Nicholas, Cage Them
Aug. 19th, 2020 09:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
misuraFeeling adventurous, I picked up the first volumes of two somewhat similar sounding new-to-me manga titles to try:
- The Way of the Househusband, in which a former yakuza has given up his criminal empire/career in order to support his career-oriented wife. This one was mostly episodic, with chapters like 'Tatsu goes grocery shopping', 'Tatsu baby-sits his neighbor's kid', 'Tatsu uses a roomba for the first time' - it was fun, but in a 'liked it' rather than 'LOVED it' kind of way. I'll probably pass this one on, because I *cough* don't like having unfinished series on my bookshelves, so it's either get rid of it, or buy the next volumes, and I'd kind of rather spend my money on other series.
- Spy x Family, in which a spy needs to acquire a fake family for his next mission. This one was a little less episodic: Twilight (he's a spy, so his real name is classified*) is on a mission, and each chapter shows him progressing by acquiring, first, a fake daughter (secretly the result of shady government experiments which have left her with telepathic abilities) and next, a fake wife (secretly an assassin) and then positioning his fake family to get closer to his target.
I'm definitely keeping Spy x Family and buying the next volume(s). On the one hand, I want Twilight to find out his wife and daughter's secrets (and vice versa); on the other hand, I want all the hijinks and terrible excuses while people try to keep their secret identities secret, so I figure I'm going to have fun whichever way the story goes.
* [insert Penguins of Madagascar joke here]
- The Way of the Househusband, in which a former yakuza has given up his criminal empire/career in order to support his career-oriented wife. This one was mostly episodic, with chapters like 'Tatsu goes grocery shopping', 'Tatsu baby-sits his neighbor's kid', 'Tatsu uses a roomba for the first time' - it was fun, but in a 'liked it' rather than 'LOVED it' kind of way. I'll probably pass this one on, because I *cough* don't like having unfinished series on my bookshelves, so it's either get rid of it, or buy the next volumes, and I'd kind of rather spend my money on other series.
- Spy x Family, in which a spy needs to acquire a fake family for his next mission. This one was a little less episodic: Twilight (he's a spy, so his real name is classified*) is on a mission, and each chapter shows him progressing by acquiring, first, a fake daughter (secretly the result of shady government experiments which have left her with telepathic abilities) and next, a fake wife (secretly an assassin) and then positioning his fake family to get closer to his target.
I'm definitely keeping Spy x Family and buying the next volume(s). On the one hand, I want Twilight to find out his wife and daughter's secrets (and vice versa); on the other hand, I want all the hijinks and terrible excuses while people try to keep their secret identities secret, so I figure I'm going to have fun whichever way the story goes.
* [insert Penguins of Madagascar joke here]
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Date: 2020-08-21 05:09 am (UTC)