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Found this fun manga meme at a review blog I like to read, so I'd thought I'd bring it over here.

1. What was your first manga? Sailor Moon

2. What is your most expensive manga? Assuming that we're talking about individual books and not boxsets, then probably the Azumanga Daioh omnibus (from Yen Press). The retail price was $24.99 according to the cover, although I know I didn't pay that much. Still, I imagine I still paid around the $15-20 range for it.

3. What was your least expensive manga? The manga I got for free as gifts, obviously! But sticking to manga I paid for myself... Well, I actually bought the two volumes of The Flower of the Deep Sleep off the Amazon Marketplace for only a cent each, but I still had to pay shipping on them, so they ended up being $4 each. Still a pretty good deal, though not amazing. Hmm, I vaguely recall paying a dollar (or maybe $2?) for a manga on clearance at Half-Price Books, but I'm not sure which one it was... Call Me Princess, maybe? Yeah, I think that was the one. It's something I probably would have never picked up unless it was that cheap. (Just checked the price tag that's still on it -- $2.49, but I still don't think I paid that much for it.)

4. What is the most boring manga you own? Miyuki-chan in Wonderland -- pure fanservice, and not even that sexy. Still, it was CLAMP, so...

5. What is your favorite manga series? Fruits Basket! Although if NANA was ever completed, it might knock FB from the top spot.

6. What is the most relatable manga series you own? Kimi ni Todoke, definitely. I identify with Sawako like "woah"!

7. What is one manga you own that is based off an anime? As in the anime came first? Umm... I don't think I have any. I guess the closest would be Story of Saiunkoku, since the anime and manga were both based off the original light novels. (And I'm pretty sure the anime came before the manga.)

8. What is your rarest manga? Well, I don't know about rare in the general sense, but one of the most difficult volumes for me to find was Name of the Flower, Vol. 1, since I had the misfortune to order it right before CMX went out of business. I searched for around eight months for a decently priced used copy. And I still don't own print copies of Red River Vols. 15-17, but I have digital copies, which is good enough. (If I found those print copies for really cheap, I'd probably pick them up, but I'm not going out of my way to search for them.)

9. What is the most reprinted manga you own? I have no idea, really. I guess if you interpret the question to mean which had the most editions, then Sailor Moon might count: chapters in Mixxzine/Smile, Chix Comics editions (the single-chapter floppies), the Tokyopop graphic novels, and the new Kodansha graphic novels. (And I actually own most of those.)

10. What is the most popular manga you own? I imagine it's either Fruits Basket or Death Note, depending on which demographic you're talking about.

11. What is the most damaged manga you own? No question, the Tokyopop GNs of Sailor Moon. I've got pages falling out of a few of those.

12. Which manga has the most amazing art? I'd say A Bride's Story has the most amazing art in a technical sense -- Emma from the same mangaka is really beautiful as well -- but my heart really lies with Yuu Watase's style. CLAMP is no slouch themselves, especially when Mokona's the lead artist, like in Card Captor Sakura and Magic Knight Rayearth.

13. What is the oldest published manga that you own? Well, I know that Sailor Moon was the first manga I bought, but I don't think it's the oldest published, especially if going by when it first came out in Japan. Looking at the dates at MyAnimeList and Anime News Network, it looks like the oldest would be Let's Stay Together Forever, which came out in 1989. (Have no clue about American publishing dates.)

14. What is the newest published manga you own? Looks like Vol. 3 of Yukarism. (This time, talking about what was released in the U.S.)

15. What are some of the most recent manga you have purchased? The aforementioned Yukarism Vol. 3, Meteor Prince Vols. 1 & 2, Utsabora omnibus, Skip-Beat! omnibus (with Vols. 31-33), Arata: The Legend Vols. 21 & 22... Those are the ones that I remember off the top of my head.

I tag anybody who wants to do this!

Current Mood: geeky

As promised, my first thoughts on the series I'm watching this seaon:

Karen Senki (Ep. 1 & 2) - B- - I'm not usually one to care about fight scenes, but, wow, there have been some awesome ones in this series so far! The characters are pretty fun as well, especially Karen and Jack. The episodes are only ten minutes long, but they use those ten minutes really well.

DENKI-GAI (Ep. 1 & 2) - D - I'd probably enjoy this a little more if the girls actually looked their ages. The fact that one girl in particular (Fu Girl) is supposedly sixteen but looks like an elementary student even to the other characters (so not just an artistic animation choice) makes the fact that Sommelier (who is super tall and appears to be at least in his mid-twenties) possibly has a crush on her really creepy. Ignoring that part, though, there are some cute moments, and a few of the jokes are funny, but nothing really LOL hilarious so far. If I do decide to drop anything during the season, this will probably be it, but I haven't decided yet. Might give it one more episode to win me over.

I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying (Ep. 1 & 2) - B - I seem to have a knack for finding the shorts! I didn't realize that this was based on a 4-koma series, thus the episodes were only going to be three minutes long. That disappointed me, because I do love the premise of the show (about the marriage between an otaku and his non-otaku wife) and would have liked to see the jokes (which are quite funny for the most part) incorporated into longer, more cohesive episodes, a la Azumanga Daioh. Still enjoying it, though!

Fate/stay night (Ep. 0 & 1) - A- - Going from a series with three minute episodes to one that starts with almost fifty minute long episodes... I have to thank

lunaludus for recommending this. I wasn't really sure about it going in, but I was very pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it. Even with the extended episodes, I was a bit sad for them to end, because I wanted to see more! Rin is also pretty much tied with Karen and Yona for my favorite heroines this season.

Wolf Girl and Black Wolf (Ep. 1) - B- - I liked this more than I thought I would, actually. It still gives me a little bit of a Hot Gimmick vibe, but at least so far, the male lead is nowhere near as awful as Ryoki was, and the lead heroine makes me want to laugh at her (because, really, she's the one getting herself into all these messes for no good reason), rather than pity her like I did poor Hatsumi.

Celestial Method (Ep. 1) - B - Slice-of-life with a sci-fi twist is how I'd describe this series so far, which is exactly how I tend to like my sci-fi. Looking forward to finding out more about Noel and the translucent space ship that is stationed above the town.

When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace (Ep. 1) - B+ - This series kinda gives me a Haruhi Suzumiya-type vibe, which is a good thing in my book. I'm particularly amused by the male lead, who at the beginning loves to pretend he has awesome superpowers, yet ends up with the suckiest power when the members of the Literature Club actually are given supernatural abilities in some random, unexplained event. It's really endearing how he loves his power anyway, despite everybody making fun of it. (And I suspect he'll be able to do awesome things with it later in the series.) The females characters could stand to be a little more interesting -- I honestly don't remember much about them -- but it's only the first episode. Hopefully their personalities will become stronger in later episodes.

Akatsuki no Yona (Ep. 1) - A - Love, love, love, love it! Definitely my top show at the moment. Yona is a great lead heroine, and I really like the chemistry between her and Hak. Might have been nice if the big plot twist at the end of the episode hadn't been spoiled by the summary I saw -- well, I don't really mind the revelation that somebody is killed, since that is the major catalyst of the plot; I just don't see the point in revealing who did it -- but it was still well done and probably would come as a major shock to somebody coming in completely blind.

Parasyte - the maxim - (Ep. 1) - B - I think I forgot how gory this was, based on the few chapters of the manga I read before. That, or it just seems way gorier in color. (Most likely.) Definitely some squeamish parts here and there, but I still rather enjoyed it. A good choice to watch this Halloween month!

Your Lie in April (Ep. 1) - A- - This was my preliminary favorite. I actually ended up liking Akatsuki no Yona a little more, but I still really loved this episode. The animation is absolutely gorgeous! (But what was with Kousei saying he has brown eyes when he very obviously has blue ones?) I wasn't expecting the violinist to be such a tsundere -- based on the summary, I envisioned her more as someone who was very kind and loving, spreading happiness wherever she goes (which she does has aspects of, too) -- but I'm usually a fan of tsunderes, so that's just fine with me. It was just a little unexpected.

Current Mood: groggy

10. A manga/anime that makes you fluffy and happy when you read/watch it

All the way through? I can think of plenty of series that have a lot of happy, fluffy episodes (Card Captor Sakura, Sailor Moon, Ouran High School Host Club, Ultramaniac, and A Little Snow Fairy Sugar immediately come to mind), but they have their more drama-filled episodes as well. Hmm, maybe Aria? It's been a while since I watched it, though, so I can't really remember. Either that, or Azumanga Daioh. Those two are probably the closest to being pure fluffy happiness.

Current Mood: blah

Right Stuf is having their annual 12 Days of Anime sale, but there's not really much I want on the sale list. I mean, all four boxsets of NANA are on sale for about $24 each, and I'm kinda tempted to get them, but that's still about a hundred dollars for one 47 episode series. It would probably be cheaper to wait for them to come out with a complete series boxset instead.

I'm actually really tempted to blind buy The Slayers Super Bundle they're offering -- all five seasons for only $80. That's roughly about a hundred episodes! Talk about a great deal, and I've been wanting to see it forever. (It's forever in the "Save" queue at Netflix, so I haven't been able to rent it.) Still, eighty bucks is a lot to pay for a blind buy...

There's also good deals on the Azumanga Daioh boxset ($25) and the El Cazador de la Bruja bundle ($30)... Huh, I guess there were more series I wanted on sale than I thought. (Not even going to mention all the series I want that happen to be a part of the separate weekly sale.)

Gah, I can't decide!

Current Mood: confused

TITLE: Azumanga Daioh
AUTHOR/MANGAKA: Kiyohiko Azuma
PUBLISHER: ADV Manga and Yen Press
RATING: Teen (13+)
CATEGORY: Shonen
NUMBER OF VOLUMES: 4
SCORE: 9 (Great)
RECOMMENDED FOR FANS OF: Kiyohiko Azuma (mangaka of Yotsuba&!), 4-koma manga, Azumanga Daioh anime, Lucky Star, comedy, slice of life

Link to "Azumanga Daioh" Review

Current Mood: frustrated

Here's another manga review:

TITLE: Cherry Juice
AUTHOR/MANGAKA: Haruka Fukushima
PUBLISHER: Tokyopop
RATING: Teen (13+)
CATEGORY: Shoujo
NUMBER OF VOLUMES: 4
SCORE: 5 (Okay)
RECOMMENDED FOR FANS OF: Haruka Fukushima (mangaka of Instant Teen and Orange Planet), Marmalade Boy, romance, drama, comedy

Link to "Cherry Juice" Review

In other news, I ordered some things during Right Stuf's recent sale on in stock items. Not all I got was actually in stock, but still a good haul: Azumanga Daioh omnibus, Clover omnibus, Ristorante Paradiso (one-shot), Vol. 5 of Phantom Dream (last colume), Vol. 15 of xxxHolic, Vol. 25 of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, Familiar of Zero boxset, Kanon boxset, and, of course, another keychain for my collection: Simon from Gurren Lagann.

Current Mood: grumpy

I broke the promise I made to myself not to start collecting any new manga series until I finished three (well, now two) of the series I'm currently collecting. >.< Mom's boss gave her a small bonus this week, so when we went to the bookstore today, she told me I could buy $30 worth of manga. I actually wanted the omnibus edition of Azumanga Daioh, since I could get all four volumes at once and (technically) not break the promise, but, unfortunately, they didn't have any in stock, so I ended up getting the official Fruits Basket fanbook (which is so much better than the unofficial character guide I got for Christmas) and the first two Full Moon volumes instead.

Oh, well. At least Full Moon is only seven volumes long. That's not too bad, I guess.

On the writing front, I'm almost finished with my first Princess Tutu fic, Search for the Missing Past. (Yeah, I know the last time I talked about my writing, I was working on Only Human, but I'm afraid my inspiration fizzled out once again on that one. *sigh*) I actually really wanted to finish it this week, but Dad took his vacation this week, and it's always more difficult for me to write when other people are around. It's turning out quite a bit longer than I originally thought it would be. *laughs* When I first got the idea, I thought it would be a 5,000 to 7,000 word one-shot, but it's already over twice as long! I may even post it as a multi-part, but I haven't made a definite decision yet. Anyway, I'm working on the last (or maybe second-to-last) scene, so I am pretty sure I will finish it next week. *crosses fingers* I can't wait to finally finish something of substance after so many months!

Current Mood: naughty

Well, Right Stuf is having another one of their 10 for $50, 25 for $100 sales again, this time on ADV titles. Of course, there's a lot of stuff I wish I had waited on -- I would have loved to have the Kaleido Star individual discs, for example, and I could have gotten my Diamond Daydreams discs for even cheaper than I paid -- and then there's the titles on my "maybe" list that I've always said I might pick up if I found a good deal on them.

Well, hello, good deal!

Except, I can't decide if I really, really want them. I mean, I like Nanaka 6/17 and Noir well enough and certainly wouldn't mind having them, but I have been, admittedly, a little loose with my cash as of late. *laughs* Penny-Pincher!Yume is saying, "Yume, save your money! There are other things you want more than those two series! You haven't even finished watching the new series you've got! You don't need anymore at the moment!" while Bargain Hunter!Yume pipes in with "But it's ten discs for $50! I'm not going to find them any cheaper than that! Pretty please, Yume, can I get them? Please?!"

*cue Real!Yume going crazy from the voices in her head*

It doesn't help that if I want the complete Noir series, I'm going to have to order as soon as possible since a couple of volumes are already in the single digits, and the sale is only on in-stock items.

I may just leave it to fate. Something like, if all the Noir volumes are still in stock this weekend when I can get to Wal-mart and buy another Visa gift card, then I'll get it. But even if they aren't, there's always Azumanga Daioh to take Noir's place...

Gah!

EDIT: Well, it looks like the decision's been made for me before I even had a chance. Two Noir discs are sold out, another one is getting close, and all the Azumanga Daioh discs are gone, so there goes my back-up plan. *sigh* That totally sucks because now that I know they're gone, I really want them!

Maybe they'll get a new shipment before the sale is over?

Please, Right Stuf?

( LJ Meme from MM and December )

Current Mood: confused

Well, it's been a while since I really talked about anything fanfic related in here, so here's what has been going on.

I finished my first Kaleido Star short called Birth of a Dream a couple of weeks ago, although I just got around to posting it today. It's posted up at FF.net and ASMR at the moment and will be up at .moon at the next update. I'm mostly happy with it, but the ending isn't that great. Then again, when am I ever happy with endings?

I also finally made the choice between my two crossover ideas. I ended up choosing the Kaleido Star fic, which I'm calling Fire and Ice at the moment, but I'll probably be changing it to a less cliche title later. I think I probably need to give Witch Hunter Robin at least one more viewing before I would really feel comfortable writing my SM/WHR crossover. The KS fic seems to be going well at the moment, though. I think I'm finished with the first chapter. Don't know when I'll start posting it, though. That reminds me, I know there aren't a lot of people out there who have watched Kaleido Star yet -- which I highly recommend -- but if anybody happens to be interested in editing the story, feel free to drop a line. As long as you don't mind spoilers, you don't really need to be that familiar with canon since it takes place many years after the series ends and focuses on a pseudo-OC. (Yume appears in canon, but only as a baby.)

Other than that, I've actually been tossing around an idea for an Angelic Layer fic. I don't know if anything will come of it, but we'll see.

Lessee, what else has been going on? Oh, I finished watching the Azumanga Daioh anime yesterday. Very funny show. And...well, that's pretty much it, I guess.

I live a very boring life.

Current Mood: okay

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