I didn't pick up too many NEW series this year but I did finally give Black Clover a chance back in April or so, and I loved binging that one. So I'd have to go with Black Clover.
@@daxlivesmanga1971 Black Clover definitely gets some undeserved hate it’s such a great series. I definitely think the manga is a lot better than the anime the art style is stunning 😍
The lack of shojo representation is actually so sad, completely agree with what you were saying it’s like book shops and publishers have forgotten half of their demographic are women. Daves does have one of the better selections in Brighton although the Waterstones manga section has gotten a lot bigger/better recently. Even Forbidden planet in Southampton had barely any shojo titles. Here’s to finding more shojo in stores in 2023!
Daves used to be my go to but not now recently I have been super disappointed by the selection in store😭 There seems to be way more Shounen and Seinen titles in store , I mean I'm happy cause I do collect them but there's just not the selection of Shojo in there anymore. Oh I 100% agree Brighton Waterstones has got a lot more manga than before and they're more shojo but they hardly ever restock which total sucks. It's just a shame cause I'm finding that I'm having to go online only for a lot of Shojo series now cause local store just don't have them at all😭😅 Also 100% Southampton sucked so bad when I went recently it was actually sad😭
I also recently took the plunge and ordered a massive bunch of Kamisama Kiss reprints 😂 I’m not sure I’m ready to make the commitment for Nana yet though (well my bank account isn’t ready) What an amazing haul! I love seeing older Shojo series getting picked up❤ I hope you find your missing volumes soon 😊
Thank you so much for picking up Mars for me 😭😭❤ & omgggggg so happy that you got to pick up so many volumes of Kamisama Kiss x Yesss to a new year where we pump out more manga content and picking up some sweet deals 😎✨
GURL no problem!! Us collectors gotta stick together when it comes to those bargains 👀 I'm so happy with how many kamisams kiss volume I have so far however, some of them are stuck in the postal service so I have no idea when or if I'll even get them😭😭 🤞🏻🤞🏻 To a new year of great friends, awesome manga content and insane collars an meetups👀😏
It's so exciting to see all the reprints happening for great series that should be in every collection 🥰 one series i do need to get into is Requiem of the Rose King. i'm behind on getting into this fandom but i know so many vouch for it 👀
Loved the dance intermission 🙈 So glad we’ve been seeing reprints and hopefully they’ll continue to reprint the series a lot of us have gaps for 🙏 Lovely haul!
The dance intermission🤣🤣🤣 Hopefully Shojo Beat continues to pump out the Shojo reprints and they make their way other to the uk cause honestly we are seriously lacking over here in the Shojo reprints. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 Thank you so much for watching lovely 💖💖💖
I am so glad the colorful paper cheered you up! Can’t wait for you to find 5, 6 so we can do a buddy read. Let me know when you can read the Afar one by her :) I need to do a reread of Angel Sanctuary this year for sure! Probably after I reread Mara & Fruits Basket 🧺 I started collecting Baby & Me as well once I found out it was the same mangaka as a bl called New York New York that I just loved. She did other BLs as well that I would like to read this year! Happy you have the best year ❤❤ ❤ hope we can fill in a lot of gaps! You took on a lot more all at once! Hopefully we can talk more this year about this massive hobby of ours 😅
Honestly it made my day so thank you so much💖💖! Finger crossed volumes 5&6 aren't too difficult to find cause honestly the series looks like it's going to be a lot of fun that's for sure. Yes Yes Yes we NEED to do a buddy reads for Demon From Afar this year!! Let me know when you are free to do one and we'll sort something out. Happy New Year to you too!! 🥰🥰
What a great haul! I love Yona so much! It's one of my favourite shojo series. Taking a little time to yourself is good! Don't push yourself too much and get burnout! Much love! Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!!🥰 Thank you so much💖💖💖 I think I suffered burnout so badly last year due to my health so I'm definitely going to try and be more careful this year. But I also want to create more content than last year so it's just finding the right balance. Yona is amazing!! honestly one of my favourites atm I hope viz keeps the reprints coming so even more people can experience the series!😍😍
Not sure which one scarred me more, bokura ga ita or sunadokei 😅 bokura ga ita most likely since I started reading when i just hit 20 and it messed me up . Even after it finished, i am still not okay🫣 Good luck collecting them. I have random 8/9 volumes.
HAHAHA thank you🤣 Honestly the hunt for finding older shojo titles are really fun as well I don't find them too often in store anymore so when I do I get super hyped🤣😏
As someone who's predominantly a shoujo reader - with more josei now as an adult - since they were a kid? Yeah, shoujo is definitely harder to find now as yay misogyny. I wind up buying more manga online then I do in shops - and have to buy retail as ha can't find it otherwise - as it's the only way to find what I want sigh. When I went into London Forbidden Planet back in November it's safe to say I was very disappointed.
It is annoying cos I reckon that before the recent manga boom women were driving the sales especially with the merch. Plus I find it funny how all those people bashing shoujo romance are into kcc or nagatoro which are essentially high school romances
The thing is a lot of women buy Shounen and Seinen series which is helping them to boost sales in the first place. When I look at other mangatubers, Tiktokers and Instagramers collections a lot of the women collectors have a very diverse collection with mixed demographics. But I've notice that for male collectors the vast majority of them just stick to Shounen and Seinen a few creators are starting to branch out and try some Shojo and Josie which I think is fantastic. But a lot of them just don't want to give it a go which is fair enough if you don't like something you don't like it. But the publishers just don't seem to be listening to certain demographics of their readers which is the most sad part. Cause there is most certainly money to be had from the Shojo and Josei fandoms.
QOTD: What is your favourite pick up for 2022 and why?
My favourite pick up was the complete set of red river because I’d been looking for it for a good price for years.
I didn't pick up too many NEW series this year but I did finally give Black Clover a chance back in April or so, and I loved binging that one. So I'd have to go with Black Clover.
@@mangakat OMG what a great find😍 so jelly ngl 😅🤣
@@daxlivesmanga1971 Black Clover definitely gets some undeserved hate it’s such a great series. I definitely think the manga is a lot better than the anime the art style is stunning 😍
@@GeekyDreams I agree! I love the characters too and especially the camaraderie between all the Black Bulls.
The lack of shojo representation is actually so sad, completely agree with what you were saying it’s like book shops and publishers have forgotten half of their demographic are women. Daves does have one of the better selections in Brighton although the Waterstones manga section has gotten a lot bigger/better recently. Even Forbidden planet in Southampton had barely any shojo titles. Here’s to finding more shojo in stores in 2023!
Daves used to be my go to but not now recently I have been super disappointed by the selection in store😭 There seems to be way more Shounen and Seinen titles in store , I mean I'm happy cause I do collect them but there's just not the selection of Shojo in there anymore. Oh I 100% agree Brighton Waterstones has got a lot more manga than before and they're more shojo but they hardly ever restock which total sucks. It's just a shame cause I'm finding that I'm having to go online only for a lot of Shojo series now cause local store just don't have them at all😭😅
Also 100% Southampton sucked so bad when I went recently it was actually sad😭
I also recently took the plunge and ordered a massive bunch of Kamisama Kiss reprints 😂 I’m not sure I’m ready to make the commitment for Nana yet though (well my bank account isn’t ready)
What an amazing haul! I love seeing older Shojo series getting picked up❤ I hope you find your missing volumes soon 😊
Thank you so much for picking up Mars for me 😭😭❤
& omgggggg so happy that you got to pick up so many volumes of Kamisama Kiss x
Yesss to a new year where we pump out more manga content and picking up some sweet deals 😎✨
GURL no problem!! Us collectors gotta stick together when it comes to those bargains 👀 I'm so happy with how many kamisams kiss volume I have so far however, some of them are stuck in the postal service so I have no idea when or if I'll even get them😭😭 🤞🏻🤞🏻
To a new year of great friends, awesome manga content and insane collars an meetups👀😏
It's so exciting to see all the reprints happening for great series that should be in every collection 🥰 one series i do need to get into is Requiem of the Rose King. i'm behind on getting into this fandom but i know so many vouch for it 👀
Loved the dance intermission 🙈 So glad we’ve been seeing reprints and hopefully they’ll continue to reprint the series a lot of us have gaps for 🙏 Lovely haul!
The dance intermission🤣🤣🤣
Hopefully Shojo Beat continues to pump out the Shojo reprints and they make their way other to the uk cause honestly we are seriously lacking over here in the Shojo reprints. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
Thank you so much for watching lovely 💖💖💖
I am so glad the colorful paper cheered you up! Can’t wait for you to find 5, 6 so we can do a buddy read. Let me know when you can read the Afar one by her :) I need to do a reread of Angel Sanctuary this year for sure! Probably after I reread Mara & Fruits Basket 🧺
I started collecting Baby & Me as well once I found out it was the same mangaka as a bl called New York New York that I just loved. She did other BLs as well that I would like to read this year!
Happy you have the best year ❤❤ ❤ hope we can fill in a lot of gaps! You took on a lot more all at once! Hopefully we can talk more this year about this massive hobby of ours 😅
Honestly it made my day so thank you so much💖💖!
Finger crossed volumes 5&6 aren't too difficult to find cause honestly the series looks like it's going to be a lot of fun that's for sure. Yes Yes Yes we NEED to do a buddy reads for Demon From Afar this year!! Let me know when you are free to do one and we'll sort something out.
Happy New Year to you too!! 🥰🥰
What a great haul! I love Yona so much! It's one of my favourite shojo series. Taking a little time to yourself is good! Don't push yourself too much and get burnout! Much love! Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!!🥰
Thank you so much💖💖💖 I think I suffered burnout so badly last year due to my health so I'm definitely going to try and be more careful this year. But I also want to create more content than last year so it's just finding the right balance.
Yona is amazing!! honestly one of my favourites atm I hope viz keeps the reprints coming so even more people can experience the series!😍😍
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year 💖💖💖
Not sure which one scarred me more, bokura ga ita or sunadokei 😅 bokura ga ita most likely since I started reading when i just hit 20 and it messed me up . Even after it finished, i am still not okay🫣
Good luck collecting them. I have random 8/9 volumes.
Amazing pickups!! the older shojo titles 😍 also loved the dance intermission haha
HAHAHA thank you🤣
Honestly the hunt for finding older shojo titles are really fun as well I don't find them too often in store anymore so when I do I get super hyped🤣😏
As someone who's predominantly a shoujo reader - with more josei now as an adult - since they were a kid? Yeah, shoujo is definitely harder to find now as yay misogyny. I wind up buying more manga online then I do in shops - and have to buy retail as ha can't find it otherwise - as it's the only way to find what I want sigh. When I went into London Forbidden Planet back in November it's safe to say I was very disappointed.
Vampire Knight Memories is always a W !! - Jerry
Aye!! can't wait to get into Memories hopefully it'll clear some things up from Vampire Knight that felt odd🤞🏻
Thanks for stopping by☺️
What do you need for Baby and Me? I might be able to help out.
It is annoying cos I reckon that before the recent manga boom women were driving the sales especially with the merch. Plus I find it funny how all those people bashing shoujo romance are into kcc or nagatoro which are essentially high school romances
The thing is a lot of women buy Shounen and Seinen series which is helping them to boost sales in the first place. When I look at other mangatubers, Tiktokers and Instagramers collections a lot of the women collectors have a very diverse collection with mixed demographics. But I've notice that for male collectors the vast majority of them just stick to Shounen and Seinen a few creators are starting to branch out and try some Shojo and Josie which I think is fantastic. But a lot of them just don't want to give it a go which is fair enough if you don't like something you don't like it. But the publishers just don't seem to be listening to certain demographics of their readers which is the most sad part. Cause there is most certainly money to be had from the Shojo and Josei fandoms.
I got a couple new manga for Christmas in a book haul I uploaded this past week 📚☕🪴🌈🎄⛄
What manga did you get?☺️
@@GeekyDreams my hero Academia, and my gently raised beast