Manga That I’m Thankful For

Ahhhhh, November is here! It is the second to last month in the year, and people usually spend time with the folks they love and give thanks for the blessings: the literal and proverbial harvest that has carried them from last year to this one. With respect to the resilience of Indigenous folks everywhere but especially the ones in this country, November is a month greatly characterized as a month of giving thanks. November is a month where I sit down and think of all that I’m thankful and grateful for, and I wanted to share some manga that I’m grateful for and the small lessons I’ve learned from them.

The Savior’s Book Café Story in Another World Based On Novels by Kyouka Izumi, Story by Oumiya, Art by Reiko Sakurada Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment Age Rating: 13+ Available Formats: Digital & Physical Ongoing or Completed: Ongoing, Complete! (5 volumes) Localization Team: Alexa Frank (Translator), Jennifer Skarupa (Letterer) Isekai aka ‘other wordly shenanigans’ genre is a fave of mine in manga, manhua, and web comics. While I adore Accomplishments of The Duke Daughter and My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, my favorite manga series in the genre has to be The Savior’s Book Cafe Story in Another World. I always want more manga about people my age, and this series follows a woman in her 30’s who gets summoned to another world of magic and monsters. Instead of adventuring, she basically said, ‘Nah. I just wanna chill and do the things I lik…