misc stuff
Shoujo Manga
Yoshizumi Wataru: Handsome na Kanojo, Marmalade Boy, Kimi Shika Iranai
Yazawa Ai: Gokinjo Monogatari, Marine Blue Kaze ni Dakarete,
Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai
Shinohara Chie:
Ao no Fuuin (The Blue Seal): *ahem* That's seal as in sealing wax,
not the marine mammal. Anyhoo, this is the rather creepy (did you know
there's a horror subgenre within shoujo manga?) story of Souko (Shouko?),
a supposedly ordinary schoolgirl who really is the queeen of demons. Or
a clone of the queen of demons. Or something like that. The early
part of the story is excellent for maintaining a sense of dreamlike
uncertainty and unpleasantness
Saito Chiho:
Mou Hitori no Marionette(One More Marionette)
Mimi o Sumaseba
Tokimeki Tonight
A year of shoujo manga:
Jan--Marine Blue Kaze... (surfing)
Feb
Mar --Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai (Jpn. graduation)
April
May --
June
July
August-Ao no Fuuin (horror)
Sept
Oct.-Tokimeki Tonight (vampires & werewolves & witches)
Nov.-Mou Hitori no Marionette (theater)
Dec.
Shounen Manga
Ranma 1/2: It seems like there's been a backlash against this lately,
but I'd be lying if I said I didn't like Ranma 1/2. Favorites: the
short, funny, cute, pointless stories. e.g. Ryoga and Ranma fall
victim to magic mushrooms that turn them into children, two little
kids mistake Happosai for Santa Claus, Konatsu introduces martial-arts
bar hostessing,