Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Manga Recc list

Being the large manga fan that I am, I love getting reccs from other fanfiction writers about new manga they have found that they love. So these are a few that I found that you may not have heard of that are pretty great (forgive the crappy summaries please!):

Nurarihyon no Mago
-Supernatural
-Nura is the grandson of one of the greatest demon clan leaders of all time. He's on 1/4 demon, and 3/4 human (this means he only turns into a demon at night). NNM is about how he comes to accept the responsibility of the clan and actually care about demons.
-This is one of my new favorite manga! Nura is so adorable/sexy. In some ways, it reminds me of YGO... but not really.

Eyeshield 21
-Sports
-Sena is a go-fer. Bullies need something from the store, he can get it the fastest due to his 'golden legs.' He gets recruited for the Deimon Football team and is given the moinker 'Eyeshield 21' and shoved into the games. The series is about the team's struggle for players, acceptance, and their attempts to win at least a single game.
-I know, it's sports, but seriously, I love this manga! It's completed in Japan and I just wish they had more. I hate football in real-life, but, god, I live this series. (Prince of Tennis is another freaking awesome series that is about sports; tennis this time)

Kamisama Hajimemashita
-Supernatural
-A girl, recently homeless, becomes the new land god to a shrine when the old one runs away.
-Nanao is adorable, and surprisingly enough, the kitsune who takes care of the shrine is not a typecast, he's awesome!

Kuroshitsugi
-Shonen, Supernatural, Humour
-There is nothing Sebastian can't do; after all, he is the butler to the Phantomhive family. The series is about Ciel, the young leader of the Phantomhive family, a family employed to do the dirty work of the queen.
-I love love love this series. Ciel and Sebastion are so great together! I started this series and couldn't stop reading it!

Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
-Shonen, Action, Humour
-Tsuna is a no good loser, but then he becomes a mafia don. The series is about Tsuna's eventual acceptance of the position, and how he strives to become the best boss ever.
-The first like 9 volumes are kinda boring (they are there to introduce you to the characters), but then, when the fighting starts, it picks up and becomes Awesome! My old-new obssession.

There will be more added later, when I get more time to make proper summaries and actually go through my list of manga instead of just picking some off the top of my head that I remember...

NaNoWriMo

I am participating in NaNoWriMo this year. Which, for all you poor people who actually have lives, NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing Month which takes place in Novemeber. I will have to write a novel of at least 50,000 words to win.
I have two plots right now which are fighting for dominance. Technoxity and Inkweaver. Both are epic fantasy plot that are having quite a bit of fun messing with my head. (never write an alternate dimension story unless you are fully prepared to face the concequences!)
I'm so used to writing fanfiction that it will be interesting to see what I do when I start writing a novel.

On a random side-note, Poker Pair Week was a lot of fun. So hugs to everyone who participated!