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coldmug



Joined: 08 Mar 2006
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Location: mesa
PostPosted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 2:53 pm Reply with quote
I need some Recommendations for some good romance manga out there i just started reading them a week ago i have a whole bunch of anime but little manga so i'm looking for some good romance manga.
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LydiaDianne



Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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Location: Southern California
PostPosted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 4:04 pm Reply with quote
coldmug wrote:
I need some Recommendations for some good romance manga out there i just started reading them a week ago i have a whole bunch of anime but little manga so i'm looking for some good romance manga.


Here's two of my favorites:

Fushigi Yugi - This is about Mika Yuki and her friend Yui Hongo who go to the National Library, wind up in the rare book room reading a book and somehow both are sucked into the book. Yui makes it out of the book and for about 1/3 of the story is in a way the Narrator (the other 2/3s is Mika's brother, Keisuke). Mika stays behind and becomes the Priestess of Suzaku, who must make 3 wishes, hopefully using them to save the country against the evil clutches of another country. Part of the story is Mika looking for and finding the Warriors to help her make the three wishes. The rest is much darker. Yui re-enters the book, becomes the Priestess for the enemy, becomes Mika's enemy, etc...Mika and her crew have to go against Yui and her group to get magical objects to help them summon the Gods because of problems in the first half of the story. It's very good, there is humor throughout, but there is also murder, rape and betrayals. Tissue recommended.

Ceres - Which was originated by the same Manga-ka as FY (Yuu Watase). This is about Aya Mikage. She turns 16 and her life goes to hell. She finds out that she has a seperate being inside of her who can take over her body and morph it. The being, Ceres, has a serious hatred for the Mikage family especially Aya's twin Aki, who has some serious...emotional/physical feelings towards Ceres and Aya. There is also Toya, Aya's love of her life, who also has his own issues towards the Mikage and Aya. Again, very good, humorous (you may like Alex Howell - anime fan boy ), there is also murder, rape and betrayals of family and trust. Tissue recommended also. There are also characters in the anime who have better storylines in the manga and there are characters that never appeared in the anime.

I would also recommend Fruits Basket, Hana-Kimi & MeruPuri.
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marie-antoinette



Joined: 18 Sep 2005
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Location: Ottawa, Canada
PostPosted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 6:03 pm Reply with quote
I'd suggest going to Viz's website and checking out all the manga listed as Shoujo and the stuff under the Shoujo Beat imprint, because pretty much all shoujo manga has some romance in it and often it is a major focus.

If you could give a bit more specific an idea of what you are looking for when it comes to romance, we might be able to help with more specific recs.
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coldmug



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:53 pm Reply with quote
well being a little more specific probbly have a little more Comedy, Military, and science fiction like one of the ones i found so far and liked so far is full metal panic.
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