follow me into the rain

I got a meme from Twitter! And I thought it could be fun on Dreamwidth/LJ too, if anyone here wants to do it.

The rules are easy: someone posts four faves whose names begin with the same letter. You make a comment, get assigned another letter, and then make your own post.

The post I got the meme from had uploaded official pics for each character, which is a-OK! But I decided to make a twist on it and draw some fanart doodles instead. (No real points for creativity, though - it's mostly redraws.)

I can suggest a third version, too, since uploading images is more cumbersome on Dreamwidth (and LJ) than on Twitter. In this version, you choose four adjectives/phrases for each character that you feel describe them well. (Example: "Kind, cool, goofy and cares deeply" for Sanji.)

I got the letter S! My choices:
Shizuku (Whisper of the Heart)
Shinpachi Shimura (Gintama)
Sanji (One Piece)
Susan Ptolemy (Giant Days)

( images get a little big on DW so they're behind a cut )

[repost from Tumblr earlier today, edited. Yanked this meme from egelantier on Tumblr]
Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous.

Comment about the title that most intrigues you or interests you and I’ll post a little snippet of it or tell you something about it!

This seems like a cool meme!

I am nevertheless going to be a tiny bit secretive and not mention a couple of long-runners. Also, most of the below are old fragmentary drafts for One Piece and a couple of other fandoms that never went anymore. (Although the one titled “nami usopp cold time” was supposed to be a gift to someone, I feel bad about not having worked that one out… and I haven’t given up on it yet.)

Tagging anyone who wants to play!

ginzura businesslike or more
Fifteen years and two weeks old
pirate banchina more
Usopp wait
Want to help me hang up the laundry
blueprints frobin
Cold town
dreamlike
early timeskip
He never remembers the gunshots
It should have been easy
loose draft lusopp idk pining
love and be silent
Luffy is almost always quiet
nami snowstorm II
nami usopp cold time
mud voices in the cave
trouble zosopp
dehors en janvier
fantasio seccotine bar
City By The Ocean
till i’m gathered safely in
alchemist ryoga
or maybe
the mountain path
akane walk volleyball
akane ukyo training
for two weeks
they came upon the ruins
spectators
you know, akane
sena monta suzuna
sena pov
monta pov

Now I realise that for both my V entries I again only have two titles where I've ordered and read the French translations as none exist in English and my attention span for scanlations suck. At least in this case I do know that scanlations exist for both of them. Though when it comes to Vinland Saga at least, I'm honestly baffled there's no English translation for it.

Still, now I kinda wish I'd read the oft-praised Vagabond so I could offer one rec that's actually out in English in a real print version.

As always, please share your V recs if you have any, and feel like it!

( Vacances de Jésus et Bouddha (a.k.a Saint Young Men) )

( Vinland Saga )

( Ranma 1/2 )

( RIN-NE )

( Rose of Versailles )


( Rumic Theater )

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These are all the recs I can think of for now! What starts with an R in your manga (and anime) alphabet?

*weeps* Why are there so many cool manga and anime beginning with this letter? This will take forrrever...

edit: WHOOPS and I still forgot about Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea in the anime corner! to be updated.../edit

( Phoenix )

( Planetes )

( Pluto )

( Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon )

( Princess Knight )

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...whew!

What are your manga and anime likes for P? Or if you have any additional comments to the specific recs above, I'd love to hear it!

I have a feeling that if I'd read more than just Volume 1 of Love Roma, it would have ended up here, quirky and fun as I found it. Sadly I decided to read that volume about four years too late, and so far I haven't been able to find more from anyplace that would ship them easily.

( The Legend of Mother Sarah )


( Lone Wolf and Cub )

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What are your L favourites?

Here we go with H! Art school students, ghostly go players, and a samurai with a social phobia - great letter! Do you have any more recs beginning with an H?

At first I intended to include Yoshiharu Tsune's L'homme sans talents (French translation) here, but on second thought I'll abstain from that. I really like Tsune's quiet, poetic storytelling, and the art wroks well for me too. But it's all so unrelentingly bleak I don't think I can recommend it as a manga I enjoyed.

( Hikaru no Go )

( Honey and Clover )

( House of Five Leaves )

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( Fairy Tail )

( Four Immigrants Manga )

( Fruits Basket )

( Fullmetal Alchemist )

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Edit: WHOOPS I totally forgot to include Dororo!

( Domu: A Child's Dream )
( Dororo )
( A Drifting Life )
( A Drunken Dream and Other Stories )
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B is a Big Letter for me, with two titles I put very high up on my list of Seriously Good Stuff. But also two other titles I've found consistently impressive manga, plus one quite enjoyable collection of short stories.

( Barefoot Gen )

( Blade of the Immortal )

( Un bouquet de fleurs rouges )

( A Bride's Story )

( Buddha )

Any additional B recs?