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What have you been reading this week? - October 22, 2023 (lemmy.ml)
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Talk about your recent reads here with your fellow community members!

Everyone is welcome to discuss and share ideas on what they’ve been into this past week. This is where you can get suggestions for new manga while also connecting with those reading the same series.

Feel free to write a whole essay or just a sentence. Ask for recommendations and/or give them. Comment on whatever you want! The goal is to get users talking so the more the merrier. Just remember to be respectful and to stay on topic because we’re all here to talk about what we love and have fun while doing so.

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[–] elkaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

It just bugs me how repetitive the mafia involvement plot lines get in this genre, it is in virtually in every single one and when it gets there it does it in the most stupid or unnecessary ways.

Loved your analogy, I didn't think it that way before but 21 jump street × fight club fits it really well. I'm probably gonna start using it to describe it lol

One last thing just in case you get somewhat interested, the korean delinquent manwhas are a completely different genre from the manga ones. Like, manga is usually more romantic about the figure of the delinquent, it also treats it as a weird in between of the worlds of adults and teenagers, stories usually show the protagonist as a noble delinquent. Manwhas are more like trashy entertainment, there is an absurd amount of bullying going around, lots of them are revenge stories from weak to OP, here the protagonist s usually act vigilante-like, and the fights are usually phenomenal, it feels like it is the biggest focus on most works and most manage to make shonen tier pacing of fight after fight being entertaining.