yay, a manga discussion!

id fall for bleach and black cat.i once read hikaru no go but i dont kinda like the end, and i will not spoil yer fun by saying it:) i hate sailor moon coz its too girlish hahahaha...my fave of all is gundam wing and endless waltz..there are many gundam but my fave is dat two.

hi shmeedia! i like reading mangas too! i just got into recently. and i never buy manga. i just read online. i'm currently reading lovely complex. you should read this! its a very good manga! funny and sweet. i've watched the anime and the live action and it really has a good story. i'm also reading shin daa! daa! daa!, princess resurrection and koukou debut. i have finished reading Zettai Kareshi just last month. my list is only short because i prefer to watch anime. i'm too lazy to turn the pages. ^__^;; yay! i'm glad to know that you've read sailormoon! i didn't read the manga but i definitely love the anime.

I'm a little new to manga and anime. Could you tell me the difference between them please? Force

I don't believe I've read any of those series-- well, actually, I started reading Fushigi Yuugi. It was available at the public library-- a friend of mine lost my library card (she needed it to access the databases from school, in order to do a research paper), so I have not been to the library for a long time. For some reason, I was not drawn to continue the series on my own. Anyways! I absolutely love manga-- and it's great being able to afford them now! (At first, I couldn't really... I even cashed in my piggy bank to buy some them. Poor piggy... I took a knife to it, in my haste to open the thing.) Right now, I'm only collecting a few series. I decided to put a hold on some. Currently, I am reading: 1) Skip Beat, by Yoshiki Nakamura. It is HILARIOUS. I would definitely recommend this series... Basically, the main character wants to get revenge on this guy who was a total jerk to her-- she quit high school in order to go with him to Tokyo (I believe), so that he could become a singer. We find out fairly quickly that he was only using her-- and he tells her the only way to have her revenge is to beat him in "show biz." It's great! (Or maybe I just like revenge against jerk-y guys?) 2) Cain Saga/Godchild, by Kaori Yuki. Great series. Slightly morbid, I suppose, but brilliant. I had read Count Cain (that's what I'm used to it being referred to as-- more accurately, it would be Earl Cain, which I guess doesn't sound as "good," so it is called the Cain Saga). I'm very excited at its being licensed. Well, I was with Skip Beat, too, which had also been scanlated to some degree. 3) Fruits Basket, by Natsuki Takaya. Lovely series-- I'm really into love triangles and complicated relationships in literature, so I like it pretty well. Around volume forteen, I started to lose interest-- until I actually read that volume, and developments toward the end brought it back to life. 4) The Wallflower, by Tomoko Hayakawa. Really, a lot of potential. I adored the first volume-- however, I would agree with a reviewer from animenewsnetwork. After the first volume, it has become somewhat stagnant. It's just that it has fallen into this pattern of situational comedy with no real story/plot progression. Considering the fact that it is at volume ten, maybe not the best thing. On the other hand, a lot of people really seem to like this series. It IS very funny, most of the time. And just when the lack of plot has almost made me decide to stop reading...something pulls me back in. It's really a cute story. Due to certain events, she has closed herself off to the world, preferring the darkness and the company of slasher flicks and various "creepy" objects. Her aunt decides to make her into a true lady, gaining help from four gorgeous (and much sought after) males, in exchange for free rent for them. They are surprised, to say the least, at what they got themselves into. It's only my opinion that there is no plot development-- it's a good series. I hope that it continues and improves. So, yes. Wow, I really didn't mean to actually give miniture reviews of all the manga! I'm sorry. ^^; Some others that I have started have been: Basara (waiting for more to come out before buying again), Hana Yori Dango (bookstore never had the volume I needed, so I put it on hold), DNAngel (collecting too many other series to continue, at the moment), Fake (didn't get last volume because of "mature" rating, although I'll get it sometime soon), Forbidden Dance (nice series, four volumes, finished), Gravitation (stopped at volume six or seven-- my mother doesn't really approve of shounen-ai/yaoi, which is also why I didn't get the last volume of Fake), Hana-Kimi (funny, funny series-- collecting too many others, but might start up again), Kare Kano (disappointed by actions in the sixth book, so I stopped reading), Kodocha (CUTE and FUNNY series; finished), Marmalade Boy (completed), annnnnnnd yeah... I'll stop now. XD Oh! But some of my FAVORITE series haven't been licensed yet! I won't bother to mention specific titles-- only authors. Anything by Kaori Yuki, Abe Miyuki, and Shiho Sugiura! There are more, of course, but these are some of the best, in my opinion! Anyways, I'm sorry for posting so much. I haven't had a chance to really talk about manga with anyone for a while... None of my friends were ever THAT into manga, and I haven't even seen any of them for at least four months. My boyfriend will listen, but I feel like I'm just babbling to him. Which, of course, I am. But it's more fun to babble when there's a chance that someone might either know what you're talking about it or like it too! So, yes! I'll stop talking now. I'm glad to have been able to have a nice rant-type thing about this series! Oh, and I also prefer manga to anime. I've always preferred the book to the show/movie with anything. (Except Peter Pan. I couldn't stand him in the book.) There's so much more character development. Well, now-- I'm off! Happy reading, everyone! ^_____^

I love B'T X. That anime menas a lot for me. My nick name (Shireishou) Also taken from that anime. I like 'mashiba hiromi' manga. It can make me cry all the time. T___T

the main reason why i prefer manga better then anime sometimes is because 1. there's no fillers in the manga, and 2. alot of the time the manga would give you a more indepth look at characters and such. some of my favorite series include boyz n' girl, perfect girl evolution(aka. wallflower), junjou romantica, love mode, demon dairy, ouran kokkou host club, gokusen, one piece, gantz, partner, deathnote and a bunch of others...

I like naruto the manga because the story is far more advanced and better than its anime counterpart

I love dragon ball Z! My favorite char is Vegeta. I don;t know why, but I still love VEGETA for about 7 yeras. Same as fanatic like my sis love Hokuto. I think I love his personality. I LOVE BLOOD. lol

i think manga is better because it always contains the original story. unfortunately, i haven't read any manga because most mangas that i see in the bookstore are all in kanjis. and i don't understand kanjis. :S

I love Fullmetal Alchamist, I dont know what it is aout it but its very addicting. Dont wanna miss anyything.

hi. I am manga lovers too but it's hard to keep following good mangas nowadays. back then I read a lot of them, "Candy Candy", "Garasu no Kamen / Glass Mask", "City Hunter", some clamp's manga, Fushigi Yuugi, Doraemon :), Great Teacher Onizuka (well ... LOL), Hikaru no Go (this one is the best game manga! our translated version in Indonesia has reached the last volume around last year), "Kaze no Sylphid", "Mars" (both are about horce racing), and "Beauty Pop" is the last one I keep following now ... it is about makeover by haircuts. this one is great manga, it's funny but has great tips on makeover too. :)