The Snowy Manga Discussion Thread

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Favorites (currently running)

- One Piece: The last of the Jump's three pillars is still going strong and I'm enjoying every second of the ride.

- Boku no Hero Academia: The best I've seen of any superhero manga. The characters are interesting and the develop and change throughout the story. Even secondary characters are not static. The author manages to balance action, a coming-of-age-story, and just the right amount of comedy.

- World Trigger: Hands down my favorite Sci Fi, current or previous. The author understands small squad tactics and applies the powers and fantastical abilities of his setting to them with considerable skill and intelligence. It utterly avoids the classic shonen trap of 'the strongest character wins' giving much more credit to experience, intelligence, and teamwork. The characters are all a fun bunch too.

- Rin-Ne: Rumiko Takahashi has returned to form. This series is a light-hearted romcom (heavy on the com). In structure it is similar to Ranma 1/2, being episodic and full of wacky hi-jinks, but the comedy is less violent and the characters are more coolheaded, despite their idiosyncrasies.

- One Punch Man: Come for the humor of the main character plowing through every enemy with ease, stay for the secondary characters that you become invested in.

- Tomo-chan: Wonderfully awkward, adorable, and comedic as the martial artist tomboy tries to get her male best friend to recognize her as a woman.

- RELIFE: The drama can get annoying, but watching Hishiro-san attempt to learn about human love and relationships in her blunt, tactless way is worth every minute of it.

- Otoyome Gatari: At first glance it doesn't sound compelling: a slice of life/romance set in the mid 1800s on the Silk Road. Yet, the art is absolutely glorious, the material is meticulous accurate to real life, and the romances are adorable and heartwarming, every one of them.

- Kengan Ashura: Over-the-top in all the best, most ridiculous ways. A fighting manga for the man's man.

Various others I'm reading

- Ao no Exorcist
- Hayate X Blades
- Hitoribocchi
- Yotsubato
- Bakuon
- Criminale!
- Heleck
- New Game
- The Gamer