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HitokiriShadow
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My problem with Vampire Knight is that I can't keep the minor characters straight. None of the vampire guys really stand out and they appear for a chapter and then don't appear again for 2-3 chapters. I like it, I just wish I could keep some of those minor characters straight.
While I miss Nana, I'm enjoying Sand Chronicles and Honey & Clover and I'm looking forward to Haruka. Overall, I didn't care for Baby & Me much. There were good chapters here and there and then there were a bunch of dull ones, especially early one. I like Crimson Hero and I hope SB keeps this one in the magazine until the end (unlikely). I can't wait for Absolute Boyfriend to end and be replaced with something else. |
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marie-antoinette
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Yeah, the minor characters could definitely use some work in Vampire Knight, though it looks like we're going to be getting more of that, if things continue as they have been going (I've finally been able to remember Aido/Idol for longer than one chapter).
Does anyone know how long Crimson Hero is? The Encyclopedia shows 6 volumes in Japanese but that can't be right since that's where the English release is now apparently and I definitely don't see an ending coming soon. If it wasn't too much longer, than I'd be fine with it staying, but if it's going to take another year or so I'd prefer it moving to GN alone status. |
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HitokiriShadow
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According to the AoD Manga Comparison Chart its 9 volumes and counting.
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marie-antoinette
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So that is at least another year of material and then some, since it's not done.
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Buster Blader 126
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A very delayed thank you from me. Yume Kira Dream Shoppe is also coming out in September, so I assume that it finished its serialization in Shojo Beat. Could somebody tell me when it finished? And I'm glad that I'm hearing good things about H&C. I've been wanting to watch the anime for quite some time, but I never got around to it. I was planning to begin the series through the manga instead, with Viz's announcement of the manga several months ago. I have a feeling that I'm really going to like it. 
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HitokiriShadow
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Dream Shoppe's last chapter was in the July issue.
Also, in addition to Yume Kira and the titles I mentioned, the magazine lists Yurara vol. 2 and Love Com vol. 2. |
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Viga_of_stars
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I really wish Yume Kira was a bit longer. I loved those stories involved and wanted to know more about Rin the owner. I guess if they did make it longer it might hurt the overall story making it too cliche or repetitive.
The art was beautiful and I plan on picking it up next pay day! |
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HitokiriShadow
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I was glad Yume Kira was so short, because I really didn't care for it and wanted it to be replaced. They weren't bad, but they weren't particularly good and I thought they were repetitive and didn't have much going for them to justify going on any longer than it did.
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Viga_of_stars
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Well if they put in some sort of antagonist it might of been good enough for a second GN. |
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marie-antoinette
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ITA, I only read the first story of the series, and even that I skimmed because it just wasn't interesting me in the slightest. I do however really like that one volume works are getting translated. I just could have done without this one. |
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Asano Rain
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I was also glad Yume Kira Dream Shoppe was short (same with that terrible Backstage Prince). Now if they had delved into Rin's past or something just a bit, I'd have been more interested, but as it stands, the stories were terribly boring and the artwork was subpar, IMO.
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HitokiriShadow
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Eh, it might of helped it a little bit. It may have at least helped fix the repetitive nature a bit. But the art was still average at best and the nature of the stories (and their execution) simply wasn't very good for going any longer than it already did. Backstage Princes was mediocre and I didn't really care for it, but I liked it more than Dream Shoppe.
The nature of the story wouldn't have really allowed an antagonist. Maybe they could have found some way, but I think the author would have been better off simply finding a way to make the stories more interesting and less repetitive.
I don't have a problem with one volume series or one volume collections of standalone stories or anything. But Dream Shoppe just wasn't very good. Also, I love how the issue with the last chapter says to check out the graphic novel to find out Rin's sex and then the chapter in the magazine reveals it. |
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marie-antoinette
Posts: 4136 Location: Ottawa, Canada |
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As of the latest issue, I've officially given up with Crimson Hero. The plot is just getting too convoluted now, I hardly have any clue what is going on. It seems like they are just trying to make the plot more complicated in order to make the series longer, but it's just making it not only hard to follow but also not that exciting either. It's disappointing, since I actually thought that it was a decent sports manga at the beginning. I still love the fact that the team spoiler[hasn't been all that successful in competitions yet.]
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ame_de_verseau
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i haven't read the past 3 chapters. i just don't care anymore. the main character seems to be moving further and further away from the inital characters............i don't know how to explain it. even the romanitc aspect has lost me. |
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silverwings
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My January Issue arrived today, including the 2008 calender. Interestingly enough, AB was not included in the calender, but a new series was: spoiler[Rie Takada's Gaba Kawa]. My guess is that it's the series that will be replacing AB once it finishes.
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