isekai imaginations come true.
                                              He is reborn as an OP MC with a harem of combat girls.
                     Anything he thinks of actually happens. This is some good stuff.

Classroom of the Elite - season 3: More antics of Ayanokoji's rise to the top of the school.
                          It's always a treat to see him outsmart and play everyone.
                          This is a good one but honestly I think it's the weakest season.

The Apothecary Diaries: A female potion maker is tasked by the imperial court for her services.                  It's an episodic show with poisonings, political intrigue, and chibi moments.                  This is a good series, full of drama and great art.


-- to watch next -- 

## LONG: ##
Food Wars: A guy joins an elite culinary school to be a great chef. Good recipes and fanservice.

## SHORT: ## 
The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic: a guy gets isekai'd and he has incredibly rare healing magic.

## CARDIO: ## .

Tsuki ga Kirei: Two teens falls in love and must deal with life and maturity.

## JOGGING: ##
Keijo: Sport series where girls must use their tits and asses to knock other girls off the platforms.

## MINIS / OVAs: ## 
I''s Pure: 
A guy has a crush on a popular girl and by chance they get near each other.

## MOVIE: ## 
The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes: A guy and girl enter a desire-granting tunnel with a cost.