The Seeking Recommendations Thread 📚

Which 三毛猫 book would you recommend?

Btw I noticed that there are two versions of many of the books in this series. 角川文庫 and 光文社文庫. Do you know what’s the difference between them?

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I’ve only read the first one of the series, so no particular recommendations. I liked the first one and it was entertaining, but I suspect there’s not a lot of character development in later volumes so order probably won’t matter.
I read this version which would be Kadokawa

So far as I know 光文社文庫 is another regular publisher (ie adult, not a children’s version republisher) so it might just be the case like with 理由 where the rights were bought by one of them at some point. We noticed a few very minor differences in 理由 (missing or extra sentences) so far in the club, but not enough to recommend one over the other.

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I see. So I guess it will be more of choosing based on the cover and ebook prices then :grin: Thank you so much for explaining

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Moving this over from the Tag thread because my question has nothing to do with it: What are your favourite slime mangas? :smiley:

For me it’s:

In the “protagonist” category: Maybe predictably… 「マンガ」 転生したらスライムだった件 | L24. Action & battles? Check. Statecraft & economics? Check. A ton of fantasy races working together? Check. Not every single part of it is good, but the great parts easily overshadow those that aren’t. (I watched the anime though, I haven’t read the manga.)

In the “working with slimes” category: 神達に拾われた男 | L24??. The usual isekai setup - middle-aged business man is reborn into a fantasy world while being blessed by the gods - only to spend 3 years alone in a forest researching slimes. This one wins for me because it has some slime uses that I had never seen before, like e.g.

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and has a nice balance between “slow life”, action and business. Absolutely recommended!

In the “enemy” category: RTA走者はゲーム世界から帰れない | L24??, featuring ラスピ, a slime that is one of the generals of the demon lord, which I enjoyed as refreshingly different to the usual “slime as newbie fodder enemy”. To be honest though, the manga itself is only so-so and I’m not sure I’d recommend it, but I don’t know any other manga with “big bad” slimes.

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Yes, the big plus of the series is that Rimuru does usually not kill off their enemies, even if they could, but - same as in Dragonball - that they make them their friends / partners.

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Well, they aren’t manga, but they have received a manga adaptation (since you mentioned 「マンガ」 転生したらスライムだった件 | L24, I assume that’s fine, although I can’t promise anything regarding the quality)

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Thanks for the slime manga recommendations :smiley:

Personally, I’m team slimes are cute and need to be protected, so here are a few of my picks, that I havent seen so far here:

とんでもスキルで異世界放浪メシ | 22
Campfire cooking in another world got the cutest slime of them all. The MC picks up a baby slime who will become a strong companion. The anime is worth a watch cause the voice acting for the slime is top notch!

ぷにるはかわいいスライム | 22
Puniro is a kawaii slime features an antromorphic slime, that got accidentally created by an elementary school boy. They become friends and grow up together.

私の推しは悪役令嬢 | 29
One of my favorite genre are villainess isekais and this one features a slime as the pet/child of the MC, so of course it was a must watch for me. In the anime the slime doesnt play a big role, but I have high hopes it will become more important in the manga.

スライム聖女 | 24?
Well, as I said, next to slimes, villainesses are my favorite thing. In this manga a slime wants to become human so it takes over a recently deceased body, only to find out it has become a super important saint who had been the worst villainess and is hated by everyone.

These are just a few more recommendations, but there are many more out there :slight_smile:

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I read the original LN, and completely forgot about it until you mentioned it :sweat_smile: But it does indeed play a role past the end of the anime.
(I haven’t watched the anime, I’m just going by episode description)

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I can‘t even remember that there was a slime! :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

Edit: Oops, ah, yes, now that you mention it…

This series 最弱テイマーはゴミ拾いの旅を始めました S1 has a cute slime with a bigger role. The original is one of the easier light novels 最弱テイマーはゴミ拾いの旅を始めました. There is also a manga adaption.

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Yeah, スイ is definitely very cute!

I’ve begun reading this (in English) and I love it. Thanks for the recommendation!

Btw, re: villainess isekais - if you’re not watching this season’s Akuyaku Reijou Tensei Ojisan yet I think you might want to try it! I didn’t expect to like it so much. Kenzaburou just brings so much wholesome dad energy over to this otome isekai world :laughing: (Also the ED is fire.)

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Thanks! It’s already on my watchlist, but I’ll wait till the season is over so I can binge it :slight_smile: And thatnks for the link, the ED is indeed pure gold :slight_smile:

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There also an Anime, I started watching it, but in the first episode it looked like the slime would die. Obviously it wont, since it’s prominently on the cover, but it made me too sad. I decided to read the manga later on, but hadnt even thought about the light novel. But now that I see how easy it has been rated, this will be my first Light Novel! Thanks a lot! :slight_smile:

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Just bought the first 8 books for this series from Kadokawa publisher as there is a sale with 50% off for 7 books and above until 10 Feb 2025 :grin:

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