Totally, I had the same issue with Attack on Titan as well. I understand that having a regular cast makes things easier but, as you said, once you notice it that’s that. At least both series are fun enough things like this aren’t enough to destroy the experience.

Over promise and under deliver is rather on point with her when it comes to socialization.

I caught up with both Nan Hao & Shang Feng and The Saga of Tanya the Evil.

There’s not much to write about the former, it’s fun and I’m waiting for more. As for the latter, I have some more thoughts about the series. I like Tanya over all - it’s not perfect but the issues I have aren’t serious enough to affect my enjoyment in any significant way. They still exist though.

Writing wise it’s pretty good. The fact story is happening in a discount version of the real world started to bother me a bit but more in a “this feels a bit lazy” kind of way (even if it makes sense). The more serious problem is the amount of plot armor encasing the main cast - there were multiple instance of important characters surviving attacks that pretty much pulverize anyone else. Things like that are fine in small doses but there’s a too much of it here.

I also really like the historical chapters - parts set 40 years after the war, shown from a perspective of journalists trying to figure out the less known parts of the war, specifically things related to our main character and her exploits. Seeing them stumble over military secrets, people unwilling to talk in detail and dealing with the fog of history is super interesting.

Art is great! There are some fantastic spreads of chaos and destruction and a great back and forth between the normal art and “animal cartoon” segments. This makes it all the more jarring whenever backgrounds (or even whole panels) consist of photos with some filters thrown on top of them - these parts throw any art cohesion out of the window and just look bad compared to everything else. I understand why, I’m just not a fan of how they’re used.

All in all, despite some minor issues I look forward to the rest of the story. It’s a fun if uneven ride and I think I prefer the anime version a little more (Aoi Yuki helps a lot in that regard).

Sorry for the wall of text, I needed to dump this stuff out of my head to function properly.

Look mom, I’m on TV a screenshot!

I’ve been using [DISC] as a carry on from reddit but I don’t mind either way. I’ll be happy to switch to whatever community decides on. Lets just put it in tag list on the sidebar when that happens.

Speaking of the sidebar - we already have shortened tags listed there. While they aren’t particularly common at the moment should we also change how they’re written? It would be nice if we kept things consistent. Something to think about @wjs018@ani.social.

I’m giving it the benefit of the doubt for now. We already had situations that could’ve turned into unnecessary drama but were resolved quickly and without issues - I expect this situation to be similar in this regard.

I’m not sure how I feel about the new girl. Sure it might help Koga but her hunt for a new star feels kind of slimy to me. I hope she’ll prove me wrong and turns into an interesting addition to the cast.

I think I tried it as a wee baby child during a school trip once. Don’t remember much about it (my memory is trash outside of very specific and useless topics) but it seems familiar somehow. Either way, even disasters can be fun, right?

Besides the already mentioned Usagi Drop there’s also Gal Cleaning and its many sexual assault focused .x chapters after it got axed if I remember correctly - don’t think many people talk about it these days.

Definitely a strong candidate.

I also learned about Yotsuba to when looking for something to practice with (still haven’t touched the Japanese version ironically enough) but yeah, it’s a great series even as a normal read. Quickly ended up among my favorites.

Nan Hao & Shang Feng feels like looking at my friends from school at times. I don’t think their adventures were that crazy but many chapters made me go “yeah, that looks familiar”. Is there anything similar from the female perspective? I’d be curious to see how that compares to real life experiences.

Yeah, sponsored chapters are completely explicit about what they are (here is an example if you’d like to check one). It’s not a huge percentage of the overall series but it’s something I’m rather allergic to and had to mention.

I’ve been on a holiday trip last week which means I finally had some time to dig into my backlog a bit. Here’s some brief thoughts on what I managed to get into:

• Yotsuba And! / Yotsuba to! - I’ve been reading it on and off but had to put it down due to lack of time. I just went through the remaining 2/3rds of the series and caught up completely. It’s an extremely adorable story and I love it with all of my being. It also made me look at myself and do some light self-discovery which is nice. Can’t wait for more.
• Gyaru Cooking / Gal Gohan - I wasn’t really feeling this one until chapters 13-14, when Fujiwara makes her first appearance (Nagisa’s addition was even better). I think it was a decent series over all but didn’t really resonate with me so I finished it more due to inertia rather than being seriously pulled in by the story. I never really got fully on board with Miku or Shinji as characters and only few of the gal jokes worked for me. I also wasn’t too hot on the ending but eh, it went about as I expected.
• Nan Hao & Shang Feng - I’ve read a few random chapters of this one before but always planned to go back from the start some other time - well, the time has come. It’s not all gold but even the mediocre chapters are pretty good and when a joke lands, it lands hard. It’s an extremely stupid series, I love it! Mostly anyway… One thing I do not care for is the amount of sponsored chapters - I despise ads in general so calling this annoying would be an understatement. Can’t have everything, I guess.
• The Saga of Tanya the Evil / Youjo Senki - I started this one shortly after the show ended, not sure why I stopped but whatever the reason I did it early enough that I forgot pretty much everything about this adaptation except for the goofy animal representation of all the countries. I like this version quite a lot, it captures both the humor and brutality of the story in a great way and provides some additional info about what’s going on both in Tanya’s head and behind the scenes. I want to read the original light novel as well someday though that will have to wait.

I’m still catching up with the latter two but I’m pretty happy with the results, especially since I spent most of my time resting away from the screen for a change. There’s still A LOT of stuff to go through but any dent in a backlog is progress.

It really is even though she did try to avoid the topic initially - good on Shun for actually trying to figure out the issue. They both did well, I’m satisfied (っ˘ω˘ς )

Good catch. I posted from mobile and didn’t even realize the swap, thanks!

Here’s a list of the stuff I tend to link from time to time. They’re not perfect and vary on how underrated they are but all of them managed to stay with me in one way or another so that’s something.

• Sui and Neri of the Twilight Planet - a cute (and short) slice of life series about a girl and a talking sloth running an inn on a dying Earth. Art reminds me of Girls’ Last Tour (also read that if haven’t and want some post-post-post apocalyptic adventures).
• Satellite Coin Laundry - sci-fi comedy about a space laundromat. It has some great panels as well as interesting aliens and ideas. Translation doesn’t update particularly often unfortunately.
• Traveling Gyaru - fun travel story about a gyaru who decided to bike through a good chunk of Japan for her friend’s wedding while knowing nothing about traveling on a bike. Nice art, interesting trivia about traveling and locations but not fully translated (last mangadex updated was over 2 years ago).
• I also like your flaws - an awkward boy and an amputee girl meet during their first day at school, start hanging out. It’s a oneshot and could use a serialization to expand on the characters but it’s a neat read.
• Pen Pal at the End of the World - another oneshot, this time about a young girl and a former artist exchanging letters in a post-apocalyptic setting.
• The Boy Who Collects The Stars - a short, magical story about a search for a mythical six-legged deer.
• The Unwomanly Face of War - World War II stories from a perspective of women who served in the soviet army. A unique look at a “overplayed” topic. Based on a book with the same title.
• Kowloon Generic Romance - romance, drama, sci-fi? It’s a slow burn series about life in modern day Kowloon. It has both goofy and striking panels, some a bit more risque but don’t expect a lot of fan service. It also has an official English release.

Finally, read Girls’ Last Tour everyone. It’s good. Read it.

I started reading The Unwomanly Face of War. It’s a based on a book with the same title by Svetlana Alexievich and tells real stories of women who took part in World War II. Combatants and support, across various places and parts of the war. It’s nice to see such an “overplayed” topic from a very underrepresented perspective.

English translation is a little iffy at times and some of the parts feel less like a story and more like someone making a report but it’s pretty interesting so far. I’m curious how it compares to the original book.

Also, some ongoing series finally updated last week so that was neat.

Edit: I read a few more chapters. It’s interesting, yes, but it’s also really emotional. Despite some problems I really like this one.

No problem. Mihon is pretty much Tachiyomi+ so if you ever decide to switch you should feel right at home and if not, Tachiyomi should still work fine unless there are some bigger extention changes. No need to worry about it for now, especially since you’re well prepared with your backlog.

It’s happening (eventually)!

As mentioned by OP Tachiyomi is no longer being worked on. Mihon, one of the main replacements/continuations, can be found here (official site) or here (code repo with builds).

To avoid the issue that killed Tachiyomi Mihon doesn’t ship with the extention list included. You’ll have to download this file and import it from the app. After that you can import your backup from Tachiyomi and use the new app as usual.