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NEWS: JManga Adds Book of Five Rings Manga, New Takao Saito Title




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fuuma_monou



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 8:05 am Reply with quote
With all the Takao Saito titles JManga has, I'm surprised Golgo 13 isn't one of them.
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Brainchild129



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 1:05 pm Reply with quote
I have to wonder, is there anyone in the US manga audience that was actually wishing for more of those Harlequin manga adaptations? I know a few of them got published in print over here, but to me it seems a bit superfluous, as Harlequin novels are pretty much a dime a dozen (quite literally, if you get them used). Not to mention that based on the titles that come up in these announcements, they are not picking the most current and/or progressive titles. No, these are the old-school, alpha male and weepy weak-willed heroine bearing, semi-rapey love scened, secret-baby-carrying, stereotype-laden titles that are not only cliche as hell anymore, but positively offensive to the modern reader.

I just feel that the space those titles are taking up could be used by ANYTHING else that would likely be far more interesting.
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Polycell



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 1:14 pm Reply with quote
We don't know the licensing and royalty agreements; it could be that JManga gets a bigger cut of Harlequin sales. Though I really do wish they'd flood the catalog with yuri for a change.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:38 am Reply with quote
Some of those sound like ecchi titles that we would watch in Japan. Laughing
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