Another dimension of reading...

 Let's talk about Mangas.

What is a Manga? 

Basically, Manga means a Japanese comic. 

Korean comics are called Manhwas.

while,

Chinese comics are called Manhuas.

I read all three.

I read them since 2021, So let me share a few of my favorites. (Shout out to Utsav <3)

Mangas 

 

Chainsaw Man
By Tatsuki Fujimoto
Status: ongoing

Doukyuusei
By Nakamura Asumiko
Status: Completed

Actually, there are a lot of great Mangas out there, but I only have read few, from them these two are the only ones I feel like recommending.

Manhwas

Lifeless Man
By Kimnyeong
status: Completed

Killing Stalking
By Koogi
Status: Completed

Semantic Error
By Jeosury, Angy
Status: Ongoing

Under The Greenlight
By Jaxx
Status: Ongoing

Missing Love
By In Hyerin
Status: Ongoing

Manhuas

The Specific Heat Capacity Of Love
By Old Xian & Moss
One-shot

Here U Are
By DJun
Status: Completed

Mosspaca Advertisement Department
By Old Xian & Moss
Status: Ongoing

Joker Danny
By Old Xian & Moss
Status: Ongoing

Nan Hao & Shang Feng
By Brownie
Status: Ongoing

19 Days
By Old Xian
Status: Ongoing

Most of the Mangas have complex drawings as in one panel Manga artists try to show loads of details. Mangas are read from left to right. The competition for manga is so high in Japan. People say number of printed manga pages in Japan is higher than the amount of toilet papers. You can easily buy Mangas anywhere in Japan. Also, you can order them from here, too. Translated Mangas are bit expensive than Japanese manga. I know few people who learned Japanese just to read Mangas, who inspires me so much to learn the language. Most of the Mangas come in Black and white. Mangas are more qualitative than other types of comics.


Korean Manhwas doesn't have that much complex drawings. They look soft and easy to read. Most of them come in colors. 

Killing Stalking is the best manhwa I've ever read. Such a unique story and the way Koogi presented the emotions through characters was Sugoi. An absolute masterpiece.

Semantic Error had its own way of texture to the characters which is really fascinating actually. And the diversity of the personalities of the characters attaches me more to it.

I saw most beautiful characters in Missing Love Manhwa. They look so... idk, I even fail to express how they feel to me. The character designs sooth me. 

Old Xian is my favorite Manhua writer. She knows exactly how to touch people's core through art. Almost her every creation was able to make me emotional. Specially 'The Specific Heat Capacity of Love' & '19 Days'. Those manhuas will make you laugh out loud and make you cry with an unbearable sorrow. that's how she plays with emotions in readers' mind.

Old Xian

 Old Xian, Brownie and Moss works for the same Agency. And to earn money through doing advertising they write the manhua called Mosspaka Advertisement Department. The amount of creativity they've got is Thebak.

If you are into comedy genre, Nan Hao and Shang Feng is the right one for you. 

10/10  
THE BEST OF BEST...

Some of us can't afford to buy comics, right? So how are we going to read them.

Most of the Mangas, and manhwas have their own agency websites which publish them. To read them you need to make an account, Subscribe or purchase the comic. Or you can read by collecting stars, coins or points by watching ads or playing games. 

Ex: Lezhin

        Tapas

Always try to read from them as they help the writer. 

But there are lots of free sources too. One of my favorites is www.mangago.me . Once you make an account everything gets easier. You can read most of the comics. (Some of them are not available there) And you can categorize the comics you read, or currently reading. You can save your favorite manga panels in the albums and many more. 

So that's it for this post.

-Sending Love

-Nirash