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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
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I can only hope to live up to your standards MDO7. Rebecca will of course continue as our senior manga critic. |
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FireballDragon
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Oh no, not RTO too! Fare thee well then...
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mdo7
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Hey, I trust you Zac. I know you won't let me down. 
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old_yoshi
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So sad to see RTO ending (holds lighter up)...
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TsunaReborn!
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*Stands next to with own lighter* This is a shame as, like many others I have discovered some gems through RTO. Luckily there is an archive to read back over and hopefully find some cracking titles I've missed. |
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championferret
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Really sad to say goodbye to the comm, it's been one of those few constants in my life since way back.
I hope there's more ANNcasts about 'what manga are you reading now' - I really enjoy those. |
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whiskeyii
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Aw man! I really liked RTO!
I think I will pick up Whispered Words. Yuri's not my thing, but I reeeeally liked Girlfriends, and this seems similar to it. Also, have I been living under a rock? Never heard of Afterschool Charisma, but it sounds right up my alley! And my to-buy list grows longer and longer as the holidays approach. 
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rinmackie
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I've been reading Afterschool Charisma. It's good but it's been hard keeping up with the story especially since it seems like such a long time passes between volumes. It's hard to remember what's going on; a story synopsis beforehand would help a lot. Also, wasn't this one of the series affected by the recent Amazon/publisher dispute? That was resolved recently, right?
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Snomaster1
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It's sad that "Right Turn Only!!" is ending. It was a delightful column and I hope it returns with someone else doing it. I'd appreciate a lot. I hope that's done.
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CatSword
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Afterschool Charisma is Viz so it wasn't affected by the dispute. I believe only titles by Yen were. |
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ss-hikaru
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Aww you never got to use your own header image (I do like angry Ichigo though).
Thanks for continuing the column, it was my favourite on ANN. It got me to read reviews of manga I otherwise wouldn't have bothered to read a review for. |
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Animerican14
 Posts: 963 Location: Saint Louis, MO |
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Aw, didn't realize that this was coming to an end! Was there really not a sustainable enough readership to keep it going, or was there there no niche for it to comfortably fill, or was it too exhaustive….? Some combination of the above, and/or more? It's a bit of a bummer!
For someone as impatient and spoiler-fearful as I am, especially when it comes to manga (which I follow less than anime), it's been really helpful to have these mini-critiques of a few different manga each week. I think it might've been partially through RTO that I was inspired to look into A Bride's Story, which I've happily but extra-patiently been collecting now. Other gems of manga have caught my eye because of Right Turn Only!! for sure. Will there not be a return of any sort of column that explores as many manga like this, maybe under new authorship? I guess plans are somewhat tentative now, but I really do hope for some RTO-like column in the not-so-distant future... |
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Ortensia1980
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I'm sad to see this column end. I hardly ever reply, but I've gotten many recommendations from this column. I'll definitely buy Whispered Words and Afterschool Charisma sounds pretty interesting so I'll probably check that one out as well.
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st_owly
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Count me as another who's sad to see the column go. I hope it's replaced by more than just manga reviews as I really like the little sections like the untranslated gems or the return to old series. I've picked up so many great series I wouldn't have done otherwise from reading this column. I wish Viz would release the Cornered Mouse and the Carp on the Chopping Block. (Hint Hint, Sublime) I read them scanned years ago after I read After School Nightmare in print and I'd love to own them as my own.
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LibraryJoy
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I'll chime in, too, to say thanks for all the great RTO content over the years. RTO was actually the reason I started visiting this site regularly. As a brand-new teen librarian, I had no idea what manga was, so I read the columns to get a broader view of what was coming out than what I could find on my shelf. 7 years later, I own probably close to 300 volumes myself, in addition to the nearly 1200 at my library, but I still read the columns to see if there's something great I should be considering. I look forward to what's next, but this and Anime News Nina are the 2 things about this site that I'll miss most.
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