Nikkan Yandere Fuufu Manga

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Nikkan Yandere Fuufu Manga

A biographical manga about a real life yandere couple.

At first I was concerned why the manga artist was so attracted to her husband’s yandere personality. It’s later revealed she has to deal with an abusive home growing up and her yandere husband’s undying love actually helped her deal with those issues.

I can tell some of the stories are a little exaggerated for laughs but that didn’t bother me too much. I’m simply glad that the couple loves each other and seems to get along fine.

~dakazu

Gangsta.

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Gangsta.

A manga about 2 men who who work jobs for both the police and mob in the corrupt city of Ergastulum.

I honestly had zero interest in this series but the anime adaptation was recommended to me when it came out a few years ago. I was seriously impressed with how well they handled the deaf character Nicolas and started reading the manga. Honestly speaking it’s strictly alright and not great. It went on hiatus for a while but now it’s back. 

If you like mob stories with a mix of superhuman fighting than I HIGHLY recommend the anime over the manga. Available in English from VIZ.

~dakazu

201 – Triple Dip 29 – Yawara!, Goblin Slayer, Nana

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201 – Triple Dip 29 – Yawara!, Goblin Slayer, Nana

This week we’ve each picked a manga for our Triple Dip. Which one of these will be our favorite? Tune in to find out!

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Dare ga Kenja wo Koroshita ka?

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Dare ga Kenja wo Koroshita ka?

A manga about how a secret group of hackers who saved the planet are being killed off one by one. It’s up to the Amish daughter of the killed “Sage” to solve the mystery of why the group is being targeted.

This honestly isn’t a very good manga and I only kinda read it in passing when it was online on Jump+. It was hilariously bad with Amish representation. I guess being Amish means you’re compensated with Goku-like strength to make up for not understanding technology?

Not recommended.

~dakazu

Aji Ichimonme – Tabete Kaku! Mangaka Shokukikou

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Aji Ichimonme – Tabete Kaku! Mangaka Shokukikou

A spin off of the popular Aji Ichimonme food manga. Characters Itabashi and Bon-san interview famous manga artists to learn about what their meals were like during serialization.

This was a great informative book filled with fun food stories from manga artists like Naoki Urasawa, Jiro Taniguchi, Monkey Punch, Ryoichi Ikegami, and Tetsuya Chiba. I really liked it!

~dakazu

I’m Standing on a Million Lives

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I’m Standing on a Million Lives

A manga about a high school student who’s sucked into a parallel world with video game like revive, leveling, and equipment mechanics. He and two other girls must complete a quest within the time limit or they will be killed permanently.

The setting reeks of a lite-novel-esque harem and fantasy cliches. With a main character who keeps rolling shitty jobs that he somehow masters and exploits, it all feels very lite-novel-ly. I only kept reading it because I was bored at the time. Nothing special and not recommended.

Available from Kodansha Comics.

~dakazu

Crueler than Dead

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Crueler than Dead

100% straight forward zombie story. The only twist is that the main protagonist was cured of her zombie virus and now carries a few doses of a cure around. This manga even has a walled city where an upper class rule over the rest of the survivors like in George A Romeo’s Land of the Dead.

Like most Zombie stories it’s generic and forgettable besides the opening scene.

~dakazu

Houkago Teibou Nisshi

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Houkago Teibou Nisshi

A manga about a high school freshman from the city who moves to the country seaside and joins an after school club dedicated to fishing.

The story is pretty basic newbie learning the ins and outs of subject “X” style setup. You can tell they made all the characters cute girls to juxtapose with the fishing subject matter. I really like how they cooked up everything they caught.

~dakazu

Shissou Nikki

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Shissou Nikki

A crazy true stories of how manga artist Hideo Azuma ran away from his home to live as a homeless scavenger. Sometimes he would live in the woods, other times he’d sleep under overpasses.

It’s pretty shocking to read about how he would literally dig through trash to find food to eat. His simplistic art style keep the mood lite despite the heavier material. I recommend this manga!

~dakazu

200 – Guest Gaiden 1 – The Bride was a Boy with Morgana Santilli

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200 – Guest Gaiden 1 – The Bride was a Boy with Morgana Santilli

Join us for the 200th episode of Manga Machinations! We celebrate with special guest Morgana Santilli aka “Manga Maven” from the Comicopia Comics Store! She’s here to answer our questions about selling manga and to share some of her current favorite LGBTQ+ and Josei manga!

Check out Morgana’s website and follow her on twitter!

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