Random Manga Thread

>>151632642
Nice.

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This next one's called Cool Lady, by Nananan Kiriko, in the collection titled "Water."

Apart from oneshots that gets developed into fully fleshed out stories, I think 100$ dollars is too cheap is the only one I've read.

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>>151632802
I was actually considering on posting that one, but now I won't so you'll get to see something new.

>>151632996
Saw it coming.

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This next one's called "Her Confession" from Ishikawa Masayuki (Moyashimon, Junketsu no Maria), included in the collection, Weekly Ishikawa Masayuki.

>>151632937
Oh wow

>>151633044
Freud always wins.

Are you The Hox that translated Sangokushi? I'm enjoying the hell out of that series and great work.

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>>151633388
Oh good, I'm glad there are people reading it. I really should post it more now that I finished translating it but it's just so long it's kind of a pain. Nice to see people can get past the dated art and enjoy the story.

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>>151633388
>>151633411
Also, if you're curious about the historical context behind the manga itself, I wrote a post on it when I finished it: http://hoxtranslations.blogspot.com/2016/02/some-thoughts-on-adaptation-sangokushi.html

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This next one's called I am a Piano, by Nakamura Asumiko. It used to be posted pretty often long time ago, now that I think of it. It was included in the collection, "Le théâtre."

>>151633467
Wow, that's a mess.

>>151633368
How the hell do you find these kind of comics?

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>>151633571
That one I found because I like Ishikawa Masayuki. I usually use mangaupdates.com to look at what other stuff mangaka I like have done.

>>151633467
Fucking incredible.

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This next one called "No Deposit!" is by the God of Manga himself, Tezuka, and was included in the collection, Fuusuke.

>>151633571
If you're looking specifically for bizarre oneshots collections, it's not that hard to come across everything translated. Especially given common authors, influences and themes.

Haha, despite how strange these all are, they're quite amusing. Thanks for dumping them!

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For people who don't know, in a traditional Japanese family, the wife is expected to "husband" the husband's earnings. You see the archetype of the dominant mother controlling the purse-strings pretty often in comedies.

Everyone played this piano

>>151632364
Much appreciated. Oneshot manga is among some of the best I've read.

I'm really partial to Rui Kyoko's oneshots, but I feel like they're pretty well read.

Cigarette Anthology MENTHOL has some cool stuff.

>>151634110
Isn't that just a traditional family dynamic, not specific to Japanese?

>>151634166
No, not really. Family dynamics can be pretty diverse globally speaking.

>>151634181
You definitely see it played out for comedy in other cultures.

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>>151634200
Yeah, maybe it's more often in comedies because it's a subversion of the typical male-female dynamic.

>>151634222
Poor house. Should've burned herself with the guy in it.

>>151634237
>>151634222
;_;

>>151634222
Men as a whole seem to have more vices. It only seems kind of reasonable to have it occur.

>>151634222
This shouldn't be as sad as it is.

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Next is one "Snow White," from Morohoshi Daijirou's Sneewittchen.

And before some kraut tries to tell me it's spelled "Schneewittchen," NO IT ISN'T. The original is a Low German tale.

This is a nice thread, it's filtered from shitposter.

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And now a quirky and adorable oneshot titled Nyanderful by Asakura Sekaiichi. I still have to translate some of his stuff one of these days.

>>151634777
Any ideas on what you're going to work on after SOIL?

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>>151634821
Aside from continuing Planet of Sutakola and Wombs, I'm gonna be starting up Kamui-Den and Yokoyama's Shiji.

>>151634855
>Kamui-Den
Bless you.

>>151635182
That's just silly.

>>151635201
Lots of fun.

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And now for something a little twisted, a little depraved, but always fun, a Shintarou Kago oneshot titled, "Labyrinth."

>>151635522
awawawa

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Next one is titled "Murderer Paradox" from the collection "Terrarium in Drawer" by Kui Ryoko (Dungeon Meshi).

>>151635522
As always is the case with Shintaro Kago, I'm left with no idea what to feel after reading his stuff.
Except when I read Lord of the Ring, I knew exactly what I was feeling.

>>151635595
Reading shintaro kago is probably the closest you'll ever be to being both high as a kite, and batshit insane at the same time.

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>>151635595
You should feel amazed that he drew all those mazes. Must've been a little tedious. I'm pretty sure they're all workable, too. Some supposedly even spell out funny messages.

>>151635661

What do you think of Dungeon Meshi, Hox?

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>>151635683
It's good. She's a talented mangaka with a knack for original execution.

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One more story from Terrarium in Drawer.

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And now a chapter from the 1-volume story, Journey to the End of the World.

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And now the oneshot "Slow Down" by the great Hagio Moto.

>>151633388
Hmm it seem like it's the same writer of the three kingdom's manga. Ill pick it up after im done with Phoenix.

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>>151636158
Did you mean to quote >>151634855 instead?

>>151636193
Oops, yes. Anywho, thanks for translating and dumping.

>>151635641
Honestly I don't think his works are exemplary examples of either. They are good at presentation however, he really is an artist.

>>151636240
Ive seen this experiment before. It wont end well

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>>151636254
If you want to know more about it, Shiji is THE classic when it comes to Chinese history. Pretty much defined Chinese historiography (how history should be written) all the way up to the modern era. The manga adaptation is basically Yokoyama drawing a lot of fun little stories taken from the book. Stuff about famous assassins, corrupt kings, loyal ministers, genious generals, and the like. Fun to consume in small amounts if you're a history fan.

>>151636329
>history fan
Mostly western, but i've working my ways toward eastern history over this break. I started with the typical ro3k and sengoku jidai. I enjoying it so far, Ro3k drama was fun.

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Gonna post a rather abstract story by Furuya Usamaru (Short Cuts, Music of Marie) titled "The Origin of Nudity," which is the first chapter in the collection, "Garden."

It'll be fun if people post their interpretations of it.

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>>151636651
Yeah, then you'll probably enjoy it.

>>151636329
How much historic facts do you actually remember? I can handle theorems, formula, algorithms, scientific hypothesis, but historic facts escape me faster than sand in a sieve.

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>>151636758
I can remember a fair amount. It's kind of like remembering the plot of movies you like, unless you're talking about really specific info, like dates and shit, which I never cared much for.

>>151636815
I guess it goes to show that I don't even remember the plot of many movies I like, rather how they start, how they end, what they symbolize and what it means to me.

>>151636940
was wondering when they'd drop the bosch

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End.

>>151637119
2deep4me

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>>151637119
I can tell that the same classical art piece that inspired Miura here directly inspired this work here

>>151637185
Oh, it was Bosch. Ok.

>>151637139
I think it's basically an allegory of how the most fertile and deep thinkers have an almost obsessive-drive to see beyond the surface (skin-deep level) and think about the foundational structures ("nudity") that underlie the universe and existence itself. This "nudity" rejects any sort of aesthetics on the skin-deep level and is thus seen as grotesque. I'm not sure if the "Mother of Grief" is the mangaka saying that this rejection/isolation necessarily leads to grief, or it's just a simple-minded insult made by those who value the superficial.

I might be missing something though, which is why I posted it in hopes of getting alternate interpretations.

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And now for something much simpler, Jurassic Gakuen.

>>151633467
Just wonderful lol made my day.

>>151632364
>>151637498
Hox, are you watching something in starting season?

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>>151637509
Yeah, LWA for sure. Dunno about the others. Will depend on which threads catch my interest.

>>151637119
It seems like his interpretation of Bosch's painting.

There seems to be the general theme that the fleshy body is inherently sinful. To be free of sin is to be modest and free of superficial desires. By pursuing deeper thought, weirdos to the general populace, the great thinkers have tried to unravel the universe and the dichotomy of good and evil. They inch closer to God than those in paradise, but I guess the true rectifier, equalizer, atonement, whatever you call it, is death. I'm not entirely sure what to make of the death and rebirth.

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>>151637589
Hmm, I don't think girl died though in the course of the story. She simply becomes another Mother of Grief that co-exists with her own mother, so I don't think the story is emphasizing the death/rebirth cycle. I agree with the rest of what you wrote though.

>>151637642
Death is a relative term. Liken the stripping of flesh to the stringencies of an ascetic and enlightenment.

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Next one is a oneshot that was included in vol. 2 of Baka & Gogh by Katou Shinkichi. A bit long but good.

>>151633285
>He's a homo!
>That's it!
Poor dad. And Tatsuhiko was his only son(and he looked like we would land a perfectly qt wife if he wanted to)

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>>151637460
>and my biggest shortcomings are my arms
Every time

>>151637642
Perhaps the grieving is in the unenviable curse of pursuing knowledge. Only in death do we have respite, but our dissemination of knowledge forces our children to bear our pains.

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>>151637895
That's a pretty good way of putting it.

>>151633368
Holy shit, and I thought Tatsuhiko was strange.


>>151633467
Wait, so the son decided to get maried to a normal woman, but she came home before him and the parents misstook her for him?

>>151638022


Goddamit, why did Baka & Gogh have to be about NTR?
I couldnt focus on any other aspects of the story because I kept getting reminded what people here keep saying.

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>>151638021
Yeah.

>>151637119
Is there a name for a generally bony structure attached to an orb? It's always remarkably familiar.

>>151638033
It wasn't really about NTR.

>>151638021
It turned out that the parents were the strange ones. They probably felt guilty about their whole situation and projected it on their son

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>>151638033
Just let it go, man. The words NTR and cuck are so overused that they've lost any real meaning. Baka & Gogh was always about friendship from the beginning until the end, not romance. I love it because of that.

>>151638068
I know it wasnt. But that's all I kept thinking about. I feel broken now unable to enjoy certain stuff because of this place.

>>151638073
>projected it on their son
He took that acting gig all on his own.

>>151638095
Yes, that's true but by son I meant the part when they assumed it was their son who came back as a woman.

>>151633434
that's just bizarre

>>151638344

I guess I'll try reading the whole thing again. Maybe now that I know the end I might be able to look past the cuck stuff.

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>>151638368
Yeah I think it'll help to not expect those two to get together from the very beginning.