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tanithryudoBorders bookstore this time.
Faeries' Landing is a Korean manga with one volume out so far. It's somewhat in the vein of Ranma 1/2, Tenchi Muyo, and Love Hina, except that the main male character isn't a spineless wuss when it comes to girls and the main female character(s) isn't an abusive psycho. The "faeries" in the series are an interesting mix of western and easter mythos - with names of people and places like "Goodfellow" and "Avalon", and with girls drawn like Chinese xian nv.
One is also a Korean manga with 2 volumes out so far. It's a jiang-hu/wu-xia series that's very reminiscent of chinese novels/manhua of the same vein. I like the art style, it's somewhat... simpler than the standard fare anime (like Clamp), but still pleasing. Come to think of it, are there any "traditional" wuxia Japanese mangas out there?
Fire Rose is the only book in the Elemental Masters series by Mercedes Lackey that I haven't read so far, and now I've completed the entire series. ^_^ Needless to say, I liked it as much as the other books in the series. Following the fairy-tale-retold theme of the series, this one is based on Beauty and the Beast, set in 19th century San Francisco. As always, the characters are a delight to read, and I love how Misty can turn out such strong female characters while still preserving their feminity, as well as without weakening the male characters.
My only nitpick with the book is the portrayal of the Chinese elemental masters (in Chinatown) - I wouldn't think that Master of Earth would equate to Master of Dragons, since traditional Chinese mythos tends to associate Dragons more with Water, or even Air. Ditto for Phoenix and Fire, which is more of a middle-eastern association; the more traditional Chinese association would probably be more like Phoenix and Air.
Faeries' Landing is a Korean manga with one volume out so far. It's somewhat in the vein of Ranma 1/2, Tenchi Muyo, and Love Hina, except that the main male character isn't a spineless wuss when it comes to girls and the main female character(s) isn't an abusive psycho. The "faeries" in the series are an interesting mix of western and easter mythos - with names of people and places like "Goodfellow" and "Avalon", and with girls drawn like Chinese xian nv.
One is also a Korean manga with 2 volumes out so far. It's a jiang-hu/wu-xia series that's very reminiscent of chinese novels/manhua of the same vein. I like the art style, it's somewhat... simpler than the standard fare anime (like Clamp), but still pleasing. Come to think of it, are there any "traditional" wuxia Japanese mangas out there?
Fire Rose is the only book in the Elemental Masters series by Mercedes Lackey that I haven't read so far, and now I've completed the entire series. ^_^ Needless to say, I liked it as much as the other books in the series. Following the fairy-tale-retold theme of the series, this one is based on Beauty and the Beast, set in 19th century San Francisco. As always, the characters are a delight to read, and I love how Misty can turn out such strong female characters while still preserving their feminity, as well as without weakening the male characters.
My only nitpick with the book is the portrayal of the Chinese elemental masters (in Chinatown) - I wouldn't think that Master of Earth would equate to Master of Dragons, since traditional Chinese mythos tends to associate Dragons more with Water, or even Air. Ditto for Phoenix and Fire, which is more of a middle-eastern association; the more traditional Chinese association would probably be more like Phoenix and Air.
