Comments on: Weekly Recon, 12/5/07 http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-12507/42952/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:28:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: No josei left behind « Precocious Curmudgeon http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-12507/42952/comment-page-1/#comment-541901 No josei left behind « Precocious Curmudgeon Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:32:50 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-12507/42952/#comment-541901 [...] “I used to avoid josei, as I often find entertainment aimed at female audiences (Lifetime movies, Sophie Kinsella novels) dull, formulaic, and obvious. Imagine my surprise when I discovered just how funny and honest ‘chick lit’ could be in a manga-ka’s hands.” – Katherine Dacey at Manga Recon [...] [...] “I used to avoid josei, as I often find entertainment aimed at female audiences (Lifetime movies, Sophie Kinsella novels) dull, formulaic, and obvious. Imagine my surprise when I discovered just how funny and honest ‘chick lit’ could be in a manga-ka’s hands.” – Katherine Dacey at Manga Recon [...]

]]> By: Katherine Dacey-Tsuei http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-12507/42952/comment-page-1/#comment-220633 Katherine Dacey-Tsuei Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:01:48 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-12507/42952/#comment-220633 I'd definitely check out <i>Suppli</i> and (when you finish one of your longer running series) <i>Tramps Like Us</i>. <i>Walkin' Butterfly</i> is also a good read, and with only one volume out so far, you have time to catch up before volume two is released. Glad to see someone else giving it up for <i><a href="http://www.mangalife.com/reviews/GenjunoSeizav4.htm" rel="nofollow">Genju no Seiza</a></i>, BTW. I think it's one of the best series that Tokyopop is publishing at the moment. I’d definitely check out Suppli and (when you finish one of your longer running series) Tramps Like Us. Walkin’ Butterfly is also a good read, and with only one volume out so far, you have time to catch up before volume two is released.

Glad to see someone else giving it up for Genju no Seiza, BTW. I think it’s one of the best series that Tokyopop is publishing at the moment.

]]> By: phoenixfirev http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-12507/42952/comment-page-1/#comment-220535 phoenixfirev Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:42:11 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-12507/42952/#comment-220535 Back to my usual, with 12 volumes coming this week, but with the end of the Narutos I can go back to some semblence of control. I'm not going to stop recommending Genju no Seiza. This is a series everyone MUST read! I thought Suppli would be a good series, seeing as the Mangacast crew was recommending it, and it keeps getting on the Josei top ten in Japan, but I've been very wary, but curious about moving into Josei territory as well. I think the closest I've gotten so far is Nana. I reeeaaallly debated getting it, but there was just too much of my regular series to start another new one. Back to my usual, with 12 volumes coming this week, but with the end of the Narutos I can go back to some semblence of control.

I’m not going to stop recommending Genju no Seiza. This is a series everyone MUST read!

I thought Suppli would be a good series, seeing as the Mangacast crew was recommending it, and it keeps getting on the Josei top ten in Japan, but I’ve been very wary, but curious about moving into Josei territory as well. I think the closest I’ve gotten so far is Nana. I reeeaaallly debated getting it, but there was just too much of my regular series to start another new one.

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