Whisper Manhwa

Collection of supernatural tales, but the first story is a complete heart breaker.

SPOILERS - This painter, talented and able to see the dead, wants to paint what he sees. His mom stops him and tells him to paint only what she wants him to paint. Now, before you decide what a b itch, she had a sister who saw and painted what she saw. The paintings drove her insane and forced her to take her own life. Realizing her son has the same curse, she forbids him to paint what he sees, until the day he tries to commit suicide because the spirits forced him. Out of desperation she throws all his painting supplies and blindfolds him, but both temporary measures fail. She dies in an accident after promising to help her son paint what he sees without losing his mind. He touches his easel and takes off his blindfold. His mother's spirit guards him as he paints what he sees.

Love. What would you do to protect the one you love? How far will you go? Madness.

Boku to Boku manga

Good old identity confusion.

Our society based gender roles are really messed up. Why must a girl be cute and a boy be manly? Why can't you just let people live as they please? No crime.

This is a really funny, but thought provoking manga. Who wants their kids to grow up insecure and uncertain of their place in the world? Who wants to drive their kids into contemplating suicide because they don't fit in?  As parents, don't you have the heart to love them as they are? Fight gender stereotyping. Human = humane.

I am ranting so I'll stop now. This is a light hearted comedy manga which is more full of crack than plot. I just got serious for a moment cause this topic is important.

Blade Note webtoon

Yup, obvious reference to Death Note but don't walk away because this is really good, gory.

The weight of the souls of the dead who demand justice. NIF, and that tugs at my heartstrings. If a heart was a bag or a puppet. Hmm. Metaphor smash crash.

This kid is the lone survivor of a massacre that killed 300 kids. A mass slaughter done by the Illuminati who rule the world with super powers. It was a party, done to have fun.

This world is rotten and already decaying. There is no justice. The rich and the powerful can do anything they want. And the 300 ghosts haunt the only kid still alive, whispering in his ears day and night. Until a block of metal arrives, which silences the voices.

The kid fashions a sword and shurikens out of the metal and goes to war. Alone but for his ghosts. Against a multinational organization of super powered rich people. The ultimate underdog.

Ouch, discontinued manga. Why do the good ones die first? So, the author fought with his artist, here.

 

Trinity Wonder Manhwa

We land at the last battle of a great war, the decisive end to a slow grown rivalry between two teenagers and their respective cults. WHAT? Sorry, the two leads remind me of Naruto and Sasuke and that resemblance itches. I think the author is a fan.

Ohh, the old trick, my left hand is not my dominant hand. Princess Bride, 5/5, if you have not seen it yet, do so right now. I command you to obey me. Of course, this is about martial arts and not swords.

Pity only one of them teleports to another world. An idiotic princess opens a star gate, ( love the movie but felt nada about the show, ) and pulls the hero, well, they call the other guy demon king, so I'm just going with the story flow.

The princess sees one anomaly appear and keeps the gate open for the second to enter. Two strangers from two different worlds step into a third world, foreign to both. CLAMP style crazy !

The gate is broken as the newcomers fight each other due to misunderstandings. The money sucking princess plans to learn their magic and buy back every piece that was destroyed. Until she cracks all their secrets, they will live with her, in her mansion. Joy, or despair in her future?

Wu Dong Qian Kun Manga

Very similar to Doulou Dalu in both art style and story content.

Game fantasy world, magical beasts and spiritual powers, a kid with a powerful grudge. His father was crippled and his clan treated their family like trash. Slowly he works out, exercises hard to improve his own fighting capabilities. With no outside elixirs or expensive medicines, his progress is slow and seems impossible. Until one day, he finds a mysterious stone.

Side note - Look up both xianxia and wuxia fiction. You won't regret it.

The stone drips a red fluid that acts like a powerful restorative and healing agent. It also has the ability to purify and refine raw materials. Plus it is sentient and a really good teacher of martial arts. Huh, too good to be true? Of course there is a price but sell your soul now and pay for it later.

Watch as our hero rises from strength to strength until his entire family stands on the brink of extinction because of his fame. He's not strong enough to face the strongest in the world. What next? Live, or die? Read and find out more.

Stitch in time? Threads of time manga

Yup, got the name wrong, but still remembered it, one hell of a manga, really twisted plot.

This kid, wakes up as his past self and things go war crazy. Being a modern kid, he needs training before he faces his powerful enemy.

Really like the idea of love being soul felt even through reincarnation. Even hatred can follow souls. A fantastic tale of redemption and understanding and acceptance. Worth the read.

Very similar to Shut Hell, and if you've read that manga and enjoyed it, you will like this one too.

Forgot to mention, gorgeous artwork.

Terror man manga

The human race is so ungrateful. You're a hero saving lives and they brand you terrorist.

Born with a psychic power, our hero is a timid, fearful mouse, never raises his voice or even looks you in the eye. He can tell what is a good choice to survive or to die painfully, just by the color of the air. This unassuming and powerfully gifted boy, begins his reign of terror by saving lives. Yup, you read it right, cause no one listens when he asks them quietly to evacuate, he uses threats and a bunny mask and a few real guns. Ouch.

Somewhere along the line, he really gets into his role, and he's a savior that the entire world loathes and seeks to hunt him down. Batman, the hero we need.

Koushaku Reijou no Tashinami

Wow, this manga! What a reverse in fate.

You know the typical enter game world scenario, become a hero style manga, this is not that type. Addicted gamer dies and wakes up in her favorite game, as the villain. OMG.

She enters this new world, in her hour of defeat, the hero has ditched her for the pretty simpleton and she strikes back with her only weapon left. Her farewell words.

She knows her fate from the game but she won't take it lying down. Real life is not fixed like the plot of a game. Time to turn the tables. Who says she can't be the heroine? Just pick another hero.

Gorgeous, gorgeous plot. I want more chapters, right now, please. This was like a sip of coffee in the midst of my yawn, surprise, delicious, very welcome wake up.

The little prince AND The miraculous journey of Edward Tulane

O.k, I'll admit it, I read these a long time ago, but they are perfect for kids and adults and I reread them because I wanted to feel the emotions captured in those words again.

There are some flavors you seek and some you forget. The words in these two books made me cry and I actually liked it. Meaningful and worthy. I'm not a fan of pain or sorrow, but sometimes beauty can be found in a rose's thorns.

Edward Tulane, I discovered him from You who came from the Stars, and I was hooked. Amazing story of a rabbit made of china, who travels the world and learns how to love and comes back home again. Kinda like the Hobbit, but less murder and war.

I don't believe in lying to kids about death. Or keeping them ignorant about sexual predators.

The little prince is a slightly convoluted story of an alien royal, who looks like a human kid. And he lives on a small planet with a rose. And you should read it, cause that description was awful. The story has emotional depth and a poetic explanation of death.