From: kenmlin@aol.com   
      
   "Bobbie Sellers"  wrote in message news:mmfmb8$n1$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   Hi Readers and writers,   
      
   Time for another, Which manga are you reading?   
      
      Personally I am reading:   
      Shiori Experience - Jimi na Washi no Hen na Oji-san   
      Yugawara-kun wa Ooyamada Danshi Koukou de Moteru Houhou o   
   Kangaeteita ga   
      Vagabond   
      Change H   
      Paradise Residence   
      Watashi ga Motete Dousunda   
      Oiran Girl   
      Shishunki Bitter Change   
      Mizutama Honey Boy Manga   
      Shinozaki-san Ki o Ota Shika ni! Manga   
       Blood Lad Manga   
      Kore ga Koi to Iu naraba Manga   
      Tenkamusou Edajima Hirayatsuden   
       Madoka and Mei's Secret Workshop   
        Hope!   
      
      Not saying I love all those above but I do want to see what   
   the author/artist does with the story..   
     But I do like Watashi ga Motete Dousunda. Hope   
     Mizutama Honey Boy Manga,  Shinozaki-san Ki o Ota Shika ni!.   
   Genshiken Nidaime of course(next printed volume on order) and   
   Hidamari no Ki. Next month I will be buying the final volume   
   of Showa:A (manga)History of Japan(under the reign of Hirohito)   
      
      I think that Vagabond and Tenkamusou Edajima Hirayatsuden are   
   great works beyond my criticism.  The artwork though of Vagabond   
   is wonderful.  The dynamism of the Tenkamusou Edajima Hirayatsuden   
   is incomparable.   
      
   I have to limit my reading time to no more than a chapter   
   a day of these so these will last a while.   
      
   bliss   
      
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   I really like Vagabond and have read up to volume 35.  However, I don't care   
   for all the killings for the sake of perfecting one's swordsmanship.  Also,   
   I don't like it that whenever Musashi encounters someone stronger than him,   
   they let him live (and come back) but Musashi kills pretty much everybody in   
   sight.   
      
   I am into monsters so I recently read   
      
   Hakaiju   
   Monsters of various sizes just crawl out of ground in Tokyo and start eating   
   people or destroying building.  The government appears to have anticipated   
   this but their secret weapons don't have much effect.  Surprisingly, the   
   author has been doing a lot with such flimsy premise.   
      
   Terraformars   
   Yes, it's spelled that way.  500 years ago, they sent some lichens and   
   cockroaches to Mars to jump start its ecosystem.  When humans eventually   
   arrived at Mars centuries later, the cockroaches have evolved into   
   human-size and much stronger and faster so they must infuse humans with   
   various insect powers in order to survive.  This is like everyone is   
   Spider-Man and how the insect powers are used is rather clever.   
      
   Azumi   
   I am still trying to gather the first series.  It's about a girl trained   
   from infancy to become an assassin during early years of Tokugawas   
   Shogunate.  The premise is that by eliminating key figures, they could bring   
   peace to the entire country.  The author really makes her go through some   
   serious ordeals and challenges.   
      
   I am also disappointed that the author of Berserk has started another series   
   and leaving the fate of Berserk in limbo.  This series has been dragged on   
   since 1989 and is only at volume 37 but final few haven't developed the main   
   plots much so it feels like the author has no ideas how to wrap up the   
   story.  Poor Casca has been insane for good twenty-five years now.   
      
   I also watched the animated version of Kiseiju recently.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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