8/14/2012

Durarara!!

Name: Durarara!!
Author: Narita Ryohgo
Artist: Satorigi Akiyo
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Psychological, Romance, Shounen, Supernatural
Released: 2009
Status: Ongoing

Plot:
Ryuugamine Mikado is a normal boy from a small town who moves to a big city to search for exciting life. The city is full of weirdos and strong people so there's no worry for Mikado to get bored... Spending everyday with his talkative best friend Kida, watching two strongest man of the city to firght (One of two who throws road signs and one who loves people more than anything...) Also, if you're lucky you're able to see an urban legend... the black motorbiker. Not to forget about the colour gangs of the city...

Characters: (Since there's so many of maincharacters I'm only gonna introduce some of my faves...)
Ryuugamine Mikado ~ Small town boy who got bored with his normal and boring life. He's kind and a little timid at first but very soon get's to know many awesome people and gets their good side...

Orihara Izaya ~ Man who loves people. He likes to tease them, do strange examinations and see how humans look after those. He want to see different expressions and for that he goes really far... also that's the reason why he works as an information broker.

Heiwajima Shizuo ~ He hates violence! But he just happens to have a really short temper... and unnatural powers to the boot! Izaya is the one who pisses him off the most!

Celty ~ The black motorbiker. She does some deliever job. But the most mysterious thing in her might not be that she's has no head...

Why you read it?
It's simple! This serie is cool, funny, dramatic, has a great plot, oh, and not to forget about amazing character with different personalities! Any other serie can't beat this manga/anime in this kind of genre. When you start watching/reading it, you need it more. You want to know more about headless rider or a russian sushi cooker. Even normal guys in this serie are somehow really interesting than usually. I really can't count how many times I laughed or how many times watched it mouth wide open of astonishment. Really! ...It's just amazing for a serie wich takes a place in present time.

Good/Bad:
+ Good characters with personalities
+ Plot isn't even needed
+ humor
- Focused too much to Celty (...it's not bad though, I like her! It's just, they should have told more 'bout others too!)

WARNING! This might contain spoilers... but it's so freakin' awesome! *O* 
Watch it! You won't regret!

8/03/2012

Katekyo!

Name: Katekyo! (Home Tutor)
Author: Moegi Yuu
Genre: Comedy, Romance, School Life, Yaoi
Released: 2008
Status: Completed
Rate: 18

Plot:
What if you're in love with your home tutor? And who is a same sex and a sadist to the boot! This happend to Rintarou, a normal high school kid who noticed his heart to be throbbing around his college aged tutor, Kaede. The man uses some H punishment to the boy who then realizes to be in love. Surprise, surprise...

Characters:
Rintarou ~ He's just a normal teenage guy who just happenes to be in love with his little older home tutor. He's an absolute uke, no matter how you watch. And also very cute.

Kaede ~ He does some tutoring alongside his college studies. He likes to do some H stuff to his cute little student. Kaede is from a rich family but did want to live alone and survive by himself.

Why you should read something like THIS?
I'd say, this is just like any other yaoi manga. Unexpected love and between teacher and student. But for some reason I still liked this more that other yaoi manga. This might be because of personalities of the characters or maybe student/teacher relationship. You can't help but fall in love with a little moments of this gay couple and living together in their nice and cozy apartment.


And I can't help but fall in love with anime kids~ *O* Of course not in that way x''D 
But you understand right? Just look at them, when they're like this. 

Good/Bad:
+ cute storyline
+ characters with personalities
+ art is beautiful
- a little cliche
- they fall in love a little too sudden

7/26/2012

Deep Love - Ayu no Monogatari

Name: Deep Love - Ayu no Monogatari (Ayu's Story)
Author: Yoshii Yuu
Genre: Adult, Drama, Josei, Tragedy
Released: 2004
Status: Completed
Rate: 18


Plot:
Ayu, a 17-year-old High School girl is deeply depressed. She doesn't believe in happiness or bright future and sells herself to men. A kind old lady takes Ayu under her wing and teaches to her how wonderful the world can be. That way Ayu finds a reason to continue...

Character:
Ayu ~ 17 years old, doesn't believe in future. Tries to prove her existence through selling her own body.

Why this is a MUST READ? 
I cried while reading this... seriously I cried! I know that I'm already very sentimental person by nature but I don't usually crie when reading manga on internet. This story was just too beautiful and sad. So as a warning I'd say this isn't good for people with weak heart. At the end of the manga you'll experience one of those tragedies which makes this story unique and unforgettable. This isn't just any love story. In this you have to experience a deep pain of loosing. Just when you thought that finally this girl can be happy, something unexpected happens. After this comes also a sequel called Deep Love - Host. I deeply recommend this one for you too.

Good/Bad:
+ Deals with different emotions
+ Main character is plausible
+ Ending
- Ending
- Maybe too dramatic(?)

7/20/2012

Magi

Name: Magi
Author: Ohtaka Shinobu
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Shounen
Released: 2009
Status: Ongoing


Plot:
Aladdin is just a small boy - or that's how he looks like! Actually he has a magic powers and a right to choose kings. So he's known as Magi. Aladdin left his lonely room, that he was trapped in, to explore the world with his strong friend in flute. That stratles everyone at first but even a normal driver boy Alibaba (who actually has a luxurous past) gets used to. The boy is Aladdin's company for his travels.

Characters:
Aladdin ~ A small magi boy who travels around the world. He's a smart and feareless boy who can keep his calm til the end. He doesn't like people who keep slaves and such but wants everyone's freedom. His turban is a fying mat and in the flute lives his strong friend.

Alibaba ~ He's a sly driver boy who thought at first to only use Aladdin in search of dungeons. In the end he seems to become attached to little boy. He has a very colorfull past which includes royalty and prostitute mother. Alibaba's strongly drawed to gold and riches.

What I think 'bout this manga?
I'm still not so far in this. Actually I'm only in chapter 14! But I felt like I wanted to tell you guys about this manga. :) It's a little different in my opinion but it has typical signs of shounen manga. For instance women, feareless maincharacter and bad guys. The difference in it is that it takes place in land of sultans and deserts. The tales of one thousand and one nights is here! This manga has a feeling of magic and even characters give a great atmosphere. So if you're a fan of old tales or you like fantasy stories, this one is right to you. :) It might be a little disappointig that the maincharacter is only a little boy if you like to watch hot bishies :'D But let me tell you, Aladdin is absolutely adorable~ And I think it's only nice change that the protagonist isn't a big adult muscle man. It makes a serie right away a little more refreshing and innocent. (Though this little boy is a little perverted type... x'D)
EDIT// I couldn't help it now but I'm really frustrated and angry! D: I continued reading the manga and now I'm really disappointed in one of the characters! But I think it's good because it's important to feel many kinds of different feelings while reading something, no matter if it's a book or a manga. For now I've laughed, cried, been amused, been angry and felt an amazing need to read this story til the end.

Good/Bad:
+ protagonist is a child
+ takes place in other environment than school or such
+ hints of old easter stories
+ characters have some sort of personalities!
- women... again... sorry everyone :'D
- so many chapters (might start repeat itself)
- mainchara is only a little child...


WARNING! Doesn't tell much x'D But still watch. They're gonna make it an anime~ 

7/12/2012

Kuroko no Basuke


Name: Kuroko no Basuke (Kuroko's basket)
Author: Fujimaki Tadatoshi
Genre: Comedy, Drama, School Life, Shounen, Sports
Released: 2008
Status: Ongoing






Plot:
Dispite of the fact Tetsuya Kuroko is an invinsible and really weak boy, he was part of a legendary basketball team "The Generation of Miracles". He's not known as other five team members were; he's a shadow. Every light needs a shadow. He attends to high school basketball team and becomes one of their reliable players.

Character:
Kuroko Tetsuya ~ He's a weak and powerless boy who's hard to spot. Still he was a part of Japan's best basketball team. His hair is blue and his ablility is to scare the hell out of everyone by appearing inconspicuously in front of them.

Reading is good...:
It's good even if you don't like sports! I don't understand anything about basketball nor sportmanship but I still enjoyed this serie. I'm still in middle of reading the manga but I've watched all the episodes released this far from the anime. The action (in this case a basket game) is amazing and you can feel the power the shounen manga never fails to give. You can't wait what happens next and how will the maincharacter surprise  everyone. It's also good that Kuroko isn't the most powerfull player in the serie but someone else fulls this condition. Kuroko's good maincharacter because of his own weird way to play and his invinsible aura. He's not always under the spotlight.
This is a shounen manga with a big S!

Goog/ bad:
+ personalities of the characters
+ interesting progress of games
+ mainchara isn't perfect
+ good developing pace
- little clishe characters
- normal shounen manga attributes

WARNING! This is a usual spoiler alert but I don't think that you'll get harmed while watching this!
 You'll se only some cool action!

7/06/2012

Just a little fanservice~

Yah, nothing more! :D Sorry guys, new manga introduction will be up in next week! But since I got bored and kinda wanted to thank all of you who has read my lonely and a little confusing manga blog~ Arigato gozaimasta! (*^3^)/~☆


So here's some cool original art and fanart I thought is beautiful/cool/with good pairing etc. OH! And before you'll lost yourself because of these astonishigly kakkoii pictures, I'm gonna inform you 'bout a little changes I've made and I'll made to this blog! First, just like you realized, I added a trailer almost for every manga. ^^ It's mostly because I thought it's better way to get a hold of the manga. But today on (or next week, in this case) I'm also gonna list Good/Bad sides of each manga. :D So that way you'll find more easier is the manga worth of reading in your opinion. In my opinion it is, I wouldn't even bother telling you about it if it wasn't. And I'm gonna put a little gallup on the right par so answer it please~ ^3^ Btw, would you guys like to see more pictures of the manga? Not only the cover or what so ever? If that's so, I can add more pictures of main characters and funny situations etc. Thanks again for reading this awfully boring message of mine. x'D NOW THE PICTURES!




LETS START OF WITH SOME COOL PICS!
No. 6! Running away together with Shion and Nezmi.
The stars... A little shounen-ai-ish, I'd say. :3

Just... breath taking.
Yah, it's hard to guess that Imma girl... *couch*

Look how great colors and shadows and lights... true art!

Found this cool fanart! I think it's Minato :3
Some pics of Naruto! NaruHina, my fave pairing :D


Mirai Nikki! It's Akise... Sorry, boys! Soon there's some girls too x') 

Kuroshitsuji. If I'm not mistaken, this is official. 

Karneval! Really cool manga and great art! Maybe I should make an introduction of this one too. 

Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Who said that Tsuna can't be cool, huh?!
This is just... so very cute. >3< Big Tsuna and Little Tsu-kun... or maybe Tsuna is a father? o_o







WATCH OUT! NOW IT'S GETTING YAOISH!! 

*Ahem* Sorry... had to share this... I drew this x'3 Be nice, ne~ 1827 from KHR!

Nezumi/Shion. Well, just look! It looks beautiful and professional!!


YOSH!~ HERE YOU ARE, SOME GIRLS! :3

Even as a girl I've gotta admit it... She's kinda hot. o///o

Nice posture, great impression, fitting colors... and a pretty girl :D

Well, I think this pic'd fit for me. :3 You'no... Moony~ 


AAAND, BACK TO THE GUYS x'D

Dunno who they're but... naisu naisu desu nee :3

Just who can resist cute anime children. Picture from Otomen.


HET PAIRINGS~ 

Beast Master! Really cool manga, gonna introduce it later then ^^

Sorry, don't remember from where this is... but it has pretty ligh etc. 

Beast Master again. Just gotta love that guy. 

WTF! From Oresama Teacher. They're reading shoujo manga togehter and are  impressed by the amount of guys who love the same girl X'D That's just sooo true!

AGH! Sorry, again shounen-ai. x') Just get used to it. From Ao no Exorcist; Bon/Rin

LOL! And this actually happened!! X'D Well, not quite. 

AnE is cool so READ AND WATCH IT NOWW!

Captions are nice, huh... Oh, well, it's Shima and Rin. 

Remember people! Friendship is a beautiful thing so take a good care of it! 

Love Tanemura-sensei's works. Her art is beautiful and detailed. Though her storylines are a little obvious. 

Death Note! You can't help but be impressed by L and Light's intelligence! It's just... sooo cool!




Okay, that was it for this time. ^^ Thank you for spending your time and remember, these pictures (except one) are not mine! Support the real drawers!! They deserve it. 


Until Next Time! 

7/04/2012

Kamisama Hajimemashita

Name: Kamisama Hajimemashita (Nice to Meet You, God)
Author: Suzuki Julietta
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Shoujo, Supernatural
Released: 2008
Status: Ongoing


Plot:
Momoze Nanami's dad is a good-for-nothing type and loose with money. One day he finally did it and escaped from home leaving Nanami all alone without a house or money. All depressed Nanami meets a man in a park who provides her a new home. Without knowing what's awaiting her, she takes an offer and suddenly becomes a Land God of a shrine with its familiar and spirits. A fox familiar Tomoe gives her a little head ache and maybe a little more.

Characters:
Momoze Nanami ~ She's young and beautiful girl who has managed by herself after her mothers death. She's strong willed but very gentle towards others.

Tomoe ~ He's a fox familiar with a complicated and bloody past. He's a really selfcentered but toward his master, Nanami, he'd do anything. Others he'd gladly kill. He has white hair (sometimes short, sometimes long), cat ears, fox tail and sharp gaze.

You're supposed to read this, because...
This is a shoujo manga with lots of humor and amazing characters. Independent female characters are absolutely best! Plus Tomoe's jealousy moments are absolutely funny. The fox denies all the time his love and all but still is oh-so-caring towards Nanami. It's a little bit annoying that this manga is still ongoing since you really feel like reading more and more and then suddenly... there's nothing! Wait for the next time, thank you~ So this manga is really addictive, be careful! For fangirls, prepare a lot of tissues for nosebleeds: Tomoe is such an eyecandy. Plus moments between Nanami and Tomoe (especially with long hair) are something to make squeal.


Oh and who can possibly resist THIS:


 WARNING! Watching on your own responsibility! Might contain spoilers and such!
Just added cuz I thought this video might give a better impression for you than my crappy explanation!
And I do not own the video!!

6/28/2012

Silver Diamond

Name: Silver Diamond
Author: Sugiura Shiho
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Shounen-Ai, Superanatural
Released: 2003
Status: Ongoing


Plot:
Rakan lives all alone in a house which is surrounded by a garden. Which actually resembles more jungle. Suddenly in one another normal day, a man falls down into his garden. That man is from other world and later there'll fall more handsome men in his garden. The first game man, Chigusa, tells Rakan that he's  a sanome - a person who can grow the plants up. And there's also in other world a prince who resembles a lot Rakan, to the boot. That causes a lot of misundertsandings.

Characters:
Sawa Rakan ~ He's a lonely boy who loves flowers and plants more than anything and usually talks to them. Well, at least he's a sanome. He doesn't care about peoples backrounds as long as they're good people. He's also seen as a real prince because of his good nature and looks.

Senrou Chigusa ~ He's said to be from a monster clan of immortals. It's true that he can't die. He tried to assasinate the ayame prince from other world and was expelled from his land to that reason. At first he's emotioneless but later he'll learn more emotions trough loving Rakan. He's actually quite a good guy and a real pervert.

Narushige ~ He's a long haired and feminish looking man with a talking  snake. He's from a clan who accept only woman in family so he's said to be a bad omen. In reality he's a nice but a little motherly guy who protects Rakan from Chigusa's pervert acts.

Tono Touji ~ He came from another world last. He had a task to assasinate Chigusa and everyone involved with him. Despite that Rakan still took him with the group and later he became a good friend with everybody.  He's a little naive and easy to tease plus he doesn't want to get involved with Chigusas inproper acts. He's still nice guy and he was named with a number. That means he was seen as unnecessary one in his family.

Why you read it NOW?
I know that I've been updating quite many shounen-ai series with you guys but try to bear with it plz :) I think you should still try this manga despite the fact this involves some boys love scenes. But it's limited to Chigusa's perverted acts almost. So I think it's safe for you to read. In fact this serie is funny and filled with great characters. Plus the plot is cool. You can feel how horrible actualy the other world is. Even though Rakan seems perfect type of main character, he's still loveable. Everything he does is innocently done. And he admits his fear. So he's also a human.
I think I've started to repeat myself quite a bit but lets repeat more. :D I think the best thing in this manga is the humor. The jokes are cool and a talking snake makes it even more cooler. That guy is like a walking dictionary. Also Chigusa's past is interesting to read about. They all have backrounds that are possible ones, maybe a little clishe like. But it's not bad. It makes the serie more entertaining.

6/21/2012

No. 6

Name: No. 6
Author: Asano Atsuko
Artist: Kino Hinoki
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-fi, Shoujo, Tragedy
Released: 2011
Status: Ongoing




Plot:
No. 6 is a future model city in 2013 and is know of it's perfect way of life. Shion is a part of the city and is ranked as an elite as an age of 2. When he's 12, he got into a high rated school. On his 12th birthday he then saves a boy who climbed in from his window and trated his shot wound. The boy's named Nezumi and was an escapee. Dispite that Shion still kept the boy with him but later on suffered because of it. But Nezumi gave  to Shion something... something more than the so called perfect life of No. 6...

Characters:
Shion ~ At first he's 12 but later in the serie he's already 16 (?). He's smart elite boy who was promised to be something big but the he saved Nezumi. Shion is a little sarcastic but naive boy who gets to know the real world later with Nezumi. Originally he had a brown hair and brown eyes but later white hair and red eyes (he turned into an albino).

Nezumi ~ He's a sane age as Shion but much experienced than other party. He's an escapee and an enemy of the No. 6. He thinks lowly about Shion but at the same time is thankful for his help with the wound. Nezumi has blue gray hair on ponytail and grey eyes that are mentioned many times because of them mezmerating effect.

And why u read it now?
This serie has it! I mean, amazing boy friendship/love (sorry for all those who doesn't like) and a real enemy. A modern enemy. This time it's a whole city. They finally gets that it's all an utopia. Nothings real and perfect as they thought. They're not happy as they were told to be. Actually they just are and nothing more. They don't feel the real happiness or saddness or anything like that which is actually necessary in the life, to tell the truth. It somehow reflects my own feeling. Something's missing... but what is it? Destroy it. Destroy what? Everything. Everything? Also the part where Shion screams to the typhon is really heart thropping. I think sometimes we all wish that we could scream everything away. Just like that!
Also the characters are cool. I like them all. ^^ Especially the main couple, Nezumi and Shion, I think their personalities are really fitting for the whole thing. Two escapers, they escape the perfect disaster. This is worth reading!
Oh and by the way! I'm telling you to watch the anime. I think this time it's much more better than the manga. And try to read the novels too. Just click the link below and you'll see there another link. So click there and you'll have an english translation to the novel.

WARNING! This contains spoilers and a lot! So be extremely careful. 
This time the video is made  by me. I just had a good chance to share it now so. x'D

Also, I have started to translate the exact novel, No. 6, into Finnish. I still haven't translated any chapters but soon there'll be the first part of the first chapter available. So if you're finn or know finnish, go ahead and read. :D Thank you~ 

6/13/2012

Gravitation

Name: Gravitation
Author: Murakami Maki
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Shoujo, Shounen-ai
Released: 1995
Status: Complete


Plot:
Shuichi Shindou loves music more than anything and is determinded to become a start with his friend Hiro. Apparently big selling novelist Yuki Eiri happens to find the lyrics he wrote and told him how much those sucked. Shuichi couldn't get that out of his mind and started to go to see Yuki more often to demand him the reason why his lyrics weren't good enough. Apparently he started to like to being together with the man more and more.

Characters:
Shuichi Shindou ~ He's a young man who loves music and Eiri Yuki more than anything. He's a hyper person and gets workes up almost by everything. He can also be descriped as a drama queen.

Eiri Yuki ~ He's a bestseller romantic novelist who sucks with love anyway. He treats people like trash and same goes to Shuichi too. He doesn't seem to care about anything or anyone and is very selfconcerned. Plus he seems to have some ghost hunging arounf from the past.

Why you should avoid and not avoid this manga?
I'm gonna tell the best points first before the worst ones. I love the personalities of the characters. The main character Shuichi is such a lively person who makes the story even more unexpected. He doesn't seem to give which makes you wish to disappeare before he does something emparassing. It's a good feeling, believe me. :) Also I love how sadistic Yuki is with Shuichi. That makes their relationship eccentric and more unique. Only thing is that that you start to wish Yuki's disappearance or change of heart. Sometime he just annoys the hell out of you and you can't help but pity poor Shuichi who's trying his best.
The worst parts are... maybe... at first the change of the atmoshpere of the story. At first the story startes like any ohter shoujo manga. There was a boy who met a guy who seemed to hide something inside himself and is still so freaking attractive. But when the story goes by, all the normality the serie had, disappeared. Suddenly you had some crazy banda bitch and a hot but absolutely psycho manager with thousands of guns with him. In other words: the serie went all weird! It might also be a good thing because the change went pretty smoothly. It just didn't change right away. I also like the way how the mangaka made the relationship between the maincharacters develobe slowly enough... at least on Yuki's part. Shuichi was maybe a little rushed.
I also want to note about the art. At first the art was horrible in my opinion. It had same kind of features as many other manga from 90s or 80s. The it changed into lot better. With the new style you could tell the characters apart easier and see something else than horrible 90s clothes on them. But everyone like different things. Maybe someone like this kind of style more. :)

WARNING! This may contain spoilers but nothing serious in my opinion. :) Be still aware when watching! And you can't blame me ;) This absolutely gives a better picture of the manga and anime in this case. 

6/07/2012

AKB49 - Renai Kinshi Jourei

Name: AKB49 - Renai Kinshi Jourei (The Rules Against Love)
Author: Motoazaby Factory
Artist: Miyajima Reiji
Genre: Comedy, Gender Bender, Romance, School Life, Shounen
Released: 2010
Status: Ongoing


Plot:
Just like you can quess, this manga is based on popular Japanese band AKB49.
Yoshinaga Hiroko is a girl with a dream: she wants to take a part on the popular group AKB48. That's why she attends into an audition. Urakawa Minoru is Hiroko's classmate who is in love with  the girl. That's why he attends into the audition too, though while being dressed as a girl. Otherwise he had planned, he passed the audition just like Hiroko so he became part of new group, generation 12. Minoru continues supporting his love doing crossdressing and whithout girl knowing. But managers seems to have their eyes on Minoru and his talent... just like other participants have. What will Minoru do? Can he continue like this in all-girl group?

Character:
Urakawa Minoru ~  He's a little unsocialated boy who's deeply in love with Hiroko that he'd do anything for her. Like attend to a girl group. Even though he still seems to enjoy his time with other girls. Minoru has a black short hair and Minori (his crossdressed side) blond/light brown long hair/wig.

And why do I force yo... recommend you to read this? 
This is indeed shounen... I can see why guys would like to read this serie. It's because there's pretty girls with short dresses, big tits and only one guy who's amongst them... as an only guy. :) You can believe how many difficult situations there is in this manga when girls sexually harras Minoru or how the guy happens to see all girls naked. Too bad, I'd like this otherwise (meaning, only one girl and many hot bishies *O*). But this is still very entertaining manga. Minoru is good mainchara even though his love for Hiroko is a little annoying. Since there's many other good girls available too! If I was a guy, I'd pick someone else. But that's me again... And I'm a girl, so not so sure 'bout this one. =)
I like how Minoru acts and how he isn't ashamed at all when he's dresses as a woman. He's wearing dresses and high heels just like nothing. This author/artist has a very good sense of humor. Points for that.

5/31/2012

Chronos - Deep

Name: Chronos - Deep
Author: Aikawa Yu
Genre: Drama, Josei, School Life, Supernatural
Released: 2010
Status: Ongoing


Plot:
Nanasawa Io lost his family in a mysterious fire and after that has been living alone - without any friends or relatives. There's a weird rumor wandering around the school about Io: What ever he touches or watches, dies. Actually some little pets had already fell drop dead after him touching them. Io gets to know a group called the Titans, member of which was in his school in order to find Kagetsuki and destroy them. Kagetsuki are people who have become possessed by malicious shadows. And Kagetsuki might be closer to Io than he ever thought...

Character:
Nanasawa Io ~ He's an outcast and disliked by all other students. He lost his family when he was younger and feels heavy guilt over it. Io has a black hair and sharp eyes. Even though he's not liked, he's not a bad person.

Why you'll read this?
I'd add shonen up there and maybe even action to the genres. But let's just let it be like this. :) It has too few chapters but maybe later will come more of the translaters are nice people and they've got enough time. But this is really good promise, I'd say. Story has an interesting plot even though you can quess things quite easily. Also the art is nice. I'm really sorry, but I can't actually say much about this manga because it's been a while since I last read this one. All I can remember is that this is good and hooking. So you should give it a shot if you like unnormal stuff and bishies as maincharacters. ^^ Also, if you're a boy, I'd say that you like this. It has a great story just like I meantioned.

5/30/2012

1/2 Prince

Name: 1/2 Prince
Author: Yu Wo
Artist: Choi Hong Chong
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Gender Bender, Romance, Sci-fi, Shoujo, Shonen
Released: 2004


Plot:
It's a year 2100 A.D. and Feng Lan makes a bet with his twin brother of playing a reality virtual game "Second Life". The girl steppes into an interactive game and decides to play as a male character with nickname 'Prince'. Reason for that was to bet to not to use her feminine side to survive in the game. But because the game is full of enemies like wolfs she needs to unite with other players she meets in the game. Will Feng Lan survive in this cruel and realistic game?

Character:
Feng Lan/Prince ~ She's a strong willed and a little guyish girl who wants to show his brother the female power. In reality she has brown hair but in the game, where she's a boy, she's an elf, her ears are pointed and her hair is blond. Many girls in the game seems to be attracted to her good looks.

And there's many other character who I decided to left off because there'd be too many to tell about.

Why I recommend this one?
I fell in love with this serie right away! I think it's a Chinese Manhua because of the names (not so sure) but I was quite surprised how good this was. Before this I had only heard bad things about Chinese manga. So don't always believe the rumors. The idea of this serie is brilliand and distinctive. The game they're in is like some kind of fantasy world with mythical creatures mixed with modern game world. To tell the truth I felt like joining them myself but then again I wouldn't be so sure if I'd be able to stop the game. Maybe I'd be too attracted to it. So now I had an idea: What if the main character doesn't want to quit the game because of all those friends and comrades she has met this far. This makes me going trought all the pages like crazy and holding anxiety to know what happenes next.
And we can't forget humor! This serie is full of it and I just love the way the author has expressed it. There's so many reasons to read this one.

WARNING! Even though this MMV doesn't contain that much spoilers, you should still watch it carefully. 
I thought this was one amazing video of this serie so try watching this. You'll see how amazing the art of this is. 

Sorry for my English everyone. You know that that English is not my native language. Not even the second one. But I'm giving my best with these presentations. Thanks for you attention everyone <3

Otomen

Name: Otomen
Author: Kanno Aya
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice of Life
Released: 2007
Status: Ongoing


Plot:
Masamune Asuka is an otomen. In other words he's a guy who likes cute stuff, reads shoujo manga, likes sewing and loves sweets. Unfortunately his mother doesn't approve him being himself because Asuka's father left home when Asuka still was little child, because his father wanted to be a woman. This is why Asuka's mother wants his son to be manly. Well, Asuka is the champion in kendo and is descriped as a manliest man of the school. But luckily he found a girl who he loves and who accepts him as who he is and a friend who actually uses Asuka as his model for his shoujo manga serie. This way Asuka starts little by little accepting what he likes until someone has to make it even harder...

Characters:
Masamune Asuka ~ He's a girly boy, who practices kendo and is thought as the most handsome guy of the school. He's good at cooking and has a bad habit to buy everything cute. Asuka has a silver gray hair and sharp eyes.
(Sry, don't remember the last name) Ryo ~ She's a manly girl, complete opposite of Asuka. Maybe that's the reason they get along so well. She doesn't know how to cook or sew but she's good with woodworks. Also she can do karate, thanks to her strict and very manly father who doesn't allow any weakness. Ryo has dark hair and is descriped as pretty.

Read? Me? Why on earth?
Let me explain! This is complete opposite of normal shoujo mangas. In this one the girly and shoujo heroine is a boy, Asuka. And the real man is a girl who is showed lesser in the serie. Usually in shoujo manga you have as a main character a female but this time it's a male which is extremely refreching. And romantic isn't in spotlight in this serie even though it has it, but most of the time the manga is focused on Asuka and his way to accept himself and some people around him. The more fun this serie makes his male friend (whose name I can't remember, sorry my horrible head... T__T) who uses Asuka as his model for his manga serie. And the reason for this is because Asuka is more feminine than any other girl. All the best moments consists of people calling Asuka Ryo's wife or a little kid calling Asuka his mum and Ryo his dad. This just so weird and at the same time so freakin' cute that you can't resist reading more of this awesome serie.
Also this is a story of how being different is okay and amazing thing. You should just be yourself. No matter what gender you are or what you like, tell that to people. Even though some of them might not understand you, there's still always someone who understands and likes same things. I've experience with this kind of things so this story really touches me. (Living in small town is just so freaking hard...)
Btw, if you don't like waiting and you've read all the chaps up to 21 or something, you can find more chaps on other pages. ;) Just type 'Otomen manga online' on google or some other searching engine and you'll find many links with more chapters on them. I highly recommend this serie for all shoujo lover and also all those yaoi lovers. ;) Even though you can't find any boys love in it, you can find so many hints instead that.

WARNING! Contains some spoilers? :) So be careful while watching~ 
This MMV is so nicely done that it's better watch it. Plus it tells a lot of the serie and so on. I don't take any credits of this or any other video that I'll share or I've shared. ^^ 

5/18/2012

Seven Days

Name: Seven Days
Author: Tachibana Benio
Genre: Drama, Romance, School Life, Shounen Ai, Slice of Life
Released: 2007
Status: Complete 


Plot:
Seryou Touji is known of his dating for a one week and then braking up. Still any girl doesn't seem to hold a crudge over him. Shino Yuzuru, a senpai of Seryou, is known of his beautiful face and a graceful way of drawing a bow in archery club. One day Shino suggests for Seryou about dating him in that week as a joke but the boy takes it seriously. That way two boys start dating and a little by little get to know eachother better.

Characters:
Seryou Touji ~ A lazy and willful boy who dates one girl for a week to find out if he'd fall in love with that person. Despite his reputation he's actually really gentle and sensitive guy who any girl doesn't seem to hate. Even though they were told "I'm sorry, I couldn't fall in love with you... let's brake up." Seryou has black hair and usually he wears a school uniform. He's from a rich family and is Shino's underclass man.

Shino Yuzuru ~ Despite his beautiful appareance while doing archery he actually has a pretty nasty and straightforward personality. That's the reason why all the girls he has dated has broke up with him. Shino has brown hair and he's from a normal family. He's Seryou's senior by one year.

So why you should check this one out?
To make it short: this manga is one of the best shonen-ai that I've ever read! It doesn't need to be yaoi to be good boys love. Actually I liked this just for that reason that there wasn't any sex in it but some hot kissing scenes and cute confessions instead. Well, you can see at the beginning of the manga that those two are going to fall for eachother but what esle could you wait from a shonen-ai? Still I find it a lot different from other same genre love stories. This one doesn't progress too harshly and hastily but just slow enough. It feel pretty much natural for me how they find themselves attracted towards other party. And let's not forget the personalities of the main characters. These two are just so easy to indentify with. More plus comes to the fact that this manga is complete! But unfortunately you can't find it from mangafox, even so you can still find it from the other pages if you search with google.


WARNING! This contains some spoilers! Plus it doesn't tell everything about the serie. 
But still i thought this is such a great MMV. Better watch it or... :D

Ps. I'm sorry! I know that I promised that I'd update even once a week, but I've been kinda busy. I promise that now the summer is coming up I'm going to update at least once a week. Next week might be an exception because I've got an exam week so... maybe after that then. ^^ And I thought that friday would be good day for updating. It's gonna be weekend after that after all. Well, that's kinda all of it. Thanks for your attention. And sorry for all these grammatical errors. You know that I'm not from any English speaking country. :) 

4/27/2012

Dengeki Daisy

Name: Dengeki Daisy (Electric Daisy)
Author: Motomi Kyousuke
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice of Life
Released: 2007
Status: Ongoing


Plot:
Teru lost recently her big brother and is living now all by herself. She doesn't have money and usualy gets into trouble with school's Discipline Commite but she's someone to help her. Before her brother died, he left her a phone with which she can contact to her brother's friend, Daisy. Daisy becomes Teru's support and only help but the girl's just too kind to tell her every problem to Daisy. One day Teru brokes one of school's windows and is forced to help strict and hoodlum school janitor Kurosaki with his job. Actually man puts Teru to do his every task! But Kurosaki isn't everything that Teru thinks he is...

Characters:
Teru ~ She's nice and lively girl but she's poor and doesn't have any relatives. Her only support is her textbuddy Daisy. Later she finds even Kurosaki pretty nice guy. Teru has brown hair and she's small which Kurosaki likes to tease her.

Kurosaki ~ He's young school janitor with horrible personality. He's good looking but actually really strict and gangser like. But he seems to have many secrets to hide... Kurosaki's hair is blond and he usually smokes.

Then why I think you should read this one?
Outside of characters the story line is also great. The fact that Daisy is mysterous and also *SPOILER* a hacker, Daisy seems to care Teru more than anything. Then why it's like that? Teru's only his friend's little sister so why does Daisy seem to be so worried about the girl? That's one interesting question you want to find out while reading this serie. Plus why is Kurosaki that good looking? And how come Teru seems to be so attracted to him? Even though the man seems to be horrible embloyer! Despite that the serie is interesting in many other ways too. But I think You should find out about it by yourself. ;) And what I can say about the characters is that I personally like Kurosaki's personality despite all that I just said about him. If that kind of guys were real... And Teru is that kind of girl that I like too. I can actually identify with her in some kind of way. That way you can find the serie more interesing. But if you like shoujo manga, this one is MUST READ!! :D The art is amazing after all.

WARNING! Might contain some spoilers. 
Though this one descripes the serie so well that I'd cry. D; So amazing~ 

4/13/2012

High School Debut

Name: Koukou Debut (High School Debut)
Author: Kawahara Kazune
Genre: Comedy, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice of Life, Sports
Released: 2004
Status: Complete


Plot:
A tomboy, Nagashima Haruna, wants a boyfriend when she enter High School. Before she used to play soft ball and didn't care her appareance at all so she wants to become attractive. Unfortunately she doesn't seem to do well. When she's in town searching for possible boyfriend candidates, she falls down and handsome boy helps her up. Later Haruna gets to know that the boy is going to same school as her and asks him as her coach. Unwillingly the boy named Komiyama Yoh agrees with helping her out and chooses her suited clothes. Before that Yoh makes Haruna to promise him that the girl won't fall in love with him...

Characters:
Nagashima Haruna ~ Haruna's a lively and energetic girl who used to be pretty wild and boyish. She wanted to turn into attractive lady though but unfortunately she had a horrible sense of fashion. Haruna has a short brown hair and usually she has a wide smile on her face.

Komiyama Yoh ~ Yoh is a boy who used to hate girls. But when Haruna came to ask him as her coach, he changed. Suddenly he didn't seem to hate Haruna at all and so fell in love with her. Yoh has a good personality even though he's sometimes rude and says what he thinks. He cares of others and is quiet type. Plus he's popular and handsome. Yoh has a dark hair.

So why should you check this one out?
Again, one of those Must Read mangas. It has many chapters with full of love and funny situations. You can't help but love the main characters. Plus Yoh and Haruna make a good couple. They're not one of those sweet talking couples even though they think of each others every day and every minute. Their relationship could be described as unique and extremely funny. I'd like to have that kind of relationship myself... =)
The best thing in this manga is that it's focused on their love. At the beginning it all starts slowly but manga won't actually stop right there when they've confessed. It continues with many chapters of their problems and happy moments. So this is what you can call a real romance manga! It's cute and all but you won't get bored with too many lovey-dovey situations. And in this manga you can even feel the love the main pairing have. They're like friends but they're still lovers... (I know I suck at explaining things... but try to bare with it. =D) 


WARNING! Might contain some spoilers! But this is very nice MMV so try watching it. :) And you'll get a better hold of the serie. 

4/11/2012

Detective Conan

Name: Detective Conan (Case Closed)
Author: Aoyama Gosho
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Romance, School Life, Sci-fi, Shounen, Tragedy
Released: 1994
Status: Ongoing


Plot:
Kudo Shinichi is a 17-year-old High Schooler who has extraoridinary talent of sharpness and accuracy. He's like a modern Sherlock Holmes. But because of that curiosity of his, he followed the members of black organisation when he was on date with his childhood friend Ran. Because of this he got knocked out and they forched him to swallow a capsel that made him shrunk. That way he became ten years younger little child and now is finding a way to turn him and another victim Haibara Ai back to their older selves. Shinichi takes alias and calls himself Conan and starts living with Ran and her father. Things are complicated between them when Conan tries to hide his secret from others and at the same time solve some unsolved cases of murder and crimes.

Characters:
Kudo Shinichi/Edogawa Conan ~ Shinichi is at first 17 but later 7 after he swallowed the druck black organisation gave him. He's sharp and famous of his brains and gift to solve many kind of hard cases. He has black hair and blue eyes and he uses fake glasses as a child.

Mori Ran ~ She's Shinichi's childhood friend and girlfriend who isn't aware of the fact that Conan is actually Shinichi. Still sometimes she suspects that Conan and Shinichi is the same person. Ran does karate and is police and lawyer's daughter. She's black long hair and a weird horn on her forehead (it's her hair).

Hattori Heiji ~ Heiji is also a teenager detective like Shinichi/Conan. He's also said to be his rival. The boy lives in Osaka and knows Conan's secret and is always trying to help him. He's also quite lively person. Heiji has dark skin and black hair.

So what makes it worth to read?
It's actually been a long time since I last read this serie. But I had to share this one with you because it's one of the first mangas that I have ever read and it's also one of those that I've ever liked this much. I started to read this actually only because it was "cool" back then to read manga (then everyone started to hate manga and only few continued reading it... I was one of those). That's the reason why I started to like this manga. Maybe it was becuase this was a little different from the very first one that I've ever read (it was shoujo) and I actually like detective stories.
So one plus goes to that fact this is a detective story. It's amazing to read how smart people come to conclusion of who's the murderer. I found it quite addicting. Even though romance or other scences with personal emotions happens rarely, it makes it only more interesting. When you're already tired of reading of of countless cases and numerous long explanations, something interesting actually happens between Ran and Conan or Heiji comes around. Or Shinichi's parents. They are quite cool people. Only thing you need with this manga is long patience. When you've read this and so on, something always happens. And if you like anime more, I can recommend anime version of this. It's actually great and the openings are cool too. That's one of the reasons you should watch it.
But don't get me wrong. This manga isn't that boring with these cases. It's amazing how the mangaka has come up with these ideas and so on. So you really should read this manga for that reason if you're interested in this kind of mystery things. Also you can find from this manga many ghost stories. So it's worth to read even without any romance scenes. I'm just a girl and hungry for romance. x')

WARNING! In this trailer the meaning changes a little. x') Don't mind that. You'll get the mainpoint anyway. Plus there might be some spoilers.