Comments on: Manga Review: Club 9, Vols. 1-3

By: Celina Hernandez

Celina Hernandez — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:57:05 +0000

I love this book. I love the art, the story and the characters. It breaks my heart that book 4 never came out. I always keep an eye out for the SMB issues that finish up the story. *sigh* so frustraing not to have finished reading it. :(

By: Isaia

Isaia — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:16:15 +0000

Haha, I love this manga. And I only read the first volume!
I also found the art refreshing, it’s rare for a manga-ka to be able to capture that amount of expression and comical gesturing with such great timing. Dolpin69 is right, a lot of manga looks too much alike and depends so much on characters that look all the same.

By: Dolphin69

Dolphin69 — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:06:09 +0000

I personally feel that the art is refreshing, many manga nowdays look so much alike. It is also very well written.

By: Olivia

Olivia — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 19:20:55 +0000

I feel your pain. I tried writing DH to see if they were ever going to release the rest of the series, since I desperately wanted to know how the manga ended. They gave me a similar response, but with more BS. Shoot, I’d be willing to pay 2-3 times the price if they just printed the rest of the series on an “on-demand” basis. As it is now, I have to purchase the last SMB magazine Club 9 was in to see how it ended. I’d collect all of them to read the rest of the plot, but they take up too much space & with how much the older magazines are selling for now, it’s not worth it. :( Maybe I can bribe some scanlation group into translating it for me.

By: qshoe1989

qshoe1989 — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 16:33:56 +0000

Two omnibuses of Kobayashi’s work…. Drool….

By: John Jakala

John Jakala — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:12:31 +0000

Oh, man, do I miss Club 9! I can see how others might find Kobayashi’s heavily-caricatured art off-putting, but I loved it. It was so comically expressive — perfect for the blend of comedy and drama Kobayashi was going for. I’d like to see the conclusion collected so much that I promise I wouldn’t even complain about paying for the earlier material a second (really, third) time if Dark Horse put out a single omnibus collecting the entire storyline.

I also love his What’s Michael? and would recommend it but the collections are so slim. I’d love it if Dark Horse would put out a thick omnibus of that series as well.

By: Katherine Dacey-Tsuei

Katherine Dacey-Tsuei — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:39:07 +0000

This is an evil conspiracy to get me to part with more money!!!!

By: Jon Haehnle

Jon Haehnle — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:33:31 +0000

Erin: I took the liberty of adding preview pages for Vol 1, hope you don't mind Kate: Midtown has Volumes 1-3 here AND it just so happens that all manga is 25% off from now til the end of April (although it must be noted that this sale is online only, not in-store)

By: Katherine Dacey-Tsuei

Katherine Dacey-Tsuei — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:14:16 +0000

It’s pig-bitin’ ugly!

Oddly enough, I have a clear vision in my mind of what constitutes pig-bitin’ ugly, and I’ve never lived on a farm.

The series looks like an interesting read. Is it still in print, or would I have to trawl eBay to find copies?