| Super_Boom said: Hiya manga friends...I'm back from hiatus, and finished catching up on things in here. Gonna help Pokoko and Cloud keep this thread alive with something I started recently. A friend recommended I try The Promised Neverland (Yakusoku no Neverland). It's a recent-ish Jump manga, having replaced Bleach's old slot the week after Kubo's manga ended, so only 22 chapters deep so far. I don't like starting new manga until they seem somewhat well established...but I made an exception here. Since it's in Jump, it must be about friendship and love and joy and beating your cool genius rival...like that manga that Poko's reading (and to be honest, I'd probably get into if I started). Well...not really, in this case. The basic premise is about a young girl living in an orphange with her foster brothers and sisters. They live a happy life with their orphanage "mother", waiting to be adopted by a family of their own. Seems nice at first...but not too far in, the plot takes a very...dark turn. It's hard to tell what direction the story will go, but it's very unique, which I enjoy in this case. I honestly can't guess what'll happen next. Characters are fun, the plot is tense, and the art direction really really sets the mood. This is definitely something I plan to keep reading. Past that, I'm still catching up on Tokyo Ghoul...still making myself read Fairy Tail and Seven Deadly Sins, and still loving One Piece, Shokugeki, and My Hero Academia. How's that for a summary. |
That looks interesting. I'll put it on the list.
| Cloudman said: Well, I gave Black Crow a shot, and... it didn't really pull me in. It does feel like a standard JUMP manga, with a character that reminds me of another big JUMP manga... which I hated. Had that annoying optimistic vibe to him, and the chapter didn't seem very interesting. I'm not sure if I should continue reading it, even for a cute girl character, haha. |
That sounded so cynical that I laughed out loud.
As for Black Clover, if you mean the first chapter, that's really just backstory. Nothing much starts until they join the Magic Knights and start fighting ... other Magic Knights from another kingdom. That's pretty much every battle manga ever, though. One guy has wind magic, another crystal magic, and so on.
There are good elements, though, and the writer does know how to tug at the heart. The last chapter I read had a twist I wasn't expecting that was quite sad.
