/lit/ - Literature

>>15905446
I think Ito Junji has a manga adaptation of No Longer Human by Dazai

>>15905446
>>>/a/
But I'll repost this list anyway:
Alexandros by Yasuhiko Yoshikazu (check out his other stuff too)
Japan Tengu Party Illustrated by Kuroda Iou
National Quiz by Sugimoto Reiichi
Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths by Mizuki Shigeru
Soil by Kaneko Atsushi
GoGo Monster by Matsumoto Taiyou (check out his other stuff too)
Ultra Heaven by Koike Keiichi
All are pretty well-written and have good art.

>>15905446
the vengeance series

This manga for sure - Oyasumi PunPun.

Also, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a recent addition to my 'must-read' lists

Here are some manga artists that are /lit/ tier:
Inio Asano - depression and alination master
Naoki Urasawa - do you like multiple disconnected narratives that manage to weave their way together and intertextuality? he’s got it

>>15905446
Welcome to the NHK

Anything by Taiyo Matsumoto.

Most of the ones /lit/ posts are in the top 100 lists of various manga sites so just go look there.

>>15905626
The only Jojo part worth actually reading is Part 7. It manages to create a great sense of scale, beautiful action, the villain has a plan that makes sense and for one there are no overly annoying main characters. Plus, it's the most heartfelt out of the bunch in my opinion. The other ones aren't bad, but they don't hold a candle to Part 7.

>>15905780
"Stay hidden to be able to indulge in my murderous fetish" or "Run my mafia group until some punks challenge me" don't make any less sense than "Get the magic corpse to benefit America". Pucci's desire to make everyone know their fates makes sense too even if the actual steps to do that are convoluted. And I don't know how you think Gyro isn't annoying. He has spurts of lolsorandumb and personally I found all the repetition about the golden ratio annoying as shit, as is how entwined in the story spin is as a whole.

>>15905446
Junji is fucking trash, mate. Nothing but shock value imagery to constitute the bare minimum of what constitutes as "horror". He's a cheap sensualist.
>>15905486
I didn't care for it. It's very jarring whenever Junji inserts his own writing into the adaption.

>>15905626
>Also, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a recent addition to my 'must-read' lists
It's shonenshit.

>>15905503
Do you know where to read an English translation of the Alexandros?

>>15905864
>a visual language such as comic books is heavily based on a visual imagery
Well, no shit sherlock. Jesus christ, /lit/ can be so fucking retarded sometimes.

hxh, it's a pretty good seinen.

>>15906076
>bringing this shitposting to /lit/

>>15906081
I think it's funny but looks like it won't work here.

>>15905864
Junji has excellent art, imo. I am a big drawer in pen and pencil and he was a big inspiration to me despite myself coming independently to the style.

I despise anime and manga. Ito is sweet and so is Berserk

>>15905446
Aku no hana

>>15906063
>>a visual language such as comic books is heavily based on a visual imagery
I'm not sure what point you're trying to argue against. It doesn't change my stance on Junji's work being glorified junk food tier entertainment because of how mindless and so devoid of thought it is. There's not a single thing /lit/ about it.
>>15906215
Thanks for sharing your blog.

>>15905446
>Yes, I already know about berserk.
Good for precisely one (1) arc.

Read Umineko instead, it's a visual novel.

>>15906350
Are you one of those retards that thinks the most important thing about a movie is the story? Junji Ito's art evokes a visceral reaction in most readers and is very memorable; it's an aesthetic experience that perfectly accomplishes what is sets out to do.

>>15905446
Jojo's Bizarre Adventures Part 4. Read 1-3 to get some background.

>>15906412
Ignore him. He has not defined what makes some manga /lit/ and has provided no other recommendations.
An /a/utistic snob is not worth your time.

>>15906412
>Are you one of those retards that thinks the most important thing about a movie is the story?
No.
>Junji Ito's art evokes a visceral reaction in most readers and is very memorable
Sure, I don't deny that. But it cannot invoke any deeper sensation beyond a lizard brain reflex. It is designed solely for the plebeian masses.
>it's an aesthetic experience
People like you have destroyed any sort of meaning this word used to have.
>>15906437
>He has not defined what makes some manga /lit/ and has provided no other recommendations.
Writing quality alone. Any other metric is pointless and arbitrary when trying to argue something is "/lit/"

Sundome

>>15906468
>>lizard brain reflex
>somehow entirely different from what makes an aesthetic experience
>>[arbitrary quality] alone. Any other metric is pointless and arbitrary.
Hmm.

>>15906076
This. I have always said this. The thing that struck me most about HxH is how the entire Chimera Ant arc felt like one long work of literature, like a 19th century baroque novel or a Shakespearean tragedy. It's rife with symbolism, irony, themes, and felt appropriately mature and tonally rich. Some of the passages spoken by the narrator were so beautiful and memorable (e.g. the humans in the sky line), and the narration served to create the feeling that I was reading some intricate tapestry of prose. I loved how tragic and anticlimactic the death of Meruem was, because it was richly meaningful in tandem with the themes presented by the arc; and it's because of this that I speak of him in the same way I do as Macbeth, or Oedipus, or John Milton's Lucifer. Some scenes, like the match-cut of the boots stomping on the insects between the Rose bomb used on human cities spoke to me on a visceral level, just as Classic Lit does.

The other recs ITT are just meme genre pics (JoJo? Berserk? Seriously?). If you're looking to delve into real /lit/ manga, Hunter x Hunter is the only indisputable choice.

>>15906498
>>>lizard brain reflex
>>somehow entirely different from what makes an aesthetic experience
Of course it does. There is a clear difference between art that can illicit a reaction out of you, and art that can stir your very soul.
>>>[arbitrary quality] alone. Any other metric is pointless and arbitrary.
You misinterpret my words. My opinion is that Junji Ito is not /lit/. My other opinion on Junji Ito as an artist is separate from that.

>>15905659
The book is great, the adaptations aren't bad but they omit some interesting parts of the original work.

Fuck manga and fuck weeaboos.

>>15906515
Hello based department

>>15906515
This but with Strongest Legend Kurosawa instead.

Hunter x Hunter

>>15906515
You make Hunter X Hunter out as the Ulysses of the 21st century.

>>15905616
narutaru is better than bokurano imo

bride's story

>>15906515

If I said that I don't like Shaiapouf, are you gonna call me retarded? I feel like I know you.

Thick arab accent or something.

>>15905932
https://hoxtranslations.blogspot.com/2013/07/alexandros-dream-for-world-conquest.html
Download link should be near the bottom of this blog entry.

>>15905616
Don't like these meme images. You can immediately tell what is and isn't there due to compromises to fit.

>>15906515
Cringe HxH fag but still based for shitting on /lit/'s taste.

>>15905616
Dorohedoro, Holyland and every FKMT missing

>>15907504
>Dorohedoro
Genre fic
>Holyland
Even Baki is better than this shit.
>and every FKMT missing
Agreed

>>15907508

>Genre fic
What does that mean

>>15907563
You're on /lit/, learn the board culture already.

One Piece.

>>15905626
this but skip all the way up to part 7 and catch up from there

>>15908400

>>15908437

>>15908449
Did this artist ever learn to draw humans?

>>15905446
kasutoro shiki

>>15908400
One Piece is too ingrained in and very representative of the comic book medium to be /lit/. That's not to put it down of course, it's better than any modern fantasy series.

Saikyou Densetsu Kurosawa is a masterpiece

>>15908437
Cringe

>>15905446
Akira
GITS
Alita/Gunnm
Blame!

>>15908400
>Chapter 1
Luffy punches bad guy hard
>Chapter 900
Luffy punches bad guy REALLY hard

Great manga you got there.

>>15908508
>Luffy learns a minor enemy's moves and uses them against him
>doesn't even beat the big bad of the arc, who follows them to the next arc
>Luffy got his shit pushed in in the following arc by the bad guy and has yet to confront him again as of the chapter that most recently came out

>>15908551
Are you crying?

>>15908508
Yes, that's all it is. Nice job showing your reading comprehension.
Fights aren't even the primary focus of the series so it might not be for you if that's all you care about. If all you care about is fights and main characters beating villains with weird gimmicks, jojo might be more your speed. One Piece has some of that as well but fights are mostly for themes and to test characters ideologies above anything else.

>>15908570
>Fights aren't even the primary focus of the series
It literally is. It's fucking shonen mate lmao.

>>15908508
Are you a hunterfag or just a plain fight fag?

>>15908584
I don't read shonen so neither.

>>15908581
Yes, it is a shounen but not much of a battle shounen. There are 100 chapter arcs with only one or two fights throughout. Pretty dumb to read it for the fight choreography. It's more of an adventure series that focuses more on worldbuilding and story.

>>15908601
>It's more of an adventure series that focuses more on worldbuilding
Ah! Fantastic worldbuilding such as... an island of cake.
>and story
Pffft

>>15906415
Part 7 is better and would be regarded as one of the all time greats of Westerns were it not for the medium

>>15908620
>Ah! Fantastic worldbuilding such as... an island of cake.
Yes, that island of cake has more thought put into it and is better developed than some entire worlds by other authors,
https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Whole_Cake_Island_Arc
It's mostly developed visually as well instead of in info dumps like how authors do. or are you saying that creativity is bad?
>pfft
Ok?
Didn't know I would find someone as dumb as you on lit. I thought the cancer was contained on /a/.

>>15908620
That's a pretty compelling scene.

>>15908660
Oda's worldbuilding is equivalent to throwing shit on a wall and hoping it sticks. All the islands are thematic setpieces for the next big encounter where Luffy and the Straw Hats time and time again split up to go deal with the villains of the current arc.
>>15908667
>pretty compelling scene
>lost his arm to a monster that shouldn't even leave a dent on him
>all to teach a lesson to Luffy about not being careless
>Luffy still nearly dies in almost every single non-filler fight he's ever been in
That scene is representative of everything wrong with One Piece's storytelling and theming.

>>15906346
Masterpiece, they captured the Baudelairean atmosphere pretty well. Look for example at that particular panel you posted: the red colored sky, Nakamura at verge of exploding due to tedium. This manga deserves more praise.

>>15905446
manga isn't /lit/

>>15908695
>Oda's worldbuilding is equivalent to throwing shit on a wall and hoping it sticks
Oda takes his time to develop every major island in the series. You can literally write pages upon pages on all the various details and depth the locations have. Even the most ridiculous places seem like tangible and believable parts of the world and he seamlessly connects them to the greater world as well.
>all to teach a lesson to Luffy about not being careless
See now you're (seemingly willfully) completely misunderstanding or misinterpreting a scene and using that as criticism. It had nothing to do with being careless.
>lost his arm to a monster that shouldn't even leave a dent on him
That's just powerlevel faggotry and has nothing to do with the real story telling of the scene. Caring so much about one supposed power scaling "inconsistency" in the first chapter of a over a thousand chapter epic when the author was still getting into his groove and not yet confident is pretty dumb. Oda did say that he didn't initially intend to have shanks lose his arm but being under pressure by editors and the axe hanging over the head of his new manga, he was forced to spice things up a little, he gains more control of his manga later of course as he gains more confidence. Regardless it doesn't take anything away from the emotional resonance of the scene and forms a compelling motivation for Luffy's dream.

>>15908855
>Oda takes his time to develop every major island in the series.
>You can literally write pages upon pages on all the various details and depth the locations have.
Wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle as the saying goes. Fans can find depth in anything that's chunky, but it's a matter of quantity rather than quality.
>Even the most ridiculous places seem like tangible and believable parts of the world and he seamlessly connects them to the greater world as well.
Of course it does! When your entire story takes place in a literal fucking cartoon World like One Piece, whatever bullshit the author plasters onto the page will seem "coherent".
>See now you're (seemingly willfully) completely misunderstanding or misinterpreting a scene and using that as criticism. It had nothing to do with being careless.
Teaching him about humility or self-control, call it whatever you want. The point is that Luffy is in deep regret because of Shanks's self-sacrifice and he is suppose to grow from it (he doesn't of course).
>That's just powerlevel faggotry and has nothing to do with the real story telling of the scene. Caring so much about one supposed power scaling "inconsistency" in the first chapter of a over a thousand chapter epic when the author was still getting into his groove and not yet confident is pretty dumb.
Why are you so hinged on calling me a power level fag? Everything I've been making fun of One Piece for has to do with its extremely banal storytelling. My problem with that scene (and so many other scenes prevalent) is the sheer amount of contrivances that go into attempting to make Oda's readers engaged.

>>15905626
This but part 7 is only better than part 3.
Part 7 fags are obnoxious

>>15907809
is this wise? if you are trying to avoid being a pseudo?

>>15905616
>Fuckin' Oyasumi Pun Pun
>Not Hunter x Hunter

>>15908452
kek

>>15909031
Christ you're dumb.
>wide as an ocean deep as a puddle
Throwing around phrases like that without any elaboration or basis is the most brainlet thing you can do and pretty much confirms that you have no real argument.
Saying quality over quantity is likewise a shallow and vapid statement. It's quality and quantity. Fans can find depth because there is depth, they aren't making anything up. Only thing puddle deep is your understanding of One Piece. The mark of a brainlet is to mistake your own shallow understanding of something telling with the thing being shallow itself.

>whatever bullshit the author plasters onto the page will seem "coherent".
Except most authors fail at making their worlds seem coherent even when they're ridiculous. And no, it is far harder to make a unique and original world and make it seem coherent than to just copy paste real world elements. Most authors fail at even do that, let alone bringing their own world to life where locations have meaning like oda does.

>Teaching him about humility or self-control, call it whatever you want
It's not that either. Shanks literally thanks luffy for standing up for him. Why would he teach him self control when he wants him to be PK? He does teach him to pick his battles but that's an entirely other thing. He does grow immediately in the same chapter as well when he decides to become a man comparable to shanks by himself instead of pestering him to take him on his ship. Again you just show your painful inability to even understand a shounen. Don't know if you're doing it willfully or not.
>Everything I've been making fun of One Piece for has to do with its extremely banal storytelling.
From your posts, you don't seem like you'll be able to make fun of something like Sao or bleach, let alone One Piece. You're understanding of story telling is laughable. Maybe start with criticising something like Dora the explorer, the you can start making your way up to One piece.

>>15905486
He did an adaptation of Frankenstein as well

>>15906468
>lizard brain
good work with that XIX century psychiatry

>>15905446
Berserk is shit.

I've never read a manga in my life cause I'm not a gay weeb, but is this one lit?

>>15906628
Are you someone who likes Kago? If you're talking about shock value for the sake of itself that's who takes the cake.

Aside from that you're either dumb or haven't read anything beyond Uzumaki/Gyo/ maybe Hellstar Remina. Ito has some very phychological concepts within many of his stories, they just aren't the super popular ones. I doubt you will, but someone else might, try reading Long Dream or The Earthbound and thinking about them.

>>15909431
It's worth a read. The first like 200 pages are basically the movie, but beyond that the world gets much bigger and more intertwined. It's basically about the futility of war when we're actively destroying the world in order to wage war. Also that nature is far more powerful and resilient than humanity. If we destroy each other than nature will persist and, given enough time, bury any evidence of our existence. Basic Miyazaki shit, war is bad, nature is pure, we should respect it much more than we do, and if we don't it just might be the end of us.

Reiri was a good manga that finished recently.

For those who like Aku no Hana, A Trail of Blood is shaping up to be a great (same author). Waiting for chapters to come out is torture though.

>>15909716
Thanks. Miyazaki planted the seeds of deep ecology and eco fascism in my heart, so I'll probs get it

>>15905446
Go for "Shintaro Kago" for some really insane fetish bullshit like Scatophiliac Mechas.