GIANT Comics & Manga Haul

[@tjasaw13]

You have a manga book shelf? You should so do a tour of it :D

[@israaahmed7168]

YES!!!

[@MerrilyKristin]

I plan to at some point! My manga is kind of overflowing at the moment so I need to get a bigger shelf >.

[@nehmatsalaria]

Super Space Chick please do a manga bookshelf tour 🙌🙌😭😭💗💗

[@sofietomkaulitz]

So many comics!!!

[@MerrilyKristin]

Thank you!

[@shakira1702]

Batman '66 comics are so much fun and the artwork is great!

[@eimii5025]

Omg i LOVE Princess Jellyfish!! The series is definitely becoming more popular after its manga's English release. I'm glad!

[@TheDzzy]

Yes, this is such a great haul! Steph as Batgirl is my fave too. Not sure I'll ever forgive DC for benching her again and not having her pick up the mantel =/ I still haven't read Cassandra Cain's run as Batgirl, but she seems awesome. Those old school Batman comics look great and I need to check out the Sabrina comic too! Looove Spider-Gwen! I had no idea that they were re-releasing Fruits Basket into big books. Hoo boy, I need to snatch those up. I used to do a monthly pull a few years back and I had to cancel it. Single issues were just taking up so much stinking room. I vowed that I would just buy digital copies from then on in trades. Love my comics, but going digital saved my shelves, lol! Looking forward to more manga and comic hauls and reviews!

[@MerrilyKristin]

I totally agree! I've stopped buying single issues too unless it's something with a REALLY special variant cover but even then it's rare for me. I'm so happy that Steph is your favorite too! I get so mad at DC for getting rid of her so quick too :-/ I just read the first Cassandra Cain trade and my second one came in yesterday! She's definitely interesting but you don't get to know *too* much about her in book one. And yessss Spider-Gwen

[@tracytalksbooks]

Awesome haul, I've recently been getting into the Batman 66 comics, I picked up vol 2 not to long ago after really enjoying Batman 66 Meets the Green Hornet and the first volume. One of these days I need to pick up the complete tv series on bluray :)

[@MangaHoarder]

I've been buying Peach Girl this year as well, and am missing the final volume of the third series "Sae's Story"! So frustrating not having good 2nd hand bookstores here in Canada... I'm almost tempted to take a road trip through the U.S. just to visit some book stores. I've been to bookoff before (in Japan) and it was one of the greatest days of my life...haha. I feel like you would enjoy "Castle Waiting" by Linda Medley. It's a take on traditional fairy tales with really fun and quirky characters. For Shoujo, you should see if you can locate "From Far Away" by Kyoko Aikawa. It's a pretty story of a Japanese girl who is transported to a fantasy world and has a romantic adventure. It's a bit older so hard to find in print, but I think is available on OverDrive (if your library will buy it).

[@MerrilyKristin]

OMG I cannot even imagine what Book Off in Japan must have been like! Talk about a dream come true! I'm having trouble tracking down some of the Peach Girl volumes too- I really hope it'll be re-released soon in a more cohesive format. And thank you for the recommendations!! They both sound right up my alley!

[@LadyMcCrystal]

I love BookOff! We had one here in Hawaii and it closed. I hope it opens back up soon. I always got my books from them for super cheap!

[@MerrilyKristin]

Oh wow! I didn't know you're all the way in Hawaii! That's so cool!

[@LadyMcCrystal]

Just for another year. Then we are moving to the east coast.

[@shariffah94]

love your haul:) there is a live-action happy marriage series online and there is a peach girl movie being released in 2017.

[@sakurahan91]

OMG I've been wanting to get those Fruits Basket editions! Cardcaptor Sakura is magical girl and is AMAZING! The anime is SOO good as well. Blackbird is awesome! And Ouran Highschool Host Club is good. Tokyo Mew Mew is another magical girl manga/anime that's good. You already know about Sailor Moon, which I prefer the anime to the manga for but, yeah.

[@MerrilyKristin]

Yes! I read the first omnibus of Cardcaptor and I picked up the complete anime blu-ray box set at Baltimore Comic Con! I'm so excited to binge that whole series

[@sakurahan91]

Yeah. I recommend the 90's dub of Cardcaptor Sakura - Cardcaptors. It's so cute! I don't really like watching in Japanese so CCS is the only series I've watched in Japanese because it was my first anime. Otherwise I just stick to the dubs. I don't love Ouran. It's good but certainly not my favourite. And I wish Blackbird was an anime! Only the first season of Tokyo Mew Mew was dubbed but it's still awesome. Quite similar to Sailor Moon in fact! Those Fruits Basket manga collections are £11 or over each :(.

[@mandababycakes1]

Oh my gosh. Where do you buy all of these?!

[@ecr.7695]

That was a great haul! I had heard of a lot of the shoujo manga series you had bought. Also, someone made some great recommendations, too. Does your blog have a list of your manga so that if people stopped by, they can read the manga series that you had bought/read and can give recommendations w/o overlapping with the manga that you had read before? Same with the comics.

[@ecr.7695]

One recommendation: Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge by Tomoko Hayakawa.

[@ecr.7695]

Another is Gakuen Alice by Tachibana Higuchi.

[@MerrilyKristin]

I haven't done that, but it's a great idea! Maybe I'll make a list to post on there soon :-) And thanks for your recommendations!

[@aoife1849]

Peach girl and Fruits basket are fantastic! They dominated my tween life

[@MerrilyKristin]

Yessss

[@alexalovesbooks]

There are just SO. MANY. AWESOME. things in this video. I cannot even deal 😭 l still have to read Fruits Basket and Princess Jellyfish! They book sound super good, and like stories I would enjoy. You've also reminded me that I need to visit Book-Off soon and check out their manga collection ;) Macky has been reading Tokyo Ghoul! He really enjoys it :)

[@karendanderfer3352]

I'm completely in love with Haikyuu!! It's such an amazing manga

[@MerrilyKristin]

Agreed

[@brookeash5868]

Wait did you say tokyo ghoul was about.... zombies??? its about ghouls!!! its a great anime (but the manga is better!)

[@kmichael9452]

I've lately really been wanting to get into comics after watching Gotham but I just have no idea where to start. The world of comics is so large and confusing and if I feel like if I pick vol. 1 of something its only just something in the middle of a huge timeline and I have no idea where to reach first. For example I've been trying to find some Nightwing comics but I just don't which is "first" as in which is first to start thats the beginning of a timeline or isn't as confusing

[@inesceia]

For Nightwing I'd recommend starting with Nightwing Vol 1: Bludhaven by Chuck Dixon. I may be wrong but I think it's the first solo series with Dick Grayson as Nightwing. All you need to know is that Nightwing is Dick Grayson, the first Robin and he quit being Robin. This series started in 1996 and ended in 2009 but not everything is collected in trades (aka volumes) but most of the good stuff in the beginning written by Chuck Dixon is! If you want something more recent you could also start with Nightwing Vol 1 in the New 52 (I think it's called Traps and Trapezes?) that started in 2011 and ended with Volume 5 with a big chance in Dick's life and then continued in Grayson Vol 1 through Vol 5. Recently DC revamped every series starting with #1 for their Rebirth initiative and Nightwing got a series that starts with Vol 1: Better Than Batman. I understand where you're coming from since that's where I was a couple years ago! I can't tell you it's easy to understand everything surrounding comics at the beginning but if you stick with it, you'll start to know what you're into and what you like and dislike and it gets easier from there. www.comicbookherald.com/ is where I usually go to understand a character's timeline and where to start. (Note that you don't have to start from the very beginning with 99% of the characters and you probably shouldn't!) For specific characters, watch some youtube videos or read some articles on reccommendations. Also if you need anything else, I'd be willing to try to help you the best you can!

[@BriBookReviews]

Great haul! If you haven't read it yet I love the manga called Emma by Kaoru Mori. Fantastic Victorian age romance. Reads like a Jane Austen novel.

[@MerrilyKristin]

Oooh that looks great! I just looked it up and I'm definitely into it ^.^

[@BSMART18]

I HIGHLY recommend Princeless by Jeremy Whitley and its spin off series Raven: The Pirate Princess. Both are all ages and very entertaining. The characters are amazing both comics tackle issues such as feminism, race, body image, societal roles vs self identity, etc. You should definitely check it out...

[@MerrilyKristin]

Thank you! I will look into those!

[@bluemoon7109]

Have you read kamisama kiss? I'm obsessed. I watched the anime first and now I'm reading the manga. Great shojo anime

[@MerrilyKristin]

I haven't! I've had that manga on my wish list for a while now though!

[@DrHurd-bg4kr]

Oh my goodness! Where did you get your Betty and Veronica shirt?? It's adorable. :)

[@MerrilyKristin]

Thank you!! I got it from Threadless!

[@MyGreendayfanatic]

I really really want to start reading comics but I have no idea where to start. I'm the hugest fan of Marvel and DC

[@MerrilyKristin]

Starting can be intimidating when there's so much history. For Marvel, I would recommend starting with their Marvel NOW story lines (it started a couple of years ago and you can get the first volumes in trade) for any hero that you're interested. It's a great starting off point! Otherwise, if there's a particular superhero that you want to read about, I may be able to tell you some titles to read!

[@ashxx1742]

Hi:) you were talking about stephine as batgirl what was the volume called ?

[@MerrilyKristin]

Yes! She's my favorite

[@booksaml7892]

where do you buy all the manga, without becoming broke?

[@jennifercahill7397]

Would I have to be familiar with the Archie comics to enjoy the Sabrina one? I love horror and I think that would be a good route to go in trying more anime.

[@platanopapi]

Jennifer Cahill no you don't. They are all stand alone books.

[@jennifercahill7397]

Thanks!

[@miyacd3132]

I love sports anime, Haikyuu!! is awesome, some recommendations: Kuroko no basket (basketball), Free! (Swimming), Prince of tennis (superpowers tennis xD) Diamond no ace (baseball), Hajime no ippo (boxing), Yowamushi Pedal (cycling), in October it will start Yuri!!! On ice (ice skating) and it looks awesome! Those are my favorites but there are a lot more which I also like! Captain tsubasa(soccer), Major (baseball), Eyeshield 21(football), One outs (baseball), Baby steps (realistic tennis), Ookiku furikabutte (baseball), Days (soccer), Initial D (racing) and a lot more xD

[@MerrilyKristin]

Everyone keeps telling me about Kuroko no Basket! I really need to get on that one already! Free! I really wanted to watch but they only had season 2 on Hulu which is why I went for Haikyuu!! Ooh On Ice also sounds wonderful!!!

[@Ellygator57]

Do you read any Arina Tanemura? She is my favourite Mangaka! Full Moon is my all time favourite Manga

[@Shiolee]

how much does manga cost in the US? ^-^

[@yadaanderson3077]

You should try out the manga Sugar sugar Rune by Moyoco Anno and Girl Got Game or Power!! (they're the same) by Shizuru Seino :D

[@BookishBrittany]

Have you read Nana by Ai Yazawa? I just finished the anime and now I really want to read the manga. Also anything by Clamp is always a win.

[@MerrilyKristin]

I have!!! That manga broke me! It's one of my favorites but I still cannot stop being haunted by that non-ending! And yes! I love Clamp! Especially Chobits!

[@ashxx1742]

Okay thanks ! BUT IM SO EXCITED FOR RIVERDALE MY COLE SPROUSE

[@MerrilyKristin]

SAMEEEEE

[@gogobogo137]

great haul did you read batgirl run by gail simon they are one of my fav

[@MerrilyKristin]

I read the first two volumes of Gail's New 52 run on Batgirl but BQM's Stephanie Brown will always be my favorite

[@alwaysdanielle709]

I have to check out Spider-Gwen! I love kick ass female super heroes! I'm really into the SuperGirl show right now! ...I've seen Fruit Baskets before it looks good!

[@MerrilyKristin]

Yes! Spider-Gwen is so great

[@priyabooks2254]

Is all of this ya manga/comics? Especially princess jellyfish and blue Monday!

[@MerrilyKristin]

Both of those definitely are YA! Not everything is but I tend to enjoy the comics that read most like YA.

[@ItsDaniDee]

I love Tokyo Ghoul. You should read Barakamon. It's so funny and cute I love it so much :)

[@MerrilyKristin]

I'll add it to my list!

[@israaahmed7168]

Since you love the Shojo genre, you should read/watch Akagami no Shirayukihime (aka Snow White with the red hair). And since you loved Haikyuu, you should read/watch Kuroko no Basket (aka Kuroko's Basketball)!!!!!!

[@MerrilyKristin]

Ahh people keep telling me about Kuroko no Basket!! I need to watch that one asap! And I'm going to add the Akagami no Shirayukihime to my wish list!

[@andersonrebelo9623]

nice colection

[@thecrazydays1095]

cool i love anime manga too 😲😲😲😲😍😍😍😍

[@lillee1201]

Where do I get zombies out of Tokyo ghoul. GHOUL. No offense

[@melanievalente565]

Such a great haul! I'm a huge Fruits Basket fan and the new editions are so pretty! Have you read Horimiya? It's such a great shoujo manga series. Only the first four volumes are out in English, but it's amazing! www.goodreads.com/book/show/25112904-horimiya-vol-1

[@MerrilyKristin]

I haven't read Horimiya but I'm adding it to my wish list! The plot sounds so cute =^.^=