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Jose Cruz
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I read some really good gender swap manga recently: Artificial Maiden - Pretty disturbing and entertaining horror story. It deals with individualism and is a bit different from most shoujo manga in that sense: a Frankenstein style alchemist doctor finds a highscholler boy's brain on the street and uses it when assembling his "love", Nina, a reconstruction (that the doctor made of human parts he found) of a mentally retarded girl he liked about 15 years ago who died when she ran into a precipice. There is a lot of fantasy elements, including the fact that "Nina" can turn into a butterfly magical girl type and stuff. There are scenes that can be also interpreted as rape. Idol Pretender - This romantic comedy seinen manga has a more humorous tone compared to the dark serious above: super manly highschool teenager drinks what he thinks is cold medicine and turns into a super cute girl. He gets into the idol business to try to raise money to buy that "cold medicine sgain". It's also very entertaining and funny, with a lot of comedy involving the former male lead trying to deal with his newfound "feminine side" and is full of crossdressing characters as well. Hardcore otaku stuff. |
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I want amanga with chibi art style similar to panty and stocking artstyle or similar
Or chibi style where the characters have big hands and feet Similar to this http://www.crunchyroll.com/ |
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jenny10-11
Posts: 26 Location: Australia |
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Hello all! I've been looking for a Japan-based historical manga, but one that doesn't require an in-depth knowledge of Japanese history to understand (I can never get my head around all the different clans, and basically need a diagram with me to remember who's who). I'm especially looking for something with a focus on everyday life over fighting and battles.
I've also heard that Ooku's good as an alt-hist book, but that the translation can be off-putting. Can anybody let me know how awkward the translation is, if at all? |
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classicalzawa
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Ooku is a good series, but how off-putting you'll find the English depends almost entirely on how much you like Shakespeare-style dialogue. I view it as a subset of English, so I have more trouble with it than perhaps others might. The choice to translate it that style was done to mirror the "ye olde Japanese" style that the original was in.
House of Five Leaves may interest you. It's about a small operation of kidnappers for profit. So it doesn't focus entirely on every day life stuff, but it sounds like you more want not a ton of obscure clan stuff, so it fits that. Kaze Hikaru might also be enjoyable for you, it follows a girl who wants to become a samurai, and it involves famous historical figures as well. Though it will have a lot of fighting involved. But for history, there you go. Unless you're more looking for more "what life was like back then" sort of thing (someone else might be able to help more with that one though) |
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