Manga

I have been traveling a lot this past week (as in driving all over the place), so I haven't been able to read too much. However, I did want to mention one series that I found that I have enjoyed a lot so far:

• Tokyo KINOKO: The High School Girl with the World’s Lowest Ranking Social Skills / Toukyou KINOKO: Sekai Ranking 1-i no Komyu-ryoku Saijaku JK

Basically, this is one of those series where things like monsters and magic started appearing in this world and humans got skills to go along with it. The protag of this series is basically like Saitama from OPM, but at the same time is like Bocchi from Bocchi the Rock. It makes for a fun combo! Only the first couple chapters are on mangadex, but I am looking forward to more.

Please Bully Me, Miss Villainess!

Still sticking with this one for now as the series started to move beyond the initial gimmick and opened a new significant mystery. Well, I say that but after reading some more the mystery seems to be going in a bit of a boring direction - we'll see how things go in the future, I hope I'm wrong on this.

It managed to regain my attention for now so if everything goes well it should keep things engaging for a while longer.

For Better or For Worse

Book isekai, MC reborn as villainess, yadda yadda... It's the usual setup with the main hook being: MC doesn't want her little sister to marry the male lead because, according to the original story, she'll die to provide him with a tragic background. While trying to prevent this from happening MC ends up marrying the guy instead.

This series has been rotting away in my backlog for a while now and I thought it we be just the thing to avoid doing other stuff I should be doing. It's pretty fun so far, starting both as a full-on comedy (MC trying everything in her power to get rid of the male lead) and melancholy (getting married and shipped off with a guy she'd known for less than a month).

I ended up liking this one way more than I expected to - MC is great and plays amazingly well with other characters, including some introduced as possible villains, only to do 180 on their attitude after spending time with her. Also, the actual romance portion is really nicely done and managed to convince me to something I wasn't really sold on initially.

Also also, the art is great. Both gag and hero panels look fantastic and sell the emotions they're aiming for really well. It's a treat.