Stepped To The Bad Side

Long time no see! Originally, I started this blog to post about my love for comic books -- but over the past 6 months my interests have switched from comic books to... *gasp*... MANGA! Honestly, if someone told me half a year ago that I'd be reading Manga (or watching Anime, I've fallen in love with it too), I would have laughed in their faces. I *hated* the way it looked, the girls with those big-ass eyes and all this fighting nonsense. But then, something interesting happened...

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Out of sheer curiosity and boredom over the fact that there were no good American animated movies -- I started lurking at an Anime board. I'm the type of person that won't waste my time with something I don't like, so I'll only watch stuff in genres that I like. I was burnt out with the fighting and Superhero madness, especially due to the Suckage called "Countdown" from DC and "Civil War" from Marvel. Long story short, someone recommended to me the anime/manga entitled "Monster" , and I got my download on and gave it a shot.

Let me tell you this: After watching such an awesome series, it was a long time before I found something equally awesome. "Monster" is a mystery/psychological thriller that had me on the edge of my seat during all 70+ episodes. I watched the subbed version with English subs (I recommend it this way, the voice actors really were wonderful). Upon watching this, I realized that I was very wrong about my opinions on Anime, that not all of it was crappy fighting and big-ass eyes (though, after watching a few series, they have grown on me). From there, I got into Manga, and this is what I love the most.

It would take 10 pages to go into how much I love Manga now, and 20 more to go into why I have come to prefer it to American comic books (and 15 of those pages would be me pointing out how there's much less misogyny in manga). I still love my Superheroes, but I've long been tired of watching my favorite characters killed off and/or over-sexualized for a bunch of fanboys. Discovering this "new" form of reading materials is a breath of fresh air to a woman long scorned by the American comic book companies. Perhaps I'll write out something on this later.

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