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I bring a new topic 8D! the idea this time? discussing, and possibly reviewing, manga titles you've recently started reading and liked at once!

The world of manga is so wide as the oceans separating most of our home countries from Japan xD; but be it fresh new or never-read-before-old manga there's always something 'new' to try and read so bring it on!  :hug:
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The title that has just called my attention not two days ago is Gankutsuou : The count of Monte Cristo by Maeda Mahiro! I'm sure the tv version by Gonzo is well known by some of you but I really never thought I would finally come across the black and white paper version and have the pleasure to read it in English (God bless scanlations on this one really T_T) Sadly I have not much time to follow it avidly and eat all 9 chapters that have been released at once but I'll definitely keep an eye on it and hopefully follow it for a long time  :birthday:

So, have you started reading/watching something recently as well?

ETA: Please do not confuse this thread with the 'What are you reading', the goal here is to actually discuss recently started stuff you're onto  :D
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I'm like, being a total sucker for josei angst lately. I started Cappuccino the other week and am eagerly devouring it; I honestly cannot explain why, LOL. And today I picked up Cousin, which is weird but good, because I like a slightly-chubby protagonist to relate to, whut.

...Yeah, I don't know why I'm on a josei trip, but I'm enjoying those two a lot.
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I started reading Mirai Nikki some days ago (and I don't even remember how I ended up with that title, but well D8), and omg, it's an amazing series *__* very complex and psychological (is that the word?), totally not what it seems x:

... the fact that I feel kind of identified with Yuno isn't a good thing >x>
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ZOMG. You know what? I recently got obsessed with Soul Eater~ :D And the mangas are gonna be on my shop list the next time I go shopping in the city~ :birthday:
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[quote name='Marie' post='267893' date='Sep 21 2009, 07:50 PM']I'm like, being a total sucker for josei angst lately. I started Cappuccino the other week and am eagerly devouring it; I honestly cannot explain why, LOL. And today I picked up Cousin, which is weird but good, because I like a slightly-chubby protagonist to relate to, whut.

...Yeah, I don't know why I'm on a josei trip, but I'm enjoying those two a lot.[/quote]I've been on a Seinen trip for some time now (ie; Cesare), I don't really know how it happened but I guess Soryo Fuyumi + serious yet sexy guys do that >>; *totally biased*  :D

oh dear I'm just wishing I could work faster and get less distracted to finish reading chapter 4 of Gankutsuou and get more Count sexy-evilness ruling the world XD!

@Yamila the title doesn't ring a bell in my head ): what is it about?
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[quote name='Mitzrael' post='267904' date='Sep 21 2009, 11:10 PM']@Yamila the title doesn't ring a bell in my head ): what is it about?[/quote]
The story is strange XD it's about a student whose parents are always absent, has no friends, etc. He has an obsession with keeping a diary of his life in his celphone (like Twitter but only for himself XDDD). His life is going to school, then going home and living in an imaginary world he created (quite deppressing, really). He has an imaginary friend, the god of Time & Space, Deux ex Machina. He believes it's a product of his imagination, but one day he reveals himself to be a real god, and that the boy (btw, his name is Yukiteru) and puts him in a game. Now his diary predicts his future and he has to kill other people who own them. The heroine, Yuno, joins him but she's quite the psycho xDDD

That's the story in general lines. It's quite terrifying and impressive (every character has some mental issue >>), but so far I like it a lot :3 *needs to read more lol* there are side stories I think, but I haven't touched them yet xDDD ah, and it's only a manga for now, and on-going.

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[quote name='Yamila' post='267906' date='Sep 21 2009, 10:49 PM'][quote name='Mitzrael' post='267904' date='Sep 21 2009, 11:10 PM']@Yamila the title doesn't ring a bell in my head ): what is it about?[/quote]
The story is strange XD it's about a student whose parents are always absent, has no friends, etc. He has an obsession with keeping a diary of his life in his celphone (like Twitter but only for himself XDDD). His life is going to school, then going home and living in an imaginary world he created (quite deppressing, really). He has an imaginary friend, the god of Time & Space, Deux ex Machina. He believes it's a product of his imagination, but one day he reveals himself to be a real god, and that the boy (btw, his name is Yukiteru) and puts him in a game. Now his diary predicts his future and he has to kill other people who own them. The heroine, Yuno, joins him but she's quite the psycho xDDD

That's the story in general lines. It's quite terrifying and impressive (every character has some mental issue >>), but so far I like it a lot :3 *needs to read more lol* there are side stories I think, but I haven't touched them yet xDDD ah, and it's only a manga for now, and on-going.

/sucks at writing summaries
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That actually sounds really interesting! :birthday: Will definitely have to check it out, Yamila~! :D
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[quote name='Yamila' post='267906' date='Sep 21 2009, 09:49 PM'][quote name='Mitzrael' post='267904' date='Sep 21 2009, 11:10 PM']@Yamila the title doesn't ring a bell in my head ): what is it about?[/quote]
The story is strange XD it's about a student whose parents are always absent, has no friends, etc. He has an obsession with keeping a diary of his life in his celphone (like Twitter but only for himself XDDD). His life is going to school, then going home and living in an imaginary world he created (quite deppressing, really). He has an imaginary friend, the god of Time & Space, Deux ex Machina. He believes it's a product of his imagination, but one day he reveals himself to be a real god, and that the boy (btw, his name is Yukiteru) and puts him in a game. Now his diary predicts his future and he has to kill other people who own them. The heroine, Yuno, joins him but she's quite the psycho xDDD

That's the story in general lines. It's quite terrifying and impressive (every character has some mental issue >>), but so far I like it a lot :3 *needs to read more lol* there are side stories I think, but I haven't touched them yet xDDD ah, and it's only a manga for now, and on-going.

/sucks at writing summaries
[/quote] :D you don't suck at all! What's more I'm intrigued by it now so I might end up checking it soon :3 // plus it kinda sounds like Eternal Sabbath with DN and Megamisama stuff LOL; *is shot* speaking of ES you should check it up as well :hug: if you're looking for more 'paused' but nicely built plot with a hint of creepiness  :birthday:
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[quote name='Marie' post='267907' date='Sep 21 2009, 11:55 PM'][quote name='Yamila' post='267906' date='Sep 21 2009, 10:49 PM'][quote name='Mitzrael' post='267904' date='Sep 21 2009, 11:10 PM']@Yamila the title doesn't ring a bell in my head ): what is it about?[/quote]
The story is strange XD it's about a student whose parents are always absent, has no friends, etc. He has an obsession with keeping a diary of his life in his celphone (like Twitter but only for himself XDDD). His life is going to school, then going home and living in an imaginary world he created (quite deppressing, really). He has an imaginary friend, the god of Time & Space, Deux ex Machina. He believes it's a product of his imagination, but one day he reveals himself to be a real god, and that the boy (btw, his name is Yukiteru) and puts him in a game. Now his diary predicts his future and he has to kill other people who own them. The heroine, Yuno, joins him but she's quite the psycho xDDD

That's the story in general lines. It's quite terrifying and impressive (every character has some mental issue >>), but so far I like it a lot :3 *needs to read more lol* there are side stories I think, but I haven't touched them yet xDDD ah, and it's only a manga for now, and on-going.

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[/quote]That actually sounds really interesting! :P Will definitely have to check it out, Yamila~! :D[/quote]
Awwwww x3 yeah, I somehow ended up reading a review of that series, and well, Yuno called my attention <x< you should check it out! :birthday: :hug:

[quote name='Mitzrael' post='267909' date='Sep 22 2009, 12:01 AM'][quote name='Yamila' post='267906' date='Sep 21 2009, 09:49 PM'][quote name='Mitzrael' post='267904' date='Sep 21 2009, 11:10 PM']@Yamila the title doesn't ring a bell in my head ): what is it about?[/quote]
The story is strange XD it's about a student whose parents are always absent, has no friends, etc. He has an obsession with keeping a diary of his life in his celphone (like Twitter but only for himself XDDD). His life is going to school, then going home and living in an imaginary world he created (quite deppressing, really). He has an imaginary friend, the god of Time & Space, Deux ex Machina. He believes it's a product of his imagination, but one day he reveals himself to be a real god, and that the boy (btw, his name is Yukiteru) and puts him in a game. Now his diary predicts his future and he has to kill other people who own them. The heroine, Yuno, joins him but she's quite the psycho xDDD

That's the story in general lines. It's quite terrifying and impressive (every character has some mental issue >>), but so far I like it a lot :3 *needs to read more lol* there are side stories I think, but I haven't touched them yet xDDD ah, and it's only a manga for now, and on-going.

/sucks at writing summaries[/quote] :D you don't suck at all! What's more I'm intrigued by it now so I might end up checking it soon :3 // plus it kinda sounds like Eternal Sabbath with DN and Megamisama stuff LOL; *is shot* speaking of ES you should check it up as well :) if you're looking for more 'paused' but nicely built plot with a hint of creepiness  B)[/quote]
Ahhhh ;_____; /is trying to improve her writing
thank you!!! >w< well, I haven't watched/read many series like MN (like, suspense/horror), the only ones more or less similar I can think of are Gantz, or in this case only the suspense, Death Note xDDD but I'll keep that one in mind, thank you!!! :3 :hug:
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I totally fell in love with Strobe Edge - it's an amazing shoujo series because it doesn't follow quite the same cliche. The guy the heroine falls for already has a girlfriend, and so the relationship between the two is being built on *gasp!~* FRIENDSHIP! Of course there are all your stereotypical shoujo elements, but I just love the refreshing take on guy + girl relationships - so much more realistic!

Also OMG, Kami no Shizuku. This series is apparently quite popular in Japan and I have up to volume 18 and just, guh. It's a fricken amazing series about wine and if I try to describe it, you will think it sounds hella boring but... omg. It's so good. There are only 18 chapters translated, though, but still so worth it.

There will be more. Right off the top of my head those two have really stunned me lately.


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Well for me love at first sight lately was defenetly Kuroshitsuji - aside for the fact that I love how it's drawn (and as always I prefere the manga series over the anime), but it's nice ambientation too with victorian age, and for a moment in the begining it pulled me back to the time when i was obssessing over God Child and waiting new volumes to come out - the same as I'm doing for Kuroshitsuji, and besides they sometimes come to look a like because of the era both are put in and how they dress and naturaly the buttler-master relationship u.u
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Mamotte Lollipop~ I've always wanted to buy'em when I see their front covers~ :) :heart:
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Please, Jeeves has absolutely stolen my heart thanks to the recent release of some anonymous scanlations. The series is a manga adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse's short stories featuring Bertie and Jeeves and I'm loving it. Like  a lot of people, I've been a fan of Wodehouse's work since my youth and the combination of British humour + gorgeous manga art = AWESOME. I cannot recommend this one enough, it makes me squee like a fourteen year-old all over again.
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I wouldn't exactly call it love at first sight, but by the end of the series I was totally enamored with Le Chevalier D'Eon. Although I had my doubts (history + horror is not exactly my genre combination of choice), the story was really amazing. It was so exciting by the end, I could barely take my eyes off of it. I didn't have a favourite character but rather I enjoyed all of the characters and how they interacted with each other. So good!
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[quote name='Yamila' post='267894' date='Sep 21 2009, 05:59 PM']I started reading Mirai Nikki some days ago (and I don't even remember how I ended up with that title, but well D8), and omg, it's an amazing series *__* very complex and psychological (is that the word?), totally not what it seems x:

... the fact that I feel kind of identified with Yuno isn't a good thing >x>[/quote]

Oh! I read that manga too~ I love psychological (yes, that's the word if I'm not wrong) series (and if it has blood, much better :heart: )

As for me, love at first sight was Deadman Wonderland and MPD Psycho...  Both now are of my favourite manga!

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