Input: [Read all▲▼] Danza (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is yet another short story collection form Natsume Ono that unfortunately I had a "meh" reaction to. The recurring them seemed to be father/son or mentor/subordinate. Many of the stores featured police in some capacity or other. A few were set in Italy. I couldn't really connect with any of them, as they were too short. I imagine it's difficult to attempt to write an emotional story with only a few pages to do so, and these were not successful for me. [Rating▲▼]

Output: So-so

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Cynical Orange (manhwa) [Comment▲▼] The manhwaga described this as a "princess manhwa" and I think that sums it up nicely. Hye Min is our physically perfect heroine, yet she's cold and withdrawn and she doesn't have any friends. Next, along comes the love interest to pull her out of her isolation. Naturally, there are a lot of obstacles before the prince rescues the princess from her ivory tower. This manga is a melodrama, plain and simple. The emo quotient was sometimes over the top. I did like that the characters were somewhat multi dimentional. They were fleshed out enough that their actions and motivations made sense. Overall, I found the series to be entertaining, but predictable. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Cute Devil (manga, Hiro Madarame) [Comment▲▼] Here's a manga that really messes with that girly pretty boy=bottom trope. "Fuu-chan" is idolized by his classmates for being cuter than a girl and he totally plays people by acting cute and helpless when in reality, his persnality is radically different. When his cutesy act doesn't seem to work on the class president he reverts to his real self; pushy, super demanding and kind of a jerk. This book was the first I had ever read by Hiro Madarame. I love her art, she has a knack for conveying expressions. Her line work is delicate and detailed with a slight sketchy quality and the result is fantastic. I really enjoyed this book and would love to read the sequels. However, with Tokyopop gone, that doesn't look to be very likely. =( [Rating▲▼]

Output: Very good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Cute Beast (manga) [Comment▲▼] I kept my expectations low for ths anthology so I wasn't disappointed. The first story was the best. I was a little annoyed with the teacher/student story. That teacher was a douche and he should have been fired. The other stories were all pretty mediocre as well. The book was cute and entertaining and that's it. I doubt I'll remember it tomorrow. [Rating▲▼]

Output: So-so

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Cut (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is a cut above your usual schoolboy romance. It's not your typical fluffy sweet love story. For one, both boys have serious issues, one with a cutting problem and the other with a screwed up childhood. Anyway, it proceeds in the typical manner, these boys meet and fall in love, etc. It did not however, cross the line into sappy territory, which is a problem I had with another of Kawai's books, "Everlasting Love". "Cut" was dark and the characters were interesting, the plot typical but well executed. It's all I ask for really, in order to be entertained. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Very good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Crying Freeman (manga) [Comment▲▼] Crying Freeman is a kind of like a wish fulfilment manga for men. Freeman is kidnapped by the Chinese mafia and indoctrinated into their service as an assassin. He eventually takes over the organization and becomes it's leader. The first volume was the best, but unfortunately the series jumps the shark pretty early in volume two. The situations become increasingly more ridiculous so that they are impossible to take seriously. Freeman is like a Gary Stu, the perfect man who is handsome, excels at everything from art to fighting, and all women (especially his enemies) eventually fall in love with him. By the end he had gathered a harem. One point in the manga's favor was having Ryoichi Ikegami do the art in his photorealistic style. For a manga with so many naked people, at least they were drawn in proportion. The near constant nudity was sometimes laughable though, as characters are alway fighting in the buff for seemingly no reason that makes sense. In the end, this series boils down to nothing more than entertaining schlock. I am not the target audience for sure, but I was interested to see what over the top elements would pop up next and in that regard Crying Freeman didn't disappoint. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Crushing Love (manga) [Comment▲▼] Only one word needed to describe this manga: Bland. Everything from the plot to the characters to the art were incredibly mediocre. It can't say it was bad, but it wasn't good either, and I doubt I'll ever remember any of it. Heck, I've almost forgotten it already. [Rating▲▼]

Output: So-so

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Crown of Love (manga) [Comment▲▼] Here, the Loveless mangaka shows us another borderline creepy relationship in Crown of Love. It's about a young man's love bordering on obsession for an idol. He's really intense about it almost like a stalker, yet he's so earnest that I can't help but root for him at the same time. Even though it does work out in the end, I still felt a little uncomfortable about it because the relationship seemed so unhealthy and Hisayoshi's methods were so manipulative. Yun Kouga's writing here is excellent as well, because Hisayoshi is rightly portrayed as a little unbalanced, instead of a romantic hero à la Hot Gimmick. I quite enjoyed the series although not as much as Loveless, which is even more twisted. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Very good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Crossroad (manga) [Comment▲▼] This series reminded me quite a bit of Fruits Basket. The characters were likable and I found most of the humor cute. The story got a little melodramatic a times, but since this is the first manga series I've finished, I'm not sure if that's the norm for teenage angst manga. Overall, I enjoyed it a lot. This is the first manga series I ever read, and after revisiting it half a decade later, I'm sorry to say that it doesn't old up. It's very been there-done that, as far a story and humor go. Also, the art is crude with flat expressionless faces and little in the way of backgrounds or detail of any kind. Oh well, at least it frees up some shelf space. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Excellent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Cross Game (manga) [Comment▲▼] I like sports stories and I really liked this, but it isn't a favorite for several reasons. One: baseball is one of my least favorite sports, and this series gets very technical with it. Two: The art is a very cartoony style that is generally not to my taste. Third: this is a shounen i.e. for young boys series, so there was fansevice sprinkled throught, and it seemd as if any development Aoba could have had was sacrificed in favor of Kitamura. Basically, I was not the target audience. For what it was, this is an exceptionally well done and well written baseball manga. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Very good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Cross (manga) [Comment▲▼] Cross got a little better as it went on, but it still wasn't very good. The pacing jumped all over the place, the plot barely made sense, and it had no ending. (Did the author just quit?) On a positve note, The art was very pretty. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Not really good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Croquis (manga) [Comment▲▼] Hinako Takanaga's style is of the cutesy variety, with effeminate blushing boys and sappy romance. This is generally not to my taste. The only work of hers I really liked was "Little Butterfly", which did have blushing boys, but also had a darker thread of drama woven into it. Everything else has been very forgettable. Granted, I haven't read her most popular work yet, "The Tyrant Falls in Love". "Croquis" is typical of her sappy style. This is an anthology and the stories are all pretty mediocre. It's pretty much the very definition of brain candy: undemanding and sugary sweet. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Crimson Wind (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is the sequel to White Guardian. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Crimson Snow (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is a short story collection with three stories. The title story, about an injured yakuza who finds shelter in the home of a young man, is the best. i really like this manga-ka's art style. It's very clean, with distinctive looking characters. She's not afraid to draw very masculine looking characters either. I just wish the young man in the title story didn't look so much like a young woman. In the author's notes in the back, she explains that she was ordered to make the "uke" look more feminine with less muscles, so that explains it, but I wish she had stuck to her guns as the book would have been better for it. As it is, while very entertaining, it's very conventional looking and doesn't push any boundaries at all. As one who is sick of seeing male/female gender portrayals transposed onto two men in BL, this is a point against it. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Crimson Cross (manga) [Comment▲▼] I must say I liked this far better than the writer's other US published manga, Jazz. The hate filled relationship between vampire hunter turned vampire and his creator was a lot more interesting than a creepy doctor/patient boys' love series. The book is short, so there isn't a whole lot of plot. Not that there was really anywhere to go with it anyway. After a couple of run ins in which innocent women die, the pattern has been established. The ending is open ended but you easily get the picture. The art in this one was done by the Cafe Kichijouji artist, which was the only redeeming quality of that manga IMO. Overall, an entertaining way to spend a half hour. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Crescent Moon (manga) [Comment▲▼] Crescent Moon was very mediocre for me. The monsters and magic theme has been done again and again, and I don't feel that this title does anything to distinquish itself from the rest. The art, while not bad, didn't blow me away either. At only six volumes, this story was a quick read and it at least concluded nicely, but I doubt I'll ever re-read it. [Rating▲▼]

Output: So-so

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Cool/Uncool (manga) [Comment▲▼] Truthfully, this was just another run of the mill schoolboy romance boys' love title. It was only mildly entertaining. I thought the initial premise keeping the boys apart was mind numbingly stupid. One of them is self concious about being slightly shorter than his love interest, so he refused to make a move until he was taller than the other boy. Umm, what?! My thought was "good luck with that". The art style illustrated both boys in the same style and didn't cater to stupid yaoi cliches in that both looked masculine and about the same size. As it was, I was losing patience with the idea that the "bottom" has to be little and cute, though thankfully the guy gets over his hangup eventually. So this was an ok, if forgettable book. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Constellations in My Palm (manga) [Comment▲▼] This was a pretty solid "schoolboys in love" romance. It was pretty much about two boys angsting over their feelings and working up the courage to confess. I liked it, but really it's no different than tons of other shojo romance out there, in which many problems would be solved right away if people would just communicate. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] (The) Color of Love (manga) [Comment▲▼] Color of Love is a collection of short stories. It was pretty mediocre. [Rating▲▼]

Output: So-so

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Color (manga by Eiki Eiki) [Comment▲▼] This is a collaboration between Eiki Eiki and Taishi Zaou, who both have a very similar art style. The charaters are artists who discover that both of their paintings at an exhibition have the same title and look eerily similar. This is a loose "BLization" of how both artists became met and became friends. Essentially, its another BL schoolboy story, as both boys are high school students. I found it mildly interesting and the notes in the margins added by the artists were an amusing touch. Knowing the history behind the book gives it some added depth. Otherwise, it's nothing special. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Code Geass: Tales of an Alternate Shogunate (manga) [Comment▲▼] I've tried to read a few of the Code Geass manga now and none of them have been very good. This one is especially bad. The story makes no sense and nothing is explained or elaborated on. The art is painfully sketchy and amateurish. The book has no redeeming qualites, as it's only a poorly constructed franchise tie in for people who are already superfans of Code Geass. The only positive thing I can say is at least it's inoffensive, but that doesn't save it from being a complete waste of time. This is bottom of the barrel material here, absolutely forgettable in every way. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Weak

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Clover (manga by CLAMP) [Comment▲▼] This is an absolutely beautiful series that barely makes any sense plotwise. The whole thing has a sort of surreal cracked out feel to it. The story jumps around in the timeline and very little is explained. Despite that, it is still pretty easy to follow, I just wish it had been more detailed and had an ending. Unfortunately, this is one of the manga that CLAMP never finished. Even still, this so far is my favorite of their works. The art is top notch, and they did some very interesting things with panelling that I've not seen before. Dark Horse's presentation is excellent as well. The book is printed on nice white paper and includes many color illustrations. It was definitely worth the purchase price. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Very good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Close the Last Door (manga) [Comment▲▼] I was a bit hesitant to pick this up due to Yugi Yamada's artwork. It's not "pretty" and I hear it's a bit of an aquired taste. Fortunately, this was on sale so I decided to give it a chance. I'm glad I did. The characters and story were so engrossing that the awkward art grew on me. I'm looking forward to volume 2. Years later, volume two finally sees the light of day. I have to say I no longer think Yamada's art is awkward. It's not "pretty" and her characters are more masculine looking than the tradtional bishounen you usually find in these sorts of manga. It's refreshing actually. The series is just as wonderful as I remembered, with well thought out characters and great comedy between them. The story, a romance featuring adult men, is excellent. I have to say of all the Yugi Yamada books I've read, I haven't been disappointed by one. All of her manga are quite good, even the anthologies. However, Close the Last Door is my favorite. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Very good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Clear Skies! (manga) [Comment▲▼] This can be summed up as a sort of family comedy. I liked it. The humor worked for me. The art was a little rough looking but expressive. The well depicted facial expressions added to the laughs. The plot wasn't the most original, but I liked it. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Cipher (manga) [Comment▲▼] Cipher started out fairly interesting. Its set in New York where Anise befriends her classmate Siva. Siva has a twin, Cipher, and these two basically share an identity. Anise gets closer to them, slowly learning their situation and along the way they both develop into separate people. I found the whole thing interesting for the first few volumes, but it began to drag after awhile. The character development was nice, but it and the story moved at a snails pace. I really liked the 80's atmosphere. Reading this was kinda like opening a time capsule. The art was also nice without looking too dated. Overall, I thought Cipher showed promise in the early volumes, but since it was dragged out too long, the drama lacked impact and the whole thing went downhill. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Cigarette Kisses (manga) [Comment▲▼] I admit that Nase Yamato's books are hit or miss for me, as I'm not really a fan of her style. However, I quite like this book. It involves a trio of childhood friends, now adults, who work at the same company. The outcome of the love triangle is not as glaringly obvious as those I've often encountered in manga, with the clear "throwaway" character. There was a moment in the middle of the book when I felt that it could go either way. I appreciated this book for not insulting my intellegence, although it does end a bit too neatly for all the melodrama that goes down. Either way, this is the best book by Nase Yamato I've read thus far. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Chocolate Surprise (manga) [Comment▲▼] Meh. Another lackluster anthology. After enjoying Love Quest and Flower Bride/Groom, I was let down by this one. [Rating▲▼]

Output: So-so

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Children of the Sea (manga) [Comment▲▼] Daisuke Igarashi's art in this is amazing and it's well worth reading this for that alone. Unfortunately, the story while interesting, didn't really grab me. There was a lot of mystical mumbo jumbo concerning tribal creation myths and their relation to the sea. Also, Viz has published 35 chapters in four volumes and I am unsure if that is the complete series, as the ending starts getting very surreal and makes very little sense to me. Either way, by the end I had pretty much lost interest. I'm glad I read this, but I'll probably never revisit it, as it isn't ever going to be a favorite of mine. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Chikyu Misaki (manga) [Rating▲▼]

Output: Very good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Chicago (manga) [Comment▲▼] Chicago is an interesting little sci-fi/action title by the author of the shojo fantasy epic, Basara. I loved it and wish I could have read more. Unfortunately, it ends just as the plot starts to get really interesting. Nonending aside, the characters really made this for me. It's nice to see a female character who's not afraid to kick a little ass. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Very good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Cheeky Angel (manga) [Comment▲▼] I thought Cheeky Angel was a really fun romantic comedy. It had a decent plot, was nicely paced and never dragged. I really liked the characters and the humor actually made me laugh. The art wasn't the most polished, but it fit the tone of the series and got the message across. I thoroughly enjoyed this series. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Excellent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Challengers (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is Hinako Takanaga's debut series. it was interesting seeing her older art style, I quite liked it. By the end of the series though, Tomoe starts looking younger and girlier as per Takanaga's current style. (Bleh.) Challengers is basically a romantic comedy and here the comedy mostly worked. I got a couple of giggles out of it. Takanaga created an interesting and varied cast of characters and they play off each other well. So well in fact that the protagonists both are overshadowed by vastly more interesting side characters, such as Tomoe's homophobic brother Souiichi and his lab assistant Morinaga, Kurokawa's friend Isogai, and Kurokawa's mom. Compared to these, Kurokawa and Tomoe are pretty flat. Fortunately, Takanga wrote a spinoff, the pretty popular "The Tyrant Falls in Love" that focuses on Souiichi and Morinaga. I can't wait to read that one. She really created a couple of memorable characters there. Unfortunately, Challengers by itself is kinda bland. I wasn't that interested in the main story, and I don't share Takanaga's love for genderless young looking blushing boys (Tomoe). [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Ceres: Celestial Legend (manga) [Comment▲▼] Ceres is one of Watase's best so far. It's also darker and much more violent than her other series, which is probably one of the reasons I liked it so much. It felt a bit more "mature" than others I've read by her. The art was beautiful as well, but I've come to expect that from a Watase manga. My only complaint is that the story sort of dragged in the middle volumes. I also appreciated the ending. The story would have been cheapened if it had ended all roses. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Excellent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] A Century of Temptation (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is a BL one shot by the Madness and Brave 10 mangaka. Honestly, it's not very good. The art is great, but the story and characters are severely under-cooked. It'as about a vampire who is allergic to human blood who falls in love with a human. Another vampire is obsessed with him and is jealous. Honestly, any sort of conflict, such as Sevi's human lifespan, Hornet's weakening powers, and the antagonist are handwaved away at the end, like the mangaka had to wrap it up super fast and didn't know how. So, any potential this thing could have had pretty much goes down the toilet with the ending. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Not really good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Cat Paradise (manga) [Comment▲▼] After enjoying the mangaka's other series, Chikyu Misaki and King of Thorn, I really expected to like this one too. Sadly, I didn't. Cat Paradise makes use of the tired and worn out high school setting, where the student council along with their pet cats possess magic powers they use to fight demons. Another thing I really dislike are animal mascot/sidekick characters. I never find this cute and here the talking cats just about did me in. They were portrayed more like little humans in cat form, so it was like they could have been any animal really, dogs or hamsters would have worked just as well. Maybe I could have gotten past the talking cats if this had not been yet another demon busting high school series with a cackling supervillian at the end. Who knows. In the end, I found the series to be very ho-hum and I did not like it very much. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Not really good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Castle Mango (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is a surprisingly emotional heartfelt romance between a high school boy whose family owns a love hotel and an adult film director who sometimes films there. The premise could have been super seedy but it is quite chaste. The characters were lonely people with tragic backstories and seeing them come together was satisfying. I also liked that the story took place over two volumes, allowing for a bit more depth to the romance and characters. I enjoyed it. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Very good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Casino Lily (manga) [Comment▲▼] Magira aka "Casino Lily" has legendary gambling luck. The catch is that he can only win with other people's money. So, he goes around the world to different casinos in an effort to break his "curse". He eventually is pursued by a casino owner with the ridiculous LOL worthy name of "Monte Carlo". This is kind of a silly book, not in a comedic way, but more in a cheesy way. I do like Nitta's art quite a bit, although she has a habit of making Magira look too androgynous at times. In one scene he comes out in a red suit (no shirt) and pearls. That is just one example, but there were multiple times where I thought he seriously needed a fashion intervention. This is only a one volume series, so the romance is too condensed for it to make much of an impact on me. I found the book entertaining and I did like it, but I vastly prefer Nitta's longer, better developed and more well known "Embracing Love". [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Caramel (manga) [Comment▲▼] I liked the two Puku Okayama manga I've read in the past, but this one sort of left me cold. A girlish young man is looking for a cheap room for college and happens across one in which he can stay for free if he handles all of the house duties. The rentee is a man child who can't seem to take care of himself, yet works in a $$ office job. This is BL so they fall in love, but it felt unbalanced and empty. I didn't find humor in the salaryman ordering Iori about. This book was a miss for me. [Rating▲▼]

Output: So-so

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Input: [Read all▲▼] A Capable Man (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is an anthology by Hinako Takanaga. The stories are all short and shallow. There are plenty of blushing high school boys, which is so not my thing. The best story in the collection was the only one not dealing with high school boys. It featured two cooks in a restaurant, one of which loved to torment the other with his bad food because he had a fetish for the other guy's reactions. Anyway, I'm only lukewarm on Hinako Takanaga's work, so I didn't enjoy this as much as a superfan might. It was only OK for me. [Rating▲▼]

Output: So-so

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Canon (manga) [Comment▲▼] I like vampire tales, so I expected to like Canon, and I did (no surprise). Canon is your basic revenge tale. Since this is only 4 volumes, the story moves at a good clip. I appreciated that there was no clear cut "good" and "bad". I believe the world is painted in shades of gray rather than black and white after all. My only slight complaint is the sort of abrupt ending. Because the series is so short, I pretty much expected that. Even so, the author still manages to create some interesting characters and an exciting story in such a short format. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Candy (manga by S. Sugita) [Comment▲▼] This book contains two stories. In the first, Tohru's cousin (nonrelated) comes to live with him and his brothers, and the second is a romance between a couple of teachers. The first story is the stronger of the two, but ultimately both were pretty mediocre. I enjoyed the book, but only marginally. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Can't Lose You (manhwa) [Comment▲▼] This here is a high drama style romance series. Plot: Our heroine Yooi shares the same face as rich bitch Lida. Lida hires Yooi to be her body double. Drama ensues. Can't Lose You is drawn in what I've come to see as a generic shojo manhwa style: Big puffy lips, sharp slanting eyebrows, and really androgynous men. In other words, it was nothing special artwise. While I sot of liked Can't Lose You, it's not a memorable manhwa. It's ok for some quick and light entertainment, but don't be expecting any depth from this soap opera. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Camera, Camera, Camera (manga) [Comment▲▼] I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this one. Akira has a bit of a creepy brother complex, and is being pursued by an older photographer guy who's into him. I found it to be lighthearted, funny, and really entertaining. I liked the art too. My only complaint was with a plot point at the end that seemed needless. I recently tried to reread this one and I found it painfully mediocre. Firstly, the characterization in this was extremely shallow. The photographer falls in love with Akira seemingly instantly and without explanation, making it a stretch to believe. Also, the art wasn't that great. The character designs are incredibly simplistic, and the brothers (supposedly not blood related) I had extreme difficulty telling apart. The lack of backgrounds doesn't help things. I'm not sure why I enjoyed this so much the first time around, and I can only conclude that I didn't have much to compare it to, as it'sd one of the first BL I ever read. I've read much better since then. [Rating▲▼]

Output: So-so

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Calling (manga) [Comment▲▼] I've read this manga twice now and I must say that it holds up well to a second reading. It's a romance between a salaryman and a porn actor who "meet cute". It's cute and funny and the romance works for me. The art is very good, with both guys being depicted the same way, i.e. no super girly bottom/super manly top. The characterization was fairly good here. I could see why these two guys liked each other. In short, it's a solid read for fans of BL. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Very good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Caged Slave (novel) [Comment▲▼] This book is a guilty pleasure for me. I can objectively state that it's not very good. The plot is a cliche secretary/boss romance cribbed from a Harlequin novel. The prose is stilted and riddled with gramatical errors. The characters are pretty one dimentional. Yet, I like the book. I found it very entertaining. So, I can't really explain myself. This book is crap but I like it anyway. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Café Latte Rhapsody (manga) [Comment▲▼] Toko Kawai describes the main couple in her afterword as "a girly-guy couple...almost like a yuri couple". Both characters were supposed to be grown men but neither character was in any way believable as such. There was altogether too much blushing, crying and too many childlike expressions for me to take either one seriously. I felt like I was reading about a couple of elementary school kids. She also wrote that her goal was to create a cute, lovey-dovey romance. Well, she succeeded, but I think it went too far. It went beyond cute into saccarine territory and that's just the sort of BL I don't like. One of the characters muses that he felt like he "was in a shoujo manga" and it was that element that didn't work for me. It felt like I was reading light, fluffy no substance shoujo, with two crying, blushing heroines and too much sparkle. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Not really good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Café Kichijouji de (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is a plotless gag manga about a group of guys working in a cafe. The humor is of the random slapsticky variety of which I am not a fan. I barely cracked a smile at any of these jokes. The characters were uninteresting as well, being pretty much one note wonders. You have the clean freak, the poor guy, the womanizing prettyboy, the freakishly strong one, and the occult otaku. One wacky personality trait does not characterization make. Needless to say, I wasn't impressed with this manga. On the other hand, DMP did an excellent job on these books. They printed it on nice white paper complete with several color pages and nice dustjackets. I wish they took this much care on their June line. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Not really good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Butterfly of the Distant Day (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is a sequel/spinoff to Il gatto Sul G. The main story features Riya's cousin who is reunited with a past fling and they work out their differences. Music is a theme here too. I just found it to be "ok". This is the kind of fare thats entertaining enough while one is reading it, but will not be remembered tomorrow. On the other hand, Miyagi's art has improved greatly since drawing Il gatto Sul G. Characters and expressions are much more detailed and well drawn. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Butterflies, Flowers (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is a very silly romantic comedy about a formerly wealthy office lady and her new boss/former servant. I liked reading a series where all the characters were adults in the adult world. Masayuki is quite amusing, with a personality that does a complete 180 between hardass boss and fawning servant. Toss in a bunch of otaku references and a narrative that doesn't take itself seriously in the slightest and you get Butterflies, Flowers. I enjoyed it. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] ...but, I'm your teacher (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is a yaoi anthology. The stories are all pretty typical, and rely on a lot of the usual tropes. The only thing that saved it from being a complete snoozefest is that it veers to the more porny end of the spectrum. Since it's published by Kitty Media, that's to be expected. Nothing here is particularly memorable though, as this is actually the second time I've read it and the majority of the stories were a complete blank in my memory. The only one I remembered was the very disturbing codependent relationship between the photographer and the model at the end of the book. That one was extremely creepy. Everything else was very forgettable. [Rating▲▼]

Output: So-so

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Bus Gamer (manga) [Comment▲▼] I couldn't really get into Saiyuki, but I really like Kazuya Minekura's darker manga. The premise is based on a sort of corporate espionage, where teams engage each other to steal information. It's rather violent and action based and Minekura's art is quite suited to this. Unfortunately, she never wrote more than one volume. I'd have loved to see this story continue, as it is quite interesting. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Bunny Drop (manga) [Comment▲▼] I had a hard time rating this because reading it felt like reading two separate manga. The first four volumes focus on Daikichi raising Rin, then an abrupt time skip finds Rin in high school and the series takes on a whole different tone. As for it's notorious ending: I found it very uncomfortable. I think I could have accepted it better if Daikichi was an older friend of the family or something, but as the man who raises her, any romantic feelings are icky. Hell, even an age gap that great is creepy and bordering on pedo territory. And it seemed like Diakichi wasn't all that into it and just went along with it for Rin. I don't understand why he didn't get with Kouki's mom, as there were mutual feelings there, so that just seemed like a cop out. As you can see, I'm a little upset with the ending and feel like it ruined what could have been an excellent series. It's still "good" but I'ma slap on warning on that first. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Brother (manga by Yuzuha Ougi) [Comment▲▼] Well, this is certainly the most explicit manga I have ever run across. Am I a pervert if I totally enjoyed it? The art was hot, and it did have a story, you know, to string the sex scenes together. (LOL) Actually, discounting the sex scenes, the plot was fairly readable and the characters did manage to be interesting. So, I liked it, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone that doesn't have an interest in yaoi of an explicit nature. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Very good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Bring it On (manhwa) [Comment▲▼] This is a rather bland sunjeong (Korean shoujo) manhwa. I did like the non doormatty heroine of which I tend to see more often in the Korean stories I've read. As for the rest of the characters and the plot, I can scarcely remember it a couple of weeks after I read it. That's not a good recommendation. =/ [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Brilliant Blue (manga) [Comment▲▼] Shou moves back home to work in the family business when his father is injured. He runs into an old classmate, Nanami, who they used to call "white piggy". Nanami is a simple minded and childlike guy, both in looks and personality. Nanami is a little slow and has trouble grasping more complex things, yet he's a genius with numbers and has no problem at his job. It's that lack of emotional maturity that made his relationship with Doumeki seem very creepy and one sided. Even with Shou, it seems like Nanami is more a dependant than an equal. Despite that, the romance between the two is believable and the two character seem to compliment each other well. What makes this series good are the characters. Since it takes place in a small town, many side characters make an appearance and have a role in the story, from Shou's parents to Nanami's brothers, to their coworkers and various friends and aquaintances. It fleshes out the story in a way that one usually doesn't see in a short two volume BL series. The characterization is excellent, as Shou and Nanami are pretty fleshed out and three dimentional. All in all I quite liked this manga, as it's pretty well written for what it is. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Excellent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Breath (manga) [Comment▲▼] Breath is a soap opera, plain and simple. Arata is picked up in a bar and spends a night with Yanagi. The next day he has regrets and skips out in a hurry. Yanagi carrys a grudge and blackmails Arata into continuing to see him. Arata also has a twin brother, Ten, who he doesn't want finding out about his relationship. The crap hits the fan when Ten finds out. Ten is a jealous creeper and one of the reasons this story works. His interference multiplies the drama x10. Without him, this would have been yet another sex=love Boys Love romance, albeit a better developed one as this is five volumes long. However, with the addition of certain over the top elements, such as Ten, this story becomes much more memorable and entertaining. I can't quite say it is very good, the art is sort of bland and a bunch of tired and familiar BL tropes are present, but I did have fun reading it. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Boys Over Flowers (manga) [Comment▲▼] How do you keep a 37 volume manga series from getting stale? First, create some interesting and memorable characters, which Yoko Kamio has totally succeeded at here. Second, keep the plot twists happening. Nothing is worse than "mid series slump" in which nothing happens. Third, know when to let it go. Nobody wants the read the story that never ends. Now the series wasn't perfect. Some of those late series plot twists were dangerously close to jumping the shark, and the art in the early volumes was a bit rough, but despite these, Boys Over Flowers was one of the most fun shoujo experiences I've ever read. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Excellent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Boys Love (manga) [Comment▲▼] Don't be fooled by the generic sounding title, this is not a generic boy's love manga. For one, it's a tragedy. You don't see too many of those published here, among the fluffy schoolboy romances. It's also emotional and the romance is well written. The story is this: there were once three very close childhood friends, until one dies from leukemia. The boys are scarred by this. Years later, one eventually begins to move on and falls in love again, but the other is unable to. Both boys are a little unhinged, but Naoru shows signs of healing. The other boy is completely unbalanced. The third character, Mamiya, was the only normal one and served as the catalyst for Naoru's recovery and the other boy's self destruction. I liked how Tachibana was able to flesh out these three characters in so short a page count. The book is very streamlined and narrow in it's focus, therefore more time could be spent on the central cast and the conflict. I liked the book and I'm curious to read more from this mangaka. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Very good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Bond(z) (manga) [Comment▲▼] In the end, this is really just another yaoi anthology. Bondz contains four stories, three of which are completely forgettable. It's only the title story that manages to bring this book up from mediocrity. Bondz is about two friends who fall into a destructive and self absorbed relationship with each other and aren't able to deal with it's intensity. I've read Bondz before about a year ago and only this story made an impression on me. I remembered it clearly for the reread, while drawing a complete blank on the other three. I've come to discover that I prefer Toko Kawai's work when she writes more serious stories like this one as opposed to her more silly and sappy work like Our Everlasting and Cafe Latte Rhapsody. As an anthology, the book is very uneven, but I'm going to give it a pass on the title story alone. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Body Language (novel) [Comment▲▼] June's yaoi light novels are hit or miss. Sure, some are decent and every now and then I'll read a good one, but this is definitely not one of those. It falls under the realm of "plotless porn", with a flimsy story and cardboard characters. About the only thing keeping me awake through this book were the sex scenes, as the characters had no development whatsoever beyond describing the jerky guy as the "asshole" and the girly one as the "cool beauty". One note tropes does not characterization make. This book also suffered from some awkward sounding prose and sentence structure. To put it simply, this book is not very good and only passable if you feel like reading a lot of sex scenes, which unfortunately were the best part of the book. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Not really good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Blue Sky (manga by Y. Kuwabara) [Comment▲▼] Here we have yet another generic BL title taking place at an all boys school. Does it get any more cliche than this? [Rating▲▼]

Output: So-so

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Input: [Read all▲▼] A Bloody Kiss Tonight (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is a vampire story. In the first story, a vampire kidnaps the reincarnation of his lover. In the second story a librarian encounters a vampire who becomes obsessed with him. This is some "rape is love" bullshit right here. Writing aside, I'm finding Makoto Tateno's art really tiresome. All the characters look the same. In every single book it's the same two characters with light or dark hair. This book is on my discard pile. [Rating▲▼]

Output: So-so

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Bloody Kiss (manga) [Comment▲▼] Bloody Kiss is one of the worst shoujo I've had the misfortune to read lately. It comes complete with doormat heroine, douchey possesive love interest, and no plot what so ever. Oh, and there are vampires. Honestly, this thing is way worse than Twilight (I've read it), at least Twilight was entertaining. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Weak

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Blood+ Kowloon Nights (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is a one volume side story taking place in China. A police officer investigating a string of strange murders runs across Hagi in his investigations and learns about the monsters he's hunting. Saya isn't in this, Hagi is alone, which gives the mangaka an excuse to give it a light BL flavor. Kisaragi's character design certainly are pretty as well. Because it's one volume, it's assumed you are familiar with the main story. So, it doesn't stand alone. Regardless, it's a quick and entertaining if not particularly memorable read. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Blood+ Adagio (manga) [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Blood+ (manga) [Comment▲▼] I haven't seen the recent anime that this is based of off, so I went in with no preconceived notions about the manga. I really liked it. It's faced paced with an interesting plot and characters. There was plenty of action and it was well drawn. If anything, reading the manga made me more curious abuot viewing the anime. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Very good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Blame! (manga) [Comment▲▼] I've only read the first volume so far. It took me a while to get used to the lack of dialog and understand what was going on. Once I kept reading, it made more sense. The art in this is amazing. Especially the backgrounds. I want to read more just to find out about the world that Killy inhabits. It's been a few months, but I finally finished this one, and it was amazing. Blame! has got to be one of the most imaginative sci-fi universes that I've encountered. A lot is never fully explained and much is left up to the reader's interpretation. Usually stories like this irritate me, but in Blame!, it's part of the fun. My only real annoyance was with the non-ending. This series really could have kept going, but I guess the creator wanted to move on. Oh well, I'd have loved to read more. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Excellent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Black-winged Love (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is from the mangaka of "Dining Bar Akira". Although i enjoyed this, I thought it was a weaker work and much prefered Dining Bar Akira. For one this is an anthology, which I am rarely satisfied by. Fortunately, Yamashita's unconventional style drags this one out of the realm of forgettable. At this point, I'd read anything of hers published in English. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Black Sun (manga) [Comment▲▼] Published by 801 media, this two book series is pretty explicit. However, this is not simply plotless porn. The story, about a captured knight during the crusades, is interesting. I also love Ogasawara's art. She draws well, using delicate line work and including a good bit of detail in her panels, so it's not all characters on top of empty space. Her character designs are attractive too, pretty while still looking masculine. Because of this series, I ended up buying her artbook, which is quite nice. I have been converted, I am a fan. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Bird Kiss (manhwa) [Comment▲▼] It's refreshing to read about an unlikeable heroine for once. Miyoul is an absolute cow for most of the series. Her dorky next door neighbor Heerack has been harbouring a crush on her for years. She treats him like a servant. Heerack gets a makeover and is now handsome (but still dorky), and slowly Miyoul realizes that she likes him too. Despite the novelty of the mean girl heroine, the charactization isn't very good. The characters were pretty much one note archetypes. There isn't much to Miyoul and Heerack beyond "the mean feisty one" and "the dorky nice one". They're surrounded by other one note types such as the conceited player, the quiet cool guy, the pretty rich girl, and etc. The story too is as predicatable as they come, not offering much in the way of plot. We know Miyoul and Heerack will end up together at the end, and they do. I was marginally entertained by this series, but it's about as mediocre as they come. [Rating▲▼]

Output: So-so

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Biomega (manga) [Comment▲▼] Like Blame, this is another nonsensical scifi action story. I found Biomega a lot easier to follow though. Basically, an alien virus is infecting earth and turning human life into zombies. This is all orchestrated by a researcher in order to "reinvent" humanity. The narrative does a lot of herky jerky timeskipping and jumping from character to character. The art is very atmospheric, with surreal landscapes and creepy looking monsters. In fact, the main reason I read Nihei is just for the art. It helps that i like crazy scifi too. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Very good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Beyond… Scandalous Seiryo University (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is book three in the Seiryo University series. The series doesn't get any better with this volume. It's still ridiculously stupid, but the smut is entertaining. [Rating▲▼]

Output: So-so

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Better Than a Dream (novel) [Comment▲▼] This is a yaoi light novel. I've read almost all of these that June has published, and this is one of the better ones. It is basically a romance novel about a cafe owner with a tragic past and the new guy who comes to town. The story was decent, with believable characters and emotions. It was a more emotional story, which worked for me. The prose was readable, except for the very first chapter told from the POV of a dog chained up by the bus stop. Man, that was awkward as hell and we never hear from the dog again. Other than that, nothing yanked me out of the story. I enjoyed it for what it was, a low key yaoi romance novel. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Benkei in New York (manga) [Comment▲▼] This one volume story is about a shady guy named Benkei who works for the mafia. He's a hit man who takes jobs involving vendettas and each chapter focus on a revenge story. I found the book a little boring. Benkei himself is a blank slate, and the chapters are short, so the stories are a bit shallow. On the positive, the art is great, but I need more than that to maintain an interest. In the end this book just didn't deliver. [Rating▲▼]

Output: So-so

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Because I'm a Boy! (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is a yaoi anthology published by Kitty Media, which is to say, it's porn. The stories are all super short and the punchline is sex. As porn, it's mildly entertaining. I'm on the fence about Watanabe's drawing style. The stories were a mixed bag artwise, and the style changed between stories as if they were drawn over an extended period of time. I prefered her more masculine style as I don't like the girly "bishounen" look. My favorite story in the whole anotholgy is the one that doesn't have any sex at all and is drawn in a more manly style. My second favorite story was the bondage couple. The rest were completely forgettable. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Beauty is the Beast (manga) [Comment▲▼] This was a pretty good slice-of-life story about dorm life. The author admits in a side bar that she based the manga on her expeiences living in a dorm, so it's no wonder that the setting had a more authentic feel to it than I've encountered in other shojo manga. The art was serviceable, nothing special, but it got the point across. I enjoyed the characters. My one complaint is the very, very abrupt ending. It felt like the author got tired of writing the series and just tacked one on at the end of vol. 5. The relationship drama was just starting to become interesting before the author cut it short. It was sort of cheap, since I expected to see more to it. Well, I still enjoyed it, but it probably should have been given a few more volumes to resolve itself. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Beast Master (manga by K. Motomi) [Rating▲▼]

Output: So-so

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Beast & Feast (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is a pretty standard yaoi romance between a detective and his childhood friend who turns out to be a yakuza. It's pure escapism, as reality doesn't exist in this world. How would that even work anyway? Imagine eventually having to arrest your boyfriend... I probably shouldn't think so hard about it. On the plus side, the art is pretty nice. The mangaka admits that she likes to draw guys a little more built and I can definitely support seeing more of that. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Battle Royale (manga) [Comment▲▼] Battle Royale is the most grotesquely violent manga I've ever read. Fortunately, it has an awesome plot to back up the shocking visuals. It's faced paced and exciting, and never predictable. There is a huge cast of characters and each manages to be unique and make an impression, even with limited screen time. In fact, it seemed that I'd just start getting attached to a character before they'd kick the bucket. Best of all, the story wraps up nicely, with closure. Battle Royale is definitely one of the most memorable manga I've read. I will surely read it again. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Excellent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Battle Angel Alita (manga) [Comment▲▼] I've only read 1 volume so far. The art is beautiful, with one exception: why, oh Why does Daisuke look like Inspector Gadget? The story is basically a superhero tale. It was somewhat entertaining. I do plan on giving Vol. 2 a read. It's not a top priority though. It's been several years now since I first gave volume one a read and now having just completed the whole series in one giant marathon, I'm wondering why I haven't read this sooner. It's one of the best action manga I've ever read. The art is gorgeous, the action is clean and easy to follow, and Alita is a great heroine. I even love the old 90's feel sci-fi setting. One of the things I particularly appreciated about the characterization in this series is that the artist didn't go out of his way to further sexualize Alita. She was a strong heroine, but still very feminine, without focusing on her tits and panties. I get a little tired of picking up action series for guys with female leads and having much of the focus zooming in on their chests and asses. Battle Angel totally avoids that trap and for that I'm grateful. Another thing I liked was how the passage of time was handled. This series takes place over several years and it feels like it. Alita herself grows up a lot, and the world/characters around her change as well. My only small complaint is that the ending is a little rushed. I would have liked to see more of Tiphares and how it worked especially. Despite that, I was satisfied with how it ended and am a little leary of picking up the reboot, Last Order, because I'm afraid of it going off the rails. So, I think I'm just goin to stick with the original so not to poison my impression of this excellent series. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Excellent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Baseball Heaven (manga) [Comment▲▼] I liked the other Ellie Mamahara books I read, but I was pretty disappointed with this. I'm not a baseball fan, and even I noticed a lot seemed "off" with the baseball aspect. The mangaka admits in her notes that she didn't have a lot of research matertial and neither her nor her editor knew anything about baseball. So...why? Why not pick something you are more familiar with to base your story on? To be fair, the baseball is mostly just used a window dressing. The actual story is the teammate romance, but even that felt kinda contrived. Do baseball players in Japan live in dorms? Is all that ass smacking just a sign of latent homosexuality? Really, this book is dumb. On the plus side is Mamahara's art. While sometimes proportionally challenged, it doesn't resort to making one of the guys "the girl". They both look masculine and the same size. Points for that at least. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Not really good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Basara (manga) [Comment▲▼] I first time I picked up Basara, I thought it was "Meh." I recently picked up the rest of the series and reread the first volume and was instantly hooked. I was initially put off by Yumi Tamura's really stylized art style, but eventually I grew to love it. The story is a very detailed fantasy epic along the lines of "The Twelve Kingdoms". This 27 volume story moves at a good clip and never feels stagnant. Basara has made me a Yumi Tamura fan for sure. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Excellent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Banana Fish (manga) [Comment▲▼] I was really blown away by this manga, I couldn't stop turning the pages. It's basically an action story, set in the grimy underworld NYC of the 80's, and the action is nonstop, with events happening at a furious pace. The story follows a thug named Ash Lynx and his friends as they fight a crime boss and try to thwart a government conspiracy. Yes, this is a shoujo manga. It does what shoujo manga is particularly good at as well, fleshing out the characters and the relationships between them. By the end of the story, I had grown attached to the huge cast of characters. Which was why the ending, while fitting, was a little hard for me to take. I had hoped that Ash would finally catch a break at the end of the series, but the ending was appropriate so I can't fault it. Overall, Banana Fish was so different from othe shoujo manga that I can't help but rate it a masterpiece. It's a very well written page turner. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Masterpiece

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Bad Teacher's Equation (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is a relatively long (10 vols) BL series by Kizuna creator Kazuma Kodaka. This time it's set in a school and follows the relationships of a group of teachers and students. It was created in the early 90's and it shows, especially in the character's clothes and hairstyles. It is also much more lighthearted and comedic than Kizuna. The series length also allows for quite a bit of character and relationship development. I vastly prefer series like this that take their time to one shots where people seem to fall in love at the drop of a hat. While not as good as Kizuma IMO, I still enjoyed this series quite a bit. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Backstage Prince (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is standard shoujo romance here, in which an ordinary high school girl finds herself going out with a possessive, needy guy. The guy is an antisocial Kabuki actor who attend her school. She is roped into being his assistant after she whacks him with her bookbag. If it sounds really contrived, it is. Why they are attracted to each other isn't explained. I guess we are supposed to settle for some he/she's the one bullshit and call it a day. On the positive side, the story is two volumes long and the couple gets together fairly early, so it doesn't drag. Overall, I found it be be rather mediocre, but I was at least entertained. [Rating▲▼]

Output: So-so

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Azumanga Daioh (manga) [Comment▲▼] I will state up front that I am generally not a fan of the 4-koma comic strip style of storytelling. All too often it results in choppy storytelling, lazy characterization and the reliance on jokes that if not set up properly, just fall flat. Azumanga Diaoh overcomes all of these pitfalls. The characters are interesting and distinctive, with memorable personalities. The slice of high school life plot is well done. All of the common high school events are portrayed here, the sports festival, the cultural festival, the class trip, entrance exams, etc. But, instead of being boring, here they feel fresh and new. The humor is spot on as well, with the jokes being well timed and the punchlines are actually amusing. So, if I had to read a 4-koma, there's no going wrong with Azumanga Diaoh. I liked it quite a bit. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Excellent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Awaken Forest (manga) [Comment▲▼] This book contains three stories in Yuna Aoi's signature style of overly melodramatic romance bordering on obsession. Unlike Jazz, which was trashy and offensive, this book is just trashy. I didn't totally hate it, but I doubt I'll remember it in an hour. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Not really good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Author's Pet (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is another boy's love anthology full of super shallow short stories with cardboard characters. In fact, it was so bland I started to check out about halfway through, as I couldn't drum up any enthusiasm to read this thing. To add to the dullness, the art was completely generic and devoid of detail or backgrounds. Whole stretches of pages would go by with various screentone being the only background. This book was just a chore to read. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Weak

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Astral Project - Tsuki no Hikari (manga) [Comment▲▼] This started out very good then sorta went off the rails midway through. The premise was interesting: Masahiko finds a mysterious CD in his dead sister's room and when he listens to it he gains the ability to astral project. In the beginning chapters, this is a mystery as Masahiko has questions about his new ability and what may have happened to his sister. Later, the astral projection mystery makes way for some dumb conspiracy theory and a rundown of Japan's social problems. Lame. I thought the series had real promise, but I thought the way it panned out was dumb as hell. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] (The) Art of Loving (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is an unfinished series from Eiki Eiki. The characters meet in high school, where on is the son of a prominent family under loads of pressure, and the other is a delinquent transfer student. As time goes on Yutaka begins to obsess over Tohno and goes on a downward spiral as his grades slip. I would have liked to find out how this all turned out, as it looked promising, but the manga was abandoned after one volume. [Rating▲▼]

Output: So-so

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Aquarian Age: Juvenile Orion (manga) [Comment▲▼] I found this to be a terribly generic and crappy reverse harem manga. None of the charactes are developed and the story is a dull tale of high school kids with supernatural powers. (Not like I've ever seen that before *rolls eyes*). This was five volumes, which was five volumes too long. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Not really good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Aqua (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is the prequel to Aria, in which the heroine first lands on Aqua and begins her adventures as an apprentice gondolier. if you've seen the anime, this is more of the same. The main draw is the setting and landscape. The art is lovely, but I have to say I prefer the anime, as the addition of color and sound really bring the story to life. As far as plot, there is none. This is a very slow slice of life series. Some would say it's boring. And it is, in too large a dose. This little two volume bite though, is just enough of a taste without overindulging. I enjoyed it. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] (The) Antique Gift Shop (manhwa) [Comment▲▼] This manhwa starts out like Petshop of Horrors, in which people buy unique items with paranormal properties from a mysterious little antique store. In the beginning, the stories are mostly episodic but as the series goes on the story becomes more linear as it focuses on the Antique Shop owner and her one employee. The owner, Bun Nyu is tasked with selling all of the antiques by her grandmother who wishes to protect her from a family curse/evil spirit thing. The plot itself is rather meandering, and I was only mildly interested in it. The art however, was spectacular. This series struck me as very Korean, with a lot of folklore and old wives tale-like traditions woven through it. I've not come across a manhwa series like this yet, so it stood out. I did think the characters were a bit wooden, but even still I enjoyed the series. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Antique Bakery (manga) [Comment▲▼] Antique Bakery is a slice-of-life manga about a bakey called Antique and the four guys who run it. The focus is pretty much on the characters and the food. The characters were well written, interesting, and memorable. What humor there was worked nicely. This is an understated manga without overblown drama or silly slapstick humor, and that's one thing I liked about it. (It also made me crave carbs.) I enjoyed these four volumes immensely. I even thought the ending was appropriate. This is a manga that does everything right. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Excellent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Angel's Coffin - Ave Maria (manga) [Comment▲▼] This one volume romantic tragedy was too short to have any impact for me. It wasn't a complete waste however. You Higuri's art is wonderful as always, and the historical Austrian setting was different and interesting. The actual plot was pretty good as well, it was just too condensed. If it had taken place over multiple volumes and allowed more room for elaboration on the characters and events, I probably would have liked it much better. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] An Even More Beautiful Lie (manga) [Comment▲▼] The story here is kinda clumsily written, as it doesn't always make sense. From what I can gather, one college art student looks up to another who is good at painting. They hang out a lot and sort of form a relationship. The feelings in this are expressed in a sort of disjointed manner. I'm not sure if that's the translation, or if the original language used is that ambiguous. Also, there is an out of left field rape scene at the end that had me going WTF!?! Offhandedly, it's revealed that the painter has a famous dad and was kidnapped as a child, so at the end some dudes break into his apartment and violate him. Why? Their motivations are never disclosed. The other student busts in and beats them up, so I guess that is supposed to be that. Really, the "plot" is just a great big sloppy mess. The cover is pretty though, I'll give it that. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Not really good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Ambiguous Relationship (manga) [Comment▲▼] "Extremely formulaic" is the phrase I'd use to describe this short story collection. There is nothing here I have not already read a hundred times over in other BL collections. The stories are all underdeveloped and too short, which makes for tiresome reading when I can't connect with anything. Not recommended. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Not really good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Allure (manga) [Comment▲▼] A couple years ago, when I first discovered Dramaqueen's existance (and disappearance) I went and bought up all their books, which were becoming increasingly harder to find.. Most of DQ's catalogue were good and/or memorable books, except this one. I couldn't remember a single thing about it, so i decided to reread it. This book is a dud. The basic premise is this: A blind man gets a corneal transplant and the first thing he lays eyes on when he can see again is his surgeon, who he falls in love with for some reason. The surgeon is grieving his lover from whom the donor eyes were obtained. The romantic feelings in this story felt completely fake and contrived. There isn't any build up or explanation as to why these characters are in love. The book was also filled with a lot of cheap hollow melodrama: a jilted fiancee, a homophobic bigwig dad, a transfer overseas with the other one in pursuit, and sad doctors crying in the snow. None of this was developed sufficiently for me to give a damn. The art too was bare bones with practically no backgrounds at all. The characters had awkwardly wooden expressions and movement and were drawn in a "generic BL" style that is indistinquishable from a thousand others. Based on this book, I'm not inclined to read any more of Yuri Ebihara's manga. This was painful enough. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Weak

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Alley of First Love Love (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is the first Ellie Mamahara book I've ever read, and compared to fairly decent Double Cast and not so good Baseball Heaven, it's the best. The characters and their situation were decently written and I empathized with them. These characters were everyday adults, one working in the family liquor store and the other coming home from a long time overseas. Atsushi's little sisters were really cute too. I quite liked this book and it seems like as long as Mamahara doesn't go too far outside her element (Baseball Heaven), she is able to craft decent emotional stories about adults. I hope to see more of her work licensed in the future. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] All Nippon Air Line (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is a parody/comedy manga. Unfortunately, while a did get a chuckle or two out of it, many of the jokes fell flat for me. The art was really rough looking as well. This just wasn't for me. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Weak

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Input: [Read all▲▼] All My Darling Daughters (manga) [Comment▲▼] While this isn't one of my favorites by Yoshinaga, it was still a solid book. It follows several loosely interconnected stories about women. Yoshinaga's art and sense of comedy are wonderful as always. Since it was basically an anthology, I wished for more depth in the stories. Despite that, I quite enjoyed it. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Alice in the Country of Hearts: My Fanatic Rabbit (manga) [Comment▲▼] So, having enjoyed the original series, I was interested in checking out the many Alice spinoffs. This one is not very good unfortunately. It glosses over world building and characterization in order to focus on the creepy "relationship" between Alice and the March Hare. I say "relationship" because it's not clear why there two characters fall for each other in the first place. Also, the Hare is one of those creepy super possessive types which I find completely UNromantic. For a romance series, the romance here just failed. I'm not keen on reading any more of these if they are all as shallow as this. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Not really good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Alice in the Country of Hearts (manga) [Comment▲▼] Here I was expecting another ho hum Alice in Wonderland inspired fantasy story, and ended up with something that was more than a sum of it's parts. This series was a lot darker and stranger than I was expecting. It starts off with Alice being kidnapped by the rabbit and coming to Wonderland to play a "game", yet she (and the reader) are only given snippets of information about her purpose there. There is a creepy undertone to the story throughout and the series gives the feeling that there's something quite unnatural about this Otome game based world where everyone loves Alice. Even the ending raises a few questions, such as what's is the meaning of Alice's missing memories and what other reason do the inhabitants of Wonderland have for trying to prevent Alice form leaving? I can only hope that the dangling threads are addressed in the sequels. On it's own though, Alice In the Country of Hearts stands out as something a bit different and to me that's always worth a read. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Very good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Alice 19th (manga) [Comment▲▼] I was intitially very interested in this series. The art was beautiful and the story set up in the first volume was excellent. Unfortunately, I found myself losing interest as the series wore on. There were quite a few throwaway characters and the plot was pretty thin and began to drag. Alice 19th was fairly entertaining, but it wasn't one of Watase's best. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Very good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Alcohol, Shirt and Kiss (manga) [Comment▲▼] Alcohol, Shirt & Kiss is lighthearted romance between two partner detectives. I thought it was just ok. The humor just kinda fell flat for me and I didn't think the characters or their relationship was that interesting. I also wasn't a fan of the art style. Something about the way the faces were drawn just bugged me. [Rating▲▼]

Output: So-so

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Aishiteruze Baby (manga) [Comment▲▼] Kippei is an irresponsible boy who is given the care of his little cousin after her mother abandons her. This is a rather cute series that tells it's story with a mix of humor and seriousness. The art is standard shojo fare, with big eyes and sparse backgrounds. It's the characters and plot that stand out on this one. It was interesting reading a shojo manga with a male protagonist and Kippei develops a lot over the course of this 7 volume series. The plot was believable with the drama being realistic and not over-the-top. In short, Aishiteruze Baby was a very enjoyable read. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Very good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Ai-Ore! Danshikō no Hime to Joshikō no Ōji (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is the continuation of Ai Ore!. While I mostly enjoyed this "odd couple" romance, I felt it started to drag after awhile. Mizuki was extremely insecure, and I felt that this was mostly used as a plot device in order for the couple to argue over stupid shit, break up, and then get back together. I noticed this pattern repeat itself a few times. Still the series is so ridiculously over the top that I can't hate it. It was entertaining for a one time read. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Ai Ore! (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is the first three volumes of Mayu Shinjo's genderbending romance, Ai Ore!, in which a masculine girl and feminine boy get together. There really isn't much to it. Mizuki is in a band and when their singer leaves, girlish Akira becomes their new singer. The couple start to date shortly thereafter and all sorts of ridiculous gender based hijinks ensue. It is a more lighthearted series than the mangaka's other work, more comedy based and less smutty. I mostly enjoyed it as a pleasant diversion. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Age Called Blue (manga) [Comment▲▼] The title story features a pair of musicians whose lives sort of parallel that of their rock star idols. The story skips around through the timeline, starting with a tragic beginning and mostly backtracking until the end chapter, which jumps forward again and ties it up on a hopeful note. The rest of the volume contains a couple of short stories. Est Em is another artist that draws men in a very masculine way. I love her style. Really, anything that breaks free of those cookie cutter "manga /anime" art styles and comes up with something distinctive and unique wins points from me on art alone. Fortunately, Est Em can also craft well written short stories with a sense of realism not often seen in yaoi manga. For that, I am a permanent fan and will read anything she publishes in English [Rating▲▼]

Output: Very good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] After School Nightmare (manga) [Comment▲▼] I was blown away by this manga! After School Nightmare reminds me strongly of Revolutionary Girl Utena, but a bit more straightforward and a bit less cryptic. The whole thing has a mysterious, dreamlike feel (even when the students are not dreaming). It was crazy and unpredictable and I tore through the whole thing in only a few hours. It has become my new favorite. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Masterpiece

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Affair (manga) [Comment▲▼] I read this a couple of years ago and it didn't make much of an impression. I honestly couldn't remember a thing about it. When I picked it back up, I saw why. It's an anthology. The stories are super short, lack depth and character development, and are just very forgettable. I usually like Shiuko Kano's stuff, but this one just failed to interest me. It was mildly entertaining a best and I doubt I'll remember it tomorrow. [Rating▲▼]

Output: So-so

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Input: [Read all▲▼] Absolute Boyfriend (manga) [Comment▲▼] This reminded me quite a bit of Chobits (the anime), except the genders were reversed in this story. While still very entertaining, this story lacks the depth that Chobits had. Rieko was spineless and indecisive. I couldn't figure out why the guys were fighting over her. Despite that, I still really enjoyed the story and recommend it as a light, entertaining read. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Very good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] About Love (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is a pretty low key romance between a wedding planner and his very first client. I like how the romance progressed slowly, from casual acquaintances, to friends, to dating. It felt a lot more natural, unlike a lot of BL romances where they meet and fall into bed right away. On the other hand, the characters are also low key, meaning once they get over their initial communication issues, there isn't much to tell. As a one volume story though, it works. Sometimes it's refreshing to read a romance between average guys. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] A,A' (manga) [Comment▲▼] This book is a collection of three stories about a genetically modified race of humanoid "unicorns". The title story is about a clone, A', who is sent to work in a research facility when her original dies. This story was my favorite, as it deals with some interesting quesions about whether a clone is "the same" or not. All in all, the whole collection was quite strong. I haven't read much Moto Hagio, but this is the first I've ever read by her and thus remains a favorite. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Very good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] 9th Sleep (manga) [Comment▲▼] Published under DMP's June line, this book contains barely a whiff of boy's love. Instead it's a rather convoluted shoujo fantasy about two kings of heaven who must duel the receive the "king''s soul" and the right to be the next king. The white king, Luke, refuses to fight and kills himself in order to be reborn on Earth as a human. The cycle repeats itself several times. I won't spoil the ending, but it does manage to wrap itself up at the end of the volume. The story is interesting, but a bit too rushed and shallow to be called "good". Tateno's characters all seem to look alike as well. This story probably could've been better with more elaboration and development, but as it it's it only mildly entertaining. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Decent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] 7 Billion Needles (manga) [Comment▲▼] This is a short 4 volume sci fi series about a girl who hosts an alien lifeform and must fight an invasion of similar life forms. It's very similar to Parasyte actually. As far as such stories go, I enjoyed it, although it was not nearly as good as Parasyte. I think the characterization was a little shallow in comparison and that's a big reason I wasn't able to enjoy it as much. Also, the plot got a little WTF at the end with the evolutionary mediator showing up. Despite it's problems, the series is at least entertaining. I'm glad I read it, although I'm not sure if I will ever revisit it. I'm much more likely to go back to Parasyte if I'm in the mood for this type of story again. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Good

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Input: [Read all▲▼] 20th Century Boys (manga) [Comment▲▼] While not quite as good as Monster, 20th Century Boys is a solid read nonetheless. It's a tightly plotted thriller, with a large cast of distinct characters. It takes place in a couple of time periods and I am amazed that Urasawa could keep an intricately plotted series of this length coherent. I was ready for it to go off the rails, but it never did. That's not to say there weren't some eye rollers. The final reveal for example, where the Friend reveals he's held a grudge because Kenji stole his toy badge when they were kids, is laughably stupid. The story is immersed in a kind of hippy nostalgia that doesn't do anything for me either. I was born in the eighties, I can't relate to growing up in the late 60's. Hell, these characters are older than even my parents. Still, the story works for me if I don't think too hard about the more ridiculous aspects of it. I was entertained the whole way through and would like to read the follow up, 21st Century Boys. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Excellent

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Input: [Read all▲▼] 100% Perfect Girl (manhwa) [Comment▲▼] In this series, Jay meets a prince from some fictional European country in a hotel lobby. He immediately falls in love with her, tracks her down and asks her to marry him. This was a soap opera, plain and simple. It read a lot like an old fashioned romance novel, with the super possessive hero and the heroine who behaves stupidly. It was almost impossible to take seriously because it was so over the top. There was amnesia, kidnapping, and a bunch of hospital scenes and attempted rapes. It was ridiculously entertaining though. I kept turning the pages wondering what crazy roadblock these two would encounter next. Even the emotions expressed in this were completely over the top. At one point, Jay decides that Jarte must not love her anymore, so she decides to leave him, move to New York and pretend to be a boy. Of course, they're still supposed to be completely in love. None of this is particularly logical. Also, Wann's art really compliments this series well, as all of her characters are impossibly pretty. This series is the sort of trashy guilty pleasure entertianment that I can't stop reading. It's completely melodramatic, but I found it to be a lot of fun. [Rating▲▼]

Output: Good

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Input: [Required] Required [Type] Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.ActiveSyncDeviceIdParameter [Description] The Identity parameter specifies the identity of the device that you want to reset. [Parameter]

Output: Identity

Clear-ActiveSyncDevice: Exchange 2010 Help


Input: [Required] Optional [Type] System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter [Description] The Cancel parameter specifies whether the command should be canceled. If you use the Cancel parameter, a cancellation request is issued for the remote device wipe. [Parameter]

Output: Cancel

Clear-ActiveSyncDevice: Exchange 2010 Help


Input: [Required] Optional [Type] System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter [Description] The Confirm switch causes the command to pause processing and requires you to acknowledge what the command will do before processing continues. You don't have to specify a value with the Confirm switch. [Parameter]

Output: Confirm

Clear-ActiveSyncDevice: Exchange 2010 Help


Input: [Required] Optional [Type] Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Fqdn [Description] The DomainController parameter specifies the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the domain controller that writes this configuration change to Active Directory. [Parameter]

Output: DomainController

Clear-ActiveSyncDevice: Exchange 2010 Help


Input: [Required] Optional [Type] Microsoft.Exchange.Data.MultiValuedProperty [Description] The NotificationEmailAddresses parameter specifies the notification e-mail address for the remote device wipe confirmation. [Parameter]

Output: NotificationEmailAddresses

Clear-ActiveSyncDevice: Exchange 2010 Help


Input: [Required] Optional [Type] System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter [Description] The WhatIf switch instructs the command to simulate the actions that it would take on the object. By using the WhatIf switch, you can view what changes would occur without having to apply any of those changes. You don't have to specify a value with the WhatIf switch. [Parameter]

Output: WhatIf

Clear-ActiveSyncDevice: Exchange 2010 Help


Input: [Membership Level] Number of Photos per Costume [Standard] 5 [Celestial]

Output: 50

American Cosplay Paradise - Donations and Sponsoring Cosplayers


Input: [Membership Level] Number of Unsorted Photos Allowed [Standard] 25 [Celestial]

Output: 100

American Cosplay Paradise - Donations and Sponsoring Cosplayers


Input: [Membership Level] Costume Restrictions / Not Allowed [Standard] Original costumes, Non-Official Variations, Props [Celestial]

Output: No Restrictions

American Cosplay Paradise - Donations and Sponsoring Cosplayers


Input: [Membership Level] Seller Features [Standard] None [Celestial]

Output: Can mark costumes for sale Costumes for sale show up in search engine Can list commissions done for other people

American Cosplay Paradise - Donations and Sponsoring Cosplayers


Input: [Membership Level] Custom Cosplayer URL [Standard] None [Celestial]

Output: http://www.acparadise.com/loves/(NAME HERE)

American Cosplay Paradise - Donations and Sponsoring Cosplayers


Input: [Membership Level] Other Features [Standard] None [Celestial]

Output: Less advertisements on cosplayer page Hit counters and statistics for photos and costumes Custom views for Cosplayer Page (Sort by most views, most comments, etc) VIP Section for Cosplayer Page - Add members to your VIP club, and you can post photos that are VIP only, and also send exclusive messages Construction Section for Costume Photos - Special section dedicated to construction or in-progress photos of your costumes. Enhanced Convention History Section and ability to post con reports Priority access for cosplay-related industry events

American Cosplay Paradise - Donations and Sponsoring Cosplayers


Input: [Membership Level] Cost [Standard] Free [Celestial]

Output: $20.00 (ONE TIME ONLY, NO ANNUAL FEE)

American Cosplay Paradise - Donations and Sponsoring Cosplayers


Input: [Type of Unit] Noise [Airwise Purifier] None [HEPA Filter] High [Electrostatic Filter] Medium [Ozone] Medium [UV] Medium [Ionizer]

Airwise Purifier 2100 for Small Room - HealthMate Series - Austin Air - Air Purifier


Input: [Type of Unit] Maintenance [Airwise Purifier] Low [HEPA Filter] Medium [Electrostatic Filter] High [Ozone] Medium [UV] Low [Ionizer]

Output: Low

Airwise Purifier 2100 for Small Room - HealthMate Series - Austin Air - Air Purifier


Input: [Type of Unit] Reliability [Airwise Purifier] Excellent [HEPA Filter] Good [Electrostatic Filter] Good [Ozone] Poor [UV] Good [Ionizer]

Output: Good

Airwise Purifier 2100 for Small Room - HealthMate Series - Austin Air - Air Purifier


Input: [Type of Unit] Mold [Airwise Purifier] Excellent [HEPA Filter] Poor [Electrostatic Filter] Good [Ozone] Poor [UV] Good [Ionizer]

Output: Poor

Airwise Purifier 2100 for Small Room - HealthMate Series - Austin Air - Air Purifier


Input: [Type of Unit] Bacteria [Airwise Purifier] Excellent [HEPA Filter] Poor [Electrostatic Filter] Good [Ozone] Poor [UV] Good [Ionizer]

Output: Poor

Airwise Purifier 2100 for Small Room - HealthMate Series - Austin Air - Air Purifier


Input: [Type of Unit] Dust Mites [Airwise Purifier] Excellent [HEPA Filter] Poor [Electrostatic Filter] Poor [Ozone] Poor [UV] Good [Ionizer]

Output: Poor

Airwise Purifier 2100 for Small Room - HealthMate Series - Austin Air - Air Purifier


Input: [Type of Unit] Gases [Airwise Purifier] Excellent [HEPA Filter] Poor [Electrostatic Filter] Poor [Ozone] Good [UV] Good [Ionizer]

Output: Poor

Airwise Purifier 2100 for Small Room - HealthMate Series - Austin Air - Air Purifier


Input: [Type of Unit] Odors [Airwise Purifier] Excellent [HEPA Filter] Poor [Electrostatic Filter] Good [Ozone] Good [UV] Poor [Ionizer]

Output: Good

Airwise Purifier 2100 for Small Room - HealthMate Series - Austin Air - Air Purifier


Input: [Type of Unit] Smoke [Airwise Purifier] Excellent [HEPA Filter] Good [Electrostatic Filter] Good [Ozone] Good [UV] Poor [Ionizer]

Output: Excellent

Airwise Purifier 2100 for Small Room - HealthMate Series - Austin Air - Air Purifier


Input: [Type of Unit] VOCs [Airwise Purifier] Excellent [HEPA Filter] Poor [Electrostatic Filter] Poor [Ozone] Good [UV] Good [Ionizer]

Output: Poor

Airwise Purifier 2100 for Small Room - HealthMate Series - Austin Air - Air Purifier


Input: [Type of Unit] Pet Dander [Airwise Purifier] Excellent [HEPA Filter] Good [Electrostatic Filter] Good [Ozone] Good [UV] Good [Ionizer]

Output: Good

Airwise Purifier 2100 for Small Room - HealthMate Series - Austin Air - Air Purifier


Input: [Type of Unit] Large Particles, 0.3 - 10 micron [Airwise Purifier] Excellent [HEPA Filter] Good [Electrostatic Filter] Poor [Ozone] Poor [UV] Poor [Ionizer]

Output: Excellent

Airwise Purifier 2100 for Small Room - HealthMate Series - Austin Air - Air Purifier


Input: [Type of Unit] Small Particles, < .3 micron [Airwise Purifier] Excellent [HEPA Filter] Poor [Electrostatic Filter] Poor [Ozone] Poor [UV] Poor [Ionizer]

Output: Good

Airwise Purifier 2100 for Small Room - HealthMate Series - Austin Air - Air Purifier


Input: [Required?] Yes [Default] (none) [Description] The YQL statement to execute, such as SELECT. [Query Parameter]


Input: [Required?] No [Default] xml [Description] The format of the results of the call to the YQL Web Service. Allowed values: xml or json. [Query Parameter]

Output: format


Input: [Required?] No [Default] (none) [Description] The name of the JavaScript callback function for JSONP format. If callback is set and if format=json, then the response format is JSON. For more information on using XML instead of JSON, see JSONP-X. [Query Parameter]

Output: callback


Input: [Required?] No [Default] (none) [Description] When given the value optimized, the projected fields in SELECT statements that may be returned in separate item elements in the response are optimized to be in a single item element instead. See Optimizing the Response for more information. [Query Parameter]

Output: crossProduct


Input: [Required?] No [Default] true [Description] Diagnostic information is returned with the response unless this parameter is set to false. [Query Parameter]

Output: diagnostics


Input: [Required?] No [Default] (none) [Description] Enables network-level logging of each network call within a YQL statement or API query. For more information, see, Logging Network Calls in Open Data Tables. [Query Parameter]

Output: debug


Input: [Required?] No [Default] (none) [Description] Allows you to use multiple Open Data Tables through a YQL environment file. [Query Parameter]

Output: env


Input: [Required?] No [Default] (none) [Description] Enables lossless JSON processing. The only allowed value is new. See JSON-to-JSON Transformation. [Query Parameter]

Output: jsonCompat


Input: [Message] INVOIC [Standard] D96A [MIG] Link [Description]

Output: Invoice


Input: [Message] ORDERS [Standard] D96A [MIG] Link [Description]

Output: Purchase Order


Input: [Message] ORDRSP [Standard] D96A [MIG] Link [Description]

Output: Order Response


Input: [Message] IFTSTA [Standard] D96A [MIG] Link [Description]

Output: Transport Status


Input: [Message] IFTMIN [Standard] D96A [MIG] Link [Description]

Output: Transport Instructions


Input: [Message] DESADV [Standard] D96A [MIG] Link [Description]

Output: Despatch Advice


Input: [Message] DELFOR [Standard] D96A [MIG] Link [Description]

Output: PO Forecast


Input: [Message] PRICAT [Standard] D93A [MIG] Link [Description]

Output: Price Catalogue


Input: [Column] OBJECT_ID [Datatype] NUMBER [Description] Dictionary object number of the object with the corruption [NULL]

Output: NOT NULL


Input: [Column] TABLESPACE_ID [Datatype] NUMBER [Description] Tablespace number of the corrupt object [NULL]

Output: NOT NULL


Input: [Column] RELATIVE_FILE_ID [Datatype] NUMBER) [Description] Relative file number of the corrupt object [NULL]

Output: NOT NULL


Input: [Column] BLOCK_ID [Datatype] NUMBER [Description] Block number of the corruption [NULL]

Output: NOT NULL


Input: [Column] CORRUPT_TYPE [Datatype] NUMBER [Description] Type of corruption encountered [NULL]

Output: NOT NULL


Input: [Column] SCHEMA_NAME [Datatype] VARCHAR2(30) [Description] Schema of the corrupt object [NULL]

Output: NOT NULL


Input: [Column] OBJECT_NAME [Datatype] VARCHAR2(30) [Description] Name of the corrupt object [NULL]

Output: NOT NULL


Input: [Column] BASEOBJECT_NAME [Datatype] VARCHAR2(30) [Description] If the object is an index, the name of its base table [NULL]


Input: [Column] PARTITION_NAME [Datatype] VARCHAR2(30) [Description] Partition or subpartition name, if applicable [NULL]


Input: [Column] CORRUPT_DESCRIPTION [Datatype] VARCHAR2(200) [Description] Description of corruption [NULL]


Input: [Column] REPAIR_DESCRIPTION [Datatype] VARCHAR2(200) [Description] Description of repair action [NULL]


Input: [Column] MARKED_CORRUPT [Datatype] VARCHAR2(10) [Description] Whether the block is marked corrupt (TRUE | FALSE) [NULL]

Output: NOT NULL


Input: [Column] CHECK_TIMESTAMP [Datatype] DATE [Description] Date and time when this row was insert into the repair table [NULL]

Output: NOT NULL


Input: [Column] FIX_TIMESTAMP [Datatype] DATE [Description] Date and time when the block was modified by the FIX_CORRUPT_BLOCKS procedure, if applicable [NULL]


Input: [Column] REFORMAT_TIMESTAMP [Datatype] DATE [Description] Reserved for future use [NULL]


Input: [1] XS [2] S [3] M [5] XL [6] XXL [4]

Weatherproof Hat - Dale of Norway - Norwegian Sweater, Jacket, Cardigan, Hat, Scarf, Gloves and Headwear of pure wool from Oslo Sweater Shop Norway


Input: [0] Black/Smoke [1] No [2] No [3] Buy [5] No [6] No [4]

Output: Buy

Weatherproof Hat - Dale of Norway - Norwegian Sweater, Jacket, Cardigan, Hat, Scarf, Gloves and Headwear of pure wool from Oslo Sweater Shop Norway


Input: [0] Cream/Black [1] No [2] No [3] Buy [5] No [6] No [4]

Output: Buy

Weatherproof Hat - Dale of Norway - Norwegian Sweater, Jacket, Cardigan, Hat, Scarf, Gloves and Headwear of pure wool from Oslo Sweater Shop Norway


Input: [0] Cream/Pink [1] No [2] No [3] Buy [5] No [6] No [4]

Output: No

Weatherproof Hat - Dale of Norway - Norwegian Sweater, Jacket, Cardigan, Hat, Scarf, Gloves and Headwear of pure wool from Oslo Sweater Shop Norway


Input: [0] Raspberry [1] No [2] No [3] Buy [5] No [6] No [4]

Output: Buy

Weatherproof Hat - Dale of Norway - Norwegian Sweater, Jacket, Cardigan, Hat, Scarf, Gloves and Headwear of pure wool from Oslo Sweater Shop Norway


Input: [0] Smoke [1] No [2] No [3] Buy [5] No [6] No [4]

Output: Buy

Weatherproof Hat - Dale of Norway - Norwegian Sweater, Jacket, Cardigan, Hat, Scarf, Gloves and Headwear of pure wool from Oslo Sweater Shop Norway


Input: [Info] What is the approximate per-person cost to camp or park your vehicle overnight? Low Cost (NZ$1 to NZ$10) You can expect very basic facilities only and often a beautiful location. A nominal fee is charged. Donations dropped off at the Eltham Library or posted to STDC, PO Box 902, Hawera. [Feature]

Output: Overnight Camping Site Cost

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Input: [Info] What are the accommodation rules for overnight stays at this campsite? Camping and any vehicle You are permitted to stay overnight and camp (with a tent) or in any vehicle. Take all your rubbish out with you. [Feature]

Output: Overnight Stay Rules

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Input: [Value] 2 nights [Info] How many consecutive days can you stay overnight at this establishment? 2 nights You may stay up to two nights in a row. [Feature]

Output: Maximum Stay Duration

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Input: [Info] Is there fresh water available? Yes Conserve water where you can as supplies are limited [Feature]

Output: Water Supply

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Input: [Value] No shower [Info] Is there a shower at this location? No shower No shower is available. [Feature]

Output: Shower

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Input: [Info] Dump stations allow the safe disposal of sewage and greywater from self-contained vehicles. Does this site have a dump station? No Bring it in - take it out! [Feature]

Output: Dump Station

Patea Dam / Lake Rotorangi - Freedom Camping Ground, Taranaki, NZ - 2 travel reviews for Patea Dam / Lake Rotorangi - Freedom Camping Ground