Humble Bundle is offering a charity manga bundle with proceeds going to benefit the Book Industry Charitable Foundation!
For a minimum of $25, you receive the following:
Vinland Saga 1-13 (most current volume; series ongoing)
Witch Hat Atelier 1-11 (missing the one most current volume; series ongoing)
A Silent Voice 1-7 (full series; series complete)
Nina the Starry Bride 1-10 (missing the lastest two volumes; series ongoing)
The Drops of God 1-44 (full series; series complete)
Shangri-la Frontier 1-12 (missing the four most current volumes; series ongoing)
Medalist 1-8 (missing the one most current volume; series ongoing)
Blue Period 1-13 (missing the two most current volumes; series ongoing)
A Sign of Affection 1-7 (missing the three most current volumes; series ongoing)
What Did You Eat Yesterday 1-10 (missing the eleven most current volumes; series ongoing)
(Smaller bundles are available for a cheaper price, but exclude the later volumes and/or more popular titles)
Books are available as both PDFs and ePUBs for use on any device.
Offer ends February 22nd, 2024, at 2pm.
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manga recommendations pt. 3
memory, melancholy, and maturity
Totsukuni no Shoujo (The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún) by Nagabe
A harrowing and beautiful grim dark fairy tale set in a world populated with monstrous creatures that can curse people with a single touch. The story follows a young girl named Shiva and her otherworldly Teacher who live in a vacant village on the "outside." The story explores the dichotomy of light and darkness, good and evil, body and soul, and those who linger in the quiet spaces in between. Nagabe’s dreamy story book illustrations capture the fantastical and eerie world vividly, crafted together in fine lines and careful contrasts.
Dungeon Meshi (Dungeon in Delicious) by Ryoko Kui
A charming medieval fantasy story about, well, dungeons, dragons, and delicious food! The premise is simple: kill the magician of the dungeon and the golden kingdom shall be yours, or so the former king declared before fading to dust. And so, we follow a group of adventurers as they traverse the dungeon and, after losing their supplies and friend to a red-scaled dragon, meet a dwarf who teaches them how to prepare and cook monster ingredients. The story delights in monster designs and their anatomies and ecosystems, and boasts a diverse cast of characters that are as equally complex and well-developed.
MagMell Shinkai Suizokukan (Deep Sea Aquarium MagMell) by Kiyomi Sugishita
A gorgeously illustrated story following Koutarou Tenjou, a janitor and assistant keeper at a deep sea aquarium in Tokyo. The story quietly opens up a hidden, dreamlike world filled with strange and wonderful creatures that dwell in the dark depths of the sea. Sugishita beautifully captures the fleeting, tender moment of fondness and rumination that people experience while watching the majesty of the ocean and her inhabitants.
BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad by Harold Sakuishi
An absolute classic! A soul-stirring, coming of age story about music, brotherhood, and the angst of adolescence. It features a group of colorful teenagers who come together to form a rock band and the story focuses on their love, trials, and tribulations as they struggle to fame. The protagonist, Yukio “Koyuki” Tanaka, embodies the raw, honest, confronting, and liberating feeling of self-discovery and self-expression that young people often go through. His growth is slow and subtle, but so genuine and measured, and he becomes the force that eventually pulls the groups’ sound together.
Medalist by Tsurumaikada
A heartfelt story that explores the familial, social, and economical pressures of competitive sports, specifically figure skating. We follow Inori Yuitsuka, a fifth grader who is desperate to become a skater but has been constantly criticized by those around her and told that she’s too old to begin training competitively. All except for down-on-his-luck former figure skater Tsukasa Akeuraji who sees her potential and decides to coach her with the promise of winning a medal. Despite the somber premise, this is an incredibly uplifting story about building confidence, realizing your self-worth, and pursuing your dreams regardless of when you decide to start. The athleticism and elegance of figure skating is also portrayed beautifully through dynamic and expressive artwork and paneling.
Holyland by Kouji Mori
An intense, character-driven story following high school student Yuu Kamishiro who, after being driven to isolation by the abuse of his peers and with no place in society, ventures out into the night in search of his "holyland." He finds acceptance through violence and solace in the lawless brutality of the streets. The author meditates on human nature and explores the nature of one's emotions, particularly grief and hatred, and how they define us. Make no mistakes though, this is also very much a martial arts story and Mori balances both the technical and impassionate aspects of combat seamlessly.
(Includes depictions of self-harm, depression, bullying, violence).
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Medalist first "pair visual" released and main cast announced!
Yuitsuka Inori (CV: Haruse Natsumi)
Akeuraji Tsukasa (CV: Ootsuka Takeo)
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