It's been a while! Since we're in a new fresh year I figured I would do a 'manga of the year' instead of a month, and indeed I have a couple of manga I've loved this past year! Guess which? 

The first is 'GINTAMA' a 2003 manga by Hideaki Sorachi! Gintama has been around for a few years (it has its own anime and movies as well) and is really popular but I just got to read it recently. Of course I got hooked! 

PLOT:  Edo period, as the world was attacked by aliens (Amanto) samurais tried to defeat them but where betrayed by the shogun, who realized their power and made an unequal deal with them. Subsequently, swords were banned in public and so samurai scattered around doing other jobs. Gintoki Sakata is a poor but eccentric samurai, who lives by doing freelance jobs at the 'Yoruzuya'. While on one of his jobs he encounter teenagers Shinpachi Shimura and alien Kagura, who become his assistants. 

My Take: Don't expect a serious manga! At the start it was more like a comedy manga, interesting but really silly, only to switch later to a total shounen. It still has silly side stories and most of the characters make no sense, BUT it is awesome! Also, there are so many characters it's hard to keep a track of them.

PLOT:  Noragami, literally 'Stray God', is about an underdog god named Yato. He is said to be the god of War and Calamity but is not very popular and hasn't got a shrine. To have those he needs money, which he collects by doing deeds to people in needs -who pay him 500 yen for whichever job-. While clumsily doing that, he meets Hiyori Iki, an highschool girl who can see him and that, for an accident, is stuck in between human world and afterlife. He may seems like a simple fellow but he has a past nobody seems to know about.. 

My take: Noragami has a bit of everything: action, fantasy, japanese mythology, romance, friendship and comedy. You can't go wrong with it!

Well then, that's it for this time, I hope you enjoyed this! Until next time :3