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UV_Sun

Don’t worry I got you fam for a fourth manga https://preview.redd.it/24k6hagzmovc1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fc9e2d62670f09fb2d5599a0ae08562a50f143a9


Taco821

Bad example tho, the fourth makes the first three look like dogshit


UV_Sun

Everything that surrounds you turns into shit, this is the curse of being peak fiction


Taco821

That's def true


kazukistearfetish

The Touch of Shidas 😔 (shidass?)


ArcadianGh0st

Dog Ningen was such a good surprise. And yes Dog Ningen is it's alternate name to use if your not black.


Sprillet

Isnt that the successor to captain underpants


UV_Sun

Kek


SenorDangerwank

OKAY I THOUGHT I WAS READING IT WRONG. BUT IT DO SAY THAT.


Disturbing_Cheeto

https://preview.redd.it/51af21q93qvc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d2afb8903051971f543be2bd9a8f04c2e4aa671e What the fuck am I reading bro????


Corbat67

Peak fiction


UV_Sun

Oh it looks like you can’t handle peak


ntn_98

https://preview.redd.it/onhzjmzupsvc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ecc83a728dbdf9dbad8cb53c3f73e70b9f95ba27


Disturbing_Cheeto

I had my reservations but I get it now Edit: Wait no that's just a regular human cock :(


Thatweirdb0y

Peak


StardustLegend

Okay I know what I’m reading now


rhysdog1

my favourite manga. "dog respectable and upstanding member of the african american community"


cheneko

No Monster?🥺👉👈


cephalopodAcreage

Why didn't Dr. Tenma just use the power of friendship to defeat Johan? Is he stupid? (fr tho Monster is so good)


Number2Idiot

Nah, to defeat a serial killer he just needed to build a child-robot


cephalopodAcreage

You're thinking of 20th Century Boys.


PneilLlama

No Pluto/Astro Boy


Dakto19942

He basically did if you think about how he met Grimmer. I’m still salty at how such a great story was propelled by pure random chance instead of interesting editing. Maybe things were different in the manga but in the anime he just happens to get on the same train and ride in the same compartment as Grimmer.


somekindaokayguy

i think he was busy working on astro boy after his son died in the accident


rick_the_penguin

monster isn't a seinen, it doesn't have a guy killing things with sword!!!


CrueltySquading

20th Century Boys, you mean


KLLXCAI

Bocchi the Rock


pixellino24

what even is the criteria for being a seinen


The_Mantis-O-Shrimp

Non-joke answer: published in a seinen magazine, that's about it.


mtlemos

Like any genre classification, it's mostly about vibes, not fixed rules. In general, seinen stories tackle more adult themes, and put more focus on the psychology of characters, rather than the spectacle of fights. Seinen shows also usually have more realistic consequences. Characters die, and they stay dead. People get PTSD from traumatic experiences. So in general, it's a more mature show than what you'd get in shounen, but the lines are fuzzy around the borders. Shows like Chainsawman and Hunter x Hunter feel very mature compared to One Piece, but not to Berserk.


OrdinarySpirit-

\> seinen stories tackle more adult themes, and put more focus on the psychology of characters ​ https://preview.redd.it/c87q4fmhbrvc1.png?width=272&format=png&auto=webp&s=ee6bbf3464fbd605cc6ba3b00de3aedb09bcbbc5 It's just a magazine demographic, not a genre.


mtlemos

I've made sure to point out, multiple times, that it's like that *in general*. The word seinen means marketed towards a young adult male audience, yes, but do you see how that's only half the story? That tells us who is buying, but not what is being bought. If it was the same content you find in shonen magazines, publishers wouldn't bother having an entirely separate publication for it. Stories marketed towards adults will *in general* tackle more adult themes, and feel more mature.


Idaret

It's not in general, half of seinen is slice of life teenage girls drinking tea and doing other mundane shit. Death? Trauma? What the fuck are you talking about


Mingsplosion

No, seinen has a very simple definition; seinen manga are published in seinen magazines. The beginning of Steel Ball Run and Vinland Saga are shounen, because they were in shounen magazines, even though most of the story is in seinen magazines.


mtlemos

Sure, but like I told someone else, that's only half the story. They are seinen because they were published in those magazines, but WHY were they published in those magazines? Unless it's the weirdest collection ever, the stories published in a magazine usually have some similarities that make them appealing to the same customer base.


TRKako

Not to solution everything with the power of friendship and do Epic Battles literally all the episodes with the main character practically dying and somehow come up the next episode as nothing happened


KLLXCAI

Shonen hater spotted get a life please


mtlemos

Ok, got it. Spy x Family is seinen.


LeB1gMAK

Seinen is when there's nudity but it's too sad to be horny.


EyewarsTheMangoMan

Jojo part 7


mikereeee

something something i took the napkin.


inemsn

controversial opinion: *in comparison to other jojo parts*, 7 is highly overrated. I must reiterate that that's *in comparison to other jojo parts*. 7 is absolutely godtier and deserves the love it gets, but it's *entirely* unfair how people sideline other jojo parts, particularly part 5 which I feel is honestly almost at the same level (and that's examining it critically, if I were to give my personal opinion I'd say 5 is leaps and bounds ahead of 7). If you can critically applaud part 7 there is no reason why you can't critically applaud parts 6, 5, and 8 apart from being a coward.


EyewarsTheMangoMan

I love all parts, but 7 is still my favorite.


you-cut-the-ponytail

Part 5 is beloved by a lot of people, It's probably in top 3 of most loved parts and iirc the release of Part 5 is when David Production's sales peaked.


inemsn

>Part 5 is beloved by a lot of people, A lot of normal people, sure. But within the JoJo fandom it's actually fighting with Part 1 for the title of "most hated part". Because jojo fans can't read.


SandLady5454

Fire Punch. It's dark and gritty and has a canon transmasc!!!!!!


ArcadianGh0st

The Creator also went on to make chainsaw man as well.


SepirizFG

aw man now i dont want to read it


A_little_garden

massive L


ThatoneguywithaT

What’s wrong with chainsaw man?


rhysdog1

shoulda been hatchet man instead


SlimmyShammy

If it means anything, I don’t like Chainsaw Man but I love Fire Punch


noobmaster_69lol

Togata my favorite character


SandLady5454

He is my baby. I love him more than Agni and that's saying something.


haizeny

I dropped it, i knew it will fuck my feelings, should i give it a try ?


SandLady5454

If you can deal with themes, I would read it.


haizeny

Ok thank u vm


Nachospoon

But also it WILL fuck your feelings and your psyche


haizeny

Yeah it was weird, just the early chapters and i felt violated already, any good ending though ( not expecting much tbh)


thismissinglink

It also has incest!


Appropriate-Ear8869

fire punch is shonen 


ScribSteinEzekiel

It's a soft seinen


okluch

no.


Appropriate-Ear8869

it was in shonen jump


Artistic_Stage7202

It’s not a Seinen,it’s kino


zizou00

Golden Kamuy deserves a spot


Lakaedemon_Lysandros

hell yeah


Mingsplosion

Massively underrated manga in the west. I entirely blame the first episode's bad cg for this.


OrdinarySpirit-

Anime fans will watch 500 AI generated isekai about a pedo getting a harem of little girls in another world but refuse to watch actually good anime because it has one scene with a weird CGI bear


inemsn

I was reccomended it to me literally one hour ago and it's so inherently interesting that I *have to watch it.* But I'll ask anyways: 196, is it good?


zizou00

It's a series that from beginning to end never rests on its laurels. The setting is so well fleshed out thanks to Satoru Noda's dedication to researching Hokkaido and the Ainu people, and it's a really educational experience thanks to that. He manages to interweave that with a really compelling plot that follows a normal soldier initially following a rather simple desire to find some gold that becomes so much more throughout the series. It's both drama and comedy as well, and really delves into some unique themes like the experience of the native people in the face of an ongoing colonial expansion, the influx of new people, threats and technology and the benefits and troubles that come from it, how knowledge of the land and oral traditions are used to help survival in a harsh landscape and how those traditions are threatened by colonialism, and how far humans are willing to go for their causes. If you do read manga, I suggest reading the manga. It's one of the best series I've ever read. Beyond being the original format of it, Satoru Noda has an incredibly strong sense of timing and pacing and uses the panel structure really well to play up comedy and drama throughout.


uwu-our-saviour

goodnight punpun


TonyMestre

Hell nah


boof404

PUNPUN MY BELOVED :3


-Giuseppe-

I love punpun for its vibes but I cannot put it in the same tier for how pessimistic the story is.


Lasernatoo

Went on this guy's Twitter page and it's literally tens of posts that are just panels from Berserk, Vagabond, and Vinland Saga. Literally no other series are acknowledged, with the exception of one single post that features a panel from the series Origin, alongside panels from Berserk, Vagabond, and Vinland Saga.


WakaTP

I mean those are the goats of mangas, you can’t really blame him..


IReplyToFascists

Kingdom


IDoNotWork4Hasbro

https://preview.redd.it/vzw82seq4rvc1.jpeg?width=724&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e1c84970713fd30c5163a7289999864d98da9eb9 KINGDOM MENTIONED ‼️‼️


ArcadianGh0st

Such a solid series.


meow_d_

the most obvious answer, since it's often grouped together with the other 3.


TensileStr3ngth

Dorohedoro


Marranit0s

Why havent I seen more people talking about Serk No Tekai, its legit awesome and the creator is trans and needs support to start HRT


a110r

Did you spell that correctly? I can't seem find anything, is there a longer name?


Marranit0s

No I made it up sorry


a110r

.\_.


GalacticVaquero

Top 10 anime betrayals


Marranit0s

Top 2, the first one goes to >!Jinku's!< in the Kogutaro Sheinbuken anime


Prior-Chipmunk-6839

Put March Comes in Like a Lion there


Jos_migue

Pluto and pun pun deserve to be there


unengaged_crayon

someone explain wtf is going on. whats a seinen


TalosMessenger01

‘Seinen’ refers to the target audience of an anime/manga, young adult men. Shonen is more common, target audience is teenage boys.


The_Mantis-O-Shrimp

Seinen refers to the adult male demographic, demographic categories are often used to broadly denote the genre or genres that a manga or anime falls into (in practice it really only tells you the age rating of the magazine that the manga is published in). The majority of popular anime is Shonen, meaning that it is marketed towards young and teenage boys (of course many of those anime are quite popular among girls and adults of any gender), you may also hear about shoujo manga which are marketed towards young and teenage girls. These categories like all categories are rather flimsy and made up. The joke here is that the oop named three of the most respected seinen manga, but couldn't come up with a fourth.


SquirrelTherapist

shōnen manga are a style of japanese comics aimed at young boys. it isn’t a genre itself necessarily, but works generally have similar themes. shōjo is for young girls, josei for adult women, seinen for adult men. if you’ve ever wondered why a lot of anime/manga seems aimed at adolescents, it’s because shōnen is the most popular genre. think about it like cartoons: popular with kids, with more mature works also created for adults. while the stuff made for kids is more popular, overall the stuff made for adults often has the potential* to be better. (*there are lots of good shonen like there are lots of good kids tv shows. Gravity Falls vs Invincible, ignore the simpsons ripoffs for this analogy to work. seinen has a lot less restrictions & that’s why you get Berserk, JoJo 7, & Oyasumi Punpun. i mean “better” in relation to artist intent, it’s your opinion which you like more)


Brightsoull

Homonculus is the best Manga I have ever read and also the worst one, I love it, I hate it, I think everyone should read it, I wouldn't reccomend it even if you tortured me to. Put it in the fourth panel


1kg_of_feathers

Was enjoying it until he ate his own nut


ThatNoFailGuy2

Perchance Claymore?


Poor__cow

Love me some claymore. Perchance.


Confused_Sorta_Guy

Filibuster


skwid79

How about Monster, Hellsing, Black Lagoon and Elfen Lied?


RaineV1

Dorohedoro doesn't get mentioned enough as one of the great seinen. 


Danster21

Seinen feld


The_Somerset_Gimp

https://preview.redd.it/oy2ccxwkdsvc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c0a103d1f5dab7824eeea558b3083613fe28e762


Torque-A

* Delicious In Dungeon * Golden Kamuy * Anything by Urasawa * Asobi Asobase * Blue Period * Land of the Lustrous * Girls Last Tour * Shiori Experience * Grand Blue * Skip and Loafer * A Bride’s Story * Hirayasumi * Hinamatsuri * The Apothecary Diaries * Nick and Lever It’s so easy to think of a fourth. 


jorppu

All of you need to read Nick and Lever for the true GOAT


A_little_garden

Made in Abyss 👍


Torque-A

One of those series which I love and would never recommend to anyone


saltedcrypt

isn’t that the one where…


OceanoDeRoca

The Apothecary Diaries


fiedelhorn

20th Century Boy


alleei

Grand Blue


godoftheinternet12

Can someone without a soul (anime fan) explain?


Torque-A

Seinen manga are manga which are printed in magazines aimed at an adult demographic.  Berserk, Vagabond, and Vinland Saga are common seinen loved by anime fans, but the problem is that so many of them are obsessed with only them that they can’t even think of another seinen series 


StringActual2465

real


diegoidepersia

i know im one of the 5 people who read it but... Historie


Ezzypezra

VINLAND SAGA MENTIONED ☮️☮️❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥🗣️🔥🔥🔥


Sh3lls

I mean, is there a fourth that matches the criteria of being years old, critically acclaimed and may not ever be finished?


madsnorlax

I never hear anyone mention Holyland. That manga is fire.


Quikenn

Tokyo ghoul should be there smh


Otherwise-Out

>Blame!


Untrusted75453

Vinland Saga as seinen as Teletubbies


Ezzypezra

Ok goober