You Have to Check Out These Manga in 2024!!!

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

For those who don't know, tomorrow at 7PM CST I will be doing a livestream where I read the first 3 volumes of Rent-A-Girlfriend as a reward for reaching the donation drive goal of $1,200 to Feminine Hygiene Kits for Gaza. If you would still like to contribute to this drive to help those suffering in Palestine, please visit this link: piousprojects.org/campaign/2712

[@crystellik]

Why rent a girlfriend? sounds like a bit of torture no?

[@morbiphine7600]

​@@crystelliksuffering for charity hahaha

[@clashwithwords]

also, congratulations on your marriage!

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

thank you!!

[@foxbat4127]

Cassually dropping "and i got married" LMFAO, Congaralutions

[@princessjellyfish98]

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR MARRIAGE COLLEEN!!! As a josei-head and especially a BL fan, I'm super excited for 2024! We've got the big stuff like the Cherry Magic anime that's airing right now (SO good btw, having that and A Sign of Affection in the same season is insane). We're also getting Tadaima, Okaeri in the spring which was a big surprise! AND we're getting TWO more Given movies AND we're getting a Given sequel manga! (Given fans literally never lose 💪😤🔥🔥🔥🔥). On the manga side, we're getting a reprint of GRAVITATION which is SO HYPE that's literally my whole childhood. Along with that I'm super excited for English versions of long running series' like Given, Cherry Magic, and especially Seaside Stranger! Alongside those big hitters, there's other queer josei I'm excited about like the new Nagata Kabi book and the last volume of I Think Our Son is Gay, which is SO cute! All in all, it's gonna be a big year for BL. I'm also super excited for those Moto Hagio series coming out this year, I love reading old shojo and enjoying the classic art! Can't wait to see what other videos you have in store for us this year! (also, you're right about Cillian Murphy lmao, people are LATE 😂)

[@notationmusical]

If you're interested, I Want to Become a Wall and Is Love the Answer? are queer josei manga that explores the asexual spectrum. I Want to Become a Wall features an asexual woman married to a gay man.

[@danamytereads5304]

Ahhh, a fellow BL fan!!! Yes, yes, yes!!! 🥰

[@princessjellyfish98]

@@notationmusical noted! I'll have to check those out! Josei has had so many amazing queer stories, especially recently

[@princessjellyfish98]

@@danamytereads5304 2024 THE YEAR OF YAOI IM CALLING IT NOW!

[@paninilist4678]

I'm personally really excited for Veil by Kotteri, it's a super fun and interesting story about a blind woman and a police officer, its a bunch of short snippets of them living their life together, but I just find it so heart warming and I can't wait for it to be released in physicals

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

Oh, I forgot about that one since it doesn't have the pre order up yet!

[@LauraAGrace]

SAME!! This is my most anticipated release!!!

[@paninilist4678]

@@LauraAGrace im so excited i've been checking every couple of weeks to see a release date :)

[@OohAPrettyRock]

yes yes yesssssss the art and atmosphere in Veil is to die for

[@katiehogan8196]

Im surprised you didnt mention Colette Decides to Die, Ive had it on my radar since you first talked about it on your channel. Viz just announced theyre releasing it this fall :D Along with a new (in english) series from Ai Yazawa, my queen. They got me eating good this year 😌

[@Skitterwayed]

Congratulations on your marriage 🎉🎉

[@cybss8425]

Living for the chaotic Colleen and their rants. Chatty videos are my favs 🗣️

[@Harukurochan]

I’m also really excited for “They Were 11!” and I’ve also been looking forward to it for years! Interestingly, the English release will include the original series and the sequel that has never been licensed in English before. I hope you enjoy “The Poe Clan” once the box set releases, it’s a good read. I also hope we get more classic shojo licenses and more sci-fi shojo in general. I feel that sci-fi is a genre that isn’t associated with the demographic, despite being so important to modern manga and diving into some interesting discussions about the self and identity. Congratulations on your marriage and I’m looking forward to your next big video, it sounds intriguing.

[@RevolutionaryGirlLexi]

Just wanted to say, I recently bought my first ever manga collection due to a combination of things- 1. I'm so tired of all the anime I'm drawn to only getting a single season and never getting to actually finish a story, and 2. All of your recommendation videos and the joy that you exude when talking about these genres. So thank you very much!

[@maxaroni39]

I've already pre-ordered all the shojo that was mentioned in this video, so I guess we have similar taste! I didn't really know that much about the seinen titles talked about though, so thank you for bringing them to my attention! Fool Night in particular looks really cool. For other manga I'm excited for this year, I have to mention Udon's two releases, Veil and No Roses Without Thorns: My Life as a Shojo Manga Artist’s Assistant! The first is a josei with the most beautiful art, and the latter is an autobiographical title about working on shojo manga in the 70s! I haven't heard a lot of folks talking about them, and they deserve some more attention.

[@annikawaii]

congrats on your marriage! 😊 always excited to see a new video by you pop up in my subscriptions

[@Florka27]

Congratulations on your marriage 🎉 This year from shojosei mangas we are getting Helter Skelter, Indigo Blue, My roommate is a cat in Poland. It's not much, but we mostly get shounen and seinen and it's only January so I think we will get more nice titles 😊

[@elinapaeglite]

Looking forward for Bless and Veil. Will keep an eye for Let's Do It Already! :)

[@a.m.7877]

I’m dying to finally read They Were Eleven! Also excited for the new Poe Clan box set. 😊 BTW, just for future reference, the “gi” in Hagio’s name is pronounced with a hard G, like a karate gi. Anyway, congrats on your marriage, Colleen! And don’t sweat doing “list” videos-I really like ‘em because they always introduce me to new series!

[@SunnyDisposish2]

Your channel was recommended to me by a friend, and I love the vibe! Happily subscribed, and looking forward to more manga recs 🌸✨

[@oasis_06]

yay! new colleen video!

[@RhiannonSenpai]

I'm most excited for Tales of the Tendou Family to get licensed/officially translated. One of my favourite ongoing shoujo manga. I would say other than drama, historical and psychological are the two other big genres I would put this story in. This manga has the most yandere and psycho characters lol. Our martial artist MC girl, Ran is the only normal character in this story.

[@RhiannonSenpai]

Congratulations on your marriage by the way!

[@owlcyclops7163]

The idea of a thing like Flow (or is that Flos comics? I am really curious about the website) comics being a manga magazine that makes Isekai's aimed at women and girls is wonderful, maybe we can see more isekai like what we got with The Twelve Kingdoms or other types like that instead of the same old , same old. I mean its getting better in the isekai genre, just a little bit but knowing that some one knew that there was a market for these is amazing. it is like the first time I have heard of this at all. thank you.

[@laurenevatt4442]

I love Moto Hagio! My favorite is The Poe Clan. I'm so excited for They Were 11🥰

[@Kaimorai]

I'm so excited for this year 😭

[@LauraAGrace]

I am super excited for Tales of the Tendo too! I just preordered it the other day! I am SUPER curious about Snowball Earth because I remember being at that exact livestream and seeing how excited you were!! It was so much fun!! RELIVING MY LIFE!!! YESSSSSSSS!!! One of my most anticipated releases too! I think all of Kodansha's (later in the year) physical licenses geared towards women were only josei manga, but they didn't do the announcements until November. I know they licensed the ongoing manga by the same creator as Perfect World! Great video and loved seeing all your excitement for these!!

[@princessjellyfish98]

29:12 it's not pretentious but it IS expensive lmao 😂😭

[@PinkNymphetamine22]

Ahhh Moto Hagio goodness... now I gotta cross my fingers that A Cruel God Reigns gets licensed too.

[@AkatsukiHostClub]

So excited for They Were 11! Denpa's delayed the release for so long, we'll see lol. I have the original single issue comics from Viz Flower Comics back in the 90's, but haven't gotten Four Shojo Stories yet. Hagio Moto is one of my favorite creators of all time, she has such an incredible body of work.

[@nosuperwoman79]

Heartiest salutations in 2024, Colleen! 🎉 I have had an order out with B&N for They Were Eleven for over two years, so I am so, so glad that's finally getting its release this year. Go, Year of the Dragon! 🐲

[@ginnydragon]

hi! thank you for taking the time to mention which manga magazines each manga are serialized in :)

[@akhilsainayudu794]

Will definitely buying Hirayasumi, been reading it online since the beginning

[@LyraFay12]

The Poe Clan is fantastic. I really want Fantagraphics to re-release Heart of Thomas too. I have also read Otherworld Barbara by the same mangaka which is also brillant.

[@alexiscarlton1355]

love all the non scripted knowledge you have. Thanks for sharing!

[@JohannesBee]

Just read through what Viz has published of Fool Night up until the gap starting at chapter 36. I hope they fill the gap soon, waiting is torture!

[@Mira-xg9ux]

It’s a dry year for me too! I’m only interested in they were 11 and maybe tales of the tendo family oh and I just remembered Veil from Udon, hopefully we do get it this year.

[@Amano_Seo13]

OH FOOL NIGHT, i'm so excited for this!!! I can't wait for this one!

[@lookalivebrett]

Congrats on the marriage. I'm right there with you in sci-fi horror! Event Horizon scared me so bad, dude.

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

I have still avoided that one from hearing how scary it is...

[@beanieboyreviews]

Yay a fellow Sunshine lover!

[@NaritaZaraki]

Congratulations on your marriage! I wish you and your spouse all the joy, kindness, and warmth that the universe has to offer. Congratulations!! 🎊🎊🎊

[@khadijak5464]

Congratulations Colleen 🎉 so happy for you 🎊🎊🎊

[@waydanker]

SO HAPPY 4 U CONGRATS ON UR MARRIAGE!!!:DDD

[@PredictableEnigma]

Congrats on the marriage!!! Wishing you both the best on the road ahead!

[@60508]

Congratulations on the exciting life events. Shucks about the illness. And thanks for the list of recommendations as alway!

[@Lukasonthefloor]

I'm looking forward to Shealter eeves (from the creator of Perfect world), Veil and They were 11!

[@cerulean1003]

Congrats on getting married Colleen!!!!!! I hope this is just the start of an amazing year for you!! I agree that theres not a lot of Shoujo or Josei coming (hopefully that changes) but theres still a lot of really great stuff coming. Im really excited for Tales of the Tendo Family, it sounds like a great historical drama and we dont get nearly enough stuff from LaLa nowadays. (heres hoping someone gets Ryuu no Kagehime since its short) Snowball Earth and Fools Night also sound interesting so ill keep an eye on them. Im also really excited for I Want You To Make Me Beautiful (ive been wanting to check out something from Steamship and it seems like a fun story with great art), This Monster Wants To Eat Me (we dont get nearly enough psychological Yuri in english and ive heard fantastic things about it) and Aria of the Beech Forest. (it looks cute, its short and i like that its set in Ireland as i feel Celtic myths/settings are very underused in fantasy manga) Theres other stuff i may be forgetting and we still have plenty of time for other stuff to come out (Viz has another set of announcments soon, Seven Seas is overdue for one and im waiting for when Kodansha gets Fall In Love False Angels) so heres hoping we get more amazing series announced soon!

[@flashholmwood9371]

The Poe Clan is so good, you're going to love it.

[@kassandrarodriguez8057]

Congratulations!

[@SariaSchala]

Congratulations on your marriage! I hope you are very happy!

[@yuki5619]

wAIT YOU GOT MARRIED?!?!?! OMG CONGRATS!!! also, great video! i'm definitely gonna check out some of these recommendations. also also, i love seeing colleen dani friendship, it's so nice and wholesome

[@Juan-me9cx]

colleen, can you please make a video and if you have one please can anyone point me towards it, of you explaining the different magazine shoujo has that would be so interesting to watch !!!!

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

I have my two videos on Margaret and Lala magazine but I do plan on doing as many as possible on others in the future. I think Christy Lou has a video on manga magazines though!

[@futureskeleton112]

Viz just released the first 35 chapters of Fool Night (and chapters 64-69) on their app, and I'm really enjoying what I've read so far! I think you'll really enjoy it!

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

I was so excited when I saw that announcement!

[@WanderingWisp]

2-35 are taken from the Shogakukan Asia release since Viz wanted to rush it out, and it seems to be machine translated - no translator credited, inconsistent terms, some odd grammar, and no re-lettered onomatopoeia. Chapter 1 is seemingly the only one taken from the U.S. release. The image compression on the app also really does this manga disservice.

[@futureskeleton112]

@@WanderingWisp I didn't notice the inconsistent terms when I was reading, but I took a second look and I definitely noticed the onomatopoeia and lack of translation credit. Definitely strange.

[@TheShonenRonin22]

Congratulations on getting married! Great video!

[@poodlemuffin]

The name change was probably because they don’t trust their audience to know that a profile isn’t just a social media thing.

[@TrampMachine]

Tendou Ke Monogatari is my favorite shoujo manga right now, I really want it to get an anime some day.

[@danamytereads5304]

It's ok, you go off and rant! We love you for it! And congrats to you and Mr. Colleen on your marriage! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@takoholic]

Congratulations on your marriage!! 😃🎊

[@Ozzy10432]

UHG. Their hair always looks so good. 😭

[@tex2262]

Mentioned briefly in the video, but didn't make the list - Tonari no Stella is also licensed for release this Spring. It'll probably be in Kodansha digital jail along with Ran the Peerless Beauty, though

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

It's also getting a print release actually!!

[@susieboo22]

Shoutout to Cillian fans who got into him because of Red Eye or Batman Begins.

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

Batman Begins was my first introduction and then Red Eye had me looking up every movie of his I could find to rent from the library lol

[@Sebanisu]

Grats on marrage. I was currious what manga you might recommend.

[@Aishyo]

Congratulations

[@sharnicaxd5321]

Funnily the only thing I’ve read from Moto Hagio is “A Cruel God Reigns” and I can’t read anything else from her that story traumatized me too much 😭😭 If anyone decides to read it heavy TW but damn was it good. ALSO SO EXCITED FOR HIRAYASUMI IVE BEEN READING IT AND LOVE IT SMM

[@RedYumaCosplay]

Great video the only thing I am looking forward to releasing this year though it will be in Japanese only since the publication will start in early summer 2024 Mo Dao Zu Shi (Ma Dou So Shi) aka Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation the black and white manga adaptation. Outside of that I mostly try to keep up with JJK and a few BL series in Japanese. I primarily read Danmei novels (which is what the manga series that is coming out is based off of).

[@saraheart756]

Shugo Chara is coming back this year with new story! I hope its of them older. Also i cant believe Red River is getting a reprint! And Colette decides to die is getting an English reprint!

[@chaosdestructionlove]

This video made me realise i'd seen a few of these titles before. I own the light novel for the timeloop series- i definitely suggest anyone with anxiety to steer clear of it at least until its complete as i had to put it down hoping the next novel would come out to make stuff less tense and nope doesnt make it better lol. The tension from the mystery is just so heavy it was making me panicky, and its way further than the manga orz. Very much a you gotta be in the rigut frame of mood to read it comic. Excited to hear about so many cool series being released! i would caution folks to check the author of gravitation's release history if you um...really dont want to touch someone who has made some incredibly problematic doujinshi about her characters and favourite couples. I dont know how well known they are just that when i was a teenager they were considered infamous, very r18 and i really cant overstate that problematic is an absolute understatement for what they are and i dont suggest anyone reads them- just want folks to be able to make informed decisions. Her manga updates page shows them and...the assorted tags. I personally try to steer clear of her as an author.

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

Thanks for the warning about the author lol, I really know nothing about Gravitation and just that it's a beloved older BL series.

[@chaosdestructionlove]

​@ColleensMangaRecs yeah I figured you didn't know, I don't think many folks do unless they used to deep dive the bl tags on sites in their much younger years and see the one shots she made pop up deceptively among the most viewed.😢 Manga updates has saved a lot of people from reading potentially dodgy stuff at least once they know about it and I'll always be grateful for that, makes filtering out stuff so much easier.

[@hound8801]

omg congrats on your marriage!!:D

[@katarinaclaes96]

Great video I'll be sure to check out these new Mangas of 2024 they look interesting. Congratulations on your marriage. I hope you and your husband have a wonderful happy life. Hopefully he likes Manga and Anime like you.😄💖👍

[@ishusingh7859]

Do one on blue period

[@m.i7211]

Just to note, Moto Hagio is pronounced with the hard g instead of the soft g.

[@Rainette1412]

I'm checking Walt's each time you mention them as a sponsor, but they're always out on the manga I've been meaning to buy in english (mainly "how do we relationship"). It doesn't seem to be an out-of-stock issue since it's still available in plenty other places, so I'm at a loss :/

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

From what I've gathered, Viz titles are hard to keep in stock for them. I don't want to speak out of my ass though so maybe send an email to them and see what they say!

[@itsjustme6334]

The brief Cillian Murphy love was fun and unexpected! 28 Days Later King 👑

[@cmyep3310]

OMG congrats on getting married?!?!!!!!

[@DancingSkyWolf]

King in Limbo is Josei and just came out

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

I had that on my list last year actually because it got delayed

[@oindrilasasmal5019]

Make video on shojosei anime releases this year

[@Misa.misato]

Colleen pre-viz announcements: It’s gonna be a dry year for shojo manga. Colleen post-viz announcements: *screams and falls out of the chair*

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

Literally 😭😭

[@saraheart756]

Oh my congrats on getting married!!

[@chibivesicle9612]

Oh my 'Gravitation' . . . I'll be taking a hard pass on that one. I knew people who were obsessed with it around 2002 or so. I finally found some used copies of the Tokyo Pop version from the mid-2000s in 2015 and - dear god - I had to give up. It was just too much for me with lots of questionable content that had not aged well at all. I'm all for older series getting new releases, but I'm not sure if 'Gravitation' is on the same level as anything by Moto Haigo. As nice as it is to see Darkhorse putting Trigun back out there in print, the price point is far too steep even for me - and I've been throwing down cash for the hardcover 'Rose of Versailles'.

[@carlosparedes4470]

🎉🎉🎉❤❤ Congratulations

[@deepstonecostco]

This might be a bonkers question but I'm curious what bookshelves you have cause I hate mine and have always envied your setup lol

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

They're actually just ones from Target (if you live in the US) I think in my bookshelf tour video I say the exact name of them

[@KristynRene.]

AHHH CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING MARRIED ❤☺️

[@AkumaRain]

Congrats on your marriage!

[@hellajanice]

CONGRATS ON GETTING MARRIED. I HOPE YOU HAD THE BEST DAY EVER. OKay I'll watch the rest of the video now.

[@clampdown1134]

Congratulations!! 🎉 Assuming you didn't marry Dani, you should do a fun collab with them instead! 💖

[@juliasz.1017]

enby love

[@kevinjtthomas]

Congratulations on being married 🎉

[@jellypaws4484]

Whats the most left manga on yhe tumbnail?

[@hikaruagata1974]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@retroanimemike]

Isn't a g in japanese orthography always hard? Or is Moto Hagio just creative like that? Anyway, read They Were 11! last year and it's really great that in the age of hype trains and instasubs such a vintage series gets a print release. It is an endearing manga and i really think i have to read it again as it was so all over the place with so many characters and plotlines. Also it made me think instantly of Knights of Sidonia, the gimmick where children are genderless until puberty is used in both, and in a pretty similar way, so now im curious what history that has.

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

No, apparently it's pronounced Ha-gi-o. Pronunciation for another language is hard when you mostly are only reading it lol... Reminds me of how I used to think the word 'machete' was pronounced 'ma-sheh-tee' when I would read it in a book.

[@clashwithwords]

i’m ready ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ

[@arrownibent5980]

May your taste for dystopian futures remain separated from your recent mariage

[@sojun8501]

Love your videos Coleen just one thing "Hagio" pronounces with hard g

[@clashwithwords]

on japanese wiki it has it in hiragana as 「はぎお　もと」so it should be correct with pronunciation as in ‘gift’ or ‘girl’ :)

[@ssgore988]

You got married?????