Another week in the books. Let’s chat about manga in the general discussion thread! Feel free to use this thread for questions, comments, recommendations, etc.
Like normal, please be careful with spoilers. I wrote a guide about spoilers in case you need a refresher on how to handle them (also linked in the sidebar).
Finished the 4th volume of Char’s Daily Life. I don’t have a copy of volume 5-8, so I’m gonna be paused on that one for a while. It felt a lot like reading Gintama, but with the main cast mostly filled out by people from UC Gundam’s One-Year-War (primarily Zeon characters). Garma and his dad are Buddhist priests. Kycilia got kicked out of her family because she believes she’s a priestess from Dragon Quest. Ramba Ral is a gangster. The important thing here is that as with the characters in Gintama they’re all certified losers except for arguably Sayla, who got dumber but insanely strong. I hadn’t realized this until now, but maybe the author really just wanted her to be Kagura. Lots of puns based on quotes from the original Gundam series.
Started reading Fullmetal Alchemist. I’m about 1.5 volumes in and it’s been fun so far. I was surprised at how short the arc with Nina and Alexander was in the manga; it was only 13 pages from
Fullmetal Alchemist
Nina’s first appearance as a human to her first appearance as a dog, and she wasn’t even on all of those pages!
Even in Brotherhood it feels longer and hits harder. I’ve been enjoying it though. Come to think of it, I’ve got two excellent soundtracks to choose from. I should really listen to those while I read.
Among the stuff I’m keeping up with weekly, Blue Box stood out most this week. I guess I’ve got to avoid spoilers, so all I’ll really say is that the main character really showed us why he’s the main character. I’m definitely looking forward to next week.