There’s still an incredible amount of choice within our list, but with this guide in hand, you’ll be able to find the stories that suit your tastes, and get started with this incredible form of storytelling. That’s where we come in - we’ve taken this huge field and narrowed it down to the 75 best manga stories. From fantasy adventure to autobiographical comics to historical fiction to, yes, superheroes and monsters, manga has stories for readers of every genre and age.īut if you’re new to manga, the sheer number of stories available can feel overwhelming. With all that history to pull from, it’s no wonder the world of manga is such a varied literary landscape.

While the Western literary canon was largely confined to prose-centric novels until the rise of comics in the 1930s, Japanese storytellers have been embracing the power of combining pictures and words for centuries. And they also relied on those mystery boxes to keep people engaged instead of concentrating on something like the main story (naming the show Rings of Power, but only having the show be about them for like 15 minutes at the end was a weird decision imo).Many Western readers understand the term “manga” to simply mean “Japanese comic books” - but in fact, manga has an incredibly rich history that stretches all the way back to the 12th century. It's obvious the show me wanted to the the next big thing everyone was talking about and to have each episode dissected and discussed, as they crammed the show full of mystery boxes, but they forgot to make this mystery boxes actually interesting and engaging. It seems that I'm not the only one who feels this. Just looking at things like the levels of discussion on online forums (this subreddit for example), YT etc.

To me though, this never really happened with RoP.Īfter the first season ended, I had no real urge to discuss it with others, online and offline. Chapped lips can be caused by frequent licking of lips, cold dry weather and dehydration. When GoT was airing, it seemed like everyone was talking about it, massive online and offline discussion about each episode. 14 at Amazon 16 at Ulta Beauty 16 at Nordstrom. There was plenty of hype before the show, but I think during the running of the first season, the hype between episodes wasn't on GoT's level and the discussion and 'water cooler talk/moments' never really reached those levels either. Now that RoP s1 has been out for a while now, imo, I think Bezos hasn't got any of that. but I think a more accurate translation would be that he wantes the show to be on the level of Game of Thrones in terms of hype, cultural impact, discussion (such as water cooler talk). Now, some people panicked and thought that meant he wanted it to be full of tits and blood etc.

Relatively early on, it came out that Bezos stated he wanted RoP to be like 'Game of Thrones' for Amazon.

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