1. Middle Earth -- I love the languages, I love the history. All the names are perfect. I love that it feels real. Like an actual history. Simply perfect. 2. Wheel of Time -- I love the intricacy, the detail, the history. Probably the best detail oriented worldbuilding I have ever witnessed. And I'm less than halfway done with the series! 3. The Disc (Discworld) -- I love absurdism, I love the whimsy, I love the characters, the locations. Ankh-Morpork is the best described city in all of fantasy. The humour, the beautiful inconsistency. 4. The Cosmere -- the magic! the lore! The consistency. Rivals Wheel of Time, which wins on history, and the sheer throroughness with which that world is presented. (Oops I'm gushing about Wheel of Time again). The reveals, the ideas, the execution. So good. 5. Realm of the Elderlings -- I've not read much or this, but the melancholy, the beauty (Robin Hobb's prose is to die for), the simplicity which hides unimaginable depths. The patience with which Hobb reveals her world. Simply incredible.
My wife and I reread the Eragon series recently and really enjoyed it. So much nostalgia with this series and a great "beginner fantasy". The worldbuilding is fantastic.
If someone else also wants timestamps to revisit her thoughts on a book later _timestamps:_ 02:49 *Lord of The Rings* 05:26 *ONE PIECE* 07:32 *Piranesi* 10:47 *Eragon* 13:12 *The Girl who Fell Beneath the Sea*
I love the world of elder scrolls. It’s just so massive with massively different cultures and locations with long political history and a nice tonal mix of gritty and fantastical. It has a lot of interesting twists on old fantasy races and cool races of their own. Another world I love is the world of Dark Souls. It has such an otherworldly feel with a feeling of un-reality. It’s apocalyptic tone is incredibly absurd, strange and severe. Reality and time is literally falling apart and the entire world is decaying and fading away . It takes grand elements and then rips them down. It makes killing gods feel like putting down old sick dogs. In dark souls 3 , you’re literally at the end of its universe. It just really stuck with me.
Love to see Eragon here. Paolini was SO meticulous in his world building, it’s definitely the iconic characteristic of the Inheritance series. The language index, and use of the languages in the story? The map? The use of the entire map in the plot with incredibly vivid imagery and unique landmarks? Extraordinary.
World building makes me understand why some authors get lost in creating their worlds. As a reader, getting lost in a world is just so beautiful as a reader. I think it's the best thing a author can do is to create a world that makes us want to live there.
I love Terry Pratchett's Discworld and Walter Moers's Zamonia. Discworld is so expansive and it's so much fun learning about the different areas and people's. And Terry is so funny with his descriptions. And Zamonia is just so zany filled with crazy creatures and areas. Walter has the most mad imagination and I love him for it. My husband once asked me how my book was going (I was reading "the 13 and a half lives of captain Bluebear" at the time. Which is the first book in the series). I described what had just happened in a scene I had just read and he looked at me like I was high lol.
Malazan,Cosmere universe,One Piece,Lord of the rings and A song of ice and fire are my favts. Also love the worldbuilding in Dorohedoro(a manga you should surely try: its goofy,absurdist but also very brutal and is an amazing complex mystery story)
Not going to lie this has become one of my favorite channels. Been loving the mini review of each book. Just amazing to see some one else outlook on my favorite manga and book. I hope you do philosophy books since that’s my niche as of right now.
My favorites: - Arda (Lord of the Rings) - Osten Ard (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn) - Avatar the Last Airbender - Prydain (The Chronicles of Prydain) - Xadia (The Dragon Prince)
Eragon is one of my favorites, mainly due to being my gateway to fantasy when I was a teen. I had such a delightful time knowing about the different races and cultures, the places where the characters travelled... It's a fine book for me
Life has insisted on being difficult recently, and watching your videos gives me such a pure kind of happiness that I'm not getting many other places right now-- you are a joy, Merphy Napier!!
Thinking on it for a little bit, I have my favorite fictional worlds. 1. The Wizarding World (Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts)- I am weak for anything with wizards and magic, and places like Hogwarts and Diagon Alley have consumed me for over twenty years now. 2. The Half Continent (Monster Blood Tattoo)-Such a unique world, and from a series not super well known. A world of walled city states, monster filled wilds, unique sciences and an overall 1700's feel and culture. 3. The Avatar World (Avatar the Last Airbender and Legend of Korra)- The Four Nations are just such an amazing place to explore. 4. The Star Wars Galaxy- Thousands of planets. Enough said. 5. Ivalice (Select Final Fantasy games)- Ivalice has a place in my soul. The airships, the different cultures and locations, the adorable Moogles running and building airships. I always like playing those games to head back there.
In no particular order, here are some of my favorite literary worlds: Discworld - because Discworld. It’s so absurd and touching and fantastical and epic and personal. And any world that is home to Terry Pratchett’s Death is a wonderful world to me. Hyperion - Dan Simmons created an amazing and mythic scifi universe. I would love to sail down the River Tethys, visit the Time Tombs, or just take in the view from the Worldtree. Whipping Star - not as well known as Dune, but the universe of Whipping Star still has the same lived-in feel, and the sense that it’s so much bigger than what you see on the page in front of you. Wayfarers - Becky Chambers is one of my favorite authors, and the Wayfarers series is the main reason why. The universe is so well realized and filled with fascinating cultures and characters, and you get to know her universe in very personal ways.
The Boiling Isles from The Owl House is one of my new favourite fantasy worlds. There’s a lot of stuff in the world and magic system that I personally find really cool and interesting and I wish I’d come up with it a lot of it first for my fantasy world. XD
Favorite worlds: The Valdamar Series- I grew up with the Last Herald Mage Trilogy because it was my foundation of how the world worked, even growing up in high school. But after reading that I read other books and Loved most of them and still slowly trying to get back into reading more of them, even the new ones she came out based on the Foundation of Valdamar. Crystal Singers (it's a trilogy and I would say much better than the Ship Who Sang) - I know it's Sci-Fi.... but hear me out..... I love the fact that you have to harvest Crystals through knowledge of Singing so you can power a whole society of interspace. The World they work on also is hugely dangerous because they can loose their minds in one of two ways, and it's amazing. Kamisama Hajimemashita- This one you may like as a Manga, but it's very much playing with the Spirit realm similar to that of The girl that fell from underneath the sea. The style is somewhat like Fruits Baskets, but toned down slightly as I think it was written after? Mushishi- Another Manga. It's short story-esique in how it tells it's story, but the world building is kinda more traveler roaming around within a realm between the spirit realm and the physical realm, but it does bring up very fun and interesting questions about life and it's probably closer for you like "The Name of the Wind." with how Ginko travels around and talks to people. Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi- Another Manga that plays with the Spirit realm similar to The girl that fell from underneath the Sea, but this one has a more subdued art style than both Kamisama and Fruits Baskets. Still does have big eyes within them, but it's actually not as noticeable as Fruits Baskets. This one however plays with the idea of the cultures of Spirits are different depending of the location and what they do within that location. It also goes into a bit more detail of some of the Lore of Japan where a lot of these concepts come from. Much like Kamisama also explains some of that lore as well in a bit more detail. Restaurant to Another World- This one is... more like Piranesi, but it's within a Restaurant and it's only between two worlds. One Fantasy and the other is Earth. It's actually REALLY interesting how they do the world building throughout this story by getting the backstories to each patron who comes in every Saturday. It's a bit like a slice of life, but you get to learn about each person, their struggles, their dreams, their hobbies, and all that through how they interact with people, or them remembering how they got to the restaurant in the first place. Berserk- Not sure if this would become anything you would read because it gets *Dark*. Uncomfortable levels even, and while you do enjoy dark, I'm not sure if you would enjoy this one with some of the themes it goes into (beyond Tolkien levels even). However the reason why I love this world is.... It's beautiful in it's darkness. Yes, it's brutal, unfeeling, and cruel, but there are small glimpse of the good of people here and there, but you do wonder how much longer *would* they live after they leave the scene. It's alive while cruel. Magic is odd, but it also has an alien beauty to it. The Demons are horrific in the way they handle the idea of humanity and causality, but they're designed in ways that are both grotesque and yet enchanting. The world is built around the themes in such a way that you can't help but linger on the questions it asks and process them all. So that's why I love the world so much even when it goes so dark.
Fav worlds- All the many worlds of Kingdom Hearts, Spira (Final Fantasy 10), Lyra's World (His Dark Materials), The Wizarding World (Harry Potter), Ninja world of Naruto, Tamriel (Elder Scrolls), Middle Earth (Lord of the Rings), World of Avatar the Last Airbender and finally Westeros (asoiaf).
Hey Merphy you should really check out Golden Kamuy. Its really beautiful and amazing. Maybe try Planetes for a change of pace or Land of the Lustrous for its beauty, or Mushishi
3 of my favorite worlds: The Unknown from Over the Garden Wall mini-series and The Wildwood from the Wildwood Chronicles by Colin Meloy and the world from Stardust (the movie one, I haven't read the book yet). Those are soft magic worlds and I find myself often enjoying more when that is the case. It does makes the world seem bigger, cause when I know all the rules, most of the times, it takes away the wonder and the mystery (and the fun). I like when worlds offer you a thing and go "just roll with it, you'll not understand all of it, but you''ll not be able to take eyes off it either. Trust me".
@@sjajsjsja4523 I love this show so much. Everything about it. The story, the art, the music. Even the outlines and ideas that were cut off from their first draft (these ones are in the artbook they realeased). If Merphy haven't seen yet, she totally should give it a go.
I discovered your channel only today Merphy (UA-cam actually made a great recommendation) and i'm already a big fan. I just ordered my copy of The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea because i just have to read if after you described the world 🙂
For me:- Game of Thrones:- A world that feels so realistic and alien at the same time. A world that is full of mysteries and ancient creatures. One piece:- This world feels so absurd but it has one of the best world-building I have ever seen. Full Metal Alchemist:- It's the best example of a Steampunk setting story. LOTR:- I don't have to explain it right? Avatar The Last Airbender:- A simple world-building that could go wrong if it's not well written. Storm light Archive:- Sanderson is fucking genius when it comes to this topic. Wheel of time:- My favorite fictional world and the one I struggled to understand the most.
I think that you will really like Kingdom. It's a war story manga. It's just like every war that have existed, but like no war story that have ever been told
As an adult that read The Inheritance Cycle as a pre teen /teen, I understand that you may worry the book will not hold up. I recently went through the series and it held up well. The writing gets better as the series progress which is understandable for a young author.
I absolutely love the world (and the story) of "The Wandering Inn", which is enormous. You have a multitude of cultures, conflicts, adventures, ancient history served with a mix of the chillest possible moments shared amongst a close group of friends and truly epic events, both in scale an feel. (Also, it's a portal fantasy :b)
Your discussion of "Piranisi" reminded me of "Mythago Wood" by Robert Holdstock. That is a wonderful book! The wood is primeval and larger on the inside.
do you know what it’s like to live someplace that loves you back? - Summer Somewhere Thanks for sharing. World building/exploring is one of my favorite parts of reading.
It’s so difficult for me to separate the world building from magic systems in fantasy worlds. I think of Fullmetal Alchemist and Avatar: The Last Airbender- where the magic is inherently tied to the geography of the world. I love how all your choices were so atmospheric! Because of that, I think you’d love a world in a miniseries called “Over the Garden Wall.”
I think you would enjoy Patricia Mckillip's Riddle of Stars trilogy. The magic system is based on landlaw, a deep connection between each land and its ruler. Each of the six lands is fascinatingly unique, almost characters in their own right.
If you like portal worlds try Anne Bishops Emphemera Series. The Black Jewels also has levels of worlds with portals between. Very different series though. Both great
I like the world-building in The Invisible Library because it has so many variations, each one is somewhat familiar but you aren’t sure exactly what to expect. But that’s magic…. Mostly.
Not sure if you've read it, but based upon many of your likes for world building and magic systems, I'd like to recommend a '90's classic that kept me going while patiently waiting for Robert Jordan's next books to come out! Tracey Hickman & Margaret Weis' Death Gate Cycle. You could pretty much call it a portal world system because, as the story goes, a war between powerful beings split the world into four worlds for each element, Air, Water, Fire and Stone. It's a seven book series, each book only being 300-500 pages, making it a pretty quick series to read. The main character, having escaped an intriguing prison called The Labyrinth, has to explore these four worlds for his Lord. As he does so, he encounters the races of these worlds for the first time, being Elves, Dwarves and Humans. Pretty classic there. He also picks up some unlikely companions. Magic system: Each world has elemental magic pertaining to each realm's main element which is classic and expected. But a another magic system is introduced and is fairly interesting. Imagine a magic system based upon Runes tattooed and linked on the character's body, which they must trace to cast the magic they need. And their counterpart who uses much the same Runes, but forms them with hand gestures drawing them in the air or on surfaces instead. At any rate, the main character definitely has a major internal struggle as exploring the world brings him realities that conflict with his Lord's teachings and starts to reveal truths he has a hard time processing. Each world has unique characters and stories the main character ends up getting entangled with while trying to keep his true identity and power out of the lime-light, which poses a few problems in and of itself. In the end it's unique story and world construct that is considered one of the best series from power-house authors of the Dragonlance world, Tracey Hickman & Margaret Weis.
The Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb, the layers of mystery combined with these intricate and detailed descriptions of aspects of the world just combine to create such a massive world that I feel is unappreciated in its scale and complexity.
The world of Beyonders by Brandon Mull is pretty fantastic (pun not intended but left in anyways). It’s super rich and varied and plays a lot with some classic fantasy tropes in really interesting ways. I think that it’s especially cool because, although the intended audience of the trilogy is somewhere in the preteen to young adult range, there is still a clear display of really intensive effort put into the worldbuilding itself that is sometimes lacking in media aimed at younger audiences. Also the series is really solid plot- and character-wise. Super great series, and one that I haven’t heard talked about nearly enough for how awesome it is.
For me it is lord of the rings and one piece , they are worlds that I spent years in discussing , they are worlds deep enough to make you imagine a whole life in them
I highly recommend Made in Abyss manga/anime , it has an absolutely incredible world , very unique and FULL of mystery . It's also regarded by many as one of the best out there in terms of story and artwork/animation .
When she talked about the excitement she has every time the characters get to a new island in One Piece, the first thing I thought of was my excitement whenever the characters get to a new layer of the Abyss in Made in Abyss.
I really hope that you get to the Deed of Paksenarrion (1st book Sheepfarmer's Daughter) that is in your TBR stack. Everytime you talk about your favorite worlds/books it really ties into the writing and world that is described.
One of my favorite worlds is Avatar TLA's. I love how Bending plays into pretty much every aspect of the world and the various Asian influences. I also just love the overall look of the world Also No Game No Life's Disboard. Not only is it not another generic isekai world, but just on its own, it's so unique visually and mechanically. World run by games is such a fun concept. While Dragon Ball's world may be lacking in world building, I still love it just because of the crazy cosmology. You've got Earth and everything there, you've got all these other planets, you got HFIL, you've got otherworld, you've got the demon and kai realms, and you've even got alternate timelines, and universes. There's just so much cool stuff in Dragon Ball and it's a shame it isn't explored more. Pokemon is another favorite. Not much to really say about it other than I love Pokemon and the world. This is cheating, but the various Digital Worlds in the Digimon franchise. Inuyasha simply because Fuedal Japan and demons. Why Inuyasha specifically? Because modern world. Oh yeah. Also Negima/UQ Holder and Magi Others that aren't quite favorites but I still like and wanna mention include AoT, FMA, Dr. Stone, Ascendance of a Bookworm, Tower of God which arguably rivals or even surpasses One Piece in terms of world building at the same point in the story (around ch. 550), and ToAru (the only good thing about it aside from Accelerator)
Mine recent favourite would be the atmospheric ones - circus from night circus, or the library from starless sea. Always dreamed of jumping into Witcher story, however thinking of it now - quite bleak ;) From childhood I believe Narnia would be it, much more than Hogwart's (they come back to reality during summer, so lame!). And if I had kids, I want them to grow up in Bullerbyn - maybe not fantasy, but a world that doesn't exist anymore. Have you read any Astrid Lindgren to your kids? Highly reccomend :)
About Eragon, of course I can't know what your experience will be, but I think that if you could revisit Percy Jackson and enjoy it, there's no reason you can't do the same with Eragon, even if you can spot flaws you you couldn't see before. Saying this, I am still young (not a teen anymore tho) and maybe I am still biased.
Hearing you talk about The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea made me think you would like Small Gods by Terry Pratchett. Discworld, the series it's from, is also kind of a fantasy version of The Hitchhikers Guide, with a lot of absurdist humor and "philosophy" (or however you want to put it lol), so I really think you would like it. But yea, just a recommendation!
Here are my top five favorite fantasy worlds. 1. Fantastica from The Neverending Story 2. Discworld 3. Oz from the Oz books 4. Eathsea 5. Westeros from Game of Thrones
One Piece is also interesting as a world because there are so many other islands that the Strawhat Pirates will not visit before the main story is completed. There is a lot of potential for spin-offs with the other island nations.
I really loved Eregon when I read it when it was fairly new. I know its super derivative and whatever but when I read it, I hadn't read any of that other stuff so it was a fantastic introduction to the epic fantasy genre.
Since I’ve finally finished the series, the world of the Darker Shade of Magic trilogy by V. E. Schwab is one I love. There’s actually a few worlds in the series but the one that gets the most development explores a couple cultures. Some of the nuances of languages spoken are described and how they tie into the mentality of the citizens. Some of the philosophy of the people there is intriguing depending on location. It’a not a world that is heavy in detail on why things are a certain way but when you read it you hear information of the world and it feels understandable and alive.
I did love the world of the Starless Sea and Lyra's world from his dark materials, also I have such love for worlds from my childhood like the magic faraway tree
For me nothing will ever be able to beat the world of Malazan. It's so rich and detailed with hundreds of thousands of years of history, and Erikson has this incredible ability to establish an entire culture or tribe in a couple of paragraphs, where you understand how and why they think the way that they do. The world feels so BIG and lived in as well
Merphy, if you like Portal World stories, I'd recommend watching Infinity Train. It's a cartoon, not a book, but it's a Portal World story that I think you may like. The show got canceled, but each season is it's own standalone story with different protagonists each time. Therefore, even if the overall narrative wasn't finished, each season has a conclusive ending for each of their respective protagonists. You don't have to talk about it on the channel. I just think that it would be right up your alley.
My top 5worlds: Rohan Redwall (I want to be an otter) Ancelstierre (Not high fantasy but still a super interesting world) Pern (Dragons!) Ingary (Howl's Moving Castle)
Just saying, the world of "Ascendance of a Bookworm" is very well thought through. From the local flora and fauna, the customs of the people living in the world, the different social groups and how they interact between eachother and themselves, the religious belief and how it shapes absolutely everything and even mundane things like how the apprentice-system works for children starting their first jobs. Heck, even seemingly random things like why the oil of a red plant becomes green when turned into ink can be explained several volumes later.
only watched the Anime and i really loved it, i was told the world exploration and flashing out in the LN is really good. i could catch glimpses of it in the Anime but for obvious reasons they couldn't fit most of the fine details in it.
If I am thinking beyond Lord of the Rings and beyond Sanderson etc and not just for the magic systems in the world's... I've always really liked the world of Philip Pullman, there's always intrigue going on and wanting to know more. The Unwanteds series, where artists are outcasts and how they open the series into this amazing world is great to. The kingdom of Back ! Which is a story about Mozarts sister and the world they create together. By the woman who wrote the Legend series. And honestly as a child, does bridge to terabethia count as a world? Cus that world changed my life.
My top 5 would be in no particular order because I don't think I could rank them 1. Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children - I love the idea of some people having an ability that makes them 'peculiar' and hiding in time loops throughout the past that you can visit by 'leap frogging' and hiding in these loops from terrifying monsters that are hunting them 2. Lockwood and Co. - I just love a good ghost story and this misty ghost filled London creates such a great atmosphere 3. The Invisible Library - admittedly I wasn't sold on book one either but I really enjoy the rest of them and I love visiting all the different worlds 4. Artemis Fowl - Because Eoin Colfer's take on mystical creatures is so different from anyone else's I've ever read and I really love it 5. Find it hard to choose between One Piece and Avatar the Last Airbender for this spot they're both amazing
My fav world's would be Middle Earth, Harry Potter, Narnia, Piranesi, and Ten Thousand Doors of January. You said a couple times here that you love portal fantasy. I know you were put off by the other book by this author, but I'm telling you, you will LOVE Ten Thousand Doors. Please give it a chance!🙌🙏🥺
My favorite book world has to be the Ascendance of a bookworm universe. It’s heavily based on medieval era politics and social structure but mixed heavily with fantasy and magic.
Even though its not like fantasized by some author, Cretaceous Period is my best fantasia where the world is ruled by very different creature we thought never existed at all. Although Cambrian and Pre-Cambrian period is the true fantasia world, my favourite would still be Cretaceous Period.
Anyone know which book / edition she's holding while talking about LOTR and if / where one can get an exact copy like it? it looks absolutely gorgeous.
Hi Murphy!!!🥰🥰🥰 I do not know if you will see this, but if you do could you PLEASE give me some recommendations on some dark Mermaid stories..?😘😘😘 I read an duology(which where retellings Of Hans Christian Anderson The Little Mermaid) this summer That I LOVED and I would really like to read some more darker Mermaid books❤️❤️❤️🧜♀️🧜♀️🧜♀️
Favorite worlds for me (no particular order): One piece: I feel like you’ve said everything on this. Beautiful worlds, great lore. Every world is massive and immersive. Pendragon: Recommended this one before. You said you like portal worlds and this is one of my absolute favorites. Each world has a different environment, different rules, different species. Even worlds we should feel familiar with will have a beautiful description of what the main character is experiencing. Toriko: “Small” world that opens up into a very large world. Traversing the entire world is similar to one piece in terms of world building and getting to see the different climates and unique areas. Every island or location has such fun interactions. Almost the exact same world set up as Hunter x Hunter but done better in my opinion (Atleast for now). Harry Potter: grew up with everything here. Very nostalgic very fun. Comfort world to come back to. Yu Yu hakusho: one of the much smaller worlds and not nearly as explored but the way they have the different afterlife worlds and demon worlds is one of my favorite across media. Haven’t read as much so don’t have as many options to pick on but each one is very close to me. Great video! Love hearing your thoughts.
It's so nice to sink into a world created by an author and just let your imagination run wild sometimes
1. Middle Earth -- I love the languages, I love the history. All the names are perfect. I love that it feels real. Like an actual history. Simply perfect.
2. Wheel of Time -- I love the intricacy, the detail, the history. Probably the best detail oriented worldbuilding I have ever witnessed. And I'm less than halfway done with the series!
3. The Disc (Discworld) -- I love absurdism, I love the whimsy, I love the characters, the locations. Ankh-Morpork is the best described city in all of fantasy. The humour, the beautiful inconsistency.
4. The Cosmere -- the magic! the lore! The consistency. Rivals Wheel of Time, which wins on history, and the sheer throroughness with which that world is presented. (Oops I'm gushing about Wheel of Time again). The reveals, the ideas, the execution. So good.
5. Realm of the Elderlings -- I've not read much or this, but the melancholy, the beauty (Robin Hobb's prose is to die for), the simplicity which hides unimaginable depths. The patience with which Hobb reveals her world. Simply incredible.
My wife and I reread the Eragon series recently and really enjoyed it. So much nostalgia with this series and a great "beginner fantasy". The worldbuilding is fantastic.
If someone else also wants timestamps to revisit her thoughts on a book later
_timestamps:_
02:49 *Lord of The Rings*
05:26 *ONE PIECE*
07:32 *Piranesi*
10:47 *Eragon*
13:12 *The Girl who Fell Beneath the Sea*
mildly surprised to see how The Wheel of Time isn't on the list given Merphy seems to like soft magic system worlds a lot
I love the world of elder scrolls. It’s just so massive with massively different cultures and locations with long political history and a nice tonal mix of gritty and fantastical. It has a lot of interesting twists on old fantasy races and cool races of their own.
Another world I love is the world of Dark Souls. It has such an otherworldly feel with a feeling of un-reality. It’s apocalyptic tone is incredibly absurd, strange and severe. Reality and time is literally falling apart and the entire world is decaying and fading away . It takes grand elements and then rips them down. It makes killing gods feel like putting down old sick dogs. In dark souls 3 , you’re literally at the end of its universe. It just really stuck with me.
I just started playing Morrowind recently and while the gameplay is not great the world is incredible.
pfff dark souls, uuhhh your funny my friend
Love to see Eragon here. Paolini was SO meticulous in his world building, it’s definitely the iconic characteristic of the Inheritance series.
The language index, and use of the languages in the story? The map? The use of the entire map in the plot with incredibly vivid imagery and unique landmarks? Extraordinary.
Can you really be surprised that the hobbits are passive-aggressive considering how short they are?
Bruh lollll
True they are like a thumb. So its totally understandable
haha true lol
I didn't think of Eragon for so long... but you are right! Spending time all throughout the world made it so real and immersive...
World building makes me understand why some authors get lost in creating their worlds. As a reader, getting lost in a world is just so beautiful as a reader. I think it's the best thing a author can do is to create a world that makes us want to live there.
I love Terry Pratchett's Discworld and Walter Moers's Zamonia. Discworld is so expansive and it's so much fun learning about the different areas and people's. And Terry is so funny with his descriptions. And Zamonia is just so zany filled with crazy creatures and areas. Walter has the most mad imagination and I love him for it. My husband once asked me how my book was going (I was reading "the 13 and a half lives of captain Bluebear" at the time. Which is the first book in the series). I described what had just happened in a scene I had just read and he looked at me like I was high lol.
Malazan,Cosmere universe,One Piece,Lord of the rings and A song of ice and fire are my favts.
Also love the worldbuilding in Dorohedoro(a manga you should surely try: its goofy,absurdist but also very brutal and is an amazing complex mystery story)
Not going to lie this has become one of my favorite channels. Been loving the mini review of each book. Just amazing to see some one else outlook on my favorite manga and book. I hope you do philosophy books since that’s my niche as of right now.
My favorites:
- Arda (Lord of the Rings)
- Osten Ard (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn)
- Avatar the Last Airbender
- Prydain (The Chronicles of Prydain)
- Xadia (The Dragon Prince)
Eragon is one of my favorites, mainly due to being my gateway to fantasy when I was a teen. I had such a delightful time knowing about the different races and cultures, the places where the characters travelled... It's a fine book for me
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea sounds beautiful ❤️ thanks for the rec! I'm here for this spirited away vibes
Life has insisted on being difficult recently, and watching your videos gives me such a pure kind of happiness that I'm not getting many other places right now--
you are a joy, Merphy Napier!!
Thinking on it for a little bit, I have my favorite fictional worlds.
1. The Wizarding World (Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts)- I am weak for anything with wizards and magic, and places like Hogwarts and Diagon Alley have consumed me for over twenty years now.
2. The Half Continent (Monster Blood Tattoo)-Such a unique world, and from a series not super well known. A world of walled city states, monster filled wilds, unique sciences and an overall 1700's feel and culture.
3. The Avatar World (Avatar the Last Airbender and Legend of Korra)- The Four Nations are just such an amazing place to explore.
4. The Star Wars Galaxy- Thousands of planets. Enough said.
5. Ivalice (Select Final Fantasy games)- Ivalice has a place in my soul. The airships, the different cultures and locations, the adorable Moogles running and building airships. I always like playing those games to head back there.
In no particular order, here are some of my favorite literary worlds:
Discworld - because Discworld. It’s so absurd and touching and fantastical and epic and personal. And any world that is home to Terry Pratchett’s Death is a wonderful world to me.
Hyperion - Dan Simmons created an amazing and mythic scifi universe. I would love to sail down the River Tethys, visit the Time Tombs, or just take in the view from the Worldtree.
Whipping Star - not as well known as Dune, but the universe of Whipping Star still has the same lived-in feel, and the sense that it’s so much bigger than what you see on the page in front of you.
Wayfarers - Becky Chambers is one of my favorite authors, and the Wayfarers series is the main reason why. The universe is so well realized and filled with fascinating cultures and characters, and you get to know her universe in very personal ways.
The Boiling Isles from The Owl House is one of my new favourite fantasy worlds.
There’s a lot of stuff in the world and magic system that I personally find really cool and interesting and I wish I’d come up with it a lot of it first for my fantasy world. XD
You left this comment before I got a chance to, love the boiling isles.
YES Owl House love! Hopium that maybe Merphy will watch it like Avatar?? Doubt but I can dream
Favorite worlds:
The Valdamar Series- I grew up with the Last Herald Mage Trilogy because it was my foundation of how the world worked, even growing up in high school. But after reading that I read other books and Loved most of them and still slowly trying to get back into reading more of them, even the new ones she came out based on the Foundation of Valdamar.
Crystal Singers (it's a trilogy and I would say much better than the Ship Who Sang) - I know it's Sci-Fi.... but hear me out..... I love the fact that you have to harvest Crystals through knowledge of Singing so you can power a whole society of interspace. The World they work on also is hugely dangerous because they can loose their minds in one of two ways, and it's amazing.
Kamisama Hajimemashita- This one you may like as a Manga, but it's very much playing with the Spirit realm similar to that of The girl that fell from underneath the sea. The style is somewhat like Fruits Baskets, but toned down slightly as I think it was written after?
Mushishi- Another Manga. It's short story-esique in how it tells it's story, but the world building is kinda more traveler roaming around within a realm between the spirit realm and the physical realm, but it does bring up very fun and interesting questions about life and it's probably closer for you like "The Name of the Wind." with how Ginko travels around and talks to people.
Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi- Another Manga that plays with the Spirit realm similar to The girl that fell from underneath the Sea, but this one has a more subdued art style than both Kamisama and Fruits Baskets. Still does have big eyes within them, but it's actually not as noticeable as Fruits Baskets. This one however plays with the idea of the cultures of Spirits are different depending of the location and what they do within that location. It also goes into a bit more detail of some of the Lore of Japan where a lot of these concepts come from. Much like Kamisama also explains some of that lore as well in a bit more detail.
Restaurant to Another World- This one is... more like Piranesi, but it's within a Restaurant and it's only between two worlds. One Fantasy and the other is Earth. It's actually REALLY interesting how they do the world building throughout this story by getting the backstories to each patron who comes in every Saturday. It's a bit like a slice of life, but you get to learn about each person, their struggles, their dreams, their hobbies, and all that through how they interact with people, or them remembering how they got to the restaurant in the first place.
Berserk- Not sure if this would become anything you would read because it gets *Dark*. Uncomfortable levels even, and while you do enjoy dark, I'm not sure if you would enjoy this one with some of the themes it goes into (beyond Tolkien levels even). However the reason why I love this world is.... It's beautiful in it's darkness. Yes, it's brutal, unfeeling, and cruel, but there are small glimpse of the good of people here and there, but you do wonder how much longer *would* they live after they leave the scene. It's alive while cruel. Magic is odd, but it also has an alien beauty to it. The Demons are horrific in the way they handle the idea of humanity and causality, but they're designed in ways that are both
grotesque and yet enchanting. The world is built around the themes in such a way that you can't help but linger on the questions it asks and process them all. So that's why I love the world so much even when it goes so dark.
Mine are:
FANTASIA from Neverending Story
The mulefa place from His Dark Materials
The Phantom Tollbooth!!!
And of course Hogwarts and all of HP
Fav worlds- All the many worlds of Kingdom Hearts, Spira (Final Fantasy 10), Lyra's World (His Dark Materials), The Wizarding World (Harry Potter), Ninja world of Naruto, Tamriel (Elder Scrolls), Middle Earth (Lord of the Rings), World of Avatar the Last Airbender and finally Westeros (asoiaf).
Hey Merphy you should really check out Golden Kamuy. Its really beautiful and amazing. Maybe try Planetes for a change of pace or Land of the Lustrous for its beauty, or Mushishi
I love that you brought up eragon. I love that series to death. All time favorite (next to one piece) and I have re read the series many many times.
world of made in abyss , it have by far my favourite fantasy world building in any show ever
It is good and different
It is just INCREDIBLE and breathtaking!!!💯💯🙌🏻
3 of my favorite worlds: The Unknown from Over the Garden Wall mini-series and The Wildwood from the Wildwood Chronicles by Colin Meloy and the world from Stardust (the movie one, I haven't read the book yet).
Those are soft magic worlds and I find myself often enjoying more when that is the case. It does makes the world seem bigger, cause when I know all the rules, most of the times, it takes away the wonder and the mystery (and the fun). I like when worlds offer you a thing and go "just roll with it, you'll not understand all of it, but you''ll not be able to take eyes off it either. Trust me".
Over the Garden Wall is great! Merphy might like that show, it's super short too
@@sjajsjsja4523 I love this show so much. Everything about it. The story, the art, the music. Even the outlines and ideas that were cut off from their first draft (these ones are in the artbook they realeased). If Merphy haven't seen yet, she totally should give it a go.
Loved Eragon! Also afraid to reread now
You will really enjoy the world of Mushishi too
And its so great to meet another Eragon fan too
Roshar, of Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive. Visually, it's breathtaking, because it's so different so immersive...
Made in Abyss is an interesting one. Take a quick look.
I discovered your channel only today Merphy (UA-cam actually made a great recommendation) and i'm already a big fan. I just ordered my copy of The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea because i just have to read if after you described the world 🙂
I like the passion in your voice when you talk about books you enjoy
Awesome! I love how you decide favorites. Keep it up! It encourages me to keep reading every time! :D
For me:-
Game of Thrones:- A world that feels so realistic and alien at the same time. A world that is full of mysteries and ancient creatures.
One piece:- This world feels so absurd but it has one of the best world-building I have ever seen.
Full Metal Alchemist:- It's the best example of a Steampunk setting story.
LOTR:- I don't have to explain it right?
Avatar The Last Airbender:- A simple world-building that could go wrong if it's not well written.
Storm light Archive:- Sanderson is fucking genius when it comes to this topic.
Wheel of time:- My favorite fictional world and the one I struggled to understand the most.
*A Song of Ice and Fire
I'd argue Arcane has a better steampunk world than FMAB.
I think that you will really like Kingdom. It's a war story manga. It's just like every war that have existed, but like no war story that have ever been told
As an adult that read The Inheritance Cycle as a pre teen /teen, I understand that you may worry the book will not hold up. I recently went through the series and it held up well. The writing gets better as the series progress which is understandable for a young author.
My favorites are probably the Star Wars universe, the Young Wizards universe, and Narnia! This was a good idea for a video 😊
One of my favourite worlds is the spirit world from Spirited Away. While the world is dangerous for the living, the charm of it really appealed to me.
I absolutely love the world (and the story) of "The Wandering Inn", which is enormous. You have a multitude of cultures, conflicts, adventures, ancient history served with a mix of the chillest possible moments shared amongst a close group of friends and truly epic events, both in scale an feel. (Also, it's a portal fantasy :b)
Your discussion of "Piranisi" reminded me of "Mythago Wood" by Robert Holdstock. That is a wonderful book! The wood is primeval and larger on the inside.
do you know what it’s like to live
someplace that loves you back?
- Summer Somewhere
Thanks for sharing. World building/exploring is one of my favorite parts of reading.
It’s so difficult for me to separate the world building from magic systems in fantasy worlds. I think of Fullmetal Alchemist and Avatar: The Last Airbender- where the magic is inherently tied to the geography of the world.
I love how all your choices were so atmospheric! Because of that, I think you’d love a world in a miniseries called “Over the Garden Wall.”
I think you would enjoy Patricia Mckillip's Riddle of Stars trilogy. The magic system is based on landlaw, a deep connection between each land and its ruler. Each of the six lands is fascinatingly unique, almost characters in their own right.
If you like portal worlds try Anne Bishops Emphemera Series. The Black Jewels also has levels of worlds with portals between. Very different series though. Both great
I like the world-building in The Invisible Library because it has so many variations, each one is somewhat familiar but you aren’t sure exactly what to expect. But that’s magic…. Mostly.
Not sure if you've read it, but based upon many of your likes for world building and magic systems, I'd like to recommend a '90's classic that kept me going while patiently waiting for Robert Jordan's next books to come out! Tracey Hickman & Margaret Weis' Death Gate Cycle.
You could pretty much call it a portal world system because, as the story goes, a war between powerful beings split the world into four worlds for each element, Air, Water, Fire and Stone. It's a seven book series, each book only being 300-500 pages, making it a pretty quick series to read. The main character, having escaped an intriguing prison called The Labyrinth, has to explore these four worlds for his Lord. As he does so, he encounters the races of these worlds for the first time, being Elves, Dwarves and Humans. Pretty classic there. He also picks up some unlikely companions.
Magic system: Each world has elemental magic pertaining to each realm's main element which is classic and expected. But a another magic system is introduced and is fairly interesting. Imagine a magic system based upon Runes tattooed and linked on the character's body, which they must trace to cast the magic they need. And their counterpart who uses much the same Runes, but forms them with hand gestures drawing them in the air or on surfaces instead.
At any rate, the main character definitely has a major internal struggle as exploring the world brings him realities that conflict with his Lord's teachings and starts to reveal truths he has a hard time processing. Each world has unique characters and stories the main character ends up getting entangled with while trying to keep his true identity and power out of the lime-light, which poses a few problems in and of itself.
In the end it's unique story and world construct that is considered one of the best series from power-house authors of the Dragonlance world, Tracey Hickman & Margaret Weis.
The Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb, the layers of mystery combined with these intricate and detailed descriptions of aspects of the world just combine to create such a massive world that I feel is unappreciated in its scale and complexity.
The world of Beyonders by Brandon Mull is pretty fantastic (pun not intended but left in anyways). It’s super rich and varied and plays a lot with some classic fantasy tropes in really interesting ways. I think that it’s especially cool because, although the intended audience of the trilogy is somewhere in the preteen to young adult range, there is still a clear display of really intensive effort put into the worldbuilding itself that is sometimes lacking in media aimed at younger audiences. Also the series is really solid plot- and character-wise. Super great series, and one that I haven’t heard talked about nearly enough for how awesome it is.
For me it is lord of the rings and one piece , they are worlds that I spent years in discussing , they are worlds deep enough to make you imagine a whole life in them
Awesome video! It's nice to find out other people's favorite worlds!
I highly recommend Made in Abyss manga/anime , it has an absolutely incredible world , very unique and FULL of mystery . It's also regarded by many as one of the best out there in terms of story and artwork/animation .
Made in Abyss is like a DREAM to me❤️❤️ it's so breathtaking.
What a fantastic masterpiece.
Yes, also Bride Story.
It's so good but.. made my a pedo 😅
@@MystyXsoul I know you can overcome that xd
When she talked about the excitement she has every time the characters get to a new island in One Piece, the first thing I thought of was my excitement whenever the characters get to a new layer of the Abyss in Made in Abyss.
Love this particular concept of list so much💕
One of my favourite fictional worlds is Fairyland from Catherynne Valente’s Fairyland series.
I really hope that you get to the Deed of Paksenarrion (1st book Sheepfarmer's Daughter) that is in your TBR stack. Everytime you talk about your favorite worlds/books it really ties into the writing and world that is described.
One of my favorite worlds is Avatar TLA's. I love how Bending plays into pretty much every aspect of the world and the various Asian influences. I also just love the overall look of the world
Also No Game No Life's Disboard. Not only is it not another generic isekai world, but just on its own, it's so unique visually and mechanically. World run by games is such a fun concept.
While Dragon Ball's world may be lacking in world building, I still love it just because of the crazy cosmology. You've got Earth and everything there, you've got all these other planets, you got HFIL, you've got otherworld, you've got the demon and kai realms, and you've even got alternate timelines, and universes. There's just so much cool stuff in Dragon Ball and it's a shame it isn't explored more.
Pokemon is another favorite. Not much to really say about it other than I love Pokemon and the world.
This is cheating, but the various Digital Worlds in the Digimon franchise.
Inuyasha simply because Fuedal Japan and demons. Why Inuyasha specifically? Because modern world.
Oh yeah. Also Negima/UQ Holder and Magi
Others that aren't quite favorites but I still like and wanna mention include AoT, FMA, Dr. Stone, Ascendance of a Bookworm, Tower of God which arguably rivals or even surpasses One Piece in terms of world building at the same point in the story (around ch. 550), and ToAru (the only good thing about it aside from Accelerator)
Pokemon objectively the best anime world.
@@emperorluffy6001 objectifly you can't proof that unless you have seen every last Anime out there to the end.
@@emperorluffy6001 one piece>>
@@emperorluffy6001 Not sure, they retcon it couple of time with The Legendary Pokemon.
Mine recent favourite would be the atmospheric ones - circus from night circus, or the library from starless sea. Always dreamed of jumping into Witcher story, however thinking of it now - quite bleak ;)
From childhood I believe Narnia would be it, much more than Hogwart's (they come back to reality during summer, so lame!).
And if I had kids, I want them to grow up in Bullerbyn - maybe not fantasy, but a world that doesn't exist anymore. Have you read any Astrid Lindgren to your kids? Highly reccomend :)
About Eragon, of course I can't know what your experience will be, but I think that if you could revisit Percy Jackson and enjoy it, there's no reason you can't do the same with Eragon, even if you can spot flaws you you couldn't see before. Saying this, I am still young (not a teen anymore tho) and maybe I am still biased.
Hearing you talk about The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea made me think you would like Small Gods by Terry Pratchett. Discworld, the series it's from, is also kind of a fantasy version of The Hitchhikers Guide, with a lot of absurdist humor and "philosophy" (or however you want to put it lol), so I really think you would like it.
But yea, just a recommendation!
Here are my top five favorite fantasy worlds.
1. Fantastica from The Neverending Story
2. Discworld
3. Oz from the Oz books
4. Eathsea
5. Westeros from Game of Thrones
One Piece is also interesting as a world because there are so many other islands that the Strawhat Pirates will not visit before the main story is completed. There is a lot of potential for spin-offs with the other island nations.
I really loved Eregon when I read it when it was fairly new. I know its super derivative and whatever but when I read it, I hadn't read any of that other stuff so it was a fantastic introduction to the epic fantasy genre.
Loved eragon it always pops into my head
Since I’ve finally finished the series, the world of the Darker Shade of Magic trilogy by V. E. Schwab is one I love.
There’s actually a few worlds in the series but the one that gets the most development explores a couple cultures. Some of the nuances of languages spoken are described and how they tie into the mentality of the citizens. Some of the philosophy of the people there is intriguing depending on location. It’a not a world that is heavy in detail on why things are a certain way but when you read it you hear information of the world and it feels understandable and alive.
I did love the world of the Starless Sea and Lyra's world from his dark materials, also I have such love for worlds from my childhood like the magic faraway tree
Arda, the world of A Song of Ice and Fire & Disc World.
Though Pullman's Dark Materials is close behind.
For me nothing will ever be able to beat the world of Malazan. It's so rich and detailed with hundreds of thousands of years of history, and Erikson has this incredible ability to establish an entire culture or tribe in a couple of paragraphs, where you understand how and why they think the way that they do.
The world feels so BIG and lived in as well
I would LOVE it if my little world would someday make your awesome list!
I wish you would give dragons of Pern another try…like get through the first trilogy. Saphira in Eragon is Highly influenced by McCaffery’s dragons.
oh my goodness, Piranesi is one of the most beautiful books i have ever read.
Merphy, if you like Portal World stories, I'd recommend watching Infinity Train. It's a cartoon, not a book, but it's a Portal World story that I think you may like. The show got canceled, but each season is it's own standalone story with different protagonists each time. Therefore, even if the overall narrative wasn't finished, each season has a conclusive ending for each of their respective protagonists.
You don't have to talk about it on the channel. I just think that it would be right up your alley.
Infinity Train is amazing.
for me, the series with settings that I like are One Piece, Reply 1988 & Golden Kamuy
My top 5worlds:
Rohan
Redwall (I want to be an otter)
Ancelstierre (Not high fantasy but still a super interesting world)
Pern (Dragons!)
Ingary (Howl's Moving Castle)
I love the world of Fantasia on the NeverEnded story
Just saying, the world of "Ascendance of a Bookworm" is very well thought through. From the local flora and fauna, the customs of the people living in the world, the different social groups and how they interact between eachother and themselves, the religious belief and how it shapes absolutely everything and even mundane things like how the apprentice-system works for children starting their first jobs.
Heck, even seemingly random things like why the oil of a red plant becomes green when turned into ink can be explained several volumes later.
only watched the Anime and i really loved it, i was told the world exploration and flashing out in the LN is really good. i could catch glimpses of it in the Anime but for obvious reasons they couldn't fit most of the fine details in it.
Love the Ascendance of a Bookworm Light novel. Easily one of the best light novels ever. Anime is great but Light novel is on another level entirely.
Hi Merphy (and anyone else)!
Can you please recommend series with amazing magic systems?
I haven't read it, but I believe The Water Dragon's Bride manga pulls from the same myth The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea does.
If I am thinking beyond Lord of the Rings and beyond Sanderson etc and not just for the magic systems in the world's...
I've always really liked the world of Philip Pullman, there's always intrigue going on and wanting to know more.
The Unwanteds series, where artists are outcasts and how they open the series into this amazing world is great to.
The kingdom of Back ! Which is a story about Mozarts sister and the world they create together. By the woman who wrote the Legend series.
And honestly as a child, does bridge to terabethia count as a world? Cus that world changed my life.
My top 5 would be in no particular order because I don't think I could rank them
1. Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children - I love the idea of some people having an ability that makes them 'peculiar' and hiding in time loops throughout the past that you can visit by 'leap frogging' and hiding in these loops from terrifying monsters that are hunting them
2. Lockwood and Co. - I just love a good ghost story and this misty ghost filled London creates such a great atmosphere
3. The Invisible Library - admittedly I wasn't sold on book one either but I really enjoy the rest of them and I love visiting all the different worlds
4. Artemis Fowl - Because Eoin Colfer's take on mystical creatures is so different from anyone else's I've ever read and I really love it
5. Find it hard to choose between One Piece and Avatar the Last Airbender for this spot they're both amazing
My fav world's would be Middle Earth, Harry Potter, Narnia, Piranesi, and Ten Thousand Doors of January. You said a couple times here that you love portal fantasy. I know you were put off by the other book by this author, but I'm telling you, you will LOVE Ten Thousand Doors. Please give it a chance!🙌🙏🥺
I loved eragon when I was younger!
One of my favourite worlds is the one in Liveship Traders Trilogy by Robin Hobb.
Please give it a try!!
Love your videos btw!
She had read the first book and her opinions are available on the vlog channel
I’ve read book one and am starting book 2 soon!
1.Roshar
2.the 3 body problem
3.red rising
4.the sister trilogy
5.the name of the wind
I would recommend the Annals of the Chosen trilogy. Some of the best world building I've read in modern or recent fantasy.
Love your videos! Have you done one of your favorite fantasy characters overall? Would love to see that if you haven't :D
My favorite book world has to be the Ascendance of a bookworm universe. It’s heavily based on medieval era politics and social structure but mixed heavily with fantasy and magic.
I highly recommend reading Ascendance of a Bookworm Light Novel. The world building is absolutely GODLY.
I still think eragon is fun as an adult. The audio books are great as well. Book 5 comes out either this year or next. I
Know he’s been writing it.
My favourite world is Planet Earth, 70 Million years ago.
Even though its not like fantasized by some author, Cretaceous Period is my best fantasia where the world is ruled by very different creature we thought never existed at all. Although Cambrian and Pre-Cambrian period is the true fantasia world, my favourite would still be Cretaceous Period.
I'm very surprised The Gentleman Bastards' world wasn't mentioned here. Merphy, are you ok?
#1. Water 7
#2. Skypiea
#3. Alabasta
#4. Drum Island
I've really been into Mass Effect as of late, definitely an amazing Scifi Epic.
Anyone know which book / edition she's holding while talking about LOTR and if / where one can get an exact copy like it? it looks absolutely gorgeous.
not a fantasy but I love the world building in the John Wick movies. Just a whole world of assassins.
Part 1 was perfect the rest is shitty tho
@@jukaa1012 Part 2 is a masterpiece. Part 3 is not good at all.
I don’t read much due to time and my reading level not being great but I’m gonna give the last one a try
Hi Murphy!!!🥰🥰🥰 I do not know if you will see this, but if you do could you PLEASE give me some recommendations on some dark Mermaid stories..?😘😘😘 I read an duology(which where retellings Of Hans Christian Anderson The Little Mermaid) this summer That I LOVED and I would really like to read some more darker Mermaid books❤️❤️❤️🧜♀️🧜♀️🧜♀️
I have been playing Morrowind for the first time over the last few weeks and I must say Tamriel is now probably my favourite fantasy world.
Favorite worlds for me (no particular order):
One piece: I feel like you’ve said everything on this. Beautiful worlds, great lore. Every world is massive and immersive.
Pendragon: Recommended this one before. You said you like portal worlds and this is one of my absolute favorites. Each world has a different environment, different rules, different species. Even worlds we should feel familiar with will have a beautiful description of what the main character is experiencing.
Toriko: “Small” world that opens up into a very large world. Traversing the entire world is similar to one piece in terms of world building and getting to see the different climates and unique areas. Every island or location has such fun interactions. Almost the exact same world set up as Hunter x Hunter but done better in my opinion (Atleast for now).
Harry Potter: grew up with everything here. Very nostalgic very fun. Comfort world to come back to.
Yu Yu hakusho: one of the much smaller worlds and not nearly as explored but the way they have the different afterlife worlds and demon worlds is one of my favorite across media.
Haven’t read as much so don’t have as many options to pick on but each one is very close to me. Great video! Love hearing your thoughts.
Is pendragon a book or manga or anime ?
@@muhammedshibin621 it’s a 10 book series. It kind of went under the radar and isn’t as well known but very good.
Merphy- Are you reading the Silmarillion by any chance? I recognize that book cover and is hardcore Tolkien!
I misread the title and thought it was favorite words, as in the opposite of "undulating"
I also thought I'd dislike Eragon reading it as an adult, but was surprised to find I still really enjoyed it