Manga Otakus Must Reads!

This post lists and describes your Mandatory How 2 Otaku Reading List.

Train Man: A Shojo Manga
By Machiko Ocha

Summary: Geeky fanboy Ikumi Saiki has a dream that someday, somehow, he'll finally get a girlfriend. Then one day on the train home, he rescues a beautiful girl from a troublesome drunk. Now the girl sees the hero inside the otaku- and it appears that Ikumi will finally find romance! But though ikumi found the courage to save her, will he ever be brave enough to win her heart?
Desperate Ikumi posts an urgent plea on an internet message board: "Help me win the girl of my dreams!" Ikumi's story ignites the whole online world. Everyone is ready to help Ikumi prove that even an otaku can find true love!

Description: TRUE STORY!!! I was shocked & delighted to find out that little tidbit. The original unedited chat logs was discovered one day and revolutionized how otaku were seen in japan. However no one knows who the train man really was or what became of him and his dream girl or even who released the logs. As a result only what is there on the logs is known of the whole story & so there are many different versions out there in movies and manga of what happened. Read the book, watch the movies(And share the links with the rest of us) just check out this uplifting story especially when your feeling down about your own otaku impaired love life And if you want to know more details surrounding the story look it up on wikipedia or if its not there let me know and I'll dedicate a post to it.

The Manga Bible: From Genesis To Revelation (optional)
Concept and Art: Siku
Script: Akinsiku

Summary:The Creation of the earth...
The rise and fall of God's Chosen people...
The mysterious stranger who brought about a new world order...
And the ultimate showdown Between the forces of good and evil...
This is the greatest story ever told...as you've never seen it before.

Containing both the Old and New Testaments, this is the first ever English Manga of the most important story of all time.

Description: Yes this is a manga based on the Holy Bible. No you don't Have to read it if your not Christian or if you've already read the real thing. This is for those can't understand a word of Ye old English or whatever the heck the real things written in, those who simply can't take that much of the written word, those who are either of those things but just want to know enough not to be misled by the words of those who have read it but have a tendancy to "forget" certain details. Now it isn't one big manga telling you everything the real thing does. It's more of a summary with a few extra comments thrown into the story to make it more interesting without blasphemizing the whole thing. I have to recommend the Jonah and the Whale Story. its kind of funny.

Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture
By Masayuki Ishikawa
Summary: Bacteria To School
Tadayasu is a new, fresh-faced university student hiding a bizarre secret: He can see germs with the naked eye.
Between the machinations of an eccentric professor determined to unlock the power of the microbial world and the doomed agricultural experiments of his fellow students, will Tadayasu ever find the cool college atmosphere he so desires?

Description: pretty good story, kinda funny, and describes a lot about fermentation. including the kind that creates SAKE!! Yes the recreational drink of the orient. although at times they give a little too much info much to the chagrin the the main character.


I don't own the copyrights to any of these manga. those belong to someone else. Also please be sure to let me know what you think and to recommend any more manga(or anime) that might fit in here.