What Manga are you reading?

[Monkey J. Luffy]

I don't know if it counts due to it not being "made in Japan" but I just read Scott Pilgrim 1-5.
Those were some of the best graphic novels I've ever read.

[-Frail-Dreams-]

M.C. Law 3.1

Interesting series...haha.

[minakichan]

Bakuman 46

[spoiler]"Which is more important to you, me or manga?"
"Manga is more important."[/spoiler]

Saiko... I'm so proud of you, you made the right decision.

Ahahaha manga is such srs bsn, they can make a shounen manga out of it.

[blkmage]

Bakuman 46

[spoiler]"Which is more important to you, me or manga?"
"Manga is more important."[/spoiler]

Saiko... I'm so proud of you, you made the right decision.

Ahahaha manga is such srs bsn, they can make a shounen manga out of it.

I was trying to parse that page for a few minutes, wondering if I was missing anything and then someone explained it to me:
[spoiler]"Well, you said you'd stay here 'till I agreed not to draw right?[/spoiler]
It's cute how roundabout they are in their relationship. D'awwwww.

[blkmage]

I've finally taken some time to dive into 20th Century Boys. I wasn't too into the beginning, but it picked up for me around when they started trying to figure out who Friend was. Also started Mx0, which was amusing, if a bit generic.

[Maokun]

I've been meaning to pick up the famous 20th century boys for a while too. I consider your endorsing an encouragement to do so, blkmage.

[Wyntre Rose]

I've started Pluto. Wondering if not having ever seen Astro Boy is putting me at a disadvantage, or if I'm supposed to still be this in the dark by chapter 12...lol. What I am understanding so far I love, though!:thumb:

[Lady Kenshin]

Kuroshitsuji 30-35... T_T What a tragedy for everyone involved.

[mysngoeshere56]

Picking up on D.N.Angel volume 6. Read a Sailor Moon chapter too.

[minakichan]

Reading Yubisaki Milk Tea (volume 4)

From Tokyopop's horrid description, I thought this was going to be some obnoxious ecchi thing where the male lead falls into multiple girls' breasts all the time. It's still pretty ecchi, but it's actually quite heartfelt and moving; I really relate to the characters and their struggles with growing up. They feel very real (and even the breasts are drawn realistically!).

[mysngoeshere56]

Finished volume 8 of Sailor Moon..... Hard to believe I'm almost halfway through the series already.

[blkmage]

Releases of Mirai Nikki have been slow lately, so 43 reminded me how great it was
[spoiler]especially now that we definitely don't have to worry about Yuki moping and waffling around now. Crazy couple is pretty awesome.[/spoiler]

[mysngoeshere56]

Started Tokyo Mew Mew. I thought the anime was cute, so why not read the manga?

[Fish and Chips]

Hunter x Hunter vol. 1
Kamen Rider Spirits vol. 1-3

Why can't we have more evil organizations with names like Deathtron.

[MasterDias]

Alive - the Final Evolution vol. 3

Series started out horrorish, and is now morphing into action.

[blkmage]

I found the ending of 20th Century Boys to be kind of underwhelming, especially considering how fantastic the rest of it was. Please tell me 21st Century Boys fixes this.

[minakichan]

I found the ending of 20th Century Boys to be kind of underwhelming, especially considering how fantastic the rest of it was. Please tell me 21st Century Boys fixes this.

Sorry?

No satisfaction here, would you like a raincheck?

[uc pseudonym]

Akumetsu

The flashback segment was actually pretty interesting, and should have come 80 chapters earlier at the expense of endless justice arcs. Now that it's over we'll have to see if the rest of the series develops this any.

Dragon Quest: Adventure of Dai

Somewhat of a classic shonen, so I've been reading it for a while. Now it's nearing the end and I finally mention it.

Releases of Mirai Nikki have been slow lately, so 43 reminded me how great it was

The Deus McGuffin was also pretty interesting. I've been interested in the ending of this series for a long while now.

I found the ending of 20th Century Boys to be kind of underwhelming, especially considering how fantastic the rest of it was. Please tell me 21st Century Boys fixes this.

I wouldn't say it's the most incredible ending ever, but it is a different kind of tea than the point where 20thCB stopped, so it may be more to your liking.

[blkmage]

21st Century Boys ended much better - so much better that it puzzles me as to why this was another series.

So, Team Medical Dragon is pretty awesome. I started reading Saijou no Meii a while ago and scanlations for that dried up pretty quickly. Everyone was saying how Saijou no Meii was pretty much Team Medical Dragon and they were right. Thankfully, I've got Team Medical Dragon to fill my medical drama manga needs and it looks like scans might be picking up again.

[Fish and Chips]

Hunter x Hunter vol. 2-3
Vagabond vol. 10-12

I'm actually enjoying HxH a lot more than I thought I would, though it disturbs me to think Yoshihiro Togashi's work ethic makes Kentaro Miura look prolific.

21st Century Boys ended much better - so much better that it puzzles me as to why this was another series.

It's not so much another series as a "Clever" naming convention that got taken the wrong way.

[-Frail-Dreams-]

I just finished Doubt, it was well drawn, and the storyline/plot was incredible. The gore wasn't too horrible, there was some though. But, it was very much a "psychological" manga.

[blkmage]

Hunter x Hunter vol. 2-3
Vagabond vol. 10-12

I'm actually enjoying HxH a lot more than I thought I would, though it disturbs me to think Yoshihiro Togashi's work ethic makes Kentaro Miura look prolific.It's not so much another series as a "Clever" naming convention that got taken the wrong way.

Too clever. That makes so much sense now.

Team Medical Dragon is fantastic. Cross Game is back from hiatus. Saikano is depressing.

[Fish and Chips]

Steel Ball Run vol. 9

Stuff goes down.

Too clever. That makes so much sense now.

It doesn't help that MAL and every other Manga cataloging site is like, "HUR HUR let's list them as separate series."

[blkmage]

Given how depressing the entirety of Saikano was, I was expecting a pretty depressing ending. It's not quite what I expected and it was a bit LOL WUT, but I guess it's not that much of a leap considering the premise of the manga. It's also amazing how this manages to oscillate between "this is so cute d'awwww" to "THIS IS SO DEPRESSING I WANT TO KILL MYSELF".

[minakichan]

Fairy Tail 143-146.

Proving yet again that Stellar Spirit Mages are U S E L E S S.

Also $10 says a certain someone isn't actually dead.

[uc pseudonym]

Also $10 says a certain someone isn't actually dead.

Do you mean... that man?

Team Medical Dragon is fantastic.

I've been meaning to say it's interesting to know someone else is following this. Though I'm not a huge fan of how it covers the medical surgeries and such, I'm all for more of the hospital politics and reform efforts.

[Song_of_Storms]

[SIZE="1"]Magical JxR vol. 3

Yet more awesomeness from Lee Sun-Young. This volume has a wonderful Father/Son story... I'm a wimp, so I cried. ;~; [/SIZE]

[blkmage]

I'm rolling through Bokurano and NANA right now. I'm finding Bokurano's series of short stories focusing on each character to be pretty interesting. I was wondering how they'd be able to develop 15 characters, and well, now I know. NANA seems like it'll be a pile of miserable (for the characters, at least; I don't know if it'll be miserable for the reader yet) drama. I might have gotten the wrong impression about the length of the series, but it seems like it's been serialized for a while and I'm wondering just how much drama they could possibly put into a series for that long.

[ich1990]

Hunter x Hunter volumes 1-2

HxH seems to be of very high quality. The characters are interesting, the fighting is thoughtful and strategic, and the storyline makes up for its generic premise by being well planned and executed. Unfortunately, the dismemberment level is little high for my tastes.

Teppu chapters 1-4

Seems to be stereotypical sports/fighting manga. It was listed as Seinen, but based on the first four chapters it seems to be more accurately described as Shounen.

Psyren recent chapters

An increasing amount of fanservice is making its way into this series, which is quite a pity considering the first half dozen volumes were clean enough to recommend to almost anybody. Still, the plot is still chugging onward at a brisk pace, which is something that one truly appreciates after reading Bleach.

20th Century Boys volumes 3-22
21st Century Boys volumes 1-2

This is the best manga I have ever read. Here are a few reasons why:

1) The narrative structure is in medias res on drugs. There are flashbacks, flashforwards, and multiple linear narratives all mixing together in a crazy fashion. It is not unusual for there to be several time jumps each chapter. Heck, sometimes there are several time jumps on a single page. What is most amazing about this is that barring the first two volumes (it took me a bit to try to get all the different plot lines and relationships sorted out in my head) the story is easy to follow and makes complete sense. Further, this sort of hopscotch timeline allows an incredible amount of mystery and drama to be squeezed from relatively few events, some of which are revisited multiple times from multiple perspectives, each going a small way towards unraveling the story. From a writing standpoint, 20th CB is pure genius.

2) All of the main characters and most of the side characters are awesome. I do not know if I have seen a manga series with so many likable characters in it. The stand out, though, is Shogun, if you read the series you will know why. Also, thanks to the wonderful narration style, the reader is able to watch these characters develop over decades, rather than a few months or years. Thus, 20th CB succeeds not only as a "coming of age story" but also a "coming of old age story".

3) The villains were superb. In my opinion, Friend has even Monster beat when it comes to pure creepiness, especially later in the series.

4) The plot may seem to be a simple premise of "childhood fantasy becomes reality" but it becomes much, much more as the series progresses. The science fiction elements are done quite tastefully as well; rather outlandish things like laser guns and giant mechs are incorporated, but in a way that is, well, rather believable.

5) The art was incredible. It is very refreshing to see mostly ugly people, you know, just like in real life.

If I had one complaint about the manga, it would be the nudity. Considering that almost all the violence and gory deaths were off-screen or otherwise had their offensiveness mitigated, that the the sexual content was limited to a few references scattered throughout the series, and that the language was fairly tame (at least in the translation I read), the level of nudity was surprising high and did a lot to hurt my ability to recommend this manga to others. If a handful of frames had been left out of the series, this would be the perfect "first manga" to give to new readers. As it stands, this is the closest thing to a perfect series that I have ever read and is highly recommended, if you can get past the content.

[Htom Sirveaux]

Finally finished reading Monster.

[spoiler]I wasn't too crazy about that last page. What can I say, I'm not a big fan of "Dun-dun-DAAAAAAH!" endings. Anyways, you'd think someone who was wanted for serial murder would have a few security guards in his hospital room.[/spoiler]

Overall though, it was an excellent series and well worth the time and effort put into buying and reading all 18 volumes.

I have the first 3 volumes of 20th Century Boys, but I should use a manga site for the rest to save some dough.

Anyways, next I'm re-reading Trigun & Trigun Maximum, so I can get the last 2 volumes and finish the series.