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In case you missed it, the 2025 Fediverse Anime Awards are open for nominations right now! I wrote over in that thread why I’m not running awards for the manga community, but wanted to have a discussion about last year.

So, let’s hear it! What series did you like from last year? hate? Did a series art catch your eye? One of your favorites come to a satisfying conclusion? As always, feel free to use this as a general discussion thread as well.

Like normal, please be careful with spoilers. I wrote a guide about spoilers in case you need a refresher on how to handle them (also linked in the sidebar).

  • ReluctantlyZen@ani.socialEnglish
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    2 days ago

    My favourite series that I read in 2025 is a manhwa:

    • Villains Are Destined To Die: the villainess trope is one I like a lot (though more and more are coming out that I don’t care about) and I think manhwa has some of the best villainess stories. Villains Are Destined To Die is the best among them. Its art is gorgeous, but the story and characters is where it’s at. The FMC got dealt a very bad hand and the way she deals with it in a grounded, no-nonsense kinda way is very satisfying and gripping.

    But if I were to exclude manhwa and ignoring actual release dates:

    Favourite reads of the year:

    • Ruri Dragon
    • Frieren
    • Gals Cant Be Kind To Otaku
    • My Dress-up Darling (ended in 2025, but the final English volume is to be released still).
    • 2.5D Seduction
    • Monthly in the garden with my landlord
    • Renge to Naruto

    Please wrap this up already:

    • Anjo The Mischievous Gal: I don’t hate reading it, but it feels like it’s really stretching it out.
    • Kuzuhana-chan: I dropped this. This manga is the reading version of edging. Finally progressing somewhere, then regressing, then progressing, then regressing etc.
    • The guy she was interested in wasnt a guy at all: after the 1st arc, it started wandering like it didn’t know what to do and that really came through. It probably should’ve ended when the arc ended tbh.