Ral Reviews Manga and Manhwas

[Ral]

As the thread title states, I will be reviewing manga and the occasional manhwa at least once a week starting tomorrow. The catch is that I will take recommendations, read X number of chapters you believe I should read to make the review fair, and I give my honest review in this thread. I may or may not use threadmarks to keep track of my reviews, or I will simply write a blog entry to make use of that feature some more.

The following rules apply:
1. Manga or manhwa must be translated in English
2. Must provide a valid MAL link so I can read the synopsis first (https://myanimelist.net/manga.php)
3. The manga or manhwa can also be a series you did not like or enjoy reading, but would like to hear my unbiased review nonetheless

My review template will look like this:

Rating System (example):
Storyline - 9
Artwork - 8
Character Development- 8
Enjoyment - 9
Overall Rating - 9

Review Summary: Not too much tl;dr, but it will be mostly based on the ratings system example above.

You can also track my status on MAL (for the time being) in the event that I haven't updated this thread yet or posted my review:

Ralkage's Manga List - MyAnimeList.net

myanimelist.net

Let's get this party started!

 

[Stocking Anarchy]

I'll start with a handful of suggestions so as not to overload you with my amazingly good tastes...

Delicious in Dungeon
Uzumaki
Akira

 

[Ral]

I'll start with a handful of suggestions so as not to overload you with my amazingly good tastes...

Delicious in Dungeon
Uzumaki
Akira

I've watched the Akira movie before, but I am interested in reading the manga now.

I've heard of Delicious in Dungeon before, but not Uzumaki.

I'll start with Delicious in Dungeon because I remember hearing good praise about it.

 

[Stocking Anarchy]

I've watched the Akira movie before, but I am interested in reading the manga now.

I've heard of Delicious in Dungeon before, but not Uzumaki.

I'll start with Delicious in Dungeon because I remember hearing good praise about it.

I've read the first three volumes of Delicious in Dungeon and I really enjoyed them. They are cute but also have excellent worldbuilding. I have all of the other volumes (that have been released in English), but I'm waiting for holidays in January to read them all.

I've read Uzumaki 2 or 3 times, it's my favourite Junji Ito manga.

The Akira manga is of course a classic, and more expansive than the movie (I actually prefer it to the movie).

 

[Ral]

I've read the first three volumes of Delicious in Dungeon and I really enjoyed them. They are cute but also have excellent worldbuilding. I have all of the other volumes (that have been released in English), but I'm waiting for holidays in January to read them all.

I started reading chapter 0 a few mins ago (forgot that's a thing lol) and I noticed that they call Chilchuck "Chilchack" in some of these translated scans. Either they are all copypasta for the same scanlations group or MAL and the rest of the Internet has his name wrong. Please help me solve this confusion before I get turned off too soon

 

[Stocking Anarchy]

I started reading chapter 0 a few mins ago (forgot that's a thing lol) and I noticed that they call Chilchuck "Chilchack" in some of these translated scans. Either they are all copypasta for the same scanlations group or MAL and the rest of the Internet has his name wrong. Please help me solve this confusion before I get turned off too soon

His name is Chilchuck. I dunno what's going on with that translation.

 

[Ral]

His name is Chilchuck. I dunno what's going on with that translation.

Since this manga seems to resolve around food for the most part, Chil > Chill (cold) + Chuck > cut of beef = Cold cut beef, or maybe it's because I love food and I'm a lowkey fatass?

 

[jane]

translated into english as in licensed translations only?

 

[Ral]

translated into english as in licensed translations only?

Scalations translated to English aka scene group translations cause fuck VIZ, they get the scraps at the end of the day

 

[jane]

ok, then i recommend homunculus.

 

[Dwimmerlaik]

Are Manwha okay? If yes:
The Horizon

 

[Ral]

Are Manwha okay? If yes:
The Horizon

Just previewed the first chapter, looks deep, and it made me feel a bit weird seeing brain matter in a comic strip; I'll put it on the list

 

[Dwimmerlaik]

Just previewed the first chapter, looks deep, and it made me feel a bit weird seeing brain matter in a comic strip; I'll put it on the list

It's pretty depressing

But also good and short, which seems perfect for this thread. Could think of something else if you want

 

[Ral]

It's pretty depressing

But also good and short, which seems perfect for this thread. Could think of something else if you want

Nah this is good; how many chapters do you suggest I read in order do a fair review?

 

[Dwimmerlaik]

Nah this is good; how many chapters do you suggest I read in order do a fair review?

Oof, that's a tough one. It only has 21 chapters and doesn't have a lot of dialogue so I'm tempted to say all of them

IMO you can only appreciate the journey once you've witnessed the ending itself

 

[Ral]

Oof, that's a tough one. It only has 21 chapters and doesn't have a lot of dialogue so I'm tempted to say all of them

IMO you can only appreciate the journey once you've witnessed the ending itself

I will save it for last then after the current queue

 

[Dr. Watson]

Ohhhh

Based

 

[Paxton]

I will save it for last then after the current queue

If To Aru (I know it's not technically manga despite having one) is part of that queue, that's gonna be a while then.

 

[Cryso Agori]

If we can recc manhwa's

The Boxer

Having suffered ruthless bullying for the better part of his life, 17-year-old Yu has become emotionally numb and dissociated from reality, no longer able to act like a normal human being. Although he possesses the exceptional talent to dodge punches, Yu prefers to let his perpetrators beat him...

myanimelist.net

The Boxer is a really good one. Like the title suggests its a manhwa about boxing, though don't expect it to be that action-oriented, it not really about cool techniques or boxing moves as much as it is a character-driven story, its like Mob Psycho 100, watch the awesomely cool fights, stay for the chars/story.

The ending is especially great, really ties up all the themes of the story.

 

[Ral]

If we can recc manhwa's

The Boxer

Having suffered ruthless bullying for the better part of his life, 17-year-old Yu has become emotionally numb and dissociated from reality, no longer able to act like a normal human being. Although he possesses the exceptional talent to dodge punches, Yu prefers to let his perpetrators beat him...

myanimelist.net

The Boxer is a really good one. Like the title suggests its a manhwa about boxing, though don't expect it to be that action-oriented, it not really about cool techniques or boxing moves as much as it is a character-driven story, its like Mob Psycho 100, watch the awesomely cool fights, stay for the chars/story.

The ending is especially great, really ties up all the themes of the story.

Y'all gonna have be busy for the entire next year