february manga reads

[@anna74957]

i have to thank you for always recommending skip and loafer bc i finally read it this month and i loved it so much

[@tsukkinotes]

glad you enjoyed!! and yes ah it just gives off such a cozy feeling? idk it makes me so happy reading it

[@amalia1_]

girl, i’m obsessed with ur videos. been binging your stuff since yesterday

[@tsukkinotes]

thank you, glad you're enjoying :)

[@profotaku]

Definitely recommend Message to Adolf by Tezuka. I find it to be a perfect historical fiction setting of the Holocaust and should be right with Maus and Night in every school district’s reading of that event. Flowers of Evil ending was *chef’s kiss* the last Omni was my favorite part of the whole series.

[@tsukkinotes]

thanks for the rec! i'll check it out and yes ah the flowers of evil ending was so good, i was a little eh with the beginning of the series but it definitely redeemed itself

[@mariama716]

no matter how many times I read it, Love com has me kicking my feet and smiling. Otani and Risa have my heart ❤️

[@mariama716]

but fr older shoujo always has some seriously problematic storylines/character commentary whether it’s colorist/homophobic etc

[@tsukkinotes]

oh for sure i still have such a nostalgia factor with them as a couple, it's interesting revisiting the series all these years later though and ya unfortunately some weird jokes or tropes in older manga sometimes

[@FrobeRios]

I also recently got into reading and one of my first reads was song of Achilles and man was that an amazing start, I think you’ll really enjoy that one. As for a recommendation, my sister recently read the invisible life of Addie LaRue and it became one of her favorites. Also Percy Jackson series is peak

[@tsukkinotes]

thank you for the recommendations and yes omg i've heard so many good things about achilles (but also that it's very sad)

[@darianreynolds]

you should keep going with sasaki and miyano!!! i know you'd have to read scans but it is literally sososososo cute and is now kind of like one of my favorite romances lol. also i loved the second half of the flowers of evil too, tokiwa queen (and yesssss read happiness i love happiness!!!)

[@tsukkinotes]

i'll definitely continue with the sasaki and miyano manga! i'll wait until the physical volumes come out though, i was just unsure if i should continue with the anime right away to not get spoiled haha

[@trailmix3497]

a book series i really like is the carry on (rainbow rowell) series, it’s an mlm fantasy series that’s kinda like harry potter? but way more inclusive. it’s very magical and it’s kind of the only book that isn’t manga that i enjoy reading and have reread countless times

[@tsukkinotes]

thank you for the recommendation, i'll check it out

[@overdrive7257]

Great video as always. I loved that you included the books that you read, it adds a nice mix. I would recommend anything by Fredrick Bachman as he’s a really good author that has wonderful characters. I would also suggest watching Merphy Napier on yt as she recommends a wide variety of books.

[@tsukkinotes]

glad you enjoyed and ty for the recommendations! also i'll check out her channel, i've been getting a lot of booktube recommended to me but i am so unfamiliar with it all haha

[@MahmoudElNagdi8]

As for Kaguya, you have your points and they are true (regarding the story), but you’ll understand why later, it’s a build-up. as for the episode, just watch it😂

[@Lukasonthefloor]

just wanted to say thanks for always giving trigger warnings

[@tsukkinotes]

no problem! i've had too many instances where stuff i wasn't warned about showed up in a manga, even with flowers of evil i was like ??? since so many people rave about it but i never heard anything specific about the actual content

[@kaydub93]

Oh I really loved The Serpent King when I read it a few years ago. I think you might like Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. The sequel just recently came out too which I haven’t read yet so can’t say it’s good but the first one can be read as a standalone IMO. I also recommend The Song of Achilles. SO good. Opposite of those, if you’re interested in a friends to lovers romcom I highly recommend People We Meet on Vacation 😁 The banter is really good IMO and I just really ended up loving the two main characters relationship 🌟

[@tsukkinotes]

thank you so much for the recommendations! i'll definitely look into them and yes at the serpent king was so good so SAD but so good

[@anna74957]

also if you're looking for book recommendations i would highly recommend joining a site like storygraph or goodreads!! i joined storygraph this year and i feel like it helps me get a handle on what books are popular right now and i can also follow some friends and youtubers i enjoy and see what they're reading which is always fun. i also really like the statistics it keeps track of, it feels motivating to see how many books i've read so far lol

[@tsukkinotes]

i made a goodreads account but i have no idea how to navigate it lol i didn't know there was more of a social media aspect to it i have just been using it to keep track of the books but i'll definitely explore the site more, thanks for the recommendation :)

[@jereki4995]

i read boy meets maria recently too and its very nice its triggering and makes you think about things but i agree its not like i loved it i like the covers and art but i think it wasnt anything i usually like since most my manga is fluff or shojo or shonen rest in peace for peyo.. flowers of evil looks interesting too!! very nice to see ur anime and book reads/watches too love watching ur videos all the time ❤️❤️❤️

[@tsukkinotes]

ty for watching! ya i enjoyed boy meets maria but i think some aspects could have been fleshed out more

[@elinapaeglite]

I'm continuing my JoJo's journey and I'm almost done with reading part 2. Really like Joseph as a character so far. I would recommend you checking out Salaryman's Club anime as it's a adult setting sports anime and it also gives me a lot of Haikyuu vibes. I like to read novels that are set in 20th century America, the latest I enjoyed and would recommend is Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald. Also by a demand I'm going to keep you updated in my One Piece reading - now I'm up to chapter 1041:)

[@tsukkinotes]

ty for the recommendations! and yes ah joseph is my favorite jojo so far, the mc of part 4 is creeping up there though

[@butter_fly3539]

Book recommendations: (haven't read these, but have heard a lot of praises for these) -Iron widow -She who became the sun -Cemetery boys -Pet (sequel: bitter) -Blood like magic -Raybearer (sequel: redemptor) -The boy with fire -Before the coffee gets cold -The wolf and the woodsman -Good omens (by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett) -A broken blade -Crier´s war (sequel: Iron heart) -Legendborn -Love from A to Z -Animal farm

[@tsukkinotes]

thank you for the list! i'll look into them :)

[@butter_fly3539]

@@tsukkinotes Np, I hope you find some of these interesting enough to buy :)

[@xoxomgn]

i recommend you watch the drama for my love mix up at some point! be it after you've read the manga or if you just need more material. i watched it not knowing it was adapted from a manga and enjoyed it a lot. will def be picking up the manga now! the drama is only ten episodes and you can watch it all in the span of 4 hours (like i did) :p

[@tsukkinotes]

yes!! i will for sure watch the drama once we are further with the manga print, i've seen a couple clips of it on youtube and it looks great (a lot of japanese dramas are so cringe so i tend to avoid them but i'll definitely check this one out, i also thought the cherry magic drama was cute it's on crunchyroll if you're interested in a cute bl but focused on adults)

[@xoxomgn]

@@tsukkinotes it's funny that you mention cherry magic because i've actually already watched it because of you! in one of your previous videos where you unboxed volume 3 (i think) you mentioned the drama and that day i started it! i really enjoyed it and i'm looking forward to the movie coming soon. you strike again as my favorite recommendation channel🙏

[@ellythehuman9304]

Would have loved to hear your thoughts/rant on Euphoria lol. For books, I'd recommend The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo which is a contemporary YA written in verse/a kind of poetry. Radio Silence by Alice Oseman, another contamporary YA. Darius is Not Okay by Adib Khorram which is, again, contemporary YA and it made me cry. Finally, Scythe by Neil Shusterman which is a dystopian sci-fi YA & the first in a series. I read a lot of YA before seriously getting into manga lol.

[@tsukkinotes]

TOO MANY PLOT POINTS LEFT UNRESOLVED!?!?! Rip Ash and my man Fez better be okay that was all i was hoping for going into the finale but fffff also the implication that Rue relapsed after the end of the school year potentially?? or is she dead?? what about all that money she owes ... so messy but ya anyways lol thank you for the recommendations! i'll look into them! literally the last books i read before this year were YA when i was in middle school so i'm really open to anything

[@danielsnyder4280]

Definitely read happiness 100 percent recommend

[@tsukkinotes]

will definitely be the next of his works i read!

[@Kakeru2Kurosawa]

Highly recommend Message to Adolf if you want more of Tezuka Work. On the other note for some reason, I think you'll love Voynich Hotel. It you ever get the chance to read it, I would like to hear your thoughts on it.

[@tsukkinotes]

thank you for the recommendations!

[@missbennett]

Was taking a break from studying and then this ah thanks 🙏🙏

[@tsukkinotes]

yes take breaks!! and good luck with whatever you are studying for

[@by_genre]

Lowkey I kinda wanna hear your Euphoria rant 👀👀👀

[@tsukkinotes]

i responded to another comment with the bulk of it but to summarize ... too many plot points left unresolved TT and they did fez and ash so dirty

[@gisselleb4549]

have you watched stars aligned?? it’s really good! it’s about soft tennis, but it also is a slice of life!

[@tsukkinotes]

yes i’ve seen it! such a shame the season got cut short though that cliffhanger ending …

[@fuzzycuddlebearthatsmells2746]

I recommend project Hail Mary released last year if you liked The Martian

[@tsukkinotes]

i'm currently reading it! i also checked out artemis (?) by the same author from the library but i haven't heard much talk if that one is good or not

[@fuzzycuddlebearthatsmells2746]

@@tsukkinotes not heard of that one haha but then after I heard u were reading it in the vid and felt so dumb once I posted the comment smh xD anyway haha enjoy it!

[@lo9_wolf]

I see Whistle! (MangaHero)🥂

[@tsukkinotes]

yes i've heard him talk about it! loving it so far

[@azurereloaded]

i love hearing other people's opinions on manga :D i actually read sasaki and miyano this month and i really enjoyed it! i think i'm going to try out skip and loafer & the two lions based on your recommendations, so thank you! i also read our dreams as dusk a few days ago and i didn't really think it was that great?? i felt like the characters weren't really fleshed out enough for my liking and it was a little rushed. i'm not sure if this is a popular opinion or not so i wanted to put it out there also, do you have any recommendations? i'm trying to expand my horizons a little bit so it would be very helpful (i'm under 18 so don't recommend anything too mature please, and i'm also very sensitive to gore and horror)

[@tsukkinotes]

oh i don't like our dreams at dusk at all lol so you are not alone in that opinion,, and since you liked sasaki and miyano i would say some other cute bl manga i like are "my summer of you" and "our dining table"

[@supertubers656]

The Poppy War series by R.F. Kuang is a very good historical fantasy fiction set of novels.

[@tsukkinotes]

thanks for the recommendation!

[@grimmiegoose]

Have you seen "The Master Cat is Depressed Again Today"? It's a weird title but SO CUTE. A big fluffy cat grows to take care of his owner, and it is just. So. Cute!!!

[@tsukkinotes]

i’ve seen it around but thank you for the recommendation!

[@ComicSwag]

the last novel i read was big trouble like 4 years ago it was pretty funny but i rarely pick up a novel i just feel i can read more manga or comics in the time it would take me to read one novel

[@tsukkinotes]

thank you for the rec and agreed manga is much quicker to get through

[@ximenamendez3733]

whistle! sounds interesting! I'm also a big sports manga fan, so i might start reading it and see how it goes! is there any other sports manga you recomend me?

[@tsukkinotes]

i'm liking it so far! it's really the only soccer series i think is even published physically in english so i had to try it,, and i have a video on my top 10 sports manga if you want to see my favorites but you might have read all those already

[@beefxcake2523]

homie if u like delinquents and you haven't read gangsta. do do do pick it up. its one of my top 5 and i never see it in ppls hauls or collections, but ppl are sleepin on it honestly.

[@tsukkinotes]

i’ve seen the anime!! unfortunately i think the manga is oop that’s why nobody has it lol, i’ve seen the spin off gangsta cursed in the wild but maybe someday i’ll pick it up if i see a good deal on the original series

[@beefxcake2523]

@@tsukkinotes it is somewhat out of print yeah, the series is ongoing though so mayhaps they'll get those earlier volumes back out there, who knows. good luck tho i'd say its worth keeping an eye out for.

[@tonireadsmanga]

I totally agree with you about Flowers of Evil, the second half was way better than the first half. Also I had no idea that’s what The Book of Human Insects was about, now I want to get to it sooner lol.

[@tsukkinotes]

book of human insects was so fun, i didn't know what to expect with it but i was pleasantly surprised lol

[@balatescuana-maria465]

Finally 🥰

[@checkpoint1697]

Great haul. Do you have any short slice of life series to recommend? PS: Sent by mangahero, watch his "my favorite series off each self" vid

[@tsukkinotes]

ty! and hmmm most the SOL series i like are quite long but i would say maybe sunny? it's more human drama though, if you don't mind something ongoing i would get on skip and loafer though, it's really good so far

[@animefanatic33]

Glad I’m not the only one who doesn’t like Love is War. It hits me on a personal level because I was in a similar situation in high school.. looking back, all those minds games and misunderstandings were a complete waste of time that just made us divided and unhappy . The amount of frustration and cringe this story brings me is insane. It gives me visceral pain. If this story ends up positive it’s not gonna be realistic imho.

[@tsukkinotes]

omg nooo, i don't have a personal reason not to dislike it just ... eat the rich or whatever but ya it's annoying how back and forth they are, the second season has been better though but idk if i'm going to continue ... that next episode summary has me 🤢

[@7e1ix]

HELLL YEAH

[@mahtoujin]

Have you read Requiem of the Rose King? I highly recommend it to you if you haven't read it.

[@tsukkinotes]

i haven't! i lowkey hated one of the author's other series so i've been hesitant to try out rose king, i was planning to watch the anime but i've heard it's a bad adaptation so TT

[@mahtoujin]

@@tsukkinotes DON'T WATCH THE ANIME! it's bad! Hahaha. I remember you said in one of your video that you like shoujo but I noticed that you like something kinda dark as well....so I thought you might like it. It was completed last Jan.6. 😊

[@fuzzycuddlebearthatsmells2746]

Could you clarify more with love com? are there some things I should know about? The transphobic thing seems like a huge turn off in a manga i completely agree with it being vry common with old series I just don’t know why they do it. Just wondered what specifically happened in the manga ? Also can’t wait to start reading the followers of evil

[@tsukkinotes]

like i said i think the intentions were good when this was written but reading it now the whole situation is ehhhh basically there is a character who goes by she/her pronouns and she dresses femininely, she has a crush on the main character but when he finds out she is actually a "boy" he immediately turns her down which is fine, he can't force himself to like her but the whole volume everyone is making a big deal out of this and sometimes they call her by her deadname on purpose when they are mad at her and sometimes she just admits defeat in the situations which is kinda sad :( after volume 3 she is more of a recurring background character and it's not a big deal anymore but it's just :/ idk her character is supposed to be a rival for the main girl character to realize her feelings but i wish the execution was better (a very nuanced topic though since they are kids in japan in the 2000s who don't understand the complexities and i don't blame the mangaka either)

[@fuzzycuddlebearthatsmells2746]

@@tsukkinotes ah, really interesting thank you very much for clarifying seems like I will avoid that one would probably be a little uncomfortable to go through that shit I’d rather avoid that. Thank you! also sorry to drag on but I know you are a big bakuman fan? I’ve just bought a decent chunk of volumes and just after now I’m hearing it is trash? Idk what to do about it because it’s good right? seems like it always happens when I buy a new popular series regardless everyone has different opinions right? Is there anything I should know before jumping into it cheers!! :D

[@tsukkinotes]

@@fuzzycuddlebearthatsmells2746 oh yes i love bakuman! it's very wordy but i love the story, honestly i think it is a must read for any manga fan if you are interested in how specifically shounen jump works, the only complaints i've seen are that the female characters are written pretty poorly which i agree with but it didn't bother me (same authors as death note so if you weren't bothered by how misa was written there shouldn't be an issue with bakman)

[@fuzzycuddlebearthatsmells2746]

@@tsukkinotes well yeah I sort of expect that with any sorta manga written for that audience /fan service and boob jokes are very hard to get away from like love Hina is one of my favourites so I can’t complain lmao someone has just told me they’re written in a misogynistic manner I really hope that isn’t the case and it’s not too much baggage to handle! ive heard it is boring tho and I don’t think I could read a boring manga which then relates to it being wordy and long. I rlly hope I like regardless thank u! 💙

[@nerdreaderisreading]

A Message to Adolf by tezuka, only 2 giant volumes for it and its in stock currently.

[@tsukkinotes]

thanks for the rec!

[@spoonflaps12]

I liked the first 9 volumes of Love Com, but I thought the series dragged way too much in the last 50+ chapters. The ending is also incredibly mediocre. It was just the same thing over and over: does he still love me? Yes then next chapter, the same doubts again.

[@tsukkinotes]

exact reason why i'm rereading it! i have such good nostalgia memories with the series but i wouldn't be surprised if my opinions change after finishing rereading it

[@JohnnyDickPuss]

is there any like bl that doesn’t have like 18+ in it i just want a cute light hearted romance. also a nice shojo :)

[@tsukkinotes]

the two lions and my love mix up in this video aren’t 18+ nor are any of the bl i read so … i would recommend our dining table, my summer of you, sasaki to miyano as well

[@jaden8157]

you should read heesu! in class 2. It’ll make you smile throughout every chapter, it’s my favorite BL!

[@PaniniSteve]

Kaguya's anime kills the comedy in my opinion. I would suggest the manga over the anime easily. As for the story, to me, it's rich "smart" kids showing themselves to actually be complete morons. The first like 7 volumes feel like a silly parody of mastermind stories like Death Note or Code Geass, which is why I liked it. I don't normally care for those kind of shows because they either make too many logical leaps to seem "smart," or just bore me so Kaguya making fun of them was perfect for me. I think how you approach it can affect how much you enjoy it. If you expect it to be a good romance, you'll be let down.

[@tsukkinotes]

see that was kind of my exact criticism i think to quote myself i was like "they are not the light and L they think they are" after i finished season 1. to me it didn't read as much as a parody bc i didn't think it was funny at all so that's why i didn't like it, but i'm glad i gave it a second chance bc the second season is an improvement, i see what you mean about expectations for sure, whenever i had heard recommendations for the series people had described it as "romance with mind games between the main couple" so i went into it thinking it would be more serious

[@shazzzz0]

Omg I also don’t like love is war!

[@tsukkinotes]

i’m warming up to it a little bit with season 2 but ya overall not really my thing

[@mental9180]

Hi lol

[@tsukkinotes]

heyyy

[@ky.0w__]

Hello!! i love the vídeo!

[@tsukkinotes]

glad you enjoyed!

[@ky.0w__]

@@tsukkinotes ^^