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Yakusoku no Neverland [The Promised Neverland]
Emma and her friends have a pretty good life at the orphanage they grew up in. Though the rules may be strict, the caretaker is kind. But why are the children forbidden from ever leaving…?
As you have likely have guessed, the Orphanage isn’t quite what it seems to be but as to why that might be I will avoid spoiling. It will be difficult to really go into detail as that would ruin the surprise(Though it isn’t all that surprising but regardless) but the rundown is that these kids need to escape the Orphanage. So what we have here is a kind of Great escape story where the kids formulate a plan while avoiding attracting the suspicions of the caretaker. It’s pretty tense and the artist really know how to make some unnerving imagery. I can really see this becoming an anime in the future and if so it could be really something. Highly recommend this.
Maou-jou de Oyasumi [Sleeping in Devil’s Castle]
The time when humans and demons once existed. A demon king, the existence that throws off that balance of perfect stability, kidnapped a human princess and confined her in his own castle.
People raged, and sent a hero on a journey to rescue the princess to the castle she was confined in. She was supposed to be weeping, despairing, and waiting for a rescue, but… Having so much spare time, aside from sleeping she has nothing else to do.
Now, the “imprisoned princess” does as she likes in the demon king’s castle in a seek of a quiet sleep!
This is a sleeping short comedy!!
The hero and demon king routine has become rather stale a premise in regards to anime but this manga is different in just who it decides to focus on. This a about a captured princess who loves to sleep but is constantly finding problems coming up which prevent her from getting her precious nap times. So this tale is about her overcoming such problems no matter what gets in her way, even if she has to make a bed monster hunter style. The story is pretty simple and there really isn’t much more to it than that but the humor just really works. The stories are short and sweet while never failing to bring a smile to my face.
Uratarou
As a child, Princess Taira Chiyo escaped from being captured by the Minamoto army due to the the sacrifice of her mother. Now at the age of 15, she travels the land searching for immortality. Following the rumors about an immortal named Kijin-sama, Chiyo actually finds him! But all he wants is to die?
Clearly based on the legend of Momotarou, this manga isn’t really what I would call a masterpiece. But it remains a pretty fun shounen adventure regardless with a decently original hook. It does show dangers of becoming a rather generic shounen battle manga but at this point in time I don’t see any harm in recommending it. Plus I really like a one shot the mangaka made called Zombie Maria and his artstyle is really great for detailing gory fight scenes. In fact the artwork is pretty great in general as you can likely see from the above.
Other Notable New works
Red Sprite (Sadly this one was recently axed but it’s still a nice read.)
Marry Me!(Yuuki Miku)
Murenase! Shiiton Gakuen
Rike ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumeishitemita
Gendai Majo no Shuushoku Jijou
Shitei Bouryoku Shoujo Shiomi-chan
Amalgam of Distortion
