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| Acid Town (manga) | ||
| Border (manga Kazuma Kodaka) | ||
| Crimson Spell (manga) | Ayano Yamane's art in Crimson spell is fantastic. (Literally too, since this is a fantasy series.) Even if the plot happened to be crap, which thankfully it's not, I would recommend it on the art alone. The plot is your basic quest based sword and sorcery fantasy. Prince Vald, along with his magic sword, and magician Havi search for a way to remove Vald's demon curse. Since this is a yaoi, there is quite a bit of man sex, but beyond that the plot is actually quite good. I enjoyed both volumes and I hope the series is eventually continued as it ends on a bit of a cliffhanger. Unfortunately, Media Blasters looks to have discontinued their manga line and as of yet, there is no vol. 3 in sight. I recently revisited this, along with Yamane's other series, Viewfinder. Sublime is up to volume 5 now, and their version is much nicer than the old Kitty Media books. Despite the amount of sex in the earlier chapters, Crimson Spell is alot more romancey and plot based than Finder. It is very traditional fantasy with some BL. I prefer this series so far and wish there were not so long a wait between volumes. | |
| Daily Lives of High School Boys (manga) | ||
| Dorohedoro (manga) | Good | Great art. I read through volume 14 and don't know if I wanna buy anymore. I kinda lost interest after Caiman got his head back. |
| (The) Drifting Classroom (manga) | I usually like survival horror type stories. I really liked Battle Royale and I thought Dragon Head was great, but Drifting Classroom failed to capture my interest. First, it doesn't establish the characters well enough. Other than the little boy, the rest of the students and the teachers are not introduced until after they all start going crazy, so I never felt invested in what happened to them. Secondly, they all seem to go off the deep end very very quickly, and when contrasted with other disaster type fiction, Drifting Classroom seemed to take a perverse delight in showing the worst of people. The art too seemed a little cartoony for the subject matter. Dramatic moments and expressions ended up looking a little comical as a result. So in the end, i just couldn't get into this one. I read the first volume and I have no interest in this plot or what happens to these people, which is a sure sign to stop reading. | |
| Gangsta. (manga) | ||
| House of Five Leaves (manga) | I've seen the anime, so reading this felt redundant. I actually preferred the anime, as such a character based story really benefits from voice acting. And, the be perfectly honest, Natsume Ono's art style never really did grow on me. It's awkward and blob-y and looked better with some movement as in the anime. It's a shame, but I should really stop trying to force myself to like things because I "should". This is a quality manga, just not one for me. | |
| Kimi ni Todoke - From Me to You (manga) | Very good | |
| Maiden Rose (manga) | ||
| NANA (manga) | ||
| REAL (manga) | ||
| Say I Love You. (manga) | ||
| Skip Beat! (manga) | Excellent | Very rarely has a series this long managed to maintain my interested, but I devoured all 33 volumes in a couple of days. Kyoko is such an interesting and well realized character that I must know what she'll do next. She starts out wanting to be a celebrity on a whim to fulfill a grudge, but genuinely come to love it and want to improve for herself. Not only that, the comedic aspect is excellent as well with great timing and well drawn expressions. I will happily keep following this series as I feel there's so much more to tell. I recently revisited this series after watching the anime, picking back with volume 12, wher the show leaves off. I tore through it in a couple of days again. It is just a good the second time around. I only wish it were finished so I wouldn't have to wait to read the rest. |
| Vagabond (manga) | ||
| Yotsuba&! (manga) | Masterpiece | Yotsuba&! is the funniest manga I've ever read, hands down. Anyone who has spent any amount of time with young children will easily be able to relate to the series. The art is pretty distinctive, if not really "beautiful" in the traditional sense. It's detailed and expressions and meanings are easily read through the panels. I've caught up with the English releases and fortunately Yen Press has rescued this series from the defunct ADV manga, so now I can continue reading this gem in the future. It is not to be missed. |