New Customer Review - Ranma 1/2

Ranma 1/2
by Rumiko Takahashi [YA PB Takahashi]

Ranma 1/2 is a manga that I'd recommend to most teenagers. It has a good sense of transition between moods, ranging from slapstick to mildly dramatic. The extensive use of tropes (some of which this series created) adds more to the story and character development. It's fairly long, having 36 volumes, but I think it is a rather enjoyable series as a whole, and recommend it to people who might have liked her other works, including Inu Yasha: A Feudal Fairytale. -- review submitted by Jeevan R. - a customer of the Gere Branch Library

The libraries do not own all 36 volumes in this series -- you may wish to order missing volumes through our InterLibrary Loan service.

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Read...Discuss...Repeat! - June - Ouran High School Host Club Vol. 1

The literary form of Manga has been very popular in Japan for decades and is increasing in popularity here in the United States, especially in stories translated into English.

June 2009's Read...Discuss...Repeat! selection is Ouran High School Host Club - Volume 1, our first dabble into the field of Manga. We encourage you to read this book and then stop back at the BookGuide link above (or here at this Blog entry) to comment on it. We'd also love to hear from you about any other Manga you like and would recommend to other readers! The selection this month came as a reader suggestion -- you, too, can suggest titles for future Read...Discuss...Repeat! discussions.


You can also stop by this month's Read...Discuss...Repeat! page on BookGuide for background information about the book, a list of "readalike" suggestions, and links to web sites related to the book and author. Then (or now, if you've read the book), stop by and fill out our on-line comment form to share your thoughts and opinions about Ouran High School Host Club - Volume 1! Or...you can simply reply in a comment to this post on the BookGuide Blog.