From: ryoko@gehennom.rmv.this.part.net   
      
   Aje RavenStar  wa:   
   >"Aya the Vampire Slayer"  wrote:   
      
   >Somebody probably would, so yes, best to stick with the newsgroup for this   
   >sort of thing.  Plus, there will be those who like manga and don't bother   
   >with anime, so your audience will be both more appreciative and likely to   
   >exchange ideas.   
      
   *nods*   
      
   -+-   
      
   I think I may've forgotten to mention this in my original post, but --   
      
   My intention is only to do reviews on licensed manga in the R1 market   
   (there seem to be plenty of people out there who comment on scanlated   
   manga/non-licensed manga). But, I guess I forgot to mention the reasons   
   I was thinking about doing this. ^_^;;;   
      
   I feel the R1 market for manga is currently oversaturated and that it's   
   become very hard to decide what to buy and what to pass on when you have   
   a limited amount of funds.   
      
   I recently went to Waldenbooks and basically had to throw down about 200   
   usd to catch up on *most* of the series I was behind on after the xmas   
   holiday (note it was buy 3 get 1 free, plus an additional 10% off the   
   whole order, plus two 25% off one item coupons -- I really wanted to   
   take advantage of that sale ^_^;;;;). And if that number makes my eyes   
   glaze over when I'm standing at the register, I can't imagine what it   
   must be like for people who don't have as much disposable income as I   
   do -- gotta be more picky about what you do buy.   
      
   But how do you know what's worthwhile and what sucks? I guess I'm just   
   trying to help with that question.   
      
      
      
   >> Any ideas what I can do to make it more useful? A series rating perhaps?   
      
   >I liked your review myself.  One of the best parts was that you gave us at   
   >least one more series by this same writer.   
      
   Unfortunately, Takada Rie only has one other manga series released in   
   R1, which is _Wild Act_. I was also planning to mention other manga in   
   the same general genre/style, but nothing came immediately to mind at   
   the time I wrote this one up. There seem to be a lot more [shoujo]   
   romantic dramas licensed in R1 than [shoujo] romantic comedies. I   
   really should pour through my mangalist and see if I can't come up with   
   another similar [shoujo] romantic comedy by a different author.   
      
      
      
   >Could have used a few more such  references, along with a brief review   
   >on same from your (essential! or so-so, but with promise or themes   
   >developed better later, etc), but that's nitpicking.   
      
   Are you saying to compare it to the other series listed in the   
   "similar/related series" section, or am I misreading your statement?   
   ^_^;;   
      
      
      
   >Alas, I've already cleared the original post, so I can't remember if   
   >you told us whether this was a book form, or currently running in a   
   >magazine, and if so which one.   
      
   It's 5 volumes of manga/graphic novel in R1.   
      
      
      
   >If book form, you might mention which if any magazine it originally   
   >ran in if known, to give another way to find it for those of us who   
   >look in used book places.   
      
   You mean which Japanese magazine it ran in? Do you think that would be   
   useful for English/R1 manga reviews?   
      
      
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