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

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Qwan! Qwan! Qwan! Qwan! Qwan!

Hellsing's pretty good. W Juliet is a crossdressing shoujo series with a non-fluffy heroine.

You may or may not like Hunter x Hunter - it's pretty standard Shounen Jump fare, but I like the characters. Vagabond is a manga retelling of a novel about Musashi. And I can't actually beleive that you don't already have Antique Bakery, so I shall condescendingly assume you have merely left it off your list above.

In the OEL, er, sorry, OGM now, category, My Cat Loki was very charming. I've got Fool's Gold but am only partially through.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Whoops, Qwan should have been in "have some, haven't read much yet."

I didn't like Vagabond, and no, shockingly, I do not have Antique Bakery!

Shounen Jump is such a mixed bag-- some series I adore, and some leave me completely cold. Maybe I'll try a few volumes of Hunter x Hunter from the library, as I've seen it there.

What's Fool's Gold?

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Fool's Gold is tentopet's manga, just out this month. It's set in a highschool and the main character is a quirky clothing designer who sees that all her friends date jerks and starts a secret club to identify and shun said jerks, and gets in over her head. I'm only about halfway through right now.