The Manga Thread!

[ArkhanTerra]

Well, there's an anime one... so why not a manga one? All manga aren't made into anime, and in some cases the manga is better (as opposed to being on equal ground).

I personally enjoy manga more than I do anime, matter of personal preference.

But I digress, favorite manga(s)?

Mine current likings are are:
DeathNote
Happy
Naruto (Manga > anime)
Fullmetal Alchemist (See "Naruto")

[ManiacLove]

The only Manga I like nowadays I Deep Love.

Sailor Moon is still my utlimate favorite. (Manga > Anime as well.)

I used to be a Tenchi muyo fan.

[Shamu]

Right now I'm really into Samurai Deeper Kyo, Bleach, and Fushigi Yugi (I can't help it! I love the fluffy romance stories! ;) ) I also like Naruto, FMA, and Rurouni Kenshin (one of my all time favs!). I just started getting into the Tsubasa Chronicle manga and I really like it so far.

I have to agree with you ArkhanTerra, I like manga better than anime. :)

[DJEvan]

whoo, i got tonnes. lets see... currently collecting...
Tenjou Tenge (Manga > anime)
Naruto (as above)
Tsubasa Reservior
xxxHolic
Bleach
Mahou Sensei Negima
Prince of Tennis
Tekko (特公）
Groove Adventure Rave
Bowling King (this one IIRC is a taiwanese artist)
Ichigo 100%
Initial D
AirGear (Highly recommended)

series that i've completed.
3X3 Eyes
GTO
Shonan Jun'aigumi (essentially Onizuka before he became a teacher)
Dragon Voice
Pretty Face
I's
Movie Girl Ai

and a whole ton i can't remember.

I personally love Oh Great's art. very stylish. Toru Fujisawa as well, his latest book is a very different genre from GTO and i think he's more used to blood and gore.

[Shamu]

I forgot about Prince of Tennis! Ryoma pwns all! :D

[Daishikaze]

Recently started collecting Kozure Okami (Lone Wolf and Cub) and the more I read the more I'm convinced that no one besides Wakayama Tomisaburo fit that role.

I also got volume 1 of Karasu Tengu Kabuto, but I think the Translation is fucked up, they made alot of amatuerish mistakes. Some cool ideas in that one though, so its not a total disaster, but the translator needs to figure out what he's doing.

[DJEvan]

i've been wanting to read death note (actually i read the first 2) but the insane amount of words bores me abit.

[Elethiomel]

Right now I'm reading Hellsing. It's much better than the anime.

[kim]

Mine current likings are are:
DeathNote
Happy
Loveless (from what I've read)
Naruto (Manga > anime)
Fullmetal Alchemist (See "Naruto")

YAY for DEATH NOTE!!! they're making it into an anime, and there was also a "easter egg" in the last FMP where you could see L riding a bike, and the back of Misa and Raito (Light) and what looked like his dad.

Anyway, on topic I like Naruto, Bleach, Death Note, Full Metal Alchemist, Angel Sanc, Honey & Clover and a whole bunch of shoujo. :D

[mediocre]

Only two I've read


Touch
H2

[Praetorian]

I've never read a Manga yet, I really want to get the Great Teacher Onizuka manga though.

[deepbluevibes]

Toru Fujisawa as well, his latest book is a very different genre from GTO and i think he's more used to blood and gore.

?? What new series are you talking about? GTO was the latest one I know of... the shonen ai gumi and bad company series came before them and were produced before GTO 0_o

YAY for DEATH NOTE!!! they're making it into an anime, and there was also a "easter egg" in the last FMP where you could see L riding a bike, and the back of Misa and Raito (Light) and what looked like his dad.

WTF? where did you hear this?!?!

also, I had a HUGE list of stuff wrote up that I read (like 40 + series) and my browser crashed. ~_~

[Kusoyaro]

for the sake of not rambling on forever, i'll shorten it and give only my top 5 that aren't completed:
deathnote
naruto
bleach
20th century boys
tenjou tenge

awesome, all of them

[akitaka]

20th Century Boys is insanely good. So is Monster.

Other recommendations:
-Freesia
-Homunculus
-Smuggler
-Dorohedoro
-Blame/Noise
-Drifting Classroom

Manga I'd like to read:
-Tough
-Dogs
-Mario (a future project that I remember reading about from Kishimoto)

[Frankey-eh]

Loveless (from what I've read)

Um... isn't that yaoi? I remember someone asked me to translate it once, and I got grossed out and I turned her down.

[Kusoyaro]

ya monster owned, but it finished so fast, and the ending was a bit anticlimatic. but Johann was/is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO awesome

[kim]

WTF? where did you hear this?!?!

also, I had a HUGE list of stuff wrote up that I read (like 40 + series) and my browser crashed. ~_~


http://ganked.net/lj/000139b.jpg

copy and paste the link into the browser window, clicking on it does not work.


that's the screenshot from FMP that someone linked me to, although I don't know where she heard it was confirmed. :\

[kim]

Um... isn't that yaoi? I remember someone asked me to translate it once, and I got grossed out and I turned her down.


It's shonen-ai, which is boys love, what i've read of the manga has no sex, nor does the anime, but if you can't handle two guys kissing, don't bother.

Yaoi typically means it's pornographic.

[h2orowe]

Hey, do they have an uncensored american manga release of Tenjou Tenge, cuz I looked it up last night on Barnesandnoble and like it was all censored and stuff....

[kim]

Hey, do they have an uncensored american manga release of Tenjou Tenge, cuz I looked it up last night on Barnesandnoble and like it was all censored and stuff....

No they don't, there was a huge uproar at CMX because of this, because everything on their sites say "And it's pure manga — 100% the way the original Japanese creators want you to see it. In English!" but they censored Tenjou anyway and there was a huge uproar on the cmx boards, however it doesn't look like they'll release an uncensored version.

[Kusoyaro]

i can give you the link where u can dl volumes 1-12 in zip format, and i can give u 13 and 14 via mirc, if you want, but alas they are fansubs. they're ok though
ps- how the hell could i have forgotten gantz and gto?!!!

[Betrayer of the Light]

-xxxHolic
-Deadman
-Fushigi Yugi- Genbu Kaiden
-Hellsing

I can't even watch the Hellsing anime after reading the manga. There's some other manga I've read but it's really not worth mentioning.

[Kusoyaro]

betrayer, whered u get the hellsing? please dont tell me u bought it, cuz u cant send material over the net yet. please tel me its all on ur comp.

[Betrayer of the Light]

Actually I stole from my friend. However Narutp fan advertised a site called directmanga.com or soemthing which did have Hellsing scans. I'm pretty sure there's other sites, ask in forum or google it.

[Chuplayer]

Manga
Chobits
Imadoki
Legend of Chun Hyang
Magic Knight Rayearth 1 and 2 (box sets with bonus books)
Miyuki-Chan in Wonderland
The One I Love
Princess Ai
Shirahime-Syo
Suki
Tsubasa
X-Day
xxxHolic

Manga art books
Magic Knight Rayearth art books vol. 1 and 2
CLAMP North Side and South Side books
CLAMP No Kiseki (with chess pieces)

[Kusoyaro]

DUDE, your manga sucks! it's so....shoujou...
and chobits?! holy rampant pedophelia, batman, what can we do? the only thing TO do, Robin; make hot sweaty monkeylove.

[DJEvan]

[QUOTE=deepbluevibes]?? What new series are you talking about? GTO was the latest one I know of... the shonen ai gumi and bad company series came before them and were produced before GTO 0_o
QUOTE]

I was actually referring to the tekko series. only 3 books so far (i buy Taiwanese translated mangas) but its looking to be promising.

Edit: forgot to update my list. i've gotten both Chobits manga and finished the anime in like 3 days flat. Nice concept... now to find me a Persocon....

[kim]

i googled about deathnote anime + FMP.

nothing at all came up.

it's fake, for two reasons;

no news announcements ANYWHERE about this picture or death note anime

and every person in that picture, is just colored and cut from the manga. i've seen all of those poses before.

Take it with a grain of salt, I have no idea, all I know is what I was told and the link to the screenshot. I also found someone who said that the scene occurs at 9:50 in the episode and there are larger and animated gif style versions of the screen shot in this thread: http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=38403

So it seems that the screenshot is real, but the there's no "solid" evidence that an anime will be occuring, that was just an assumption on someones part.

[Defcon]

Hmm...manga.

My current favorite is Berserk (as evidenced by my avatar.)

Then there's Ghost in the Shell, although the follow up, Man-Machine Interface, felt rather lacking to me.

I've also read through a considerable amount of Hellsing, Rurouni Kenshin, Trigun, and Battle Royale.

Blame!, Sakura Taisen, and Full Metal Panic Overload are manga I've just started reading and I enjoy all three of them.

[Daishikaze]

Here is a list of Manga/Manhua/Manhwa that I want to buy or have to finish collecting:

3x3 eyes
AD Police
Appleseed book 3
Armored trooper VOTOMS
BAOH
Battle Angel Alita
Bio Booster Armor Guyver
Black Leopard
Black Magic
Blade of Heaven
Blade Of The Immortal
Caravan Kidd
Castle In the Sky
Chronicles of the Cursed Sword
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Daemon Hunters
Dark Angel (English)
Demon City Hunter
Demon City Shinjuku
Demon Diary (maybe)
Demon Palace Babylon
Dragon Arms
Dragon Hunter
Dragon Knights
Dragon Wars
Drakuun
Fist Of The Blue Sky
Fist Of The North Star
Five Star Stories
Flame Of Recca
Four Constables
Galaxy Express 999
Ghost In The Shell
Gold Digger
Grey
Gundam 0079
Heaven Above Heaven
Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre
Howl's Moving Castle
Hyper Dolls
Hyper Police
Immortal Rain
Inu-Yasha
Kabuto vol. 2
Kazan
Keikkaishi (Maybe)
King Of Wolves
Knights of the Zodiac Saint Seiya
Kwaidan
Lady Snowblood
Legend of Chun Hyang
Legend Of Kamui
Legend Of Lemnear
Legendary Couple
Liling-Po
Lone Wolf And Cub
Return Of Lum Urusei Yatsura
Lupin III
Magic Knights Rayearth
Maison Ikkoku
Mega Dragon and Tiger
Missing White Dragon
Mobile Police Patlabor
Monkey King
My Neighbor Totoro
Nausicca
Ninja High School
No Need For Tenchi!
Ogre Slayer
Orion
Outlanders
Phoenix
Princess Ninja Scroll Tenka Muso
Project A-ko
RG Veda
Ragnarok
Ranma 1/2
Riot
Rumic world
Rumic theater
Saber Marrionette J
Saint Legend
Sakura Taisen
Samurai Crusader
Samurai Deeper Kyo
Samurai Executioner
Samurai Girl Real Bout Highschool
Samurai Legend
Samurai Man
Samurai Showdown
Seikai Trilogy
Shaolin Sisters
Silent Mobius
Sky Blade
Slayers
Spirited Away
Storm Riders
Story of the Tao
Suikoden III
Sword Of Shibito
Sword Of The Dark Ones
Taimashin
Tenchi Muyo!
Tenjho Tenge
Tenryu The Dragon Cycle
Trigun / Trigun Maximum
Ultraman Tiga
Usagi Yojimbo
Vagabond
Vision of Escaflowne
Volcano High Origin
Warriors of Tao
Weapons of the Gods
X/1999
Yongbi The Invincible
You're Under Arrest
Yu Yu Hakusho

[houkouonchi]

The only Manga I have ever read:

名探偵コナン(meitanteikonan)-Great Detective Conan

[DJEvan]

@ dai: man, howmany bookshelves do you own... i have a 4x4 shelf which can stack about 3 rows of mangas and i'm running outta space already.

[Daishikaze]

I don't own them yet, I just listed the ones I want to collect or am in the process of collecting, 98% of those listed I don't even have one volume of yet.

[DJEvan]

:rolleyes: ok... thought u were running a manga shop or something like that. Its a huge list.

[danielh]

The manga you are all missing out on is Love Hina

one of those books with a very fuzzy and warm ending, highly recommended

plus the manga is way better than the anime

[Daishikaze]

Could We not bitch about anime being not as good as the mangas?

I personally am tired of everyone going on and on about how anime sucks compared to the manga. We know already, it goes without saying, the source material is always better.

There are exceptions to the rule, but on the whole, its pretty much true for everything.

can we stop the Manga>anime comments now?

Sorry, but that just seems to be the whole reason people post in the thread is to utter those same words that the last guy said already.

[CopraSanctum]

My current favourites are:
1. Bleach
2. Naruto
3. One Piece
4. Change Guy
5. Shin Angyou Onshi - I am quite surprised no one mentioned this
6. Soten no ken - aka Fist of the Blue sky
7. Death Note
8. 20th Century Boys
9. Berserk
10. Eternal Sabbath
11. Zetman
12. Gantz
13. Team Medical Dragon
14. Full Metal Alchemist

Others
1. Kotaro Makaritoru
2. Dr. Slump
3. Eatman
4. Crying Freeman
5. Guyver
6. Priest
7. Hokuto no ken
etc...

[Frankey-eh]

The only Manga I have ever read:

名探偵コナン(meitanteikonan)-Great Detective Conan

*seconds Houkouonchi*

[sharpie]

1.Tenjou Tenge (fansubbed)
2.Gacha Gacha
3.Pastel
4.Mahou Sensei Negima
5.DearS
6.Rozen Maiden
7.Berserk
8.Haru Yo Koi
9.Virgin Relationship (only have the raws)
10.Ichigo 100%
11.Gakuen Heaven (damn funny and pretty ecchi)
I have about 4 or 5 gigs of manga on my computer and on cd's. I'm pretty sure I have more but I have to sift through them to see what else I have.

[Rogue_7]

Yeah, Naruto Manga rocks. I also really like the alternate take present in the Eva Manga.

[Mozz]

So far ive only ready 65 volumes of love hina manga and a few anruto (about 20 from 220 to 244) oh and 4 volumes of star ocean TTEOT manga

I want to read the naruto manga but getting 244 -> 266 or what ebver is the latest wiill be hard T-T

[Shamu]

The manga you are all missing out on is Love Hina

one of those books with a very fuzzy and warm ending, highly recommended

plus the manga is way better than the anime

I'm only up to volume 4 of it, but I love it so far. It's way cute!
I thought that anime was cute though too. I just hope the manga has a better ending. Sounds like it does, if it's warm fuzzy. :)

[Rogue_7]

Oh and I would say the the Cowboy Bebop Anime is > > > the manga, but then the anime did come first in this case ;-).

[Chuplayer]

DUDE, your manga sucks! it's so....shoujou...
and chobits?! holy rampant pedophelia, batman, what can we do? the only thing TO do, Robin; make hot sweaty monkeylove.

And you, sir, can lick my balls. I happen to like shojo manga, and if you've got a problem with that, you can LICK MY BALLS.

And Chobits is awesome. Chi is so cute!

[Mozz]

Lol Ive just caught up with all the naruto manga ~,^

[Rogue_7]

Eh I didn't like Chobits much at all. It was just too weird, and the ending sucked imho.

[Kusoyaro]

Ichi The Killer And His Rape Fetish!!!

[kyaa the catlord]

Mmmm, Yuri Shimai

What are you looking at me like that for? :P

[Fallen Angel]

Ma favs ;

Death Note
Lawful Drug (that I have)
Black Cat (that I have) (Manga-soon to be Anime)
GetBackers (that I have) (Manga-Anime)
Fruits Basket (that I have) (Manga-Anime)
Blood Hound
Ludwig Kakumei
Boys Next Door
Kill me Kiss me (that I have)
Petshop of Horrors (Manga-OAV)
Demon's Diary (that I have)
Samourai Deeper Kyo (But the Anime sucks) (Manga-Anime)
Rurouni Kenshin (Manga-Anime)
Love Mode
Trinity Blood (Manga-Anime)
Angel Sanctuary (Manga-OAV)
Count Cain
Neji (that I have)
Naruto (Manga-Anime)
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle
xxxHolic
Bleach (Manga-Anime)
Full Metal Alchemist (But the Anime is better) (Manga-Anime)
Perfect Girl Evolution
Maria-sama ga Miteru (Manga-Anime)

And more others I can't remember right now..

[Bobbybirdtree]

Does anyone know where i can find ALL of the Trinity Blood manga? I only foun like 1 of them.

[h2orowe]

Heh, I just realized I like shojou anime/manga alot, and I'm a guy, Thanks mom! Raising me to like chick type things.

[Chuplayer]

Heh, I just realized I like shojou anime/manga alot, and I'm a guy, Thanks mom! Raising me to like chick type things.

LOL! Chick type things. Reminds me of my obsession with Gilmore Girls a few months ago. I watched the repeats on ABC Family Channel. I liked it up to when Rory went off to college. The series just lost its charm at that point.

But yeah, my chick manga is probably my biggest mark of shame. I just like it a lot. That's all.

[Varia]

I know this isn't exactly the newest of threads, but I had to say this.

The only Manga I like nowadays I Deep Love.

High five, sister. High five.

I have just recently found the Deep Love books and they have to be some of the most interesting stories I have ever read. I would love to see the dramas, but ordering a DVD would cost me about $40 a piece... Screw that.

I just got the book about Reina the other day, and host #2 is coming in along with Dear Friends (not Deep Love, but same author).

I feel so incredibly lame for making a reference to pokemon, but I feel like I have to "catch them all". They are just too cool for school.
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[h2orowe]

Dude! I almost bumped this thread today, because I felt it deserved more pages! Thank you.


I'm thinking about getting the Lone Wolf and Cub manga, is that any good?

[Daishikaze]

Lone Wolf and Cub is god-like, buy them all

[h2orowe]

Ha! I read the synopsis for it on BnN and like, I was saying to myself DUDE IM GETTING THAT YO! And I shall.

[Arvynia]

I like too much to list.

But I'll do my top 5 or something (in no particular order):

Hana Kimi
Fruits Basket
Blade of the Immortal
Sayuki
Peach Girl

I'm a mix, I like a lot of different Genres.....

[Slartibart]

My collection

Vol 1-5 Blade of the imortal

Vol 1-3 Gto

Gonna buy more soon but DAMN manga is expensive in Norway (150 NOK for blade and 100 NOK Gto ).....

Blade is just badass and Gto is rolling on the floor material :)

[Varia]

How many of you guys actually read manga in Japanese? Like seriously?
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[akitaka]

I try.
For the most part I get what's going on, but the meanings behind some actions, idioms, and heavy dialogue screw me up pretty bad. The JPN classes have helped a bit, though, in reading kanji. Most of the manga that's on my shelf is in Japanese; bought from time to time trips in Japan.

I used to subscribe to weekly jump via Fujiya Market around my place. Recently, though, I sold of them to the local comic book store. They guys ate it up and I walked out with a wad of cash.

[harper]

I'm thinking about getting the Lone Wolf and Cub manga, is that any good?

I first read Lone Wolf and Cub back when Eclipse Comics published it in the late 80s/early 90s. After they went out of business, I was kind of mad that I wasn't able to read the rest of the story. I'm really glad that Dark Horse published the whole series in 28 volumes, though the digest size does make it a little bit harder to read. It does make it cheaper, though, I guess.

I waited until all 28 volumes were out and then sat down and read them over 5-6 days. It is well worth picking up. I'm waiting for a few more volumes of Samurai Executioner to be published before sitting down and reading all of those.

Viz/Eclipse published a lot of good manga back then. I wonder if anyone will ever pick up and complete Area 88.

[Daishikaze]

Koike's Lady Snowblood manga is next of DH's list, its great, I wonder if they will grab the rest of his work as well, like Demon Spies and Shadow Hunters? It could happen since Animego just made available the films based off of those mangas recently.

[Shamu]

I've been thinking about reading Death Note but I'm not sure if it's any good.
Also Arvynia, is Peach Girl good? because I've been thinking about reading that one too.

[The Laughing Man]

Manga in my collection:

Tenjou Tenge
Jasshin Hunter
Rurouni Kenshin
Koukaku Kiddoutai
Koukaku Kiddoutai 2
Appleseed
Love Hina
G-Taste

[harper]

I just started reading RahXephon and it isn't bad so far. I recently finished reading the latest volumes of Couple (manhwa really, not manga), Beet the Vandel Buster, Inu Yasha, Eyeshield 21, Video Girl Ai, Prince of Tennis, and Remote.

I've got about 120 manga volumes to read right now, but many of those are complete runs I haven't gotten around to starting yet - GTO, Gravitation, Firefighter Daigo, Girl Got Game, Rurouni Kenshin, Here Is Greenwood and Negima plus the last dozen volumes of Love Hina.

[kim]

How many of you guys actually read manga in Japanese? Like seriously?

I'm still learning japanese, but I always download the raw japanese manga for naruto, bleach & FMA and give it a try in translating it, provided I can see and make out the furigana, although I typically get to a point where the furigana is too blurry for me to see and give up there, but I always go through and look for words i recognize.

So I'm not good enough yet to read it entirely in Japanese, but I do at least give it a try, LOL.

[psychicstooge]

My manga stuff:

COMPLETED:

A.I. Love You
Azumanga Daioh
Chobits
Love Hina (I can't even count how many times I've read this; it was my introduction to manga and anime and still my favorite overall)

INCOMPLETE:

Ai Yori Aoshi
Boys Be
Cromartie High School
Fruits Basket (I got Vol. 1 for free and I fucking hate it; don't understand the popularity of this, but that's just my opinion)
Megatokyo
Negima

Lament of the Lamb is probably going to be my next series to get.

[CrystalThrall]

Marmalade Boy
Kimagure Orange Road
Inuyasha
Sailor Moon
Love Hina

[ManiacLove]

I know this isn't exactly the newest of threads, but I had to say this.



High five, sister. High five.

I have just recently found the Deep Love books and they have to be some of the most interesting stories I have ever read. I would love to see the dramas, but ordering a DVD would cost me about $40 a piece... Screw that.

I just got the book about Reina the other day, and host #2 is coming in along with Dear Friends (not Deep Love, but same author).

I feel so incredibly lame for making a reference to pokemon, but I feel like I have to "catch them all". They are just too cool for school.


Someone told me to download the DVDs at isohunt.com. (but they're not subtitled as far as I know... then again I'd think the DVDs wouldn't be either.) I haven't tried it yet though.

I absoluely love Ayu! She's really one of my all time favorite female characters in anything. I can't wait to buy the DVDs.

[ArkhanTerra]

D.Gray Man is really cool, as an update. I just got into that and I must say, it is quite addictive.

[Varia]

omfg I can download the DVD's? I have been looking for those for over a month. I wanted to buy them, but at near $40 each CD, I can't do that. I bought the movie, though. I got it for like $20 at a Japanese store by Los Angeles.

Have you read Host or Real?

I wish I was an evil lord right now (Skeletor/Mumrah sound like good choices), so I could do a really good "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" right now. There are no seeders </3
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[Invictus]

Let's see... manga that I have read in their entirety...

GTO (one of the best manga I've ever read btw)
Gunsmith Cats
Love Hina
Mahou Sensei Negima (or at least as much as has been released thus far)
Maison Ikkoku
Ranma
Rurouni Kenshin
Urusei Yatsura

[h2orowe]

I got Beck Volume 1 today ^.^ haven't read it though. I'm waiting for tommorow.

[Loc]

Death Note is brilliant, by the way. It looked a bit...hmm to start but after reading a few chapters (60 ahem) it's my favourite manga...even though I don't really read manga anyway.

Also, the big thing that just happened...I don't think it really did happen. :watson:

[harper]

It looks like Death Note will be coming out bimonthly with vol. 4 in March, vol. 5 in May and vol. 6 in July. I read the preview and didn't care for it, but I do like the fact that the frequency that volumes are being published seems to be increasing for many titles. With Rurouni Kenshin being monthly, it will finish up in July with volume 28.

I have the Viz Feb-July catalog and there are almost 70 volumes that I plan to order over that span. Fortunately, I can order them direct and save a bit. There will be a new Vagabond in June. Other Viz titles that I have been collecting include

Battle Angel Alita Last Order
Case Closed, Firefighter Daigo
Inuyasha
Ranma 1/2
Video Girl Ai (which ends in April)
Zatch Bell
Banana Fish
From Far Away
Happy Hustle High (which ends in March)
Here Is Greenwood
Red River
Beet the Vandel Buster
Dragon Ball Z (which ends in June)
Prince of Tennis
Whistle!
YuGiOh Duelist
Eyeshield 21
I"s

I am also planning to try the following titles

Golgo 13
R.O.D. Read or Die
Kaze Hikaru
Ultra Maniac
Black Cat
Monster

Tokyopop publishes a lot of manga, but I have found that Viz tends to publish manga that is more to my tastes. I like Psychic Academy, Rebound and Remote from Tokyopop, but that is about all currently. Of course, they did publish Planetes and Dot Hack which I enjoyed.

[renegade]

naruto is the one im into right now. i also read a few manga's from this site
http://www.omanga.net/?cid=a_news
it has all kinds of good manga in it :)

[Kusoyaro]

I think i've read almost all the shonen, some shojo, too. Don't look at me.
I hate reading those kinds of things, btu I was sent it by some guy who wouldn't believe could exist unless you actually met him, and I can't NOT read anything that gets into my hands, so i read it.
"Guts twisting in my stomach, I don't know why, if this guy doesn't grow some balls he's gonna die." That was going through my mind the entire time. I'm talking about I''s by the way.
Favs are:
Bleach
Naruto
Gantz
Tenjo Tenge
20th Century Boys
Monster
DeathNote
Initial D
Gunnm
Blame!
Lone Wolf and Cub
FullMetal Alchemist
I''s
GTO and Bad Company
Hellsing
Hikaru no Go
Berserk
Trigun/Maximum
Akira
etc.
I think i posted before a longass time ago. Meh...

[ShadowDeth]

I only really follow one manga, full metal panic. I have 6 volumes of that, 1 of Excel saga, 3 Yotsuba and 2 of full metal panic overload.

I guess my favorite would be full metal panic.

[Shishio]

Favourites:

1. Akira/Lone Wolf & Cub
2. Dragonball/Devilman
3. Berserk
4. Blade of the Immortal
5. Rurouni Kenshin
6. Gantz
7. Hajime no Ippo
8. Basilisk
9. Death Note

The new Tohru Fujisawa series is Tokko, not Tekko.

Other manga I enjoy:

(In no special order:)

Shamo
Koroshiya Ichi
Kujibikiri Asaemon
Lady Snowblood
Freesia
Jiraishin
Great Teacher Onizuka
Nausicaa
Vagabond
Red Eyes
20th Century Boys
Anne Freaks
Appleseed
Beleivers
Blame!
Blue Heaven
Claymore
Confession
Deadman
Domu
Drifting Classroom
Eyeshield 21
Fullmetal Alchemist
G Senjou Heaven's Door
Genshiken
Get Backers
Ghost in the Shell
Golden Boy
Hellsing
Hitsuji no Uta
Homunculus
Houshin Engi
Inuyasha
Island
Jigoro
Jisatsu Circle
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Keroro Gunso
Leviathan
Midori no Hibi
Monster
MPD Psycho
Mushishi
My Name is Zushio
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Noise
Orfina
Rah Xephon
Real
River's Edge
Rokudenashi Blues
Rookies
Saiyuki
Say Hello to Blackjack
Sexy Voice and Robo
Shinsen-Gumi Immon Peacemaker
Skyhigh
Tactics
Tactics Ogre
The World is Mine
Those Who Hunt Elves
Tokko
Trinity Blood
Ultimate!! Hentai Kamen
X 1999
Yamato Gensouki
Yawara
Zombie Powder
Eden
Konjiki no Gash Bell!

There is also a bunch of manga I did not list because it is not as good as most of the stuff I listed.

[master of my domain]

my favourite manga is chobits
but love hina is great too..
other manga i enjoy are



A.I love you
battle royale
angeliac layer
full metal panic
galaxy angels
rebirth
.hack
abeno bashi
azumanga diaoh
battle vixons
dears
gto
galaxy angel party

[harper]

I read Prince of Tennis 11 and Whistle 9 today. I plan to read the latest volumes of Banana Fish, Remote and Red River either tonight or tomorrow.

[Civilization Phrase III]

I like Shaman King // Hellsing // FMA // Naruto // Dark Water // The Ring

And yeah o.o;

[Lea]

The only manga I read is the newest Inuyasha chapters online. It's kind of annoying me right now though. Rumiko is really streching things. I just want her to end it damnit!

[fa11en87]

I watched the Fruits Basket anime, and it was great!!!(except for the sudden ending) So I HAD to go get the manga!

[harper]

The only manga I read is the newest Inuyasha chapters online. It's kind of annoying me right now though. Rumiko is really streching things. I just want her to end it damnit!

It's already gone 5 or so volumes past Ranma so I wouldn't mind it ending too. a lot of the volumes seem sort of the same. I wish she would do more One Pound Gospel.

[Wiss]

I was thinking about getting some Manga for my niece, she's 11. Do you think Fruit Basket would be suitable?

[harper]

I haven't read it, but Fruits Basket is very popular with a lot of my students who are 14-16. When I've glanced through a few volumes, I haven't noticed anything really objectionable for an 11 year old, but maybe somebody who has read them can answer that.

[Saeglopur]

Well my favourite is Project Arms, but it's kinda hard to find. Other then that I like Initial D, Bleach, and FLCL.

[fa11en87]

I was thinking about getting some Manga for my niece, she's 11. Do you think Fruit Basket would be suitable?
I havent read all of it, but it seems suitable for a kid from what I've read so far.

[crow-kun]

Everyone needs to read NHK Ni Youkoso. It is very informative about the evil NHK and their plot to turn japanese youths into hikikomori.

[CRX driver]

Right now, I'm just looking at Gacha Gacha, nothing else at leset for now.

[Shishio]

Well my favourite is Project Arms, but it's kinda hard to find.

Really? Viz has released at least 9 volumes of it, surely if your local comic book store or bookstore does not carry them, you could order them.

[harper]

There are currently 11 volumes released for Project Arms. Volume 12 is scheduled for April 2006 and Volume 13 is scheduled for July 2006. There are 22 volumes total in the series, so if they release 4 per year the last volume will come out around October 2008.

Comic stores should be able to order the books and so should most book stores.

[Katsumaru]

most shonen jump manga old and new (ie black cat, eyeshield, naruto, bleach, houshin engi, you know the usual)
Dogs in Ultra Jump (my favorite)
Gantz is decent
Tenjo Tenge & Airgear (same guy made them)
Monster
Watashi no Ookami
GTO
Nausicaa
Sanctuary & Strain (same ppl made these two)
MAR
Beck

[harper]

I got my February manga volumes from Viz today (10 books). Many of them were ones I've been collecting for a while, including Banana Fish 12, Rurouni Kenshin 23, Ranma 1/2 33 etc.

There were a couple of new titles that I decided to check out. I'd read Golgo 13 back in the 80s when a few issues were published. Golgo 13 vol. 1 is the start of a 'best of' collection and doesn't look too bad.

Monster #1 looks very good. I like the art and the story looks good too. The street date for both Golgo and Monster is 2/21/06 so they are worth keeping an eye out for.

I also picked up Kaze Hikaru because it sounded interesting. It takes place in about the same time period as Rurouni Kenshin. The art is good and I'll probably start collecting this title as well. There are too many good books out there and too little time to read, unfortunately.

[Shamu]

The only manga I read is the newest Inuyasha chapters online. It's kind of annoying me right now though. Rumiko is really streching things. I just want her to end it damnit!
Good lord I agree! It's almost too long now.

I finished reading the first volume of Death Note, not sure what I think of it yet. I'm gonna read the next volume, but I hate reading several volumes of a manga and it doesn't get any better. *glares at Loc for telling me to read this* This better get better... :knockout:

[Bobbybirdtree]

Hahaha anyone see the new Bleach manga? GrimJaw gets bitched out by Tousen. :clap:

[Loc]

It does Shannon :)

BBT, that was a pretty cool moment, weird clothes on him...

Reckon he's more powerful than GJ? ;x

[harper]

Since I'm all caught up with my comic reading until my next shipment arrives, I started working on my manga volumes.

So far, I've gone through 8 volumes

Eyeshield 21 #6 - A decent football manga. Not as good as Prince of Tennis or Whistle, but entertaining enough.

Beet the Vandel Buster #8 - A good adventure manga where 'Vandel Busters' go around and destroy monsters called vandels, Very entertaining with good art.

Ranma 1/2 #33 - This was a good entry in this long running kung fu/comedy manga, but I'm ready for the series t oend in another 5 volumes.

Inu Yasha #24 - This adventure series seems to be dragging a bit, though this was a good installment. There are around 20 more volumes so far so it will be a while before there is a resolution to the story.

Mermaid Saga #1 and #2 - I have thes in comic form, but hadn't read them in 10 years or so. If you eat the flesh of a mermaid, you can become immortal, though most people die or become monsters. This series follows one man who became immortal centuries ago, but wishes to become mortal again. These volumes were good and I'll be picking up the last 2 volumes as well. Unlike Inu Yasha, Takahashi ended this series early.

Juror 13 - A done in 1 volume story that was pretty well done. an insurance investigator's life is falling apart and on top of that, he gets summoned to jury duty.

Golgo 13 #1 - I read a few Golgo comics 20+ years ago and enjoyed them. I was glad to see a 'best of' series being published by Viz and the 2 stories presented here were both pretty good.

[otro34]

Favorite Manga? there are a lot i luv... :P ... Card Captor Sakura is one... Detective Conan, X/1999... but my favorite is Marmalade Boy.... it's just sooo awsome!! :P ...

of course there are a lot more... Full MEtal Alchemist, NAruto, Saint Seiya, Dragon Ball...

[ezk]

my favorite Mangas include:

current favorite series:
PeaceMaker
PeaceMaker Kurogane

Kenshin
Naruto
Samurai Champloo (based on the Anime tho' I believe)
Trigun
Hellsing (the Anime sucks, deal with it)

[ShadowDeth]

Favorites:
Genshiken
Full Metal Panic

Not favorites, but a few other I follow:
Yotsuba
Excel Saga
Full Metal panic overload

The Genshiken anime is superior to the manga. It's almost 100% true to the original, but pulls off visual/audio gags the comic can't.

The full metal panic manga is about even with the show.

I posted a month ago, but my list hasn't changed much. I think I have 4 volumes of Genshiken now, and I highly recommend it.

[ezk]

I posted a month ago, but my list hasn't changed much. I think I have 4 volumes of Genshiken now, and I highly recommend it.
could you possibly describe in a sentence or two what it's about? 'preciated

[harper]

I read the first couple of volumes of Psychic Academy and enjoyed them. I'm going to try and pick up the rest of the series too. I also got back to reading Love Hina after a long hiatus. I read volume 3 (out of 14). It's kind of whacky, but fun. I'm going to try and read the rest of them over the next month.

[kyaa the catlord]

Tenshi ja Nai! is fun. :D

Gender, its fun to play with....

[CFA Hino mushi]

i have been reading Neon Genesis Evangelion, its really good and goes into more depth about the characters so you understand the events that take place and why they do things they do.

[harper]

i have been reading Neon Genesis Evangelion, its really good and goes into more depth about the characters so you understand the events that take place and why they do things they do.


I like Evangelion also. It's very different from the anime, though. There will be a 4 volume series called Neon Genesis Evangelion Angelic Days starting later this year.

[Jess]

How many of you guys actually read manga in Japanese? Like seriously?

Me! I refuse to buy translated manga!

[ShadowDeth]

could you possibly describe in a sentence or two what it's about? 'preciated

Sure thing buddy.

Genshiken is an all purpose club at a college in some city in japan (I forget). "The society for the study of modern visual culture".

Synopsis
The series is basically about one character, who starts attending college and living on his own. He's always been something of an otaku, but he's been in denial about it. He ends up browsing clubs during the school club fair, passes up the anime and manga club and decides to sit in on a Genshiken meeting. From there he starts embracing his otaku side, and comes to terms with it even buying doujinshi.

Why I think it's strong
It's very real. It's presented like a documentary in the show, a bit more than the manga does. All the characters are people you can, and probably have met before. It has a lot of dry and subtle humor, you as a european can probably appreciate.

It's hard to explain why I like the series so much, because just describing it makes it out to be very lame. There are a lot of little things that go into the show. The attention to otaku detail - the club daily reviews the previous day's episode of "Kujibiki Unbalance" (A fictional show they actually produced *for* Genshiken [there are OVA's out], to Kohsaka's guilty gear tournaments he plays, to the portrayal of anime conventions. It's just a very real depiction of Otaku's, the dialogue is witty and all the characters have real problems.

I guess to highlight one reason I enjoy the show is the Chairman Madarame. he says a lot of profound stuff over the course of the series.


I know that wasn't a few sentences but i'm very enthusiastic about the few things I like. :whoops:

[harper]

I finally finished Love Hina. I started reading it a couple of years ago and got partway through the third volume before stopping. I started up again in March, reading an occasional volume until reading the last 8 volumes over the past 5 days. Overall, I think it is a pretty good series, though a bit repetitive at times. I did like the character growth and a few of the trips the characters took.

[Aras]

I'm reading Berserk, Bleach, Gantz, GTO, GUNMMAN last order, GITS man machine interface and mahou sensei negima, also Tenjou Tenge was cool, also cant finish Angel Sanctuary.

[Daie]

Anyone know anything about CLaymore? My roommate and I have read a sample, and it looks cool.

[fa11en87]

Can anyone tell me how the manga ends Ranma 1/2? I'm so annoyed that the anime ended without much of an ending.

[harper]

Can anyone tell me how the manga ends Ranma 1/2? I'm so annoyed that the anime ended without much of an ending.

I'm sure someone has probably read it in Japanese, but the manga will be ending in the US in a year when volume 38 ships.

Meanwhile, you can check here (http://www.wot-club.org.uk/RanmaFAQ/) if you want for summaries and more.

[harper]

I'm catching up on reading Shonen Jump now. I was missing a couple of issues from 2005 and just picked them up, so I am now reading the last 15 issues. These mags are so thick that 15 issues amounts to around 4500 pages. I read all of the Hikaru No Go episodes first since that is my favorite Jump comic and I just finished the Naruto episodes which are also pretty good. I'll probably read the One Piece episodes next, followed by Shaman King, Yu Yu Hakusho and Yu Gi Oh. Reading through all of the episodes for one title takes me a little over 2 hours so I probably won't finish until tomorrow.

[harper]

I read through the last 7 volumes of Dragonball Z - the Bibbidy, Bobbidy, Boo Saga. I've been reading Dragonball since Viz first started publishing it a decade or so ago and I enjoyed the final saga, though not quite as much as some of the earlier stories like the Cell Saga. The ending was good, though.

[SGH]

Not reading the manga...but I just started watching Chobits. I think my heart is going to break when I finish it (no spoilers at all please).

[harper]

I just started working my way through GTO. I bought each volume as they came out because I heard it was good, but I never got around to reading them. I've got 2 volumes completed and 23 to go so I'll probably finish it some time next week. I liked the second volume more than the first so hopefully it keeps getting better as it goes along

[Daishikaze]

Was finally able to grab Lone Wolf and Cub Vol.2, and it continues to impress me. I gotta get more of this and Samurai Execution & Lady Snowblood.

I hope more of Kazuo Koike's work like Demon Spies and Shadow Hunters make it over to the west soon. I would also love to see more of Sanpei Shirato's work, as I really enjoyed Legend Of Kamui.

[harper]

I first read Lone Wolf and Cub back in the 80s when First published it as a regular comic book. I picked up all 28 volumes from Dark Horse as they were released and then read them all in a 4 day span. It is an excellent series. I have most of the Samurai Executioner books, but my comic store missed out on a few of them, so I will have to try and pick them up when I go to Wizard World in Chicago if I haven't gotten them by then. I'm less impressed with Lady Snowblood, but it isn't bad. A new series that seems a bit similar that I am looking forward to is Path of the Assassin.

[ShadowDeth]

Not reading the manga...but I just started watching Chobits. I think my heart is going to break when I finish it (no spoilers at all please).

It has a pleasant ending from what I remember. No worries :knockout:

[Daishikaze]

I first read Lone Wolf and Cub back in the 80s when First published it as a regular comic book. I picked up all 28 volumes from Dark Horse as they were released and then read them all in a 4 day span. It is an excellent series. I have most of the Samurai Executioner books, but my comic store missed out on a few of them, so I will have to try and pick them up when I go to Wizard World in Chicago if I haven't gotten them by then. I'm less impressed with Lady Snowblood, but it isn't bad. A new series that seems a bit similar that I am looking forward to is Path of the Assassin.

I became acquainted with the LW&C series from the films starring Wakayama Tomisaburo as Ogami Itto. I knew I had to get the Manga, but living over here Its hard to get English translations, and I don't like reading german translations.

About Lady Snowblood, I also became acquainted with it through the films starring Meiko Kaji as Oyuki, and as much as I like the series so far, I think its rather derivative of the Hibotan Bakuto film series. Oyuki is quite similar in alot of ways to Red Peony Oryu, except Oyuki has less purpose in life once her revenge is carried out. Oryu still has to rebuild her late father's Yakuza family after she avenges his death, where as with Oyuki its like "well, now what?". So while I enjoy Lady Snowblood, it is definately not Koike's best work by a longshot.

[I Like Shinny!]

First time post;

My favorites are;

Naruto (Manga > Anime 'nuff said)
Chobits (See above)
Fullmetal Alchemist
GTO
Gantz
Nana
B.O.D.Y
Baku
Asian Beat
Samurai Deeper Kyo (Kenshin clone, but I don't care. >_<)
Elfen Lied
Angel Dust
666 Satan (I'm so lame. >_<)
Peace Maker (Full of homosexual subtext like woah. XD)
Sensei Negima
And Death Note

[ShadowDeth]

Death note for the win (FTW)1!!1

Is 5 out yet? I haven't checked back in a few months.

[harper]

Death Note 5 came out in May, Death Note 6 comes out this month, #7 in September and #8 in November

[Beer Pope]

5 pages and no mention of Keroro Gunso?

You should all be ashemed of yourselves.

[Pezonna]

Yay! A manga thread!
Miho obana! Kodocha is one of the best manga ever! I'm currently reading her short series "Andante". So far, so good :). I also really love the art of Arina Tanemura (Full moon wo sagashite & kamikaze kaitou jeanne)
Definitely must-reads...the anime versions are excellent as well.

[I Like Shinny!]

Yay! A manga thread!
Miho obana! Kodocha is one of the best manga ever! I'm currently reading her short series "Andante". So far, so good :). I also really love the art of Arina Tanemura (Full moon wo sagashite & kamikaze kaitou jeanne)
Definitely must-reads...the anime versions are excellent as well.
That's too much cute shoujo for me.

[Pezonna]

That's too much cute shoujo for me.

heh...I dunno...I find even manga like naruto, rurouni kenshin, and inuyasha get old after awhile from all the dramatics. Kodocha though...aw man...how can you not like hayama?

[Hitokage]

I own all of:

Hellsing
Gravitation
Yu-Gi-Oh

Collecting:

Fullmetal Alchemist
Full Moon
DNAngel

All of the above manga > anime. ...The new Hellsings are more accurate then the older anime. They are more... manga-like.

[harper]

I finally finished GTO volume 25. I read the last six volumes over the last two days. When I first started the series, I wasn't sure how much I would like it. Onizuka drew me in with his crazy antics, though, and I ended up loving the series. I plan to pick up the 15 volume prequel series at some point and I may wait to read it until they are all released. There aren't as many volumes, but at almost 400 pages, each book is about twice the size of a regular one. I'm thinking I might tackle the 28 volume Rurouni Kenshin series next.

[harper]

I've started on Rurouni Kenshin and have read 4 volumes so far. It is good, though I'm not enjoying it quite as much as the zaniness of GTO or the more serious drama in Lone Wolf and Cub. Still, it is pretty well done. I understand they are doing a perfect edition in Japan, but this Viz set is good enough for me.

[Black Dog]

Recently I read

Crying Freeman Vol 1
Lady Snowblood Vol 1
Path of the Assassin Vol 1
Shounan junai gumi Vol 1
King of wolves
Samurai Executioner Vol 1-4
Finished Lone Wolf and Cub a while ago. One my most favorite manga !!!

Kazuo Koike = GOD !!! I love his manga.

Waiting for the next volume of BERSERK.

[harper]

Shonan Junai-Gumi is one I definitely want to check out. I loved Crying Freeman when I read it 10-15 years ago. Excellent series. Kazuo Koike does do great work.

[Black Dog]

9 years ago I watched the anime version of crying freeman.

[harper]

I got on a roll the last two days and read the last 10 volumes of Rurouni Kenshin. I loved the series and am glad that I decided to wait until it was complete before reading it so that I could enjoy the overall storyline more. I have volume one of the author's next series - Buso Renkin, but haven't started it yet.

I was also happy to learn recently that Lone Wolf and Cub has a sequel that Dark Horse is supposed to start publishing in English this fall. Also, I read an interview with Koike where he mentioned plans for a third Lone Wolf and Cub series eventually with Daigoro grown up as the lead character.

[skip01]

I haven't read a huge amount of manga but of those I have read I enjoy:
Berserk (Probably declining a bit now but I liked it most early on)
Bleach
Naruto
Full Metal Alchemist
If you have any good suggestions I'd like to hear them :watson:

[Klilynkun]

everytime i get into a manga - i find out that it has already ended - and then get like a quarter of half way through the series and can never find any more of it to read

[harper]

everytime i get into a manga - i find out that it has already ended - and then get like a quarter of half way through the series and can never find any more of it to read

What titles have you tried? A lot of manga titles that are published in the U.S. first started coming out in the 90s in Japan and ended there, but are still being translated for US publication. Other titles such as Vagabond are published nearly simultaneously in the US now that they have caught up with Japan. For example, Case Closed has over 50 volumes in Japan and is still being published while they will only be up to volume 14 in the US by the end of the year. Inuyasha has around 45 volumes in Japan and only 27 here in the US as of October. Ranma 1/2 will be ending this fall when volume 36 is published.

[Klilynkun]

Let's see... I used to read Ranma 1/2, Yuu Yuu Hakusho, Sailor Moon, Dragonball, Rurouni Kenshin, Naruto (thank goodness it's still going on now), Full Metal Alchemist, DNAngel, there's some other ones but i can't remember their names of the top of my head

[Masa the Masta]

hoe mai gawdz gaiz, haev u seen teh newest WAN PIISU?! LOOOLOL.


I secretly like One Piece.

[Kyoushu]

I don't think it's that much of a secret, from what I've observed of you.

Of course, maybe I just have really good eyes. :O

[Druid]

Negima
*is shamed*
I know, I know...but it's so damn interesting. That and Jing.

[harper]

Let's see... I used to read Ranma 1/2, Yuu Yuu Hakusho, Sailor Moon, Dragonball, Rurouni Kenshin, Naruto (thank goodness it's still going on now), Full Metal Alchemist, DNAngel, there's some other ones but i can't remember their names of the top of my head


Ranma 1/2 is almost done since volume 35 just came out. There's one more to go. Since it started being published here 15 years ago, it took quite some time to finish. Stopping the monthly comic and accelerating the paperbacks helped speed it up.

Rurouni Kenshin just ended at volume 28, but the same creator has a new series called Buso Renkin that is still running in Japan. Volume 1 just came out here in the US.

I like Naruto as well and it is still running in Japan, with 33 volumes released so far. Since it is being serialized in Shonen Jump, they are only up to volume 12 here in the U.S. It will be running for a loooong time at this pace.

Dragonball was very cool and, like Ranma 1/2, has been around for a long time. It just ended here and there are 42 volumes total between Dragonball and Dragonball Z.

YuYu Hakusho is complete in Japan with 19 volumes. Since volume 11 is coming out here later this year, it should be around for about 2-3 more years.

Sailor Moon has 18 volumes in 3 series and is complete.

Fullmetal Alchemist should be around for a while. It is still running in Japan and has 14 volumes out so far. Volumes 9 and 10 will be out later this year in the U.S. Production will probably slow a bit once they catch up with Japan.

It looks like D.N.Angel is being released just behind the Japanes releases. It is still being published in Japan and there are 11 volumes so far. Tokyopop is releasing volume 11 in the middle of September.

You do have a few books to look forward to. If you haven't read all of the earlier books in a series like Ranma and Dragonball, they should all be available to order from a book store, comic book store or online. I subscribe to Shonen Jump and like all of the titles in there. Hikaru No Go is my favorite, but I also enjoy Naruto, One Piece, Yu Gi Oh, Shaman King, and Yu Yu Hakusho.

[sushi]

Just finished battle royale manga books, they were pretty interesting.
I also like negima and rebirth at the moment.:clap:

[harper]

I read the first volume of Yotsuba & ! and found it to be pretty entertaining. I'll probably read the 2nd and 3rd volumes in a couple of days. I also want to track down the 4 volume Azumanga Daioh by the same author.

[Scott]

If you guys or anyone you know are hitting the snoopycool site, please click the google ads for me. :-/

[harper]

I read Yotsuba & ! vol. 2 and 3 and loved them. I hope ADV Manga comes out with volumes 4 and 5 next year. I'm about halfway through Death Note #1 so far and am enjoying that as well. I'll finish that tonight and read volume 2 tomorrow then I'll order the rest of them.

[harper]

I read Claymore vol. 1 and 2 tonight and liked them a lot. I'm going to order vol. 3 on Monday and preorder vol. 4 and 5. I'm not sure I would have tried Claymore or Death Note if they hadn't been previewed in Shonen Jump. Death Note was very good and I'll order the rest on Monday as well.

[harper]

I read all 4 volumes of Azumanga Daioh over the last two days. My favorite character is Chiyo-chan, but Tomo is a riot. The series was a lot of fun. I've had a few people recommend the series to me and I'm glad I finally got the chance to read them.

[ShadowDeth]

Good call. Osaka is really brought to life in the cartoon though.

I'm current on death note as well, and that's a great novel. The show airs in the fall, and I have no doubt it's going to be amazing.

[Saitou Hajime]

Death Note was my favorite manga up to I believe Chapter 59. The... event that takes place in that chapter or one close to it is horrible, and just ruined the whole thing for me.

Monster is the best manga. EVER.

[harper]

Good call. Osaka is really brought to life in the cartoon though.


Osaka seemed to become more involved later in the manga. I loved how she nailed all of the brain teasers without even having to pause. Sakaki was cool too, though obviously rather shy. Her love of cats sure was mostly unrequited.

[sushi]

Death note is a good manga but it gets a bit boring in later books.

Azumanga diaoh is a really good series the male teacher in it is hilarious (i forget his name).

[harper]

Mr. Kimura, who loves to ogle the teenage girls in their gym shorts and swimsuits, but has a beautiful wife and daughter.

[Romanticide]

my favorite at the moment are

Angel Sanctuary
Hellsing
Count cain/godchild
XXXholic
Kimi wa petto

And I have a very large list to that I need to finish reading but I am too lazy for write it now XD

[harper]

I finally got around to reading the last two volumes of Video Girl Ai, volumes 14 and 15 - Len's Story. I liked this series quite a bit, but I plan to wait until I"s finishes next year before reading all 15 volumes of that series.

[harper]

I decided to give volume 1 of Cromartie High School a try and thought it was okay. Parts of it were fairly amusing, but I didn't like it enough to continue with the series.

[sushi]

i was thinking of starting cromatie high manga because i liked the anime a lot but now i might give it a miss.

Genshiken manga looks alright if you like a manga about otaku's

[Masa the Masta]

I don't think it's that much of a secret, from what I've observed of you.

Of course, maybe I just have really good eyes. :O

Stalker. :bored:

Seriously though, Luffy's gonna fuck Lucci UP now. :gangster:

[ShadowDeth]

i was thinking of starting cromatie high manga because i liked the anime a lot but now i might give it a miss.

Genshiken manga looks alright if you like a manga about otaku's

Genshiken is actually really good.

I should recommend Planetes though, that's probably the best unknown Manga i've read/show i've watched.

Everyone check it out!

[harper]

I should recommend Planetes though, that's probably the best unknown Manga i've read/show i've watched.


Planetes is excellent - one of the best science fiction comics I've ever read.

[harper]

Sports night on the manga front tonight.

I read Whistle #13, Prince of Tennis #15 and Eyeshield 21 #9. I like all three of these manga, but Whistle is my favorite out of these. It has been consistently good. Prince of Tennis seems to drag a bit at times. Eyeshield 21 is quirky, but fun.

[sushi]

i'll give planetes ago,i'm in need of some new reading material.

[harper]

I read Claymore vol. 3 today. I'm enjoying the series a lot, but now I have to wait a month or so until #4 comes out.

[harper]

I read Girl Got Game vol. 1-5 tonight. It's about a girl who pretends to be a guy so she can play on the men's basketball team at her new high school. I bought the series initially because it was a basketball manga, but it is a lot more about relationships. Still, it has been pretty good so far even if each volume reads pretty quickly. I haven't found the backup stories quite as interesting, though, and one of the volumes only had a couple of chapters from the main story and the rest was backups.

[harper]

I read Girl Got Game vol. 6-10 to finish off the series. Not my favorite series, but it was good.

[Scott]

I don't know how many of you guys read Yakitate!! Japan, but I just put the last three releases of it (v17c151, v17c152, v17 Omake) on the SC site. The manga is ongoing, but snoopycool will no longer be releasing it, since it's been licensed. We'll only be distroing it for a limited time, so if you want it, better grab it now.

http://www.tenjou.net/snoopy or http://www.snoopycool.org

[harper]

I don't know how many of you guys read Yakitate!! Japan, but I just put the last three releases of it (v17c151, v17c152, v17 Omake) on the SC site.

I picked up volume 1 from Viz, but haven't read it yet. It looks interesting.

I just read Gunslinger Girl vol. 1 and liked it. What's not to love about young girls who are cyborg assassins. I plan on reading volumes 2 and 3 pretty soon. Too bad ADV has the license.

[harper]

I read Gunslinger Girl vol. 2-3. Kind of low key, but a very good series. Hopefully I'll get a chance to read volumes 4-7 some day.

[harper]

I finished up Ultra Maniac today, reading volumes 2-5. I liked the series quiet a bit. Nice balance of magic, humor and romance. I thought I'd enjoy the series since I like Marmalade Boy as well.

[ShadowDeth]

Picked up Genshiken 6 and Death Note 7 today. Genshiken is very funny so far, and I haven't started Death Note yet.

[harper]

I read Lady Snowblood vol. 2-4 tonight. I didn't like volume 1 all that much, but I enjoyed the next three volumes a lot more. With all the violence, nudity, and sex it definitely isn't for everyone, though.

[ShadowDeth]

I guess if we're warning people about shitty manga too:

I purchased Gunparade march and RAY on a whim. They blow big time. RAY seems too artificial, like "Hey, let's put a chick who has X-ray eyes into situations where her surgery skills allow her to beat the monster of the week"

And gunparade march, whereas the anime was pretty entertaining, the manga falls flat. School kids in mechs killing aliens. Some love triangles too. Blah blah.

[harper]

I read the first volume of Gravitation last week and didn't care that much for it. I'd picked the series up a while ago because I thought it was about music and might be interesting. I didn't realize it was a shonen-ai (or yaoi) title and that part didn't interest me at all. I'll get most of my money back for the series on ebay, though, so it's fine.

There haven't been too many manga that I've tried and not liked - Blue Spring is one that comes to mind. I got bored with Oh My Goddess after a while and dropped it. Genshiken seems to be fairly popular, but I didn't find the first volume too engaging so I didn't pick up any more.

[Scott]

I loved Gravitation. It appeals to the romantic in me, though I'm not intrinsically interested in shounen-ai or yaoi at all.

[harper]

I read the first two volumes of Kaze Hikaru tonight. In it, Sei is a girl who sees her father and brother murdered. She disguises herself as a boy and joins the Mibu-Roshi in order to become a warrior and get revenge for her family. It is set just before the Meiji Era, a little before the time of Rurouni Kenshin. I liked the first couple of volumes and hope that the release of future volumes will accelerate since it is no longer going to be serialized in Shojo Beat.

[Masa the Masta]

Does she have a miniature dragon spirit that is funny in an american sort of way with a lucky cricket?

...Sorry, I had to go there. :P

[I Like Shinny!]

I need a new manga series to check out. Anyone have a rec?

[Daishikaze]

read Appleseed, or Dominion Tank Police.

Appleseed is a really good serious one, Dominion is really cool but also funny

[Scott]

Do you mean "new" as in "started recently" or "new" as in "haven't read it yet"? If it's the latter, you might want to list what you have read.

In any case, I'd recommend 20th Century Boys. It's ongoing.

[mediocre]

Blade of the Immortal
Vagabond
Berserk
Genshiken
Maison Ikkoku
Yotsuba&!
Anything by Mitsuru Adachi

[sushi]

I also mistakenly bought gravitation without realising that it was yaoi, dropped it straight away. I've heard monster is alright.

[harper]

I read Kimagure Orange Road volume 1 and enjoyed it. The artwork definitely seems kind of old, but isn't bad.

[sushi]

Bought the first volume of death note today and it seems really intresting.

[Saitou Hajime]

Speaking of Death Note, I finished reading it the other day. After around chapter 58 or 59, I thought the manga was horrible. I struggled my way through 10 more chapters after that, but then gave up on reading it for a few months. I finally picked up on it again the other night, and it does get much, much better (although I don't think it can top chapters 1-59).

[sushi]

it gets tedious and horrible in the middle o_O oh well if it gets better then i will continue >_<

[harper]

It had been a while since I read any manga, so I started to catch up a bit tonight. I read:

Claymore #4 - I've really been enjoying this series about half human/half monster warriors. This volume was part of a flashback story and was very good.

Eyeshield 21 #10 - This football series is kind of silly, but fun. The Vegas scenes were funny, even if allof the students are too young to gamble. I also thought it was funny that there were road signs in the U.S. which measured distances in kilometers.

Beet the Vandel Buster #10 - This monster hunting manga is heating up. This volume was one big battle, but was good.

Banana Fish #15 - I've really enjoyed this 1980s action series since I first started reading it many years ago in Pulp.

Red River #14 - Another good episode of this historical fantasy that takes place in the Hittite Empire. Not as good as recent volumes, but still very entertaining.

Onegai Teacher #1 - I didn't like this at first and thought the first third was kind of a jumble, but I stuck with it and it got better toward the end. Overall it was so-so. I'm hoping the second volume is better.

[sushi]

I bought monster the other day and really liked it, the story is very intresting so far.

[Masa the Masta]

If Gungrave will ever be adapted to manga form, it will be made of win.

[harper]

I read a few more Dr. Master titles today:

Onegai Teacher #2 - not too bad, better than volume 1.

Onegai Twins - I thought the ending was a bit rushed, but overall the story was much better than the Onegai Teacher books.

Stray Little Devil #1 - I picked this up at the Dr. Master booth at Wizard World because it looked interesting. It is about a girl who falls into a world of devils and angels and needs to become a full fledged devil to be able to return home. I liked it quite a bit and am going to look for volume 2, which came out in August.

[harper]

I haven't been reading any manga the last few weeks, but I got back into it a bit tonight. I read

Banana Fish #16 - I love this 80s action series. It is well written and I like the art. Only 3 more volumes to go and I'm sure they'll all be good.

Vagabond #22,23 - This adaptation of the classic samurai novel - Musashi - is very well done. Inoue took a break from the series after #20, but I'm glad he's back at it again. I wonder how far through the novel the series is. I've got the book, but haven't read it yet.

[harper]

I read a few more books today:

Inuyasha #26,27 - These volumes were okay, but Inuyasha has had a feeling of sameness for me for a while now. They keep searching for Naruka and keep battling Naruka's minions. Here a shikon shard, there a shikon shard - etc.

Star Trek The Manga - It's been a while since any Star Trek comics were published. These weren't bad, though the art varied. The stories did capture sort of the feel of the original Star Trek tv show.

Steady Beat #2 - a Tokyopop OEL title that I like about a girl dealing with various family issues. I like the art and the story is good, too. Too bad it is only slated for 3 volumes.

Sokora Refugees #2 - another Tokyopop OEL title that I like, though not quite as much as Steady Beat. It is a fantasy series that started as a webcomic and deals with a girl who shares her body with a beautiful elf sorceress. She is transported (along with a few friends) via a portal to Sokora and is needed to help save the world.

[Black Dog]

Ｌａｓｔ　ｆｒｉｄａｙ　Ｉ　ｂｏｕｇｈｔ　Ｌｅｇｅｎｄ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　Ｓａｔｓｕｍａ　Ｓｕｍｕｒａｉ ．Ａｌｔｈｏｕｇｈ　ｈａｖｅｎ’ｔ　ｒｅａｄ　ｉｔ　ｙｅｔ，　ｓｉｎｃｅ　Ｉ　ｌｅｎｔ　ｔｏ　ｍｙ　 ｆｒｉｅｎｄ．Ｔｈｉｓ　ｏｎｅ　ｗａｓ　ｒｅｌｅａｓｅｄ　ｂｙ　Ｄａｒｋ　Ｈｏｒｓｅ．Ｔｈｉｓ　ｃｏ ｍｐaｎｙ　ｓｅｅｍｓ　ｔｏ　ｒｅｌｅａｓｅ　ａ　ｌｏｔ　ｍａｔｕｒｅ　ａｎｄ　ｓａｍａｒｕｉ　ｍａ ｎｇａ．:karate:

薩摩義士＝Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ　ｎａｍｅ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　ｍａｎｇａ

Ordered Vagabond from the Toronto Library and still waiting to recieve Samurai Executioner Vol. 6

[雨]

I couldn't find the Anime thread, so I'll ask this here.

I've seen poison tasters in both Hunter X Hunter and Ninja Scroll now, so I'm wondering if that stuff can be real. Is it real? Or is it just another myth to please the crowd?

[Black Dog]

I couldn't find the Anime thread, so I'll ask this here.

I've seen poison tasters in both Hunter X Hunter and Ninja Scroll now, so I'm wondering if that stuff can be real. Is it real? Or is it just another myth to please the crowd?

Poison tasters where used in Europe too. I would think most kings had them to taste thier food before they ate.

[harper]

I read Dramacon vol. 1 and thought it was pretty good. It is an OEL title from Tokyopop that I had heard recommended for a while and takes place at an anime convention.

[Zaysho]

I'm going to need something to read between Death Note releases. There are two that I'm sort of interested in, but don't know if they're really worth reading. I was thinking of checking out HunterXHunter and/or D. Gray Man; are these good, entertaining reads?

[harper]

I haven't read either one, but maybe someone else here has. Claymore might be worth a look if you haven't read it before.

[NERD]

I read through the first 15 books of HunterXHunter, and while the first few books really got me interesting, I lost all interest in the latest arc. Quite frankly, I feel the book dropped the ball when it had to rely on introducing new characters/worlds like they do with One Piece, because I think it stops the character development of the primary characters. Also, the writer/artist refuses to work with any assistants but rather work on his own- as a result, sometimes the artwork looks more like a storyboard or a series of sketches than what you can call a legitimate manga/comic book quality art.

I keep tabs on Vagabond and Berserk. Ever since Monster ended, I tried to keep up with 20th Century Boys as well, but that series is not that popular (read- less scans/translations available)

[harper]

I read the latest volumes of Prince of Tennis (#16) and Whistle! (#14) from Viz. I still love Whistle!, a soccer manga, but I've lost interest in Prince of Tennis. The manga was fun for the first 8-10 volumes or so, but they've devolved into just having one tennis match per volume with various trick serves and hits highly improbable for junior high school students to be able to perform. The manga is kind of boring now and the main character, Ryoma, hardly appears in some volumes. In Whistle!, Shơ is front and center for most of the action or is at least usually participating when the focus falls on other characters.

[harper]

I read the final three volumes of Ranma 1/2 and thought it was a good ending to the saga. I enjoyed the books more than some of the volumes from the last couple of years. Ranma was a title I loved in the beginning, still enjoyed for a long time and then it seemed to get a bit repetitive. Not as bad as Inuyasha, but not as much fun as before. These volumes were a bit more focused.

[Saitou Hajime]

Has anyone read Chrono Crusade? I want to know how different it is from the anime.

[Stephy]

Shannon is reading that now. She picked up the first two volumes I think.

[Daishikaze]

I read the final three volumes of Ranma 1/2 and thought it was a good ending to the saga. I enjoyed the books more than some of the volumes from the last couple of years. Ranma was a title I loved in the beginning, still enjoyed for a long time and then it seemed to get a bit repetitive. Not as bad as Inuyasha, but not as much fun as before. These volumes were a bit more focused.

As much as I like the Ranma Manga, I think Urusei Yatsura and Maison Ikkoku are much better. I think Takahashi was starting to lose her edge by the end of Ranma.

[harper]

As much as I like the Ranma Manga, I think Urusei Yatsura and Maison Ikkoku are much better. I think Takahashi was starting to lose her edge by the end of Ranma.

I haven't read all of Urusei Yatsura since it isn't all available in English, but I enjoyed it well enough. I think my favorites from Takahashi are Maison Ikkoku, One Pound Gospel and the Mermaid Saga.

[Daishikaze]

Project ILM has full english translations of all the volumes Viz didn't bother to translate. Viz cut it off just as it was starting to hit its stride, it gets alot better after they dropped it.

[雨]

Poison tasters where used in Europe too. I would think most kings had them to taste thier food before they ate.
But did they have the ability to ingest poisons without dying, like they did in the mentioned anime?

[harper]

I've got a few first volumes of various series that I wanted to try. If I like them, I'll pick up the rest of the series. I read a couple of them today.

La Corda d'Oro #1 - This takes place at a prestigious music school in Japan. A select music competition is about to take place and a general education student is given a magic violin and is selected for the contest. I enjoyed the first volume and thought the art and story were both good. This is apparently an adaptation of a video game. I plan to continue with the series.

The Law of Ueki #1 - This is about a boy who has the power to change trash into trees. I thought the story reminded me a bit of Zatch Bell and the art a little like Naruto. I didn't like the first volume, though, and don't plan to pick up any more. I thought it was boring and convoluted and the main character was not very interesting.

[harper]

I continued reading a few more volume 1's of various series.

Buso Renkin #1 - This is by the creator of Rurouni Kenshin and is about a boy who becomes involved in the battle against evil alchemist monsters called homunculus. I thought the first volume was good. I didn't like it as much as Kenshin, but it took me a couple of volumes to really warm to Kenshin so I'll definitely stick with it.

The Drifting Classroom #1 - This is a horror manga from the mid70s about a Japanese school that is somehow transported to a desolate world during an earthquake. I thought it was entertaining, though some of the character reactions seemed a bit over the top. Maybe if this title is successful, we'll see other older classic titles published.

Yakitate!! Japan #1 - This manga is about a boy who wants to create Ja-Pan, a bread that Japanese people will like more than rice. He has created 55 versions of Ja-Pan in his search and has a lot of baking talent. He goes to Tokyo and tries to get a job at a renowned bread factory/store. This was my favorite of the three books I read. The main character is very upbeat, if a bit naive. A very entertaining baking manga.

[Shamu]

I just finished the first two volumes of Chrono Crusade and so far I love it (watched the anime too, and so far, they're pretty much the same)!
I also read Samurai Deeper Kyou Vol. 20 this morning. I wish Tokyo pop would come out with things a bit faster. I'm waiting for the next volume of DNAngel as well.
*sigh* Must...practice...patience....

[harper]

I've heard that Samurai Deeper Kyo is good and plan to give it a try some day. There was a discussion about Tokyopop's release schedule on anime/manga board I visit. A lot of people wish that Tokyopop would accelerate some of their titles, maybe at the expense of some of the new titles they come out with every month. Rebound only has a few issues to go and they are releasing them 8-12 months apart.

[harper]

More first volumes

Punch! #1 - This is by the creator of Happy Hustle High and is about a girl whose grandfather was a famous boxer and now runs a boxing club. She is engaged (against her will) to a childhood friend who is one of the boxers in the gym. I enjoyed the first volume and the mix of comedy and drama. I'll be back for more.

Emma #1 - This manga is about a maid in Victorian England who is shy, but has many suitors, even amongst the nobles. This period piece is well executed with excellent art and an interesting story. A very good start to the series.

Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service #1 - There are four stories in this first volume about a group of Buddhist college student misfits who band together to deliver corpses to wherever they want to go after death, as long as they can pay. One character has the ability to find corpses, another is an embalmer and a third (the main character) can talk to the souls of corpses he touches to find out what they want. The first story was the least interesting, but they got better after that. The art is good and the stories seem to be improving.

[Shamu]

I love the Emma anime, Harper! Maybe I should give the manga a try too.
SDK is awesome! I highly recommend the manga (dont know about the anime though) ^_^

I'm on to Death Note Vol. 4, so far I like it.

[harper]

I've read the first two volumes of Death Note and liked it. I have up to volume 8 and will get to them eventually.

Continuing the catch up process:

Suzuka #1 - I see this as a cross between Love Hina and Maison Ikkoku with a bit more nudity. A 15 year old boy moves in with his aunt, who runs a girls only apartment complex/spa. There are a few assorted wild characters plus the girl next door who is a star athlete. I liked the first volume and will be back for more.

Earthlight #1 - An OEL title that take place at a colony on the moon. Damon just moved there with his parents. His dad is the new colony administrator and his mom is the new teacher. He just wants to fit in and make friends. The first volume had a pretty good story and ends on a cliffhanger. I liked it and am ready for the next book.

Kaze Hikaru #3 - This is set in 1863, a little earlier than Rurouni Kenshin and deals with people on the other side of the battle. Kamiya is a girl disguising herself as a boy so that she can join the Mibu-Roshi, a group of samurai loyal to the Shogunate. She joins in hopes of avenging her murdered family. I like this series a lot and am glad that it was pulled out of Shojo Beat so that the release schedule can be accelerated a bit.

[harper]

I read Remote #8-10 which are the last 3 volumes in this detective/mystery series. Inspector Himura is a brilliant detective, but hasn't left his basement headquarters since a tragedy a year earlier. Kurumi is a police officer recruited to be Himura's eyes and ears on the scene. She is new to detective work, but works hard. I've enjoyed this series since the beginning and am sorry to see it end. The only thing I didn't like about the series was that some stories would be complete in one volume and others would be continued in the next volume. The mysteries were generally interesting and Kurumi grew as a character throughout the series. The ending of the series did leave room for more should they decide to create a sequel.

[harper]

The Kindiachi Files #14 - The Gentleman Thief - I hadn't read any volumes in this mystery series before, but this volume looked interesting. Kindiachi is a high school detective and in this volume is dealing with an art thief who is becoming violent as well as stealing art. I enjoyed it and plan on checking out the earlier volumes as well. At nearly 300 pages, it was a pretty good bargain for the money.

Yakitate!! JaPan #2 - I liked this volume quite a bit and am glad that there are over 20 volumes still to come in this baking manga. This volume features a bread competition as well as several more types of bread. Doesn't sound all that great, but it is a lot of fun.

Drifting Classroom #2 - I liked this volume more than the first volume. The kids seem more rational than the adults and they find out a little more about what happened to their school after it disappeared during an earthquake. Adults and kids both die violently, so this manga probably isn't for everyone.

[h2orowe]

God damn it. I want to start reading manga again =/ but I haven't gotten allowance in five weeks, and there's no real close by bookstores.. cuz everything close by is either fast food or VIETNAMESE ASFASHAksghsbc

[harper]

Can you get to a local library near your house or school? Some of my libraries have a good selection, but they are usually willing to order what they don't have from other libraries in the system, as long as you have a library card.

[Masa the Masta]

God damn it. I want to start reading manga again =/ but I haven't gotten allowance in five weeks, and there's no real close by bookstores.. cuz everything close by is either fast food or VIETNAMESE ASFASHAksghsbc

mayn get a yob esse

[h2orowe]

I do have a library, that I think does carry manga. I bet all the good stuff is taken though =/ 'Cuz a lot of Vietnamese kids like manga xD even the not-so-nerdy/Wapanese ones.

I might get a job this Summer, Masa, but right now I'm focusing on grades.

Edit: Also.. any reccomendations? Preferably short ones? >_>; If that's possible. I need to get more Peacemaker Kurogane. I've had the first two volumes for over a year, and I just read them last night, because I forgot about them. 'Twas pretty good.

[harper]

At libraries, you can usually put holds on books. If someone else has them checked out, your name goes on a waiting list and you get the book when it comes back in, unless someone got on the list ahead of you. Libraries often belong to groups of libraries that share material, so you might have more than 1 library to draw upon. You can even look at the catalog and put hold on books online.

I read a few more books today:

Golgo 13 #4-5 - This series about the world's greatest assassin features stories selected from the last 35 years. Some of the stories barely have Golgo 13 in them at all. I liked the stories about sending Golgo into space and about the reunification of Germany, but the other two were only okay. One of them was about the death of Princess Di and the other was about a mafia family.

50 Rules for Teenagers #1 - This is a manhwa about a 15 year old girl whose life consists mostly of homework and looking after her family. She has an older sister who is a manga artist who procrastinates and needs help meeting deadlines, a mother who is never home, a twin brother who is best at doing nothing, and a younger brother that needs looking after. I thought the first volume was funny and I'd like to read more, but this is an ADV title so who knows. A second volume supposedly came out in February, but may not have.

[Masa the Masta]

I might get a job this Summer, Masa, but right now I'm focusing on grades.



Well it's good that you have your priorities straightened out. :watson:

Still, if you can find a good 10-15 hours of work per week job, that'd be ideal.

20 hours can be a little much for a high school student, not because it's a lot of work (cause it isn't, trust me), it's just that it leaves little time to actually study and do what high school teens do best, which is shoot the shit and have fun (or read manga/watch anime, in order to keep it related to the topic)

Thinking of watching death note. What EXACTLY is it about?? People keep turning me off to watching it because everyone goes, "...Just watch it." They have to be complete douches about it and can't just tell me, but everyone says it's THAT good.

[harper]

Thinking of watching death note. What EXACTLY is it about?? People keep turning me off to watching it because everyone goes, "...Just watch it." They have to be complete douches about it and can't just tell me, but everyone says it's THAT good.


I've read the manga and I assume the anime is just an adaptation of it. This really smart kid (Light Yagami) is kind of bored with school and life, etc., when one day he finds this notebook lying on the ground. It turns out that it was dropped by one of the gods of death and that if he writes somebody's name in the book, they will die. If he writes in the time and manner of death, that will come true as well. He experiments a bit and decides to get rid of criminals around the world. Interpol soon takes notice of this and tries to track him down. Then things start to get out of hand. The god of death who dropped the notebook visits him during this whole time to observe what he does with it, but Light is the only one who can see him.

The manga is pretty good, but some of the things Light does can get a bit sick.

[h2orowe]

Oh shit. That's what it's about? I wish I had a book like that.


Joseph Rowe
Dies 7-25-3006
Manner of death:Assassination.

[harper]

There are a number of rules associated with the book as well, which are explored along the way.

[harper]

Eden: It's an Endless World Vol. 3-4 - This series takes place in the future after a virus has killed about 15% of the population and mutilated many more. The Propater is an organization that controls much of the world. They are opposed by a mercenary organization called NOMAD. Volume 3 features one long battle while volume 4 deals with some of the aftereffects along with a long flashback into one of the character's origins. The first volume was a lot different than those that follow, but I like this series. It reminds me a bit of Akira.

Musashi #9 Vol. 3 - Musashi is a teenager and one of nine agents for Ultimate Blue with the power to change the world. Musashi's current assignment is to protect Tachibana. I was kind of on the fence with the first two volumes of this series, but I am enjoying it more as it goes along. This volume was pretty good so I'll keep reading the series.

[Zaysho]

I was wondering, is the manga 666 Satan any good? I noticed it was recently licensed by VIZ, under a new title called "O-Parts Hunter" and I might consider checking it out. According to a review on AnimeOnDVD (http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/manga/manga.php?manga_view=2482), it's pretty much uncensored, aside from the title. Is this an easy recommendation?

There's still a couple other comics I still have to look into. I'm not going to pick up HunterXHunter just yet, but I'm really considering the Akira comic. I haven't seen the movie yet, but from what I hear, it was great (and I would really like to see it). Should I consider picking up this comic as well?

[Saitou Hajime]

Akira costs about twenty to twenty-five bucks per volume, and I'm pretty sure there's six in all. Only buy them if you have enough to get 'em all within a pretty close amount of time. XD

[Zaysho]

Akira costs about twenty to twenty-five bucks per volume, and I'm pretty sure there's six in all. Only buy them if you have enough to get 'em all within a pretty close amount of time. XD

I went and checked the prices on Amazon ... crap...

So, yeah, maybe I'll just go with the movie then... Cripes, I didn't think a graphic novel could cost so much. I'm actually surprised... Actually nix that, I almost forgot about Absolute Sandman's price.

[harper]

Buy.com has all but volume 2 of Akira in stock right now for prices ranging from $14.82 to $17.79. You could buy all 5 books for around $80. That's about 40% off the cover price. They also have a thing going on where if you use the Google Checkout feature, you can get $10 off on a $30 order or $20 off on a $50 order and they also give free shipping. That would bring your total price down to around $60 for the five books. Of course, you'd still need to pick up volume 2.

An ebay auction might be a possibility as well. Somebody is bound to list the trades as a set at some point.

[harper]

I just finished reading Black Cat #2-4 and I thought they were very entertaining. The story revolves around Train Heartnet (the Black Cat) who is a former assassin. He now makes his living as a sweeper (bounty hunter) along with his partner Sven Vollfied and sometimes accomplices Rinslet Walker (a professional thief) and Eve (a genetically altered young girl). I like the various powers shown by the various characters plus the evolution Eve seems to be undertaking. This series has been a lot of fun so far and I'm looking forward to more.

[harper]

I had today off, so I managed to get through a half dozen volumes.

Pastel #2-4 - I'm enjoying this series quite a bit, though the artist seems to have some difficulty differentiating between the female characters. They all tend to look alike. This series is about a boy who pretty much lives on his own since his father is never home and his mother is dead. Two very cute sisters end up living with him and hijinx ensue. He's attracted to the older sister and viceversa, but they have trouble expressing their feelings. It is sort of similar to Suzuka (though less graphic) and Love Hina.

Ghost Hunt #3-5 - I didn't really care for the first volume of this series, but I liked the second book and it seems to be hitting its stride now. These three volumes were all pretty good. Mai becomes involved with Naru, who is 17 years old and runs a paranormal investigators agency. She becomes his administrative assistant as they seek to help people who are bothered by ghosts and other entities. He has a number of other people who help, including a priest, an ex-monk, a psychic and others. Naru reminds me a bit of Inspector Himuro from Remote.

[harper]

I read Nodame Cantabile #1-6 today. This is about a young musician named Chiaki who is a very talented violinist and piano player, but he wants to be a conductor. He is a little bit bored and self absorbed at his school until he runs into Nodame, a very talented, but undisciplined piano player who is also an incredible slob. She lives next door to Chiaki and attaches herself to him, dragging him into being more sociable. I was initially attracted to this series because I grew up listening to classical music. My mom is a violin and piano player and also was a conductor for many years. I think this series is very well done and I am looking forward to reading future volumes as they are released. I loaned the first volume to my mom to see if she enjoys it as well.

[jhenn]

Harper, I am an avid fan of Musashi #9 and I have all 9 released volumes. I'm glad you are enjoying it too and I just want to tell you that it will even get better with the later volumes.

[harper]

Thanks for letting me know. I thought each volume was better than the previous one, so it is nice to know that this trend continues. Ghost Hunt was the same way.

[harper]

I spent this week reading all 9 volumes of Here Is Greenwood. Kazuya Hasukawa decides to go away to Ryokuto Academy and live in the dorms after his older brother marries the girl he loves. Hasukawa ends up in the hospital after a car accident and moves into the dorms a month late. He ends up as a frequent target for jokes by the Student Body president and head dorm resident who happen to live next door to him. To make matters worse, Hasukawa's older brother is the school nurse. I really liked this series and how Hasukawa grows throughout. You also learn a lot about the supporting cast. The supporting cast is full of odd, but fun characters. I think the series could have lasted quite a bit longer than the 9 volumes. It was very amusing and entertaining.

[harper]

I've started reading Samurai Deeper Kyo. I'm through the first two volumes and it is good so far, though not quite as good as other samurai series I've read.

[harper]

I just read the first three volumes of The Kindaichi Case Files

The Opera House Murders where a class trip to prepare for performing the Phantom of the Opera turns deadly.

The Mummy's Curse where a visit to a friend's home for a wedding finds a number of people being murdered by the 7th Mummy.

Death TV where a show similar to Punk'd that pulls pranks on celebrities comes across a couple of murders during a snowstorm.

I liked all 3 volumes and now plan on picking up and reading the rest of the books. I hope Tokyopop picks up the pace on the rest of the series, though, since they are only halfway through it.

[Saitou Hajime]

The Opera House Murders where a class trip to prepare for performing the Phantom of the Opera turns deadly.

I need to get that. Hahaha.

[harper]

I read through volumes 3-11 of Psychic Academy over the last couple of days. I tried the first two volumes during the summer and liked what I read. I decided to wait until I had the other 9 volumes before reading the rest. I thought this series was a lot of fun and got better as it went along. sure, there was tons of fan service in the nude/almost nude shots of Mew and Orina, but the story was pretty good. The ending of the story was also very appropriate.

The series takes place in the near future, a little over 20 years since people started manifesting "aura" powers. Normal people generally look on the people with aura powers with some caution. The ADC is an organization trying to understand the aura powers and discover the ability to harness these abilities for their own ends. They are the main foil in the series to the students at the Psychic Academy in Japan, where students with aaura powers attend high school.

[harper]

I read Dramacon vol. 2 tonight and liked it quite a bit. This volume takes place a year after volume 1. Each book takes place at an anime/manga convention and is a book with comedy, drama, and romance. Lots of fun. Too bad there are only 3 volumes scheduled, but maybe the creator will come up with another entertaining book after this one ends.

[Soli]

Today my sister called me from the bookstore to ask me what manga my brother would like because she was getting him 2 for Christmas. She was going to get him the first 2 volumes of One Piece (that was on his list), but the first was only there. So she called me and asked what else he'd like.

I told her to get .hack//Legend of the Twilight. It was the only manga I could remember that he hasn't read yet. :P I had read the fist book of the series a while ago and thought it was pretty good.

But would that series be good for a 12-year-old boy? We have different tastes in things like that sometimes. =/ Has anybody read the series?

[harper]

I liked the .Hack series. It is a pretty short series at only 3 volumes. I think it would be appropriate for a 12 year old boy, but whether he likes it or not depends on his taste in comics.

Other series that might be good are Whistle! (soccer), Hikaru No Go (about the game go), Naruto (ninjas), Beet the Vandel Buster (monster fighting), Rebound (basketball), and Rurouni Kenshin (samurai). Of course, he may have already read each of these, especially since 2 of them are in Shonen Jump.

[harper]

Today, I read:

Banana Fish #17 - only two more volumes to go. This one was very good with lots of action.

Claymore #5 - The conclusion of Clare's origin was very good. You're getting to learn a little more about the organization as well. I'm enjoying this book a lot.

Eyeshield 21 #11 - We are finally up to the start of the fall season. This volume was okay, but I liked the last couple of volumes more.

Samurai Deeper Kyo #4-5 - Not as good as volume 3, but not too bad.

[Soli]

I liked the .Hack series. It is a pretty short series at only 3 volumes. I think it would be appropriate for a 12 year old boy, but whether he likes it or not depends on his taste in comics.

Other series that might be good are Whistle! (soccer), Hikaru No Go (about the game go), Naruto (ninjas), Beet the Vandel Buster (monster fighting), Rebound (basketball), and Rurouni Kenshin (samurai). Of course, he may have already read each of these, especially since 2 of them are in Shonen Jump.

Okay, good! Thank you. :)

I thought about Whistle!, but he's not really into sports. I should have gotten Hikaru No Go. It slipped my mind. >< Naruto he's read all he could of, and he's seen Rurouni Kenshin... but I've never heard of Beet the Vandel Buster. It sounds pretty cool! I'll remember it for later.

[harper]

I read:

Eden: It's an Endless World #5 - This series has been getting much better the last few volumes. In this book, we find out a lot more about Sophia's past and a bit more about Propater. Elijah also plans to break his mother and sister out of Propater custody.

Drifting Classroom #3 - Sho finds out his mother is still alive and vice versa. Some of the kids continue to get crazier and more desperate to get home and most of the adults are gone. A little bit odd, but a good horror series.

[harper]

I read

Stray Little Devil #2 - I'm really enjoying this fun series about a girl transported into a world of angels and devils who becomes a devil intern. I have to go pick up volume 3 now and I'm glad to see that #4 has been solicited for the spring.

Samurai Deeper Kyo #6-9 - This series has been pretty good, with plenty of action. We're slowly learning a bit more about the characters' pasts.

[harper]

I'm back to reading the Kindaichi Case Files

#6 The Legend of Lake Hiren - Kindaichi and Miyuki end up at a new secluded resort when news comes that a serial killer has escaped from prison. The killer disfigures the faces of his victims with an axe and dresses like Jason from the Friday the 13th movies. Kindaichi has to solve the case when people start dying at the resort.

#7 The Santa Slayings - Kindaichi is invited to a Mystery Night play at an old hotel where an acting group will put on a murder mystery. "The Red Haired Santa Claus" is a mysterious figure who has threatened the group and Kindaichi has to solve the case when several people are actually murdered.

#8 No Noose Is Good Noose - Kindaichi and Miyuki enroll at a cram school to boost their grades and try to get a better chance for admission to college. Unfortunately, the school's nickname is "Hanging High" for all of the students who commit suicide due to the pressure. Somebody has started vandalizing the school by spraying chicken blood over test papers and leaving threatening messages. Kindaichi tries to solve the case.


I enjoy this series quite a bit. The mysteries are interesting and the characters are entertaining.

[Soli]

Harper: You read an awful lot! o.o