Current manga backlog and growling at LJ
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meganbmooreLJ seems to be going through one of it's phases where it doesn't send out email notifications to comments and replies. Been checking recent posts and friend's posts I remember leaving a comment at and I THINK I got everything, but if I didn't, I'm not ignoring you, I promise.
Anyway, the manga backlog is building up again, and I think I have almost as much that either came out last week that I don't have yet *glares at Borders and wills the manga to be in this week's shipment* or is coming out(about to look as I go).
So, hoping to motivate myself, in no real order except how I gathered the scattered books up asndthe order they ended up in the pile in....
Hrm...this also reminds me that I need to do a general reading update soon. *emails list to self in case she wants to do it there*
Anyway, the manga backlog is building up again, and I think I have almost as much that either came out last week that I don't have yet *glares at Borders and wills the manga to be in this week's shipment* or is coming out(about to look as I go).
So, hoping to motivate myself, in no real order except how I gathered the scattered books up asndthe order they ended up in the pile in....
Tail of the Moon Vol 3-4-Cute clutzy female heir to a ninja clan is sent to another clan to be trained by her unwilling fiance, heir to said other clan, who's still getting over the girl who chose his cousin over him. They start bonding when not only does said girl come to him for sanctuary, but the boy the heroine used to be engaged to shows up and tries to win her back. Cute and fun, and I suspect I'll be VERY involved with it later on, but I'm not incredibly attached yet.
Hikaru no Go Vol 9-Honestly, I love this one, but it's so long between releases that I just forgot I had it. Part Guide to Go, part samurai revenge ghost story, only told through a junior high kid who finds the Go board of a Heian Go master and gets stuck with his ghost.
Bleach Vol 18-Went mad for the scanslations when I first discovered and caught up with it. Normally it'd be very high priority, but as I already read the scanslations, reading the print version makes it a lower priority. Part modern monster fighters/ part society of medieval monsterfighting samurai...in the modern world.
Buso Renkin Vol 5-Want to fall in love with it because it's by the same mangaka as Rurouni Kenshin, but I can never shake the feeling that it came about by Watsuki being told to make something like Bleach, without making it Bleach. Enjoying it enough, though.
Naruto Vol 13-See Bleach Vol 18 for why it's not read. Young ninja's in training. The main character is as annoying as they come, really(though, MUCH later in the manga, he gets a lot better) but Kakashi and Shikamaru, underused as they often are, are among the cooler manga characters outthere.
Get Backers Vol 1-Got it a little after watching and loving the anime. Basically, awesome cast of bounty hunters, odd jobbers and deliverers with superpowers. Downside(for the manga) is that, while I'm generally very tolerant of art(story>>>art for me) unless it's "stab your eyes out"bad(but one day, I shall persevere and read Hana Yori Dango...I promise) or one of 2 kinds: manic kids art, and sweaty/pouty/overly liney art-like Get Backers. But maybe I'll like it better once I'm reading it, as that does happen.
La Corda d'Oro Vol 1-Got it on a whim because the backlog had about 2 books in it, but a bunch of stuff came out before I got to it. about a normal girl who gets a magic violin that lets her enter a prestigious competition where the other contestants are 5 bishies. Looks fun, heard nice things about it.
Saiyuki Reload Vol 7-Just got it a couple days ago, it's up next as long as Basara, Night of the Beasts or Samurai Deeper Kyo isn't waiting when I check at Waldenbooks before work. The neverending adventures of the psychotically in-your-face-quasi-modern retelling of Journey to the West.
Then I'm currently on book three of the Basara reread, with Blade of the Immortal, Samurai Deeper Kyo, W Juliet, Wallflower and Fruits Basket after that, though not necessarily in that order.
Stuff that just came out that I don't have yet:
Night of the Beasts Vol 3
Black Cat Vol 8
D.Gray Man Vol 5
Death Note Vol 11
Naruto Vol 14
Skip-Beast Vol 6
Vagabond Vol 25
Vampire Knight Vol 2
Stuff I know is due out within the next few weeks, but there's probably more:
Mushishi Vol 2
Basara Vol 23
Samurai Deeper KYo Vol 22
Full Metal Alchemist Vol 13
ES: Eternal Sabbath Vol 5
(not including several Vol 1s that I'll look through if I think about it and decide then)
Hikaru no Go Vol 9-Honestly, I love this one, but it's so long between releases that I just forgot I had it. Part Guide to Go, part samurai revenge ghost story, only told through a junior high kid who finds the Go board of a Heian Go master and gets stuck with his ghost.
Bleach Vol 18-Went mad for the scanslations when I first discovered and caught up with it. Normally it'd be very high priority, but as I already read the scanslations, reading the print version makes it a lower priority. Part modern monster fighters/ part society of medieval monsterfighting samurai...in the modern world.
Buso Renkin Vol 5-Want to fall in love with it because it's by the same mangaka as Rurouni Kenshin, but I can never shake the feeling that it came about by Watsuki being told to make something like Bleach, without making it Bleach. Enjoying it enough, though.
Naruto Vol 13-See Bleach Vol 18 for why it's not read. Young ninja's in training. The main character is as annoying as they come, really(though, MUCH later in the manga, he gets a lot better) but Kakashi and Shikamaru, underused as they often are, are among the cooler manga characters outthere.
Get Backers Vol 1-Got it a little after watching and loving the anime. Basically, awesome cast of bounty hunters, odd jobbers and deliverers with superpowers. Downside(for the manga) is that, while I'm generally very tolerant of art(story>>>art for me) unless it's "stab your eyes out"bad(but one day, I shall persevere and read Hana Yori Dango...I promise) or one of 2 kinds: manic kids art, and sweaty/pouty/overly liney art-like Get Backers. But maybe I'll like it better once I'm reading it, as that does happen.
La Corda d'Oro Vol 1-Got it on a whim because the backlog had about 2 books in it, but a bunch of stuff came out before I got to it. about a normal girl who gets a magic violin that lets her enter a prestigious competition where the other contestants are 5 bishies. Looks fun, heard nice things about it.
Saiyuki Reload Vol 7-Just got it a couple days ago, it's up next as long as Basara, Night of the Beasts or Samurai Deeper Kyo isn't waiting when I check at Waldenbooks before work. The neverending adventures of the psychotically in-your-face-quasi-modern retelling of Journey to the West.
Then I'm currently on book three of the Basara reread, with Blade of the Immortal, Samurai Deeper Kyo, W Juliet, Wallflower and Fruits Basket after that, though not necessarily in that order.
Stuff that just came out that I don't have yet:
Night of the Beasts Vol 3
Black Cat Vol 8
D.Gray Man Vol 5
Death Note Vol 11
Naruto Vol 14
Skip-Beast Vol 6
Vagabond Vol 25
Vampire Knight Vol 2
Stuff I know is due out within the next few weeks, but there's probably more:
Mushishi Vol 2
Basara Vol 23
Samurai Deeper KYo Vol 22
Full Metal Alchemist Vol 13
ES: Eternal Sabbath Vol 5
(not including several Vol 1s that I'll look through if I think about it and decide then)
Hrm...this also reminds me that I need to do a general reading update soon. *emails list to self in case she wants to do it there*