Dandadan

I honestly didn't expect to enjoy this so much, I saw it around and thought wow the art is really good but that was it since I didn't see many people talk about but I'm so glad I did. This manga can only get better the only thing it's missing right now is more chapters everything else is solid IMO.

Plot: simplified aliens and yokai/folklore are real, the yokai fight against the aliens but are also hostile towards people and my boy Okarun (the mc) loses his balls between all of this, so his friends and him are trying to get them back while dealing with aliens and yokai lol

Dialogue/humor: I liked it none of it felt out of place, everything the characters said just felt like actual teenagers and nerds talking, tho
I will say the humor might not be for everyone, but I found it funny, I would say it is around the same kind of humor as mob psycho

Characters: The characters are just super likeable to save time I'll try to not talk about them too much but to summarize why I like them because they act like actual teenagers and nerds, they are flawed with pitty teenage problems, and have some realistic development because of it. Also their all super caring and fun, I love em and the growth that each of them has is great. Personally, Jin is my fav since he’s super silly but he’s extremely caring of others

Protagonist: Okarun (Ken Takakura) is great, He's fun, nerdy, and has great internal development. I really like how his development was done and how he himself saw flaws and wanted to improve. Plus he's just really caring for others and funny.

Antagonists: Love the different types of villains here all with their own unique traits and motives, and how the majority of them aren’t beaten by just punching hard plus their designs are great, aliens and yokai/folklore leave so many possibilities for villains and allies can’t wait for more of them, while we only had 2 really big main antagonists we haven't had one final end game one so far, but we have multiple threats for now

Character Designs: I love these designs the art just shows them off super well and the pose they get into are super dynamic it's great every time and the design range for Dandadan can go from super silly to horror-like, to looking super cool it’s awesome

Art : I mean just look at it, it's crazy while still extremely clean to read not once was confused about what was going on, and during fights its really well choreographed

Enjoyment/final thoughts: This is the most fun I had reading a manga I almost read it all in one day, the chapters were so enjoyable I got through them so fast. I can't recommend this enough, differently on my top 5 favorite new Gen mangas. Super enjoyable read the only thing I could say as a negative is that I just want more chapters with that I could see the rating going even higher. OH YEAH the backstories are all super emotional they surprised me a lot