 |
| >>>>> F Fruits Basket Creator: Natsuki Takaya Total # Volumes: 12 ... REST PENDING Total Page #: 196 Genre: Comedy/Romance Rating: Youth (7+) Brief Summary: Tohru Honda's mother recently died in a car accident. Tohru decides she should live alone and puts up a tent in the middle of the forest. While walking to school, Tohru sees a house and finds out that Yuki Sohma, her school prince, lives there. Yuki and his elder cousin, Shigure, hear her story and decides to let her stay with them. While moving in, a boy named Kyou Sohma breaks through her ceiling demanding to fight with Yuki. Trying to stop the fight, she runs toward Kyou, but slips and falls on him turning Kyo into a cat! Tohru freaks out and falls on Yuki and Shigure whom also turn into animals. The adventure begins as Tohru learns more about the Sohma secret. Comments: Reviewed By: MaRy Volumes Read: 11 Story and Plotline: 5/5 :Fruits Backets is a comical yet touching series. There's a lot of suspense but the story flows very well and the mysteries slowly begin unfurls themselves. Takaya-sensei does a good job on taking her time to develop the characters and their relations with each other. Art: 5/5 :The art is very clean and smooth. It's simple but pleases the eye. Extra: --- Overall Score: 5/5 Full Metal Panic! Creator: Shoji Gatoh Total # Volumes: 5 ... REST PENDING Total Page #: Genre: Action/Adventure Rating: Teen (13+) Brief Summary: Sagara Sousuke is a soldier from the secret force, Mithril. He has been sent on a mission to protect Kaname Chidori because they believe that the KGB, a terrorist force, is after her. It is believed that Kaname is one the Whispered, which are people that know advanced military secrets since from before they were born. Along with his two partners, Melissa Mao and Kurz Weber, he starts his mission to protect Kaname and to slowly uncover the secrets of The Whispered ones. Comments: Reviewed By: MaRy Volumes Read: 1 Story and Plotline: 4/5 : --- Art: 4/5 :The art is not as appealing as the art in the anime. The art is not very consistent, but is gorgeous at times. Extra: --- Overall Score: 4/5 Full Moon wo Sagashite (In Search of Full Moon) Creator: Arina Tanemura Total # Volumes: 3 ... REST PENDING Total Page #: --- Genre: Romance/Fantasy Rating: All Ages Brief Summary: Mitsuki Kouyama, 12 years old, made a promise with her childhood sweetheart, Eichi-kun that she'll one day be able become a singer and sing for him. The problem is that Mitsuki has a tumor growing in her throat. Her strict grandmother forbids her from singing. One day, two Gods of Death, Takuto and Meroko inform Mitsuki that she's going to die in a year. With much determination, she then decides to enter a singing audition without her grandmother's permission. She is registered as a 16 year old so she decides to ask Takuto to help her transform and he does. But with much of her surprise she passes the audition and begins to step closer to her dream as her time begins to fade away. Comments: Reviewed By: MaRy Volumes Read: 4 Chapters Story and Plotline: 4/5 :An interesting shoujo story. I have no idea where the story is going to go from where I'm reading, so I'll be sure to re-review this manga soon. Art: 5/5 :The only way I can describe this manga is cute, sparkly, and flowery. The art is very pretty and drawings are very sharp and clean. Extra: --- Overall Score: 4/5 Fushigi Yuugi Creator: Yuu Watase Total # Volumes: 18 Total Page #: 189 Genre: Romance/Fantasy/Action/Adventure Rating: Teen (13+) Brief Summary: Miaka Yuuki and Yui Hongo are two high school exam candidates. One day, they go to the library to study, when they come across a book called "The Universe of Four Gods ". As soon they begin to read the lines they are mysteriously transported into another world inside the book. They find that they are both priestesses of rivaling countries and their goal to find all 7 of the celestial warriors that will protect the priestess and then summon the country's beast-god to return home. Comments: Reviewed By: MaRy Volumes Read: 18 Story and Plotline: 4/5 :The basic storyline is very good. Filled with romance, friendship, hate, and more romance. But with all the insane twists I couldn't help but feel the series was a little too long. I just wanted the main characters to stop declaring their love for each other. Art: 5/5: --- Extra: --- Overall Score: 4.5/5 >>>>>G Gensoumaden Saiyuki Creator: Kazuya Minekura Total Volumes: 9 Total Page #: ~193 Genre: Fantasy/Action/Adventure Rating: Mature (18+) Brief Summary: A "minus wave" has spread through out the land causing all the demons to go on a rampage. This "minus wave" is a possible result of someone trying the evil Great Demon Ox, a demon that depised humans and killed humans at his own pleasures. Therefore Genjo Sanzo, a high ranked monk, along with his companions, Son Goku, Cho Hakkai, and Sha Gojyo, must go to the west and stop the revival of the Great Demon Ox and stop the spreading of the "minus wave". Comments: Reviewed By: MaRy Volumes Read: 8 Story and Plotline: 5/5 :Minekura has recreated the original story of Saiyuki and added a few twists of her own. If you've read or seen the original Saiyuki, this would be nothing like it. The character personalities would be inverted from what they originally were. The story moves nicely while doing some flashbacks along the way. Unlike the anime, the manga has less "unless filler chapters". The only disappointment I had was they that didn't reach their goal at the end of the 9 volumes. This manga is a definite appealed toward the female population but maybe some males will enjoy it as well. Art: 5/5 :I really admire Minekura's style, in fact, she is one of my favorite mangaka. Facial shape and eyes are drawn uniquely. The art is drawn beautifully and contrasting is done very well. The manga often varies from very serious to chibi style, so it has a bit of everything. The art does include a bit of nudity and some gore... apparently the demons don't evaporate like in the anime. Extra: --- Overall Score: 5/5 Gensoumaden Saiyuki: Gaiden Creator: Kazuya Minekura Total # Volumes: 1 ... REST PENDING Total Page #: Genre: Fantasy/Action/Adventure Rating: Teen (13+) Brief Summary: A spin off from the Saiyui series which involves the main characters' past in heaven. Comments: Reviewed By: MaRy Volumes Read: 1 Chp. Story and Plotline: 5/5 :I thought it was interesting how the finally told this story of Sanzo & Co. in heaven. It helps uncover mysteries and help develop characters and add some angst to the main story. Art: 5/5 : --- Extra: --- Overall Score: 5/5 Gensoumaden Saiyuki: Reload Creator: Kazuya Minekura Total # Volumes: 2 ... REST PENDING Total Page #: Genre: Fantasy/Action/Adventure Rating: Teen (13+) Brief Summary: A basic continuation of the main Saiyuki series. Comments: Reviewed By: MaRy Volume Read: 1 Story and Plotline: 4/5 :I felt that there was really no need to add RELOAD onto the title when the story is just a continuation. But if Minekura wants to that I guess she can. The story has more of those filler battles but they're pretty interesting. Art: 5/5 :The matte cover slips and color pages totally got me. Extra: --- Overall Score: 5/5 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |