Yeah, although I'm not sure I would actually recommend it to anyone at this point. Maybe it's just because I was expecting it to be as tightly constructed and rigorous as Fleep! was, and that's how it started out, but then...it wasn't.
Something to be said for the exponentially increasing absurdity, though.
it might be more like meanwhile, which is basically wack
demon's by a published comicker who knows the skin horse artist, skin horse has fanart and stuff, and awful hospital is by noted internet person
I sorta read awful hospital. After the morgue bit, I kind of lost my ability to follow the plot.
It's...weird. I can't recommend it, i can't say it's bad. I do get the feeling that it's written for an audience that's not me, but that it's very good at writing to that audience.
Masayoshi. (2012). Shishunki Bitter Change. (Gospel & World Three, trans.) Misaki-cho, Chiyoda, Tokyo: Holp Shuppan.
i grabbed a 4koma because those are the funny ones, but it's mostly not 4koma, and this series is pretty interesting. the premise is listed as a boy and a girl swap bodies, and i was like, oh, it's that old crap, well why not i'll waste some time, but it turned out to be interesting. they stay like that for years, from elementary school to currently high school (which reminds me a bit of Wandering Son, but only a bit). rather than the "ha ha i have boobs" sorta stuff i was expecting, it's more about kids who now feel a kind of disconnection from society because "it's not their body, i'm just an infiltrating [boy/girl]", which ends up with them kind of treating society as ridiculous (as above). they also extend this to each other's home lives, cos they don't tell their families about it
Aki Eda is an interesting one. She's done a bunch of tohojin, a few official touhou comics. when she gets published in magazines etc. she's done a lot of romance between sometimes gay adults. and now she is doing a comic about card games.
it's kind of like the stereotypical yugioh in terms of how important the game is to general society, but also not, and i get the sense it might only be portrayed that way because almost everyone playing is a kid and kids have skewed priorities.
anyway, i like the gimmick of this one, which is that the main character only knows how to play in a really annoying style called "permission" that makes basically everyone hate her
also they're playing magic the gathering. like it's exactly the same. her play style is called "mono blue control" in the real world, i am informed.
she learned from her mom, who was this 19th century literature style woman with a wasting disease in a hospital, who was very, very, bitter about existence in general. it's awesomelarious
she learned from her mom, who was this 19th century literature style woman with a wasting disease in a hospital, who was very, very, bitter about existence in general. it's awesomelarious
oh hey, someone actually translated the "annoying play style" comic?
This is what it's like for me, taking classes with pre-(med, pharm, vet, anything). Farmers/doctors/non-academic-generality-nerds are not to be underestimated.
so there's this weird little mini-genre i feel like explaining
this magazine or website or whatever, Alpha Polis, publishes a bunch of comics with the same basic structure. Somebody gets a new life in a fantasy world with knowledge from their previous life, and sets off trying to make a life for themselves as a positive helper kinda person with the help of this boon. The fantasy world is really mechanical and obviously JRPG-based, like to the point of having easy-to-see numerical values for magical aptitude or whatever.
it's kind of weird? this is like half the magazine's content, look at this
ok i don't remember how to spoiler tag
Spoiler: In Regards to My Reincarnation as a Slime: 37-year-old gets stabbed by a random killer, wakes up as a Dragon Quest-looking slime that can absorb abilities and scan stuff for information and bla bla
Spirit Migration: Floating ghost thing with no memories but a vocabulary including video games wakes up in a dungeon, can possess animals at will
Reincarnation of a NEET - It Will Be All Out If I Go To Another World: asshole NEET goes out after saving some high schoolers from getting hit by a truck, wakes up as a child and sets off learning swordsmanship and magic
The Mage Will Master Magic Efficiently In His Second Life: master mage gets informed that a new spell has found that he's actually naturally bad at the kind of magic he specializes in, he gets mad and time travels to possess his younger self and try something else
Isekai de Konkatsu Hajimemashita: "Yuka Hasegawa's cheating fiance has broken up with her, and she falls on the stairs on her way home after hearing this shocking news. When she wakes up, she's in a new fantasy-like world, complete with knights, magic and royalty. She decides to become a maid at the nearby castle, in order to achieve her new goal of marrying into money. This decision kicks off her quirky love story!"
The Reincarnated One Doesn't Want to Cheat: "Mira peacefully resided in a magical world until a blow to the head caused her to partially remember her previous life in Japan. The protagonists in reincarnation stories always end up having to deal with trouble, which is the last thing she wants. Alas what awaited her was the selection exam for a magic academy and naturally her special cheat ability was discovered then. A fantastical tale of a reincarnated girl who doesn't want any cheats."
E? Heibon Desu yo??: "Yukari was a high-school student when she died in a traffic accident, but when she woke up, she had been reincarnated as the daughter of a count in another world! But strangely, what was waiting for her was a life of poverty, so she decided to make use of the knowledge from her previous life."
Re:Monster: "After his unfortunate death, Tomokui Kanata has been reincarnated as a member of the weakest race, a goblin named Rou. However, Rou has retained his previous life's memories, as well as an ability that allows him to gain strength and abilities from eating. He also possesses a unique evolutionary tree. Now, Rou has made a promise to himself that he would live this life to the fullest. In this alternate world of survival of the fittest, events unfold with competent subordinates and comrades."
Tsuyokute New Saga: "As Kail's life ebbs away in the Demon King's chamber, he notices a strange gem that the Demon King had coveted and approaches this relic to grab it; after an intense light glows, he is sent years into the past. After recovering from the initial shock, now in his younger body, he decides to avoid making the same mistakes of his first time through these years and to become stronger."
Ore to Kawazu-san no Isekai Hourouki: "Tarou was just an ordinary university student until a strange old magician summoned him to another world. Upon learning that his newly acquired magical power is 8 million (8 million more powerful than an average magician),"
Sayonara Ryuusei Konnichiwa Jinsei: "The oldest and strongest Dragon grew tired of living choose to die when the Heroes come for his life. When the Dragon's soul is waiting to drift toward the Sea of Soul, that is when its noticed its has been reborn into a Human baby. The Dragon then decide to live it's life as a Human to the fullest,"
Shiro no Koukoku Monogatari: "Having lost his money, lover, and future, a man who has given up on everything finds himself reincarnated in the kingdom of Altodestenia. He, Lectival, has no memories prior to being saved by Meriela, the daughter of an aristocrat, and now finds himself rising up to save the kingdom in its current crisis."
World Customize Creator: "Tagami Yusuke, led by a mysterious voice, is summoned to another world, "Caltsio". He was just a young video-game lover, but Fate decided to make him become the "Evil God of Calamity" of this world, obtaining the ability to create and customize everything, Customize Creation.
like i know this isn't the place to look for originality, and the panderingness is obvious, but sweet christmas
Comments
I read part of it. The comic wasn't finished yet; I read the entire archives up to that point and decided the comic wasn't for me.
Futami, Sui. (2010). Sekai Maou. (Comet-Scans, trans.) Somewhere, Tokyo: Houbunsha.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Kemonono. (2009). Negative Twin-Tower! (Unknown translator.) Somewhere, Tokyo: Softbank Creative.
Masayoshi. (2012). Shishunki Bitter Change. (Gospel & World Three, trans.) Misaki-cho, Chiyoda, Tokyo: Holp Shuppan.
i grabbed a 4koma because those are the funny ones, but it's mostly not 4koma, and this series is pretty interesting. the premise is listed as a boy and a girl swap bodies, and i was like, oh, it's that old crap, well why not i'll waste some time, but it turned out to be interesting. they stay like that for years, from elementary school to currently high school (which reminds me a bit of Wandering Son, but only a bit). rather than the "ha ha i have boobs" sorta stuff i was expecting, it's more about kids who now feel a kind of disconnection from society because "it's not their body, i'm just an infiltrating [boy/girl]", which ends up with them kind of treating society as ridiculous (as above). they also extend this to each other's home lives, cos they don't tell their families about it
Aki٭Eda. (2013). Wizard's Soul. (WS Scan, trans.) Shibuya, Tokyo: Media Factory.
Aki Eda is an interesting one. She's done a bunch of tohojin, a few official touhou comics. when she gets published in magazines etc. she's done a lot of romance between sometimes gay adults. and now she is doing a comic about card games.
it's kind of like the stereotypical yugioh in terms of how important the game is to general society, but also not, and i get the sense it might only be portrayed that way because almost everyone playing is a kid and kids have skewed priorities.
anyway, i like the gimmick of this one, which is that the main character only knows how to play in a really annoying style called "permission" that makes basically everyone hate her
also they're playing magic the gathering. like it's exactly the same. her play style is called "mono blue control" in the real world, i am informed.
Akasaka Aka. (2015). Kaguya Wants to be Confessed to: The Geniuses' War of Love and Brains. (Psylocke Scans. trans.) Chiyoda, Tokyo: Shueisha.
Mizukami, Satoshi. (2012). Spirit Circle. (Crunchyroll, trans.) Somewhere, Japan: Shōnen Gahōsha.
this is the best comic i have posted so far
Asano's great of course. Depicting my inner eye
Gatou, Shouji. (2014). Amagi Brilliant Park. (Village Idiot, trans.) Tokyo, Japan: Fujimi Shobou.
with this and that one inane made an avatar of, i'm ready to start animesgettingthetarbeatenoutofthembymascots.tumblr.com
Also this is apparently the Full Metal Panic person. How strange. (Not that strange.)
Yoshitomi, Akihito. (2013). School Mermaid. (Seiai, trans.). Chiyoda, Tokyo: Akita Shoten.
It's not in this page, but the way the mermaids swim is neat too.
Itoh, Y., and Satou, D. (2004). Imperial Guards. (M@STER Scans, trans.). Chiyoda, Tokyo: Shueisha.
War Is Hell
Minoru, Toyoda. (2011). Takeo-chan Bukkairoku. (Habanero Scans, trans.). Chiyoda, Tokyo: Shogakukan.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Helck. (Helck). Helck. (Helck, trans.). Helck: Helck.
Sundberg, M. (2014). Stand Still. Stay Silent. Retrieved from http://www.sssscomic.com/
game of Pandemic got a bit out of hand
This is what it's like for me, taking classes with pre-(med, pharm, vet, anything). Farmers/doctors/non-academic-generality-nerds are not to be underestimated.
Arakawa, Hiromu. (2011). Silver Spoon. (Red Hawk Scans, trans.) Chiyoda, Tokyo: Shogakukan
this magazine or website or whatever, Alpha Polis, publishes a bunch of comics with the same basic structure. Somebody gets a new life in a fantasy world with knowledge from their previous life, and sets off trying to make a life for themselves as a positive helper kinda person with the help of this boon. The fantasy world is really mechanical and obviously JRPG-based, like to the point of having easy-to-see numerical values for magical aptitude or whatever.
it's kind of weird? this is like half the magazine's content, look at this
ok i don't remember how to spoiler tag
Spoiler:
In Regards to My Reincarnation as a Slime: 37-year-old gets stabbed by a random killer, wakes up as a Dragon Quest-looking slime that can absorb abilities and scan stuff for information and bla bla
Spirit Migration: Floating ghost thing with no memories but a vocabulary including video games wakes up in a dungeon, can possess animals at will
Reincarnation of a NEET - It Will Be All Out If I Go To Another World: asshole NEET goes out after saving some high schoolers from getting hit by a truck, wakes up as a child and sets off learning swordsmanship and magic
The Mage Will Master Magic Efficiently In His Second Life: master mage gets informed that a new spell has found that he's actually naturally bad at the kind of magic he specializes in, he gets mad and time travels to possess his younger self and try something else
Isekai de Konkatsu Hajimemashita: "Yuka Hasegawa's cheating fiance has broken up with her, and she falls on
the stairs on her way home after hearing this shocking news. When she
wakes up, she's in a new fantasy-like world, complete with knights,
magic and royalty. She decides to become a maid at the nearby castle, in
order to achieve her new goal of marrying into money. This decision
kicks off her quirky love story!"
The Reincarnated One Doesn't Want to Cheat: "Mira peacefully resided in a magical world until a blow to the head
caused her to partially remember her previous life in Japan. The
protagonists in reincarnation stories always end up having to deal with
trouble, which is the last thing she wants. Alas what awaited her was
the selection exam for a magic academy and naturally her special cheat
ability was discovered then. A fantastical tale of a reincarnated girl who doesn't want any cheats."
E? Heibon Desu yo??: "Yukari was a high-school student when she died in a traffic accident,
but when she woke up, she had been reincarnated as the daughter of a
count in another world! But strangely, what was waiting for her was a
life of poverty, so she decided to make use of the knowledge from her
previous life."
Re:Monster: "After his unfortunate death, Tomokui Kanata has been reincarnated as a
member of the weakest race, a goblin named Rou. However, Rou has
retained his previous life's memories, as well as an ability that allows
him to gain strength and abilities from eating. He also possesses a
unique evolutionary tree. Now, Rou has made a promise to himself that
he would live this life to the fullest. In this alternate world of
survival of the fittest, events unfold with competent subordinates and
comrades."
Tsuyokute New Saga: "As Kail's life ebbs away in the Demon King's chamber, he notices a
strange gem that the Demon King had coveted and approaches this relic to
grab it; after an intense light glows, he is sent years into the past.
After recovering from the initial shock, now in his younger body, he
decides to avoid making the same mistakes of his first time through
these years and to become stronger."
Ore to Kawazu-san no Isekai Hourouki: "Tarou was just an ordinary university student until a strange old
magician summoned him to another world. Upon learning that his newly
acquired magical power is 8 million (8 million more powerful than an
average magician),"
Sayonara Ryuusei Konnichiwa Jinsei: "The oldest and strongest Dragon grew tired of living choose to die when
the Heroes come for his life. When the Dragon's soul is waiting to drift
toward the Sea of Soul, that is when its noticed its has been reborn
into a Human baby. The Dragon then decide to live it's life as a Human
to the fullest,"
Shiro no Koukoku Monogatari: "Having lost his money, lover, and future, a man who has given up on
everything finds himself reincarnated in the kingdom of Altodestenia.
He, Lectival, has no memories prior to being saved by Meriela, the
daughter of an aristocrat, and now finds himself rising up to save the
kingdom in its current crisis."
World Customize Creator: "Tagami Yusuke, led by a mysterious voice, is summoned to another world,
"Caltsio". He was just a young video-game lover, but Fate decided to
make him become the "Evil God of Calamity" of this world, obtaining the
ability to create and customize everything, Customize Creation.
like i know this isn't the place to look for originality, and the panderingness is obvious, but sweet christmas
it's even cross demographics, they got ones with fat nerds, with salarymen, with kids, with students
Matsumoto, Naoya. (2014). Pochi Kuro. (Easy Going Scans, trans.) Chiyoda, Tokyo: Shueisha
Neckless Frankenstein cat's a good wingman.