A Good Manga W/O The Rough Parts...

[Pachinko]

I just wanted to know how many of you have ever been actually happy with an entire series of manga before. I find it hard, especially when I'm looking forward to a volume and it completely lets me down... Have you ever read an entire series that was completely smooth-sailing (in other words, every book in the series was great)?

:love:

[Ninja Realist]

Nausicaa and GTO. Both of these were just excellent.

[DarkKanti]

20th Century Boys
Pluto
My Name is Zushio
Hajime no Ippo
Great Teacher Onizuka
Beck

There are a lot of mangas out there that have yet to dissapoint me. Death Note is a perfect example of a manga that dissapoints. The ending is so bad. :(

[Pedro The Hutt]

Shh, no spoilers.

Azumanga Daiou keeps me consistantly happy. =D

[Pachinko]

There are a lot of mangas out there that have yet to dissapoint me. Death Note is a perfect example of a manga that dissapoints. The ending is so bad. :(

Yeah, Death Note got unconventionally sucky near the "finale"...

As for I, Azumanga Daioh is my muse-example. Perfection.

[Dtortot]

Plenty.

Lone Wolf And Cub
Monster
Great Teacher Onizuka
Bremen
Ippo
Zushio

And well just check THE site.

[alien222]

GTO rocks!

[Natsuke Takeda]

Beck
Lone Wolf and Cub
GTO
.hack//AI Buster (okay, that doesn't necessarily count as "manga" but SHHHH!)

And if you can balance out the good and bad, Death Note wasn't really that bad. Though it's not on MY list, I enjoyed it.

[CheChe da BFly]

the best anime i've read lately was
the chobits series
love hina #1
The Demon Ororon #1

[Dtortot]

the best anime i've read lately was
the chobits series
love hina #1
The Demon Ororon #1You can't read anime.

[PsychoSaiya-jin]

You can't read anime.
If you have subtitles a turn down the sound you can. We just simply chose not to :D

Good manga from A to B:
GTO
Rurouni Kenshin
Azumanga Daioh
Devil Man
Nausicaa
Battle Royale
Ranma 1/2
3x3 Eyes [<3 !!!]

[L-sama]

Rurouni Kenshin
AzuDai!
.hack//Legend of the Twilight
GTO

[Lupinthe3rd]

Most books I read are pretty much like that.

Big O
Yu Yu Hakusho IT depends some times with the story arcs.
Fist of the North Star: Master Editions

I have not finished alot of Manga series but I'm attempting to finish eight Manga series this summer...

[Darkdreams]

Chobits
so far Black Cat (only 2 out that I know of)
Tsubasa (as far as is out)
Magic Knight Rayearth
XXXholic (do we see a trend here?)
Those are the only one's I've read all that's available that I thought was great all the way through.

[Lupin the 3rd]

Monter (i love it with a passion)
Nausicaa (confusing as hell somtimes, but still amazing)
Chobits (yes i love chobits still to date! ^^)

[Mana]

Mermaid Saga; a short, but wonderful collection of short stories. Never once felt disappointed by it.
Maison Ikkoku; longer, but definately worth the read. It never felt like it was dragging, and I enjoyed every chapter.

Tenchi Muyou/Ah! My Goddess/Lum*Urusei Yatsura; I say all of these at once, because I haven't read *all* of any of them, but they're somewhat unique in manga in that, while there is an ongoing (albeit somewhat long) plot line, as long as you know the basis of the characters, you can pick up any volume, read the chapters as short stories almost, and enjoy them immensely.

And, of course, if you're worried about manga turning sour, why not read shorter ones? All of the Junko Mizuno stuff is good, if contained in a single volume for each. And, of course, the glory of Short Cuts, only 2 volumes long.

[Pachinko]

And, of course, if you're worried about manga turning sour, why not read shorter ones? All of the Junko Mizuno stuff is good, if contained in a single volume for each. And, of course, the glory of Short Cuts, only 2 volumes long.

I've been trying to do the very thing. ^^"

I figured that if I kept attached to a series that was release over a long period of time, I'd tend to get more excited at its release; therefore, with high expectations, I'd get disapointed much easier.

Logical, ne?

[Mana]

I've been trying to do the very thing. ^^"

I figured that if I kept attached to a series that was release over a long period of time, I'd tend to get more excited at its release; therefore, with high expectations, I'd get disapointed much easier.

Logical, ne?

There are very few things I've read release date by release date, and the only manga example I can think of off the top of my head is Peach Girl. I got the first volume as a gift from a friend, and eventually started religiously buying the volumes and reading them as soon as they were released. A lot of excitement built up, and I did end up becoming unsatisfied with a lot of releases. When the last volume finally came out, I read the whole thing in about 15 minutes, and at the end I was like "Oh... is that it?" I felt very cheated.

When I reviewed it, I read it all over again from first to last, about 16 of so volumes in total. Without the excitement building up, I actually ended up finding it more enjoyable the second time around. I was able to distance myself from the "OMG I've been waiting and now it's out T___T" and read more fully; I caught a lot more that I didn't catch the first time around, and I was a lot happier in the end.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that excitement and release dates can affect your reading more than you think, and because of this, I've rarely read things that I have to wait for releases for. Even now waiting for the release of the 3rd novel in a trilogy of books, I reread the first 2 over in a bit of a different light, trying to get myself geared for the last, without getting psyched.

That doesn't necessarily mean you should stay away from long titles though. There are really good ones out there, and you can gain a lot from taking risks.

On a minor side note, though, if you are looking at shorter series, a few others that I missed that are incredibly good as well: One Pound Gospel and Rumic Theater, both by Rumiko Takahashi (if you can find them anyway; both were older Viz releases, and to my knowledge, have not been rereleased like MI), and Mazakasu Katsura's Shadow Lady (another older release, Dark Horse this time). Both are a bit difficult to find, like I said, but worth it, and all are rather short.