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Jackard
Oct 28, 2007

We Have A Bow And We Wish To Use It

Seraphic Neoman posted:

Gory Yuri manga, girl has a skill that reverses effects, gets a cool sword which turns her into isekai Wolverine. I would normally pass this up cause of its edginess, but I confess chapter 7 did a lot to redeem the story for me. Prob the most unique usage of the analyze box I saw in this genre. Fair warning, it's very violent and gory.

https://mangadex.org/title/25e145f0-a74f-48b6-9d89-b715e28f6417/do-you-think-someone-like-you-could-defeat-the-demon-lord
Is this like killing god with a chainsaw in the original SaGa game?

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Eeepies
May 29, 2013

Bocchi-chan's... dead.
We'll have to find a new guitarist.

Seraphic Neoman posted:

Gory Yuri manga, girl has a skill that reverses effects, gets a cool sword which turns her into isekai Wolverine. I would normally pass this up cause of its edginess, but I confess chapter 7 did a lot to redeem the story for me.
Prob the most unique usage of the analyze box I saw in this genre.
Fair warning, it's very violent and gory.

https://mangadex.org/title/25e145f0-a74f-48b6-9d89-b715e28f6417/do-you-think-someone-like-you-could-defeat-the-demon-lord

There's been no update to the manga for a very long time unfortunately, but you can purchase up to volume 4 of the light novels, and it's been a really good blend of horror, adventure, romance, and 'banished from hero party' themes. It's called "Roll Over and Die" in the light novels.

Nemo2342
Nov 26, 2007

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Onean posted:

Oh, I've read the first two novels of the LN translation* of that, didn't know there was a manga. Hell yeah.

*The translation's title is great. Roll Over and Die: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!

A heads-up, though: it certainly earns it's Horror tag and dark leanings. There's some Stuff going down and it's got the MC's number. (Also not technically an Isekai, but it fits the patterns aside from nobody being from another world.)

It looks like Seven Seas also picked up the manga, which is nice since Mangadex is missing the first chapter.

After Mangadex died I started using manga4life as my shifty aggregator of choice. It's still useful for series where chapters have gone missing off Mangadex, or if I want to see if anyone has released chapters they haven't uploaded since Mangadex returned.

Stexils
Jun 5, 2008

Regressor Instruction Manual has a manga now. plot synopsis: absolute scumbag sociopath gets group isekai'd, uses his unique appraisal skill to realize the guy next to him is a regressor, then promptly decides to hitch his wagon to the hero for personal safety/comfort since his own stats suck.

the story is largely defined by the MC being an utterly manipulative sociopath in an isekai setting who uses his social skills to compensate for lack of personal strength. whether that sounds interesting or awful should tell you whether the story is something you'd like.

Jerkface
May 21, 2001

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE DEAD, MOTHERFUCKER?

Fallen Rib
what is a regressor

gimme the GOD DAMN candy
Jul 1, 2007
someone whose mind travels back in time, replacing their younger self.

AtomikKrab
Jul 17, 2010

Keep on GOP rolling rolling rolling rolling.

gimme the GOD drat candy posted:

someone whose mind travels back in time, replacing their younger self.

Basically, they get to Groundhog Day isekai until they GET THINGS RIGHT

Nemo2342
Nov 26, 2007

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One of my current favorite trash isekais is Gacha Girl Corps. Dude who's hopelessly addicted to gacha wins an invite to the "new world" when he fails to pull the latest waifu and it summons him to the typical fantasy-type world. Only he can still use his phone for gacha, which lets me him gamble for girls to recruit to his party.

It's actually not that unwholesome, other than the whole "summoning real people" thing, though even then the girls don't seem to be forced into doing anything. The "worst" I've seen is that there's some suggestive panels here and there to let you know that yes, this artist absolutely does porn on the side.

I just love how much of a dork the MC is, and I enjoy the way the rest of his party interacts/reacts to him.

Captain Invictus
Apr 5, 2005

Try reading some manga!


Clever Betty
Eminence In Shadow updated.

an anime is in production, and more than anything I want to see this chapter animated. the entire chapter from start to end is amazing. The fight in the second half of the chapter is perfectly stupid, and I am shocked that I am still outright laughing at the MC's gimmick even now. the author nails it every time, and it's such a good gimmick.

Nemo2342
Nov 26, 2007

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Stexils posted:

Regressor Instruction Manual has a manga now. plot synopsis: absolute scumbag sociopath gets group isekai'd, uses his unique appraisal skill to realize the guy next to him is a regressor, then promptly decides to hitch his wagon to the hero for personal safety/comfort since his own stats suck.

the story is largely defined by the MC being an utterly manipulative sociopath in an isekai setting who uses his social skills to compensate for lack of personal strength. whether that sounds interesting or awful should tell you whether the story is something you'd like.

The MC is despicable, but so are most of the people around him. It is kind of enthralling watching him be lovely and having to deal with the unexpected fallout of his own schemes. I'll probably drop it before too long when it crosses too many lines, but at least for now it's got my interest.

Rigged Death Trap
Feb 13, 2012

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

Everything just works out because hes actually strong enough to make his bullshit seem profound. Him not realizing hes actuallly living his fantasy rather than just acting it out is starting to wear a little thin.

It is funny though how he ended with a few (extra-weird) weirdos in the midst of all his hyper competent followers.

gimme the GOD DAMN candy
Jul 1, 2007
it's a dumb comedy. that he coincidentally described the nature and goals of an ancient secret conspiracy including its exact name while making up some random chuuni bullshit should have been a hint. like every comedy, it's not worth sticking with once it stops being funny to you.

Rigged Death Trap
Feb 13, 2012

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

It still has potential but it needs to mix up the jokes to stay fresh

Fellis
Feb 14, 2012

Kid, don't threaten me. There are worse things than death, and uh, I can do all of them.
Does anyone remember the manwha that was like an archmage reincarnated into a little girl that was the daughter of some brutal empire and they adore her

Apologies if that’s the exact title and i just utterly failed at looking for it

Onean
Feb 11, 2010

Maiden in white...
You are not one of us.
I believe it's The Youngest Princess.

Kwyndig
Sep 23, 2006

Heeeeeey


Fellis posted:

Does anyone remember the manwha that was like an archmage reincarnated into a little girl that was the daughter of some brutal empire and they adore her

Apologies if that’s the exact title and i just utterly failed at looking for it

https://www.tappytoon.com/en/comics/beloved-little-princess

Onean
Feb 11, 2010

Maiden in white...
You are not one of us.
Ah, I stopped at the non-English translation links and didn't scroll down far enough to see the official link. Still getting used to Mangadex's new look, I guess.

Fellis
Feb 14, 2012

Kid, don't threaten me. There are worse things than death, and uh, I can do all of them.
Thanks!

Seraphic Neoman
Jul 19, 2011


Manga about a buffer character, tries to climb ranks and become the strongest while being 2kool4skool. Notable that he sells his old allies into slavery by chapter 7!
https://mangadex.org/title/826aec63-3fa8-413d-9a40-d2d1ef262725/the-most-notorious-talker-runs-the-world-s-greatest-clan

Eeepies
May 29, 2013

Bocchi-chan's... dead.
We'll have to find a new guitarist.

Seraphic Neoman posted:

Manga about a buffer character, tries to climb ranks and become the strongest while being 2kool4skool. Notable that he sells his old allies into slavery by chapter 7!
https://mangadex.org/title/826aec63-3fa8-413d-9a40-d2d1ef262725/the-most-notorious-talker-runs-the-world-s-greatest-clan

See, when people were saying psychopath i was imagining this sort of psychopath, so i didn't think the guy from Regressor Instructional manual was that bad.

Nemo2342
Nov 26, 2007

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Eeepies posted:

See, when people were saying psychopath i was imagining this sort of psychopath, so i didn't think the guy from Regressor Instructional manual was that bad.

The guy from Instruction Manual is pretty drat awful, but sadly it's the kind of awful I've grown used to from these "hard man making hard choices" stories. At least this time it doesn't feel like the author thinks I should be nodding along and approving of his sociopathic decisions, which is a nice change.

Mynoghra has an update and it's honestly feels way less distressing than the version in the novel, even though the events are the same.

Spanish Matlock
Sep 6, 2004

If you want to play the I-didn't-know-this-was-a-hippo-bar game with me, that's fine.

Nemo2342 posted:

The guy from Instruction Manual is pretty drat awful, but sadly it's the kind of awful I've grown used to from these "hard man making hard choices" stories. At least this time it doesn't feel like the author thinks I should be nodding along and approving of his sociopathic decisions, which is a nice change.

Mynoghra has an update and it's honestly feels way less distressing than the version in the novel, even though the events are the same.

Honestly thought that chapter was pretty good. My only regret is starting to read this while it's still coming out and not like 50+ chapters in.

Seraphic Neoman
Jul 19, 2011


Been on a survival isekai bent lately:

Guy gets isekai'd and decides to try eating all the things. Gets a bunch of girls in his party. All characters have actually been useful so far and the fun facts have been pretty great. Decent worldbuilding too. I had a good time.
https://mangadex.org/title/2f9ccb4f-9421-44c7-b9e4-89a62c6d10ea/isekai-cheat-survival-meshi

Lord of the Flies isekai except with a class from a Japanese school. Story is extremely edgy, and kind of tries too hard to show how 2evul4u the bad guys are.
https://mangadex.org/title/c2db1e90...e-rakushou-desu

Dude gets isekai'd and dumped into a cursed forest. Begins to uncurse it and make monster friends in the process. Kinda boring but it's a decent read and might be going somewhere.
https://mangadex.org/title/b3a9c1f8-93d2-49ba-96e2-84727c1031a6/isekai-ni-otosareta-jouka-wa-kihon

Nemo2342
Nov 26, 2007

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Nap Ghost

Seraphic Neoman posted:

Been on a survival isekai bent lately:

Dude gets isekai'd and dumped into a cursed forest. Begins to uncurse it and make monster friends in the process. Kinda boring but it's a decent read and might be going somewhere.
https://mangadex.org/title/b3a9c1f8-93d2-49ba-96e2-84727c1031a6/isekai-ni-otosareta-jouka-wa-kihon

I'm current on this one, and while it's definitely a nice concept (though oh lord these stereotypically evil antagonists) it really needs a few more chapters to know if it's going to develop or not.

Nemo2342
Nov 26, 2007

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While I'm thinking about garbage isekais, has anyone read enough of https://mangadex.org/title/e3d88382-a2c4-4958-8311-f8bd9a3f1e21/konjiki-no-word-master-yuusha-yonin-ni-makikomareta-unique-cheat to know if it's worth continuing? I'm about half-way through the available chapters and wondering if I should bail now because it's going to get worse about all the kids who have crushes on the MC.

gimme the GOD DAMN candy
Jul 1, 2007
there will be more children with crushes on the mc. it's a child harem. flee now.

Nemo2342
Nov 26, 2007

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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:

there will be more children with crushes on the mc. it's a child harem. flee now.

Sounds like a good time to cut and run then; the first story arc had more than enough kids to last me for a lifetime of bad isekais.

Brought To You By
Oct 31, 2012
Chapter 1.5 of The Oneesan and the Giant

No seriously, this was it from all I can gather. See you all in another couple months with this one :shepicide:

Nalin
Sep 29, 2007

Hair Elf

Nemo2342 posted:

While I'm thinking about garbage isekais, has anyone read enough of https://mangadex.org/title/e3d88382-a2c4-4958-8311-f8bd9a3f1e21/konjiki-no-word-master-yuusha-yonin-ni-makikomareta-unique-cheat to know if it's worth continuing? I'm about half-way through the available chapters and wondering if I should bail now because it's going to get worse about all the kids who have crushes on the MC.

I should reiterate my super pro tip on how to judge isekai manga:

1. Click the NovelUpdates link on MangaDex.
2. Read through the tags. Nothing super bad here.
3. Read through the low rating reviews. "What I really don't approve of, however and can never overlook. Is the sheer volume of thirsting over lolis and the MC "unintentionally" building a harem." Yep. Toss.

gwrtheyrn
Oct 21, 2010

AYYYE DEEEEE DUBBALYOO DA-NYAAAAAH!

Nalin posted:

2. Read through the tags. Nothing super bad here.
3. Read through the low rating reviews. "What I really don't approve of, however and can never overlook. Is the sheer volume of thirsting over lolis and the MC "unintentionally" building a harem." Yep. Toss.

I mean it does have the loli and harem tags...

RatHat
Dec 31, 2007

A tiny behatted rat👒🐀!

Nalin posted:

I should reiterate my super pro tip on how to judge isekai manga:

1. Click the NovelUpdates link on MangaDex.
2. Read through the tags. Nothing super bad here.
3. Read through the low rating reviews. "What I really don't approve of, however and can never overlook. Is the sheer volume of thirsting over lolis and the MC "unintentionally" building a harem." Yep. Toss.

Not sure what series they're reading to because it sure doesn't happen in that manga. Maybe it's only super later into the novels? Unless they count "being somewhat nice to women"(and this is a stretch as the MC is kind of a dick) as building a harem.

EDIT: Oh, saw the post above that that does happen later. Well the stuff that's been adapted to the manga is alright but should probably jump ship now if that's the case

RatHat fucked around with this message at 05:52 on Dec 8, 2021

Nemo2342
Nov 26, 2007

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gwrtheyrn posted:

I mean it does have the loli and harem tags...

To be fair they tag just about everything with "harem", even when there is nothing romantic going on between the characters, so I stopped looking at that as an immediate warning sign. Plus I've kind of just accepted it as the price of admission when you're dealing with isekais.

Now child harem, that was a new one.

Nalin
Sep 29, 2007

Hair Elf

gwrtheyrn posted:

I mean it does have the loli and harem tags...

Yeah, but both of them are sometimes used pretty loosely on NovelUpdates so you can't always judge a series just by those tags. I mean, I Swear I Won’t Bother You Again! got the harem tag somehow. And KonoSuba has a loli tag.

To me, they are mainly warning indicators. A quick first pass to see if you should move on to check the reviews.

gimme the GOD DAMN candy
Jul 1, 2007
the loli tag on novelupdates would be helpful if it denoted webnovels with sexualized children (so i could block it in my options). instead, it is used for every webnovel where a young girl appears regardless of context. but then, there's no reason to expect any better from the nu community.

Nalin
Sep 29, 2007

Hair Elf

gimme the GOD drat candy posted:

the loli tag on novelupdates would be helpful if it denoted webnovels with sexualized children (so i could block it in my options). instead, it is used for every webnovel where a young girl appears regardless of context. but then, there's no reason to expect any better from the nu community.

That IS what it is SUPPOSED to be used for. But, like, tags are added by users so things will never be perfect.

Antitonic
Sep 24, 2011

Invented By Gandhi

Nemo2342
Nov 26, 2007

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Nap Ghost

I'd watch this; hell I probably already have.

Nemo2342
Nov 26, 2007

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Nap Ghost
In today's mildly-interesting isekais, I bring Yuusha Shoutai Kamoku Yuusha Wa Nagasarenai. The MC is kind of easy-going (to the point of laziness) and shy, which leads him to being mistaken as a cool and quiet hero. After defeating the Demon King he prepares to go home, only to have the Princess force him to take her along. However instead of ending up back in Japan, they're instead taken to a sci-fi world with aliens and giant mechs.

I appreciate it for doing something slightly different when it comes to isekais, and the MC isn't completely OP which is a plus. However a lot of the humor comes from the MC reluctantly going along with Princess' hype man routine, which doesn't always hit the mark.

So far it doesn't have anything unwholesome, but it does have kid soldiers if that kind of thing upsets you.

Seraphic Neoman
Jul 19, 2011


Nemo2342 posted:

In today's mildly-interesting isekais, I bring Yuusha Shoutai Kamoku Yuusha Wa Nagasarenai. The MC is kind of easy-going (to the point of laziness) and shy, which leads him to being mistaken as a cool and quiet hero. After defeating the Demon King he prepares to go home, only to have the Princess force him to take her along. However instead of ending up back in Japan, they're instead taken to a sci-fi world with aliens and giant mechs.

I appreciate it for doing something slightly different when it comes to isekais, and the MC isn't completely OP which is a plus. However a lot of the humor comes from the MC reluctantly going along with Princess' hype man routine, which doesn't always hit the mark.

So far it doesn't have anything unwholesome, but it does have kid soldiers if that kind of thing upsets you.

I've been enjoying this so far though I wish he'd use his bs powers for his comrades' mechs as well as his own.

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kirbysuperstar
Nov 11, 2012

Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess.

Nemo2342 posted:

In today's mildly-interesting isekais, I bring Yuusha Shoutai Kamoku Yuusha Wa Nagasarenai. The MC is kind of easy-going (to the point of laziness) and shy, which leads him to being mistaken as a cool and quiet hero. After defeating the Demon King he prepares to go home, only to have the Princess force him to take her along. However instead of ending up back in Japan, they're instead taken to a sci-fi world with aliens and giant mechs.

I appreciate it for doing something slightly different when it comes to isekais, and the MC isn't completely OP which is a plus. However a lot of the humor comes from the MC reluctantly going along with Princess' hype man routine, which doesn't always hit the mark.

So far it doesn't have anything unwholesome, but it does have kid soldiers if that kind of thing upsets you.

I wish the translation/editing wasn't so terrible. I mean I've read worse, but it makes it really hard to get through.

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