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Azumanga Daioh Volume 1
I have repeatedly read AD for a few years, as I cannot get enough of the weird antics of these crazy girls!
Join Tomo, Yomi, Sakaki, “Osaka”, Kaorin, Kagura and new student Chiyo to kick start their middle school year! They are 7 strange and random girls with unique strengths. They are together at school, and the AD series is about their crazy adventures
I have read the whole series and so, I will review the other ones in the series. In the first volume, you meet Chiyo, the elementary school girl who is so smart that she is now in Middle school with the others! She quickly becomes one of the group. Tomo is the idiot, Osaka is the dazed, Yomi is the sarcastic, Kaorin is the Sakaki-Fan girl, Kagura is the sports nut, Sakaki is the quiet sporty-smart cat lover and Chiyo is the clever-everything-prodigy. It is set out in small comics of 4 panels, meaning you don’t get bored, and your eyes don’t get tired, as easily. The comics are often very funny, with references to other manga and Japanese customs, which are breifly explained at the end of the book. The colour art on the cover, and on the first few pages is a pleasure to look at, and very well drawn! I hope you will start reading AD Series too!
Add a comment September 11, 2009
Negima Volume 1
I have just finished reading Negima Volume one and I thought it was a great manga, defintetely one for the favourites! I loved reading it!
Negi Springfield has just graduated from Magi-School, and his next assignment if he wishes to become a Magister, is to teach English at an all girls boarding school in Japan! Being only 10 years old, the girls coo over him and treat him not as a teacher, but as a puppy, and are non-stop teasing him and cuddling him. Negi accidently messes up Asuna’s (a student there) life so, he tries using magic to make it better. But, amazingly, it fails every time! Negi isn’t allowed to let the girls know about his powers, or he’ll be turned into a hamster by his Magic teacher. After messing Asuna’s life up, when Asuna finds out that Negi is a Magi-In-Training, she could tell everyone and anyone she wanted!
I loved Negima! The art is great, and the story flows well! The translation is very good and doesn’t leave out crucial bits! I think this is one of my favourite mangas, so I bought the anime DVD too! It was very expensive though. I am going to buy Negima volume 2 soon, and will be posting a review when I finish that!
Add a comment September 10, 2009
