I feel Josei needs more love not only in Manga but in Anime as well as we need more anime like Nana and Princess Jellyfish

@MommaLuvsManga

5 жыл бұрын

I totally agree!! I would love to see more stories geared toward adult women. Hopefully by reading what we can get our hands on, we’re showing that there is a demand!

@allensnea9335

3 жыл бұрын

Most people have never heard of it.

I really like Josei for targeting more mature women and have mature storytelling

@MommaLuvsManga

6 жыл бұрын

Yes! I really hope I can find more josei manga English translations to support. I’m sure there are tons of titles in Japan!

@RazzberryRachel

5 жыл бұрын

I agree!♥️

Wotakoi needs more love!!! Thanks for recommending it!!! It's soooooooo good!!!!! I would also recommend Happy Marriage. Its rated Mature for a few sex scenes but its overall pretty tame in that sense.

@MommaLuvsManga

6 жыл бұрын

Kiersten Temple I agree! I’m actually surprised I haven’t heard a lot more people talking about Wotakoi. I ordered volume one of Happy Marriage last week! I haven’t read it because I’m working on catching up on a series called Ōoku. It’s also a great one!

Omg, Princess Jellyfish does not get enough love!!! Also, Paradise Kiss is really good, and by the same author of Nana. Idk if someone has already recommended it though... If anyone is interested in buying it VERTICAL released an all in one back in 2019! I believe it was out of print for a while, so that’s exciting!😂 Well... someone already recommended it. Whatever

@GirlMeetsBot

3 жыл бұрын

I love paradise kiss!

I love Wotakoi so much, it’s one of my favorite manga 😍

Nana is one of my favorite mangas of all time! I also love Everyone's Getting Married and I still need to read Complex Age :D

@MommaLuvsManga

6 жыл бұрын

Pleaaaase read Complex Age! It will be up there with your favorites. We clearly have similar taste. Haha!

@pawytunes2925

3 жыл бұрын

Was Nana finished?

@KittieOnALeash

3 жыл бұрын

@@pawytunes2925 nope.

I had this exact same experience! In my 20s I enjoyed shojo manga, but now in my 30s that manga no longer interests me. I like stories with situations I can relate to as an adult.

@gilgamesh310

3 жыл бұрын

You might like Udon no Onna. It’s about a 35 year old woman who ends up falling in love with a 22 year old man. I’m not sure if you fancy young men, though lol.

Thank you for this video, glad to hear about your experience reading manga and discovering new titles ❤️

Hi! Fun videos. You hit some of the core things in how I think about comic book reading sometimes and the "Josei" mangas. Although, I'm new to the Josei genre and super picky, I enjoyed Tokyo Tarareba and Princess Jellyfish. The humor in both series are interesting satires. If you are new to exploring mangas in general, lately I've read Kyoto Okazaki's Pink and Helter Skelter. And a more avant garde manga called Red Colored Elegy. I enjoyed these titles lately. Thanks!

Thank you! Will check these out! Well, I’ve LOVED Nana for many years but I want to find more to love ❤️

Thank you for the recc's! I have already watched Wotakoi and read Nana years ago but it's been a struggle finding great Josei so thanks again!

This is such a cute video! I'm kinda new to manga and was looking for more books to read and these look so cute!!

i just stumbled across your channel (i'm getting way more into manga right now) and i'm so excited to read all of these that you recommended! i already have the first volume of princess jellyfish, and i just downloaded wotakoi! can't wait to keep binging your videos!! ✨

@MommaLuvsManga

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome!!!!! I’m so glad this was helpful to you!! 💖💖💖💖💖

I love Princess Jellyfish! I just picked up the first volume of Complex Age and I've been wanting to read Everyone's Getting Married! Nana is my ALL TIME FAVORITE. I also love her other series, Paradise Kiss

@MommaLuvsManga

5 жыл бұрын

This year would be the perfect time to start Everyone’s Getting Married because the final volume comes out this month! Hehe! Paradise Kiss is on my must read list as well! I keep seeing things about Otakuathon, but I’m soooo bad at participating in readathons. Lol!

Thank you for the recommendations!! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

I started watching Wotakoi anime's on AmazonPrime and I fell in love with the characters, I think mostly because I'm kind like Naru and I wish I would find more people like me the way she found Hirotaka and the others hahaha!! I loved your video, and I would like to recommend to you Honey and Clover. It's my favorite josei manga. The story is really moving and I cry and laugh so much every time I read it. The anime is really beautiful too, the soundtrack is amazing. And it's all about growing up, even when you're technically an adult.

@MommaLuvsManga

5 жыл бұрын

Honey and Clover is on my wishlist! I have a feeling I will love it, especially after your description. ☺️☺️☺️

Yay!!! Josei is definitely a demographic that I want to explore, so thank you for the recommendations :)

Damn I love your channel!

Hi! I love your channel. I just learned about the Josei category last month. In fact I mention a couple on my podcast Manga Mondays with Ericajean. I’m enjoying Fire In His Fingertips right now( rated VERY mature) and I downloaded one called Black Bird by Kanoko( did not read yet). Thanks for the recommendations of other titles😊

I love all those series you mentioned so I thought I would recommend some that weren't already in the comments. Happy Marriage is similar to everyone's getting married and has a fun dynamic between the characters. One that I have only found digitally is Full-time wife escapist. I really enjoyed it and haven't seen anyone else talk about it. :3

@MommaLuvsManga

5 жыл бұрын

I keep seeing Full-time Wife Escapist pop on on my Amazon recommendations! I need to add it to my wish list!

I so understand what you are saying. I started out only reading shojo series cause thats what my friends read. I was 13 14 at the time. I took a three tonfour year break. Going back to it I enjoyed it but was never caught up in it like I was before. Reading more and more SEINEN titles I realized that that is my new favorite type now. Josie is my second. Just funny how you can go to one to the other over time. I loved Princess Jellyfish! It was amazing!

@MommaLuvsManga

5 жыл бұрын

I want to read Seinen titles! I think CLAMP has one that is a spin-off of their xxxHolic series. I’d love some seinen recommendations if you have some!

I'm turning 25 and frankly getting tired of high school stories (even if i still enjoy some). YT recommended me your video, so thank you a lot!! I watched the Wotakoi anime and it was very cute ❤

@desmondgovender3142

Жыл бұрын

Agree..I'm burned out on this overused setting(as you said there are some good ones in this huge pile of garbage).

Coming here looking for more recommendations. I've been into anime and manga for a very long time, and felt like I had grown out of it for the most part. But I realize there's still a few out there that capture my interest. My current favorite is "My Boy" by Hitomi Takano. I also just pre-ordered one called "Soap and Sweat". I'm gonna check out a few of your recommendations, thanks :)

@MommaLuvsManga

4 жыл бұрын

This has been a major couple of years for manga aimed at an older audience!

I just started Wotakoi today! I absolutely love it so far.

@MommaLuvsManga

6 жыл бұрын

It is SO SO SO GOOD!!!

AYOO WHY HAVE I NNOT SEEN THIS YET! I NEED THIS IN MY LIFEEEEE

I'm in a real awkward phase in life. On one hand, as a 30 year old the thought of a high school romance is like "oh god, no thank you x_x" but at the same time I'm still kiddish enough that "grownup" stuff is too boring for me. I still feel squirmy in "grownup" conversations about housing and politics etc and kinda feel like can we *please* talk about books and what we did last weekend? Lol. So a lot of manga aimed at teens is a no, but a lot of manga aimed at adults is a no too. One is too juvenile, the other boring as watching paint dry. So I mainly just read hugely nostalgic series that I've loved since childhood (like most of Clamp's library) and BL lol.

@TheClamatoJuice

3 жыл бұрын

And ones like Tokyo Tarareba Girls and Everyone's Getting Married would just send me into a spiral since those hit too close to home lol. If I was happily married I could probably read those but as a painfully single 30 year old I don't need it yelled in my face in my entertainment xD

@ifiaintreadin

2 жыл бұрын

I’m the same. Late 30s but I read shojo for nostalgic reasons and am a kid at heart still. I read Josei as well😊

If you loved Princess Jellyfish definitely check out the same author's 'Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey'. It's an autobiographical manga about how she got started and the person that had the most impact on that period of her life. It's really fun but also melancholic

Girl I feel you! I am always looking for adults in anime/manga. I don't mind the odd school story here and there but I just want to see someone married or working. I didn't know that Josei was the name of what I was looking for!

Hi! My friend Dylan sent me over here! I need to finish up Everyone's Getting Married, and Princess Jellyfish! I also need to check out Wotakoi! :)

@MommaLuvsManga

5 жыл бұрын

Omg Hi! Dylan is so awesome for that!!! And yes! Wotakoi is a must read! Honestly, they all are. Haha!

I recommend Unlucky Mansion and our relationship is.., there are really good!! I don't know if they have been published in English but they are online

Thank you for this video. I wanted to get into josei manga and I didn’t know what to read.

@MommaLuvsManga

3 жыл бұрын

Yay! So happy I could help!

Based on what you said in this video I think you'll absolutely love (if you haven't read it already) solanin by inio asano. It features adults dealing with real adult issues. A josei manga that I really like is Pink by Kyoko Okazaki who is known as the pioneer of josei manga. It does have nudity and it's a very bizarre story. She also has a series called helter skelter which is her most popular story which is basically about the psychological affects of plastic surgery. All of these manga mentioned are oneshots.

@MommaLuvsManga

6 жыл бұрын

It just so happens that I recently read Pink! I haven't talked about it here on the channel, but I did a short review on my Instagram. Considering that you recommended it without knowing I read it, I'm going to assume that you are SPOT ON with these recommendations. LOL! I'm definitely going to check out Solanin and Helter Skelter. I'm sure I will love them! Thank you! Also, thank you so much for subscribing!

I’m so late to this video but this is my favorite genre. Not sure if this counts as Josei but one of my favorite mangas is called “With the Light” it’s about a married couple raising an autistic child. I read from birth up until the main character getting into high school. It’s a beautiful journey-I really need to finish.

You'll be happy to know that Tokyo Tarareba Girls now has a physical copy that came out in June!!! Volumes 1 & 2 are out. Highly recommend

@MommaLuvsManga

5 жыл бұрын

eimii Yes!!! I saw them recently and squealed! I’m going to wait until they’re all available so I can get them all at once.

6:46 actualy , Nana is a Shojo manga , serialized in the magazine Cookie.

I love your collection

@MommaLuvsManga

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m trying to be more selective and really curate my collection so that it reflects my interests!

"Engorged Members" is my new favorite term. OMG! I'm dying. Someone should title a Yaoi that! I do like what I read of Everyone's Getting Married! I need to read Princess Jellyfish. I loved the anime. :)

@MommaLuvsManga

5 жыл бұрын

😂🤣😂🤣 I forgot I said that. LOLOLOL! I would read that yaoi. 👀😂 Oooooh, you must read the Princess Jellyfish manga! I liked the anime, but the manga is even better!!

Princess Jellyfish!!! Wotakoi!!! I love both🤩😍😍

Princess Jellyfish is awesome!!!

I definitely learned something new and didn’t realize it was a specific term. I just Princess Jellyfish on my TBR when I saw it at B&N a month ago. I’m definitely going to read it now. Then for the recommendations!

@MommaLuvsManga

5 жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome! I HIGHLY recommend Princess Jellyfish. Haha! I hope you enjoy it!

@JustKey16

5 жыл бұрын

@@MommaLuvsManga I couldn't wait, haha so I downloaded MangaRock app so I can read it'll be a book for the #bookadaython readathon I'm participating in. :D

Have you checked out works by Lilydusk on the Webtoon app? She is currently my favorite Josei author. I became her Patreon supporter to get access to the same chapters with he more adult scenes included. So beautiful, so well done, I so recommend.

@MommaLuvsManga

5 жыл бұрын

I haven’t! I actually have been meaning to get the webtoon app. I’ve used Tapas for a long time, but have fallen off of reading web comics lately! I’m gonna look into Webtoons and check her out! Thank yooou!

@elizabethmorgan1290

4 жыл бұрын

I love lily 🥰🥰🥰🥰 can't wait for updates on midnight Poppy❤

Nodame Cantabile is my fav anime and is a josei!!! I've watched the anime at least 6 times.

You sound like a person I could easily be friends with ^^

@MommaLuvsManga

3 жыл бұрын

🥺💖💖💖

“You’re My Pet” is a cute manga series. If you have Kindle Unlimited (you can get a trial on Amazon for like 3 months), you can the entire series for free. It’s a cute Josei series.

You should definitely give Honey and Clover and Emma a chance!

@MommaLuvsManga

6 жыл бұрын

Both are absolutely on my TBR!

@rankuruta5774

6 жыл бұрын

If you're into fantasy and magical settings give Frau Faust a shot! It is only 5 volumes long, 4 of them are out now and it stars a female lead in her mid twenties! It's by the same creator of ancient magus bride so that says something 😄

@MommaLuvsManga

6 жыл бұрын

Ran Kuruta Um YES! That sounds right up my alley!! Ancient Magus Bride is beautiful (I haven’t talked about it because I read the first volume ages before I started this channel and only got to volume 3 before getting caught up in other series) so I’m super interested in this other series. Thanks for another awesome recommendation!

Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku!!!!! When is season 2?????

@MommaLuvsManga

4 жыл бұрын

I hope we get one!

Wotakoi is so darn cute!

@MommaLuvsManga

5 жыл бұрын

It really is!!!! I want to hug them all. Haha!

I've watched a few episodes of Wotakoi and nooo why don't they have more seasons and volumes 😭

@MommaLuvsManga

5 жыл бұрын

I haven’t seen the anime yet, but I know I’ll love it if it’s as good as the manga!

I am not a woman and I enjoy reading/watching josei series..it basically catered to everything I wanted in a story,namely deep,dramatic and realistic story telling,story setting involving college and adulthood.

Do you have a blog or something to recommend that has a list of most loved josei manga? My goldfish brain needs something to screenshot 🤷

@MommaLuvsManga

5 жыл бұрын

I don’t, but I did list these six I mentioned in the description box!

Also a Josei I recommend is Paradise Kiss

@MommaLuvsManga

5 жыл бұрын

Ooooooh, someone else has recommended it to me as well! Looks like I need to listen and get on it!

@lust4lyfe101

5 жыл бұрын

MommaLuvsManga , it’s a good manga , I feel it’s like Nana and Princess Jellyfish mixed in 1 :)

HeritageSelfRespect HealingThrivingSelfWorth I do enjoy the tasteful art work 🎭 but josei material with working class characters is my thing. Plus I expect to see characters of color in these schemes 🤨

@evolutionmelanin8017

5 жыл бұрын

Ohmi Tomu “Midnight Secretary”

@MommaLuvsManga

5 жыл бұрын

Midnight Secretary is on my list! 👀😍 Lol! As for characters of color, it is so dang hard to find them in manga! But there are more and more western comics/graphic novels with brown and black characters. I want to explore them more!

I’ve read princess jellyfish and wotakoi

@MommaLuvsManga

4 жыл бұрын

What do you think of them?

@chocolatephantasms

4 жыл бұрын

Both of them are AMAZING!

I'm going to read all of these! I highly recommend Ane no Kekkon. It was the first josei manga I've ever read.

@MommaLuvsManga

4 жыл бұрын

I’m crying that it isn’t available in English! Maybe I’ll buy the Japanese version and see if Google Translate is any use. 😂🤣

Have you tried Hapi Mari? For me it is a good josei manga too😍😍😍😍

@MommaLuvsManga

4 жыл бұрын

I didn’t love it like everyone else does! But I do love that same mangaka’s newer series An Incurable Case of Love!!

@Kaddicto

4 жыл бұрын

@@MommaLuvsManga that one is good tooo😍😍😍😍. The fact that it has live action drama😍😍😍

As a male I read and own Princess Jellyfish, Wotakoi, Paradise Kiss, Nana, Pink, Helter Skelter, I think our Son is Gay... Josei also contains smut, Yuri and Yaoi. I have not posted these above.

Check perfect world, it's wonderful 💖

@MommaLuvsManga

4 жыл бұрын

It’s actually one of my favorites! When I uploaded this video, I hadn’t yet heard of it. Haha! It was released officially in March of 2018... only two months before I made this list. 😅😅 I need to do an updated list!

If you like NANA you would also like neighborhood story Paradise kiss Honey and clover Kids on the slope

@MommaLuvsManga

4 жыл бұрын

Paradise Kiss is getting a 20th anniversary edition and I’m definitely grabbing it!

@imarilyshyuga4412

4 жыл бұрын

Omg 😍 thank you I'll need to get me one too

Check out Emma, by Kaoru Mori

@MommaLuvsManga

6 жыл бұрын

Philly C.S Will do! Thank you for the recommendation!

@zenzenitha

5 жыл бұрын

@@MommaLuvsManga her currently ongoing manga Otoyomegatari (young bride's story) is also great! It's a historical love stories with BRRATHTAKING art and engaging story

I sub

IABKWBS NANA SHOULD BE #1 in my opinion

@MommaLuvsManga

3 жыл бұрын

Lol! This is not a ranking video. 🤣

@user-ek6el6mw2d

3 жыл бұрын

@@MommaLuvsManga OH LOL sorry sorry

@MommaLuvsManga

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-ek6el6mw2d 😂 Nana is great, though!

Did princess jellyfish end.....

@MommaLuvsManga

4 жыл бұрын

daimon hampton Yes! It ended with 9 volumes (at least for the English release).

Hi where do you buy mangas?

@MommaLuvsManga

5 жыл бұрын

Various places! I love checking out the manga section in secondhand bookstores or at thrift shops. I also buy from Books-a-million, Barnes & Noble, local/small comic shops and Amazon. I recently placed an order from a site called Things From another World. It’s my first purchase from that site, though so I don’t have an opinion on it yet. Haha!

@patriciapascual4047

5 жыл бұрын

MommaLuvsManga thank you 😁 you should read Dame na Watashi Koishite Kudasai/Please Love the Useless Me. It's my second fave josei manga next to Wotakoi 😍😍

Is there any manga wich contains about life experience and sex education ( no lgbt) ?

@MommaLuvsManga

3 жыл бұрын

Um... probably? You could google it!

Hey nice trying to get my gf into manga love to see black women into manga if you have a chance check out my sound cloud davon8ball I make somewhat anime inspired music and night core if u need any non copy rite music for the background or intro I got u

@MommaLuvsManga

5 жыл бұрын

Hopefully you can convince her it’s lit over here in these Black otaku streets! LOL! Thanks for the music option! I’ll have to check out your work!

Everyone's Getting Married is my favorite. You have a strong and feminist heroine compared to Hapimari which is nothing but a misogynistic pile of crap.

@MommaLuvsManga

5 жыл бұрын

YES YES and YES! I know a lot of people like HapiMari, but I quit after the second volume. 😑

@irawilliams343

5 жыл бұрын

@@MommaLuvsManga there are a lot of people who hate it too. I find it really insulting. I mean, does the girl have to be an innocent, clingy crybaby just to make the story romantic? I don't think so. Strong women make a romantic story good.