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This is the first digital issue of Harta, a ~900 page manga magazine published ~monthly (10x/year). The magazine doesn't target a specific gender or age: the focus is on creating a treasure trove of novelty, whether that's a dive into a craft, hobby, or world etc. The tag line is "Never Seen Never Before". Manga like Dungeon Meshi, and Hakumei and Mikochi were born here.
Each issue has a chapter each of about 30+ manga. Generally, 2-4 of those are one-shots (stories completed within this issue), and 1-3 are new series starting. The rest are series that continue from previous issues, most of which you could catch up on through their respective collected volumes if you wanted.
Issue 75 has 2 one-shots and one new series (ライカの星) that runs through issue 79.
If you're new to manga magazines, I recommend following the links to the club pages on Wanikani where you'll find several guides.
An easy way to get started is by reading the one shots and new series - all clearly marked in the table of contents. Then move on to the next issue. Explore series continuing from previous issues on the side, e.g., using the club resources to figure out what interests you (to potentially catch-up on previous volumes) or which series are episodic that you can jump straight into.
The difficulty of the magazine is hard to assess since it's a collection of manga ranging from Natively levels 22-35. There is very little furigana. I looked up the manga in this issue (of most interest to me) on Natively and of the 11 of them on here (1/3 of the magazine): half (5 manga) were within Natively 22-25, and half (5 manga) were within Natively 26-29, and 1 was rated Natively 35 (historic words, cultural lore). This is representative of the overall magazine: half daily life vocab (easier), half thematic focus/specialised vocab (harder), and a few with challenging historic/cultural themes.
With something like this, it's clear you're not going to like everything. It's like a chocolate box that you dip into. For me it was a low bar way to discover a lot of manga I would have never otherwise looked into.
These back issues have a deep discount near the end of the year on Bookwalker, and that is a good time to pick one up for 100 yen and page through it.