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Comment on Female friendship in shōjo manga by Ciarda

Ciarda — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 02:38:20 +0000

Fushigi Yuugi. Although Yui does go bad, it’s not really about romantic rivalry, but that Yui thought she would lose her bond to Miaka when she fell in love with Tamahome. Miaka stays intensely loyal to Yui and keeps trying to reach and rescue her- finally suceeding, in part 2 Yui repays this friendship by standing up to those that threatened Miaka’s life. You also have the bond Subaru feels toward both her former miko Suzano and to Miaka. In Watase’s Ayashi no Ceres there are several central female friendships that until the final arc do play a role in the story.

Comment on Narita, Yasuda, and Satorigi: Durarara!!, vol. 1 by Lorin

Lorin — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:14:15 +0000

I haven’t read the manga yet, but I loved the anime and am absolutely looking forward to getting my hands on the books.

As an FYI, I believe the anime is still available on Crunchyroll, if you want to catch the ending.

Comment on Narita, Yasuda, and Satorigi: Durarara!!, vol. 1 by MangaBlog — Seven years later, still blogging about manga

MangaBlog — Seven years later, still blogging about manga — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:20:30 +0000

[…] Henderson on vols. 6-10 of Dazzle (Manga Xanadu) Joy Kim on vol. 1 of Durarara!! (Joy Kim) Sweetpea616 on vol. 2 of Gate 7 (Organization Anti-Social Geniuses) Serdar Yegulalp on […]

Comment on Catching up with Twin Spica by Links: The politics of Archie, Vertical picks up new manga « Good Comics for Kids

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:59:53 +0000

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Comment on Catching up with One Piece by Links: The politics of Archie « Good Comics for Kids

Links: The politics of Archie « Good Comics for Kids — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:56:37 +0000

[…] (The Graphic Classroom) Carlo Santos on vol. 55 of Naruto (Anime News Network) Joy Kim on vols. 56-60 of One Piece (Joy Kim) Anna on vol. 6 of The Story of Saiunkoku (Manga Report) Sean Gaffney on vol. 8 of Toriko […]

Comment on Catching up with One Piece by MangaBlog — New licenses from Vertical, Tezuka-fest continues

MangaBlog — New licenses from Vertical, Tezuka-fest continues — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:56:18 +0000

[…] Anime and Manga Blog) Kristin on vol. 3 of No Longer Human (Comic Attack) Joy Kim on vols. 56-60 of One Piece (Joy Kim) Danica Davidson on vol. 1 of Only Serious About You (Otaku USA) Lori Henderson on vols. 1 […]

Comment on Catching up with Twin Spica by Catching up with One Piece | Joy Kim

Catching up with One Piece | Joy Kim — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:07:51 +0000

[…] on my catch up list: One Piece by Eiichiro Oda. Volumes 56 through 60 of the series follow Luffy on his desperate quest […]

Comment on Catching up with Twin Spica by MangaBlog — Tell JManga: It’s time to go global!

MangaBlog — Tell JManga: It’s time to go global! — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:11:01 +0000

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Comment on Teams vs. Team-Ups by Imitorar

Imitorar — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:50:36 +0000

On the other hand, compare the current Justice League title to Geoff Johns’ own work on the Justice Society of America. The JSA was always written with an eye toward the team as a whole, which I think was a large factor in its success. It should also be noted that nobody in the JSA had a solo book, so there wasn’t any worry that developing the character one way in the team book would create problems in the solo book. The same could be said for Wolfman and Perez’s Teen Titans, or Giffen and DeMattheis’ Justice League International. Again, the team was written as a team, not just a collection of individuals, but there were no solo books to interfere, and nobody on the team had ever really been a solo character. Certainly not a very well-developed or prominent one.

But I think even the Justice League has been written as a team and not a team-up in the past. Look at the Morrison League, or the Englehart League. It’s not impossible to write a team of characters with solo books as a team, it’s just more difficult, and requires a certain writing ability as well as good coordination with the solo book staff to make sure no problems arise.

Comment on Teams vs. Team-Ups by Comics A.M. | Is Amazon planning its own brick-and-mortar chain? | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:57:22 +0000

[…] Commentary | Joy Kim ponders the difference between teams and team-ups. In a team story, such as the pirates of One Piece, the members work together and character development occurs in that context. “In contrast, in a team-up story, the individual characters always trump the idea of the team. While there’s a certain amount of entertainment value in watching the various members of the Justice League react to each other’s styles, that’s also often all there is to the story. The character-changing moments for the members happen, for the most part, within their own monthly titles, not in Justice League; even when they do happen outside the character’s main title (usually as part of some big crossover event), they are more about the character as an individual than about the team as a unit.” [Joy Kim] […]