The Miscellaneous Seinen Thread

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Chas McGill: Oct 29, 2010; loves Fat Philippe

Need some horror manga recommendations. I've read a lot of Junji Ito and I'm currently reading Mail. I'd prefer something weird and psychological rather than gross out like Uzumaki etc. Anything with a creepy sense of mystery.

Failing that is there the equivalent of crime procedurals in manga? One where a team of detectives and specialists takes on a case. Doesn't have to be super realistic, just gripping.

I started reading Kingdom after getting caught up with Berserk and it seems excellent, but I'm just not in the mood for it.

# ? Sep 21, 2014 03:22

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# ? May 9, 2024 21:38

Shugojin: Sep 6, 2007; THE TAIL THAT BURNS TWICE AS BRIGHT...

If you haven't read it, Monster sounds right up your alley.

# ? Sep 21, 2014 03:32

Paracelsus: Apr 6, 2009; bless this post ~kya

Chas McGill posted:

Need some horror manga recommendations. I've read a lot of Junji Ito and I'm currently reading Mail. I'd prefer something weird and psychological rather than gross out like Uzumaki etc. Anything with a creepy sense of mystery.

Soil.

# ? Sep 21, 2014 03:38

Tunicate: May 15, 2012

It's not at all Horror, but I really like the psychological angle in Liar game.

# ? Sep 21, 2014 04:06

Everything Burrito: Jun 2, 2011; I Failed At Anime 2022

Manhole is both (biological) horror and police procedural.

Himitsu - Top Secret is about a police team that investigates crimes using scans of dead people's brains. It has an anime as well but I preferred the manga.

Jiraishin is a cop manga, pretty dark & very 90s, has some great art especially later on. Also has a sequel.

Shibatora is about a baby-faced cop who goes undercover as a high school kid, it has a pretty good balance of lightheartedness and drama from what I remember.

Dendrobates is more about an assassin but the main character's day job is in a police department and most of the supporting good guy characters are police. It's pretty dumb and grossly violent in parts, but isn't terribly long and fun in a B-movie kind of way.

Oh, you might also look into Ghost Hunt which follows a team of paranormal investigators. It has an anime as well, and tbh I watched it first then just picked up the manga where it left off because IIRC it was a pretty faithful adaption. I suggest it both for the horror aspect and because the investigative team work like detectives solving a mystery. Psychic Detective Yakumo is another supernatural/mystery manga and a couple of the supporting characters are cops, and if you like that sort of thing (supernatural detective) also check out Un-Go if you're up for watching something rather than reading.

edit: also I was totally not paying attention to which thread I was in and thought this was the general recommendation one, so part of those are not seinen but Dendrobates, Jiraishin, and Manhole are at least. Whoops!

Everything Burrito fucked around with this message at 05:21 on Sep 21, 2014

# ? Sep 21, 2014 05:04

coathat: May 21, 2007

Paracelsus posted:

Soil.

It's bull poo poo that been more than a year since a chapter got translated.

# ? Sep 21, 2014 05:14

Ytlaya: Nov 13, 2005

coathat posted:

It's bull poo poo that been more than a year since a chapter got translated.

It sucks that it hasn't been translated in a long time, but it's a pretty good series and definitely meets the criteria of what that poster asked for.

# ? Sep 21, 2014 07:24

Chas McGill: Oct 29, 2010; loves Fat Philippe

Shugojin posted:

If you haven't read it, Monster sounds right up your alley.

I have read it. Loved the anime as well. Would've been a good rec if I hadn't read it already.

Paracelsus posted:

Soil.

Really enjoying this so far. Thanks. The later posts about its translation worry me, though. I've got way too many series on the go that have sketchy translation futures. Might shelf Soil before I get too into the story.

Tunicate posted:

It's not at all Horror, but I really like the psychological angle in Liar game.

I've been meaning to read Liar Game for a while.

Everything Burrito posted:

Manhole is both (biological) horror and police procedural.

Himitsu - Top Secret is about a police team that investigates crimes using scans of dead people's brains. It has an anime as well but I preferred the manga.

Jiraishin is a cop manga, pretty dark & very 90s, has some great art especially later on. Also has a sequel.

Shibatora is about a baby-faced cop who goes undercover as a high school kid, it has a pretty good balance of lightheartedness and drama from what I remember.

Dendrobates is more about an assassin but the main character's day job is in a police department and most of the supporting good guy characters are police. It's pretty dumb and grossly violent in parts, but isn't terribly long and fun in a B-movie kind of way.

Oh, you might also look into Ghost Hunt which follows a team of paranormal investigators. It has an anime as well, and tbh I watched it first then just picked up the manga where it left off because IIRC it was a pretty faithful adaption. I suggest it both for the horror aspect and because the investigative team work like detectives solving a mystery. Psychic Detective Yakumo is another supernatural/mystery manga and a couple of the supporting characters are cops, and if you like that sort of thing (supernatural detective) also check out Un-Go if you're up for watching something rather than reading.

edit: also I was totally not paying attention to which thread I was in and thought this was the general recommendation one, so part of those are not seinen but Dendrobates, Jiraishin, and Manhole are at least. Whoops!

I'm not too fussed about it being seinen, I just thought to ask in here since it seemed like what I'm looking for is more likely to be seinen. Jiraishin looks extremely cool.

Thanks for all the recommendations.

# ? Sep 21, 2014 22:41

Kaja Rainbow: Oct 17, 2012; ~Adorable horror~

Liar Game is pretty interesting, though some of the games can drag on a bit long. But I got turned off by the translators' misgendering of a particular character (misgendering that didn't really exist in the original language). It got too painful for me to keep reading.

# ? Sep 21, 2014 22:47

tweet my meat: Oct 2, 2013; yospos

I haven't read much of it past the first volume a long time ago, but I do remember Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service being somewhat similar or possibly connected to Mail.

# ? Sep 21, 2014 23:03

Paracelsus: Apr 6, 2009; bless this post ~kya

Chas McGill posted:

Really enjoying this so far. Thanks. The later posts about its translation worry me, though. I've got way too many series on the go that have sketchy translation futures. Might shelf Soil before I get too into the story.

Unfortunately it's been stalled for over a year with three volumes left to go.

# ? Sep 21, 2014 23:45

Ytlaya: Nov 13, 2005

Paracelsus posted:

Unfortunately it's been stalled for over a year with three volumes left to go.

It's really a shame. I like the art style in Soil a whole lot; despite being really stylized, all the characters look like actual Japanese people (rather than "anime"). The plot is a little too "LOST"-ish for my taste, but I still enjoy it.

# ? Sep 22, 2014 02:30

Chas McGill: Oct 29, 2010; loves Fat Philippe

Ytlaya posted:

It's really a shame. I like the art style in Soil a whole lot; despite being really stylized, all the characters look like actual Japanese people (rather than "anime"). The plot is a little too "LOST"-ish for my taste, but I still enjoy it.

Yeah, it's extremely characterful. Reminds me more of an avant garde 2000AD or Vertigo style than other manga.

# ? Sep 22, 2014 11:04

Desuwa: Jun 2, 2011; I'm telling my mommy. That pubbie doesn't do video games right!

HiveCommander posted:

I've been reading the LN for Mushoku Tensei lately, and once you get past the prologue and first chapter, it's actually pretty good.
It's about a NEET in his 30s that gets chased out of home, saves some schoolkids from getting hit by a truck and dies, but gets reincarnated in a fantasy world (bonus points for actually starting out as a baby instead of as a teen), where he decides to actually make use of this second chance at life.

As I said, the first part of the novel makes the MC seem really creepy and gross, but he becomes a lot more likeable (read: way less creepy and gross) very quickly.

I went and read what's translated of this because I like those kinds of escapist premises. I have a high tolerance for the creepy/gross bits but the later volumes borders on being erotic novels, even if only very softcore ones, and it pushed past the limits of what I can stand without being put off. It's a shame because the first couple of volumes, which kept it to a minimum, were really quite fun.

If I'd known it was going to be like this I doubt I would have picked it up, but now that I'm already so many volumes in I might keep going if it doesn't get any worse.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 02:51

Personal_Nirvana: Dec 28, 2012

Chas McGill posted:

Need some horror manga recommendations. I've read a lot of Junji Ito and I'm currently reading Mail. I'd prefer something weird and psychological rather than gross out like Uzumaki etc. Anything with a creepy sense of mystery.

Failing that is there the equivalent of crime procedurals in manga? One where a team of detectives and specialists takes on a case. Doesn't have to be super realistic, just gripping.

I started reading Kingdom after getting caught up with Berserk and it seems excellent, but I'm just not in the mood for it.

Homunculus may be right up your alley.

# ? Sep 23, 2014 04:14

Syrant: Jun 28, 2006; This post is brought to you by: Goat Bouillabaise.

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Chas McGill posted:

Need some horror manga recommendations. I've read a lot of Junji Ito and I'm currently reading Mail. I'd prefer something weird and psychological rather than gross out like Uzumaki etc. Anything with a creepy sense of mystery.

Failing that is there the equivalent of crime procedurals in manga? One where a team of detectives and specialists takes on a case. Doesn't have to be super realistic, just gripping.

I started reading Kingdom after getting caught up with Berserk and it seems excellent, but I'm just not in the mood for it.

You might enjoy '6000' which is pretty good but not very long just yet. I would link if I weren't on my phone.

Homunculus, as suggested, is pretty drat good.

Of course there is also 'Franken Fran' which is just all sorts of Cronenberg.

# ? Sep 24, 2014 07:20

Paracelsus: Apr 6, 2009; bless this post ~kya

Syrant posted:

Of course there is also 'Franken Fran' which is just all sorts of Cronenberg.

Franken Fran is heavy on the gross-out, so it may not be what he's looking for.

# ? Sep 24, 2014 07:30

Kaja Rainbow: Oct 17, 2012; ~Adorable horror~

Franken Fran is more of a really macabre comedy anyways.

# ? Sep 24, 2014 12:20

Ibram Gaunt: Jul 22, 2009

Bad news for the like four other people in this thread who read Kaiji, FKMTKrazy decided to drop it to focus more on Akagi. Some anonymous guy in the comments said he'd take over for them so they're giving him the raws and their typesetters and cleaners are willing to help him out but I'm not too hopeful. There is no Zawa big enough for this turn of events.

# ? Sep 24, 2014 18:30

Dick Spacious CPA: Oct 10, 2012

so i started to read the tokyo ghoul manga when i heard they made an anime of it and i just finished it today. did anyone else read this? i liked the ending i can understand why some people might of hated it though

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# ? Sep 24, 2014 20:36

coathat: May 21, 2007

I got bored like halfway into it. Sorry.

# ? Sep 24, 2014 20:40

Dick Spacious CPA: Oct 10, 2012

coathat posted:

I got bored like halfway into it. Sorry.

thats ok it isnt for everyone. only reason i started to read it was because i was just in the mood for a dumb gorey shouneny action story

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# ? Sep 24, 2014 20:43

Chas McGill: Oct 29, 2010; loves Fat Philippe

Personal_Nirvana posted:

Homunculus may be right up your alley.

Syrant posted:

You might enjoy '6000' which is pretty good but not very long just yet. I would link if I weren't on my phone.

Homunculus, as suggested, is pretty drat good.

Of course there is also 'Franken Fran' which is just all sorts of Cronenberg.

Yeah I liked Homunculus alot, even if I don't think it ever really achieved the promise of its early chapters. It stayed unusual and interesting throughout, though.

Syrant posted:

You might enjoy '6000' which is pretty good but not very long just yet. I would link if I weren't on my phone.

Homunculus, as suggested, is pretty drat good.

Of course there is also 'Franken Fran' which is just all sorts of Cronenberg.

6000 looks like it could have a cool The Thing vibe. I'm going to leave it for a while since I've got a tendency to burn through series that I like and then have no chapters left to read.

Paracelsus posted:

Franken Fran is heavy on the gross-out, so it may not be what he's looking for.

Kaja Rainbow posted:

Franken Fran is more of a really macabre comedy anyways.

Looks fun and the art seems interesting so I'll check it out at some point.

# ? Sep 24, 2014 20:47

pentyne: Nov 7, 2012

Hey, its a new Bambino Secondo!

http://mangapark.com/manga/bambino-secondo-sekiya-tetsuji/s2/v2/c22/1

In which the front of house staff, people who don't cook nor have highly develop palates, end up narrowly choosing the other guy making Ban feel like a moron. "Oh, I'm wrong" even after people at his level or superior have backed his decisions on the food, yet we need a scene of other chef stealing food to progress the plot? Quick question, why the gently caress did Ban expect the front of house to be experts on food and cuisine such that they could pick the best risotto? In his own words the other guy does a good job but not to the same level as the Baccanale, so how would waiters be able to know that difference?

gently caress this series, it's taken a food driven interesting series into some banal paint by numbers "an enemy appears" series, and every more towards resolving it just circles the waters, I half expect the "Ban accuses other chef of theft" to take up 5+ chapters because no one believes him because he's sore from losing.

# ? Sep 25, 2014 07:59

Cake Attack: Mar 26, 2010

is he really stealing food? That's the same as the box they did the voting in, it looks more like they'll reveal he cheated somehow.

# ? Sep 25, 2014 08:04

That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

pentyne posted:

Hey, its a new Bambino Secondo!

http://mangapark.com/manga/bambino-secondo-sekiya-tetsuji/s2/v2/c22/1

In which the front of house staff, people who don't cook nor have highly develop palates, end up narrowly choosing the other guy making Ban feel like a moron. "Oh, I'm wrong" even after people at his level or superior have backed his decisions on the food, yet we need a scene of other chef stealing food to progress the plot? Quick question, why the gently caress did Ban expect the front of house to be experts on food and cuisine such that they could pick the best risotto? In his own words the other guy does a good job but not to the same level as the Baccanale, so how would waiters be able to know that difference?

gently caress this series, it's taken a food driven interesting series into some banal paint by numbers "an enemy appears" series, and every more towards resolving it just circles the waters, I half expect the "Ban accuses other chef of theft" to take up 5+ chapters because no one believes him because he's sore from losing.

He's taking a box that looks exactly like the ballot box from the competition. I got that it was implied that he was rigging the vote....

# ? Sep 25, 2014 14:16

coathat: May 21, 2007

Stop reading that poo poo. A whole volume of The World is Mine just dropped. http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/the-world-is-mine-r6002

# ? Sep 25, 2014 15:10

Pierson: Oct 31, 2004; College Slice

Does anyone remember a fairly short/unfinished based around the Japanese equivalent of loan sharks and general street-level yakuza stuff? It was really goddamn grim but I can't remember the name.

# ? Sep 28, 2014 22:00

Quidthulhu: Dec 17, 2003; Stand down, men! It's only smooching!

Pierson posted:

Does anyone remember a fairly short/unfinished based around the Japanese equivalent of loan sharks and general street-level yakuza stuff? It was really goddamn grim but I can't remember the name.

Was it Yamikin Ushijiima-kun?

http://www.mangahere.co/manga/yamikin_ushijima_kun/

# ? Sep 28, 2014 22:08

Ytlaya: Nov 13, 2005

Quidnose posted:

Was it Yamikin Ushijiima-kun?

http://www.mangahere.co/manga/yamikin_ushijima_kun/

Probably. What an incredibly depressing (but good) series.

# ? Sep 28, 2014 23:04

AnonSpore: Jan 19, 2012; "I didn't see the part where he develops as a character so I guess he never developed as a character"

Yamikin Ushijima-kun is really good and really fukken harsh. Especially if you've ever borrowed or considered borrowing money it'll scare the poo poo out of you.

# ? Sep 28, 2014 23:19

NAME REDACTED: Dec 22, 2010

Ibram Gaunt posted:

Bad news for the like four other people in this thread who read Kaiji, FKMTKrazy decided to drop it to focus more on Akagi. Some anonymous guy in the comments said he'd take over for them so they're giving him the raws and their typesetters and cleaners are willing to help him out but I'm not too hopeful. There is no Zawa big enough for this turn of events.

What? Seriously? Man, that sucks. Do you happen to know when the next part of Zero might be released?

On a similar note, does anyone have any recommendation for manga similar to Gambling Emperor Legend Zero and Liar game? I'm looking for stuff to read where the story arcs are "protagonist given a challenge or game; after game is over, protagonist explains reasoning". I've also read Gordian Knot and Gamble Fish, for other examples. If anyone knows any series based around heists or cons, I'd also be interested.

# ? Sep 28, 2014 23:35

K. Flaps: Dec 7, 2012; by Athanatos

NAME REDACTED posted:

What? Seriously? Man, that sucks. Do you happen to know when the next part of Zero might be released?

On a similar note, does anyone have any recommendation for manga similar to Gambling Emperor Legend Zero and Liar game? I'm looking for stuff to read where the story arcs are "protagonist given a challenge or game; after game is over, protagonist explains reasoning". I've also read Gordian Knot and Gamble Fish, for other examples. If anyone knows any series based around heists or cons, I'd also be interested.

Do you like baseball, or at least not outright hate it? You should read One Outs, by the author of Liar Game about a pitcher using gambling tricks to win baseball matches. It gets a bit poo poo towards the last couple arcs, but it's still very enjoyable.

# ? Sep 29, 2014 10:17

Vesi: Jan 12, 2005; pikachu looking at?

Chas McGill posted:

Kaja Rainbow posted:
Franken Fran is more of a really macabre comedy anyways.

Looks fun and the art seems interesting so I'll check it out at some point.

If you tolerate Homonculus and Franken Fran you might be ok with Fourteen, I struggle to recommend it outright but it has some of the most ridiculously memorable chapters in manga history. Mostly just screaming though.

# ? Sep 29, 2014 13:06

NAME REDACTED: Dec 22, 2010

K. Flaps posted:

Do you like baseball, or at least not outright hate it? You should read One Outs, by the author of Liar Game about a pitcher using gambling tricks to win baseball matches. It gets a bit poo poo towards the last couple arcs, but it's still very enjoyable.

I already read... most of One Outs, and I enjoyed it, even though I went in with a total baseball knowledge of "someone throws a ball at a guy with a bat". Although I remember there being a thing where for some reason a bunch of chapters just don't exist translated online?

# ? Sep 29, 2014 17:31

Syrant: Jun 28, 2006; This post is brought to you by: Goat Bouillabaise.

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Chas McGill posted:

Looks fun and the art seems interesting so I'll check it out at some point.

It's a real trip to read a bit of Franken Fran and then some Helen ESP and realize the same woman does the both of them. Helen ESP is really :gbsmith:

What was the series where the guy takes on Japanese myths and urban legends? The 'woman in the gap' chapter unnerved the piss out of me.

# ? Sep 29, 2014 17:37

AnonSpore: Jan 19, 2012; "I didn't see the part where he develops as a character so I guess he never developed as a character"

Syrant posted:

It's a real trip to read a bit of Franken Fran and then some Helen ESP and realize the same woman does the both of them. Helen ESP is really

What was the series where the guy takes on Japanese myths and urban legends? The 'woman in the gap' chapter unnerved the piss out of me.

I can think of like two or three series like this just off the top of my head so you're gonna have to be more specific.

# ? Sep 29, 2014 18:08

Relin: Oct 6, 2002; You have been a most worthy adversary, but in every game, there are winners and there are losers. And as you know, in this game, losers get robotizicized!

Probably Fuan No Tane/Plus

Also the author of Franken Fran is a man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JA9_9Y5ktY

# ? Sep 29, 2014 18:21

vkeios: May 7, 2007

I wonder how the Kigitsu is a woman thing started. Though it doesn't help that the translator believed it.

# ? Sep 29, 2014 18:31

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# ? May 9, 2024 21:38

Salsa McManus: Jul 12, 2007; Khezu Khezu Khezu Khezu Khezu Khezu Khezu Khezu

coathat posted:

Stop reading that poo poo. A whole volume of The World is Mine just dropped. http://bato.to/comic/_/comics/the-world-is-mine-r6002

Holy gently caress, I'm literally cumming. Someone is finally picking up the final two volumes? I bought the series awhile ago to try and piece the end together and yeah, not a good idea. It's loopy as hell.

# ? Sep 29, 2014 21:54

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