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25. The best manga oneshot/anime movie

If by one-shot, the question refers to a short story, then my favorite would probably be "Casablanca Memories", a Sailor Moon side story focusing on Rei, which explores the reason why she distrusts men. If it means a one-volume manga, though, then I would have to say Angel's Coffin by You Higuri is the best I've read. It's so wonderfully tragic!

Anime movie? My favorite is Sailor Moon R, with End of Evangelion and Kiki's Delivery Service really close behind.

26. The last manga you read/anime you watched

Manga - I've just started yet another reread of Fruits Basket -- seriously, never get tired of it! -- but the last two series I completed were Doubt!! and Othello.

Anime - Currently in the middle of watching Magical Shopping Arcade Abenoboshi, but I also watched The Secret World of Arriety last week. I recently rented Princess Resurrection and Licensed by Royalty from Netflix as well.
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(I would say there are spoilers, but considering this story is a supernatural retelling of a real life historical event and the story itself spoils the ending on the third page, there's not much for me to spoil...)

TITLE: Angel's Coffin
AUTHOR/MANGAKA: You Higuri
PUBLISHER: Go!Comi
RATING: Older Teen (16+)
CATEGORY: Shoujo
NUMBER OF VOLUMES: 1
SCORE: 9 (Great)
RECOMMENDED FOR FANS OF: Le Chevalier d'Eon, Emma, You Higuri (mangaka of Ludwig II, Crown, Cantarella, and Gorgeous Carat, among others). historical fiction, tragic romance, supernatural

 

"Angel's Coffin" Review )

  


 


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Hate that my local Waldenbooks is closing, but loving the sales they've been having. Manga was 60% off, so of course I took advantage. ^_^

I bought:

Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden Vol. 9 (The right volume this time!) 
Tsubasa: Those With Wings Vol. 3 (The last volume, so expect a review fairly soon)
xxxHolic Guide
Angel's Coffin
(One-shot, so I'll be reviewing that as well)
Butterflies, Flowers Vol. 1 (Josei, so I had to get it.)
High School Debut Vols. 1, 3, 4, 12

Yeah, I really wish they had more volumes of High School Debut in stock. :( They didn't really have much of a selection left, unfortunately, or else I would have bought a lot more. Actually, I'm kinda kicking myself for not picking up the four volumes of Skip-Beat they had left. With Butterflies, Flowers and High School Debut both being new series for me and a new Yuu Watase series (Arata: The Legend, surprisingly a shonen title) coming out in either March or April -- can't remember off the top of my head -- I figured that was enough for new series, but I am planning to read Skip-Beat at one point, so I should have just grabbed those volumes for super-cheap while I had the chance. Oh, well. They were later volumes, anyway, so I probably would have been totally lost trying to read them now.

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