Manga

This page will serve as a catalog of the manga I read. I've more or less read all of the past series I'm interested in already, so all that's left for me is to read stuff as it comes out. I probably won't be inspired to write lengthy reviews of much of it, since manga tends to be relatively light on content per volume compared to other mediums, but I'll at least write short blurbs about them.

Also, please note that this is nowhere close to a full catalog of everything I've ever read. That list would be far too lengthy to list here. This is just going to contain everything I've consumed since I started maintaining this page in March 2025, plus the stuff I have in my bookshelf and ereader, which pretty much covers everything I've acquired since I came to Japan. But for brevity's sake, I'll omit adaptations of the light novel series I read. Just assume that if one of the LN series I read has a manga adaptation, I'm probably reading it and have somewhere between one and two thoughts about it. None of the lists on this page are going to be in any particular order, by the way, and I'll call things by whatever title makes sense to me. If a work's officially-localized title is decent, I'll use that, and if it sucks or doesn't exist, I'll either translate it myself or leave it in Japanese, perhaps Romanized, perhaps not. The longer a title gets, the less likely I am to render it in Title Case, and I'll provide an abbreviated title wherever I happen to use one.

Ongoing

• The Disgraced Princess Knight Who Got Sold to a Lesbian Brothel - 4 volumes so far. Got bait and switched, it's a fucking REINCARNATED OSSAN
• Asumi-chan is Interested in Lesbian Brothels! - 6 volumes so far. Now THIS is the good stuff
• Pop Team Epic - 7 volumes so far. I love this stupid nonsense
• Made in Abyss - 13 volumes so far. Phenomenal adventure story. Faputa is funny, but the creator's putting too much of his fetishes into it
• Zaaako Zako Zako Zako-sensei - 5 volumes so far. Good comedy, and I empathize with the teacher's inferiority complex so hard it hurts
• You Are the Cat's Servant - 1 volume so far. Adapted from a doujin? It's about a catgirl ojou-sama doing light SM play with some loser. Just barely decent enough to not make me drop it
• Be My Assistant Forever! - 3 volumes so far. Sub-par romcom about fuckup detective girls. Not enough rom so far, though
• Yuri Starts With Slavery (Yurihaji) - 1 volume so far. I've been here long enough to know not to get my hopes up for the kinky BDSM shit the title might imply, but you'd still think there'd at least be some kind of interesting power dynamic at play. So far, you'd be wrong
• A yuri story where my classmate who's nothing but a pretty face comes at me hard - 1 volume so far. Protagonist has a boyfriend????? Also the art seems just a little too amateur and a little too Kirara for something that's apparently trying to be at least a little lewd
• Higurashi When They Cry Oni - 3 volumes so far. An interesting new angle on the Higurashi setting, but I can't for the life of me see where it's going
• The Strange Case of the Imperial Capitol's Holy Grail: Fate/type Redline - 5 volumes so far. A gripping story marred by its glacial release pace
• Fate/EXTRA CCC FoxTail - 12 volumes so far. Had a bit of an identity crisis for the first few volumes but eventually settled into a great, tense story. JK Saber is a fantastic character, and I love the rivalry she and Tamamo have going on. Plus, Shinji is better in this series than his character ever deserved to be
• Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 3rei!! - 14 volumes so far. Some of the best the Fate franchise has to offer. One of the best iterations of Shirou I've ever seen
• Fate/Grand Order -turas realta- - 19 volumes so far. Art kinda sucks, but I like how they involve the Chaldea Servants in the story. Kiyohime is funny, and Hektor and Arjuna actually get to do stuff
• Fate/Grand Order -mortalis:stella- - 5 volumes so far. Much better art than turas realta, but way too slow to release. One of only two FGO manga I have whose title is written in half-width Romaji instead of full-width
• Fate/Grand Order -Epic of Remnant- Pseudo-Singularity I Shinjuku - 5 volumes so far. A decent enough adaptation I guess, but it's Shinjuku
• Fate/Grand Order -Epic of Remnant- Pseudo-Singularity EX SE.RA.PH - 8 volumes so far. Gudao actually behaves like the badass secret agent he's supposed to be, Melt is a best, and Beckman is a shit. Also it's SE.RA.PH, so of course it's amazing, and they GOT TO THE SCENE AND IT'S PERFECT AND AAAAAAAHHHHH
• Fate/Grand Order -Epic of Remnant- Pseudo-Singularity 3 Shimousa - 5 volumes so far. Gudako kicks some serious ass. Me likey. Also the only EoR manga where the singularity number is an Arabic instead of Roman numeral for some reason?

On hold

• The 100 Girlfriends Who Love You Very, Very, Very, Very, Very Much (Hyakkano) - Paused at 10 volumes. Best romcom manga since TLRD, don't @ me. Unfortunately, fairly low on my priority list of stuff to spend money on

Completed

• Gotoubun no Hanayome - 14 volumes, plus 5-volume novelization of the anime. Surprisingly decent romcom, but that novelization was god-awful. 2>3>>>5>>>>>4>>>>>>>1
• Iroha ni HoERO! - 5 volumes. Way too much lore and convoluted backstory, but otherwise a semi-okay erocom. Got it for 50 yen a volume during a New Year's sale, and that feels about right
• Kiraboshi-ojou-sama's Proposal - 3 volumes. A delightfully funny romcom that got canceled too early
• Super Smartphone - 3 volumes. Sure, it was no Death Note or Promised Neverland, but it was a decent-enough suspense thriller that should've been given more time to breathe
• Oshi no Ko - 16 volumes. Was pretty darn good, except for the ending. If you read this, drop it after the interview at the beginning of the final volume
• Could You Love a Pervert as Long as She's Cute? (Hensuki) - 6 volumes. Utter shit that blasphemes the name of anyone even the slightest bit kinky. Very glad I decided against reading the LNs
• My Sister's Acting Strange Lately (Imocho) - 11 volumes, plus spinoff LN. A very early-2010's romcom that proved way better than it ever had any right to be. Very glad I decided to give it a chance
• Higurashi When They Cry Gou - 4 volumes. Dazzling artwork that adapted the anime well
• Higurashi When They Cry Meguri - 5 volumes. A much better conclusion to Gou than Sotsu was
• Higurashi When They Cry Rei Oniokoshi-hen - 2 volumes. Not much to say here. Good setup, I guess
• Higurashi When They Cry Rei Hoshiwatashi-hen - 2 volumes. Ditto
• Higurashi When They Cry Rei Irotoutoshi-hen - 4 volumes. A bit too heavyhanded with its themes, and its social and political commentary is nowhere near as biting as the original Higurashi's. Other than that, fun enough as an addition to the franchise
• Lunar Coral - 2 volumes. A charming little story from the fringes of TYPE-MOON
• Shingetsutan Tsukihime - 10 volumes. Fantastic adaptation of the VN. I love it to bits
• MELTY BLOOD - 9 volumes. Story was meh, post-story gag manga antics were old-school but fun
• MELTY BLOOD X - 2 volumes. I'm actually drawing a blank on what this was
• MELTY BLOOD Back Alley Nightmare - 2 volumes. A rather confusing and inscrutable companion piece to the prologue of FGO
• Fate/EXTRA - 6 volumes. A neat little story. Umu was quite umu. Put the anime into a lot better context
• Fate/EXTRA CCC - 8 volumes. I love me a good Sakura party, but my god the word count. This should've been 15 volumes, not 8
• Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya - 2 volumes. Like Nanoha, but for Fate. Much better than I remember the anime being
• Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei! - 5 volumes. Great balance of action, comedy, and lewd. Kuro was a great addition to the cast
• Fate/Grand Order -Epic of Remnant- Pseudo-Singularity II Agartha - 6 volumes. Felt a little rushed, and it was Agartha. At least Columbus was entertaining
• Fate/Grand Order -Epic of Remnant- Pseudo-Singularity IV Salem - 8 volumes. The other FGO manga whose title is half-width Romaji. Gudako actually pulls her weight, the art is beautiful, and I like how they changed the story from the game. Vastly improved Sanson's bullshit