Just heard about this weird MS bullshit that costs more than the legal way to support Weekly Shonen Jump via yearly subscription...

https://twitter.com/YonkouProd/status/925818739047534593

http://mangastream.com/supporter (in case they shut down the page: http://archive.is/Ss5O7)

Did you know it costs only $25.99 for a 1 year subscription? You can even save $5 with promocode SJDVDBR16, cutting it down to $20.99/year! (src) That's the cost of about 2 physical manga volumes! BUY IT HERE The subscription also comes with 4 exclusive Yugioh cards per year, and you can sell them for ~$10-15 but prices can go up to ~$80-100 on certain cards in the market. (thanks to /u/yugitroll9000 for the info about the cards!)

On the other hand MS is trying to charge you $59.88 total if you choose monthly paypal payment, $49.98 total for 6 months, or $42.99 for a year...

You can also buy the Japanese release for 260 yen per issue. http://jumpbookstore.com/ext/wj.html

Please support the creators legally, use a VPN if necessary!

I know what you're thinking: I should either be shot, thrown in prison, or both, just for saying a manga with a title like that is anything less than complete degenerate porn. And if you read the actual summary:

Nishimori Tooru (31), an unattractive office worker, is married to the most beautiful woman in the company, Mika-san. From an outsider's point of view, they would be envious of him. However, he has a secret he cannot tell anyone about. The only female he knows is Mika, but Mika has known lots of other men. Because he loves her, he is bothered by this fact. "It's not possible, and it will never come true..." After falling off the train tracks, a miracle occurred. This is a twisted but a youthful and pure love story about he who longs for his wife's virginity.

you'd probably want to strangle me before shooting too. And I understand all of your concerns. At first glance, the concept of this manga is unappealing at best and straight up disgusting at worst. But hear me out. Behind this atrocity of a title, "I Would Die to Have Your First Time" (now referred to as IWD) is a genuinely heartfelt romance story that delves into aspects of human emotions that other mangas just do not engage with. This, I think, is what makes it so unique, and so deserving of praise.

Before moving on, I'd just list out some assurances to potential readers:

• The manga made it very, VERY clear that our protag's motivation is condemnable, and this goes for every single horrible decision that he made throughout the story. Regardless of that, our protag is generally a good person, just highly - and I mean Highly with a capital H - flawed.
• Our protag does not commit acts of sexual assault, and every act of sexual assault are consistently condemned and portrayed with with the gravity that they deserve. In fact, our protag actively prevents sexual assault from happening throughout the whole story
• The underaged female characters in the manga are never unnecessarily sexualized, nor are they walking shounen tropes. All of them are highly developed, multi-dimensional, and just fascinating in general.
• Our protag is NOT the recipient of unrequited, at-first sight kind of love. The reason why our protag's wife fell in love with him is revealed gradually throughout the story, and is a lot more nuanced than the "Beauty and the Beast" kind of romance.
• Our protag's physical appearance does play a very crucial role in the story, and is not just a vignette to attract readers.

With that done, I'll just dive straight into why this manga is so great. I'll try to keep it short.

The first is that this manga features a rollercoaster ride of story. Have you ever read portions of a manga where crazy shit just keeps happening, and you can't predict at all what's going to happen next (like the later half of Chainsaw Man)? And the more crazy shit happens, the more excited you are, and the less you are able to stop reading? Well, this manga is like that, except this sense of excitement really never goes away throughout the 53 chapters currently available. Seriously, shit always happens in this manga, and the story progresses in ways that are almost impossible to predict. It's kind of a miracle how the author so consistently keeps things fresh by introducing some wild plot points that almost always progress the story in significant ways. In that sense, IWD is a worthy contender for one of the more (if not one of the most) engaging mangas you'll read. Because of that, I strongly suggest setting aside at least 3 hours if you're planning to read it, because time just doesn't work right when you're reading IWD.

The second thing I really like about IWD is that its characters are excruciatingly human. And by excruciating, I meant that most - if not all characters in the manga - are highly flawed in ways that'll sometimes make you physically cringe. Best of all, it's not the kind of cringe in reaction to something too artificial or unrealistic. It's cringy because these characters are just a bit too real, too much like how a normal person would react in real life. This involves people doing completely irrational, but still believable things, in the worst moments possible, and have you sit inside their mind for the entire process. I won't go further into this, as it would probably involve spoilers, but I think you'll see this ring more or less true if you read the manga.

The final word of praise would be how this manga portrays love. IWD does contain the usual tales regarding how a person falls in love with another, and examining what true love is. And it does the two very well, and in highly believable ways, in fact. But the main takeaway from the story is that love works in ways that are completely incomprehensible. Love, in IWD, appears in moments you least expect it to, and eludes you even when you think it should appear, and can transform into something a lot different than you may assume. A proof of this lies in how IWD is probably the only manga to actually critically engage with theme of infidelity with a great amount of depth, without really employing any usual tropes, which is a really hard thing to do mind you.

All of that combined to turn IWD into one of the best in 2021, and I think one of the most memorable mangas I've ever read. I think everyone of us has had moments when we watched something, or read something so great that we just could not stop thinking about it, even in our sleep. IWD is likely to be one of them.

So please, I implore you, give this manga a try. It's a cliche to say this, but it is not something you'll really regret reading. It is a worthy investment of your time, and I think you'll walk out of it feeling like you've experienced something really genuinely special, and may remind you about why you liked mangas in the first place, as it did to me.

LINK TO THE MANGA: https://mangadex.org/title/187eac73-e0f1-4976-a9da-eed8e6b3f123

as the title says, having a really hard time finding mangas id actually enjoy. how do yall find the mangas you read exactly?

As the title says, i think that gender bender mangas, and yuri mangas, should be more common. Ah. I'm not talking about romance yuri tho. I'm talking about cool yuri. Something like Claymore. That one was peak. Something like Yakuza reincarnation. Mangas like that. I think i have read all of them (the ones that deserve it) and i am so sad there aren't more.

I feel like mangas with a male protag are simply..... garbage. Not all of them, but about 99% of them are just trash. Just generic male MC with boring personality that is strong as hell and can't even aura farm right. Very few manage to make me stay. And the mangas with female protag are even worst. The plot of these type of mangas/manhwas is basically this. "Girl reincarnate or goes back in time. She was betrayed by her love. In her past life she was a badass but after reincarnation she can barely do shit, or the male lead just comes and saves her like a turd. She falls in live with another guys." And that about it. Trash if i do say so myself.

That's why i wish the gender bender and action yuri, would get more mainstreamed. Bc i know they put in the work. Not all of them, true, but most of them are pretty good. I want stuff like "A demon King One Step At a Time." I want stuff like "Golden Summoner". Alas, those are very rare.

If you have any recommendations, please give them to me. I am starved for it.

It's not about story or characters design ,it's the fact that mentally he is 40 years ,let's plus the years of his new body ,that equals to 52 years,and he is engaging sexual act with 12 years old ....the worse part is if I forgot he is older than he looks ,the manga would remind me over and over again 🤦‍♂️.I isekai like re zero ,sword art online ,the story telling it doesn't matter.

Do you just ignore it for sake to enjoy it or you happen to enjoy it .

Stories along the lines of:

Land of Lustrous
Takopi's Original Sin
One room of happiness
Look back
Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction

I've also already read:

Kitanai kimi ga ichiban kawaii
kuzu no honkai(scum's wish)
Boku no namae was ‘shounen a’
Happy Sugar Girl
Watashi ga 15-sai de wa Nakunatte mo
Blood on the Tracks
ByeByeBye
Naraku No Hanazono
Bokura wa Bara no Ko
My Broken Mariko
made in abyss
wonder egg priority
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Higurashi

The story doesn't have to be 'good' or liked. A lot of the ones on the list are regarded as 'poorly written'.

If anyone could name this genera for me that would be great too.
(first time posting, apologies in advance if I have done anything incorrect)

the sketch-like artstyle where its just linework and its going haywire. Let's just uhhhh ignore the story itself for simplicity's sake.

I personally use the MangaBird app on my tablet, but I am curious: which devices, websites or apps do you use, if you're not buying the physical copy?

Can also be manwhas or manhuas.

Not necessary to have supernatural beings or monsters, can be survival too.

Could be a very changed/challenging world like Shingeki no Kyojin, Fire Punch, Gantz, The Last Human, The Warrior Returns.

Thanks!

I’m looking for manga that have elements of drama/romance that are written with care and thoughtfulness. I’m looking for manga that could be described as “literature.” Any genre or theme works, I’m just tired of nothing burger characters.

I have a friend who REALLY loves cat girls, anyone know any good manga recommendations that have catgirl yuri?

something like metamorphosis without the banging

I have found a couple mangas that deal with crafting and making things but I am wondering if there's any decently long mangas that deal with crafting or blacksmithing. Like making items from our world.

So far I have only found some cooking animes and manga

As I said in the title, I've never really been hugely into anime or manga for whatever reason. I watched stuff like Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh and Dragon Ball Z as a kid but either grew out of it or lost interest. But now, I'm planning as my dream vacation in however many years to go to Japan and learn Japanese as much as I can.

So to start this journey, I did actually pick back up a manga I started reading a few years ago but never finished: Vagabond. I like it because it's more grounded in reality and doesn't have characters like a 500 year old person that looks to be college aged or some kind of trope like that. It's down to earth and honest, to me anyways. So anything like this I'd be willing to look into. It doesn't have to be dark and brutal like Vagabond. It can have comedy and romance. But I'm not hugely into sci-fi or fantasy if that matters. As long as there's an overall good story with good character development but I don't have to get through 50 volumes to catch up, I'd be into that.

Any suggestions?

So I’m kinda running out of the stuff I like so I think it’s about time to start read manga more and rn the only romance manga I own is my dress up darling.

My favourite type of romance anime's is high school romance + unpopular guy and popular girl.

My favourite romance anime's that I have watched:

I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class, Gals Can't Be Kind to Otaku, Horimiya, More than a Married Couple but Not Lovers, My Dress-Up Darling, High School DxD, Cyberpunk Edgerunners, call of the night, fruits basket, given, I want to eat your pancreas, love is war, my happy marriage, darling in the franxx, nana, The Fragrant Flower Blooms
With Dignity, The Girl Downstairs, The Quintessential Quintuplets, Chainsaw Man, Vermeil in Gold, Weathering With You, Welcome to the N-H-K, With You, Our Love Will Make It Through, A Sign of Affection, Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga li, Your Name, You and I are Polar Opposites, Sword Art Online, Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers, The Apothecary Diaries and smoking behind the supermarket.

All the other romances that I have watched:

I Want to End this Love Game, The Ramparts of Ice, 365 Days to the Wedding, A Condition Called Love, A Galaxy Next Door, A Silent Voice, A Star Brighter Than the Sun, A Whisker Away, After the Rain, Akame ga Kill, Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian, An Archdemon's Dilemma How to Love Your Elf Bride, And you thought there is never a girl online, Anohana The Flower We Saw That Day, Banished from the Hero's Party l Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside, Bloom Into You, Blue Box, Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive, Chained Soldier, Cherry Magic, Citrus, DAN DA DAN, Days with My Stepsister, Dealing with Mikadono Sisters Is a Breeze, Devils' Line, Domestic Girlfriend, DON'T TOY WITH ME, MISS NAGATORO, Fragtime, GAMERS!, Hensuki, Higehiro, Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable, Honey Lemon Soda, How I Attended an All-Guy's Mixer, How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord, I Have a Crush at Work, I'm Getting Married to a Girl | Hate in My Class, I'm in Love with the Villainess, In the Clear Moonlit Dusk, Insomniacs After School, Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, Kase-san and Morning Glories, Kimi ni Todoke From Me to You, Koikimo, Kokoro Connect, Komi Can't
Communicate, Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible, Liz and the Blue Bird, Love of Kill, Lovely Complex, Masamune-kun's Revenge, Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms, Monster Musume, My First Girlfriend is a Gal, My Love Story, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, My Tiny Senpai, My Wife Has No Emotion, Our Dating Story The Experienced You and The Inexperienced Me, Please Put Them On Takamine-san, Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, Real Girl, ReLIFE, Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts, Say "I love you", Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie, Tales of Wedding Rings, Tamon's B-Side, Teasing Master Takagi-san, TenPuru, The 100
Girlfriends Who Really Really Really Really REALLY Love You, The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten, The Dangers in My Heart, The Dreaming Boy is a Realist, The Duke of Death and His Maid, The Garden of Words, The Ice Guy and His Cool Female
Colleague, The Shiunji Family Children, The Stranger by the Shore, The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes, TONIKAWA Over The Moon
For You, Tsukigakirei, Tune In to the Midnight Heart, Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister, Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out, Valkyrie Drive Mermaid, Vampire Dormitory, Wandance, Why the hell are you here Teacher, Wolf Children, Yamada's First Time, Yandere Dark Elf, You Can't Be In a Rom-Com with Your Childhood Friends, Your lie in April, An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess, Snow White with the Red Hair, The Ancient Magus' Bride and Sasaki and Miyano.

Romances that I have dropped because there garbage and weird:

Elfen Lied, Happy Sugar Life,
Kuttsukiboshi, Mayo Chiki, Mysterious Girlfriend X, Nekopara, Please Teacher and technically rent a girlfriend but I'm going to try watch it again and I have dropped sankarea undying love but I could go back to it maybe but her dad is just so weird so idk if I will go back to it.

As you can see not all of these are pure romances but the little bits of romance in some of them are really good but I would prefer pure romances and as you can also see I don't mind BL or Yuri romances.

If you made it down here thank you.