Regarding next season: I am not going to continue this experiment there, and instead I’m going to take a more laid-back approach and focus more on finishing longer manga. The poll I ran last season really showed three things that stood above the others of possible things that I can cover: manga, some extra series, and recommendation posts. Next season I’m going to focus on the second one, and blog 12 series at once again (so no Kaleidoscope either). As for the recommendation posts… I’ll start on them as soon as I finish my to-watch list of Ghost in the Shell, Planetes, Texholnyze and Twin Spica.
With the Light – The Raising of an Autistic Child – Ch.01-??: When this was recommended, I searched for it online a lot, however I couldn’t find it anywhere. But then, a few days ago I was at a local manga library, and thankfully I managed to run into it. I don’t recall exactly what chapter I reached (probably around chapter 03), but this was definitely an interesting and realistic look at what it means to raise a child with autism. These first chapters only delved into the time when the kid is 2.5 years old and the first signs of autism start to change, but I especially loved the depiction of the stress that this can cause to the mother.
Hito Hitori Futari – Ch.14-15: These two chapters really exemplified the strengths of this series: it’s a very dark, yet also very warm story, and the two are combining more and more seamlessly here, especially in chapter 15 in which we see a more human side of that mysterious antagonist. I can see that the author loves to draw this guy, because there are a ton of stunning panels featuring him.
Shingeki no Kyojin – Ch.08-09: Holy crap! I mean, there are twists, but this really came as a shocker. And don’t get me wrong, the next chapters have a lot of explaining to do, but still this is something that I did not see coming, and it was made even better by the intense style in which this manga is drawn. The author really likes to abuse speedlines, but the intense effect that this has is really working with these kinds of twists.
Oh hell yeah, you’re reading With the Light? I read that in middle school, three really fat volumes, and it had me in tears multiple times. Great manga.
ghost in the shell and planates are good stuff. you might need a good deal of liquor for texholnyze
You know part of the twist done by Shingeki at that point does answer a pretty obvious question, which is something I always liked about the writing by the author its an answer but one that still leaves much food for thought. Just a tip be sure to read the side chapter titled Ilse’s notebook when you come across it at the following volume (you should be at volume 3), it might be a side chapter but its something you definitely need to read as it deepens as well as answers some mysteries of the series.
I own With the Light and it is the only manga I ever got my mother to read (after she nearly gave up reading another manga backwards on accident).
It’s a great story. =3
HECK YES YOU’RE READING WITH THE LIGHT!!! And yeah, it’s basically IMPOSSIBLE to find online even though all eight volumes are out in English. But PLEASE continue reading it!! It’ll be worth your time, I guarantee it!!
Ghost in the Shell, Planetes and Texholnyze ! What an awesome list!
For longer manga : “Lone Wof and Cub” and “Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou” are the greatest mangas i’ve ever read.
u forget Vagabond maq, try it psgels >> http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=387 its a series u wont forget soon