A Drifting Life - Yoshihiro Tatsumi: Autobiographical tale about the author growing up and writing manga. A little dry here and there, but a good, solid read none-the-less.
I'll Give It My All...Tomorrow vol. 1 - Shunju Aono: An underwhelming, overweight fourty-year-old quits his corporate job to try to become a manga artist. I had heard good things about this one and the concept was interesting, but I really did not like it. Nothing really happens and the tone is both uneven and annoying. Probably wont read anymore of this one.
20th Century Boys, Vol. 3 - Naoki Urasawa: Probably dont need to introduce this one. A mysterious guy with a mysterious connection with the protagonist wants to destroy the world. I'm starting to get a little tired of this one. It feels like its definitely going somewhere but it's not doing it fast enough. There are a lot of mysteries building up but it doesn't feel like much progress is being made. I'll read more, but I'll take my time getting around to it.
Detroit Metal City, Vol. 1 - Kiminori Wakasugi A mild mannered guy is secretly and begrudingly an outlandish death-metal musician. I love this one. It's pretty much simple gags and extreme off-color humor, but its done satirically with a likable charm. I laughed out loud many times. Already looking forward to reading the next book, but am wondering just how far the author will be able to take it without the concept getting old with a quickness. Fair warning - when I said extreme off-color humor, I meant it.
How is Cross Game? I liked Mitsuru Adachi's "Short Program" and have wanted to read something else from him.kndy wrote:Currently, I am reading "Cross Game", "Slam Dunk", "Psyren", "Bleach", "Tenjo Tenge", "Naruto", "Rin-ne" and my favorite title right now is "20th Century Boys".
