Panels (100+ Graphic Novels Challenge) discussion

I plan to reread several sets in my manga collection during 2018. Tracking my progress here will undoubtedly help keep me motivated!

nice!

My reading goal for 2018 is actually 300 manga. (I thought about doing one-a-day for 365, but wiggle room is nice.) To keep things tidy in this thread, I'll collect 20 manga in each comment (4x5).






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I'm doing some reread this year myself. Good luck

Raven wrote: "I'm doing some reread this year myself. Good luck"

Thanks! It's been a bit of a luxury, making time for manga in my daily routine. Enjoy your own forays into the familiar!

Picking and choosing which series to tackle next. There are so many on my shelves that await my attention. Here come the next 20!






February 2018's theme is FANTASY, so that's influencing which books I reach for.
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Wow, nice to have you join the group! I'm also looking at some rereads this year, but nowhere near as ambitious as you. Good luck!

thankz for joining the group on this new idea... and also leaving some ideas for march! *hugz*

Ooooh, From Far Away is one of my all-time favorites! I might have to go reread that one now, too!

I see you picked up The Girl From the Other Side, Siuil a Run. What were your thoughts on that series? I have it on hold, but it seems to be uber popular and taking a while.

Jennifer wrote: "I see you picked up The Girl From the Other Side, Siuil a Run. What were your thoughts on that series?"

Very atmospheric, with bold use of contrast. I've never been so conscious of the ink in another manga! So it has what I'd call an "artsy" vibe.

For lack of a better comparison, the plot has the same feel as stories using an amnesia trope. We don't know why things are the way they are, only that they must be wrong. Therefore the characters' main quest is for information, and the plot is carried along by each new discovery.

That said, the real draw of the story is the relationship between little Shiva and the genteel Outsider who is her self-appointed protector. I reviewed Volume 1 (I always leave a longer review on the first volume of a series). I need to order Volume 4!

The story is so good though. I have one shelf I keep my favorites on. It's right between My Hero Academia and Re:Monster.

I think Forthright, is totally correct. I think it is written to be a little for a younger child to though. It is written with that separation. Shiva calls the deer person, Teacher. So when she is around its kind of like Tsumugi from Sweetness and Lighting; like your talking to a child. When they are not around its like adult problems. This one just has that supernatural spin to it.

Forthright. wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "I see you picked up The Girl From the Other Side, Siuil a Run. What were your thoughts on that series?"

Very atmospheric, with bold use of contrast. I've never been so conscious o..."

Continuing with February's FANTASY theme, which has bumped some different series to the top of my To Read pile. Here are the next twenty titles...






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Still February and still in FANTASY mode. Quite a few of the series on my shelves fit somewhere in that category. Here are the next twenty titles for 2018...






And with March, the genre has flipped to MUSIC. I have a couple of series that fit that category, but I'll likely be mixing in some other stuff because I like to re-read the first volumes of a series when a new installment comes out. (And several are updating in March.)

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wow, and thankz for using the GoTM idea I had... :)

Fyre.Katz wrote: "wow, and thankz for using the GoTM idea I had... :)"

I suspect that half the manga on my shelves fits into some kind of fantasy niche. It's my favorite genre to read and to write. ::twinkle::

thats kewl, and remember next month is music :)

March's theme is MUSIC, and I've decided to reread La Corda d'Oro this month. Also, I have Gravitation waiting in the wings. Quite the mix of classical & techno rock. But there'll still be other genres scattered throughout.






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I tend to binge-read manga at erratic intervals. That's the best excuse I can offer for the vast gap between now and March. (That, and I was prepping a manuscript for publication over the summer.) So I've modified my reading goal ... from 300 to 200.






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I have three new series stacked on my bedside tables. Between those and the re-reads I'll need to do before catching up with new volumes in ongoing serieses, I may actually match my new manga reading goal for 2018.






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GG!