Manga love. <3
Recently, I've gotten back into reading manga. I blame my friend L. Whenever she comes over to visit, she brings over a ton of manga. (she literally has a floor to ceiling bookcase filled with it) In exchange, she usually leaves with some of my video games. :) I find it a good system. I have a discerning eye for games, she has a discerning eye for manga.
I mostly buy my manga off of . You can find some good deals there...used manga is about $5 a piece. Also, sis discovered that at http://www.rightstuf.com new manga is $6.50 a piece, and they have an enormous selection. We are in SO much trouble.
I like having my sister and best friend into manga along with me. We all three have different tastes, so we end up picking up great series the others wouldn't even notice. For example, L introduced me to Naruto and Full Metal Alchemist. Both are extremely fun reads. (I stay the hell out of the fandoms, btw. That's a good practice for any "popular" series) Sis introduces me to awesome shoujo (hey, it all looks alike to me, good thing I have her to sort through it.) I guess my niche is shows with fantasy elements and dating-sim based harem shows. The plot where a normal high school girl gets transported to another world and/or gains magical powers, and suddenly gets surrounded by hot guys? It NEVER gets old.
On a whim, one of the manga series I decided to buy was Dot hack. Geez, there is so much flipping material for Dot Hack. Just reading the wikipedia entry gives me a headache. I picked up the manga because it was on sale along with some other manga I was buying. A couple years ago (wow, is that series already 5 years old?) I watched a bit of the anime, played the first game, and owned the anime soundtrack. I think my interest kind of tapered off after a while, and I never really finished it.
OMG I LOVE THIS MANGA.
It is SO. FLIPPING. CUTE. It reminds me why I was into Dot Hack into the first place. It's funny, unique, pretty, gender friendly, and makes you year for the positive aspects of MMORPG's.
I'm in trouble now, though, because it makes me want to see the anime and play the games again. 8D
I mostly buy my manga off of . You can find some good deals there...used manga is about $5 a piece. Also, sis discovered that at http://www.rightstuf.com new manga is $6.50 a piece, and they have an enormous selection. We are in SO much trouble.
I like having my sister and best friend into manga along with me. We all three have different tastes, so we end up picking up great series the others wouldn't even notice. For example, L introduced me to Naruto and Full Metal Alchemist. Both are extremely fun reads. (I stay the hell out of the fandoms, btw. That's a good practice for any "popular" series) Sis introduces me to awesome shoujo (hey, it all looks alike to me, good thing I have her to sort through it.) I guess my niche is shows with fantasy elements and dating-sim based harem shows. The plot where a normal high school girl gets transported to another world and/or gains magical powers, and suddenly gets surrounded by hot guys? It NEVER gets old.
On a whim, one of the manga series I decided to buy was Dot hack. Geez, there is so much flipping material for Dot Hack. Just reading the wikipedia entry gives me a headache. I picked up the manga because it was on sale along with some other manga I was buying. A couple years ago (wow, is that series already 5 years old?) I watched a bit of the anime, played the first game, and owned the anime soundtrack. I think my interest kind of tapered off after a while, and I never really finished it.
OMG I LOVE THIS MANGA.
It is SO. FLIPPING. CUTE. It reminds me why I was into Dot Hack into the first place. It's funny, unique, pretty, gender friendly, and makes you year for the positive aspects of MMORPG's.
I'm in trouble now, though, because it makes me want to see the anime and play the games again. 8D