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meganbmoore2 books bought purely based on who they're by, and neither with a 'ship in sight...
"Genju no Seiza" I may have picked up if I saw it on the shelf(but, as I had to special order it as Waldenbooks has been terrible about Tokyopop books lately...) but I got it because it's by the same person as "Petshop of Horrors," which was quite fun. Genju has a much stronger start than Petshop, but most of its strength comes from have ironed out a lot of the themes and quirks in Petshop, such as the animals looking like odd humans and speaking to certain people, and looking like normal animals to others. The crux of the story is a boy who's the 40-something-th reincarnation of a king who was lost because his family travels around a lot, and other forces in the kingdom have set an imposter on the throne. Theoretically, he'll eventually go and boot out the imposter, but right now he's in "no no I don't wanna go" mode and using reincarnation gifted psychic powers to settle restless spirits and such.
"Zombie Powder" I never would have touched(it has "Zombie" in the title...) but it's by Tite Kubo, who also does "Bleach." Now, Tite Kubo an his editor need to seriously sit down and talk about his titles...25 volumes in, I still haven't figured out what the title "Bleach" has to do with the book itself. "Zombie Powder" makes slightly more sense, as it involves people searching for rings that can supposedly resurrect the dead(only, you know, as people, not zombies...) and/or make you immortal..."Rings of the Dead" or something would have made more sense, though...Anyway, the book was quite, quite fun...it's one of those scifi/western/samuraiseries that keep cropping up. Tite Kubo is clearly a huge fan of samurais(which becomes very obvious in the second stage of Bleach) and will hopefully do a samurai series one of these days(though I can't see Bleach ending for at least another 5-0 books, which is a year or two...) Like most of it's ilk, ZP is largely fights and humor, but quite entertaining. It's only 4 volumes long, though. I hope it's a case of it ending, as opposed to cancellation.
"Genju no Seiza" I may have picked up if I saw it on the shelf(but, as I had to special order it as Waldenbooks has been terrible about Tokyopop books lately...) but I got it because it's by the same person as "Petshop of Horrors," which was quite fun. Genju has a much stronger start than Petshop, but most of its strength comes from have ironed out a lot of the themes and quirks in Petshop, such as the animals looking like odd humans and speaking to certain people, and looking like normal animals to others. The crux of the story is a boy who's the 40-something-th reincarnation of a king who was lost because his family travels around a lot, and other forces in the kingdom have set an imposter on the throne. Theoretically, he'll eventually go and boot out the imposter, but right now he's in "no no I don't wanna go" mode and using reincarnation gifted psychic powers to settle restless spirits and such.
"Zombie Powder" I never would have touched(it has "Zombie" in the title...) but it's by Tite Kubo, who also does "Bleach." Now, Tite Kubo an his editor need to seriously sit down and talk about his titles...25 volumes in, I still haven't figured out what the title "Bleach" has to do with the book itself. "Zombie Powder" makes slightly more sense, as it involves people searching for rings that can supposedly resurrect the dead(only, you know, as people, not zombies...) and/or make you immortal..."Rings of the Dead" or something would have made more sense, though...Anyway, the book was quite, quite fun...it's one of those scifi/western/samuraiseries that keep cropping up. Tite Kubo is clearly a huge fan of samurais(which becomes very obvious in the second stage of Bleach) and will hopefully do a samurai series one of these days(though I can't see Bleach ending for at least another 5-0 books, which is a year or two...) Like most of it's ilk, ZP is largely fights and humor, but quite entertaining. It's only 4 volumes long, though. I hope it's a case of it ending, as opposed to cancellation.