Forum - View topicManga that would be appropriate for a high school library.
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marie-antoinette
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Ah, I've only read up to volume 8 at the moment (9 and 10 are waiting on my dresser though) so I didn't know about that. However that does seem to be a pretty positive message and I know my high school library had books dealing with sex and drugs and that sort of stuff. It definitely depends on location and a library wouldn't necessarily have to order in the entire series, especially with something a bit longer. |
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Buster Blader 126
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Seconded. I haven't read the manga adaptation - I'm basing this off of having seen nine episodes of Season 1 - but Shuurei is a great heroine and role model. |
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marie-antoinette
Posts: 4136 Location: Ottawa, Canada |
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I have admittedly only read the first volume of the manga but it seemed pretty close to the anime. Not sure which one of them came first in this instance, since the light novels are the originals.
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ZepysGirl
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From what I've read of the manga (volumes 1-6, I think?), it's exactly the same as the anime. The anime probably includes more content, since there's more of it, but they're both based on the same light novels. The only thing I'd worry about with Saiunkoku would be that historical-fantasy shojo doesn't seem to be that popular in and of itself... I would be afraid too many people would be scared off by the setting.
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marie-antoinette
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I don't know about that. Fushigi Yuugi Genbu Kaiden is still doing quite well, hiatuses and all. And I think it's good to have a variety of titles available since no one will like them all but as long as they find something that appeals to them then it's all good. |
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ZepysGirl
Posts: 470 Location: NY, NY |
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Fushigi is doing well because it's Yuu Watase more than anything else, I think. But anyway, I think my opinion was colored a little bit by the legions of online fans lamenting Kaze Hikaru's slow release schedule. 
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yotsubafanfan
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Our school already has the entire series of Ouran, but I may consider Sailor Moon since its very well known in America. |
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yotsubafanfan
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How about the Melachony of Haruhi Suzimiya? Would that be a good one?
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marie-antoinette
Posts: 4136 Location: Ottawa, Canada |
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I didn't get very far with Haruhi but I would wonder about how accessible the humour is in that one.
I was going to suggest Azumanga Daioh next, then I remembered who I was talking to and figured you've probably already thought of that one 
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yotsubafanfan
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Yeah, I would totally send in Azumanga Daioh if they still had the individual books instead of one huge Omnibus, I'm positive that my fellow students wouldn't want to carry around a book that's almost as big as a text book. |
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Chiibi
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Kitchen Princess is fine for high schoolers too. It has some pretty heavy content so it doesn't feel too childish and fluffy. |
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darkhappy1
 Posts: 495 Location: PA |
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I remember seeing Barefoot Gen in my library, which is a good fit because of its educational content and whatnot. If you think people are open-minded at your school, you could try Wandering Son and Twin Spica just to have a fill of quality manga. In fact, if those two are acceptable at your school, I don't think people would object to A Bride's Story either, once they see the spectacular detailing.
(Also, ZepysGirl totally missed Twilight in her short list of Yen Press novel adaptions.  )
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NeburPT
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I'm not that into shoujo/josei, but regarding shonen I'd suggest the most important shonen jump titles of the last decades, from Dragon Ball, YuYu Hakusho and Rurouni Kenshin to Death Note, Naruto, One Piece, etc. I would've been really glad if my high school library had Jojo's Bizarre Adventure or Hunter X Hunter back then!
As for seinen, my high school had an age range from around 12 to 18-year-olds (from 7th grade to 12th), and I definitely wouldn't like to have a 12-year-old picking up Berserk or Gantz. They would need to have some sort of restriction, as some of the most important seinen series I can think of available in english are terribly violent (Blade of the Immortal, Eden: It's an Endless World!, Dorohedoro, Vagabond...), but the same could be said of a few shonen I've mentioned. |
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marie-antoinette
Posts: 4136 Location: Ottawa, Canada |
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If we're talking shounen too, then I'd put Soul Eater on this list because it's the first shounen title that I've seriously considered buying myself, after reading two volumes for reviewing purposes the last couple of months.
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ZepysGirl
Posts: 470 Location: NY, NY |
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...I keep forgetting that exists. 
They have a lot of them now, though. There's also Cirque du Freak, The Clique, Daniel X, and The Infernal Device. Next year, they're adding books for Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Interview With The Vampire, The Dark Hunters, The Way of Shadows, and Beautiful Creatures. They are really churning them out! |
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