Manga

I don't have a lot to contribute this week as I have been absolutely slammed with work this past week. I have found that when my irl workload gets high, I have an easier time kicking back to some anime rather than reading manga. So, this has resulted in my manga backload growing quite a bit unfortunately. So, in the absence of talking about series that I enjoyed this past week, I thought I would write about series that I wish got updates. I scrolled through my library and just picked out the first few examples that caught my eye (except Star Tripper since that one was on my mind and prompted this topic).

• Star Tripper: Planetarium Ghost Travel

I really wish there was more of this series to read on Mangadex (I think raws go to chapter 27). I absolutely adored the dark whimsy of this series. It reminded me a lot of Adventure Time in that everything about the aesthetic is cute and fun, but there is a hidden darkness to it all that everybody has just accepted. If my request could reach the ears of any scanlation groups out there, this is the one I would would ask for.

• Vtuber Confucius

This was a fun little jaunt that seems to have been dropped by the translator. I think the series is completed and ends with chapter 20. It's really silly and I enjoyed what I read, so I wish somebody would just wrap up the second half of the series so that I could clear it out of my library.

• Tonight, We Are Having a Sleepover

This is another one where the first half of it was translated and posted to Mangadex, but then it stopped. The final chapter is 37, so only 18 more to go! The storytelling was pretty nonconventional in this one, so I am curious to see how things progressed as the story went.

• Shinigami Ramen

This one didn't get too far in before it was dropped by the translator, but the raws have finished up now with chapter 25. It was pretty dang cute and wholesome, despite its protagonist being a severely overworked salaryman. I really want to see more of this one!