Manga recs

[rachelmanija]

So, I recall that Comic Con frequently has dealers selling manga at reduced rates like 25% off. I see an opportunity to reduce the enormous amount I spend on manga. Other than Rurouni Kenshin, Blade of the Immortal, and Hikaru no Go, what series should I buy up that I don't already have? I have only read Her Majesty's Dog from Go!Comi, but I LOVED it and am interested in checking out their other series.

Off the top of my head, I already have all or most of what's been released of Fruits Basket, Naruto, X/1999. X-Day, Wish, Planetes, Saiyuki, Saiyuki Reload, Death Note, Planet Ladder, Demon Diary, Gravitation, Fullmetal Alchemist, Bleach, Chobits, Clover, Alice 19th, Fushigi Yuugi: Genbu Kaiden, Mars, Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles, Paradise Kiss, Nana, His Majesty's Dog, Legal Drug, Dragon Head, DramaCon, Scott Pilgrim, Eternal Sabbath, and Absolute Boyfriend.

I have some of, but have not yet started reading or have only gotten a little way into Crimson Hero, Angel Sanctuary, Hana-Kimi, Beck, Tramps Like Us, Please Save My Earth, Monster, Ceres: Celestial Legend, and Hot Gimmick (I blame Mely for the last.)

I burned out on Fushigi Yuugi and Trigun.

The underage-looking kiddies in Shinobu Kokoro freaked me out, though I liked the snow spirit story.

Based on this, what should I stock up on?

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Still recommending Kodomo no Omocha. Best mom figure ever. (The relationship between the heroine and her manager creeped me out a bit at first, but eventually got resolved in a way I really liked.)

Two other shojo titles that might at least amuse:

Cipher kickstarted with an implausible plot device, but was still intriguing. Aggressively genki heroine makes friends with the hot guy at her school who's a well-known child actor, and discovers he's actually twin brothers who have been taking turns leading one life. Two volumes out so far.

And I read the first volume of Ashiteruze Baby and was pwned by the cuteness. Self-centered teenage boy suddenly has to take care of toddler girl.

[marith.livejournal.com]

Bah, that was me. *kicks browser*

[homasse.livejournal.com]

Yes to both! I saw the anime of both Kodomo no Omocha and Ashiteruze Baby, and OMG addictive like crack.