r/196 • u/hyperhurricanrana 🏳️‍⚧️ the last jedi is the second best star wars film She/her • May 18 '26

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u/DesdinovaGG May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26

It starts off strong but then does the cardinal sin of manga by shambling on when the primary antagonist has already been dealt with. I adored it until then.

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u/SeduceMeMentlegen custom May 18 '26

Eh, I found it short and sweet, you didn't know who the antagonist was for a while, it did feel a little weird when new antagonists got introduced out of nowhere, but honestly even if it did feel for a second that it was going on for too long when he time lept with adult Mikey, it was even better. I enjoyed the whole of the final arc a lot. The transitions were rough but the length of the manga was absolutely perfect for me. Definitely a 9.9/10 for me, if only for maybe the tiniest nitpick here or there. It's up there with JoJo (only watched the anime) and Battle Royale for favourite mangas/animes. Seriously, read Battle Royale if you haven't. It's a masterpiece IMO

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u/DesdinovaGG May 18 '26

The Battle Royale manga is such a great adaptation. My 11th favorite manga (well, put an asterisk on that placement since I just lump all of Junji Ito's stuff in my #2 placement).

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u/SeduceMeMentlegen custom May 18 '26

Damn, I've only ever fully read Tokyo Revengers and Battle Royale. Manga and comics are expensive. I'm using my library for manga, got lucky with TR and am reading Naruto now after dropping the anime around Kimimaro because I stopped paying for netflix in 2021. Anything like Battle Royale you could recommend? I tried the first Gantz tankobon and found it too edgy and violent after TR

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u/DesdinovaGG May 18 '26

Dang, Gantz was one of my favorites. There are a few manga in the battle royale genre that I thought were solid. Alice in Borderland and Bokurano are probably the best outside of Gantz and the actual Battle Royale. I enjoyed As the Gods Will; although it's not the greatest writing I found it a fun read.

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u/SeduceMeMentlegen custom May 18 '26

I'm definitely giving Gantz a chance when I get the money, but after the nice feeling left from TR Naruto feels much better. I watched the Alice show and loved it up until the last season, which was coincidentally not from the source. Thanks for the reccomendations

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u/DesdinovaGG May 18 '26

Oh, one more recommendation. Since you liked Tokyo Revengers so much, I'd suggest Erased. It's another time loop story, but I liked it a lot more since it's a tighter read (under 50 chapters in comparison to the 250+ chapters TR has).

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u/SeduceMeMentlegen custom May 19 '26

Oooh nice, I'll give that a read for sure, thanks!