| Yeah Clamp's series weren't all that great. But I loved most of their work. I hope you get into xxxHolic. I like the series well gotta read volume 4. Tokyo Babylon's all conversations and stuff doesn't interest me that much especially the conversation of the 3 main characters. I find it too much and boring. I don't know its unusual for me to feel like this with my fave mangaka LOL. Yup that is what I heard from Sakura, she said Clamp school Detectives is episodic and could have been better... LOL they are really overrated! I totaly agree. I think because such overrated mangaka and manga series. Other great underhyped titles and mangaka isn't having exposures because of this. |
| I'm currently obsessed with: -Karin -Nana -Please Save My Earth(Unfortunately, I can't find it anywhere, though. >_<;.) -Hana Yori Dange(Please don't tell me this is going OOP. :(. I only need to finish the last 6 volumes, and I don't want to be left hanging for all eternity.) -Gakuen Alice(I REALLY hope this one doesn't go under. :(. I think if it did, Viz would take it, though. I think it's too popular in Japan not to, and I'm sure it's popular enough here, too. I'm amazed they never took The Good Witch of the West.) -Shugo Chara |
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| @Filia_Ryuuza, I feel your pain! I am hunting down the 13th volume of Please Save My Earth! I don't think the last volume of Hana Yori Dango is OOP but they are not usually sold in my local library.. Hopefully you get them before they go OOP. I think some volumes are OOP already though. |
| Hi guys, well since I finished reading Forbidden Dance 3 recently, I guess I'll talk about it :D Okay here goes: The one shot "Princess Line" in the third volume of Forbidden Dance was cute, but a little cheesy. Still overall I enjoyed it. Has anyone else read it? If yes, what did you think of it? Was the ending cheesy (or maybe it's just me)? |
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| nope, I just need volume four :) Good to hear it has more one shots, I like bonuses, but I guess that means the main story ends quickly, and the mangaka filled the rest of the volume with one shots. That could be good or bad. Is the ending good (for forbidden dance)? |
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| I'd love to get my hand on the manga of Saiunkoku Monogatari, a lovely manga and anime. There are DVD's of it, but the manga isn't licensed yet or so it seems. Such a pity. Also, I want the first volume of Shugo Chara, but that one isn't so hard to get. |
| Dutch anime blogger with a love for Ikuhara's antics and proper storytelling. |
| After finishing Mars, I've discovered yesterday that my library has every single volume of Basara. In two days I've read 9 volumes <3 |
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sakura_r0se said: One short story is takes place before the main story begins (like a prequel) and the other short story has nothing to do with the main story but it still pretty entertaining. Awesome to know, can't wait to see who the prequel is about (don't tell me, I want it to be a surprise :D) It would be good if it was about Akira because he isn't as well developed as I would like him to be XD sakura_r0se said: Maison Ikkoku: I just finished reading all 15 volumes within a week and while some of the characters/situations were kinda annoying and the romance gets dragged out over a number of years, I still really enjoyed it! I could actually relate to the whole getting into college and looking for a job thing that the main guy, Yusaku was going through. Definitely a nice, fun slice of life = ) hmm. the complications DO get out of proportion at times....lots of drama in this one, but I can't remember being annoyed by that. I did get annoyed with the Mitaka situation getting dragged on near the end of the anime (haven't read that far into the manga though), but once he was out of the picture, it wasn't so bad. lol. Yeah, Yusaku is one of the few "weak" guys I like because he grows up. :) sakura_r0se said: Chicago: I've had this sitting on my bookshelf for awhile so being the Tamura Yumi fan (mangaka of Basara), I finally decided to read it! I must say, in addition to her latest work (7Seeds), she's really good at doing shoujo with a shounen-ish kind of feel. Like her kind of shoujo is the type that isn't all girly and fluffy if that makes much sense. Like even people who don't normally read shoujo for such reasons, can find enjoyment in some of Tamura's works = ) I really appreciate Tamura-san, shoujo has too many fluffy manga as it is. Thanks to her and a few other mangaka, we can enjoy manga with less fluff! :D I don't mind fluffy and girly manga, but it has to be done right. If not, I usually can't stand it. ehehehe. I tend to like really young puppy love type fluff, but I tend to get annoyed by teenage girly manga. I think it's because it isn't so innocent anymore, and I get annoyed at how naive the characters can get =/ Not always the case, but 90% of the time it is. For me to like naive characters the characterization has to be solid. But now I'm just rambling, so I'll stop. XD Elthyra said: After finishing Mars, I've discovered yesterday that my library has every single volume of Basara. In two days I've read 9 volumes <3 and how are you enjoying it? :D (don't worry I won't hurt you even if you don't like it ;) ehehehe) note: I am the biggest Basara fangirl ehehehe. It's my all time favourite manga at the moment (it's been holding this spot for 3 years) |
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sakura_r0se said: I felt sorry whenever something came up between Yusaku and Kyoko because of some misunderstanding and the misunderstanding gets dragged 'cuz of the neighbors, etc. The only time I've ever really been annoyed was with this one female character, but since you're watching the anime, she doesn't show up until much later (well she shows up in the later volumes of the manga). Are you talking about the school girl? I didn't care at first, but when she came back, it drove me crazy too. (But the anime introduced her really late, as you said, so she didn't get too annoying XD) But your right it did drag on a bit too much, maybe if it was 2 or 3 volumes shorter it would have been better. But since we're talking about Takahashi, 14 volumes is short for her.lol. (although her mermaid saga was,only 3 volumes! shockingly! it's another manga I have my eye on, one of the comic shops I frequent has volume 1 and a lot of copies of volume 2) sakura_rose said: Banana Fish: To anyone that is collecting this series, I have probably bought the last 2nd edition of volume 3 off eBay (last time I checked) for $22! Now all I ever see are just the 1st editions of volume 3 (the larger sized volume). Good luck finding a 2nd edition of volume 3 for anyone that still needs it . . . I'm not collecting it, but I have heard good things about it. Well guess I probably won't own this one then. =/ |
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| *bump* ;) Currently I'm enjoying G・DEFEND, which is just a fun, episodic, and kinda sappy story. I read some a while ago and recently picked it back up after buying most of the books. Although I like the main characters, there's also lots of side characters that are rather interesting and I'd wish they'd pay attention to more. There's actually a couple of interesting women working in their high demand security environment that would be nice to see more about. And there's this really amusing doctor (he's a happy, fat guy with a bushy mustache and eyebrows--a rarity in these kinds of manga ^_^;;) that I REALLY want to see more of. I'm only 11 of 35+ volumes in though, so there's lots more to go. |
| @sakura_r0se: Shin Angyo Onshi looks like something I'd like. I'm definitely a sucker for fantasy/adventure with nice art. And yeah, I'll be reading G Defend for a while! It's been going on since the early 90's and is still publishing. Morimoto Shuu is a talented mangaka. :) I recently finished another series that I'm not quite over yet--LIFE☆SWITCH. It's exactly the type of thing I enjoy reading. It's not a brilliant or beautiful work, but it's fun. I don't think the mangaka has written anything else either, which is sad. I'd recommend it in the member's rec thread, but I think it has a 0.5% chance of ever appearing in English. :( |
shinkeikaku said: I recently finished another series that I'm not quite over yet--LIFE☆SWITCH. It's exactly the type of thing I enjoy reading. It's not a brilliant or beautiful work, but it's fun. I don't think the mangaka has written anything else either, which is sad. I'd recommend it in the member's rec thread, but I think it has a 0.5% chance of ever appearing in English. :( do you mean published or scanned? if it has no chance of being at least scanned then that is really sad :( |
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soaring_wings said: shinkeikaku said: I recently finished another series that I'm not quite over yet--LIFE☆SWITCH. It's exactly the type of thing I enjoy reading. It's not a brilliant or beautiful work, but it's fun. I don't think the mangaka has written anything else either, which is sad. I'd recommend it in the member's rec thread, but I think it has a 0.5% chance of ever appearing in English. :( do you mean published or scanned? if it has no chance of being at least scanned then that is really sad :( Both :( It's rare enough as an import and I don't know of anyone else who knows of it. If I die and leave my manga to scanlation groups or something, I plan on making them do that one to receive other series XD |
| I really want to try out claymore! I probably will, just not now (I can't read anything super long because I tend to get obsessive and then my school work suffers :[) btw: 20th century boys is really good, but be warned, it's really hard to put down once you start, so make sure you have no important commitments when you start it. lol. It's all the mysteries, they keep you reading and reading XD I haven't been reading much lately, so I don't have much to obsess over, I did read two volumes of Akira not too long ago and I'm planning on finishing soon (hopefully). It's really good (like 20th century boys, although I think 20th century is better because it keeps the suspense up longer) I've also read the first chapter of Mint de Kiss Me. But it's nothing really special. It's cute and I was entertained, but so far I'm not obsessed.lol. |
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soaring_wings said: I've also read the first chapter of Mint de Kiss Me. But it's nothing really special. It's cute and I was entertained, but so far I'm not obsessed.lol. I want to read this :D It sounds entertaining and I often love things that could never be considered masterpieces..lol. |
| I finished the second story in Mint de Kiss Me and it was very different from the first story. The first story was a romantic comedy, while this one was a much darker tale. (I like them both though, maybe this second one a little more) |
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| I am currently engrossed reading Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE that I want to read more and more. One of the volumes made me really interested in checking out RG Veda, which is CLAMP's debut manga. I only have the first volume and already read it, so now I need to collect the rest of the volumes. I really want to read Yasha and Ashura's story and know more about them. I am also hunting for more of CLAMP's earlier works, which most of them are OOP. |
HatsumiShinogu said: I am also hunting for more of CLAMP's earlier works, which most of them are OOP. I LOVE old school CLAMP :) Actually, I don't care for their current series now (heretic I know) You have a lot to look forward to then. |
| I am FUCKING OBSESSED with Ubel Blatt right now. There's no manga at the moment besides maybe UxU that I want to release faster. |
| All the mods fucking blow on this website except Kaiserpingvin, Cloudy-Sky, Baman and aero. PM me if you're actually good and I left you out. Oh, rule 8... (￣ー￣) |
shinkeikaku said: I LOVE old school CLAMP :) Actually, I don't care for their current series now (heretic I know) You have a lot to look forward to then. CLAMP's current series are great especially Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and xxxHOLiC, though I have yet to read the latter. I also hope they will finish X/1999 and some of their other works soon. As for their old titles, I am currently interested in RG Veda the most. Legal Drug seems to be a good read but the fact that it is on hiatus is not so encouraging. Can you please recommend some of their best old titles. |
HatsumiShinogu said: CLAMP's current series are great especially Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and xxxHOLiC, though I have yet to read the latter. I also hope they will finish X/1999 and some of their other works soon. As for their old titles, I am currently interested in RG Veda the most. Legal Drug seems to be a good read but the fact that it is on hiatus is not so encouraging. Can you please recommend some of their best old titles. Let's see.. these works are good and aren't on your reading list: Clover, X/1999, Magic Knight Rayearth, Wish. Those are the major ones. |
| I am already planning on getting X/1999, though some of the volumes are OOP. As for the others, I am not sure. Honestly, I didn't think the Magic Knight Rayearth anime anything special, so I am not sure if the manga is any better. |
HatsumiShinogu said: I am already planning on getting X/1999, though some of the volumes are OOP. As for the others, I am not sure. Honestly, I didn't think the Magic Knight Rayearth anime anything special, so I am not sure if the manga is any better. I literally haven't seen the anime for 10 years, but the manga is much more compact and stylized if I remember correctly. Well, at 3 volumes, it would have to be. |
| After rereading Asterisk and looking forward to purchasing volume 5 soon, it definitely qualifies as an obsessed series. ;) Volume 2 is when it crossed the line for me. I'm obsessed with a lot of Ichiraci series actually and have been madly buying all of them that I can. Not an easy or cheap feat considering the low circulation and age of many. ^_^;; Silver Diamond is the obvious one. I was obsessed from chapter 1. Hakkenden. New volume 4/20! YES! Volume 5 or so I think is when it really got good. Depending how the new volumes of Umi no Kishidan go, it might get promoted to obsessed. ;) |
| I'm going crazy on several ongoing manga series now. Here's some of my favorites: Nana - yeah yeah it's quite weird for a guy like me to like Nana but I can't help falling for it being so realistic. The plot doesn't just define the slice of life genre, Yazawa Ai takes it to the next level revealing the dark and the bright side of 'fate'. Eyeshield 21 - This proves the importance of intelligence in every battle. It made me think that if superman and lex luthor were fighting and neither of them are evil or good, it's safe to say that the man of steal will be defeated. Change 123 - Yeah, I mean it, it's just a matter of fan 'services'. Hot girls that kicks ass! Moe~ Bakuman - coolest shounen, slice of life manga series out there. Superior - I'm fond of "rivals-turned-lovers" romance plots and this one surely rocks. |
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| The newest volumes of Hakkenden and Boku to Kanojo no XXX have only fueled my obsession. But having to wait another YEAR for the next Boku to Kanojo no XXX volume douses it a bit. :/ I'm enjoying Houou Gakuen Misoragumi as well. I wasn't sure if it would stay interesting after the first volume, but it did. |
| I've been obsessed with Banana Fish since this past winter. Friend got them for me for xmas/bday/late high school grad gift (and some other stuff). I was back for less than two weeks (I did winter session), but certainly read it all in that time and then took them back to school with me and re-read them. Since then, I've started re-reading them again pretty recently, on vol 5 again. For years, Maison Ikkoku, I was getting them as they came out starting around when vol 2 game out I believe. It was one of the first series I gradually collected, I'd get $20 or weekly allowance back in high school and if there was a new MI, it got first priority for buying over all else. I used to get way more manga back in high school now I think about it. Last month, I managed to track down vol 1 and 13 of Please Save My Earth and re-read the series. Also had my friend come over (I do lend her manga, but not this one, too tough to get a hold of!) and she enjoyed it as well. I lent her the OVA, which is how I found out about the series (6 episode =/= 21 volumes) and determined the manga probably did a heck of a lot more and was right! She didn't get a chance to watch the OVA, but at least her younger sister did. Those are probably always gonna be the 3 big ones for me, the only ones I've rated 10. oh damn, near forgot about Liar Game. I turned a few friends to this series at college and we all wait with baited breath for the new chapter! Probably check for a new chapter twice a day at least it seems. |
| As of right now I am reading Love.Com. I loved the anime so I had to pick the manga up and I was not disappointing. It is so funny. And different. I am also reading Immortal Rain. I hope the ninth comes out. I have read a bunch of x/1999. I must say that I love it. Such a good manga. |
 ---I'm not going there to die...I'm going there to find out if I'm really alive-Spike, Cowboy Bebop--- |
| Not so much a series but an entire area in manga. I am currently really into the entire underground, alternative, and experiemental works. So I care more about the authors/artists rather then the series. Such people are Kiriko Nananan, Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Fredic Boilet, Katsuhiro Otomo, Jiro Taniguchi, Asano Inio, and Taiyo Matsumoto to name a few. This thread on ANN is very informative and I noticed that there are very few works noted by the club that fit the bill for this subculture of manga. All very good and few very long works (spanning multiple volumes), so many shorts stories abound. It is hard to get a hold of them and the most reliable source is actually buying the book since they are usually not scanned. I'm still debating whether to buy the anthologies Secret Comics Japan, Comics Underground--Japan, or Memories of Her... (some of the early works of Otomo). EDIT: Just snagged a cheap copy of Secret Comics Japan off of Ebay and I am planning on buying Memories of Her... tomorrow. |
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| "In the Beginning, the creative energy radiates from within." - No, no. That's Lame. Sounds like something out of a Jodorowsky comic. The Tokusyu Manga Club - Features alternative comics/avant-garde comics/outsider comics/psychdelic comics/surrealistic comics/underground comics + La Nouvelle Manga (part of Alternative). If I'm here, its because I have nothing better to do. |
HatsumiShinogu said: I am also hunting for more of CLAMP's earlier works, which most of them are OOP. I'm a Clamp whore but I have to ask. What is OOP? I'm renewing my love for Tsubasa Chronicles. After having backlogged 6 volumes, I finally sat down to read them again. OMG! I love it so much. I'm having to make myself slow down. LOL Fushigi Yuugi Genbu is another one of my current obsessions as well as Ayashi no Ceres. I plan on completing AnC this year but I feel like I'm waiting forever for the next volume of FYG to come out. No reading this stuff online. These are keepers for me. I read some of Fruits Basket online, a series that I'm collecting the manga for, and when I sat down to read the manga in my hands, my experience was ruined because I had "already read it". So I just impatiently wait for the ones I physically collect. ^.^ |
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duotrouble said: I'm a Clamp whore but I have to ask. What is OOP? OOP = Out Of Print I absolutely love X, but I don't think they will ever finish it :-( My current obsession is Dogs: Bullets and Carnage I have no idea why I love it, but I do. |
| Currently I only have two obsessions one being Fushigi Yuugi Genbu Kaiden, and Loveless. Genbu Kaiden is just awesome, in my opinion it out shines the first series which I was also obsessed with for some time. The characters are like able, not to mention the plot is one I like a lot. I wish it came out faster in the Unties States, to be honest but the mangaka has a lot on her right now. As for Loveless I adore the shounen ai/yaoi genre, and this is one of my favorite shounen ai's. The plot is so unique, a little confusing at times but still interesting its different and original. Though its a shame it takes forever for the volumes to come out, but still a great read!! |
| What you saw at the castle on that windy night ,and what you saw at the bridge last night .. how I smiled, never utter a word to anyone. If you dare speak .. I will find where you are .. And I will kill you. Kill you. I will rip you apart .. crush your bones And eat your flesh.. I will drink your blood. I will .. devour you. |
Yoru_Hime said: As for Loveless I adore the shounen ai/yaoi genre, and this is one of my favorite shounen ai's. The plot is so unique, a little confusing at times but still interesting its different and original. Though its a shame it takes forever for the volumes to come out, but still a great read!! I watched the anime and I really enjoyed it, so now I started to read the manga. I'm really liking it so far. I think I'm going to start purchasing volumes for it as well. :D |
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sakura_r0se said: Thanks to duelistbluerose, I've been into Shadow Star (Narutaru) and Bokurano lately. I'm actually reading both at the same time = ) They're both very mysterious series and that's one of the main reasons why seinen is now my favorite genre is because a lot of them are mysteries that no matter how weird and unusual they may be, there's just something about them that just makes me want to continue reading and that's how I feel about these 2 series. Im glad you're enjoying them ^_^ but wow - reading BOTH at the same time? You'll need a shrink after your finished. and where are you reading naru taru? are you reading the un-edited version that I linked on the club wall? i hope so because if you're reading it on a scanlation page there's going to be a lot missing from it. reading bokurano on www.onemanga.com is fine though. |
| Right now I'm really enjoying Fullmetal Alchemist, Seven Days and Golden Days. Golden Days has a very interesting plot and you can't not love the characters. Fullmetal Alchemist is (so far) perfect <3. As for Seven Days, it's just too cute :) |
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