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Claymore 3
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Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden 2
xxxHolic 9
Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden 2
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Superior Volume 2
Just getting started. This is the first chapter to end with a cliffhanger, so I hope that this marks a development of the storyline instead of the somewhat episodic plots in the first volume.
It is sad that it is truly necessary for you to add your parenthetical statement. I found a site that translates doujinshi for many series and for a moment I was interested, but it didn't take me long to be reminded that the vast majority of doujinshi are porn.
Just getting started. This is the first chapter to end with a cliffhanger, so I hope that this marks a development of the storyline instead of the somewhat episodic plots in the first volume.
SpoonyBard wrote:I also bought some (non-pornographic) doujinshi but it seems it's all in Japanese.
It is sad that it is truly necessary for you to add your parenthetical statement. I found a site that translates doujinshi for many series and for a moment I was interested, but it didn't take me long to be reminded that the vast majority of doujinshi are porn.
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20th Century Boys vol. 3-5
Blade of the Immortal vol. 1
Intriguing though Blade of the Immortal always seemed, $15 per volume always seemed a bit of a stretch. But since a friend of mine seems perfectly satisfied to collect the entire series, I'm perfectly satisfied to mooch off his purchases.
Blade of the Immortal vol. 1
Intriguing though Blade of the Immortal always seemed, $15 per volume always seemed a bit of a stretch. But since a friend of mine seems perfectly satisfied to collect the entire series, I'm perfectly satisfied to mooch off his purchases.
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SpoonyBard wrote:Monster vol. 2. I bought vol. 1-5 at the Otakon merch room, but I accidentally bought 2 copies of vol. 3.
So you ended up buying six volumes of manga? Or did you accidentally skip one?
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Dramacon vol. 2
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Fish and Chips wrote:$15 per volume always seemed a bit of a stretch. But since a friend of mine seems perfectly satisfied to collect the entire series, I'm perfectly satisfied to mooch off his purchases.
yeah. 15$ per volume is quite costly. i recommend you read several volumes ahead and then try to decide if your really want to collect the series still. you might end up not liking it as much as you thought, and thus, would simply put down collecting the rest of the series. anyways:
Otogi Zoshi volume 1
i don't really know why i started this series. it didn't seem very interesting and it failed to grip me with its cliched storyline, boring characters, and dull artwork...
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"Sometimes we don't present the Gospel well enough for the non-elect to reject it."
- John MacArthur
"In the total expanse of the human life, there is not a single square inch of which Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine'."
- Abraham Kuyper
"God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy."
- Westminister Confession of Faith (Chapter 5, Section 1)
"The wisdom of God has found a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God all the while upholding the righteousness of God!!"
- John Piper
"Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God!"
-John Piper
"The very One from Whom we need to be saved, is the One Who has saved us."
- R.C. Sproul
"All of Christian life is ceaseless worship of God the Father, through the mediatorship of God the Son, by the indwelling power of God the Spirit, doing what God commands in Scripture, not doing what God forbids in Scripture, in culturally contextualized ways, for the furtherance of the Gospel, when both gathered for adoration, and scattered for action, in joyous response to God's glorious grace."
- Mark Driscoll
"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
- Martin Luther
"I have to tell you first that I am ready to die. I have put my affairs in order. Your supreme weapon is killing. My supreme weapon is dying, because when you kill me, people all over Romania will read my books and believe on the God that I preach - even more than they do now."
- Dr. Joseph Ton, the exiled Romanian pastor (quoted by James Montgomery Boice)
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- John Bunyan
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jon_jinn wrote:Otogi Zoshi volume 1
i don't really know why i started this series. it didn't seem very interesting and it failed to grip me with its cliched storyline, boring characters, and dull artwork...
Haven't seen the Manga, but I thought the Anime wasn't too bad. I'm a sucker for Historic Samurai stuff, though. (Actually, I'm a sucker for Historic anything. I read every single 'Horatio Hornblower' book, for example.)
I picked up a couple of used copies of "One Pound Gospel", and was a bit disappointed. Normally I like Takahashi stuff better than this. Not her better work.
Found a wonderful Ameri-Manga ('world manga', 'Manga wannabe', whatever you want to call it) called 'Amazing Agent Luna'. I read Volumes 1 and 2. It turns out to be much better than I expected, and by the middle of volume 2 I was giggling enough to worry my entire family (always a plus!).
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Basara Volumes 18-19
Finally getting around to reading these, though they've been sitting around for a while. Strange, that.
Finally getting around to reading these, though they've been sitting around for a while. Strange, that.
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Millenium Snow Volume 1 & 2
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The 'Rumic Theater' volume called 'One or Double'. Takahashi short stories are some of the best Manga out there!
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Basara Volume 20
This is the last volume I have... does anyone know how far Viz has gotten with the translation? However, if they're seriously going to repeat a major conflict between the leads I will be very irritated. Whatever happened to communication?
This is the last volume I have... does anyone know how far Viz has gotten with the translation? However, if they're seriously going to repeat a major conflict between the leads I will be very irritated. Whatever happened to communication?
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uc pseudonym wrote:Basara Volume 20
This is the last volume I have... does anyone know how far Viz has gotten with the translation?
Should be up to 23 if the release dates are accurate, with 24 coming out in August. What's your general opinion of this series? I'm not a big fan of shojo generally, but the look and description of this series has somewhat attracted my interest.
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I would say Basara is a very solid manga, disregarding genre. It is ultimately a story about a kingdom in fragments, not about relationships. I'd recommend it to everyone with only a few reservations. The art style is... rough; I find it annoying to read. Being shojo, it also doesn't have any real action: the battles have fighting, but it is really just conflict. Lastly, there is a central romantic relationship and it may annoy some readers to no end.
Other than that, though, I have little bad to say about it. It has been fairly consistent in character, so you'll know if you like it after a few volumes.
Other than that, though, I have little bad to say about it. It has been fairly consistent in character, so you'll know if you like it after a few volumes.
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Hoshin Engi, Vol. 1
Kekkaishi, Vol. 9
Monster, Vol. 8
Monster, Vol. 9
Reading Monster volumes every several months sort of makes me lose track of certain things. Ah, well...
[spoiler]I hope that Roberto guy is gone for good now. I was getting tired of seeing his ugly mug everywhere. Doesn't Johan have any other hitmen?[/spoiler]
Kekkaishi, Vol. 9
Monster, Vol. 8
Monster, Vol. 9
Reading Monster volumes every several months sort of makes me lose track of certain things. Ah, well...
[spoiler]I hope that Roberto guy is gone for good now. I was getting tired of seeing his ugly mug everywhere. Doesn't Johan have any other hitmen?[/spoiler]
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"Always seek to do good to one another and to all."
1 Thessalonians 5:15
"Every story must have an ending." - Auron - Final Fantasy X
"A small stone may make a ripple at first, but someday it will be a wave." - Wiegraf - Final Fantasy Tactics
"Always seek to do good to one another and to all."
1 Thessalonians 5:15
"Every story must have an ending." - Auron - Final Fantasy X
"A small stone may make a ripple at first, but someday it will be a wave." - Wiegraf - Final Fantasy Tactics
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Finished RG Veda 4 and onto 5. The artwork is SO amazing! No wonder this was CLAMP'S first hit series^^
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MasterDias wrote:[spoiler]I hope that Roberto guy is gone for good now. I was getting tired of seeing his ugly mug everywhere. Doesn't Johan have any other hitmen?[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Not another one that worships him like a god, no.[/spoiler]
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RG Veda 5 and 6 are done so now onto 7. Ack, need to go buy more >_< Amazing series it be! Too bad there's only an OVA (which I thought was really good for only 2 eps and made me want to read the manga^^)
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Furuba volume 13. I <3 Yuki.^^
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uc pseudonym wrote:I would say Basara is a very solid manga, disregarding genre. It is ultimately a story about a kingdom in fragments, not about relationships. I'd recommend it to everyone with only a few reservations. The art style is... rough; I find it annoying to read. Being shojo, it also doesn't have any real action: the battles have fighting, but it is really just conflict. Lastly, there is a central romantic relationship and it may annoy some readers to no end.
Other than that, though, I have little bad to say about it. It has been fairly consistent in character, so you'll know if you like it after a few volumes.
Mmm, It definitely sounds interesting.. One question though, how is the content? (gore, sex, nudity, etc)
Oh, and I'm currently reading Nausicaa Vol 2.
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Keep in mind that Basara, being shojo, is written for a female audience. The author is really not trying to present the female body in a gratuitous way. I say this mainly because there are a fair number of scenes involving obscured or partial nudity but I don't think it would be an issue, in the majority of cases. Eventually the plot reaches a few points that involve sex, but if you've ever read sex in a shojo... it's not a stumbling block unless it produces anger due to fluffiness. Occasionally there are spatters of blood, but the art is too vague for anything approaching gore.
As for my own reading, I haven't posted in a while because while I am reading a fair amount of manga it is all in series I've listed here and on a single chapter basis.
As for my own reading, I haven't posted in a while because while I am reading a fair amount of manga it is all in series I've listed here and on a single chapter basis.
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It's mildly ironic that I posted that, but in any case my volumes came sooner than expected...
Tomo Volume 1
Kingdoms Volume 1
This is the Zondervan "manga" so I figured I'd list it here. It isn't bad, even if not given any allowance for being written for a younger audience. I will eventually post a full review later.
Tomo Volume 1
Kingdoms Volume 1
This is the Zondervan "manga" so I figured I'd list it here. It isn't bad, even if not given any allowance for being written for a younger audience. I will eventually post a full review later.
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Just received 'In the Starlight' volume 2 (classic Manhwa just now being translated).
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Largo: "Well Ed, good to see ya. Guess I gotta beat the crap out of you now."
Jamie Hyneman: "It's just another lovely day at the bomb range. Birds are singing, rabbits are hopping about, and soon there's going to be a big explosion."
May He cause His face to shine upon you.
May He lift up His countenance and grant you peace.
Maokun: Ninjas or Pirates? (Vikings are not a valid answer, sorry)
EricTheFred: Vikings are always a valid answer.
Feel free to visit My Writing.com Portfolio
Largo: "Well Ed, good to see ya. Guess I gotta beat the crap out of you now."
Jamie Hyneman: "It's just another lovely day at the bomb range. Birds are singing, rabbits are hopping about, and soon there's going to be a big explosion."
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Completed Cowa, and I'm going through Death Note. Yesterday I nabbed Volumes 3-9 at Half Price Books for $4 each! What a good deal!
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SoulTaker (soon to start)
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