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Big Hed
Joined: 04 May 2006
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Location: Singapore/Melbourne, Australia (Actual join date: February 2008)
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| Well, I'm pretty much sold; solid entries into the fantasy genre seem rare enough as is, let alone grade A-scoring ones. Another thing for me to buy... |
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vashfanatic
Joined: 16 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:08 am |
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| Big Hed wrote: | | Another thing for me to buy... |
...And another thing for me to watch for at my local library...or maybe request for purchase! (you try being a grad student and reading anything longer than a manga volume during the school year...) |
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GeneralArrow
Joined: 15 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 8:18 am |
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I honestly don't see why a pink cover would drive people away. If thats the only minus you can think of thats pretty lame. Good review over all.
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after reading the other post more closely I might stay away from it for now.
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BleuVII
Joined: 19 Sep 2006
Posts: 568
Location: Fukushima, Japan
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 8:21 am |
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| Quote: | This is a series that anyone of any age—male or female—who loves high fantasy for all ages grounded in Western history and mythology in the tradition of Tolkien or C.S. Lewis needs to pick up right quick.
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Indeed, like many of the classic shoujo manga which this one seems to emulate, it is chock full of homoeroticism. |
Funny, I don't remember a lot of homoeroticism in Tolkien and Lewis. That one sentence right there is enough to stop me from going over to Amazon and ordering it. Could it be possible that the reviewer was simply misinterpreting these frames? |
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here-and-faraway
Joined: 21 Jun 2007
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Location: California
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:12 am |
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| Must order book now....Thanks for the review! |
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Ligene
Joined: 15 Oct 2005
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Location: Mary-land!
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 3:18 pm |
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| I'm with BleuVII on this. |
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kirbyboy102
Joined: 04 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:19 pm |
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| GeneralArrow wrote: | I honestly don't see why a pink cover would drive people away. If thats the only minus you can think of thats pretty lame. Good review over all.
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 Guys aren't going to touch it with a ten-foot pole because of the pink cover.
Casey, my shojo-reviewing queen, can you please review Palette of 12 Secret Colors? |
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belvadeer
Joined: 11 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:24 pm |
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Hehe, already way ahead of the review (waiting for Vol. 5 here) =3
And no offense Casey, but I think you're way off with the homoeroticism comment. I've read up to Vol. 4 and there really isn't any clear sign. The reason Badd and Gaius keep exchanging looks is because Gaius wants to kill him. |
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escahime65
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Joined: 04 Sep 2005
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Location: Iowa
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 7:59 pm |
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Great review! I'm definitely going to check out this series.
Now if only CMX would use higher quality paper, I'd be really happy.  |
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Raven Shinobi
Joined: 15 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 2:28 am |
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| Quote: | | American manga publisher CMX became known early on for its iconoclastic selection of vintage classics of shoujo manga such as Swan and From Eroica with Love, |
I've become a fan of this company for this reason alone, hope they keep bringing over other classics, especially of the shoujo and josei genre.
It's hard to find a fantasy manga that's done right, and this review pretty much convinced me to invest on this series. Hope it will indeed be a good read. |
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st_owly
Joined: 20 May 2008
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| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 4:59 am |
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| might have to check this one out, shame I have no money right now... |
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Senna
Joined: 14 Oct 2003
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| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:51 am |
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| belvadeer wrote: |
And no offense Casey, but I think you're way off with the homoeroticism comment. I've read up to Vol. 4 and there really isn't any clear sign. The reason Badd and Gaius keep exchanging looks is because Gaius wants to kill him. |
If that's the case ... my interest in this series just increased ^^ |
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BleuVII
Joined: 19 Sep 2006
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Location: Fukushima, Japan
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| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 9:27 am |
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| Senna wrote: | | belvadeer wrote: |
And no offense Casey, but I think you're way off with the homoeroticism comment. I've read up to Vol. 4 and there really isn't any clear sign. The reason Badd and Gaius keep exchanging looks is because Gaius wants to kill him. |
If that's the case ... my interest in this series just increased ^^ |
And I'm with you on that one. Excuse me while I hop over to Amazon.co.jp
EDIT: BWAHHH!!! Amazon.co.jp doesn't carry it! |
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belvadeer
Joined: 11 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:04 pm |
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| Glad to see I sparked some more interest in this series :3 |
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here-and-faraway
Joined: 21 Jun 2007
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Location: California
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| Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:28 pm |
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| Okay the books came in the mail today from amazon. Can I just say thank you again for the recommendation?! |
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