My top-5-fav mangas (all time fav)

Ehm…this is hard, to shortlist my fav manga into top 5. I thought and thought…changed and rechanged…addded then removed the titles. But at the end, (after a very serious consideration)…here what I have for my top-5-all-time-fav manga (manga that I always re-read and never get bored). All manga titles are based on alphabetical order.

7 Seeds by Tamura Yumi

The story is about the end of the world. However, few years prior the predicted end, the Japanese gov has established a program called 7 Seeds, which is supposed to be the survival and continuation of human being after the end of the world. It sounds so futuristic, but no worry…the environment on the manga is the world that we know (not something in the far future which is quite hard to imagine). So the gov selected 4groups of teenagers (around 6persons with 1 adult as the team leader) and put these persons to a long sleep in which will be woken up at specific time after the predicted disaster has passed. So the story tells us about the new world, how human and animal have to adapt to the new world, about the conflict between groups as well as between the group members, and many more which is very interesting to read.

Basara by Tamura Yumi

An award winning manga with epic story line. It’s about the future Japan after a catastrophe (which in a way, make it just like a place from hundred years ago). It’s about struggle, forbidden love and a long painful hardwork journey of Sarasa. Born as the boyish girl, Sarasa has to take after her dead/killed twin brother Tatara as the leader of her tribe. Pretended to be Tatara, she leads her tribe in fighting the oppressing kingdom lead by Red King. Sarasa promised her tribe and other people who later join her rebellion cause, to kill the Red King. But, who knows about the future fate? Sarasa accidentally meet Red King (who at that time, uses Shuri as the name). Fateful meeting leads to friendship, and then after helping each other escapes death few times, they find love. However, just when they realized that they are in love with each other, they find out about the true identity of each other. What would Sarasa choose, the forbidden love or a sacred promise to kill the Red King?

Glass Mask by Miuchi Suzue

Another old time fav…I first read it when I was in junior high (can u imagine…how long these series go on?) It’s not completed yet (even there were few years vacuum period since the author was occupied by other thing). But yet, I (and I believe…along with the other fans) am willing to wait month after month, year after year, for the new release. It is about an orphan, poor and simple girl, Maya who isn’t good at anything unless acting. Eventhough she has natural talent in acting, it doesn’t mean that the road to success and for her to play her-dreamt-drama is easy. There are lots of obstacle, from jealousy to envy, love triangle, and fierce competition with the beautiful, rich, and talented Ayumi. So, can Maya be the leading actress in the famous-drama of Plum Goddess? You just have to be very…very…very patient   J

Komatta Toki Ni Wa Hoshi Ni Kike! By Abe Miyuki

Another cute and lovable manga from Abe Miyuki. The story takes place in an all-boy-high-school dormitory when a new residence came in. Fujishima, with his baby face and petite body (in term of boy) is assigned into a room with Kiyomine, a rough handsome loner. Fujishima who grows up in a family full of love, found it is hard to deal with Kiyomine. Several fights occur, before both of them become the best buddy. It’s interesting to see how boy students in an all boy school treat the pretty Fujishima and how Kiyomine, with his possessiveness, will protect Fujishima. It is truly adorable and laugh trigger story. Caution: some of the scene might have tendency toward BL in a very light category (please google the meaning of BL he he he).

Skip Beat by Nakamura Yoshiki

Ah…I love this one (they have the anime as well as the drama). I love Ren…the picture/drawing is so good (I’m definitely head over heel with this). It’s about a country-pumpkin girl (meaning: a girl which is sooo ordinary) named Kyoko. There is not much story about her family except that her mom is quite strict and demands the best from her. Kyoko felt in love with her-childhood-friend, a rising singer, Sho Fuwa. However, it turned out that Sho had been using her and pretended to be in love with her (well, actually he is head over heel with this girl as well, but too shy to admit his feeling). So to revenge him, Kyoko enters the show-biz and unintentionally works closely with Ren, the famous actor cum model which is the no 1 enemy of Sho. As thing progresses, Ren fall in love with Kyoko and vice versa, however Ren’s dark past and Kyoko’s determination not to fall in love again, allow them to conceal their feeling toward each other. So, how’s the love triangle between Ren, Kyoko and Sho? Definitely not one to be missed   J

Please be kindly informed that the manga covers are taken from online manga reader site (sorry...i was too lazy to find it on my book shelves).