#oddman 11

Here are my thoughts.

Oddman 11

It’s cute. Kinda. It’s like Toriyama’s Manga Theater oneshots and Dr Slump but with mild yuri. Fun in the moment chapter to chapter, but once I finished it I had the profound feeling I got all I was ever gonna get. And going off the teaser for its follow-up “Most Dangerous Trio” I don’t think this series has any tricks left besides getting more crude and edgy. Art is wonderful tho, I’ll probably read Voynich Hotel one day. Worth it for the comedy if you can vibe with it, but if you don’t like it I get it.

End of Goldfish Kingdom

Technically a webcomic by author Imitation Crystal, this one is just sad. I haven’t felt a manga with so much sorrow in it since Punpun. A young girl learns life is just unfair. Never in ways that intend to shock or disgust the reader. But little tragic ways kids can lose their innocence little by little. Mikaze struggles with how the world operates and how that doesn’t make sense to a kid, and reacts like a frustrated confused kid who doesn’t know how to process any of it. it’s sad man.

Alternatively we get one (translated) chapter with a girl named Kaho (girl on the left) who goes through a similar struggle but with the tone totally inverted. It’s quite pleasant and I love her chapter but idk what it means for the grand scheme with this story, and most likely won’t for a long time.

This mangas fan translation has ended a bit ago. Hard to recommend people to give it a shot as what we’ve got ends on a frustrating cliffhanger. If it interests you give it a read. Just know it’s not necessarily fun, but you can find something incredible in what it tells, then be frustrated you don’t get to see how it plays out.

Shimeji Simulation

I was stuck on Volume 4 for a long time with this. I don’t know why. For some reason I hit a roadblock with Vol. 4. I woke up this morning funky. Sad, angry, happy all at once. I then decided to finally finish this manga. I got through Vol. 4.

Volume 5 made me cry.

I cry plenty at media. I get choked up, I’ve gone on spree’s where a wave of empathy washes over me and I watch sad scenes on youtube from things just so I can cry. But this was different.

Suddenly i’m crying and it’s in my throat. I’m feeling things bubble up that I can’t define, but they can be felt. So many moments in this last stretch are beautiful. Writing that gives me structure for a moment and tears it away the next. I’ve never read Girls Last Tour (I might) but what Tkmiz said in the afterword makes it all feel so clear.

Somehow in the end, there’s harmony.

Yotsuba

Yotsuba drinks a banana smoothie and it’s one of the most important developments for her and another character.

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