We have a small bookshop in town that sells seconds - books that have been damaged in transit, have torn or marked c overs etc. Basically, anything that isn't good enough to be sold as new
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As with everything, it will depend a lot on price, so I'll keep my eyes open. (Just managed to get volumes 1 and 3 of Blade of the Immortal off ebay cheap =D Less than £3 each, including postage! I love it)
You can also read The Fullmetal Alchemist, I really like that and another one i enjoyed reading was Loveless, you find pieces of both of them and videos on youtube so you can see if that interests you
I'll add those to my list. I've heard of Fullmetal Alchemist, but I know I haven't seen that in my shop. I'll have to keep a lookout online. I'll take a look on youtube when I have time, thanks =)
What sorts of genres do you prefer? I tend to watch more anime than manga, but some of my favorites that I really enjoyed would be - Fruits Basket, Kare Kano, Death Note (which I saw someone else mentioned) and Loveless. ^_^ And if there's a particular genre you're interested in, I could probably rec some other stuff too.
I generally tend to read manga online, and this site is a good resource: http://www.mangahere.com Just search for the series up at the top there - I think they will pretty much have any of the major series you're looking for. (And if you have any problems finding stuff, let me know. ^_~) Happy reading!
(Another idea would be to check the local library - a lot of places are really increasing their manga collections as it becomes more popular, so you might be able to find some things that way.)
Our library is only small, so it's unlikely they'll stock manga at all - at least they never used to. They simply don't havev enough space. Plus, here in England, manga is really a special interest genre. The bigger libraries may have a manga section, but since I can't travel, that doesn't help, lol
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Ah, okay, that makes sense. Here in the US at least, a lot of even the smaller libraries have started carrying them, but I know it's different in different markets. *nod*
And okay, for samurai stuff: Rurouni Kenshin is great, and also Samurai Deeper Kyo, and maybe... Inuyasha (which is more fantasy, but also takes place in the samurai period, and has sword fighting and all that stuff, so you'd probably like it) :D
And I actually haven't heard of most of the stuff you listed, but they look like mostly "action" series/stuff with a lot of battles, etc. *nod* Most of the stuff I rec'd at first is more character -driven/romance stuff, but I still think you might find them enjoyable? Let us know what you end up finding - I'm curious! :D (I just came back from an anime convention over the weekend so I'm totally in the mood to read and watch a lot of things. ^_~)
I noticed you talking about the anime convention - it's what reminded me about the Manga I'd bought. The novel I'm reading is going nowhere very slowly, I wanted some action so I started Blade of the Immortal. I've only read part of Volume 12, so I don't know the backstory, but I'd still recommend it.
I'm not a HUGE romance fan (M/M excepted), but I like character-driven stuff. I'll look into the samurai titles you mention. I've heard of Inuyasha - my boyfriend downloaded tons of manga artwork and I got the job of sorting and labelling it all for him, which was quite fun but time consuming. There were quite a lot of Inuyasha pics amongst it. I love fantasy (as well as science fiction, some horror and vampires!), so I'll probably enjoy it! I do like plenty of action though, it's true.
I just wish there were more hours in the day to read and do everything I want to. I've discovered it's impossible to read while cross stitching unfortunately - I'd need another pair of eyes, and maybe extra hands =(
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Is it multi-volume or just a single volume?
As with everything, it will depend a lot on price, so I'll keep my eyes open. (Just managed to get volumes 1 and 3 of Blade of the Immortal off ebay cheap =D Less than £3 each, including postage! I love it)
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They also have an anime adaption, which is around 30 half-hour episodes. Eps can prolly be found on you tube.
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Thanks for the rec, I'll see if I can track down a reasonably priced copy of vol. 1
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I generally tend to read manga online, and this site is a good resource: http://www.mangahere.com Just search for the series up at the top there - I think they will pretty much have any of the major series you're looking for. (And if you have any problems finding stuff, let me know. ^_~) Happy reading!
(Another idea would be to check the local library - a lot of places are really increasing their manga collections as it becomes more popular, so you might be able to find some things that way.)
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And okay, for samurai stuff: Rurouni Kenshin is great, and also Samurai Deeper Kyo, and maybe... Inuyasha (which is more fantasy, but also takes place in the samurai period, and has sword fighting and all that stuff, so you'd probably like it) :D
And I actually haven't heard of most of the stuff you listed, but they look like mostly "action" series/stuff with a lot of battles, etc. *nod* Most of the stuff I rec'd at first is more character -driven/romance stuff, but I still think you might find them enjoyable? Let us know what you end up finding - I'm curious! :D (I just came back from an anime convention over the weekend so I'm totally in the mood to read and watch a lot of things. ^_~)
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I'm not a HUGE romance fan (M/M excepted), but I like character-driven stuff. I'll look into the samurai titles you mention. I've heard of Inuyasha - my boyfriend downloaded tons of manga artwork and I got the job of sorting and labelling it all for him, which was quite fun but time consuming. There were quite a lot of Inuyasha pics amongst it. I love fantasy (as well as science fiction, some horror and vampires!), so I'll probably enjoy it! I do like plenty of action though, it's true.
I just wish there were more hours in the day to read and do everything I want to. I've discovered it's impossible to read while cross stitching unfortunately - I'd need another pair of eyes, and maybe extra hands =(
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