Recs?

[brigdh]

Whew, I'm so mood-swingy. But right now, I'm on the upswing, so everything is good.

I finally managed to find a store that carries the English translation of YnM, and I'm going to pick it up this evening. But they're having a "Buy 3 manga, get the fourth free" deal, so recommend some stuff to me. I already need to pick up Gravitation 7 and Initial D 13 (for my little brother), so what should the fourth be?

I don't want Fruits Basket or Petshop of Horror, which I've already tried, and I already have the entire series of Utena. I tried X/1999 and wasn't too taken, but maybe I could be convinced to try again if you really think I'd like it. Other than that, recommend anything! And I'm new to this whole anime/manga stuff, so go ahead and tell me even about the oldest, most well-known series.


Drabbles:
Take Action for the frottage challenge.
Rearranged for the role-reversal challenge, but, um. I'm really not suggesting you go read this, I'm just putting the link here for my own keeping. Did I mention the mood swings?

Comments

[matsuei.livejournal.com]

If you don't mind LONG series, then go for Basara or Rurouni Kenshin (the latter of which has the advantage of lower prices, which will be nice when you're not getting a volume free). It's just that they're 27 and 28 volumes, respectively.

Otherwise, well, CLAMP School Detectives is Teh Cute and only 3 volumes long (although there are other related series as well).

Out of curiosity, how many volumes of PSoH did you read, and what turned you off? (Or did it have something to do with the fandom, which is insane?)

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the recs! Rurouni Kenshin I'ver had recommend a couple times to me. I'm defintely going to have to check it, if not right now, pretty soon. The other two look good as well.

I read, I think, the first four volumes of PSoH. I didn't get turned off so much as I didn't adore it quite enough to continue spending $10 a volume. Poor college student and all. The stories are cute and interesting and often scary, but the thing about a series that manages to get my complete and enternal love is always the characters. And PSoH isn't really about recurring characters so much as it is a series of Twilight-Zone like unconnected stories. Good stories, but that wasn't enough. Of course there's Count D and the police guy whose name I forget, but they're often secondary to the main action, and there's not much of a plot arc for them, or deepening of the characterizations. Unless that happens later in the series?