Recent reading

[vierran45]

It's again been a while since I wrote anything about my recent reading. The largest chunk of my backlog consists of books 6-14 of Akimine Kamijyo's manga Samurai Deeper Kyo (86.-89., 93.-97.). Even though on the surface it might look like it's just one fight after another with some of the characters trying to determine who is the biggest badass

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[meganbmoore]

heh...i read vol 22 yesterday(so amazingly awesome on all levels) and they spend half a chapter with all the characters talking about how yuya's his weakness but she's out of her depth and tends to get used a lot(with Akira bringing up that people tend to take her hostage and Tora bringing up that he was one of those people) while off in the corner, Kyo was being his crass self and Yuya was yelling at him...too good.

[vierran45]

Heh, that sounds great, and so typical of the characters :). I can't wait to read some more...

[meganbmoore]

everyone but kyo and yuya knows kyo and yuya are nuts about each other. they'd probably never figure it out if it wasn't explained to them in words of one syllable.

[vierran45]

LOL, that is so very true! I also like it how amused some of the other characters are by how oblivious they seem to be about it.

[plazmah]

I'm glad you're liking SDK, it's such a good manga. :)

[vierran45]

Oh, it really is great and I'm enjoying it a lot :).

[chomiji]

And yet another SDK fan! (Where were they all hiding when I wanted to talk about vol. 22?)

It was my first manga and is still my favorite, even though I am frantically trying to educate myself about the genre by reading lots of different ones.

[vierran45]

I guess it's all about timing and finding the right (virtual) group of friends to hang around with :). If you SDK, I think you might like Fullmetal Alchemist as well. FMA was my intro to the more "action-y" manga and I like it a lot!

[chomiji]

It's really interesting to watch how Kamijyo lets the characters evolve and change. Watch Bontenmaru, for example (like Benitora, he doesn't get that much appreciation). The look on his face as he bids farewell for Muramasa is just really great, and touching. Who'd have thought he'd be that way, given how he was first encountered just a few volumes ago, peeping at Yuya and Okuni as they bathed?

Shinrei's another one who's going to change a geat deal (and yet in some ways, not at all ... ;-D  ) as the series progresses.

[vierran45]

Yes, that's exactly what I like about this manga! The characters may start out as rather simplistic, BUT most of them develop into that much more than their original appearances indicated and also get so much more depth to their characters that you never could have believed in.

Argh, I guess I do have to check out the anime as well. I'm not that much of an anime fan, but I will watch the ones that really get my attention...

[chomiji]

I have to say I'm not at all tempted by the anime ... most of the people who really like the manga seem to sort of plug their ears and go "la, la, la, I can't hear you!" when folks mention the anime. Kamijyo-sensei's drawings apparently didn't make the transition that well (the screen shots I've seen look awful) and the plot got really simplified.

When you run out of books, if you can't stand the wait, sanada & co. have posted scans, translations, and scanlations of the last volumes at hana-me.net.

[vierran45]

OK, thank you warning me about the anime, because it reminds me that I checked out one episode of The Wallflower anime through Youtube and thought it horribly simplistic and bad. I guess my feeling for this manga's anime version would be similar, according to your information.

Thank you very much for the scanlation tips!