Lady of the Thread's Sewing Basket

Okay, 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. ^_^;