Comments on: Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary -- 1/11/09

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MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Quickies — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:17:54 +0000

[...] Jack the Thought Balloonists treatment. Lots of pictures, too! Danielle Leigh posts her latest reading diary at Comics Should Be Good. Johanna Draper Carlson posts short reviews of a number of Viz titles at [...]

By: jun

jun — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:08:15 +0000

I promise to read it.

By: Danielle Leigh

Danielle Leigh — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:40:16 +0000

I haven't felt inspired to write a column in a while -- if I feel like I'm talking a particular audience *cough* you *cough* maybe that will help me write something about decent BL available in english.

By: jun

jun — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:02:36 +0000

I'd love BL recs. I think I might be almost a fan. I like anything that's good, but I'm not, like, squeeful over BL.

By: Danielle Leigh

Danielle Leigh — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:10:18 +0000

also, I don't think you "dislike" BL or anything -- I just consider myelf a "fan" of it, when done right, and know that you probably wouldn't consider yourself a fan. Which is obviously fine, as far as I'm concerned, it just is one of the few differences in how we approach manga as entertainment that I've seen.

By: Danielle Leigh

Danielle Leigh — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:07:31 +0000

I'm actually going to do a re-read of the volume to "savor" it a little more and I'll be careful to pay attention to the english adaptation -- I remember liking it quite a bit though, just don't remember particulars. Let me know if you need any BL recs -- ther are some hidden gems amid all the crap that gets put out in English.

By: jun

jun — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:38:10 +0000

Oh Shinobi, did you feel, as I did, that there was something extra good about the English adaptation? I mean, I don't go around normally noticing such things, but I really liked Beri's dialogue. Like, in the scene where Kagetora is asking if it's okay to fight someone as long as he doesn't use weapons, and she thinks and says, "Yeah. Sounds good." Just... perfect response for her character.

By: jun

jun — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:36:33 +0000

Ooh, yay! I love having influenced a purchase decision!

I don't dislike BL, I just don't read a lot of it. I do own a bunch that's sitting in my to-read pile. I actually read two BL things this weekend, too.

By: Danielle Leigh

Danielle Leigh — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:45:05 +0000

hi Grico and Jun -- yes, Shinobi Life is really charming and from the cover I didn't expect to like it as much as I did. I only think I bought it because Jun gave it such a positive review and we have very close tastes (I like BL more but on most everything else we seem to agree.)

By: jun

jun — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:33:45 +0000

I really liked Shinobi Life, too. Much more than I'd anticipated.

By: Grico

Grico — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:02:02 +0000

Hmm, Shinobi Life sounds interesting. I still have pile of manga, light novels and comics to read from christmas/new years though.