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Postby thalia » Fri May 07, 2004 7:05 am

I was wondering if anyone has read this manga yet. It's brand new, and AMERICAN! It has some beautiful artwork, but it deals with some touchy issues (muses, a college for the dead, suicide). What's everyone else's opinion on it?
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Between the emotion
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Between the desire
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Postby Icarus » Fri May 07, 2004 7:29 am

I can't wait for the next volume to come out.
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Postby Mangafanatic » Fri May 07, 2004 3:06 pm

I've not read it. It looked a little dark and--- oh, I don't know. American manga? I don't know. . . that seems odd. I can't really feel like I'm reading manga when the author's name is John Doe. I guess I really feel that way because I've never really seen any american manga that I thought really was upto par with the original product.

I'll with hold my verdict until I see it all.
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Postby thalia » Fri May 07, 2004 4:18 pm

^yes, it is American, so it is different. Being used to the traditional right to left Japanese manga style, it was a little weird at first trying to read it like a normal book, left to right. And, it was a lot shorter (page-wise) than most other mangas. Other than that, I have no complaints! It really was good--great characters, beautiful artwork, and a compelling story. I can't wait for the second volume, either, Icarus! :grin:
Between the idea
And the reality
Between the motion
And the act
Falls the Shadow

For Thine is the Kingdom

Between the conception
And the creation
Between the emotion
And the response
Falls the Shadow

Life is very long

Between the desire
And the spasm
Between the potency
And the existence
Between the essence
And the descent
Falls the Shadow

For Thine is the Kingdom

For Thine is
Life is
For Thine is the

This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but with a whimper.


-from T. S. Eliot's "The Hollow Men"
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Postby Destroyer2000 » Fri May 07, 2004 5:55 pm

What is a muse? And what about this college for the dead? John Doe...where have I heard that before...

Also, I've read many Japanese manga that were written in the normal American style.
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Postby mai » Thu Jul 15, 2004 5:37 pm

umm... I just read part of the 2nd one and it was kind of wierd.. the whole tina thing..
what does everyone else think?
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