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    Riding the subway, standing beside the door, playing with my phone.
    Suddenly, a guy, total stranger, came to me, looked straight at my face, and said "aren't you getting off?"
    Surprised, bewildered, I followed him getting off the train.
    And I was like "where the fcj am I? this isn't my stop. who was that? what the hell? I didn't even block the door"
    undeed
    It's that time of year to start choosing manga recommendations for the year.

    After last year, to my surprise, finally got my name chosen to be featured,
    this time my ego felt the pressure to pick the right titles.
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    athayanezant
    athayanezant
    You have a good taste, imo, so enjoy the pressure and love your ego~ you got this dood!
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    I don't know which is the correct question:
    why a hentai magazine decided to run a "normal" series, not even an erotic story, mind you,
    or
    why the mangaka decided to publish their stories in a hentai magazine.


    Is it because they're all yuri stories?
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    mylovenovels
    mylovenovels
    As a yuri fan, I think it’s pretty clear why this happens. Even if the series isn’t erotic, a hentai magazine’s audience is already into yuri, so running a ‘normal’ yuri story still fits. And for the mangaka, it’s a good way to reach the exact readers who’ll appreciate their work.
    mylovenovels
    mylovenovels
    Honestly, the first one makes more sense
    Why did a hentai magazine decide to run a ‘normal’ series, not even an erotic story?
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    The reason is that even a non-erotic yuri series still appeals to their audience, so the magazine has a reason to include it. The mangaka’s choice is secondary most likely they went there because the magazine already had the right readership.

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    These noise cancelling headphones are really dangerous.
    They make me not realize I ripped a big fart.
    Loudly.
    I thought I was being sneaky.
    undeed
    Finally finished reading Kaze Hikaru. (Just in time before I had to go to work)

    This manga absolutely broke me for the last few weeks.
    On the one hand, it had a lot of things I really liked, but it also had stuffs I really really didn't like.
    (I wouldn't go so far as to say I hated it, but those things really bothered me)

    It validated a lot of things I thought/knew were wrong in popular stories/portrayals,
    but at the same time, it kinda also destroyed/deconstructed many things I believed to be true.
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    It was... good... but at the same time I felt like it wasn't...
    I should've liked it, but I also kinda hated it.

    I feel like, after reading this manga, most people would end up with the thought either:
    "samurai are awesome" or "samurai are a bunch of gays".
    I guess that makes it "samurai are a bunch of awesome gays" ?
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    the one time I thought "I don't need no knee pads, I'm already good enough"

    fell down on my knees on hard ice trying to avoid a kid
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    should've avoided going on weekends like I usual do
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    Having some useless deep thoughts about the philosophy of subjectivity and objectivity.

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    There's nothing useless about trying to understand things as they are. Are you familiar with the works of Kant or Heidegger? I gained a lot of insight on the topic through them.
    undeed
    undeed
    haha, no, I'm not planning on going into that much depth about it right now
    undeed
    Reading Mangaplus Creator from time to time is fun.
    I like seeing what those inspiring mangaka from all over the world are making.

    Until I stumble upon one manga that suggested the idea of playing an electric guitar using a violin bow.
    And I instantly got a brain aneurysm.
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    Japan has a ton of cup ramen and instant ramen brands, so when I moved here, I picked up a new hobby: trying one brand/flavor of instant ramen once a month. (normal, udon, soba, whatever)
    Just one pack/cup, once a month.

    I'm no picky eater, so up till now it's been just "yeah, it's ramen alright".
    Maybe one was slightly spicy, or salty, or thick. But overall, it's whatever.
    But for this month's instant ramen, I was like

    "why does the broth smell like piss?"
    :shamihuh:
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    First time I saw Darwin Jihen long time ago, I thought it was a gag manga, so I wasn't interested in reading it.
    Even after I found out it wasn't, the premise still didn't appeal to me.
    Now that I've read it... well... the story was... good...?

    I can't say I liked it.

    too many on-the-nose and patronizing lectures and messages that made me
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    I always leave notifications on even after I've marked manga as dropped, because I don't rule out the possibility that the story will be good someday, and I'm always open to being proven wrong. (which has happened before)

    But in 2026, I think I'll start turning off notifications for some titles.
    There's just too much garbage that makes me dizzy just by looking at it.

    I kinda even want the series blocking feature now.
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    I've always been against giving manga a romance tag just because there's a slightest hint of romance between 2 characters.
    There was a good SoL manga that ended without the "romance" ever being resolved, and I was always afraid people would get mad and call it romance bait.

    2 years later, the manga got an anime adaptation, and somehow the manga continues with one extra volume already released and another on the way.
    And with a new character replacing one of the old main characters, now I'm afraid people will call this continuation a yuri bait.
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    Looking back at 2025,
    none of the manga I've read that started publishing this year have even managed to break through a score of 9 for me.
    This hasn't happened in a long long time.
    :aquadrink:

    Well, I'm sure this is simply because I haven't discovered those hidden gems yet.
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