b Skyblue Shore 1-2: Oh, Tokyopop, why did you have to bring me two volumes of this sweet and fun shojo and then fold. Sigh.
b Spell Checkers 1:
Why?! Why, oh American comics, do you lie to me with your beautiful covers and interior art that is completely unrelated?!!?b Story of Saiunkoku 5:
Wow! This adaptation is so good, I don't actually feel like I need the light novels, but once the manga ends, I'm going to want them badly. I really love how romance is part of the plot but is not the guiding principle. I mean, I can really get behind a manga that preaches the idea that true love is wanting what is best for the one you love even if that might make you miserable.b Toradora 3: More tsundere funtimes. For all the focus on the tsundere thing, I'm just a huge fan of the guys in this show. The girls (mostly Ami but certainly Taiga in the beginning) do, for the most part, want to make me kill them, but I do like the guys. They're fun and wacky and goofy and bizarre, and their drama is somehow very realistic. Maybe they're totally two dimensional stereotypes to others, but I find them amusing, sympathetic, and relatable. I think the reason I like this manga (and anime) is because these people bumping into each other make each other better people, even if I don't always agree with the choices they make.
b Until the Full Moon 2
and @Full Moon 1: I was kind of surprised when this got license rescued from obscurity along with the sequel series. It's kind of fun still.b Wild Ones 1:
I guess I'll read more if the library has it. If I finish everything else I like. It was a bit obnoxious and cliched, but not terrible.b xxxHolic 18: Oh, sad, sad, sad. The way they are all so careful with each other. Strength and fragility. A melancholy wistfulness. Lots of atmosphere and nuance. And things unspoken.
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