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NEWS: Amazon's Best Graphic Novels of 2017 List Includes Twilight Princess, My Lesbian Experience Wi

The only one of these I've read is My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness, which I agree was very good.

So basically, three series that are the same as Western media. None of the glamour fantasy that makes anime/manga/otaku media really worthwhile.

So, two "real life"/"true art"/"high-brow" things (e.g. based on subject matter that appeals to critics), and one "Oh, I guess this is what manga is?" thing (based on a video game).

Nothing along the lines of an artist like Kaoru Mori or Natsume Ono, even. Nothing along the lines of the sorts of things from a magazine like G Fantasy (complex mystery stories with gorgeous art). Even a more sophisticated shonen thing along the lines of Fullmetal Alchemist would have felt like recognition of something.

I've heard that these Zelda manga are actually good, so nothing against them. But the fact that only one non-Western fantasy thing was chosen sends the message that fantasy stories are not acceptable, unless they're post-apocalyptic or superheroes (which Link might as well be, tbh).

So basically, three series that are the same as Western media. None of the glamour fantasy that makes anime/manga/otaku media really worthwhile.

To be fair, most of their American picks are high brow, artsy, slice of life & actual memoirs. There are only 2 mainstream superheroes on the list--Black Panther and Wonder Woman (one for Marvel, one for DC). That's just the type of graphic novels they're choosing.

fudge all you homophobic twats, My Neighbor's Husband is god-tier right alongside Miyazaki masterworks and if you disagree you simply have not read it.