So what is everyone reading and why?

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:19 am

Give me a brief synopsis.

Blackmegabyte · Post by **Blackmegabyte** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:31 am

The Vampire Hunter known as D is being paid to rescue a girl who may be in love with-- a vampire! He's facing compeition from the Markus Clan and squares off against tons of nasty beasties sometime in the post-apocalyptic future.

rallihir · Post by **rallihir** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:15 pm

Anyone know if Yotsuba is continuing to be published? I have heard rumors that it was discontinued.

Not Sir Phobos · Post by **Not Sir Phobos** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:22 pm

Mangas can be a bad thing

I'm reading Trigun right now and the further the storyline goes the more I keep saying out loud: They messed up the anime! This is so much better!

But I'm also reading Battle Angel Alita: Last order, because I'm a Gally fanatic. I've read the entire series up to this point

Also Remote, it's a good whodunnit manga with good humor.

Umm.. Hellsing, I'm also reading Hellsing. Something about Nazi Vampires is just cool.

kymaera · Post by **kymaera** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:11 pm

rallihir wrote:Anyone know if Yotsuba is continuing to be published? I have heard rumors that it was discontinued.

There is no official word that I've heard. ADV manga hasn't been doing well
and has canceled/suspended many titles. Yotsuba and a few others have
continued to leak out from them. For example, the next volume of Chrono
Crusade is supposed to be out in March, but it's anyone's guess what will
happen for any title that they distribute.

The fourth volume of Yotsuba was just released mid-late 2005 anyways, and
there's usually a lag before they allow it to be brought over, so even if ADV
was operating smoothly, they might not be able to bring it over yet until
either volume 5 is released in Japan (I think it's due in about April of this
year) or some fixed time (half a year to a year) has passed since its
Japanese release.

Baakay · Post by **Baakay** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 6:21 pm

Caroline wrote:i am currently reading... phoenix vol 3: yamato/space by osamu tezuka! vol. 2 blew my mind.... everyone should read it. seriously... and im not just saying that. it will change the way you look at the world.

as for why? i love tezuka (thanks to unico) and when i heard phoenix was his "life work" i just didnt have a choice. i *had* to read it. LOL

Ack, now you've reminded me of something ELSE I need to get... I have the first 3 parts of Phoenix and I know more have been published.

I'm reading the final two volumes (7-8)of Buddha, also by Osamu Tezuka. It's quite obvious to me why he was and is so revered. This... is an utterly BRILLIANT piece of work.

It's hysterically funny in parts and on the next panel can turn to life-shattering seriousness. How he managed to develop, intertwine and make completely unique so *many* characters is an amazement to me. He takes the basic facts about the man Siddhartha's life and, rather than make him out to be above reproach, shows how what he does, both good and bad, changes him and others. He does this mostly by reflection, in the development of the other characters.

I know the translators did some tweaking to make it more relevant to the average know-nothing lapsed Protestant like me. (Last night, for example, I read a page where the crowd was protesting some war or other, and the signs they were carrying said "stop Iraq."

) But I suspect that except for that, this is lovingly and carefully translated.

Fantastic and worth EVERY cent to get in the hardbound format it is.

I also heartily endorse what Caroline said. If you have not read Phoenix you have not been well educated

It's... mind-blowing.

duotrouble · Post by **duotrouble** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 6:03 pm

kymaera wrote:
animeobsessed wrote: I started Legal Drug, but it seems to be discontinued.
From doing some searches, it's an unfinished work...only the three volumes
that have been translated so far have been released in Japan, so you've got
a LONG wait.

So you're saying that eventually it could come out if the author ever finishes?

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 6:04 pm

Aren't all unfinished work [quote]

From doing some searches it ?

hobbywhelmed · Post by **hobbywhelmed** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:53 pm

Has anyone read Yu Watase's Imadoki? A lot lighter in tone than Ceres, but I found it thoroughly enjoyable. And the heroine's resilience and upbeat way of looking at things was oddly comforting during some difficult times that were going on while I was reading it.

It's fairly short, so it's a good one-sitting read (well, if you're willing to give a couple of hours to the sitting).

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:53 pm

How about that.

Baakay · Post by **Baakay** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:59 pm

Michener: A Writer's Journey by Stephen May... because the author researched it here, because he signed it to me with "good luck in the Michener Archives" and... finally... because it's here.

(it's really a good read, btw.)

Oh and I'm also still plowing through Choshu in the Meiji Reformation... not an easy read but interesting nonetheless. Why? Because I'm a glutton for punishment.

and... Ruroni Kenshin Profiles, the English translation by Viz... because I have a copy of the Japanese version and was dying to find out what it actually said about all the historical figures. And! Every other word! Is followed by an exclamation mark! It really gets you going!

duotrouble · Post by **duotrouble** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:29 pm

hobbywhelmed wrote:Has anyone read Yu Watase's Imadoki?

I'm reading it now. I just bought volume 4.

In_Gabriel_We_Trust · Post by **In_Gabriel_We_Trust** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:15 am

I got suckered into reading Death Note... and am very happy for being a sucker.

Wendy · Post by **Wendy** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:02 am

In_Gabriel_We_Trust wrote:I got suckered into reading Death Note...

In_Gabriel_We_Trust · Post by **In_Gabriel_We_Trust** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:00 am

Uende wrote:
In_Gabriel_We_Trust wrote:I got suckered into reading Death Note...

Sure Moriarty, like it's such a daunting task to sucker me.