Category: manga

Delicious in Dungeon vol 4

I read the first three volumes of this at my local library before beginning to pick it up from comixology at this volume. Well!

I really like the art in this comic. The backgrounds are exceptional and the characters are emotive and distinct. And we finally get to see the macguffin! In person!

Note to future self: You enjoyed this, you laughed, and you found the skeleton assembling bit very cool.

Saint Young Men vol 1

I started reading this in 2020 and through no fault of its own, I sort of lost track of it (even if it was digital) between vignettes in the book. I like the contained stories. Jesus and Buddha go to the pool! Jesus and Buddha go to a festival! Jesus and Buddha do crafts!

It’s very good natured and hopefully the rest of the series is like that (I need to read it!) so I can safely use it as a starter rec to people. I’ve got friends who want to ‘read manga’ but it’s sort of like being told ‘I want to read books’ so I’m trying to assemble a list of good starting points for various genres. This would work well as a comedy one. Or a slice of life, in its own weird way.

Prooobably my favourite part was Buddha teaching Jesus how to swim and Jesus’ stigmata opening and then Jesus accidentally parting the pool. Or when Jesus read Buddha’s comic and thought it was so funny his thorn crown sprouted roses as a miracle from his joy. Or Buddha winning… a Buddha.

Astro Boy vol 1

I have been reading this one for uh, a while now (and it turns out I had actually finished it once before back in 2014, thanks Goodreads) and I was disappointed to discover the last story I had left before finishing was the one about the boy who hits his sister who turns out to be a robot who decides instead of letting him go fuck himself to sacrifice her life/brain to become his robot car.

Anyway I apparently hadn’t forgotten THAT one. I did manage to totally forget the plot of Kino the Magician and ah, that was bleak.

So! Astro Boy. Look at all that wacky art mixed with horrific narrative. I’m not gonna get into what happened during that dog story, but the sheer amount of bullshit the robots as a whole go through is very stressful to read. I guess when, in-universe, you’re either seen as a people or a chatty toaster.

Just a little too close to how we treat real people too.

That said, I plan to start Volume 2 pretty soon. I own the whole collection and by god, I am going to read it.