Comments on: More Manga Drops

By: Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:30:21 +0000

Yes, it's called Honey Hunt. I have mixed feelings about it.

By: MP

MP — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:01:58 +0000

I completly agree about Hot Gimmick. After what? 12 volumes nothing changed for any of the characters. I think she has another one out too…

By: Death Note & Favorite Manga of 2007 » Comics Worth Reading

Death Note & Favorite Manga of 2007 » Comics Worth Reading — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:13:57 +0000

[...] only one has to pay more attention to descriptions and reviews. I became more selective, and I gave up on several long-running series because their volume count exceeded my [...]

By: Checking in on Dropped Manga » Comics Worth Reading

Checking in on Dropped Manga » Comics Worth Reading — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:20:54 +0000

[...] summer, we were talking about manga series we’ve dropped before they concluded. Thanks to publisher generosity, I’ve had another chance to sample several of these titles. [...]

By: MangaBlog » Blog Archive » AX news, international manga award, and more

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:51:41 +0000

[...] is talking about the manga they’re not reading. David Welsh posts his list, Johanna adds to hers, Myk posts a longish comment at TZG 2.0, Alex Scott counts em down at Keromaru, and Estara only gets [...]

By: mark thorpe

mark thorpe — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:10:29 +0000

Rurouni Kenshin ended with volume 17 with the death of Shishio. In my opinion anyway. That was the end; take away that ridiculous ending where Shishio and his pals are walking on hills of human bones in hell, and you have Kenshin pretty much setteled in a life with Kaoru and Yahiko. I tried reading the rest of the series, but it became too silly; fighting a giant who looks like Apocolypse from the X-men. The books I’m giving up on are Oldboy ( I’ve seen the movie; know the surprise ending ), BLAME! ( started good; great art; great action; too cluttered with leathery bad guys whom you can’t tell apart), and To Terra. I know people in the Blog world love this book but, for me, the story flops and the dialog is some of the worst I’ve read. Great art, but I never read a GN for pretty pictures alone.

By: Reeve

Reeve — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:50:44 +0000

I tried the first two volumes of Kare Kano, having seen (and loved) the anime, but I acutally preferred the anime– and it’s usually the other way around for me! The same thing happened with GTO. Granted, both anime shows incorporate a lot of manga-style elements (on-screen text, panels, etc.); don’t know if that had anything to do with it.

Sorry to hear that about Cheeky Angel; that’s one of the series I’ve been considering picking up at some point.

By: James Schee

James Schee — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 05:02:45 +0000

Hmm something this reminds me of is that at time I’ve had to drop manga series because I can’t fine new volumes.

I liked what I read of Cheeky Angel, but have never seen a new volume after #8.

I LOVED Kindaichi Case Files, but again couldn’t find new volumes. Heck on it, when I went to order online I learned that some of the volumes I wanted were out of print.

I guess with so many series out there though, that unless you are a big name series you get ignored by some book chain stores in favor of new series I gues.