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I read Paradise Kiss - which i would say is a bit too mature for an 11 year old, but it’s good for an older teenager. It’s very well known but I’d never heard of it, ended up buying it after a glowing recommendation from the friend who got me into Kyoko Okazaki. Similar focus on fashion, but different plotwise - it’s all about a young woman’s coming of age and deciding who she wants to be in the world. The collected edition (by Vertical) clocks in at over 800 pages (!) but I read it over maybe five days. Really liked it, will almost certainly reread plenty over the years. What the fuck is that ending though?
― steer karma (gyac), Sunday, 26 January 2020 21:57 (four years ago) link
following. my 8yo has gotten really into graphic novels but she finishes them so quickly. mangas seem longer generally? so far she loves the Hereville books, Zita Spacegirl, the old Sfar Sardine books, the Shanower/Skottie Young Oz books, the Wings of Fire books, but those are all Western graphic novel style and they take about a minute and a half to read.
― Mordy, Sunday, 26 January 2020 22:18 (four years ago) link
My Neighbor Seki is more comedic and episodic but it’s pretty funny. Witch Hat Atelier is a strong recommendation, the art is great. They’re into My Hero Academia as well but I’m not sure how I feel about that one.
― na (NA), Sunday, 26 January 2020 23:27 (four years ago) link
I don’t have kids so can’t speak to age appropriateness but two series that comes to mind are Planetes and A Bride’s Story
― rob, Sunday, 26 January 2020 23:57 (four years ago) link
four months pass...
no it's just 8. there are some spin offs. it's by far the best of that collection, though i will ride for space brothers and have never tried beck.
I'm about a quarter of the way into Bakuman right now; it's a lot of fun, very meta.
https://www.viz.com/bakuman
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 29 May 2020 22:44 (four years ago) link
two years pass...
Chainsaw Man just started Part II and is becoming digitally published simultaneously on Shonen Jump's digital service, which I thought was interesting. Are most new series like that now?
The first part (11 volumes) was pretty great, and I assume when the anime comes out it'll be another massive success ala Jujutsu Kaisen, MHA, Demon Slayer, etc. There was also a great one-shot the same author put out this past year called "Goodbye, Eri".
So I figured, what the hell, I'll try Fujimoto's first series that made him famous, "Fire Punch". God, what a mistake. It's the most dire, edgelord-y shit that I guess I can't tolerate anymore - just as many offensive shock moments as possible in a fantasy apocalypse world featuring the absolute worst of humanity. Like The Walking Dead or Berserk, with even less hope. First volume alone has evil superhumans, child rape, slavery, "heroic" cannibalism, torture, and ends with some attempted bestiality. I'm eBaying this immediately just to get it out of my home because it's too late to return it.
Just wanted to rant into the ether in case someone else here also has had this experience...
― Nhex, Saturday, 16 July 2022 01:06 (two years ago) link