John Jakala writes up manga series that have stopped appealing to him. like him, I also gave up on Yakitate!! Japan after book four, although he’s completely wrong about Hikaru no Go. and I’m sorry to hear about death note — I have many of the volumes but haven’t started them yet.
It’s a good question. reading superhero comics out of practice at $3 a month is bad enough; purchasing manga series beyond the point you’re enjoying them at $10 a book is much more of a pinch. and at this point, with so numerous good stories out there I’m having a hard time keeping up with, I’m searching for reasons to stop purchasing instead of starting.
It’s rare for me to keeping enjoying a title beyond about 12 volumes. (Sensual phrase was a pleased exception, at 18 books, and I’m still loving Tramps like Us, which has just crossed the dozen mark.) I was beginning to find Aishiteruze baby repetitive when it wrapped up at book seven. five or six books is ideal for me, or even the Tokyopop OEL formula of two or three and leave them wanting more.
I’m only keeping up with Sgt. Frog at this point because it would be too much trouble to rewrite my series page. I feel similarly about Hana-Kimi, although I’m enjoying it much more than Frog. I would have liked to have seen Fruits Basket end before now… although I suspect that if I had the time to read much more volumes in a row, I might remember much more of the details.
Strangely, I still like case Closed, although I’ve stopped evaluating it. (Maybe that helps.) It’s got a good amount of variety in story lengths and approaches, which I appreciate. and I’d love to see much more Kindaichi case files translated.
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