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[DISC] The Useless Idol and Her Only Fan in the World - Ch. 53

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[DISC] Mary-san - Ch. 304

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[DISC] Mane Mane Nichi Nichi - Ch. 59 - 60

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Dracula Daily

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I’m a sucker for gimmicky things some times around reading, and this is probably one that I enjoy the most. I thought I would share it here in case you wanted to join me.

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[Chapter] Stop! I'm Falling For You - Ch. 47 - Manga Plus

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Official Turn In Post for Bingo 2025!

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If the existence of this bingo is a surprise to you, or you want to revisit the guide, see this link.

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The Federals. This is a faction from the Metro 2033 universe. Yes, they are mentioned once in the game (which is covered in the article), but they originate from the Metro 2033 book universe.

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I want to tell you about one of the most mysterious organizations: the Federals.

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The English Republic. Faction from the Metro 2033 book universe

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The English Republic is a military organization from the novel Metro 2033: Britain.

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Spotify Partners With Bookshop.org to Offer Physical Books

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Bookshop.org now partners with the evil company so I guess now we just go directly to the publisher’s website to buy.

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[Chapter] Starting Today We're Childhood Friends - Ch. 166 - Childhood Friends For Now - MangaDex

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@ manga Manga review: Blame!

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Here is a panel with three female characters, and they are not even chatting about the hero!

@manga Manga review: Blame!

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Is it possible to publish descriptions of characters, creatures, organizations, and events from books/book universes here?

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Hi everyone,

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How to survive the Kindle apocalypse

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[Chapter] I'm Still Looking Up At You - Ch. 1-2 - MangaDex

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Same author as “Boku wa Ayashii Kimi no Mono” and “Shounen, Chotto Sabotteko?”.

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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? April 14

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Another week where I didn’t get to read anything.

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@ fiction is this a suitable forum to discuss about genres of comedy ?

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@fiction is this a suitable forum to discuss about genres of comedy ??

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[Chapter] Wakaba-san Chi no Aoi Koi - Ch. 42 - Hated - MangaDex

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[Chapter] Moee-chan Doesn't Mind / Moee-chan wa Kinishinai - Vol. 1 Ch. 8 and Ch. 9 - MangaDex

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[Chapters] Shinya Shokudou - Ch. 59 to Ch. 92 - MangaDex

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Yeah - you read that post title right - that’s 34 chapters, all at once.

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[Chapter] Yancha Gal no Anjou-san - Ch. 220 - MangaDex

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The Death of Washington Post Book World and Why Criticism Still Matters

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[Chapter] My Life Turned Around: After Being Cheated on and Falsely Accused, I Ended up Being Adored by the Most Beautiful Girl in School - Vol. 2 Ch. 8 - MangaDex

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Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

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This month we read and talked about the Strugatsky brothers influential sci-fi classic ‘Roadside Picnic’. We all really enjoyed this one and its not difficult to appreciate why it became a classic and has inspired countless authors, movie makers (Tarkovsky’s movie ‘Stalker’ is based on the novel) and game developers (S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl is loosely based on the novel too).

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Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 16]

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[Chapter] Rebuild World - Ch 81

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Syundei, creator of Go For It, Nakamura!, deletes X account after being told to “disappear”

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/41194134

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Question: What are the worst books on Project Gutenberg (or other terrible public domain writing)?

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I’m looking for some really terrible literature for a project, and i’d like to use stuff in the public domain. Can anyone recommend some stuff you’d never recommend? Stuff on the level of My Immortal, except i’m pretty sure that one is protected.

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[Help] BGM for reading manga

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Do you listening to music while you read manga? If so, what do you listen to?

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Fan translation of the short story “The Promised Heavens” by Olga Shvetsova and Igor Osipov, featured in the collection “Metro 2033: They Are Not Who They Seem.”

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— What about the monks?

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This is a fan translation of the short story “The Kitten” (Котенок) by Leonid Elsakov, from the Metro 2033 universe collection “Twilight at the End End of the Tunnel”

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The Kitten By Leonid Elsakov

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[Chapter] Wakaba-san Chi no Aoi Koi - Vol. 4 Ch. 39.5 - Volume 4 Extras - MangaDex

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[Chapter] Tengoku Daimakyou - Vol. 13 Ch. 74 - Inori's Village ③ - MangaDex

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[Chapter] Only I Know / Boku dake ga Shitterun daze - Ch. 17 - Touchable - MangaDex

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I found out that the series I just started has 8 books and I ditched out.

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Proud moment for me:

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Cope

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If it’s just a kids story, let it go, if its an adult novel, let it go. HP Lovecraft is dead JK Rowling is not, you dont have to be cheap enough to be bought up by paw patrol for adults <3

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[DISC] Archmage Curriculum Chapter 23

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One Punch-Man Chapter 228

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Official Summer Pockets Manga Poster from Tonari no Young Jump (AnimeJapan 2026 Stage Event)

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Yakuza Reincarnation - Volume 20 Cover

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My Seatmate Wakao-san's Face Is Almost Visible but It's Not - Volume 2 cover

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Misaki-kun is Unobtainable - Volume 4 Cover

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After School, We Wander in Space (Houkago, Bokura wa Uchuu ni Madou) - Volume 3 cover

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Rent-A-Girlfriend volume 45 cover

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Ayakashi no Sougiya Vol. 5 END cover

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Jyanome-san Wants to Smile! - Volume 1 Cover

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My Boyish Girlfriend is Too Cute. - Volume 5 cover

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Seven Seas Licenses Nono's Phantom Shop, Building a Monster Girl Harem with Forbidden Science, 4 More Titles

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Return of the Mount Hua Sect is back on the 14th of April

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Dark Horse announces four new manga licenses: Asobi Asobase, Babanba BanBan Vampire, Forget-Me-Not, and Suicide Island

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"A Certain Scientific Railgun" Concludes, Closing the Curtain on a 19-Year Run

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Chainsaw Man Concludes, Drawing the Curtain on an Eight-Year Run. No Part 3 Announced: "Please Look Forward to Tatsuki Fujimoto's Next Work"

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[Chapter] The Ice Princess Wants to be Melted by a Small Patch of Sunlight / Koori no Hime wa Chiisana Hidamari de Tokasaretai - Vol. 4 Ch. 29 - MangaDex

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[Chapter] Starting Today, We're Childhood Friends / Kyou kara Hajimeru Osananajimi - Ch. 165 - Childhood Friend and Quarrel - MangaDex

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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? April 07

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A new week, with a new weekly thread!

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Grand Blue Chapter 108

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[Chapter] Fujii on the Roadside / Robou no Fujii - Vol. 3 Ch. 20 - Fujii at the Farewell Party - MangaDex

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[DISC] Dandadan Chapter 231

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Read the chapter

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Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 15]

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Previous Thread | Next Thread

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Miyazaki pastoral stories

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I want to work on a pastoral stories for a Donjon&Dragon 5 Obojima setting.

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[DISC] The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All - Ch. 158

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[Chapter] The Ice Princess Wants to be Melted by a Small Patch of Sunlight - Ch. 28 - MangaDex

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[Chapter] Unexciting Date - Ch. 32 - A shared umbrella - MangaDex

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[Chapter] Flying Witch - Ch. 90 - Tricks Save a Friend - MangaDex

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Love Among the Chickens by P. G. Wodehouse beginning on @tomes@phantasmal.work

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Starting today and going for 34 days, @tomes@phantasmal.work will be posting Love Among the Chickens by P. G. Wodehouse.

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Chiquitita & Vamola visit Area 51

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Sauce UMA

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Vamola

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Sauce UMA

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Andy Weir Supports AI, Says it Will Replace Authors

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In two recent interviews, Andy Weir stated his support for AI. The first is in this interview with LA Review of Books, in which he says: “It’s only a matter of time before AI is able to write more entertaining, compelling, and exciting stories than any human.”

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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

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JK Rowling’s transphobia casts and inescapable shadow over the new Harry Potter adaptation.

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One Piece Chapter 1179

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[Chapter] Mane Mane Nichi Nichi - Ch. 58 - Sleepover

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55 comments threads with alternatives to Harry Potter

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‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ TV Series From Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door, Chris Yost Lands at Peacock (EXCLUSIVE)

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Not sure if this is allowed here, but I really enjoy this series and I’m thrilled to see it’s getting a TV adaptation. I’ve always thought it seems like the perfect book to adapt, given, well you know, the whole intergalactic TV setup.

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in the spirit of today's moon launch: A City on Mars

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…a book about how its actually a really really terrible idea. The authors (notably, the same authors of the webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal) started out with the intention of writing about how cool and necessary space colonization is… but over the course of their research, came to realize that it’s really not.

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For fiction writing: choosing a perspective (and sticking with it?)

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It seems that, about half of the time, I’ll start writing a story in one narrative form and then part-way through decide it would actually be better told in another perspective (usually switching from first person to third person limited or vice-versa).

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