With a title like that, I wasn't too sure what I was going to get on the other side of that click. But even after trying to take a guess at what this could be about, I'm not sure I could've ever guessed a synopsis like that lol. If this skews more towards the comedy aspect than a serious drama, I may have to get into this
It's getting translated? It caught my attention as soon as I saw the cover for it.
Yeah Mangastream is translating it now:
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I haven't read it yet, but I may look over the first chapter when I have some free time next weekend since the story seems really different than everything else. The author seems like he writes mainly dramatic, serious, action serious, which aren't usually what I'm after in my reading list, but the premise and setting do pique my interest.
There are a lot of things that sort of look interesting in there, this mag also has the typical problem of things generally not being translated, but after taking a quick glance there are 4-5 newer things that seem to have translations going on. I've only really gotten into Kaiji as something from the magazine, but the anime only. I also read 179 chapters of Prison school and it was one of the funniest things I've ever come across, I need to get back to it, the anime was also great.
That's what I'm noticing as well. I just found the raws for that mummy series I mentioned in my last post, Fara Otto, it is looks like it's a fairly funny, half-length comedy/gag manga. I haven't read or watched Prison School yet, but I've heard really good things about it. Perhaps with the success of Prison School and the buzz being generated by the plot of Back Street Girl's anime announcement, this magazine as a whole may get more attention and possibly more translations may get picked up from here.
I'm curious to see what I'll think of the Cavalry arc, since I'll pretty much be reading it in a continuous flow and won't have to wait for things to progress on a weekly basis.
Too late brother, too late lol. There's some crazy stuff going on in there, ranging from mostly outrageous sex stuff but also some surprisingly graphic sad scenes. While calling it "ecchi garbage" is pretty accurate, it looks like it has been selling pretty well. I don't know what separates the border between basically ****** and ******, but whatever that factor is, it must be sitting on that line.
It also helps that the author is pretty well known and has a decent following in Japan.
Ah, well that helps explain some things then. Plus, I'm sure a decent number of people are purchasing it solely for the numerous sex scenes rather than the actual plot. I still prefer this to something like World's End Harem, but series like these typically don't have much more to them than what meets the eye. Even if the plot and lore in Parallel Paradise get better, the majority of buyers will be in it solely for the author and nudity.
I mean, I don't know if you've read Prison school or watched the anime(if you haven't you should probably try it out at least), the series can be borderline pornographic as well but God damn that isn't the main strenghth of the series, the comedy is then you add the excellent art on top of that and then you add the other things. I will wish you good luck on your dangerous journey.
I haven't done anything with Prison School yet, but I'm planning on getting to it sometime next year when I have more free time. I like ecchi scenes when they add something to a scenario or dynamic that already exists, such as romance or comedy. However, when ecchiness itself is basically all there is to a series, especially as graphic as it is in Parallel Paradise, I tend to think more skeptically. There's like 1 or 2 things that have me curious in Parallel Paradise, which is just enough to keep me reading unless things get too out of hand in a sexually explicit way.
Oh boy, little do you know. At the end of the day, maybe the comedy won't be your kind of comedy and things might not click with you, but if they do, then great.
Honestly, I kind of expected it to happen soon, the manga didn't have many things left to do when I put it on-hold. This will surely motivate me to pick it up quicker to see how it ends.
From comments I've been reading online, it seems like things must've slowed down in more recent arcs. But still, this has to be one of Young Magazine's biggest sellers. I wonder what they're planning on having succeed this in terms of being a big seller
