Manga that I've been reading lately
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ladyofthethreadOkay, I thought I’d post a few comments on the manga I’ve read over the past month or so...
Dramacon – I’d been meaning to look into this one for a long time, ever since I read a little preview in Tokyopop’s magazine thingy last year. Finally got around to buying volume 1 at AnimeNext and liked it. The art’s hilarious XD and I’ll have to read volume 2 sometime.
Moon Phase – Last year at Otakon, I didn’t know any of the series used in the dozen or so badge designs and ended up picking the one for this series since it looked cute. Meant to look into it and finally got around to getting the first volume of the manga at AnimeNext. Involves a vampire catgirl and a paranormal photographer. Ended up not liking it much and uninterested in reading more.
Trinity Blood – I’d previously read the first volume and recently borrowed my sister’s copies of 2 and 3. I’ve never been into action much and I can’t seem to really get into this series. I love looking at the elaborate cosplays from it but the series itself just doesn’t seem to be my cup of tea. ^_^;;; Might read some more if my sister keeps buying it but it’s not going to be something I’d consider cosplaying because I don’t like the series enough.
Kamen Tantei – Another series by Matsuri Akino (the author of Petshop of Horrors) that I’ve been reading for a while. This one’s a mystery series and I picked up the third volume at AnimeNext; only one more volume to go for this series and it comes out in a couple of months. It’s about a pair of high school students/mystery writers, Haruka and Masato, and their adventures with their fictional detective Taro Suzuki, who always wears a mask or sunglasses or otherwise obscures his face. It’s episodic and doesn’t completely make sense with their creation popping in and out of the story and interacting with them but it’s amusing. XD; There are times when they type something into the computer and their detective suddenly has extra powers so I suppose it mostly goes on in their heads.
Genju no Seiza – A fantasy series, also by Matsuri Akino. The main character is a student named Fuuto, who is less than thrilled when a bird-headed man named Garuda shows up and tells him that he’s the reincarnated spiritual leader/king of a tiny Central Asian country called Dhalashar and that Garuda is one of his guardian beasts. Naga, another guardian beast who’s at odds with Garuda, has had a fake king appointed and starts sending assassins after Fuuto. Fuuto begins to develop a bunch of powers like being able to foretell deaths, see ghosts, and teleport but he has little control over them. XD; He also meets Professor Ichijo and Mayu, who seem to have encyclopedic knowledge and live in a castle full of artifacts. Mayu intrigues me a bit because she’s somehow able to see Garuda’s true form (which normal people aren’t supposed to be able to do); I suspect she'll end up being the reincarnation of someone Fuuto met in one of his past lives. She’s kind of amusing, too, since she looks doll-like in her ruffly outfits but tends to be rather serious and unemotional. Looking forward to volume 4 which is supposed to come out in about a week since they go to visit Count D’s new shop in Tokyo. XD;
Still have some comments about the Petshop of Horrors sequel but I’ll save that for another post. And I haven’t even watched any of the DVDs I bought at AnimeNext yet. I seem to be much better about reading stuff than watching it. ^_^;
Dramacon – I’d been meaning to look into this one for a long time, ever since I read a little preview in Tokyopop’s magazine thingy last year. Finally got around to buying volume 1 at AnimeNext and liked it. The art’s hilarious XD and I’ll have to read volume 2 sometime.
Moon Phase – Last year at Otakon, I didn’t know any of the series used in the dozen or so badge designs and ended up picking the one for this series since it looked cute. Meant to look into it and finally got around to getting the first volume of the manga at AnimeNext. Involves a vampire catgirl and a paranormal photographer. Ended up not liking it much and uninterested in reading more.
Trinity Blood – I’d previously read the first volume and recently borrowed my sister’s copies of 2 and 3. I’ve never been into action much and I can’t seem to really get into this series. I love looking at the elaborate cosplays from it but the series itself just doesn’t seem to be my cup of tea. ^_^;;; Might read some more if my sister keeps buying it but it’s not going to be something I’d consider cosplaying because I don’t like the series enough.
Kamen Tantei – Another series by Matsuri Akino (the author of Petshop of Horrors) that I’ve been reading for a while. This one’s a mystery series and I picked up the third volume at AnimeNext; only one more volume to go for this series and it comes out in a couple of months. It’s about a pair of high school students/mystery writers, Haruka and Masato, and their adventures with their fictional detective Taro Suzuki, who always wears a mask or sunglasses or otherwise obscures his face. It’s episodic and doesn’t completely make sense with their creation popping in and out of the story and interacting with them but it’s amusing. XD; There are times when they type something into the computer and their detective suddenly has extra powers so I suppose it mostly goes on in their heads.
Genju no Seiza – A fantasy series, also by Matsuri Akino. The main character is a student named Fuuto, who is less than thrilled when a bird-headed man named Garuda shows up and tells him that he’s the reincarnated spiritual leader/king of a tiny Central Asian country called Dhalashar and that Garuda is one of his guardian beasts. Naga, another guardian beast who’s at odds with Garuda, has had a fake king appointed and starts sending assassins after Fuuto. Fuuto begins to develop a bunch of powers like being able to foretell deaths, see ghosts, and teleport but he has little control over them. XD; He also meets Professor Ichijo and Mayu, who seem to have encyclopedic knowledge and live in a castle full of artifacts. Mayu intrigues me a bit because she’s somehow able to see Garuda’s true form (which normal people aren’t supposed to be able to do); I suspect she'll end up being the reincarnation of someone Fuuto met in one of his past lives. She’s kind of amusing, too, since she looks doll-like in her ruffly outfits but tends to be rather serious and unemotional. Looking forward to volume 4 which is supposed to come out in about a week since they go to visit Count D’s new shop in Tokyo. XD;
Still have some comments about the Petshop of Horrors sequel but I’ll save that for another post. And I haven’t even watched any of the DVDs I bought at AnimeNext yet. I seem to be much better about reading stuff than watching it. ^_^;
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Date: 2007-08-01 04:48 am (UTC)I tried watching the Trinity Blood anime, and even though it was sort of action/fantasy (which I usually like) there was something about it that just didn't appeal to me. XD;
^^ Hope you're having a good summer!
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Date: 2007-08-02 08:40 pm (UTC)I've heard that the anime, manga, and novel versions of Trinity Blood vary but I suspect I wouldn't like the anime that much either. From a trailer I saw, it seemed like too many explosions and such for my taste. ^_^;;
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Date: 2007-08-01 11:31 pm (UTC)I just finished reading PSoH and I cried soo much x.x yes, I am so idiot. And I've read Shin PSoH volume 1 and I'm downloading volume 2 but.. That's the only volumes I've got T_T I mean, the onyl ones I found to download. I don't even know how many volumes are there for Shin PSoH yet T_T
Anyway, just forget the random/useless comment xD By the way, did you decide which costume you are going to make? Will it be D's 19th century outfit? ^^
see you ^^
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Date: 2007-08-02 08:36 pm (UTC)Yes, I will probably make D's 19th century outfit for December although I don't expect to start sewing for a few more weeks. ^_^
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Date: 2007-08-02 09:41 pm (UTC)Oh, you have the japanese volumes! *_* I have a friend living in Japan now and I was asking her to send them to me. Shin PSoH and Maboroshi no Hana. I have no idea how much will they cost but I sooo must have those!! And no, I can't read japanese, either. But I can look at the beautiful drawings xD And if I am lucky, I'll get to buy the Tokyopop version - but it is going to be such a long wait, indeed! T_T
Oh Lord, I soo envy your sewing skills xD hahaha seriously, I can't sew. I was thinking about going to Sao Paulo's 'Chinatown' [not a Chinatown... it is more like a district full of asian people and asian goods but everything is soo expensive x.x and it has not the same looks as in San Francisco's Chinatown, for instance, which is a pity i.i] to
hunt for Dlook for some chinese clothes. If I am brave enough, I am going to dye my hair black, too, and cut it like D's until the end of the year. So here you have, as I cannot sew, I have to buy the clothes xD God, it is going to be expensive x.xHm, long, long reply, sorry about that. And I've realised I didn't even tell you anything about myself except for ramblings o.o Hm, I'm going to write something in my journal so that I can say something about me for people who want to know [though I don't know who would want to, but..]
bye ^^
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Date: 2007-08-05 01:36 am (UTC)Japanese volumes of the manga should be relatively cheap to buy in Japan; even in Japanese bookstores in the U.S., they usually still cost less than a translated English volume. It’s really the shipping which gets expensive.
Ah, I’ve spent some time looking around Chinatown here and I’ve noticed it’s a bit hard to find good clothes for a D costume because a lot of the Chinese styles you can buy in stores are obviously made for a woman’s figure. Or they have no sleeves or short sleeves when D usually wears long sleeves. If you’d like to buy clothes for a D cosplay, you should look for something that’s not very fitted and has long sleeves. ^_^
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Date: 2007-08-05 01:51 am (UTC)Nooo Leon? You mean.. No leon, AT ALL? T___T Damn it x.x I sooo wanted Leon to explode that damn door and scare D to death! xD hahaha
Oh well, the shipping is what always beats me. I have to wait a whole month to get what I buy from the US and the shipping is so expensive... Soemtimes I wonder if I should go to the US, buy everything and then come back xD
Hm, yes, it may be a bit hard to find something for a D costume at the chinese stores... A friend of mine will take me to our Chinatown, she knows a store in which I could try to find something, but I`m not certain whether I`ll find something at all. You know... Sometimes I wish I could go shopping in China xD It would be easier than trying to find anything here. You have no idea... In Brasil you can find people from everywhere in the planet [sometimes even some buddies from Mars or Pluto hahaha] but you can`t find what you want. Not to mention that manga industry here is almost non-existing. I suffer T_T
Anyway, I hope your foot gets better soon... It sucks when we hurt our foot. u.u I`d rather hurt my hand instead, my feet are sacred to me xD They`re not beautiful at all, but if I can`t walk properly I get pissed off. u.u
Good luck with your foot ^^
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Date: 2007-08-08 03:08 am (UTC)No, there hasn't been any Leon in the actual sequel. I don't think Night Exile ever got to translating the second side story but there's info on it here: http://community.livejournal.com/ds_petshop/31807.html