stressedpenguin's manga / #interesting(58)

Sequel to count 0. Is... is it not gonna explain the mystery??? Where did the powers come from? You can just introduce a character with the same power and then not have them be relevant for half the story???? 4/10

HOLD UP where's the rest???????? this can't be it. 8/10 щ(ʘ╻ʘ)щ

Lmao gangster cats. Was pretty fun, very shonen cliche-y for those who are into that, and had a surprisingly heartfelt but bittersweet ending. I hope our MC gets his found family happy end someday 5 or 6/10 it had its moments but like every shonen I was starting to get battle fatigue by the end. Comments are saying there may be more volumes so I'm keeping notifs on

Uke is an exorcist who specializes in barriers. He takes on a long job repairing the barrier of demon brothel and meets a beautiful demon whose history is tied to the uke's ancestors. They wind up making a pact and of course falling in love. Wont lie, that ending was very unsatisfying. Bittersweet and unsatisfying for me. Also... This needs like... Three more volumes to unpack everything they hinted at. I want to see more of Kon in the human world and the struggles he faces there. I wanna see more of him interacting with other demons, not just Shiki. I wanna see the exorcist side and how the dad handles having an outcast son. I wanna see more details about Shiki's past and literally anything more about Shuten Douji. I was hoping there would be way more of a mystery to unravel. There was so much potential. I kinda would've liked this more if there hadn't been so many hints to something more. 7/10? 6/10?

Dropped at ch 3. This is really interesting and genuinely well written, I just really do not like historical fiction. Maybe I'll finish this one day but I just cant rn Everything about this is setting up for a 9/10 though with a unique setting I've rarely if ever seen. Was NOT expecting the Amish to make an appearance in BL. I definitely wanna come back to this someday when I've got the bandwidth for it -/10

Yknow. I want to say this hit me in the feels, but I honestly just couldn't get into it. After hitting his head in an accident, out MC is suddenly able to see the 17 yr old ghost that's been living in his apartment. MC was an aspiring mucision who's given up on his dreams after a heartbreakingly disastrous first street performance, but through his interactions with this ghost, he rediscovers his love for singing. I think knowing the ghost was... a ghost and given the very grounded tone of the story, I probably checked out emotionally before I even began. I want to say this was good and that it hurt or was cathartic or whatever, I cant. I just didn't engage with the story at all, so it didn't feel any different from all the other things I've read. I think it was just objectively good from an art, story, and execution standpoint so.... 6/10

Dropped at ch 162. Ngl I'm a little lost since the story doesn't have any kinda long form structure Edit: this had been sitting in my finish later pile for so long I'm just gonna assume I'm never gonna finish -/10

The complex feelings and pain in this already. This is really good I'm kinda scared to keep going. Update ch 6. Wow. I'm in pain. The reveal. The angst. It feels almost like a betrayal. Update ch 11. Honestly, this didn't end quite the way I expected, but I'm still overall satisfied. Glad it wrapped up well. 9/10

Did not expect that to go as hard as it did when I clicked on this. Banger. Fucking banger of a story. I'm so glad I gave this a shot. 8 or 9/10

Last read ch 28. Bounty hunter Callahan just needs to catch 1 more criminal to collect a fat 10 mil pesos (?). His target is Jonny the Scammer, bona fide twink. Tbh there were bits that were pretty confusing. The story avoids going that play by play thing or giving exposition dumps, and generally does a good job presenting the information through visual storytelling and subtler dialogue... That said, there's A LOT happening in this story that divides what little space the story allots for exposition. As a result, it's easy to miss key backstory details (skill issue on my part) and could sometimes be a little unsatisfying? It's unclear for a BIG portion of the story if out Jonny is actually the scammer. He doesn't act like one even for the 1.5 ish chapters he's alone. I was never sold 100% that he's a criminal deserving of arrest. He just seems like some unfortunate guy. I think this actually could have benefited from being longer, having time to explore the characters (and world?) more. But it was still a cohesive, comprehensible story with what it gave us. Also shoutout to the person in the comments for explaining, re:ch 12 that Jonny lied about the timeline to give himself an alibi. I totally did not clock that at all 8/10