Personally-followed manga, under-the-radar for everyone else

Some stuff I've been reading:

Komori Quintet

At a girls' school a group of classical musicians recruit a drummer to help them start a rock band. While they still use their old instruments

Not as much like K On as it sounds! While still within the realm of cute girls doing cute things, there's a decent dramatic element, and the music gets a good amount of focus (and they're competent at it)

Daidai wa, Hantoumei ni Nidone Suru

A series of oneshots about weird shit happening in a coastal town

Not really horror, but generally on the unsettling side. Also a fair bit of Les Yay; all major characters seem to be schoolgirls

Houseki no Kuni

In a World… where most of the ground has been swallowed by the sea, the main lifeform on the land is a group of 28 anthropomorphic gems, who are hunted by people from the moon for use as jewelry. The main character is a clumsy girl who's been told to work on an encyclopedia

Yeah. It is possibly the strangest thing I've read

Well, apparently You Can't Fight Fate, but Fate isn't particularly picky about who dies, other than that it has to be one of the main characters. Why? It's not stated, but it's likely that it's because they were involved in time loops at some point. I can see one way out for them though; but Kyousuke will need two more pieces of information: firstly, the fact that the loops can be extended. And secondly, the exact time of death (12:46pm). With this, he can extend the range of his time loop till perhaps a few days before (as insurance), and arrange to meet all the girls somewhere fairly safe (the roof perhaps, away from the railing of course) close to the time of death. That way he can save all of them, because not a single main character will be left unchecked and out of his reach. Barring a low blow like a random missile/bomb dropping and killing everybody that is.

edited 21st Jul '14 12:00:35 AM by HanabiraKage

Exactly. There was room, but the final chapter wasn't long enough for it.

Well I just started reading this today but...

Hibi Chouchou

A cute and simple shoujo manga about a Twice Shy romance between an extremely popular Cute Mute girl and a quiet boy(with an inability to speak to girls) who was the only boy who didn't fawn over her. I like the art and the relaxed tone. I might actually make a page for it soon.

edited 23rd Jul '14 11:03:16 PM by MacronNotes

found this a while back.luckily it's translated daily!

Ojojojo is a 4-koma about a lonely rich girl,who made friends with the class weirdo.pretty cute and funny.also the funniest cancelling of an Arranged Marriage i've seen in a while.

Just tried reading that. While I don't dislike it, I have never felt this video more justified:

Also very hilarious in regards to the lengths Sayoko will go to be with Inaba in increasingly inappropriate ways... and she doesn't even realize it herself due to her... somewhat lonely upbringing.

Best chapter so far is the one with her picture book though. Those hands...

edited 3rd Aug '14 12:37:45 AM by Folt

Has Heroine Shikkaku been mentioned yet?

It's kinda like a Watamote "Lite"; it runs on the same type of humour, but not nearly as screwed up. The facial expressions though...do we have a trope for them? Incredibly exaggerated expressions.

edited 3rd Aug '14 4:26:10 AM by HanabiraKage

So a graphic version of Chewing the Scenery?

edited 3rd Aug '14 4:20:20 AM by Lyendith

Yeah. Chewing the Scenery, facial expressions version. :3

well, let see:

Mirai mikki: yes i know is popular know but i read it before the anime made it popular only thanks to tv tropes, for me it deserve a mention becasue i joint this forum after i tired of to many critic against the show(tipical fandumb and hype blacklash). this have become the only place when i can argue with someone in peace

defense evil: is about a deamon who is kick of hell out into earth for some reason, he become some sort of detective who solve cases, everytime he wins it gains a little bit of energy so with time we can return to hell

vinland saga: the only reason i know about this manga is thanks to tv tropes and i have to say is awsome, i learn more about vking that with most history books, i recomend to everyone

Oh my God! Jitsu wa Watashi wa has just introduced the father of the main heroine! It is now easy to see who she inherited her goofy idiocy from!

And the faces continue to be quality ":D".

edited 4th Aug '14 9:31:43 AM by Folt

Teach gets the best faces.

Classmate Kamimura Yuuka wa Kou Itta: Boy bored with life meets a girl in an Epiphanic Prison trying to stay sane with the help of her robot friends. Not nearly as fanservicey as the covers make it out to be. (I suppose this could be a bad thing, depending on your perspective).

D.Y.N. Freaks: Imagine if Demonbane had freaky, mindbending sex with D.Gray-man while high under the light of a full-moon, and the resulting half-sane crack-baby was left to fend for itself in the wild hellscape of Tim Burton's nightmares (otherwise known as Soul Eater) before being found and adopted by Witchcraft Works and Blaz Blue to be trained in the art of ridiculously stylish ass-kicking. That is D.Y.N. Freaks, a battle manga which I can at best describe as wizards vs. Elder Gods vs. cultists.

Also, the villain is basically Yog Trollsothoth.

edited 4th Aug '14 6:33:00 PM by KSPAM

hmm.mostly been reading cute stuff recently.

Amari Mawari tells the story of a University student who lost his "special" gravure book {a pet gravure book) in a orphanage,and him getting to bond with the kids and all the cute animals there.rather nice.

also, Maou na Ano Ko to Murabito A ,is about a world where each person's "role" is determined at birth,and they get to re enact them after becoming adults,by going into a fantasy world.This story is about a guy who is a "Villager",and his wacky adventures with a girl who's a "Demon Queen" type.pretty funny too.

man i suck at summaries xP

Maou na Ano Ko to Murabito A is pretty good, in a generic sort of way. Not often is the main... "heroine" someone who self-identifies as evil.

Haru no Houtai Shoujo isn't bad. About a guy who can set fire to his hand, his girlfriend who he burned, a series of arsons, and a vigilante schoolgirl.

That sounds about right to me. The premise makes no sense to me(is it a reference to the games?(don't know anything about them)). You don't really have to understand it however and can just roll with it, which is nice. The reason I never put it in as a recommendation was a could never figure out how to explain it.

There are games? I had assumed it had come from a light novel. (Which I also haven't read)

So I just read the available chapters of Houseki no Kuni... It was weird.

I just finished reading Coo's World. Was pretty enjoyable, though I felt the second volume was just kind of unnecessary.

Also going to try to finish Lament of the Lamb since it's not too long a series.

Have I ever mentioned Duction Man?

It's about a former child star who have now developed a hatred for the entertainment industry because of the bad things it had caused him. However, he decided to return to the world of entertainment to be together with his girlfriend, who is a model/actress.

Keyman the hand of judgement : in Rockville City, a place where both human and animal people lives, thanks to Keyman an invincible superhero the crime has significantly decreased. But one day the detective Alex (a tyrannosaurus, mind you) and the local police force find the body of Keyman murdered with the name Dr. Necro carved in his chest. What the meaning of these words? Who was this Keyman?

The art style and story remind strongly of an old american comics (movie Noir, detective, superhero, etc...), and having animal people mixed with human is a nice change. On the downside the art is sometimes a little messy, especially during fights. But I really recommend this.

edited 27th Aug '14 2:24:42 AM by Navezof

read Youkai Shoujo-Monsuga recently.reminded me of Monster Musume quite a bit,but the "Harem" isnt quite there yet,it's a biiiiit more actiony and serious,and the monster girls here are Youkais (as the title states ) ,but appearance wise,they're pretty much girls with super powers.Also,there are more male Youkais around.

Anyway,it's about the usual average guy,that can see ghosts,who ends up getting involved in a Youkai Suppresion business.

sucky summary as usual XP.also,small warning,since those are Youkais, certain tropes apply.

edited 27th Aug '14 8:46:16 AM by alekos23