Cool mangas to read (1) | Black Bird, Shingeki no Kyojin, and 1/2 Prince

During this sabatical I took after concluding my degree, I haven't had much to do...I played a lot of games, baked some desserts, the sporadical visit to the movie theatre, and read a lot of books and mangas.

This time around, I'll recommend you three mangas that I've read, and that I've found different and interesting.

1. Black Bird.
Mangaka: Sakurakoji Kanoko.

This manga goes more on a romantic/fantastic route. The drawing style is beautiful, and the story is cool; a bit dense at times, but still good.
It tells the story of a girl named Misao. All her life she has been able to see spirits, ghosts and demons, some of them had tried to kill her after her 16th birthday. But she's saved by a boy, childhood friend, named Kyo, who's also a kind of winged demon (or tengu). The girl is special; if a demon consumes her, they'll gain so much power. The whole plot surrounds these two,and their efforts to keep Misao safe.

2. Shingeki no Kyojin.
Mangaka: Isayama Hajime.

This time, I'll go with a more action-packed manga. This is one of the most succesful series so far. Although I'm not much of a fan of action mangas, this one is good.

The humanity has been at war with some weird, giant, human-like creatures called titans. And so far, it hasn't been good for the humans. The titans devour people and destroy their cities. Now, the humans are cornered in a wall surrounded city, but the tall beings want to go inside.

The main character is Eren Jaeger, a boy who lost his mom during the titan attack on the first wall. This created a sense of revenge within Jaeger.

Now, a few years later, he joins the military forces, along with his childhood friends Mikasa and Armin.

But he discovers that his worst fear is coming true...he's become a Titan himself.

3. 1/2 Prince.

Author: Yu Wo and Choi Hong Chong.

This one is a Taiwanese manhua that develops in the future, where the virtual reality gaming exists. A new game is released, and a couple of siblings are the first to log in. The girl, Feng Lan, is first and, as a special chance, she can design her character with anything she wants, even a gender change, which is normally forbidden. She the creates a really handsome male elf, that she calls Prince.

The story revolves in her adventures, along with a team of people. There she discovers that some of the NPCs have some self-awareness. And the final boss wants to delete the humans instead. The whole game walks through the 4th wall, and it continues developing in the real world.

These are some good mangas to pass time with, be sure to check them out.