Manga Files

The discussion in the Manga I’ve Given Up On post, combined with David Welsh’s comments, reminded me of several more titles. These didn’t come to mind originally because I’ve been disposing of the volumes, so they required a bit more memory-prodding.

Baby & Me — Cute characters, but too many of them too quickly (with all the siblings of the family down the street), and not enough depth. Ended with book 3.

Cheeky Angel — Not enough forward movement, and I enjoyed the boy-in-a-girl’s-body premise more before he started accepting his gender switch. Stopped at book 8? 10? 12? I don’t remember. (Also, this series was a victim of a site change. When transferring over pages from my previous static setup into WordPress, I reconsidered its recommended series status and demoted it.)

Crimson Hero — I was more interested in the culture clash aspects than the volleyball competitions, and the author didn’t agree. No harm, no foul, but there’s other things to read. Quit after book 4.

Hot Gimmick — Whenever people tell me that I’m not optimistic enough, that I don’t have enough faith in authors to turn stories around, I think of this deplorable series and laugh. I read the whole thing and was disgusted that no permanent character development took place.

Iron Wok Jan! — Too much of the same, and the portrayal of the girls (both as basketball smugglers and as supporting cheerleaders) became grating. I stopped a few volumes after this review (book 16).

Kare Kano — This writeup covers many of the same details as the conversation we’re having here, and the commentors filled in more.

Nodame Cantabile — As David suggests, I’m not listing books where I sampled a first volume and didn’t care for it, because that’s outside the scope of this exercise. I mention this one only because I tried it twice, again after reader encouragement, and it’s just not for me. The pigsty lifestyle of the lead put me off.

Rurouni Kenshin — A samurai superhero was a fun novelty, but I admit, it was more entertaining when I was getting the books for free. When Viz stopped promoting it, I gave up, I don’t recall when.

Related Posts: Manga I’ve Given Up On § Manga Updates § How Do You Read Manga? § Waiting for Planetary § Alichino Book 3

It's a...it's a...NEW CHAPTER! :D 43 up! Yes, I've staggered this a bit even though I already had the chapter...because 44 isn't ready yet. Being edited by Makhan. We're working on it, and also trying to get new editors..(it doesn't seem like they're really responding, though o.o) Full post to dl. :) Succinct this time. Savefile link Rapidshare link

Hohoho. It's finally out. I'm neglecting Bio to do this...so please, in future, people, don't ask me when stuff is coming out. I can't tell you. I don't book it. I get it done as fast as I can, and when it's out, it's out. XD But I really am glad that so many people are looking forward to it, because GA really is a good manga. :) Thank you for all your heart-warming sentiments. We wuv you all too

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UPDATE OF UPDATE. Naddie has told us she can't do 41, so we're getting Evenstar to help with it. :/ Sorry about the heavy workload so soon!! I just can't edit, exams are in two weeks, and Enthyme is too tired with work to edit. XD That brings me to the next point..I know people have raised their desire to help with editing. Because the last time I asked was a few months ago, I'd like to ask those