Comments on: COMIC REVIEW: Solanin http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2009/09/03/comic-review-solanin/ Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:19:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Estara http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2009/09/03/comic-review-solanin/#comment-214352 Estara Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:35:31 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/?p=13429#comment-214352 @<a href="#comment-214150" rel="nofollow">Maili</a>: Thanks for the vote of confidence ^^. My problem is the fact that I mostly squee. Which may make me happy but the point of a review here on Dear Author is always to show the facets of the book in question to the readers so they can make up their own minds. And to show the problematic side of a work, too, and I mostly read with my gut. Hmm, I can't offer you a good romance manga suggestion of three volumes (I think Dramacon lost a lot of oomph, especially in the last volume and the second one wasn't focussed on the romance) - but I can recommend Love Roma at five volumes which is realistic school romance (except for the guy being extremely straight-forward and naive). <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Roma" rel="nofollow">Love Roma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a> @Maili: Thanks for the vote of confidence ^^. My problem is the fact that I mostly squee. Which may make me happy but the point of a review here on Dear Author is always to show the facets of the book in question to the readers so they can make up their own minds. And to show the problematic side of a work, too, and I mostly read with my gut.

Hmm, I can’t offer you a good romance manga suggestion of three volumes (I think Dramacon lost a lot of oomph, especially in the last volume and the second one wasn’t focussed on the romance) – but I can recommend Love Roma at five volumes which is realistic school romance (except for the guy being extremely straight-forward and naive).

Love Roma – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

]]> By: Maili http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2009/09/03/comic-review-solanin/#comment-214150 Maili Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:47:26 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/?p=13429#comment-214150 <strong>@Keishon </strong> I think you'll enjoy it. <strong>@Estara </strong> :D I agree! There are some excellent josei manga out there that I'd love to see in English. High School Debut has thirteen volumes? I don't usually read a series longer than three volumes (same with novels -- I don't have the stamina or patience to read longer than a trilogy), so I don't think I'll read it. If you're a reader of this series, why not write a review? Go on, you know you want to... :D @Keishon
I think you’ll enjoy it.

@Estara
:D I agree! There are some excellent josei manga out there that I’d love to see in English.

High School Debut has thirteen volumes? I don’t usually read a series longer than three volumes (same with novels — I don’t have the stamina or patience to read longer than a trilogy), so I don’t think I’ll read it. If you’re a reader of this series, why not write a review? Go on, you know you want to… :D

]]> By: Estara http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2009/09/03/comic-review-solanin/#comment-214086 Estara Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:51:37 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/?p=13429#comment-214086 Yay, the manga reviews are back! I hope you and Jan can two-team them, Jaili ^^ but I'm happy that the torch is still burning. And such a good manga, too. I wish they licensed more of the better josei manga... oh well. Can I put in a vote for a review of High School Debut, which is one the one hand more standard shoujo romance fare, but on the other hand very often subverts the expectations of romance reaction. 10 of the 13 volume are already out. Yay, the manga reviews are back! I hope you and Jan can two-team them, Jaili ^^ but I’m happy that the torch is still burning. And such a good manga, too. I wish they licensed more of the better josei manga… oh well.

Can I put in a vote for a review of High School Debut, which is one the one hand more standard shoujo romance fare, but on the other hand very often subverts the expectations of romance reaction. 10 of the 13 volume are already out.

]]> By: Keishon http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2009/09/03/comic-review-solanin/#comment-214055 Keishon Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:04:26 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/?p=13429#comment-214055 I've always overlooked this one. Thanks for the review! Just skimmed but I saw the grade which was good enough for me. I’ve always overlooked this one. Thanks for the review! Just skimmed but I saw the grade which was good enough for me.

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