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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:28 am

I just thought of a neat idea. Post your top five favorite current manga titles! Also note that everyone's list is subject to change

In order:

1. Monster. A perfect, well written psychological thriller. Spans 18 volumes long, and oh so good! Definately my favorite manga and anime. Urasawa Naoki is the best mangaka ever!

2. Happy! I am beginning to enjoy Urasawa Naoki's other work. Synopsis:
One day the Yakuza comes knocking on the door of the orphaned Umino siblings. The oldest brother has gone into hiding after acquiring a huge debt. Afraid for her brother, Miyuki agrees to take responsibility for the loan. The yakuza wants her to become a ho, Miyuki wants to be a tennis pro. Turns out she used to be a very promising player before her parents died. However, becoming a pro is difficult when friends are few and everybody else conspires to make Miyuki's life hell.
I love how urasawa always uses ordinary people who have to overcome their situations.

3. Azumanga Daioh! Who DOESN'T love it?

4. 20th Century Boys. It is just sheer amazement. Also by Urasawa Naoki. Another good psychological thriller. Less attached to reality though. But nonetheless amazing.

5. Tie between Yotsubato and Death Note. Both are good, totally different genres. Yotsubato being wacky, comical, and lighthearted like Azumanga Daioh. Death Note being an awesome logical thriller.
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Postby Allegro » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:31 am

Top five manga in order...

1.) Magic Knight Rayearth
2.) Azumanga Daioh
3.) Aria
4.) Figure 17
5.) Cardcaptor Sakura
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Postby Kale » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:42 am

Also in order:

1. Samurai Champloo

2. Full Metal Alchemist

3. Fruits Basket

4. Bleach

5. School Rumble
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Postby Yeito » Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:17 am

Wow this is a hard question. I'm gonna try....

1. Peacemaker
2. Immortal Rain
3. Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
4. Yami no Matsuei
5. Count Cain

This was such a hard decision in such a pressed amount of time that I'll probably come back later and change it. The last couple were random. xD;
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Postby Kami » Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:21 am

BWHAHHAHAAAA >_>

1. X/1999 [ As if that was a suprise.. ]
2. Bleach
3. FullMetal Alchemist
4. Flame of Recca
5. Hana-Kimi

Wow. I had a lot to choose from XD It was hard....... >.>;;

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Postby Sai » Thu Apr 20, 2006 12:26 pm

1) Naruto

2) Ruro Ken

3) Fruits Basket

4) Meru Puri

5) Tsubasa/ Yotsuba
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Postby Mangafanatic » Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:22 pm

1) Fruits basket

2) Death Note

3) Hana Kimi

4) Full Moon Wo Sagashite

5) Imadoki
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Postby SorasOathkeeper » Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:17 pm

1) Brafman
2) Yotsuba&!
3) Fruits basket
4) Azumanga Daioh
5) Merupuri
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Postby Ichigo_89 » Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:20 pm

I prolly havn't read enough manga, but in order i like...

1.BLAME!
2.Trigun Maximum
3.Rurouni Kenshin
4.Akira
5.Berserk
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Postby Tenshi no Ai » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:15 pm

At the moment...

1. Fruits Basket

2. Full Moon o Sagashite

3. One Piece

4. & 5.... I'm not really sure^^ These are the only ones I'm reading at the moment so everything else would be tied unless I read them over again.
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Postby Tommy » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:40 pm

1) Full zMetal Alchemist.
2) One Piece.
3) Flames of Recca.
4) Naruto
5)Hunter X Hunter

[6) Monster, That was for you, Ryan!]
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Postby jon_jinn » Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:12 pm

1. 20th Century Boys
2. Getbackers
3. Bleach
4. Black Cat
5. Eyeshield 21

(I've just started reading Monster but I haven't gotten far enough to consider it one of my top 5...)
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Postby Arnobius » Thu Apr 20, 2006 7:12 pm

Mine?

  1. Love Hina
  2. Azumanga Daioh
  3. Excel Saga
  4. Crayon Shinchan
  5. Jigh School Girls


Not the deeply intellectual stuff. I go for the comedies
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Thu Apr 20, 2006 8:07 pm

wow! another crayon shinchan fan! XD It's pretty funny stuff!
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Postby Arnobius » Thu Apr 20, 2006 8:23 pm

Mr. SmartyPants wrote:wow! another crayon shinchan fan! XD It's pretty funny stuff!

Yeah, shame the publisher went out of business... there's 40+ volumes in Japan. And to get the anime I have to import from Australia ("PG: may be inappropriate for viewers under 15" according to their rating board)
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Postby Debitt » Thu Apr 20, 2006 8:46 pm

1. Tactics
2. Matantei Loki Ragnarok
3. D.Gray-man
4. Chrno Crusade
5. Loveless
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Postby Joshua Christopher » Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:04 am

1. Berserk

2. 20th Century Boys

3. Death Note

4. Neon Genesis Evangelion

5. Vagabond

Other titles I like include: Hayate the Combat Butler, Fullmetal Alchemist, Atomic King Daidogan, The Big O, and JoJo.
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Postby Myoti » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:03 pm

1) One Piece

Too hard to decide the order of the rest, but I'd say they would be:

-Bleach (I need to get back into this one)
-Fruits Basket
-FMA

MÄR also intrigues me. >.>
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Postby Kawaiikneko » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:19 pm

in order though the first three are kinda inter-changeable.

1. Othello
2. Host Club
3. One Piece
4. Fruits Basket
5. Death Note
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Postby Wild Eagle » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:52 pm

Not in any specific order...

1. The Legend of Chun Hyang

2. Rurouni Kenshin

3. Love Hina

4. Gundam SEED

5. Shirahime-Syo
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Postby Rocketshipper » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:54 pm

1. X/1999
2. Battle Royale
3. Evangelion
4. Pokemon Special
5. Peach Girl
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Postby Radical Dreamer » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:59 pm

In order~ :D

1. Rurouni Kenshin
2. Full Moon wo Sagashite
3. Magic Knight Rayearth 1
4. Tsubasa Chronicle
5. Yotsuba&!

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Postby mai » Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:57 pm

Not necessarily in order...

1 Alichino
Beautiful and delicate artwork. The story is serious and a little sad, the more I think about it the more interesting it becomes.
2 Shutter box
The first two volumes weren’t that good, but in the third the story became more complicated. I also love the main character’s outfits. ^-^
3 Tsubasa
Just an all around good adventure/romance
4 Kingdom Come online comic
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5 Airshell online comic
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Postby jon_jinn » Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:34 am

Rocketshipper wrote:1. X/1999
2. Battle Royale
3. Evangelion
4. Pokemon Special
5. Peach Girl


what's the pokemon special manga? i've never heard of that...
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Postby MomoAdachi » Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:14 pm

in no particular order:
(1) Peach Girl
(2) Sailor Moon
(3) Wedding Peach
(4) Miracle Girls
(5) Cyber Idol Mink
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Postby Rocketshipper » Sat Apr 22, 2006 10:49 pm

what's the pokemon special manga? i've never heard of that...


http://www.serebii.net/manga/

It was known as Pokemon Adventures in the states. Viz licenced it and released the first 7 volumes and then cancelled the series at the end of the Yellow arc *kicks Viz*. The english version of the series kept running in China and Korea, and I was able to get post volume 7 graphic novels from a friend who lives over there. The first arc (Red/Blue/Green, volumes 1-3) was pretty simple in the artwork and plot, but then the Yellow arc (4-7) came along with a pretty good original plot and action sequences. And then the 3rd arc started and...it was magic!!! A great plot, dynamic characters, awesome action sequences, cameo apperances up the wazoo, and a HUGE epic battle at the end. Viz should be punished for depriving American pokemon fans of the rest of this amazing series! In Japan its going storng and seems like it ill keep going forever ^^. Volume 22 will conclude the Ruby/Saphire story arc, and then the graphic novels will start in on Fire Red/Leaf Green and Emerald, while the serialization moves on to Diamond/Pearl and possibly Ranger.
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Postby jon_jinn » Sun Apr 23, 2006 4:41 pm

Rocketshipper wrote:http://www.serebii.net/manga/

It was known as Pokemon Adventures in the states. Viz licenced it and released the first 7 volumes and then cancelled the series at the end of the Yellow arc *kicks Viz*. The english version of the series kept running in China and Korea, and I was able to get post volume 7 graphic novels from a friend who lives over there. The first arc (Red/Blue/Green, volumes 1-3) was pretty simple in the artwork and plot, but then the Yellow arc (4-7) came along with a pretty good original plot and action sequences. And then the 3rd arc started and...it was magic!!! A great plot, dynamic characters, awesome action sequences, cameo apperances up the wazoo, and a HUGE epic battle at the end. Viz should be punished for depriving American pokemon fans of the rest of this amazing series! In Japan its going strong and seems like it ill keep going forever ^^. Volume 22 will conclude the Ruby/Saphire story arc, and then the graphic novels will start in on Fire Red/Leaf Green and Emerald, while the serialization moves on to Diamond/Pearl and possibly Ranger.


oh. now i know what you're talking about. yeah. i'm a big fan of pokemon adventures too. i've only read up to volume 7 cause i can't find anywhere that has the other volumes. i might consider just buying them but i'm not sure yet. yep. it's an excellent series, especially for pokemon. i still can't believe they cancelled the series after volume 7 ended. darn...
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Postby blue elf » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:40 am

In no special order:
Chrono Crusade
Bleach
Fullmetal Alchemist
Fruits Basket
Rurouni Kenshin
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