New Manga Releases - 05/05/2015

Black Rose Alice, Drug and Drop, Kiss of the Rose Princess, Nisekoi, Spell of Desire and What Did You Eat Yesterday? for me. Ranma and Devils and Realist once I've read the previous volumes I've not had a chance to read yet.

IncendiaryLemon · 5 May 2015

I plan on buying JoJo at some point but I haven't even bought Vol 1 yet...

Vashdaman · 5 May 2015

Is What did you eat yesterday basically an extension of the predominantly east Asian fetish for posting pictures of food on Instagram? That's one craze I'll never understand. At first I thought it was just a thing people did for status, like "ooh look what overpriced restaurant I went to and gorged myself at today guys xxx", but then I asked one person who does it if they ever really look at those pictures again, and they told me that yes they do, whenever they are on the bus they like to look at pictures of old meals and relive the moment.

Mind boggling.

Lutga · 5 May 2015

IncendiaryLemon said:
I plan on buying JoJo at some point but I haven't even bought Vol 1 yet...

I'd say it's definitely worth shelling out for the physical editions - as they're hardcover, and only around four quid more than the arguably quite pricey digital edition. Although it's worth noting that the pages are normal manga style in terms of the paper quality, it's not glossy stuff like the hardcover Gundam The Origin editions for example.

IncendiaryLemon · 5 May 2015

Lutga said:
IncendiaryLemon said:

I plan on buying JoJo at some point but I haven't even bought Vol 1 yet...

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I'd say it's definitely worth shelling out for the physical editions - as they're hardcover, and only around four quid more than the arguably quite pricey digital edition. Although it's worth noting that the pages are normal manga style in terms of the paper quality, it's not glossy stuff like the hardcover Gundam The Origin editions for example.

I never actually knew they were hardback. Good to know. Have plans been announced for the later JoJo's getting released in the same manner as Parts 1 and 2? I started buying the Individual volumes of Stardust Crusaders but stopped in case they start releasing Omnibus editions in the same style as Parts 1 and 2.

Rui · 5 May 2015

vashdaman said:
Is What did you eat yesterday basically an extension of the predominantly east Asian fetish for posting pictures of food on Instagram? That's one craze I'll never understand. At first I thought it was just a thing people did for status, like "ooh look what overpriced restaurant I went to and gorged myself at today guys xxx", but then I asked one person who does it if they ever really look at those pictures again, and they told me that yes they do, whenever they are on the bus they like to look at pictures of old meals and relive the moment.

Mind boggling.

I do that *<_<* and my friends look at my old pictures and discuss them too. Only when I'm on holiday though, since I put more effort into finding interesting meals when I'm on the road.

However, in this case the manga in question is a slice of life romance about a gay couple for whom the cooking and eating are part of their everyday bonding. So there's still a gap in the market if you want to try publishing a comic about an irritated Instagram user surfing random galleries and only finding pictures of cakes.

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Vashdaman · 5 May 2015

o there's still a gap in the market if you want to try publishing a comic about an irritated Instagram user surfing random galleries and only finding pictures of cakes.

Yeah I do pretty much do this. And for some reason, it is the pictures of food that get to me the most. One reason is that it just feels innately wrong to take pictures of food, unless you're a food journalist. Imagine a future where a child finds their grandparents old photo album only to discover it's 85% pictures of the cakes they ate. That is the future we're heading towards.

st_owly (witch) · 6 May 2015

What Did You Eat Yesterday is definitely a slice of life story about a gay couple who happen to like their food. It's not really fetishised at all.

Lutga · 6 May 2015

The hardcover releases have sold pretty well by my understanding - I suppose the tricky thing is that by the time they've finished Battle Tendency, Stardust Crusaders will have finished airing on TV, so - depending on how quickly the anime moves to adapt Diamond Is Unbreakable, it might make sense to move straight onto that with the manga so it can release at the same time. I know amongst longtime Jojo fans their seems to be a real appetite for that considering that material has never been translated into English officially before.

IncendiaryLemon · 6 May 2015

Lutga said:
The hardcover releases have sold pretty well by my understanding - I suppose the tricky thing is that by the time they've finished Battle Tendency, Stardust Crusaders will have finished airing on TV, so - depending on how quickly the anime moves to adapt Diamond Is Unbreakable, it might make sense to move straight onto that with the manga so it can release at the same time. I know amongst longtime Jojo fans their seems to be a real appetite for that considering that material has never been translated into English officially before.

If it's like the gap between Phantom Blood/Battle Tendency and Stardust Crusaders, Part 4 will probably broadcast in Q1 or Q2 2017 christ that long without jojo makes me sad

Vashdaman · 6 May 2015

st_owly said:
What Did You Eat Yesterday is definitely a slice of life story about a gay couple who happen to like their food. It's not really fetishised at all.

Sounds like it could be decent, I'd probably check it out if it was made into an anime and streamable on Crunchy. I very rarely bother watching any anime that isn't streamable on Crunchyroll anymore. Apart from really good films.

The chances of this being made into an anime are probably very slim though aren't they? Has there ever been an anime produced about a gay relationship?

st_owly (witch) · 6 May 2015

It's by the same author as Antique Bakery, if that helps. It's quite similar in style although I'd say it's more light hearted. If it was animated, I think it'd be good as 5 min shorts or maybe 15 minute episodes. Each chapter is quite short, and whilst there is some overarching plot (one of them trying to come out to his parents for example) the description "slice of life" is very apt.

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