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I'd also include Manwha on that given how they're getting picked up more for anime adaptations. It's helped that Asia (mostly Japan) fostered a culture of BUYING it weekly from a store to this day.
The sheer amount of stuff I read weekly, I can pretty much recommend something for everyone than be stuck on either Marvel or DC.
I wish I could enjoy Manwha, but the wierd ass names Koreans have just cannot work with my brain. It always sounds fake or like some exaggerated stereotype in a movie. Its like when a South American walks in with their 14 word full names.
Its a really dumb criticism, I know.
I mean it's all personal preference at the end of the day since it's fictional content but I have to ask do you experience the same issue with Japanese work since they too do the family name first, personal name only to people VERY close to you.
Naruto is Naruto. Elders call him that. Coworkers call him that. The random brat on the street calls him that. He isn't Uzumaki. But even if he was, that's two names, and when talking about Naruto Uzumaki, your other options are Sasuke Uchiha, and/or Sakura Haruno. You're not going to mix up the names, they're very distinct.
Meanwhile, in Manwha, "Soon-Joon-Jin Hwa, we have found Sun-Jun-Jin Hila! He was holed up inside Saon-Joan-Jun Hua's base!"
In English writing, there's a rule to not have any two names sound too similar, unless it's for a very good purpose. Your cast should not have a Jayme and a Jamie unless they're twins or something of that ilk. Korean writing does not adhere, and in fact often goes directly against, that rule of writing, leaving western readers a bit jarred.
I thought I was the only one who couldn't follow because of the Sun-jun-won loops.
I think part of the problem is Korean isn't exactly pronounced as the romanized spelling you perceived in your mind, romanized names might look similar based on your understanding of the English alphabet but actually sound different if you know Korean, unlike romanized Japanese that sounds exactly like how it's phonetically spelled out in romanized letters.
This is why Theon's sister was named Yara in the Game of Thrones TV show when in the books her name was either Asha or Osha, because the Wilding girl in a completely different part of the world and books had the other name.
No, its the "3 short names" thing, most of which sound nearly identical. It makes it incredibly hard to keep track of who is referring to who/what.
Again, its a petty little thing but its killed most of the industry for me.
I get that, I still power through and found some absolute gems among it. Currently really enjoying Murim Login, the main character is a goofball and it's hilarious what kinda whacky shit he gets thrown into.
How about Razorfist's recommendation of bande dessinee?
I have been meaning to look into French comics, only thing is that means I gotta balance it with 3 other countries lol
I'd like to take you up on that. I'm terrible at picking up Manhwa as all the ones I try are reincarnation power fantasies. You wouldn't happen to know any focused around urban fantasy or military where the main character isn't some OP badass who comes back from the dead?
Hmm, it's the 'isn't OP' part that is the hard one on that. Plus some of these aren't come back from the dead simply they now exist somewhere else.
On a light side you could try Solo Farming in the Tower as the MC is not op in fact he's the weakest thing there but it's because he can provide food and create friendly connections that he gets ahead. On a similar vain you have The S-Classes that I Raised where it focuses on building up those around him and I was dismissed from the Hero's Party because they don't need my training skills, so I strengthened my [Fief] which I got as a replacement for my retirement money which is one of the few the MC isn't exiled or betrayed by his party, they genuinely cared about him that they didn't want him to die following them into more dangerous areas so set him up to be a lord somewhere safe.
If it's more military you're after, I would recommend Nihonkoku Shoukan as if you've ever heard of GATE it's like that but with NO RESTRICTIONS as ALL of Japan has been transferred to a fantasy world, there's no MC in particular and fantasy weapons aren't as effective against modern weapons like jet fighters. It has rape, torture, civilian massacres and the Japanese aren't the ones doing it but fucking hell there's on event that makes them go full Empire again as the latest chapter they carpet bomb a military base killing everyone but one survivor.
not him, but thx man.
Thank you very much for that. I'll have to check them out, especially Nihonkoku Shoukan as I was a big fan of the general concept of GATE. As cool as it was seeing a modern army lay waste to a stereotypical fantasy world, I was a tad disappointed that the Magic vs Technology conflict wasn't closer. Furthermore, the lack of exploration of the interregional politics between Japan, The Special Region and Earth I felt didn't detract from the story, but it was good story left on the table.