Random manga chatter

[Jason_Miao]

http://bato.to/read/_/26708/takemitsu-zamurai_v1_ch1---10-+-omake_by_hox

[Merc]

So Fall linked to some random pages from Hinamatsuri last night:
[23:57] <Fallacy> http://img.2cat.org/~tedc21thc/new/src/1444864774391.png <-- hinamatsuri: she ends up as her dad's interviewer
[23:58] <Fallacy>  http://img.2cat.org/~tedc21thc/new/src/1444864949390.png <-- actually, she owns the company that her dad interviewed for

[00:02] <Fallacy> --> she's a high school student that works multiple jobs and is in with the local yakuza
[00:03] <Fallacy> basically, she started out working as a bartender in a meeting spot used by the yakuza, due to certain misunderstandings
[00:03] <Fallacy> because of more misunderstandings, she adopted a false identity to work as a temp secretary
[00:04] <Fallacy> later on, she somehow ends up attending a navy seal training camp in the united states
[00:04] <Fallacy> that was while she was a 9th grader
[00:06] <Fallacy> she mostly continues with the temp thing because she wanted a "normal" job that wasn't yakuza-involved
[00:06] <Fallacy> she got head hunted by a company and rose through the ranks by sheer ability to handle people
[00:06] <Fallacy> eventually, when the previous owner retired, he sold his portion of the company to her

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Sounded amusing enough that I looked it up. She's actually just a side character, and I'll note that I think I enjoy the side characters more than the two main characters, Nitta and Hina, but they're all entertaining.

Poor Hitomi (the girl who ends up hiring her dad), she just can't say no to other people asking for help.

Here's a link to it: http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/hinamatsuri-r7950

[Dracos]

Yeah, I've read all of it...  little perfect girl is probably the best char, followed by begger supergirl.

[Empyrean]

Part-Time Job is "Evil Organization?" http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/baito-saki-wa-aku-no-soshiki-r14831

This manga is about the life and times of Part Time Combatant #59603 of evil organization 'Antares.'

Or, as he's known off the job, Aokura Akihisa. He's a high school student, and he needs money to help support his adoptive younger siblings, so he applies for a position as a mook. It pays well (bonus pay if you get in a fight with heroes of justice!), includes room and board (haunted by a female ghost who sucks at her job!), and offers comprehensive insurance for its employees (Antares believes in corporate responsibility!).

He's surprisingly competent for a mook, and quickly draws the attention of management. He's transferred into the experimental weapons division to field test the latest new toys that the Evil Researchers come up with (they might not work!).

So, as can be guessed, it's a comedy manga. There is a fair bit of action, and it splits time about evenly between his job as a mook and his life as a high school student. There are only 8 chapters out so far on batoto, but a new scanlation group picked it up recently and started from the beginning, getting all of those chapters out in about a month and a half. I enjoy it quite a lot so far.

[Dracos]

huh, that sounds pretty cool.

Let's see... been reading http://www.batoto.net/comic/_/comics/gate-thus-the-jsdf-fought-there-r5353 - Gate the good version, complete with breaking drow culture of slavery,
http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/maoyuu-maou-yuusha-be-mine-hero-i-refuse-r643 - Hey world being shaped here.
http://www.mangahere.co/manga/kobayashi_san_chi_no_maid_dragon/ - Adorable dragon maid.
www.mangahere.co/manga/the_gamer/ - Sorta trying to introduce a someone screwing with the world through games theme.
www.mangahere.co/manga/wizard_s_soul_koi_no_seisen/ - Romance is in the cards of despair by the bonjounni author (so good)
http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/boku-no-hero-academia-r12714/ - still reading, but it has been slower, same with One Punch (Which has a NOT BAD anime right now)

http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/toaru-ossan-no-vrmmo-katsudouki-r12453 - cute slice of life dude enjoying an MMO
http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/tate-no-yuusha-no-nariagari-r12672 - This starts TERRIBLE...and grew on me later.  Really, could skip the first like 8 chapters as "EVERYBODY SHITS ON THE HERO" and then get to something more interesting where he strikes out a life for himself among a terribly corrupt kingdom that's sitting on self-implosion.


http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/ii-orc-no-hi-r12263 - Elf loves Orc... Orc not really get this cross-racial business.  Orc not gonna rape elf.  Orc just wish elf went home so he could enjoy peace and quiet in Orc-home.

Some recs :)

[Empyrean]

huh, that sounds pretty cool.

Let's see... been reading http://www.batoto.net/comic/_/comics/gate-thus-the-jsdf-fought-there-r5353 - Gate the good version, complete with breaking drow culture of slavery,
http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/maoyuu-maou-yuusha-be-mine-hero-i-refuse-r643 - Hey world being shaped here.
http://www.mangahere.co/manga/kobayashi_san_chi_no_maid_dragon/ - Adorable dragon maid.
www.mangahere.co/manga/the_gamer/ - Sorta trying to introduce a someone screwing with the world through games theme.
www.mangahere.co/manga/wizard_s_soul_koi_no_seisen/ - Romance is in the cards of despair by the bonjounni author (so good)
http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/boku-no-hero-academia-r12714/ - still reading, but it has been slower, same with One Punch (Which has a NOT BAD anime right now)

http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/toaru-ossan-no-vrmmo-katsudouki-r12453 - cute slice of life dude enjoying an MMO
http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/tate-no-yuusha-no-nariagari-r12672 - This starts TERRIBLE...and grew on me later.  Really, could skip the first like 8 chapters as "EVERYBODY SHITS ON THE HERO" and then get to something more interesting where he strikes out a life for himself among a terribly corrupt kingdom that's sitting on self-implosion.


http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/ii-orc-no-hi-r12263 - Elf loves Orc... Orc not really get this cross-racial business.  Orc not gonna rape elf.  Orc just wish elf went home so he could enjoy peace and quiet in Orc-home.

Some recs :)

So, I was excited to see a bunch of recommendations, but it turns out that I'm already reading every single one of these. Oh well; maybe next time. They're all good reads, by the way.

Today I just read a new manga (only two chapters out) called Takane no Hana nara Ochitekoi!!

It's a comedy romance 4-koma series. The male lead is very popular, attractive, brilliant, nice, etc. All the girls like him. You know, the standard Mk. 1 Ladykiller (with Bishie Sparkle power!) by Shoujo Manga Heavy Industries.

The female lead is pretty much exactly the same thing: popular, attractive, brilliant, nice... right down to the same Ladykiller mannerisms. Only difference is that on her part it's not deliberate, and she is better at it than the male lead. He takes this as some sort of challenge to his pride and decides that he's going to win her over, while she is actively trying to stop acting like Prince Charming all the time because she doesn't really want a girlfriend.

Most of the comedy revolves around him trying to impress her with his charm and then feeling emasculated when she unconsciously turns it around and shows him how it's done, leaving him swooning like a girl.

Examples:
http://bato.to/reader#b9dbe3d8631ddc06_5
http://bato.to/reader#b9dbe3d8631ddc06_13

Her bishie sparkle is just mightier than his.

[Dracos]

Heh, it is a challenge if you're reading a lot :)

[Empyrean]

My Hero Academia Smash: http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/my-hero-academia-smash-r17085

It's a 4-koma comedy spinoff. Featuring All Might selling vitamin supplements and exercise equipment, Izuku sleeping through his stop on the train and accidentally kicking off the "Wait a Whole Year Until the Next Entrance Exam" arc, the American Dream *eagle screeches*, Izuku's mom being a better One For All candidate than he is, and more. No continuity, just gags based on the original series. It's pretty funny.

In Another World, I'm Called: the Black Healer: http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/in-another-world-im-called-the-black-healer-r16801

Character pulled into another world with RPG mechanics. Seen that a million times, and so has the main character: a 22 year old woman who likes video games and is a big fan of the genre that the story is a part of. As such, she's pretty genre savvy, and occasionally interacts with the narrative boxes, so the fourth wall isn't particularly strong here. The story hasn't really gone anywhere yet, since only two chapters have been translated so far, but what's there isn't bad and the main character is likeable. She knows some healing spells, which is apparently a pretty rare thing in the world she's in. I'm not sure where it was originally published, but it's got a few trappings of shoujo works.

[thepanda]

Any idea what the third book is supposed to be on page 10? The one under Re:Monster?

[Merc]

George R. R. Martin's The Winds of Winter

[Dracos]

In Another World, I'm Called: the Black Healer: http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/in-another-world-im-called-the-black-healer-r16801

Glanced at, read existing chapters...but really like nothing has happened yet.  It's all blunt 'there will be a plot here' hooks without any grounding so far.  I like those

[Empyrean]

Black Healer is now 50% longer: http://abandonedkittenscans.mokkori.fr/reader/series/in_another_world_im_called_the_black_healer/

In which we meet a character who is entirely too upbeat for somebody who's got a broken leg trapped under a rock slide for three days, and the protagonist expresses her hope that elves or catboys exist so she can snuggle one. Girl has priorities.

[Dracos]

Read some new http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/tate-no-yuusha-no-nariagari-r12672 which is steadily becoming more readable, but at the same time relies more and more on enormous groups of people that just just act as unthinking strongman pawns.

http://www.batoto.net/comic/_/comics/maoyuu-maou-yuusha-be-mine-hero-i-refuse-r643 has continued to update and seems to be marching quickly toward whatever end game it will have.

[Merc]

Found a new manga called Helck ( http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/helck-r17710/ ). It is the story of Helck and Vamirio. Helck is a human hero. Vamirio is a demoness.

Vamirio is also one of the surviving generals of the old demon king, who was just recently defeated by the human hero. She is running a tournament to decide the new demon king who will hopefully defend them against the humans and possibly retaliate....except one of the tournament contestants is Helck! What the heck? Why does the human hero want to be demon king?

Manga is pretty goofy throughout, while also advancing a serious subplot behind all the goofiness. Not a lot of it so far, but it's updating frequently.

[tabyk]

Given that I am always looking for something new to read, I really wish I had thought to swing by here earlier.  Doh!  :-/

A few (not mentioned recently... I think) which I am following right now are:

http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/dungeon-ni-deai-wo-motomeru-no-wa-machigatteiru-darou-ka-r9803 (which also has a decent anime).

http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/overlord-r14048 (which again has a decent anime, I am shocked!).

http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/shina-dark-kuroki-tsuki-no-ou-to-souheiki-no-himegimi-r1062 (lots of good humor on this one).

http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/maou-no-hajimekata-the-comic-r15438 (which they won't ever make an anime of, in my opinion, unless it was a hentai).