Nalin posted:

Nobody in this comic knows how to row a boat.

EDIT: Nevermind. They're chasing?

Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

https://mangadex.org/title/52602/her-majesty-s-swarm


Lady gets isekai'd as the human Hive Queen of a zerg-like race

Rip and Tear

Jackard posted:

Gunboat isekai next.

Onean posted:

Here's those recommendations.

First is one of my favorite WNs, but in manga.
Deathbound Duke's Daughter and Seven Noblemen (Manganelo)

quote:

One evening in early spring, eight-year-old Erica Aurelia realizes she’s the detestable little villainess from an otome game called Liber Monstrorum ~Phantom Beasts and the Winter Princess~. As if that wasn’t bad enough already, Erica’s role in the game is to pester the main character... and then die in order to kick off a mysterious series of events! These incidents are different in each love interest’s route, and seven routes means seven deaths to avoid. Not one to throw in the towel, Erica knows she must take action to destroy her death flags—and since her life is on the line, there’s no time to lose!

It's another Otome Villainess reincarnation, but there's a few differences here. First and foremost, the author has outright said they're not comfortable in their skill when it comes to writing romance, so it won't be a focus. Next, it feels like there was a lot of love put into this world, and while that lead to some dense reading (the good kind, at least for me) in the WN, I'm excited to see the world in a manga. Finally, the MC only completed two (and part of another) of the seven routes before she dies. She knows some information of the other routes and who they are due to seeing spoilers on the internet, but not details. Thanks to that, she's not able to prepare too much ahead of time.





The set-up and past life imply things are going to be grim going forward, but the series is more light than dark.

I Became the Beloved Child of Winter Fenrir: A Story of Being Healed From Despair (Manganelo)

quote:

"When I got fired from my job, I went to a different world..."

Fujioka Noelle is a hard worker for a black company, but her efforts go unrewarded when she is handed a notice of dismissal one day. Frustrated and sinking into despair, she was suddenly transported to another world...

In front of the bewildered Noelle appeared Fenrir, the large, silvery-white wolf. Taking a liking to her, they took her into their care as their 'beloved daughter.' Before long, in the midst of her healing, she became caught up in events that will change the world...

For this one I kind of wish she wasn't so against returning to live with her parents before dying, but that's a pretty minor quibble at most.

Even if the Sword Saint is Boring, He's Still the Strongest (Manganelo)
(I heavily recommend waiting for MangaDex to come back up for this one. The early chapters were retranslated with a better translation, but Manganelo has the earlier, not as good translation. The images below I had to grab from the better translator's website.)

quote:

Shirokuro Sansui, a Japanese student, was accidentally killed by God, then sent to another world in apology. There, he received training from a sage for 500 years in order to become “the strongest.” After training enough to be considered the strongest by the world’s current standards, he happened upon a baby near his training grounds, thus beginning his otherworld adventure. His training was normal, his moves are boring… even though he’s the strongest person in the world, everything else about him is just plain. The curtain opens on the sword saint who fights with just a normal wooden sword.

This one is just really chill and fun.

Onean posted:

Onean posted:

I posted about these in the Wholesome thread, but now that MangaDex is back up I figured I'd crosspost here too:

It's another Otome Villainess reincarnation, but there's a few differences here. First and foremost, the author has outright said they're not comfortable in their skill when it comes to writing romance, so it won't be a focus. Next, it feels like there was a lot of love put into this world, and while that lead to some dense reading (the good kind, at least for me) in the WN, I'm excited to see the world in a manga. Finally, the MC only completed two (and part of another) of the seven routes before she dies. She knows some information of the other routes and who they are due to seeing spoilers on the internet, but not details. Thanks to that, she's not able to prepare too much ahead of time.





The set-up and past life imply things are going to be grim going forward, but the series is more light than dark.

I Became the Beloved Child of Winter Fenrir: A Story of Being Healed From Despair (Manganelo)




For this one I kind of wish she wasn't so against returning to live with her parents before dying, but that's a pretty minor quibble at most.

Onean posted:

I posted about these in the Wholesome thread, but now that MangaDex is back up I figured I'd crosspost here too:

It's another Otome Villainess reincarnation, but there's a few differences here. First and foremost, the author has outright said they're not comfortable in their skill when it comes to writing romance, so it won't be a focus. Next, it feels like there was a lot of love put into this world, and while that lead to some dense reading (the good kind, at least for me) in the WN, I'm excited to see the world in a manga. Finally, the MC only completed two (and part of another) of the seven routes before she dies. She knows some information of the other routes and who they are due to seeing spoilers on the internet, but not details. Thanks to that, she's not able to prepare too much ahead of time.





The set-up and past life imply things are going to be grim going forward, but the series is more light than dark.

I Became the Beloved Child of Winter Fenrir: A Story of Being Healed From Despair (Manganelo)




For this one I kind of wish she wasn't so against returning to live with her parents before dying, but that's a pretty minor quibble at most.

Even if the Sword Saint is Boring, He's Still the Strongest (Manganelo)
(I heavily recommend waiting for MangaDex to come back up for this one. The early chapters were retranslated with a better translation, but Manganelo has the earlier, not as good translation. The images below I had to grab from the better translator's website.)




This one is just really chill and fun.

Jackard posted:

Speaking of which, are there any manga that focus on airships and/or floating islands?

khy posted:

Isekai is like Junk Food. It's fun to read and even though I know it's not good I can't help but indulge because it's trashy and fun.

Jackard posted:

Speaking of which, are there any manga that focus on airships and/or floating islands?

doomrider7 posted:

Captain Invictus posted:

that is a hell of an awkward pose, like what the hell is she even doing there

Captain Invictus posted:

that is a hell of an awkward pose, like what the hell is she even doing there

thetoughestbean posted:

The problem with isekai is that majority of isekai that I’ve read would have been a lot better if they weren’t isekai. You don’t need the codified stats and the power fantasy removing all sense of challenge when you have an interesting world and plot!

thetoughestbean posted:

The problem with isekai is that majority of isekai that I’ve read would have been a lot better if they weren’t isekai. You don’t need the codified stats and the power fantasy removing all sense of challenge when you have an interesting world and plot!

Clarste posted:

Just read The Way To Protect The Female Lead's Brother and it left such an impression on me that I felt I had to share it. And it's definitely not wholesome.

thetoughestbean posted:

The problem with isekai is that majority of isekai that I’ve read would have been a lot better if they weren’t isekai. You don’t need the codified stats and the power fantasy removing all sense of challenge when you have an interesting world and plot!

Brought To You By posted:

Halfway through the available chapters and I'm sold. This is the 2nd korean reincarnation series I'll be reading where the very capable lead keeps a collar around for her silver haired boy toy. A potential cultural kink aside I enjoyed the opening chapters and there's a good sense of dramatic flair with the introductions and very good art. The amount of detail on all the clothing is commendable. That praise aside I think this is relevant to regurgitate.

The narrative gains nothing from having the main character be aware of the script because of an isekai reincarnation save helping it aim high on whatever websites algorithm and rankings it was originally posted on. This would be a similar but minor complaint I have with the opening chapters of 'Is it Fortune Weal or is it Woe' because in both cases the justification the Main Character has for trying to avoid the bad-end route assigned to the character they inhabit could just as easily be explained by that character's tendencies.

For the first story; All that needs to be said is that Roxanne recognizes Kassis for his lineage and realizes her father went too far and is inviting all out war so she's fishing for an out. For the latter story Dylan just needs to be an overprotective sibling not ok with her younger sister marrying off to a relatively older man despite herself not being that into the idea of marriage. I don't think either of these ruin the narrative but it feels so token and tacked on; doubly so because in both cases the humans are so in tune with their fantasy counterparts mentality that there is no conflict of personality or actions. Roxanne isn't horrified by what she has to do to survive in her household because she used to be a normal person living a normal life.

Rather than having a problem with magic being simplified to video game terms to the point that it takes the "magic" out of the world, or the main character just waking up better than everyone else so there's no room for meaningful growth or conflict. This is the kind of frustration where it feels like the writer didn't have faith in the strength of their own premise so they add this isekai element to appeal to a wider audience and trick them into reading this otherwise good story.

Clarste posted:

Wouldn't a pure Colombian power fantasy involve a ton of slavery though? That's what the man is famous for. Go to new world -> enslave everyone.

Clarste posted:

Wouldn't a pure Colombian power fantasy involve a ton of slavery though? That's what the man is famous for. Go to new world -> enslave everyone.

Clarste posted:

While I can definitely see your point that if the isekai protagonist becomes too enmeshed in their new life then it kind of defeats the point, I also feel like a lot of reincarnation stories go the other way and kind of ignore the influence that growing up again as a new person would have on someone. Like they plop into the world as a complete person with all their Japanese values intact and these things will never change. If you talk to someone who actually believes in reincarnation for real, as a spiritual process, they will usually tell you that it's possible to recover memories of your past lives but also that that won't change who you are as a person. It's already "accounted for" as it were: your past self made you who you are in your next life. In a lot of these stories the characters end up as strangers in their own families which is just weird to me.

Onean posted:

Went through some more stuff, and found another series to recommend.

The Tanaka Family Reincarnates

quote:

An ordinary family that loves cats. One day, the whole Tanaka family died during a major earthquake. When they woke up, they were reincarnated as the Stuart family, a noble family from another world.

Though everyone is dressed in the Western style, they have memories of their previous Japanese lives. Even though they’re confused, they've gotten used to living in another world.

Normally I'd keep an eye on something like this and recommend it later when there's more than just a few chapters, but the premise here is unusual so I had to share.

A small warning, though. It doesn't have the best flow in these opening chapters, with it jumping around in time a bunch. I'm willing to give it a chance to find it's feet, though, since it's grabbed my interest.

gimme the GOD drat candy posted:

uh, that one was fine at first and then it became mostly about adult women lusting after a little boy. it's unquestionably shotacon.

gimme the GOD drat candy posted:

uh, that one was fine at first and then it became mostly about adult women lusting after a little boy. it's unquestionably shotacon.

Spanish Matlock posted:

Eh, I mean I'm usually creeped out by the standard isekai trope of a 35-year-old salaryman having a relationship with a child so I can't help but be less creeped out by one where his potential love interests are at least past the age of consent. I mean pick your poison I guess.