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First rec for villainess stuff is always going to be Bakarina/My Next Life as a Villainess. Very silly reverse-harem romcom isekai. Girl reincarnated into the antagonist of an otome game she was playing before she died, her attempts to avoid a bad end up with the entire cast of the game - including the erstwhile main character - joining the Katarinabowl. It's a little formulaic, but it's a damn good formula. Also has an anime, if you're into that kind of thing.
The translations I've found are all a little shaky, but I'm also very fond of May I Please Ask You One Last Thing? Has an opening that'll feel very familiar to you once you spend more time in the villainess subgenre - oh no, this outrageously gorgeous woman is about to be publicly denounced by her fiancee! But instead of doing what most series do and having the shock reawaken some past lives or something, the protagonist of May I puts on a pair of fingerless leather gloves and kicks the shit out of her POS fiancee, his new squeeze, and all his sneering corrupt buddies, because in addition to being extremely pretty she also has superpowers. It's a fun little action series with a lot of romcom in it, as the fiancee's scheming brother starts maneuvering the protagonist to deal with bastards across the kingdom. The love story between a violent lunatic and a manipulative sociopath. I love it to bits.
Honorable mentions go to Holy Grail of Eris, Endo & Kobayashi's Live Commentary of the Villainess, and Fiancee's Observation Log of the Self-Proclaimed Villainess. Holy Grail doesn't actually focus on a villainess, but rather, an extremely innocent young woman who gets wrapped up in courtly intrigue and ends up haunted by the ghost of a famous villainess who got executed a couple decades ago. There's romance, scheming, very elaborate social maneuvering - probably best-in-class at that, really. Endo & Kobayashi is probably the weirdest one. Basically, a girl in modern-day Japan convinces her clubmate in the broadcasting club to live-commentate her favorite otome game with her, which he agrees to because he's crushing on her. But once they start doing it, things get weird - one of the characters in the game starts to respond to their commentary, which is mostly about how cute the villainess character's tsundere is. Odd premise, very cute execution. Fiancee, meanwhile, focuses, as you might guess, on the fiancee of the villainess character - basically if Bakarina was about one of the capture targets. The art is... not great, but the content is very adorable.
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Maybe a loaded question here but - manga or light novel?
Manga. Light novel is apparently fine, but the manga has extra material after, and it's quite good.
The one shot for that was pretty good too. Excited to see how different it's going to be
Yeah I just finished the one shot and liked it a lot, fingers crossed the author can make it work as a longer story.
Oh that volleyball book sounds fun, I wonder what else this author has worked on....
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o o fOh that volleyball book sounds fun, I wonder what else this author has worked on....
Still better than that ultra creepy oneshot
I think its too soon for volleyball
and if its girls sports focused
I dont recall JUMP having success -> Cross Manage was the longest running one right.
and if its girls sports focused
I dont recall JUMP having success -> Cross Manage was the longest running one right.
It's probably not going to be sports focused at all.
I feel at that point, you may as well make a shoujo/Josei oriented isekai list as well since it feels most of them are villainess ones anyway.
Feel like a part of me would really appreciate Jujutsu Kaisen, but another part of me just....doesn't like the character designs at all.
I look at the designs in that series and feel nothing.
I look at the designs in that series and feel nothing.
Watch the anime, I think it's much better there. Same goes for Demon Slayer.
I think Bookworm is actually published in a seinen magazine, but there's definite demographic overlap there. XD
I dont recall hearing anyone ever dislike Jujutsu Kaisen
meanwhile Demon Slayer always had people dislike it for being generic.
meanwhile Demon Slayer always had people dislike it for being generic.
The character designs are a lot more subdued than most other shonen, but idk, I like 'em for that.
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What could possibly go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong?
Both DS and JJK are meh.
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Arima just can't get a break can she.
Guessing Aqua and Akane will appear modeling as a couple posing for a mag given the Instagram photo shoot and the Mana character they introduced in this chapter
Arima just can't get a break can she.
Guessing Aqua and Akane will appear modeling as a couple posing for a mag given the Instagram photo shoot and the Mana character they introduced in this chapter
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The Last Saiyuki.
Need Daijiro Nonoue to come back with a new serialization
I'm almost afraid to ask... what oneshot?
The personality is all in the SHOES.
Yep. Nice and heartwarming, making you remember they're actually supposed to be best friends.
True. Thank goodness she isn't being a jerk in this chapter. And Fujiwara telling a bit of herself caught me off guard.
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Finally this is the Fujiwara we would like to have in any chapter,, a girl that is supportive of her best friend. It was interesting to have some background about Fujiwara, and the reason why she decided not to play piano anymore, as well as she is so fond of games now.
Her reaction to the relationship between Kaguya and Miyuki was what I expected, at the end she was rwally oblivious to everything that was happening in the student council room.
Finally this is the Fujiwara we would like to have in any chapter,, a girl that is supportive of her best friend. It was interesting to have some background about Fujiwara, and the reason why she decided not to play piano anymore, as well as she is so fond of games now.
Her reaction to the relationship between Kaguya and Miyuki was what I expected, at the end she was rwally oblivious to everything that was happening in the student council room.
Wandering Son Vol. 1-2
I am very much enjoying this book. While there's a few issues here and there I could point to with my limited knowledge, I generally feel like the author's intent in trying to tell the story of these two trans children is coming from the right place. I like how the characters don't overexplain themselves and have unwanted awkwardness between them as a result. They come off as extremely relatable. I feel like it's been pretty chill so far with the occasional bullying or friction between characters, but I sense things might get way more serious as the book continues. The art is fantastic, also. (Shoutout to Aurica for the rec)
I am very much enjoying this book. While there's a few issues here and there I could point to with my limited knowledge, I generally feel like the author's intent in trying to tell the story of these two trans children is coming from the right place. I like how the characters don't overexplain themselves and have unwanted awkwardness between them as a result. They come off as extremely relatable. I feel like it's been pretty chill so far with the occasional bullying or friction between characters, but I sense things might get way more serious as the book continues. The art is fantastic, also. (Shoutout to Aurica for the rec)
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That's fine. Then again, it's possible that maybe something else like Hard-Boiled is ending soon, possibly.
I hope you enjoy it!Wandering Son Vol. 1-2
I am very much enjoying this book. While there's a few issues here and there I could point to with my limited knowledge, I generally feel like the author's intent in trying to tell the story of these two trans children is coming from the right place. I like how the characters don't overexplain themselves and have unwanted awkwardness between them as a result. They come off as extremely relatable. I feel like it's been pretty chill so far with the occasional bullying or friction between characters, but I sense things might get way more serious as the book continues. The art is fantastic, also. (Shoutout to Aurica for the rec)
In case you're not reading both
BK just had it's main character get an out of nowhere power up called Gold Vigor like 2 chapters after introducing the entire premise of vigors of which gold wasn't one. It feels like the series giving the mc a crazy power up to solve the problem and then the story can end with the hero triumphant in 2 chapters.
Dolphin Cop could also very likely be in it's final battle, but it just started a flashback arc to establish the main villain and the dolphin cop himself. Clearly it's a flashback that was supposed to happen later in the story, but it doesn't feel like a set up to end in 2 chapters kinda move.
Maybe I'm wrong and BK will get back to it's weird tournament thing after this power and the flashback will be half a chapter, fight, and resolution in DC, I just don't see that happening.
Where did you get 20 worldwide from?
My Hero Academia Manga Has Over 50 Million Copies in Circulation Worldwide
Site opens to commemorate volume 30's launch on Friday
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We all need a friendship like YuuMika, beautiful line.
Incredible chapter. Yu being summoned right out of Asuramaru.
We all need a friendship like YuuMika, beautiful line.
Incredible chapter. Yu being summoned right out of Asuramaru.
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That was nice. It would be good if Fujiwara could be more like this most of the time.
That was nice. It would be good if Fujiwara could be more like this most of the time.
Where did you get 20 worldwide from?
My Hero Academia Manga Has Over 50 Million Copies in Circulation Worldwide
Site opens to commemorate volume 30's launch on Fridaywww.animenewsnetwork.com
I assumed because last time it was 30 or so in Japan.
As you can see from the comments on the old news here:
https://twitter.com/WSJ_manga/status/1376535001139982337?s=19
Most people thought the same.
My apologies. But 37 in Japan and 13 worldwide is also good news!
Where did they get 37 from? It was at 30 just January that is from people got 20Where did you get 20 worldwide from?
My Hero Academia Manga Has Over 50 Million Copies in Circulation Worldwide
Site opens to commemorate volume 30's launch on Friday
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