#Ningyou no Kuni

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[approximateknowledge]

bonus: their sister ships actually survived in both cases!

for a given, mostly unrecognisable, value of "survive"

so

the enkidu 🤝 the aposimz

the gilgamesh 🤝 the sidonia

-ark ships

-running away from an earth that's become thoroughly uninhabitable by horrors beyond their comprehension

-the horrors keep haunting them even in space

-one of their leading figures ends up crippling the entire ship and almost killing everyone

-as far as they know they're the last remnants of humanity

-they spend most of the story trying to fight the horrors through whatever means possible

-there's fucked up biotech involved

-end up in symbiosis with them despite everything

children of time and knights of sidonia are weirdly similar stories if you only look at the human-pov parts

[angel-oftheday]

The Angel of the Day is...

Aino Megumi

From Pretty Cure series

Requested by Anonymous

[origami10]

4, 11, 15 for the manga asks?

4. An underrated gem 2023 answer: My Dear Detective on Azuki! (And Usotoki Rhetoric is very similar.) Detective stories set in early modern (~1930s) Japan, with a smart female lead and funny male supporting character! (And Shonen Jump shoutout to Akane-banashi and MamaYuyu) And Stella Next to Me was recommended to me and it's very sweet so far! General answer: Well. I mean I have my reasons, but Captain Corinth is actually a pretty decent isekai-type story that avoids a lot of (though not quite all) the things that annoy me about other isekai.

11. Your favorite covers 2023 answer: A whole bunch kept catching my eye. Usotoki Rhetoric, The Summer Hikaru Died, Wind Breaker, and Correspondence with the Universe. (Have only read Usotoki Rhetoric so far but I recently bought the others) OH and Qualia Under the Snow is so pretty (and good)! OOH and also the cover of Erio to Denki Ningyou really makes me want to read itttt

General answer: All the colors and contrast on Ajin! Kaiju No. 8 as well. And the gradients on To Your Eternity.

15. The manga that made you laugh the most 2023 answer: I read a lot of Asobi Asobase. I wish more of it was in the anime, I think it fits that medium really well. Equal parts humor and 'wtf'. General answer: The first one that came to mind was Saint Oniisan ('Saint Young Men') which is about Buddha and Jesus living together in an apartment in modern-day Japan. The bath house scene makes the rounds every Easter. The whole concept is preposterous and oh so funny.

[ofthenoseclan]

tohovote complete heres what i chose this year

as usual the unspoken house rule for tohovote is: my shortlist of permanent favourites, secondary picks to shine a spotlight on (choose new ones every year), additions from the newest title that need a fighting chance against more established fan faves

cast

toyosatomimi no miko

usami renko

merry hearn

onozuka komachi

kicchou yachie

yasaka kanako

nippaku zanmu

songs

witch of love potion

lunar rainbow

demystify feast

peaceful romancer

mizuumi wa kiyome no gekkou wo utsushite

loose rain

otogi no kuni no onigashima ~ missing power

53 minutes no aoiumi

oni wa yuukyuu no yama ni

itsudatsusha-tachi no mugekou ~ kingdam of nothingness.

works

hourai ningyou ~ dolls in pseudo paradise

touhou gumonkuju ~ symposium of post-mysticism.

danmaku amanojaku ~ impossible spell card.

touhou shinreibyou ~ ten desires.

oozora majutsu ~ magical astronomy

[ruben-lyrics98]

Aposimz {Ningyou no Kuni}

[blueraimo]

[twistedcell]

[mahngah]

APOSIMZ by Tsutomu Nihei

[forcedevil]

you know Etherow, you drive a hard bargain

[nine-reasons-to-say-goodbye]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[yuno-chi]

[mangamachinations]

Aposimz 

A manga about a futuristic world where humans try to survive against extreme conditions, invading armies, and a frame disease that slowly changes you into a robot-like doll.

This series is basically Tsutomu Nihei’s take on a shonen manga and a sentai hero. The protagonist abandons his humanity to gain super powers to fight against an oppressive regime. Even the design of his doll armor is very reminiscent of the insect inspired designs of Kamen Rider.

One thing to note is how Nihei’s art style has evolved since his days of writing BLAME!. While completing Knights of Sidonia, you can tell he started replacing his black inking and leaving them white. This style works well with the snowy setting of Aposimz and gives it a much cleaner look.

Although I miss the ambiguity of his storytelling, this new work by Nihei is still great.

~dakazu

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[mangacoverdesign]

⌈Ningyou no Kuni⌋ 1 by Nihei Tsutomu

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