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teeth-and-tea · 3 years

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ANIME & MANGA I HAVE BINGED IN THE LAST MONTH: May 2021

I've Been Hunting Slimes for the Past 300 Years and Now Ive Maxed Out My Level: incredibly long name aside, cute af slice of life that suffers Same Face Syndrome. I'm still happy to watch it because of how feel good and fluffy it is though, Im probably gonna forget about it in two or three years tho. 8/10.

Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: I found out this was a webcomic first and suddenly all the HORNINESS made so much more sense. A Femdom, Degradation, Humiliation, Dacryphilia Bullies to Lovers story disguised as a high school rom-com which, I'm not going to lie, misses SKEEVY CITY by mere inches on a regular basis. However, I'm a Dom/Switch and this entire relationship sets off my dom brain center like New York City just shy of midnight. So if you're into that sort of scene, this anime is for you. If not, it's still fascinating but you're probably gonna be a little put off by how mean the Girl!Bully is to the guy MC. Unless you find out something about yourself, in which case, congrats! Stay safe, sane, consensual, and learn about the traffic light system on top of safe words, I promise you'll have a better life in general after that. Still Ongoing, currently 10/10.

Fruits Basket: IM GONNA CRY I LOVE THIS ANIME SO MUCH???? The original anime came out when I was in... I think middle school and my parents were really strict on what I watched so I never got to experience the first wave and I never bothered to watch the show ever after I moved out of the house years later. However, now that I'm much older I honestly can say this is one of my favorite anime to date, and all the characters are charming, lovable, with their own problems that I can connect to or sympathize with, and I love the MC which is always a treat tbh. Except Akito. Akito can suck a sandpaper dick. I'm only on S2 tho so no spoilers! Anime 11/10.

Monster Girl Doctor: went in thinking it was gonna be a monster girl who's a doctor with a homoerotic assistant (her name is SAPPHY okay sue me for thinking it) and ended up watching the entire dubbed harem series. Honestly, I've seen worse and this one has consistent follow-through on interesting characters and backstory enough for me to shove aside the blatant under-monstrousness of the female monsters and the harem-ness of everything else. Dubbing is honestly really good, which is a treat, and the monster designs are not the worst and the MC is tolerable. Honestly, I don't mind having watched it! The mix of cgi and the traditional animation together work pretty strangely though, and it often doesn't flow super well. 7.5/10

So I'm a Spider, So What: Dubbed version which honestly isn't that bad. Took me a bit to get into it, but after realizing that it's got a mismatched timeline a la The Witcher, it made so much more sense. Heavily done in cgi, and you can definitely tell between the 2D and 3D animations, but not the worst in the world. I went in not expecting much but it ended up being an Issekai I can stand and even enjoy. On god has a decent story... with the spider. I'd be a liar if I didnt say I skipped some of the human parts just to get back to the best part of the show. 8/10.

Somali and the Forest Spirit: I'm so fucking nostalgic for this thing it makes me want to go and hug my dad. About a human girl under threat of being eaten with a monster-dominated world. Very obvious "humans fear what they don't understand" message but instead of the humans learning tolerance it's what happens when they get annihilated first so like, kudos for the mangaka for having the guts to do that. I cried like a baby regularly. It's really good, I watched the dub and ID WATCH IT AGAIN!!! 9/10.

To Your Eternity: Oh my god. O h my g o d. Fell in love on the first episode, ngl. About if an immortal being learned how to be a person from scratch. I love it. HOWEVER. Keep a box of tissues on you at all times because you're gonna need them. I'm only on EP7 because that's all that's out right now but just know. I love it. Not for everyone but certainly for my "what do we define as human and the human condition" ass. 12/10.

Those Snow White Notes: A sports anime without any sports. About shamisen playing which is cool because I never realized how cool this instrument was??? Its neat af. OP1&2 are by Burnout Syndrom so know theyre fire. Gonna be real, its pretty alright, but not extraordinary. You can tell they were using the characters as archetypes rather than actually characters which kinda kills a lot of the emotional value you could've had, but I'm still gonna watch it. It doesn't make me cringe as hard as other sports anime tho so I consider it toptier in that regards but if you're a big sports anime fan you might be bummed out by it. Every single musical performance is INCREDIBLE tho. A solid 8/10.

Toilet Bound Hanako-kun: THE ART OMFG IT'S SO GORGEOUS. Listen, if you took coptic markers and gave them an animation budget with some manga panel direction thrown in there, that's this anime. It's beautiful. Gorgeous. I'm in love with the aesthetic every second. Story? Really good. Characters? I love the MC and his evil little twin brother asshat. Demons? Not super imaginative but I'm carrying on happy as can be anyways. Dubbing? A bit shaky at times but I found the voices charming if a little off for some of them. I'm already waiting for the second season with popcorn at the ready. 10/10.

Prison School: I watched this directly after Hanako-kun and it was like I got slapped in the face by sweaty unwashed titties and some fedora wearing schmuck's piss kink. No character is likable or redeemable. I finished it, but at what cost? 2/10 and only because a character shit his pants and I laughed.

Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle: watched this right after Prison School and it was NECESSARY tbh. Its so CUTE and honestly, im not even kidding you, the fucking funniest anime I've seen in months. I watched the dub and the VAs are having the time of their lives working on this anime not just giving it their all but literally just going ham. Its great. If I read this im sure id be bored outta my mind but the VAs giving it a joyous performance make it an insta fave for me tbh. 9/10.

Sk8 the Infinity: i watched the dub with my bro and I can confirm that its a spectacular show because we both loved it and we have vastly different tastes. Incredibly SUSPENSFUL AND STRESSFUL for an anime about skateboarding but we finished it in a single sitting tbh. The last episode is not dubbed for some reason but we still loved it. Like if Free! was less obnoxious but the only fan-service here is Joe ♡ a beefcake who owns my lesbian heart. I think there's exactly one named female character tho and I legit couldn't tell you what it was if there was a gun to my head. So, over all, 9.5/10.

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: I'm going to be entirely honest, I went in thinking it was going to be a boring isekai of no value. I was right about the Isekai part. It was honestly pretty interesting and focused on nation building like you're playing civilization rather than the usual "Get Stronger" narrative or "Get Some Pussy" narrative most isekais take which is delightfully refreshing. Granted there are flavors of that in this which means it doesn't alienate the big isekai watchers out there, but it's not the whole dish and it doesn't make me want to cringe the same way others do. You've got a slime MC just vibing and building a nation of monsters nbd. Does lose points for making the female monsters more humanoid than their male counterparts but makes them back by only doing perfunctory fan-service and nothing that makes me want to cry... except the butt sumo episode but in fairness it was all a terrible dream. Literally, the MC refuses to dream anymore after that. solid animation, decent voice acting, decent story, made me realize how HUGE this is in the Light Novel community???? There's like 18 fucking novels and that's WILD. 8.5/10.

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Spirit Photographer Saburo Kono: a one shot special by the mangaka of The Promised Neverland! Honestly a really delicate touch of both super creepy and really touching, and I'm not gonna lie I'm bummed that this isn't a bigger project but the single chapter makes it a good taste for their style. I've been wondering if I wanna read/watch The Promised Neverland and now I think I will. 10/10

Deranged Detective Ron Kamonohashi: from the mangaka of Hitman Reborn comes this Sherlock and Watson derivative! Not even 20 chapters out yet with a sort of spotty schedule, I honestly love it even thought it's exactly as you expect. HOWEVER. Kamonohashi the "Sherlock" character uses mental pressure to kill all confirmed murderers and it's up to Toto the "Watson" character to save all those people before Kamonohashi kills them! It's just recently introduced a "Moriarty" family of crime lords (not a big spoiler don't worry it was obvious) so the tension surrounding Ron's past is amping up rn. Personally, I think the art is GORGEOUS, the characters engaging, and the story quick enough to keep my interest. Most mysteries are solved within a chapter or two so you're not stuck 20 chapters into one locked room mystery which is just peachy tbh. RN, 10/10. If this gets an anime, I anticipate a legion of fangirls who ship the two main characters along with their many friends. I've been alive too long to believe otherwise.

Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro: Yeah I read the manga after I watched the show. A slower build than the anime, but it works for the format, if theyd done the same with the show then I don't think it wouldve done as well. Honestly? Cuter tbh but just as horny. You dont start really LEARNING about your character until like, chap 65 tho and no real "drama" happens until like 75. A good chunk of the chapters are like 8pgs so its a breeze to get through. I love these slow burn idiots of the century. 9.5/10 because you can DEFINITELY tell the mangaka does hentai too.

Yugen's All-Ghouls Homeroom: one-shot by the mangaka for Food Wars, it's no wonder there's this constant perviness from the MC, a guy who can see and exorcise spirits. Takes place at an all girl's finishing school with KICK ASS monsters tbh, kinda bummed its not longer. The MC? Blatant monsterfucker who is also a CONFRIMED monsterfucker???? Idk i vibe with that single emotion. Everything else is hit or miss. 7/10 for monsters and cool concept, lost points for the MC very pointedly being okay with admitting he'd wait for the teenagers to be adults tho. Creepy af. Could live without that.

Hell's Paradise: I finished the entire 127chps in 3 days and I was really enthusiastic about it 90% of the time thinking about how deep it was and then I actually thought about it and I ended up being very neutral about the whole thing tbh. The art is fantastic tho, but DEFINITELY deserving of the M rating. Tits. Tits everywhere. But not tits to be ecchi over, no, monster hermit tits on beautiful women-ish figures. Now generally I give that a pass but a huge theme in the story is that men and women are "no better than one or the other" but like, lady tits are what you see 99% of the time. Men tits are few and far between. I call bullshit on most of the "deep" themes is what I'm saying, so it's like the mangaka was trying for those deep thoughts but missed the margin a little too far for my preference. That being said, the MC is a married man who loves his wife which automatically makes him my favorite character so like... idk so many good things, so many misses, but overall really spectacular themes and imagery. Unique but classic all at once. It's getting an anime and I have NO IDEA how much censorship they're gonna be doing but they're going to be doing SO MUCH. Oh yeah, and one guy is a plant/human hybrid who fucks a 1000 year old plant-hermit which makes him a canon monster fucker. And one canon non-binary character who I, a nonbinary, actually like. So like... gosh I've got mixed feelings. 8.5/10.

Choujin X: From Sui Ishida, mangaka to the mega hit Tokyo Ghoul comes this brand new manga!... Of one chapter, lol. Not really binge-y because it's just the one chapter out right now but I'm already keeping my eye on it. The grasp on anatomy in the art is PHENOMENAL and you can see Ishida flexing his art skill which is great. Can't give a true rating but I'm giving it a tentative 9/10 because I'm excited to see more.

Shag&Scoob: technically not a manga, its an ongoing webcomic I binged an subscribed to in one day and I just think it deserves more attention. Starts off funny with "what if Scooby Doo had a gun" and has been led to "what if all cartoons are aliens that survive and receive their powers by the humans that love them in an epic war with Martians." On god, its good. I finished the current series in a couple hours so it's a breezy read, highly recommend it. 9/10.

To Your Eternity: Yeah I watched the anime and then finished all current 143 chapters in like 3 days. GOD IM WEAK. I don't buy physical manga unless I know I want to remember the story forever and I'm already budgeting for the current books out. Yeah, this is a good series. That being said, definitely not for the faint of heart or those who suffer under common triggers like suicide, molestation, death, etc. It's all framed as bad and necessary to the story don't get me wrong, but it's there and has lasting affects on the characters. Incredible story telling by the creator of A Silent Voice. Keep tissues nearby at all times. 12/10.

#i've been killing slimes for 300 years and maxed out my level #don't toy with me miss nagatoro #spirit photographer saburo kono #fruits basket #deranged detective ron kamonohashi #yugen's all-ghoul's homeroom #monster girl doctor #so i'm a spider so what #somali and the forest spirit #to your eternity #jigokuraku #hell's paradise #choujin x #shag and scoob #toilet bound hanako kun #prison school #sk8 the infinity #that time i got reincarnated as a slime

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all-i-see-is-gay · 3 years

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Introducing a special one shot manga by the author of The Promised Neverland, Kaiu Shirai- as well as Posuka Demizu!

Spirit Photographer Saburo Kono

#Tpn #the promised neverland #yakusoku no neverland #kaiu shirai #Shirai kaiu #posuka demizu #Demizu posuka #Ray #Norman #Emma #Spirit photographer saburo kono

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channellingorange · 3 years

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Ngl this made me tear up a bit.

#spirit photographer saburo kono #manga #kaiu shirai #posuka demizu

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officersnickers · 4 years

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Anybody else going ballistic over this?!?!

Just wanted to have one peaceful evening and read Shirai and Demizu’s newest oneshot “Spirit Photographer Saburo Kono” and yet again “The Promised Neverland” punched me in the face O__O

#just gonna drop this here #can we please talk about this? thank you!#I don't know what I'm feeling #it's a mixture of happiness and a weird way of... anger? idk #probably gonna talk about this oneshot a bit more #the promised neverland #tpn #yakusoku no neverland #spirit photographer saburo kono #Snickers babbles

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obfuscobble · 4 years

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Hello, it is me, a normal human photograph man! I am a normal man and love doing human things, like taking pictures and wearing clothes that are too short! I am definitely not a member of a polymorphic horizontal gene transfer ring-species, and certainly not an archduke. That would be silly and unreal, unlike ghosts, which are real, and which I love to photograph. Young tasty child, I am very happy to be your new nextdoor neighbour! Me, Kono Saburo, normal photographer!

#spirit photographer saburo kono #archduke lewis

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empty-dream · 4 years

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*Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu of The Promised Neverland released a new oneshot*

Me, happy for another good food:

Me, 10 minutes later:

#the promised neverland #it was amazing oneshot i just didnt expect itd go like that #the title is #spirit photographer saburo kono #random saying

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dropintomanga · 4 years

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Saburo Kono - A Memorable Photo One-Shot

A really good one-shot manga from the creators of The Promised Neverland came out and I think it’s one of the best examples on how death is such a tricky subject to talk about.

Big spoilers for the entire story incoming.

Spirit Photographer Saburo Kono tells a story about a man by the name of Saburo Kono who goes around capturing photos of spirits for a living. Saburo’s newest photo opportunity involves a dead woman by the name of Yoko Kakizaki, who appeared to have died via suicide. However, it appears that Yoko’s spirit isn’t at peace as she haunts her now-vacant apartment. Saburo decides to talk to Yoko’s next door neighbor, a boy named Sota Koganei, about her death. Sota explains what might have happened to Yoko while showing doubts about Saburo’s presence. Sota talks about his relationship with Yoko how it’s more like mutual acquaintances than anything. Saburo senses Sota is hiding something as he points out inconsistencies on how Sota knew Yoko.

It’s revealed that Sota blames himself for Yoko’s death. Sota wanted to end his life and Yoko knew how much he was suffering. They first met one afternoon when Yoko finds that Sota was physically abused in school. Sota says that he can’t tell his mother about his pain due to her hectic work schedule. Yoko tells Sota to promise her that he can talk to her as needed. However, on one rainy day, Sota decides to kill himself at his home by jumping off his balcony. Yoko sees this and tries to jump across from her balcony to Sota’s, but ends up slipping and falling to her death instead. Sota didn’t know how to process her death, so he chose to skip school and play video games all day.

Yoko’s spirit does show up and while it appeared frightening, it was relieved that Sota was alive and told him to live as nothing good comes from dying. The story ends on a happy note as we see Yoko moving on peacefully and Saburo continuing his journey to take photos of the dead.

What makes this story so powerful is the feeling that a lot of people experience when they lose someone important to them and how the griever may feel some responsibility for the loss. Grief is hard and messy. Everyone expects you to move on fast when grief won’t let you do that. It will almost always dictate the pace. And even when someone is told that they have support, they still find it hard to reach out because their mind still tells them that they aren’t worth the trouble. Sota’s emotional handling of how Yoko died highlights all of this.

A final thing to note is that the story of Saburo Kono is that Asian culture finds it somewhat easy to talk about issues like death compared to the West, where we totally shun conversations about it. Eastern culture, especially in anime and manga, talks about souls and how they live on. People who need to grieve have to be heard. We have to be more willing to take on those conversations because death comes for everyone at some point.

I would be interested to see Saburo Kono as a long-running, pseudo-Mushishi style series in Shonen Jump, but I’m satisfied with what we got.

If you’re still grieving for someone you lost, it’s totally okay to have those feelings. As Yoko told Sota, just live the best life you can for yourself and the sake of that person.

#Spirit Photographer Saburo Kono #manga #Shonen Jump #mental health #grief

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dojoliveblogs · 4 years

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Huh, never really thought of the shape of that type of buttefly like that, I could see why one might think that. Kind of funny that the photo needs to be burned, though.

...Guess burning the photo left behind a version of it without Yoko’s spirit? But it’s really nice to see he could move on as well.

I see why he only considers himself a photographer, that’s a cool way to end it. I really liked that one-shot, had a nice little tidy plot that did a nice story but could be expanded upon if the powers that be decided to. I’ll be curious to see more of what the TPN duo does in the future, I hear there’ll be a bonus chapter pf TPN sometime this Winter? I’ll have to check it out when that comes out, hopefully Viz translates it.

Oh! Speak of the devil, good to see this color illustration, glad the old man’s still part of their lives and not forgotten. That was the only weird bit from the ending for me, not much acknowledgement about him. But, that ends that for now! See y’all at a later date!

#Spirit Photographer Saburo Kono #Liveblog

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fruti2flutie · 4 years

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demizu posuka & shirai kaiu have done it again with a beautifully written & drawn story, spirit photographer saburo kono, but this time in less than 50 pages!!!! we love them!!!!!!

#spirit photographer saburo kono #manga #mangacap #tw suicude #posuka demizu #shirai kaiu

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thathilomgirl · 3 years

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Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu’s Short Story Collection/ 短編集 , to be released on September 3rd

It also includes the Dreams Come True post-canon chapter from the TPN exhibition, and one unpublished short story

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demifiendrsa · 4 years

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The Promised Neverland’s Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu will publish a new one-shot titled "Shinrei Sashinshi Kono Saburou" (Spirit Photographer: Saburo Kono) in Weekly Shonen Jump Issue 36/37. It’ll have a total of 45 pages with a color page.

#Shinrei Sashinshi Kono Saburou #Supernatural Photographer Saburo Kono #Kaiu Shirai #Posuka Demizu #manga #Spirit Photographer #Spirit Photographer Saburo Kono #The Promised Neverland #Yakusoku no Neverland

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beneaththetangles · 4 years

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Otaku Reader’s Corner: Slayers, Spirit Photographers, and Sayonara, Football

Inside Mari (Series)

Every so often I’ll jump into the two main manga reading apps I use (Crunchyroll and Shonen Jump) and look for a completed series. I found that in Inside Mari. The series began by introducing you to a 20 something slacker named Isao Komori who was obsessed with a teenage girl. Then one night he suddenly found himself inside her (Mari) body. The story progresses from there and gets graphically sexual at times; however, the fascinating plot and twists of what was happening inside the mind of Mari kept me coming back for more. I rapidly finished the series and, in the end, enjoyed the unexpected psychological thriller within Mari. – MDMRN

Inside Mari is available from Crunchyroll.

Slayers, Vol. 1 (light novel)

In my first impressions post, I said that Slayers was a fun read that felt like it would fit right in among modern fantasy light novels. While it’s still a fun read, there are parts later on that are definitely more dated. In particular, there’s one part that makes jokes about rape that most definitely would not fly in modern works; just be aware when reading that this book was in fact written decades ago and sensibilities have changed since then. As long as that is kept in mind, this remains an enjoyable fantasy romp with fun characters, cheeky narration, great action, and some interesting worldbuilding. Overall, I would say it has aged quite well. – stardf29

Slayers is available from J-Novel Club.

Sayonara, Football (Volume 1)

I loved the manga and anime for Your Lie in April. Recently I had decided to snatched up the first volume of Naoshi Arakawa’s previous series Sayonara, Football. This story follows Nozomi Onda, a fantastic female soccer player who wants to play for her Junior High team. The problem is that there’s only a boys team at her school. They let her practice with them; however, when a tournament comes up they will not let her play in an official match. The thing is that Onda is a fantastic player. Her being on the field elevates the rest of the team as they are forced to compete at her level. However, her smaller physique makes her physically weaker than some of the other players which, they fear, could lead to her getting injured. If you enjoy Arakawa’s writing style and gorgeous art and are looking for a relatively short series to dive into, check this out. It’s only 2 volumes and I definitely plan to keep reading. – MDMRN

Sayonara, Football is available from Kodansha.

Spirit Photographer Saburo Kono (One-shot)

Although it’s only been a couple of months since The Promised Neverland concluded, the artists behind it—writer Kaiu Shirai and illustrator Posuka Demizu—have already developed a one-shot, I’m assuming potentially for their next vehicle. Seeming more serial in nature than TPN, the story concerns an unusual man who uses a special camera to help release spirits who remain in pain here on earth. I didn’t think much of the story as it began—I can’t tell you how tired I am of hearing about the legend of some believing that a camera would steal your soul—but as expected of this duo, as the chapter progressed, so did the goosebumps up and down my arm, and not only because of terrifying images. I love reading one shots, not only as a preview of what might come, but because they often standalone as these rough works that may be compelling on their own, but aren’t canon if the idea is picked up or if not selected, remain this unique, short manga that’s left incomplete forever. But with its pedigree and excellent content, I would be surprised if the one-shot for Spirit Photographer Saburo Kono didn’t become a full series, much less another megahit. – Twwk

Spirit Photographer Saburo Kono is available through VIZ.

#Manga #Inside Mari #Slayers #Sayonara Football #Spirit Photographer Saburo Kono #Light Novels #Boku wa Mari no Naka #Shinrei Shashinshi Kono Saburo #Otaku Reader's Corner #Articles #Author: MDMRN #Author: stardf29 #Author: TWWK

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