Gravitation changes art style around book 6, and looks insanely more modern and “moe” – I always say, “Oh, Shuichi [main character], you get younger every time I see you.” It really is worth reading up until the end, though, since I didn’t like it until I saw how committed to his dreams of superstardom the main is. When asked to choose singing or his relationship by is lover, he chooses singing – other stuff happens, of course, to help the couple out in that case, but Shuichi’s determination made me like the manga several times more!

But, digressed, Tokyopop has the gall to raise its prices and lower their quality in light of all the headlines they’ve been making? They’re surely not doing themselves any public favor! One day they’ll learn, hopefully.

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Speaking of which, it looks like a whole bunch of Viz’s $7.99 titles have been increased to $9.99 (Claymore 15, Muyho 13, Eyeshield 28, Naruto and Reborn too?)

There are very few TP titles that I’ll be buying in the future, especially since they’ve let some series languish (see: Suppli) or outright not printing (see: Gyakushu, an OEL title). This seems like just another reinforcement of my purchase decisions.

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