Vampire Knight

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Summary: At Cross Academy is inhabited by two different classes, the day and the night. The night class is full of handsome and beautiful people. Everything is not as it seems though. The night class is actually a class full of vampires. Yuuki and Zero have been given the task to be guardians of the school. They protect the day students from the vampires, and ensure that the secret of the night class is protected. But there are more terrifying secrets at hand here, some life threatening.

Ratings:

Raisume’s: An excellent manga, a perfect combination of drama, romance, and spooky vampires! The manga keeps you on the edge of your seat, wondering what’ll happen next as more and more secret are revealed. I give this manga a 8-10.

 

Highschool of the Dead

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*WARNING* THIS SERIES IS CONSIDERED MATURE/SEINEN AND MAY NOT BE APPROIPRIATE FOR YOUNGER AUDIENES. CONTAINS SOME INTIMATE SCENES

Summary: A mysterious disease suddenly sweeps the world, bringing the once dead back to life. You heard me, zombies. An unlikely band of highschoolers get together to attempt to escape from Fujimi Privite High. Together they escape and attempt to find and rescue their family members. Join them as they escape from impossible situations with almost pure luck.

Ratings:

Raisume’s: This has to be my favorite horror manga out there. 1: Its got zombies, 2: ITS GOT ZOMBEHS! It even has that oh so cliche mall in it! Tons of gore and violence in it, practically gave me nightmares! WARNING: DONT READ WITH LIGHTS OFF! I give this manga a 10 outta 10! **********!

Tsuukushi’s: You definitly have to take the time to read this manga. The action and blood along with the wonderful gorey parts make this manga magnificent. This is definitly one of the best horror mangas out there in my opininion. The only part that i disliked is that it ended very suddenly and left you hanging at the end of the series. I give Highschool of the dead a 9/10

Gosuto’s: Very gory and for morbid people this is a great manga very scary to. Seriously dont read this in the dark the suspence is wild and i like the detail put into it it made the manga better. Personaly i liked it alot i give high school of the dead a 9 outa 10 it woulda got a  10 if the ending didint suck so bad.

Full Metal Alchemist (FMA)

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Summary: FMA is about the two Elric brothers who are both alchemist. Everything was okay until the night they tried to bring their mother back to life using alchemy. Human transmutation is illegal for a reason, but the boys learn that the hard way when Alphonse (younger brother) loses his body in the “equal trade”. Edward (older) loses his leg at first, but then sacrifices his arm to bind Alphonse’s soul to a piece of old armor. Now several years later, they wander the world looking for the philosopher’s stone, which is believed to cancel out the rules of alchemy, so that they may try to restore their lost bodies. (SUMMARY BY RAISUME)

Facts:

Author: Hiromu Arakawa

Status: ongoing

Anime: yes

 

Ratings:

Raisume’s: Very AWESOME manga, the only problem… ITS MONTHELY! Very dramatic manga, makes you FEEL alot of stuff (which is weird). Has many disturbing scenes as well which may scare younger children. I actaully prefer the anime even though it took a comepletely different turn (I own the special edition movie!). This manga is hysterical due to Ed’s short complex. I give this manga a 7-10.

Gosuto’s: this manga rocks I like how complex and exhilerating the story is. I like this manga because theres lots a fighting and and its a little depressing at the same time . Things I don’t like about this manga are…. well for one thing, some of the bad guys look kinda stupid, and thats about it. And this manga gets a 9 outa 10

Hana Yori Dango

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Summary: Tsukushi Makino, a working-class girl, attends an elite elevator school called Eitoku Academy, populated by children from rich, high-society families. She is the “weed” of the school, surrounded by all the rich kids, including the “Flower” Four (F4). Who hand out ‘red tags throughout the school to those they dislike. The red tags symbolize to the student body to run that person out of the school, to simply put it. Make that person’s life a living hell. When Tsukushi stands up for her friend against the F4, she finds herself with a red tag. She is teased, harassed and even abused but she will never stop fighting back. The F4 leader and son of the wealthiest, most powerful family in Japan, Tsukasa Domyoji, takes an interest in Tsukushi, because she is the only girl at Eitoku with that fighting spirit and does not fawn over him but detests him to the very core. However, his hot-headed nature and bullying ways are originally a major turn-off for Tsukushi, who has her sights set on someone else. The violinist Rui Hanazawa, Tsukasa’s best friend, becomes Tsukushi’s first serious romantic interest. Over the course of the series, however, Tsukushi’s feelings evolve, and she begins to appreciate the degree of change that occurred in Tsukasa once he fell in love with her. He becomes fiercely loyal to Tsukushi and believes in her beyond all doubt, and slowly gets her to see him in a different light. The physical obstacles and emotional challenges of their rocky high-school courtship form the basis of the story. (SUMMARY BY TSUUKUSHI)

Facts:

Author:Kamio Youko

Status: completed

chapters: 242

anime: yes

Ratings:

Raisume: I’ve never read/watched it

Tsuukushi: The combination of sorrow, anger, humour, despair and love always kept you wanting more. The plot of the manga never ceases to amaze those reading. Though sometimes Kamio Youko’s portrayance of the plot was quite slow making me and maybe other reader’s endure only boredom. I found the comedy in the manga was very well done, but sometimes just thrown in at random taking interest away from the manga’s true potential. Ofcourse occurances like these happened rarely. The artwork in the manga was excellent, Youko’s touch of realism in the art really caught my attention and pushed me further to flip a page just to view more of the detail in each piece. The character designs were very well matched with the personalities of the character’s. The manga is definitely one of my favourites.

Artwork: 9/10

Character designs: 8/10

Plot:10/10

Comedy:9/10

Gosuto:I love this manga personaly i think it had a great plot and I LOVE IT so obviously ima give it a 10 outa 10 and my favorite charactor is tsukasa lol

Naruto

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Summary: 12 years prior to the beginning of the story, a fearsome nine-tailed fox attacked the village hidden in the leaves. In attempt to save the village, the 4th hokage sealed the demon inside the body of a baby boy. The name of that boy was Naruto Uzumaki. 12 years later, Naruto is a student at the leaf village ninja academy, the only problem is that he’s failed the graduation exam 3 times! This all changes one night after he gets some “advice” from a fellow shinobi. Following that advice, Naruto steals the leaf village’s forbidden scroll! Knowing something is wrong, Naruto’s sensei Iruka, sets off to find Naruto and find out what’s going on. After he finds him, they’re attacked by the same shinobi that told Naruto to take the scroll! In his rage, Naruto defeats the enemy with his new skills. Suprised, Iruka graduates Naruto and allows him to become a Genin. The next day, Naruto is put into a team with the girl of his dreams, Sakura Haruno, and his arch enemy, Sasuke Uchiha. Together with Kakashi sensei, they go on dangerous missions to help people. (SUMMARY BY RAISUME)

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Facts:

Author: Masashi Kishimoto

Status: Ongoing

Release Rate: Weekly

Anime: Yes

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Ratings

Raisume: Overall an exciting manga, but like all shounen, it has its utterly ridiculous parts. The manga also keeps going and going with no end in sight (which might be a good thing if it was a better story). One of the only good things I can think of is that the story is about ninjas. One of the things that really bugged me though, was that the comical parts were put in awkward situations. It seems that as the story progresses, the artwork degrades until it seems that Kishimoto thought shadows and shadings weren’t needed anymore. Honestly, the thing that bugs me the most is the characters’ clothing. The only outfits that I agree with only appear later on in the story as the main bad guys are introduced. The plot has a good idea in it, ninjas are cool, but the way that it’s delivered leaves much less than desired.

Artwork: 4/10

Plot: 5/10

Character Design: 7/10

Comedy: 2/10

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Tsuukushi: Naruto is a very exciting manga, not to mention the randomly funny parts. They also managed to mix in the perfect amount of sorrow and drama. Over all Kishimoto did a splendid job 9/10.

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Gosuto: I really love this manga because it was the very first manga I’ve ever read. It’s very sorrowful but still got a lot of fight scenes in it. Not only that, but it also has a lot a funny scenes. I give it a 10/10 because I must stay true to may first manga .

Fruits Basket

Summary: Fruits Basket is centered around a girl named Honda Tohru and the mysterious Sohma family. Tohru is a nice, caring girl even though her parents are dead and she lives in a tent in the woods. All of that changes when she discovers a house where Shigure and Yuki (the schools prince!) lives. Everything seems normal with them except for one small detail… they turn into animals when hugged by the opposite gender! The same is true for 11 other members of the Sohma family. The thing is, the Sohma’s are cursed by the animals of the Chinese zodiac and the vengeful spirit of the cat! Will the curse keep Tohru from finding happiness with the person she loves?

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Facts:

Author: Takaya Natsuki

Status: Completed

Chapters: 136

Anime: Yes

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Ratings:

Raisume’s: One of the more moving shoujos I’ve had the pleasure to read. The artwork is very well done, the only problem that I can find, is that all of the girls have those disturbingly huge eyes. The plot was very interesting, but could use some work. I found the plot to be very repetitive in the way that characters are introduced. It seemed that every single character had a tragic story, some people may enjoy this, but it creates a depressing feel about the manga. I’d have to say that the comical parts were very funny and brought a smile to my face. Some parts of it though were very hard to read, given the stupidity of the character or moment.

Artwork: 9/10

Character Design: 7/10

Plot: 9/10

Comedy: 6/10

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Tsuukushi’s: Fruits Basket was definitely an emotional manga, but in a good way. I found that plot was very well done and creative. I mean who would ever think of that? I also very much liked the art work, except that sometimes I found that Takaya Natsuki drew some things out of proportion.  But I have to agree with Raisume that the plot was very repetitive along the with character’s past of tragic happenings. That was probably the greatest fraction of the manga I disliked. I found the comedy well done, though sometimes ridiculous. Though over all, I do enjoy the manga, but there are definitely some let downs.

Artwork: 9/10

Character Design: 8/10

Plot: 9/10

Comedy: 7/10

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Gosuto: Not the best shoujo ever, but I liked the emotion the author put into it. The plot was pretty good as well. This manga gets a 7 out of 10 because of the emotion and feelings that it gives the reader.

Bleach

Summary: Ichigo Kurosaki is a completely normal highschooler all except for one thing… he can see ghosts. His life was pretty much normal until he meets a girl named Rukia Kuchiki. It turns out that Rukia is a shinigami, a supernatural being that slays evil spirits called hollows, and helps escort lost spirits to soul society. When Ichigo’s family is attacked by a hollow and the newly-met shinigami is injured, Rukia transfers her powers to Ichigo! Now Ichigo is a shinigami himself and must help protect lost souls and innocent humans! (SUMMARY BY RAISUME)

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Facts:

Author: Tite Kubo

Status: Ongoing

Release rate: Weekly

Anime: Yes

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Ratings:

Raisume’s: A very good manga, contains lots of the stuff that is required for a shounen manga. Mainly outrageous fightscenes where they power up in ungodly levels as the fight progresses. This is the second manga I’ve ever read and it keeps me looking forward ’till the next issue comes out. The artwork of this manga isn’t the best I’ve ever seen, but like I always say, it’s better than I could ever do. An always present theme in most shonen mangas, the bad guys have utterly ridiculous powers. Most of the antagonists aren’t very fun to look at either. The plot, like most other mangas, is what keeps me coming back. The humor can also be sometimes very strained, like Tite Kubo put it there at the last minute, which can make the reader feel very awkward. So far, the manga has over 300 chapters, and with long mangas comes repetitiveness. As the story arcs progress, it feels as if the same things happen again and again, only with different characters.

Artwork: 7/10

Character Designs: 9/10

Plot: 8/10

Comedy: 5/10

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Gosuto’s: I like Bleach because it has a good storyline and it’s an exciting read. All of the blood and gore is very satisfying as well. Reading this manga keeps me occupied, that is, until I have to wait for the next chapter! Bleach gets a 10/10

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Tsuukushi’s:

Bleach is definitely a well done manga, I found the plot very well done, and the fight scenes were irresistible. The manga always keeps you wanting more and keeps you on your toes. I didn’t mind the artwork, though I must admit I have seen better. I found the humor well done, but sometime’s Tite Kubo added it in at random, making me and maybe other readers confused. I must agree with Raisume that Bleach can be repetitive just taking a little creativeness out of the picture. Nontheless, I must say Bleach is a fantastic manga over all, but just like others, has the smallest of let downs.

Artwork: 7/10

Character Designs: 8/10

Plot: 9/10

Comedy: 7/10

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