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I just started a new (to America) series called Et Cetera. It has a few similar elements to Trigun (a Wild West kind of thing and a priest) but a lot more humor, insanity, and magic. It's become my latest favorite.

Between myself and about six of my friends, we're collecting Ranma 1/2, one book at a time. I think I have the most out of all of us, and I only have four (5-8 ). (Sarah: 1-3, Charlotte T: 4, me: 5-8, Julia: 9, Charlotte Grubbs AND Sayward: 10, Sayward: 11. And we'll get it all, just you wait.)

I'm more of a borrower than a personal collector. If one of my friends has a volume in the same series, why should I waste money on it? I'll just read theirs. My friend Sayward is the complete opposite--even if someone else has EVERY volume released in a certain series, if she likes it enough, she'll buy it all herself. (She's a shounen-ai fan--she has all the American Gravitation, the first Eerie Queerie [and soon the second, because I missed her birthday], and 1, 3, and 5 of FAKE.)

I currently own bits and pieces of Excel Saga, Ranma 1/2, Chobits, Trigun Maximum, Cowboy Bebop, Et Cetera, No Need for Tenchi, and all of FLCL (which IS only two volumes, to answer an earlier question).

I also own every issue to date of America's monthly Shonen Jump (meaning I've got a fair amount of Naruto, Shaman King, Yu Yu Hakusho, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Dragon Ball Z, and One Piece, a bit less of Hikaru no Go, all of SandLand, and one chapter each of several other random things like Bleach and Saint Seiya).

I've read just about every graphic novel that any of my friends possess (except for Sayward's FAKE and Robin's Sailor Moon).

I like Tokyo Mew Mew, Chobits, .Hack, Kare Kano, Galaxy Angels, Ragnarok, xxxHolic, Tsubasa, Model, Gunslinger Girl, Azumanga Daioh, Gatekeepers, and Real Bout High School. more to be announced smile

Trigun

Trigun Maximum

Hellsing

I suffer from Dark Horse worship. They could publish a book of wallpaper patterns and I'd buy it.

I've already bought the entire series of Hellboy twice gonk Damn then and their multiple covers. whee

I just hope they don't re-release the entire Discworld series with Paul Kidby covers because then I'm well and truly ********>

mmm... manga...

i won't lie... i have piles upon piles of it. I could probably, easily, wallpaper my room in cover images if i wanted. ninja whee and i could make the entire ceiling out of prince of tennis doujinshi covers.

anyhoo... in original japanese format, i have: (mostly novels)

ALL - Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon
1-3 - prince of tennis
1-4 - cowboy bebop
1-5 - chobits
ALL - Magic Knight Rayearth
ALL - X
ALL - Angel Sanctuary
1-3 - Ayashi no Ceres
1-? - Violinist of Hameln ( i think i have the whole set, but don't remember)
a bunch of misc. novels - Naruto
ALL - Tenshi ni Narumon
ALL - GetBackers
1 - Marmalade Boy
1-2 - Trigun Maximum

in English, i have:

ALL - chobits
ALL - magic knight rayearth
16-18 - Sailormoon Sailor Stars
1-5 - Dragon Knights
1,7 and 10 - X
1 - Prince of Tennis
1-3 - Ah! My Goddess
1 - Cowboy Bebop
1-2 - Ayashi no Ceres
and some misc novels of Ayashi no Ceres.

DOUJINSHI!!! whee
- yeah, i love doujinshi... i'm a dork... but at least I only collect 2 series... ^^;;;

175+ books - Prince of Tennis (almost all featuring Kaidoh)
about 30-35 books - Rurouni Kenshin (ALL featuring Hajime Saitou)

ph34r my collection of scary girly manga!!! muahahahahahahahahaha... *coughcough* whee

Heh, you guys all have alot of manga in comparison to me. I have...
Trigun book 1 & 2
Escaflowne book 1.

My parents won't buy any manga for me, and I bought those while I was on holiday in the USA.
But I've found a shop in London called "Forbidden Planet" which sells alot of manga, so I shall be going to London next time I have money 3nodding

Anyone who tells you its not manga is lost, whether they like it or not. Personally, I like it, but thought it was a lot better when Rodney was involved, even if the narrative was more splintered then.

Personally, I think you should check out Remote. Its a pretty damn suspenseful story that, while willing to toss in romantic and comedic elements when they're called for, doesn't dare let them get in the way of the story itself. Its about a female traffic cop who at the last minute retracts her resignation only to be told that her position was already filled. Instead she gets assigned to a special department to act as the eyes, ears, and hands of a reclusive detective genius who can no longer personally act in the field (hence the title, remote).

As for Love Hina, I love it muchly, but its not for everyone. If you're looking for a really good shounen romance, I find Ai Yori Aoshi to be far superior. Its playing of the main character's love for the female lead (and former betrothed) against the duty he feels to spurn his family who abused him is excellent.

Also, I reccomend Bleach to anyone. Take Yu Yu Hakusho and subtract the DBZ elements that hijack it heavily at the most godawful times, and you've got Bleach. Don't get me wrong, its got a fair amount of battles, but it just doesn't seem to revolve around the constant evolution of combat power to solve the problem of dealing with evil spirits.

I love the use he has for leet as a comedic theme... I hate that its brought leet to a whole new slew of morons.