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musouka posted:
7 Seeds is what I came to recommend. When I read Basara I had a hard time getting used to the art but once I did, I could put Basara as one of my favorites. 7 Seeds is even better - the author is creating and exploring a terrific post-apocalypse world and characters. I cried like a baby near the end of volume 4, but then I did stay up all night to read it... This is a series that can be rather adult and non-romantic but still is shoujo/josei. Bride of the Water God is another favorite of mine and is a manhwa. Very romantic and the most beautiful artwork. I think it has my favorite artwork. Lots of gods, goddesses, betrayal, intrigue, etc. Edit: A high school story that's in the vein of others mentioned is Dengeki Daisy. From Manga Updates: After orphan Teru Kurebayashi loses her beloved older brother, she finds solace in the messages she exchanges with Daisy, an enigmatic figure who can only be reached through the cell phone her brother left her. Meanwhile, mysterious Tasuku Kurosaki always seems to be around whenever Teru needs help… Could Daisy be a lot closer than Teru thinks? So the storyline is a little original but lends itself to melodramatic-ness and writing that makes me roll my eyes sometimes. I do like the art. There was a bunch of internet hub-bub about the gender of the mangaka, as the art and story were slightly masculine (?) and she drew herself with a mustache at one point but she was seen in real life recently and proven female. Another manga I enjoyed but don't hear much of is Gokusen which is a josei story about a yakuza teacher at a delinquent high school. I've read criticisms about the artwork but I never had a problem. Tesla Insanely Coil fucked around with this message at 06:16 on Jan 4, 2011 |
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Well I'm bored so I'm going to comment on some shoujo. I go to mangaupdates.com for suggestions to read. I search for romance shoujo and these are some of the higher rated manga that I've read for better or worse and that haven't been mentioned yet: Savage Garden is a manhwa. The manhwaga is slowly working through all the different cliches with her stories. She's done twins obsessed/in love with each, teacher and student seduction, and this is the girl-disguised-as-boy in a boy's dorm. For some reason it's really popular. It takes place in 19th century Britain. I like her artwork. The story is almost done. Cat Street is an older one that is pretty enjoyable about a bunch of social outcasts. Love So Life is very adorable and very shoujo. Not much has been translated and it's a bit light on having an actual story. It has two cute toddlers and is about their high school babysitter. Kanata Kara starts like Fushigi Yuugi - a modern girl falls into a different world and has to deal with the people. But it's better in my opinion. I wasn't able to get half way through FY but I finished this. Kamisama Hajimemashita is about a high school girl who becomes the god of a small shrine. Her love interest is the shrine's familiar. It's been getting a little boring but overall it's cute. Strobe Edge - ugh I have no idea why this is so highly rated. The girl looks like she's in preschool. The plot just dithers around and the male lead is pretty boring. But it's a good example of very typical high school shoujo romance with triangles and unrequited love and bad execution. I re-read it recently thinking I was remembering wrong but no, it is boring except for a couple cute moments. Beast Master is by the same mangaka who is doing Dengeki Daisy which I mentioned in an earlier post. It's only two volumes. It's about a guy who comes to high school after living in the wild all his life and the girl who "tames" him. It's actually pretty light on the romance. Has Tokyo Crazy Paradise been mentioned? Out of this list of manga that is highly rated on mangaupdates, this probably deserves it the most. It's set in future Japan and is about a girl fighting crime in all sorts of ways. She's pretty bad rear end:  It's by the same mangaka who is doing Skip Beat, in case anyone didn't know. So this is a taste of what the typical shoujo reader likes. While there isn't anything excellent except TCP, it does give a variety of art styles. I just realized that most of them are high school centric but they are still pretty different from each other. Yes, I've wasted countless hours on mediocre reading but manga is something I can read at work and still look like I'm busy working. 
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Jan 5, 2011 08:37
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a kitten posted:
http://www.bookcloseouts.com/ has a limited selection but they are cheap. I recently bought a handful of Goong books for $4 each. I search by publishing company, like Yen Press or Tokyopop.
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Jan 9, 2011 02:54
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New chapter of 7 Seeds - first chapter of volume 12. The Summer A team and the sailboat! I think this will be a good volume.
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Jan 11, 2011 18:15
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PRADA SLUT posted:Anything out yet along the lines of Nana or Paradise Kiss? If you liked the naive girl, mysterious guy, and fashion angle in Paradise Kiss, The One is about a girl making it in the fashion world. The story isn't as good. But that's been out for a while so you might have heard of it.
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Jan 13, 2011 09:55
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PRADA SLUT posted:I'll check it out. Is it from Ai Yazawa? Is there any anime? I completely forgot but Ai Yazawa has a prequel to Paradise Kiss! You would probably like it. http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=358 http://somemangas.com/manga/Gokinjo_Monogatari/ It's about the older sister of one of the characters in Paradise Kiss. The One is from Taiwan and I don't believe there's an anime.
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Jan 15, 2011 09:28
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New chapters of Bride of the Water God and 7 Seeds are out. In 7 Seeds, the girl in the coma woke up.
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Jan 18, 2011 16:54
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LadySage posted:Really good, but has a frustrating nonending for those of us who haven't read the manga. The manga is pretty good at not answering things. I've been reading Skip Beat off and on and I think it's been years in real life since the main girl gave the main guy a birthday gift and we don't know what it is, unless I missed something.
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Mar 23, 2011 09:24
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Strobe Edge is completely finished now, including two extras. As Kusaru said above, it isn't that great but the second extra was really cute - it left me with a warm fuzzy feeling. It's about Manabu, a side character - he grows up a little  http://www.mangafox.com/manga/strobe_edge/v10/c038/2.html
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Apr 7, 2011 04:15
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The new Kimi ne Todoke chapter is out and it's so cute I had to tell someone. I don't know where you can read it online but I downloaded it here: http://z6.invisionfree.com/Mango_Scans/index.php?showtopic=78&st=0 I can not wait until the next chapter!!
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Apr 19, 2011 18:42
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New chapter of Kimi ni Todoke http://somemanga.com/manga/Kimi_Ni_Todoke/58/ Ack, the whole chapter covers about 15 minutes. And it's definitely a shoujo chapter - lots of feelings.
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May 23, 2011 00:27
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Yes, it's nice that they aren't talking too much about their feelings and that the artist can depict what's going on without words. I think Strobe Edge is an example where the character talked about her feelings and it was awkward enough that I skipped those descriptions.
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