It's Not My Fault That I'm Not Popular 106
Aw, lookit her, talking to others as if she was a real person.
They grow up so fast.
Honestly I've liked the direction this manga went. In a world where people find entertainment in cringing, I literally find Ben Stiller movies unwatchable so the humor this manga originally had felt way too much like punching down and was depressing for going on as long as it did. It got into a rut. When it began to shape Tomoko and evolve her and get her to start being a ball of awkward bouncing off of others it became significantly more interesting and funny as a result. Her being a fucking shitty weirdo in the middle of a bunch of other characters is funnier by far than her constantly being a sad, lonely piece of shit by herself.
Her dad finding the massager will never not be funny tho.
Alice in Borderland Side Story and in General
The real strength of this manga has, and will always be, the author's backstory and characterizations. Everyone in this manga has experienced tragedy or has some messed up backstory and the way he gets you into the games is through them. Because honestly, while the death games can be fun at times they're not particularly inventive for the most part. The mindfuck ones can be but the vast majority are just...death games. So it makes you way more into it because this guy can write VERY good character depth which is incredibly surprising. Specifically I can throw out the leaders of the beach, the trans lady, Agni, the useless guy in the pole touching game...I mean he has so many really good character stories that make so much of the action in the games have meaning. And the MC isn't some awful whiner either, he goes through some super rough shit. Ya kinda want him to stop moping sometimes just because he's actually really smart and crafty and you want to see him succeed.
Best girl is trans girl tho. 2nd best is Legless Girl. Best boy is Agni. 2nd best boy was Naked King.
Again 101
Oh shit son, more Again!
Oh shit son, focusing on the shittiest two characters!
Oh shit son, I forgot Imamura didn't get together with Hanataka who is the toppest tier girl that has ever existed, especially with short hait.
Current Prison School
Oh god, I loved everyone jumping on Vice Prez and that picture of everyone looking super serious while hanging onto her. It was a fucking riot.
Monsuga 82
Oh my god, I don't care about this mysterious old friend who was never mentioned before. UNITE WITH HIME ALREADY OR I SWEAR TO GOD. I do like how Rokka is getting a bit more aggressive but she's still far behind Hime.
...shit almost all of my impressions are about who is the best girl in these manga. Dammit.
Kengan Asura 40
This was a nice break of pace with the humor and equal opportunity cheesecake. Good to have some downtime before shit gets real. Nice to see Jerry Tyson has returned! And that a lot of the side characters have their own thing going on. Still hilarious to see Ohma completely out of his element when it comes to the Kure assassin girl and the interaction between the Kure guy and the Pleasure Group guy was hilarious. When he's like:
"Why would you break your clan's code to sell yourself to a company?"
And then the pleasure group girl walks up in a micro bikini.
"Wait, don't tell me you broke your laws for a wo-"
"I look forward to settling this on the battlefield and testing our skills and whatever and okay bye gotta go"
Dying.
Uratarou 1-12
I knew it. The dude who does
Nejimaki Kagyu has an extremely surreal and exaggerated style that seemed perfect for horror and this manga is totally a horror manga even if it is also a fighto bloody manga. The dude really has an eye for making like...exaggerated grotesque stuff.
Basically a girl who is destined to die in a year is searching for a way to be immortal and follows rumors to find the immortal Kijin who decides to join her in hopes he can find a way to die. So they journey and encounter a lot of folklore-y monsters like Ippon-Datara and Jiangshi and such. A good set up and the characters are funny and charming so it makes the blistering pacing not hurt as much. And holy shit is the pacing fast as fuck. I wish he spent more time with characters but honestly it's entertaining enough that it's not a dealbreaker. The action is good, the comedy is good, the gore is good, the artstyle is good, it's just a good manga.
Also because it's by the author of Nejimaki Kagyu DEM FUCKING HIPS AND THIGHS.
Uratarou 13
*reads up to the last page* Oh shit son, this dude is a monster and tearing him apart. How is he going to save-
*flips page*
HA HA HA FUCKING WHAT
Chio-chan no Tsuugakuro 13
Such pure friendship.
This manga is so fucking funny.
Silver Spoon 119 and 120
Tejina Senpai 35
Fair play. I'm sorta surprised both of them were okay with that honestly. Assistant, you did your best.
Danberu nan kiro moteru? 8
Uh oh, we got a Christmas Cake now. They're really just trying to make this manga impossible for anyone to read in public, aren't they? Girls need to stop getting roped in by Machio-kun. Also, I learned good bicep form today.
Shuukan Shounen Girl 29
Pretty sure that that's how I see most days before 11AM.
Mahou Shoujo Tokushuusen Asuka 7
I still unironically like this. The combat is really really fun and just like the two man magic/axe team it is really strategic in nature. Maybe I'm a total tryhard edgy weeaboo but I super enjoy the realistic "Magical Girls in a Combat Scenario" tone because it's not just a Madoka clone or whatever, it's taking magical girls and utilizing them as advanced weapons or operatives in military scenarios which is entertaining as fuck. Unfortunately for a lot of people the fan-service/everyone has big breasts stuff might turn them off but for me it doesn't.
I know War Nurse's specialty was healing and such but considering she continued to be an operative you'd think she wouldn't get completely housed by a knock-off magical girl. I hope she puts up more of a fight next chapter because Jesus, she came out looking fucking amateur.
Grand Blue 15
Oh yeah, this is a diving manga.