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With the manga, I have found that it is good to know Japanese characters (specifically hiragana, and katakana). Sometimes, sound effects are left untranslated (ie in the original kana) to avoid spoiling the effect, usually in katakana (the slashy-looking script). Also, the background (e.g. street-signs) are also usually left untouched. This means that some of the effect in reading the manga is lost. Have you considered taking up Japanese? ;P (Listen to me, I'm already in Teacher-Mode! Hah! I am SO looking forward to Uni this year!). FYI, Uni is Aussie-speak for University.
I wouldn't worry too much about that (though I do admit that LOL-speak tends to grate!). I have finished reading 1/2 Prince to date (excellent suggestion, by the way!). Any more reccomendations, by the way? I'd like to try and expand my number of read titles (I tend to prefer comedy, fighting/magic, and some romance -something like Ranma 1/2 is good). Also, you should try Dr Slump series by Akira Toriyama (the same guy who did The Dragon Ball series, as well as art for the Dragon Quest games). Good luck with school this year!
It IS true about the road trip. HOWEVER, the money saved on petrol can be used to buy MORE manga, so it's not all bad! <;^^> Glad to hear you found a good website. I probably won't have all that much time to read either this year as I am hoping to get into University (see My Profile). The offers haven't come around yet, so fingers crossed, and wish me luck \(^_^)/!
Excellent to hear from you! A true bookworm will let nothing stand in their way between them and a good book! If you can get the money together though, you might want to see if there is a similar style of bookshop online, and order it via the internet. I don't know of any sites offhand (at least, not in America. Try Victoria-based chaos.com, but there are probably closer ones), but it could save you time and money (not to mention petrol). You could simply order online, and let the Post Office do all the running around! Anyway, Merry Christmas, and I'll see you in the New Year!
There is an anime of Negima, with a good musical soundtrack, and it shows a "chibi" Negi-Sensei during the interval. As for Kinokuniya bookstores, just copy and paste this address to find the American stores: www.macalester.edu/eastasianproject/japanvendors-in-usa.htm I am a little fuzzy on American Geography, so I am not sure if any are close enough to you (Actually, I hated doing Geography in High School!). I'll look for the "Battle Royale" books as soon as I can, and as for liking "Negi": "Dou itashimashite" (Trans: "You are welcome")
I have started reading 1/2 Prince on the website you reccomended, and I have to admit that I am hooked <;^^>. I am going to have to buy the book now as the internet is just too slow too keep up with my reading speed! Thank you for the reccomendation, and please pass on any more good manga. Domo arigato gozaimasu. ("Thank you very much" in Japanese).
A good place to shop for the manga books is a chain of bookstores called "Kinokuniya" (I am pretty sure that they are some in America). Not only does it contain a HUGE selection of manga, but also many anime DVD's, HEAPS of fiction and non-fiction books, Comic Omnibuses (or is it "Omnibi"? Whatever), an excellent Language selection, and usually a part of the store reserved for purely Japanese stuff: like the literature (Japanese magazines, books in Japanese, Japanese Language textbooks, etc), and Japanese toys & gifts ("Kimmi" dolls, "Hello Kitty" stuff, lacquered chopsticks and so on). Plus, all the prices are usually quite reasonable!
I have read you profile. Good girl! If you like manga, you should also try "Ranma 1/2", "Negima: Magister Magi", and "Free Collars Kingdom" - a 3-Part story about the imaginative life of stray cats in Japan. Also, there is a "Legend of Zelda" series of manga based on the Nintendo game series of the same name. I also have a Jack Russell Terrier (actually, he is my brother's), and his name is also Jake! Please contact me!
and i'll probably change it to a againstshipping(paul and zoey) or pearlshipping(ash and dawn) one to i love those pokemon couples
cool i've played zelda before don't remember much though yeah my brain is empty at the moment and yep you're looking at a big kingdom hearts nerd and not ashamed of it at all
me to this place is to cool and nice to meet you to as you can probably tell from my username i'm a huge kingdom hearts nerd but then again probably not if you've never played it
