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  • [Chapter] The Color of the End: Mission in the Apocalypse - Ch. 35

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  • Just caught up on this series. I think it's interesting that we are getting some backstory for Saya, but what we have seen so far doesn't match up with what these other survivors have said. Probably more backstory next chapter.

  • [Chapter] Renge to Naruto! - Ch. 46 - Luna-nee! - MangaDex

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  • Don't feel bad Naruto, I totally thought she had died from that conversation as well. Another great chapter.

  • [Chapter] The Gals Who Always Say Incredible Things - Ch. 43 - MangaDex

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  • I love how extremely meta this battle is. However, it is also confusing as hell. I absolutely got faked out by that ending page in the middle of the chapter.

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    Please Go Home, Akutsu-san! - Ch. 199

    cubari.moe /read/gist/cmF3L1Nob0hhYmJ5VXBsb2Fkcy9TaG9IYWJieUN1YmFyaVNvdXJjZXMvbWFpbi9LYWV0dGVfS3VkYXNhaV9Ba3V0c3Utc2FuLmpzb24/199/1/
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    Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 49]

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  • Despite it being a short, holiday week this past week here in the US, I have been absolutely slammed with work. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to watch any anime for the past two weeks now. So, I thought I might as well provide a bit of a meta update here in the comments.

    Year End Awards

    I think that for this year I am going to move the 2025 Anime and Manga year-end awards into January (probably late Jan). One of the main points of feedback I got from that process last year is that it felt weird to vote on the awards while the Fall season was still airing. So, we can fix that! I think late January might work better since the beginning of a new season is always busy, so let's give it a couple weeks to settle down first.

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    Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 49]

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  • I have been absolutely slammed with work the past couple weeks, so I have read very little and am behind on just about everything. However, there are two series that ended this past week that I was reading and I wanted to at least try to capture my thoughts on them.

    I have followed this series basically since the translations started (6 years ago!) and it finally wrapped up after 240 chapters. Overall, this series has been really great. It started out as a silly romcom that featured lots of cross dressing and a socially anxious gamer girl. It slowly evolved into a pretty heartfelt romance. Then, finally, it kept the story going after the ship set sail and they had to figure out their lives after high school. Looking back on it now, I never felt like it really dropped off at any point, it just kept being solid the whole way through. It's been a lot of fun and the meme credit pages have been great to match. If you are looking for a series to binge, you could do a lot worse than this one.

    This series basically centered around a kouhai that is a bit clueless about how things work since she was so sheltered growing up, but a kindhearted senpai gets roped into helping answer her questions. Cue romcom hijinks and a cast of wacky characters. I enjoyed this series, but I don't really think it is too special, and I could imagine a lot of people might not enjoy the leads too much. Neither of them are very expressive and a romance between two kuudere doesn't really get the sparks flying. The ending was pretty satisfying, so it doesn't feel too rushed at the end.

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    2025 Week 49 Featured

    Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread

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    2025 Week 49 Featured

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    2025 Week 48

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    Anime challenge: drawing a female character without a visible thigh gap (difficulty level: impossible, apparently)

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  • I am going to remove this as this is the anime community, but feel free to repost to !manga@ani.social instead.

  • TV Anime "Romelia War Chronicle" Announced (Teaser Visual)

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  • This series had a couple of manga chapters translated and I liked it a lot. However, the SL dropped the series, so it has been a year or so since the last chapter was translated. I'm looking forward to more of the story.

  • [Chapter] The Gals Who Always Say Incredible Things - Ch. 40

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  • It's like she's talking directly to me...

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    The Gals Who Always Say Incredible Things - Ch. 40

    mangadex.org /chapter/95f86d0f-5fe1-4ac7-a0d4-1a691ce93952

  • [Chapter] Misaki-kun is Unobtainable - Ch. 35

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  • I hadn't really thought about how dark this world is for all of the side characters. They basically can't do anything if Hareta isn't involved. It feels like we are nearing a climax of some kind.

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    Misaki-kun is Unobtainable - Ch. 35

    mangadex.org /chapter/770e8541-7c36-41a9-877d-d17e60ea83a4

  • Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 47]

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  • I spent a lot of time riding trains this week, which meant some time to check different series out. So, here are some quick impressions of series that I found/caught up on:

    This was my favorite of all the series I found this past week. It is about a yakuza boss that is shot and killed, but then wakes up again, in the body of a woman that is actively in labor, delivering a child. It has been a really touching, heartfelt series about the trials and tribulations of being a single mom in Japan. That means both the administrative side (procedure for getting a family registry) as well as the physiological (there are whole chapters about the difficulties of breastfeeding for instance). I have enjoyed this series a lot so far.

    A story about somebody reincarnated as the villain in a fantasy novel. I have actually enjoyed it a lot. He really tries to embrace playing the villain role while at the same time using that to shield those around him from having to go through the horrors that he has to deal with in the shadows. It's been a bit of an interesting take on things.

    Got a couple chapters into this one and I'm not sure I will continue. Basically a human commoner is kicked out of a teaching position at a school for nobility despite being incredibly capable. So, he is instead recruited to become the private tutor for the daughters of the Demon King. It is a setup that seems like it has potential, but it feels like this is an adaptation that is going way too fast. Problems are presented and solved all in the same chapter and there isn't too much of a through line. If the story sounds interesting, I would just recommend finding the LN instead if it is available.

    I am a couple chapters into this one as well and I have been enjoying it. Basic premise is that a salaryman that is really into cosmetics/fashion is stuck having to repress that kind of stuff because, well, he is a middle-aged man that wears a suit to work all the time. So, he ends up admiring a girl he sees frequently at the train station that is able to indulge in and wear all the stuff that he likes so much. There are zero stakes to this series, just small little vignettes for the most part. There is a nice twist though that I will leave for the reader to discover.

  • Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 47]

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  • I had started this at one point, but dropped it after a couple of chapters (all that was released at the time). My impression was the same as yours, so I was going to let it build up and binge it. Now that it is over, I will have to go back into it.

  • Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 47]

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  • Code Geass is one of those series that I haven't watched yet, but I have only heard great things about. So, it's interesting to see a different take on it. From what I do know from clips and discussions is that Lelouch is meant to be that way, an over the top character. I can see how that can be polarizing though (I don't have a lot of love for Light either tbh).

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    Mary-san - Ch. 292

    mangadex.org /chapter/55fc82f3-2079-4ccd-9d02-36bb57f7a116

  • Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 47]

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  • I have been super busy irl with work, so I haven't really gotten a chance to watch anything this past week. I think that is partly because of how busy I have been and partly because nothing this season has really grabbed me. I have enjoyed some series, but nothing has made me try to absolutely jam it into a packed schedule. As an example, Campfire Cooking is one that I continue to enjoy, but I have already read past season 2 content in the manga. So, I know what is going to happen, and it will always be there for me in the future. Touring After the Apocalypse is the one I am probably most engaged with this season, but it's not the kind of show that makes me really prioritize it when I am busy.

    This season is going to stand in stark contrast to next season though. Winter 2026 looks crazy stacked. I just did a quick scroll through the Anichart page and there are at least 6 that I am way more excited about than anything this season.

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  • [Chapter] Renge to Naruto - Ch. 45

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  • Surprised they ended up at the police station, usually a sequence like this results in the jerks just running off. Also, it turns out that dynamic entry and dramatic posing seem to be in a gyaru's skillset. Maybe they'll actually get to unwind at the bath next chapter.

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    Renge to Naruto - Ch. 45

    weebcentral.com /chapters/01KA2RNP8RD6PR6S87M5MYJGXF

  • [Episode] Shinjiteita Nakamatachi ni Dungeon Okuchi de Korosarekaketa ga Gift "Mugen Gacha" de Level 9999 no Nakamatachi wo Te ni Irete Moto Party Member to Sekai ni Fukushuu and "Zamaa!" Shimasu! -

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  • This is the only series in the history of running the episode discussion bot that has hit the lemmy character limit in titles. An infamous distinction.

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    Tsumiki Ogami's Not-So-Ordinary Life - Ch. 81

    www.viz.com /vizmanga/tsumiki-ogamis-not-so-ordinary-life-chapter-81/chapter/48251
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    After School, We Wander in Space - Ch. 32

    mangadex.org /chapter/143340ef-7ef4-41e9-b7e4-832491ad8a7d

  • [Chapter] Osananananajimi - Ch. 11 - Goodbye - MangaDex

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  • So, I am hoping this is one of those instances where she is saying goodbye because she is moving and not because she is dying. This sleepover arc was really great, but looks like some drama is creeping into the fluff.

  • [Chapter] Akira Failing in Love - Ch. 61

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  • We've got a new ship in town (a very small, agricultural town...more a village really).

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    Akira Failing in Love - Ch. 61

    www.viz.com /vizmanga/akira-failing-in-love-chapter-61/chapter/48246

  • Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 46]

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  • I haven't been watching it, but from what I understand about it, perhaps Gachiakuta has absorbed all the edge this season. Its second cour is airing right now.

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    Tokyo KINOKO: The High School Girl with the World's Lowest Ranking Social Skills - Ch. 9

    mangadex.org /chapter/f2a859df-6b3c-4307-b453-d0f7c537e3b0
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    2025 Week 46

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  • [Chapter] After School, We Wander in Space - Ch. 31

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  • Date next chapter? I feel like these two have basically accepted that they are an item now.

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    After School, We Wander in Space - Ch. 31

    mangadex.org /chapter/bb46452c-6baa-46a2-82d5-b02612e20e5b