What Manga are you reading?

Postby **Lynx** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 11:16 pm

Mangafanatic wrote:Do you like it? Oh, Furuba just makes me happy. You should really read volume 3. That's my favorite thus far, but then again-- I like every new volume best.

yes, i very much enjoyed furuba 2. i borrowed furuba 3 from mikas today, and i'll probably start that one tomorrow morning:)

Postby **Xavier249** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 6:10 am

Hmm . .. I just read/bought Dragon Knights #10 and #14, Xxxholic 2 and Negima.

Dragon knights is cool, a lot of fighting and odd humor, plus the artist is really good at drawing dragons. I now have 1-14 of the series. For some reason I had trouble getting ahold of a #10 copy

xxxholic was a good continuation of the first one. I like the space-time witch's humor.

Also it's CLAMP

Negima. . . Can't say I liked it, but I will probably draw from this series as a resource for drawing girl's hair, though.

I will hopefully get to read Shonen Jump August today. We had the mail stopped while we were gone, and we get it all today.

Postby **Ichigo_89** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 7:04 am

I'm reading Naruto Vol.2 (for the third time) LOL! I just love Naruto! BTW, is the Rurouni Kenshin manga worth the $40.00 it'd cost to get all 5 volumes?

Postby **initialdfreak** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 8:51 am

Xavier249 wrote:Really? It just occured to me that I have been getting them since ep 0. .
Woah. . and I still wish they'd come out faster. .

They sure are great though. I love the kanji parts in general. Naruto has to be my fav in the actual issues though. Hikaru no Go is awesome too.

Has anyone else here attempted to actually play Go?

They need to do weekly releases. They said they were working on it. But I want them now!!!

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 11:06 am

slinkyboythrift wrote:Is anyone reading final fantasy?

Do you mean Final Fantasy Unlimited? I was unaware that there was a manga version...

Postby **Xavier249** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 6:33 pm

initialdfreak wrote:They need to do weekly releases. They said they were working on it. But I want them now!!!

REALLY!!! WOW!!! YAY!! I can't wait either!!
*Jumps up and down* *Clunk* ow.. . . low ceiling. .

Postby **Ducky** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 6:39 pm

I'm currently reading all the shonen jump I can get my hands on. That and furuba... I read volume 2 last night and am waiting until Lynx finishes with Mikas's copy so I can read volume three.

Postby **MasterDias** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 8:15 pm

initialdfreak wrote:They need to do weekly releases. They said they were working on it. But I want them now!!!

I believe they said that they would have to have more subscriptions before it could go weekly.

Postby **Mangafanatic** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 8:28 pm

Angel37 wrote: Juvenile Orion (I LOVE IT!!!)
-Angel

Yeah, Everybody loves volume one. Most of us found the second, atleast, a bit disappointing. Might want to read it before you buy. Just a friendly heads up.

Postby **Xavier249** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 8:36 pm

MasterDias wrote:I believe they said that they would have to have more subscriptions before it could go weekly.

Sketchy on the details, but it was something like the amount of copies made per month in the US is 300,000 but Japan's Shonen Jump is at 3 million a week! That's a hard rap to catch up to, but I will hope for the best.

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:45 am

Those are the numbers that Shonen Jump stated in its most recent issue. Vaguely from memory, I believe that a statement was made about the circulation numbers they would require to go weekly (in a prior issue). It was not up to the Japanese circulation, but still higher than it is currently. I cannot remember any specific statistics.

Postby **Xavier249** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:59 am

So, that's where I got those numbers from.

*Dashes to find August issue and searches frantically*

*Gets distracted and is now reading Hikaru no Go. . *
*Gets past that . . *

"Aha!"

pg96 concerning Manga Management.
"Over 300,000 issues of Shonen Jump are printed monthly, that's a lot, but the circulation of Weekly Shonen Jump, the magazine on which the Shonen Jump you're reading now is based, is about 3 million."

Sadly the page doesn't mention anything concerning upping the production.

A bit about me. · Postby **Kokhiri Sojourn** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 9:44 pm

I spent a few hours at Barne's and Noble the other day and read:
Shihime-Syo (or something like that... it's by CLAMP)
Yu-Gi-Oh v.5
part of Fruits Basket v.1

Postby **termyt** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 5:28 am

I'm reading Azumanga Daioh 1 and Galaxy Angel 1 right now. Love them both.

Postby **Xavier249** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 8:25 am

Kokhiri Sojourn wrote:I spent a few hours at Barne's and Noble the other day and read:
Shihime-Syo (or something like that... it's by CLAMP)

It's Shirahime-syo. What did you think of it? I am seriously considering getting it.

Postby **Mangafanatic** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 8:59 am

That one sorta confused me. I read the first quarter and I was like-- :drool:

. So I put it down and Read Azumanga Daoih.

Postby **Xavier249** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 9:22 am

Mangafanatic wrote:That one sorta confused me. I read the first quarter and I was like-- . So I put it down and Read Azumanga Daoih.

Really? hmm. . . still want to get it. :sweat:

Azumanga Daioh is really good!, except for a few off-color jokes...
I love the ear wings and how a lot of the earlier jokes are continued in the later ones. . .

Postby **Roland-shin** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 9:55 am

I am currently reading Full Metal Panic, DNAngel(just started it) and Naruto (waiting for the latest volume to be released :drool:

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A bit about me. · Postby **Kokhiri Sojourn** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 9:59 am

Xavier249 wrote:It's Shirahime-syo. What did you think of it? I am seriously considering getting it.

There you go... I have a hard time with some Japanese names... I thought is was awesome. Brilliantly drawn, and a very interesting concept of a storyline. I think I will have to get it also when I get the money. I've seen it in Hardback and paperback, so I'd probably have to get the paperback for financial reasons. I've always liked winter and things dealing with it - it makes great art and there are always psychologial aspects that people connect with it. But yeah... I'm rambling. I loved it, and would highly recommend it.

Postby **Xavier249** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 1:05 pm

Kokhiri Sojourn wrote: There you go... I have a hard time with some Japanese names... I thought is was awesome. Brilliantly drawn, and a very interesting concept of a storyline. I think I will have to get it also when I get the money. I've seen it in Hardback and paperback, so I'd probably have to get the paperback for financial reasons. I've always liked winter and things dealing with it - it makes great art and there are always psychologial aspects that people connect with it. But yeah... I'm rambling. I loved it, and would highly recommend it.

YAY! Hmm though I would aim for the hardback just because it looks cool. . .. .

Roland-shin wrote:I am currently reading Full Metal Panic, DNAngel(just started it) and Naruto (waiting for the latest volume to be released

YAY! someone else reads FMP! Are you enjoying it?

Umm . .. now on topic, what manga am I reading. I am attempting to read/translate my shonen jump and 3 shonen sundays. One has ep 167 of Naruto!! Plus, I am really interested in Konjiki no Gash Bell. Translating is not going well as I don't know much grammer in japanese. . :sweat:

Postby **Ren_sama** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 2:20 pm

I just finished xxx Holic vol.2 and R2 vol.1 ^_^ Both were very good~!

Postby **thalia** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 3:23 pm

I really need to spend a couple of hours at Books A Million to read manga! I can't wait til the 4th Fruits Basket comes out in August...I'm currently reading Rurouni Kenshin (I need to pick up a copy of the third volume), Mars, and Hot Gimmick.

Postby **Xavier249** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 5:07 pm

OOH!! got new manga today!!!

Get backers 1-3
Samurai Girl: Real bout high school #6
Banner(uhh.. crest?)of the stars 1

YAY! Umm, now when I have actually read them I will post more!

Postby **Xavier249** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 10:55 pm

GB 1-3 Umm. . can't reccommend the Get Backers. They are rated OT for very good reasons. 80% of it was good, unless you don't like fighting, then it's about 20%. Oh I forgot to mention cuss words. umm. . there are f---
s and b---'s, so it needs "The Pen!"

SG:RBHS 6. . I loved the way the series ends. It follows perfectly into the Anime. nope not giving a spoiler. There are some not so-good jokes and a lot of fighting so If you don't like that shy away from this series.

Crest of the Stars is AWESOME!!!!! okay so I am not done reading it, but halfway is good enough for now.

Really clean too, well thus far anyway.

Tokyo Babylon2. . . . yeah there is a gay couple in it. . I got it for a friend that likes the series. No I do not reccommend this one.

If you want more detailed info any manga of mine, I will give it either by Pm or spoiler tags. your choice:)

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Sun Jul 11, 2004 2:11 pm

Hmm... I didn't recognize that Get Backers had fighting in it, enough to merit 60%, apparently. Could you be more specific, to abate my curiosity?

Postby **Kesshin** » Sun Jul 11, 2004 2:20 pm

I'm currently reading Saiyuki, volumes one and two. Tons of fighting (for my tomboy side), great storyline (for my writer side) and four bishies (for my fan-girl side XD ).

Postby **Xavier249** » Sun Jul 11, 2004 9:48 pm

uc pseudonym wrote:Hmm... I didn't recognize that Get Backers had fighting in it, enough to merit 60%, apparently. Could you be more specific, to abate my curiosity?

Hmm, I will try my best, but I just loaned it to a friend in exchange for borrowing Saiyuki 1-3.

I counted the characters violence when playing around as fighting. It's kinda graphic at times for example: Ban-chan has a "snake bite" fist that strikes with high pressure. When they are playing around ban-chan "bites" Ginji's head and removes half of the hair. The next scene though they are both fine.

Also, almost all of their quests result in a big battle. During these, blood is everywhere. Oh and spoiler:

[spoiler= sick ] ban-chan uses his evil eye on a mean looking dog. Evil eye makes people and animals see a hallucination for 60 seconds. He makes the dog see Ginji as a girl, and the dog sodomizes ginji. Very sick. This occurs in the first manga.... yeah, it's not funny at all.

Also, hevn-chan is a girl with very big breasts, that are barely kept in by the lack of clothes she wears. Ban-chan has an absurd habit of poking up behind her and groping them.. . . constantly.

Sorry, I am not helping much on the violence end of things. Violence bothers me very little so I hardly notice it. Sexual content on the other hand bothers me lots. . .

During one of the fights both ginji and ban get shot in the head. Then the 12+ bad guys turn the guns on each other and it is a veritable blood bath. This whole sequence lasts quite a few pages too.

Btw, don't rate the anime based on the manga. I have seen a couple eps and it is nothing like the manga. it is very clean, except for the fighting. [/spoiler]

Needless to say, it is OT for very, very good reasons.

Kesshin wrote:I'm currently reading Saiyuki, volumes one and two. Tons of fighting (for my tomboy side), great storyline (for my writer side) and four bishies (for my fan-girl side XD ).

Yes, I find Saiyuki to be good too! Umm, but not for the bishies. . . :sweat:

Postby **Rev. Doc** » Mon Jul 12, 2004 6:50 am

I just finished Ranma 1/2 volume 26. Had a great story arc involving Ranma's mother.

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Mon Jul 12, 2004 9:23 am

Ah. Thank you for answering my question. I hadn't placed Get Backers in that genre at all... but I guess I am now more informed.

Postby **Lynx** » Mon Jul 12, 2004 9:02 pm

i just finished shirahime-syo. wow. great manga!

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