Comments on: Danielle Leigh’s Reading Diary — 2/3/09

By: Quick midweek roundup · Manga News

Quick midweek roundup · Manga News — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:20:13 +0000

[...] three fantasy manga, vols. 1-3 of Berserk, vol. 5 of Gakuen Alice, and vol. 1 of Momo Tama, in her reading diary at Comics Should Be Good. Also, Michelle Smith of Manga Recon and Soliloquy in Blue fame has joined [...]

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Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:18:58 +0000

[...] [Review] Various titles Link: Danielle Leigh [...]

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MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Quick midweek roundup — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:15:17 +0000

By: Tom Fitzpatrick

Tom Fitzpatrick — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:20:50 +0000

Have you ever tried Blame! ?

I believe I’ve read the first two. Wasn’t too bad.

By: Danielle Leigh

Danielle Leigh — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:39:21 +0000

thanks for the head’s up Geoff — I’m sure I haven’t seen anything yet…and I’ve got, what, 24 U.S. released volumes to catch up on? Whew!

By: Michelle Smith

Michelle Smith — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:03:42 +0000

Danielle – Grant is good, isn’t he? *preen* I’ll pass along your praise.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:43:58 +0000

Berserk gets a lot better during the Golden Age Arc which runs right from volume 4 through volume 12 or 13 I am a fan of Berserk but sometimes I feel like it is a guilty pleasure because it is so overt the top. I feel like Berserk actually does a great job with the character development where in some series the characters are pretty much the same people at the end as they were at the beginning. Miura is not kind to his characters though.

By: Danielle Leigh

Danielle Leigh — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:41:52 +0000

Michelle — heh, thanks.

And I saw Grant’s excellent review of Berserk today — I think he does a better job of explaining why it is a great title, but I’m happy to be referenced in such good company!

I hope you like Gakuen Alice — I can’t read too much of it at once (it really is very text heavy) but whenever I do get around to reading it I’m always surprised by how easily it draws me in.

By: Michelle Smith

Michelle Smith — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:51:35 +0000

“Manga, you so crazy.”

This totally cracked me up. These are some good reviews, too! I really need to read Gakuen Alice. At least I’ve been supporting it (and my local comics shop) by buying it.

Also… You, Connie, and our new Manga Recon reviewer Grant are conspiring to get me hooked on Berserk, aren’t you?!

By: Melinda Beasi

Melinda Beasi — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:02:08 +0000

Danielle, it took me *forever* to really figure out that plot, and even now, I have no idea if I understood it correctly or not. Yet somehow, it doesn’t matter! And yes, I completely agree about the art!

By: Danielle Leigh

Danielle Leigh — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:56:20 +0000

Melinda — I remember, your review of the title at Manga Recon was great! (It probably helped me understand some of the confusing plot-aspects of the title). And I can’t help it…the art is just amazing and very distinctive (it doesn’t hurt there are some very pretty men in the title! Thanks Chrono!)

By: Melinda Beasi

Melinda Beasi — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:54:03 +0000

I enjoyed Momo Tama very much as well!

By: Danielle Leigh

Danielle Leigh — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:49:57 +0000

Heh. This is so wrong…and yet why is the comic sooooo good?

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:45:17 +0000

Ah, Berserk. Also known as “Graphic Monster Rape: The Comic.”