I am very much enjoying it, thanks for the recommendation. Though my pace has slowed somewhat.

I love/hate how every story begins with the passage of time. It grounds us in the central thesis for Frieren, how quickly time passes for an elf and the difficulty of befriending humans.

How closely is the anime following the manga? I’ve just started reading it and am on chapter 27.

That’s really cool, I’ve never really followed media as it’s released, but getting to participate in the discussion around it sounds amazing. I’m looking forward to it and thanks for the suggestions and help.

Oh no! I finished the second one and it hit even harder. Are they all going to be emotional powerhouses?!

What have you gotten me into?!

Okay, so I started Sousou no Frieren. I didn’t expect to be kicked in the emotional “vulnerables” right out the gate.

My god, how could no one warn me.

In all seriousness, what a great start. Not what I expected at all and really enjoyable. Thanks for the recommendation.

Just as an FYI, Aidoku requires a subscription to guarantee a spot in their TestFlight.

Paperback no longer directly connects to MangaDex without third party support and the third party guy just announced he won’t be developing for iOS anymore.

I very much appreciate your response, just want to make sure future readers have appropriate expectations.

That’s a good suggestion and it’s a feature I rarely use, so I wouldn’t have thought of it.

EDIT: This ended up being the best solution. Thanks so much.

Thanks! That’ll be great!

Thanks so much, for the starting ideas!

I would have known it would be best to provide some anime I’ve enjoyed. I have some experience with anime and One Punch Man is one I’ve very much enjoyed. I also liked Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Spy X Family. Obviously anything from Studio Ghibli is a delight. I discovered Your Name. recently and found it to be charming and delightful.

Is there a best way to read these on iOS? Just use Safari and Mangadex?

So I wandered in from /all and was just curious where you’d recommend starting if you’ve never really read manga before.

I’ve never really been able to get into comic books, though I’ve read Sandman and a few other graphic novels with mixed results. I’m vaguely curious if manga would take for me in a way comic books might not.

Anyone have any recommendations for an absolute newbie?

I just started watching this with my wife and I’m thrilled to discover there’ll be a second season. It is entirely adorable so far. We just finished the castle rescue episode and I just couldn’t stop grinning the entire time.