Out of the
following list, I'm not sure which is sadder; the fact that I...
a) read
2736 pages of manga in the past 2 days (152 chapters, around 18 pages each);
b) took the
time to calculate that (hey, I miss math!... okay, that's not really helping);
or
c) actually
wrote 'read manga' on my summer goals list. (Maybe I should add 'Have a summer
goal list' to that, too.)
For those
of you who don't know, manga is a Japanese story-telling form; a novel told
mainly through drawings, which are done in a specific style- big eyes, slightly
disproportionate figures... In general, the storylines and characters are also
very dramatic and humorous... or very dark. They're nice summer reads because
the books are small, quick reads (2 chapters takes me around 15 minutes to
read, feel free to calculate the approximate amount of time I spent reading...)
and, even if you can't find the book, there are tons of translation sites
online.
However,
if you decide to read an entire series online like me, beware! You might end up
looking like this:
Which
series was I reading so avidly, you might ask?
It's about
two boys- a writer and an artist- who decide to create a manga together. (How
meta.) As you can maybe guess from the fact that I read most of it in two days,
I quite enjoyed it!
Also on my
summer reading list are a few I've already read:
Death Note (...okay,
confession, I've already finished it too. Be warned- this one will actually make
you think! Done by the same artist-writer combo, funnily enough)
Fruits Basket (my favourite series I've read so far... cute, funny
and weepy, what more could I ask for?)
and Azumanga Daioh (HILARIOUS. Don't
read this in public, because the onlookers will think you're a rhino snorting.
Okay, maybe that's just me)...
(Links to Goodreads are provided for all of them, by the way!)
What about
you? Do you have a summer reading list? Do you read manga at all?
