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Manga Before Flowers

Manga Before Flowers -- Recommendation Post #4

Matthew E. (who might hate me just a little) wrote,  "Well, my favourite comic book is Legion of Super-Heroes.  I like stuff that suggests that some intelligence went into its creation.  I like baseball.  I like Arthuriana.  I like stuff that's funny."
Because Matthew gave no indication that he's read any manga at all I decided [...]

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Manga Before Flowers -- Recommendation Post #3

Today I offer personalized recommendations for Dan Felty who gave me three key words:  "Thoughtful.  Existential.  Humorous."
Am I up to the challenge?

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Manga Before Flowers -- Recommendation Post #2

Today, I get to recommend some of my favorite shojo titles to JimYung, who wrote that "I enjoy Love.Com and High School Debut.  I feel like they're just the right mix of romantic comedy but I'm not looking for something like Love Hina."
Step up for your personalized manga recommendations, JimYung!

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Manga Before Flowers -- Recommendation Post #1

A few things -- no single manga is going to perfectly fit some of the great requests I've received in the last post, but I'm going to do my best to give people a few options that might work for them!  Feel free to chime in with your own thoughts if you think I've missed [...]

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Manga Before Flowers -- Danielle Will Tell You What To Read!

One of the things I first did when I joined the blog (after introducing myself, of course) was make a three-part post of manga recommendations for adults (assuming, of course, that would be of greatest interest to this crowd).  But that was a while ago and I figured since I'm always telling MarkAndrew what to [...]

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Manga Before Flowers -- September Manga Previews

I somehow "missed" August previews.  And by "missed" I mean, I was apparently too lazy (perhaps "uninspired" if I'm being kind?) to cover them.  Anyway, August Previews was the month of xxxholic.  Del Rey offered both volume 14 and as well as the xxxholic: Official Guide.
Moving on to *this* month's offerings....

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Manga Before Flowers -- July Previews

Okay, MarkAndrew, this month's previews reveal that your wish has finally been granted!

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Manga Before Flowers -- June Manga Previews!

This month is a little light on interesting manga releases, but there are still a few gems to be found in the new and fairly trim version of previews.

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Manga Before Flowers -- All the Viz News That's Fit to Blog

A lot of things are currently happening with Viz and I thought it was time to do a little news round up for this blog.   Below I remark upon 1) end of Shojo Beat magazine this summer, 2) the creation of an on-line seinen manga mag IKKI, following in the footsteps of the long defunct [...]

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Manga Before Flowers -- May Manga Previews!

As far as I'm concerned there really is just one book coming out in August (although, yes, I'm sure I'll buy more.  I always do).

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Manga Before Flowers -- Manga Previews: The Best of April

Oh, Previews.  Why do I love you so?  You're not as fat as you used to be but you still bring me to a state of anticipatory joy.  Let's get to it, shall we?

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Manga Before Flowers -- March Manga Madness: Previews Version!

Okay, it's probably been too long since I've done a previews pick post but honestly, previews are one of my favorite things about reading comics and being part of the whole Wednesday-crowd experience.  A good healthy list of manga titles I'd want to buy -- even three or four months in the future -- makes me [...]

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Manga Before Flowers -- My One Year Anniversary

If I've followed the calender correctly, today should be the one year anniversary of my joining the blog with the Manga Before Flowers column.  Thanks to MarkAndrew to bringing me on board and Brian for being so welcoming and supportive.  I've had wonderful experiences here, as I've tried to learn how to review manga for [...]

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Manga Before Flowers -- The Short Good-Bye

One of the joys of manga is that most series have definitive end-points.  There is pleasure in being able to say a proper good-bye to favorite characters or good riddance to the ones that made you curse and throw the book across the room.  Go! Comi recently finished releasing two of its best series, After [...]

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Best Manga of 2008 -- Readers' Choice!

Thanks to everyone who advertised our little poll (special thanks to Melinda at there it is, plain as daylight, Brigid at Mangablog), as a result we got a nice mix of seinen junkies and shojo lovers to balance out the votes. Blackjack is the clear favorite from both reader-types, as it was not only [...]

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