My Manga Reviews

2018 Manga Reading Challenge

by May | January 6, 2018

New year… new challenge XD

Here’s my entry on MAL: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1696290&show=50#msg53606931
🎮 Challenge Start Date: January 1, 2018
🎧 Link to your list: http://myanimelist.net/mangalist/yu6
🎧 Link to your Manga+: http://graph.anime.plus/yu6/profile
🎧 Completed Manga (at sign-up): 567
🎧 Difficulty: ★★★★★ Expert: 60 =5 (tier 1)+25 (tier 2)+30 (tier 3)

** Tier 1 ** (5/5)

Type
1. Read a collection of short stories – [Started: Apr 11] [Finished: Apr 12] Persona 2: Innocent Sin Comic Anthology
2. Read an award-winning manga – [Started: Jun 08] [Finished: Jun 08] Tobenai Washi Ouji (Fresh Debut Award Winner)
3. Read a best-selling manga – [Started: Feb 16] [Finished: Mar 01] Hokuto no Ken

Creators
4. Read a manga by one of your favorite authors/artists – [Started: Feb 28] [Finished: Feb 28] Epotoransu! Mai
5. Read a manga by a male author/artist – [Started: Apr 11] [Finished: Apr 11] Gekijouban Pocket Monster Advanced Generation: Nanayo no Negaiboshi Jirachi
6. Read a manga from a magazine with less than 250 titles listed in the database – [Started: Feb 18] [Finished: Feb 27] Et Cetera (Shounen Magazine Monthly – 84)

Dates
7. Read a manga that started serialization after 2015

Adaptations
8. Read a manga that has been adapted to anime – https://myanimelist.net/manga/243/Kaiketsu_Jouki_Tanteidan

Length
9. Read a completed manga with 15 to 20 chapters in length – [Started: Jan 31] [Finished: Feb 04] Zan
10. Read a manga series you can finish in one day – [Started: Jun 04] [Finished: Jun 04] Dancing Policeman

Stats
11. Read a manga ranked in the top 10,000 – [Started: Jun 01] [Finished: Jun 03] Cyber Blue (Ranked: 9.530)
12. Read a manga with less than 3,000 completed members – [Started: Feb 28] [Finished: Mar 02] Danganronpa Gaiden: Killer Killer
(As of February 28, 2018: 1.565 completed members)

Tags, Themes & Demographics
13. Read a Drama or Romance manga – (Drama) https://myanimelist.net/manga/653
14. Read a Comedy or Slice of Life manga – (Comedy) https://myanimelist.net/manga/1773
15. Read an Action or Adventure manga –
16. Read a Fantasy or Mystery manga – [Started: May 07] [Finished: May 08] Fairy Tail S (Fantasy)

Challenge & MAL related
17. Read a manga recommended to you by another participant in the discussion thread – https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1697310&show=900#msg54906166
18. Read a manga that another participant has completed for this challenge – Link their post here, state their username and the item number they used the anime for

Miscellaneous
19. Read a manga which title starts with the first letter of your username – [Started: Feb 25] [Finished: Feb 27] Yaotsukumo
20. Start and catch up to the current chapter of an ongoing manga – [Started: Apr 07] Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Arc-V

** Tier 2 ** (25/25)

Type
21. Read a web manga or 4-koma manga – [Started: Feb 08] [Finished: Feb 17] Doujin Work
22. Read a manhua or a manhwa – [Started: Jan 5] [Finished: Jan 6] Chicken Cutlet Princess

Creators
23. Read a manga by an author/artist you don’t know – [Started: Feb 4] [Finished: Feb 4] Crazy Girl
24. Read a manga by a female author/artist – [Started: Feb 28] [Finished: Feb 28] Air Koi
25. Read a manga from a magazine with less than 150 titles listed in the database – [Started: Feb 4] [Finished: Feb 7] Bullet Armors (Gessan – 63)
26. Read a manga serialized in a shoujo magazine – [Started: Mar 12] [Finished: Mar 12] Meru Meru Mail
27. Read a manga serialized in a shounen magazine – [Started: Mar 02] [Finished: Mar 11] Magico
28. Read a manga published in the same magazine in which your favorite one was serialized – [Started: Mar 14] [Finished: Mar 15] Developers – Mobile Suit Gundam Before One Year War
(Favorite: Kidou Senshi Gundam: C.D.A. – Wakaki Suisei no Shouzou – Magazine: Gundam Ace)

Dates
29. Read a manga that started serialization before 2005 – [Started: Apr 05] [Finished: Apr 10] Dengeki! Pikachu

Adaptations
30. Read a manga that has been adapted to live-action – [Started: Mar 16] [Finished: Mar 16] Hoshi no Koe
31. Read a manga one shot that became a prototype for a longer series – [Started: Apr 20] [Finished: Apr 20] SWOT

Length
32 Read a completed manga with 30 to 60 chapters in length – [Started: Apr 30] [Finished: May 03] SE

Stats
33. Read a manga ranked in the top 5,000 – [Started: Mar 02] [Finished: Apr 15] Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro (Ranked: 437)
34. Read a manga with less than 1,500 completed members – [Started: Jan 10] [Finished: Jan 10] Pocket Monsters Kin Gin: Golden Boys
(As of January 010, 2018: 243 completed members)
35. Read one of the highest rated and completed manga titles from another challenge participant – [Started: May 04] [Finished: May 04] Jumyou wo Kaitotte Moratta. Ichinen ni Tsuki, Ichimanen de.
(Username: Blank_X – Score: 9 – Link to the form: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1696290&show=50#msg53607606 )

Tags, Themes & Demographics
36. Read a Sports or Games manga – [Started: Jan 07] [Finished: Jan 14] Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Zexal
37. Read a Historical or Military manga – [Started: Apr 30] [Finished: Apr 30] Kidou Senshi Gundam: Acguy Hokubei Oudan 2250 Miles
38. Read a Sci-Fi or Horror manga – [Started: Apr 20] [Finished: Apr 26] Mobile Suit Gundam: The Gihren Assassination Plot (Sci-Fi)
39. Read a Psychological or Supernatural manga – [Started: Jan 07] [Finished: Feb 16] Hellsing (Supernatural)
40. Read a manga about something related to Japanese culture
41. Read a manga that takes place outside of Japan, but in the real world – Saint Seiya: Episode Zero (Sanctuary – Greece)
42. Read a manga with a child MC – [Started: Jan 10] [Finished: Jan 10] Pokémon the Movie XY: Hakai no Mayu to Diancie
43. Read a manga with a cast mostly of one gender –

Challenge & MAL related
44. Read an active MAL staff member’s favorite manga
45. Read a manga that was recently reviewed – [Started: Jan 07] [Finished: Jan 29] Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas – Meiou Shinwa
https://myanimelist.net/reviews.php?id=267809
46. Read a featured manga – Link to the article in which it was mentioned
47. Read a manga from the ones listed under manga relations in the Hidden Gems of Manga club

Miscellaneous
48. Read a manga with a protagonist with an unnatural hair color – [Started: Apr 29] [Finished: Apr 29] Turn A Gundam: Tsuki no Kaze
49. Read a manga with a protagonist who shares your hair color – [Started: Apr 15] [Finished: May 26] Excel Saga
50. Read a manga with a one word title – [Started: Apr 22] [Finished: Apr 24] Swot

** Tier 3 ** (23/30)

Type
51. Read a gekiga manga – [Started: Aug 11] [Finished: Aug 11] Lady Snowblood – Gaiden
52. Read a light novel

Creators
53. Read a manga written by someone from the Year 24 Group – Check the FAQ for a list of the authors that belonged to this group – https://myanimelist.net/manga/12978
54. Read a manga by an author and artist duo – [Started: Feb 27] [Finished: Feb 27] Mahoutsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto
55. Read a manga from a magazine with less than 100 titles listed in the database – [Started: Jan 10] [Finished: Jan 10] Pokémon Try Adventure (CoroCoro Comic – 90)
56. Read a manga serialized in a josei magazine
57. Read a manga serialized in a seinen magazine – [Started: Jun 24] [Finished: Jun 27] Majime na Jikan
58. Read a manga published in an online magazine – https://myanimelist.net/manga/44883/Akarui_Sekai_Keikaku
59. Read a manga of a demographic that can apply to you – [Started: Jul 04] [Finished: Jul 04] Taiyou no Uta (Josei)
60. Read a manga of a demographic that does not apply to you – (Shounen) Get!

Dates
61. Read a manga that started serialization before 1995 – [Started: Mar 16] [Finished: Mar 18] Kidou Senshi Gundam: Silhouette Formula 91
62. Read a manga that started serialization the year you joined MAL – [Started: May 02] [Finished: May 03] Color

Adaptations
63. Read a manga that has been adapted to drama CD – https://myanimelist.net/manga/10741/Heavens_Door
64. Read a manga adapted from light novel, video game or original anime – [Started: May 03] [Finished: May 04] Super Mario Adventures: Mario no Daibouken
65. Read a manga based on a one-shot that got serialized – Check the FAQ for a list of suggestions https://myanimelist.net/manga/15143/Medaka_Box

Length
66. Read a completed manga with 80 to 100 chapters in length – [Started: Jun 12] [Finished: Jun 24] Sesuji wo Pin! to: Shikakou Kyougi Dance-bu e Youkoso

Stats
67. Read a manga ranked in the top 1,500 – [Started: May 16] [Finished: May 31] Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (Ranked: 50)
68. Read a manga with less than 750 completed members – [Started: Jan 7] [Finished: Jan 8] Pocket Monsters Emerald: Chousen!! Battle Frontier
(As of January 07, 2018: 189 completed members)
69. Read a manga with a score of or above 8.0 in MyAnimeList – [Started: Mar 30] [Finished: Apr 04] Kanata kara
70. Read a manga with more users listed in PTR than Completed – [Started: Apr 03] [Finished: Apr 04] Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack – Beyond the Time (Completed: 79 – PTR: 92)

Tags, Themes & Demographics
71. Read a manga about food, music or art – [Started: Apr 26] [Finished: Apr 29] Bambino! (Food)
72. Read a manga that has a main character that is a professional in his field – Make a note of the character and the profession https://myanimelist.net/manga/4260 (Private detective)
73. Read a manga with a non-human main character – [Started: Mar 19] [Finished: Apr 02] Crash Bandicoot Dansu! de Jump! na Daibouken (MC: Crash a bandicoot)
74. Read a manga based on real event or person – [Started: Apr 17] [Finished: Apr 17] FC Barcelona Monogatari (Person: Lionel Messi)
75. Read a manga with an adult MC – Character must be at least 18 years old –Planetes
76. Read a manga that takes place in Japan – [Started: May 26] [Finished: May 28] Kakukaku Shikajika
77. Read a manga that has a main character of gender opposite to the demographic – For example male lead in shoujo manga or female lead in seinen manga

Challenge & MAL related
78. Read a manga recommended to you by a challenge staff member – [Started: May 05] [Finished: May 13] Bokurano
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1697310&show=900#msg55014619
79. Read a manga with no reviews – [Started: Mar 12] [Finished: Mar 14] +α no Tachiichi
80. Read a manga suggested by MAL or by Anime+ – [Started: Apr 15] [Finished: Apr 18] Lodoss-tou Senki: Deedlit Monogatari

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Miscellaneous
81. Read a manga from a random TVTropes page – [Started: Jun 05] [Finished: Jul 25] Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu
(Joshikousei – refer specifically to cute high school girls wearing Sailor Fuku | Link: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Joshikousei)
82. Read a manga recommended to one of your favorite manga – Make a note of which manga it was recommended to
83. Read a manga that is related to something you have previously read – [Started: Apr 18] [Finished: Apr 19] Shaman King Zero (Related to Shaman King and Shaman King Flowers)
84. Read a manga with a number in the title – [Started: Apr 19] [Finished: Apr 20] U19
85. Re-read a manga

2017 Manga Reading Challenge

by May | January 7, 2017

Categories: (Completed) Manga Review

I know… a lot of time passed since I wrote a review of a manga… XD
Anyway, remember the “2016 Manga Reading challenge“? I was able to complete it!! And now I’m starting the 2017 challenge!! (This time I have a lot of time to finish the challenge XD)
This time che challenge is a little different since you need to use the bingo numbers but I’ll try to read all 70 entries XD (I’m insane XDD)

>> here’s my entry on MAL: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1582478&show=50#msg49238594
🎮 Challenge Start Date: January 7, 2017
🎧 Challenge Finish Date:
🍙 Link to your list: https://myanimelist.net/mangalist/yu6
📡 Completed Manga (at sign-up): 387

🍡 Bingo Card #: #093

🍡 Difficulty: Genius
🍡 Pattern: Full Card

https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1582478&show=0#msg49234459

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TYPE
1. Read a one-shot – [Started: Jan 7] [Finished: Jan 7 ] Ohimesama ja Irarenai
2. Read a manga that is a collection of short stories – [Started: Jan 7] [Finished: Jan 7 ] Hotel
3. Read a web or 4-koma manga – [Started: Jan 7] [Finished: Jan 7] Kimi to Kamihikooki to.
4. Read a manhua or a manhwa – [Started: Feb 14] [Finished: Feb 20] The Breaker: New Waves
5. Read an award-winning manga – [Started: Feb 22] [Finished: Feb 26] Hikaru no Go
(45th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shounen category in 2000)
6. Read a gekiga manga – [Started: Mar 1] [Finished: Mar 4] Lady Snowblood

CREATORS
7. Read a manga by an author/artist you haven’t read before – [Started: Feb 22] [Finished: Feb 26] Esoragoto Note
8. Read a manga by one of your favorite authors/artists – [Started: Apr 2] [Finished: Apr 2] Time Stranger Kyoko
9. Read a manga by a female author/artist – [Started: Jan 23] [Finished: Jan 23] Peter Pan♠Syndrome
10. Read a manga by a male author/artist – [Started: Apr 2] [Finished: Apr 6] Boku dake ga Inai Machi
11. Read a manga by an author and artist duo – [Started: Feb 7] [Finished: Feb 10] Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi
12. Read a manga written by someone from the Year 24 Group – [Started: May 25] [Finished: Jun 13] Terra e…
13. Read a manga serialized in a shoujo magazine – [Started: Apr 8] [Finished: Apr 8] Rec: Kimi ga Naita Hi
14. Read a manga serialized in a shounen magazine – [Started: May 10] [Finished: May 10] Metallica Metalluca
15. Read a manga serialized in a josei magazine – [Started: May 11] [Finished: May 11] Shuukatsu!! – Kimi ni Naitei
16. Read a manga serialized in a seinen magazine – [Started: May 11] [Finished: May 11] Momonchi
17. Read a manga published in the same magazine in which your favorite one was serialized – [Started: Jan 27] [Finished: Jan 27] Bokutachi no Tabi
18. Read a manga from a magazine with less than 250 titles listed in the database – [Started: Feb 10] [Finished: Fen 10] (Dragon Junior – 25) Majutsushi Orphen Hagure Tabi Max

YEARS
19. Read a manga that started serialization the year you joined MAL – [Started: Jun 7] [Finished: Jun 7] Kidou Sensei Gundam: Kokui no Kariudo
20. Read a manga published between the 1970s and the 1980s – [Started: Jul 22] [Finished: Jul 25] Unico
21. Read a manga published between the 1980s and the 1990s – [Started: Jul 18] [Finished: Jul 18] Mobile Suit Gundam: The Revival of Zeon
22. Read a manga published between the 1990s and the 2000s – [Started: Apr 11] [Finished: Apr 11] Shin Kidou Senki Gundam Wing: Ground Zero
23. Read a manga published between the 2000s and the 2010s – [Started: Apr 8] [Finished: Apr 9] Ganota no Onna
24. Read a manga that started publishing after 2010 – [Started: Apr 9] [Finished: Apr 9] Fuudanjuku Monogatari
25. Read a manga that started publishing last year – [Started: Feb 17] [Finished: Feb 18] Demon’s Plan
26. Read a manga based on a one-shot that got serialized – [Started: Apr 29] [Finished: Apr 29] Hungry Joker
27. Read a manga one-shot that became a prototype for a longer series – [Started: May 10] [Finished: May 10] Try! Try! Try!
28. Read a manga that has been adapted to live action – [Started: Jun 14] [Finished: Jun 14] Goth

ADAPTATIONS
29. Read a manga that has not been adapted in any way – [Started: Mar 1] [Finished: Mar 1] Hanamaru GO! GO!
30. Read a manga adapted from a video game, original anime or light novel – [Started: Jan 7] [Finished: Jan 7] Rockman ZX
31. Read a manga that has inspired or been adapted to cd drama – [Started: Jul 25] [Finished: Jul 25] Sola

STATS
32. Read a manga with a score of or below 6.0 in MyAnimeList – Revenge Game (5.69)
33. Read a manga with a score of or above 8.0 in MyAnimeList – [Started: May 23] [Finished: May 30] Yamamoto Zenjirou to Moushimasu
34. Read a manga ranked in the top 1000s – [Started: Jun 14] [Finished: Jul 04] Eyeshield 21 (#83)
35. Read a manga ranked between the top 1001 and top 10k – [Started: Jul 15] [Finished: Jul 18] Another (#1047)
36. Read a manga with less than 2000 completed members – [Started: Feb 23] [Finished: Feb 23] Hajimari no Hako
(As of February 23, 2017: 33 completed members)
37. Choose a highly rated manga from another challenger who posted on the same page you signed up on – [Started: Jun 25] [Finished: Jul 14] Binbougami ga! (User: Hershel_Layton)
38. Read a manga with more users listed in Plan to Read than Completed – [Started: Jan 11] [Finished: Jan 20] Mahoujin Guru Guru

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TAGS, THEMES & DEMOGRAPHICS
39. Read a manga with a main cast mostly of one gender – [Started: Feb 20] [Finished: Feb 21] Tokyo Mew Mew
40. Read a manga with an adult MC – [Started: Feb 10] [Finished: Feb 14] The Breaker
41. Read a manga with a child MC – [Started: Jun 5] [Finished: Jun 6] Kagen no Tsuki
42. Read a manga with a non-human main character – [Started: Jan 27] [Finished: Jan 27] Gon
43. Read a manga that has a main character that is a professional in his field – [Started: Feb 28] [Finished: Mar 21] GS Mikami Gokuraku Daisakusen!!
44. Read a manga that deals with something related to Japanese culture – [Started: Mar 22] [Finished: Apr 28] InuYasha (Yokai)
45. Read a manga that takes place in Japan – [Started: Jul 15] [Finished: Jul 15] Omoide Emanon
46. Read a manga that takes place outside of Japan – [Started: Apr 10] [Finished: May 22] Gunslinger Girl (Italy)
47. Read a manga that combines a genre tag that you like AND one that you dislike – [Started: Mar 1] [Finished: Mar 1] Kiratto!☆Yell
(dislike: Genderbender | like: Seinen)
48. Read a manga about food, music or art – [Started: Jan 22] [Finished: Feb 09] Toriko
49. Read a manga centered around folklore or mythology – [Started: Jul 18] [Finished: Aug 13] Saiyuuki (based on the mythological figure of Sun Wukong)
50. Read a manga that has a main character of gender opposite to the demographic – [Started: Aug 31] [Finished: Aug 31] Bakemono Recchan
51. Read a manga based on real event or person – [Started: Aug 31] [Finished: Aug 31] Yae no Sakura (A dramatization of the real life of Yaeko Yamamoto.)
52. Read a Romance, Slice of Life or Comedy manga – [Started: Feb 21] [Finished: Feb 22] Kobato.
53. Read a Drama, Action or Adventure manga – [Started: May 11] [Finished: May 23] Get Love!!: Field no Ouji-sama
54. Read a Super Powers, Fantasy or Supernatural manga – [Started: Jan 3] [Finished: Jan 6] Abenobashi Mahou☆Shoutengai
55. Read a Sci-Fi, Space or Mecha manga – [Started: Apr 19] [Finished: May 10] Kidou Senshi Gundam: C.D.A. – Wakaki Suisei no Shouzou
56. Read a Sports, Martial Arts, Cars or Games manga – [Started: Apr 39] [Finished: May 10] Whistle!
57. Read a Dementia, Horror, Demons or Vampire manga – [Started: Jun 7] [Finished: Jun 7] KIG⊃R∩MI
58. Read a Mystery, Thriller or Psychological manga – [Started: Jul 19] [Finished: Jul 22] Apocalypse no Toride
59. Read a Historical, Military or Police manga – [Started: May 22] [Finished: Jun 05] Full Metal Panic!

CHALLENGE & MAL RELATED
60. Read a manga recommended to you by another Manga Reading Challenge participant in the discussion thread – [Started: Jun 7] [Finished: Jun 14] Hoshi no Samidare
(link: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1582682&show=600#msg49782965 )
61. Read a manga that another user has read for this challenge – [Started: Jul 25] [Finished: Aug 09] Wish (link to the post)
62. Read an active staff member’s favorite manga – [Started: Aug 26] [Finished: Aug 26]Tomodachi no Hanashi
(Staffer: Kineta)
63. Read a manga that was recently reviewed – (review link) [Started: Jan 8] [Finished: Jan 21] Blazer Drive
64. Read a manga from the ones listed under manga relations in the Hidden Gems of Manga club – [Started: Jul 15] [Finished: Jul 15] Doubt
65. Choose a manga from the predictive search using a generated random word – [Started: Aug 24] [Finished: Aug 24] Akumu no Elevator

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66.

Read a manga suggested by Manga+ or by MAL – [Started: Jun 7] [Finished: Jun 7] Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Blind Target

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MISCELLANEOUS
67. Read a manga that starts with the same second letter of your username – [Started: Jun 18] [Finished: Jun 19] unCassandra
68. Choose a random trope from TVTropes and read a manga listed under the trope – [Started: Aug 13] [Finished: Aug 15] Claymore – (Sensor Character)
69. Read a manga that is related to something you previously read – [Started: Feb 21] [Finished: Feb 21] Tokyo Mew Mew à La Mode
70. Read a manga series you can finish in one day – [Started: Jun 10] [Finished: Jun 10] Shin Kidou Senki Gundam Wing: Episode Zero

Scientia

by May | July 12, 2016

Categories: (Completed) Manga Review

96203[1] Name: Scientia (スキエンティア)
Author: Toda Seiji

I don’t remember how I found this manga… but I was searching for something Sci-Fi for the challenge and this one caught my interest for the name.
In this manga we have some mini stories and in each there’s a different main character but all of them live near the Scientia Tower (and the statue that stand at the top is of the Goddess Scientia). But the thing that I liked the most of this manga is that it’s like every character has his own idea about many taboos: renting a body, enjoy his life with clones or robots and drugs. Many different themes but really interesting.
About the art, I think that they are good… the landscapes are really detailed but sometimes the characters are difficult to recognize… sometimes I thought that a female one was male and other times that a character was from the previous chapter…
But that said, this manga was really good to read and interesting.

My rating: 9/10