Post by Shin on Feb 15, 2006 21:21:38 GMT -5
If you don't know if you want to buy your favorite yaoi manga in english, this might help~
Title: FAKE v1-6
Mangaka: Sanami Matoh
US co: TokyoPop
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size
Censored/Edited: Not that I know
Cover: Original Japanese Front Picture with Pale Baby Blue Background and Profile Report Design Side Strip. Pretty Neat.
Translation: Unfortunatly this manga was too "Americanized". While I have no problem seeing Dee say "dude" it looks wrong him calling Ryo that or worse, Ryo calling Dee "dude". They need to adapt their translation style to the different characters more in a mutli-ethnic manga like this. It's not because it's happening in NYC that they're all New Yorkers. The different nationalities are very important in this manga and also refered to
in several volumes.
Editing/Lettering: Okay, not bad but certainly not perfect either. Some cramped bubbles, especially the doubles. Improves in later volumes of the series.
Font: Good enough, very easy on the eye and also a very good size.
SFX: Left in Japanese.
Status: All released in English.
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1591823269, Volume 2 - 1591823277, Volume 3 - 1591823285, Volume 4 - 1591823293, Volume 5 - 1591823307, Volume 6 - 1591823315, Volume 7 - 1591823323
Price: $9,99 US
Title: Selfish Love v1-2 (Original Title: Kunshu sama no Koi wa Katte)
Mangaka: Kojima Naduki
US co: Be Beautiful
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size
Censored/Edited: Yes. They Edited the sex scenes and they changed the high school for university.
Cover: Same as Original, Whiteish Side Strip with "Original Yaoi" stamp.
Translation: Good.
Editing/Lettering: Very Bad. Empty Bubbles, Text stuck on one side of the bubble, Half in, Half out text.
Font: Good. Clear and good size. Easy to read.
SFX: Left in Japanese with English translation beside it. Looks a bit too cramped on some
occasions.
Status: All released in English.
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1586649590, Volume 2 - 1586649604
Price: $15,99 US, Excruciating for the poor quality.
Title: Petshop of Horrors v1-10
Mangaka: Akino Matsuri
US co: TokyPop
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size
Censored/Edited: Not that I know.
Cover: Some pictures are the same others, slightly different. Purple side strip that absolutely matches the cover images. Nice choice of Font for the title on the front.
Translation: Over all good for such a confusing manga.
Editing/Lettering: Same as FAKE. Some cramped bubbles, especially the doubles. Improves in later volumes of the series.
Font: Nice and easy to read. Good size. They change fonts for particular events for effects.
SFX: Left in Japanese.
Status: All released in English.
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1-59182-363-3, Volume 2 - 1-59182-364-1, Volume 3 - 1-59182-365-X, Volume 4 - 1-59182-501-6, Volume 5 - 1-59182-502-4, Volume 6 - 1-59182-503-2, Volume 7 - 1-59182-504-0, Volume 8 - 1-59182-505-9, Volume 9 - 1-59182-506-7, Volume 10 - 1-59532-185-3
Price: $9,99 US
Title: Desire (Original Title: Yabai Kimochi)
Mangaka: Maki Kazumi & Yukine Honami
US co: DMP (Digital Manga Publishing)
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); 8½ x 6 inches
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Original Japanese Cover. Japanese Title under English one. Removable cover, Purple toned hardcover under. Typical DMP purple bottom strip that says "DMP Yaoi Series". Also "Parental Advisory: Explicit Content" stamp on front cover.
Translation: Very Good.
Editing/Lettering: Also very Good. They use the proper effects when they should, like bold and italic.
Font: Nice, clean, easy to read with very good sizing.
SFX: Half in English, others in Japanese with English beside it.
Status: Released.
ISBN: 1569709793
Price: $12,95 US
Title: Yellow v1-4
Mangaka: Makoto Tateno
US co: DMP (Digital Manga Publishing)
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); 8½ x 6 inches
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Original Japanese Cover. Removable cover, Yellow toned hardcover under. Typical DMP purple bottom strip that switched to "DMP Yaoi Manga". Also "Parental Advisory: Explicit Content" stamp on front cover.
Translation: Very Good.
Editing/Lettering: Also very Good. They use the proper effects when they should, like bold and italic.
Font: Nice, clean, easy to read with very good sizing.
SFX: Half in English, others in Japanese with English beside it.
Status: All Released.
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1569709521, Volume 2 - 1569709513, Volume 3 - 1569709157, Volume 4 - 1569708959, Volume 4 w/ Box Set - 1569708797
Price: $12,95 US, and worth every penny.
Comments: Very Good Series, Recommend it.
Title: Only the Ring Finger Knows (Original Title: Sono Yubi Dake ga Shitteiru)
Mangaka: Satoru Kannagi & Hotaru Odagiri
US co: DMP (Digital Manga Publishing)
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); 8½ x 6 inches
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Original Japanese Cover. Japanese Title under English one. Removable cover, Blue toned hardcover under. Typical DMP purple bottom strip that says "DMP Yaoi Manga".
Translation: Very Good.
Editing/Lettering: Also very Good. They use the proper effects when they should, like bold and italic.
Font: Nice, clean, easy to read with very good sizing.
SFX: Half in English, others in Japanese with English beside it.
Status: Released.
ISBN: 1569709807
Price: $12,95 US
Title: Love Mode v1-3
Mangaka: Shimizu Yuki
US co: BLU
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size.
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Exact Same as Original Japanese except with English title.
Translation: Very Good.
Editing/Lettering: Overall good.
Font: Too italic. Same font for absolutely everything. Gets a bit hard to read.
SFX: Left in Japanese.
Status: v2 released in March 2006, v3 in July 2006, v4-11 TBA
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1598160109, Volume 2 - 1598160117, Volume 3 - 1598160125
Price: $9,99 US
Title: Boy Princess v1 (Original Title: Kiss Me Princess)
Mangaka: Seyoung Kim
US co: Netcomics
Format: American (Left to Right, Front to Back); Standard Size.
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Very cute Pinkish cover, well done.
Translation: Okay. Some parts were a bit confusing but overall fine.
Editing/Lettering: Okay.
Font: Bad. They used some kind of generic capital letter font, kinda ugly.
SFX: English
Status: v2 released in April 2006
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1600090303, Volume 2 - 1600090311
Price: $9,99 US
Title: Boy Princess v2 (Original Title: Kiss Me Princess)
Mangaka: Seyoung Kim
US co: NetComics
Format: American (Left to Right, Front to Back); Standard Size.
Censored/Edited: No. (Nothing to censor if you ask me :x)
Cover: Very cute. Loved the colors. They changed the Title font and style, its even more cute~
Translation: Very bad? I didnt get anything at all :x And I seriously doubt this manga should be hard to follow.
Editing/Lettering: Better than the first volume
Font: Yay for the thought font change~ it's for the best trust me. :/
SFX: English, tho there's very not many at all.
Status: v1-3 of 9 volumes released, v4 in October
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1600090303, Volume 2 - 1600090311, Volume 3 - 160009032X, Volume 4 - 1600090338
Price: $9,99 US
Comments: Not much in this volume. I have a strong feeling its gonna run in circles the whole 9 vols.
Title: Legal Drug v1-3
Mangaka: CLAMP
US co: TokyoPop
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size.
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Same as Original with English Title. Weird ass red fish logo on wheels on side strip.
Translation: Good.
Editing/Lettering: Good.
Font: a bit too big but otherwise nice.
SFX: Left in Japanese.
Status: Up to Date with Japanese
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1591824850, Volume 2 - 1595324216, Volume 3 - 1595324224
Price: $9,99 US
Title: Embracing Love v1 (Original Title: Haru wo Daite Ita)
Mangaka: Nitta Youka
US co: Be Beautiful
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size.
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Pale seasick green (it makes me sick just looking at it.) background with original picture. English title in dark violet with Japanese title shadowed underneath. Pink "Explicit Content: Parental Advisory" stamp on front. They mixed too many colors that don't match, very ugly.
Translation: Good.
Editing/Lettering: Too small, lacks good effects.
Font: Very generic font for thoughts and again too small. Otherwise okay.
SFX: Half in English, others in Japanese with English beside it.
Status: v1-3 Released.
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1-933440-02-3, Volume 2 - 1-933440-03-1, Volume 3 - 1-933440-04-X
Price: $15,99 US, still too expensive for the quality offered.
Title: Skyscrapers of OZ (Original Title: OZ no Matenrou)
Mangaka: Takakura Row & Yoshino Somei
US co: Media Blasters under "Kitty Media"
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size.
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: They did an awesome job with the cramped original cover image. Absulotely gorgeous. English title in a cool design at the top under the mangaka's names.
"Explicit Content, Parental Advisory" in the bottom right.
Translation: Good.
Editing/Lettering: Good.
Font: Thought font a bit hard to read otherwise good.
SFX: Half in English, others in Japanese with English beside it.
Status: Released.
ISBN: 1586559990
Price: $9,99 US
Comments: I have to say this is the only decent work they have done so far.
Title: Dost Thou Know? (Original Title: Kimi Shiruya)
Mangaka: Satoru Ishihara
US co: DMP (Digital Manga Publishing)
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); 8½ x 6 inches
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Original Japanese Image. Japanese Title under English one. Removable cover, Green toned hardcover under. Typical DMP purple bottom strip that says "DMP Yaoi Manga".
Translation: Good.
Editing/Lettering: Very Good.
Font: Nice size and easy to read.
SFX: Half in English, others in Japanese with English beside it.
Status: Released.
ISBN: 1569709343
Price: $12,95 US
Comments: I really love this mangaka but her story are usually pretty deep and confusing (*cough* Boring.), same applies for this one sadly :x Gimme Afuresouna Pool :3~~
Title: La Esperança v1-3
Mangaka: Chigusa Kawai
US co: DMP (Digital Manga Publishing)
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); 8½ x 6 inches
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Original Japanese Image. English Title Only. Removable cover, Weird dark blue toned manga frames montage hardcover under. Typical DMP purple bottom strip that says "DMP Yaoi Manga".
Translation: Good.
Editing/Lettering: Good. Stroke too thick on some occasions.
Font: Nice size and easy to read.
SFX: Half in English, others in Japanese with English beside it.
Status: v2-4 TBA
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1569709335, Volume 2 - 1569709327, Volume 3 - 1569709319, Volume 4 - 1569709300
Price: $12,95 US
Comments: Got mixed feelings about this series :x Between okay and boring. Maybe I was just in a weird mood when I read it...
Title: Let Dai v1
Mangaka: Sooyeon Won
US co: Netcomics
Format: American (Left to Right, Front to Back); Standard Size.
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Blue with a toned picture of Dai in front.
Translation: Okay. Some parts hard to get the meaning but that might be due to the complicated plot line of this manga too.
Editing/Lettering: Not too bad, but it doesn't look like they really like the
centering fonction. Stroke too thin on thoughts in dark backgrounds.
Font: Thoughts font sucks a lot. Hard to Read.
SFX: English
Status: v2 released in april 2006, v3-15 TBA
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1600090052, Volume 2 - 1600090060
Price: $9,99 US
Comments: Didnt like this manwha much. Very deep and dark story with violence and rape and stuff...Not my thing.
Title: Jazz v1-2
Mangaka: Takamure Tamotsu
US co: DMP
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); 8½ x 6 inches
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Removable cover, Dark Red toned hardcover under. Typical DMP purple bottom strip that says "DMP Yaoi Series". Also "Parental Advisory: Explicit Content" stamp on front cover.
Translation: Very Good.
Editing/Lettering: Very Good.
Font: Very Good. Nice and Easy to read~
SFX: Japanese with English besides it.
Status: v2 TBA
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1569709351, Volume 2 - 1569708940, Volume 3 - 1569708886
Price: $12,95 US; Really worth it, loved this one.
Comments: This story is a bit rough and lots of forcing the uke by the evil younger seme, really loved it though~ Plenty of angst.
Title: Demon Diary v1-7 (Original Title: Diary of a Demon King)
Mangaka: Jee-Hyung Lee & Kara Lim
US co: TokyoPop
Format: American (Left to Right, Front to Back); Standard Size
Censored/Edited: I heard some stuff was cut off from the original version a long time ago. Can't find my originals to verify it.
Translation: Good.
Editing/Lettering: Pretty good. Font might be just a bit too big but its not bad at all.
Font: Good.
SFX: Left in Korean.
Status: All released.
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1591821541, Volume 2 - 159182155X, Volume 3 - 1591821568, Volume 4 - 1591821576, Volume 5 - 1591824303, Volume 6 - 1591824311, Volume 7 - 159182432X
Price: $9,99 US
Title: Golden Cain (Original Title: Kin No Cain)
Mangaka: Asagiri Yuu
US co: Be Beautiful
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size
Censored/Edited: Yes, Side Story at the end was taken off for incestuous content.
Cover: Same Cover picture but with English title at the top.
Translation: Good.
Editing/Lettering: One of the only few I found good from be beautiful.
Font: Good, nice and easy to read.
SFX: Japanese with English besides.
Status: Released.
ISBN: 1-58664-955-8
Price: $15,99 US
Comments: I dont usually like this mangaka, she's either too kinky for me with the BDSM or the rapes but this one was, okay. Definetly not awesome but okay.
Title: Wild Rock
Mangaka: Takashima Kazusa
US co: BLU
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Original Japanese Cover.
Translation: Very Good.
Editing/Lettering: Some bubbles weren't really centered but it's pretty minor.
Font: Again the same font for everything. Gets a bit tiresome to read.
SFX: Some are in English but most are left in Japanese.
Status: Released.
ISBN: 1598161016
Price: $9,99 US
Comments: I loved this story the first time I read it and I still do after the 12th time :3~ I wanna be a caveman too!
Come back Takashima-sensei!! T_T we looove you!!
Title: Eerie Queerie! v1-4 (Original Title: Ghost)
Mangaka: Shiozu Shuri
US co: TokyoPop
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size
Censored/Edited: Not that I know?
Cover: The "Eerie Queerie!" on the cover looks really queer? Also New cover pictures.
Translation: Good. It was pretty easy to keep up.
Editing/Lettering: Okay. Some stuff isn't exactly centered but I've seen so much worse. Font size is a big too big in some bubbles.
Font: Okay. It's not too hard on the eyes.
SFX: Left in Japanese.
Status: All released
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1591827191, Volume 2 - 1591827205, Volume 3 - 1591827213, Volume 4 - 1591828619
Price: $9,99 US
Title: Lies & Kisses (Original Title: Uso To Kiss)
Mangaka: Misara Minase
US co: One Drama Queen (DQ)
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Pretty Removable Color cover with simple hardcover with English title underneath. Also Color Insert!!
Translation: Very very good. It was very nice to read, didn't have to think about what they meant even once.
Editing/Lettering: The Best!! Everything perfectly centered and split. Not a single thing out of place!
Font: The font used for the bubble texts is absolutely perfect. The thought font could have been better but they _made_ it work ^_^
SFX: All in English with font that fits them.
Status: All Released.
ISBN: 0976604574
Price: $12,50 US; Definetly worth it!
Note: I'm kind of a hard-ass with Licensed Manga if you didn't notice already but this one really shocked me! It was beyond my expectations. Perfect Rating~ A must buy!*Incest Warning*
Nice Twist at the very end~
Title: Kizuna v1-3
Mangaka: Kodaka Kazuma
US co: Be Beautiful
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size
Censored/Edited: YES! 2 FULL PAGES were taken off v1 extra story of Kai as a child when he kisses Masa on the mouth.
Translation: Okay I guess.
Editing/Lettering: Very BAD. It's shaky, not centered as usual and EMPTY BUBBLES are back~
Font: Okay.
SFX: Not much in the manga in general so.
Status: v1-5 released, v6 soon
ISBN: If you still wanna buy it after reading all this, then you can find it yourself.
Price: $15,99 US, It's Extortion and I'm very appalled to what they did to one of my favorite manga.
My advice; Support the _mangaka_ and BUY THE ORIGINAL IN JAPANESE!
Title: Level C 1-4
Mangaka: Aoi Futaba
US co: Media Blasters Under Kitty Media
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); A bit Smaller than the Standard Size
Censored/Edited: No
Cover: A lot softer (color wise) than the original one. It looks much better this way. They used paler tones. Altho the Kitty Media female bondage half naked fairy on the side strip is really ugly. Esp. on a yaoi manga. It looks like I bought hentai when I see that on my shelf ¬_¬
Translation: So-so. You'd think they wouldnt have trouble with such a plotless manga, and yet they managed to confuse the hell out of me quite a few times.
Editing/Lettering: v1-2 were the worst editing job I have ever seen, it beats everything so far. Improved in v3-4 but they still have major issues with double bubbles. Stroke way too thick a couple of times too. And thoughts in v1-2 were way too small. Also a few empty bubbles.
Font: v1 font was simply horrid, they changed it in v2 but it was still only so-so at best. They seem to have gotten better for v3+ but even then it's average.
SFX: Japanese with English close around. Somewhere.
Status: v6 TBA
ISBN: Volume 1 = 1586555804, Volume 2 = 1586556355, Volume 3 = 158655686X, Volume 4 = 1586557262, Volume 5 = 1586557734
Price: $9,99 US
Comments: Plot What Plot?
Sex Sex Sex Sex, what did I forget? Ah yeah! Sex :x oh, and ugly art too :x
Title: My Only King (Original Title: Bokudake no Ousama)
Mangaka: Hoshino Lily
US co: DMP
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); 8½ x 6 inches
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Removable Cover with same image in pink tone under. Color Insert and also pg 1-2 and Ch1 Title pg in Color.
Translation: Good if you forget they transed "sama" to "Sir" which looks really weird in this manga because of the relationship the 2 main chara share. Seme is the uke's Master and it felt somewhat left out with the uke calling him "Sir" for sama.
Editing/Lettering: Good, didn't really see anything out of place.
Font: Good as usual.
SFX: Left in Japanese with English close by.
Status: Released
ISBN: 1569709114
Price: $12,95 US
Comments: Thought it'd be good, looked good but was pretty ordinary if not boring. It's just a grouping of silly oneshots.
Title: Empty Heart
Mangaka: Minara Minase
US co: Drama Queen
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Slip cover with original color piture, simple design with Empty Heart written uunderneath. Color Insert.
Translation: It's pretty good. For those of you who read the scanlation, DQ chose "Kajihara" instead of Kajiwara for Takumi. They also attempted to trans Tomoharu's hiroshima dialect, which resulted more in a drunken cowboy slurr then anything else but it's still funny. Might be a bit hard to understand for some. (Examples; "th' boyfriend of th' chick I was fooling 'round with looked like he waz gonna hand me one of these", "we weren't juss freens", "rela-shunship")
Editing/Lettering: Very good, like all the other DQ work.
Font: Pretty much all of them fit.
SFX: All in English.
Status: Released.
ISBN: 0976604582
Price: $12,50 US
Comments: Very cute Teacher x Student story with a healthy dose of angst.
Title: Our Kingdom v1-3 (Original Title: Bokura no Oukoku)
Mangaka: Naduki Koujima
US co: DMP
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); 8½ x 6 inches
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Slip Covers. v1 is Purple, v2 is a cute pink~
Translation: Good if you can ignore all the "Sir" everywhere that DMP always uses for "san" in all their manga.
Editing/Lettering: I kinda like the way they always edit their manga, but maybe it's just me. I think it's smooth. No real problem overall.
Font: Pleasant and easy to read as usual.
SFX: Japanese with English besides.
Status: v1-2 released, see Release Dates Post for upcoming volumes. v6+ Pending with Biblos Bankruptcy.
ISBN: Volume 1 - 156970936X , Volume 2 - 1569709149, Volume 3 - 1569709130, Volume 4 - 1569709122
Price: $12,95 US
Title: Shout out Loud! v1 (Original Title: Sakende Yaruze!)
Mangaka: Satosumi Takaguchi
US co: BLU
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Original Cover? with English Title in big and Japanese title in romanji in small underneath.
Translation: Good; Reads pretty well all the way through.
Editing/Lettering: Okay, I still think it looks kind of shaky at parts but that also may be due to the font they use.
Font: The same annoying one they still use for everything in all their other mangas.
SFX: Japanese with English.
Status: v1 released, see Release Dates Post for upcoming volumes.
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1598163167, Volume 2 - 1598163175
Price: $9,99 US
Title: You & Harujion (Original Title: Kimi to Harujion)
Mangaka: Keiko Kinoshita
US co: DMP; Juné
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); 8½ x 6 inches
Censored/Edited: Nope.
Cover: Very cute cover, love the green tones. Greyish-Green Hardcover. English Title only.
Translation: Very Good.
Editing/Lettering: Good. Nothing out of place. The text size was much smaller than on their previous manga but I think it was for the best, it looks good this way, a lot less amateurish (like a fan scanlation) and much more pro like it should be.
Font: They changed they comment fonts with this one but its not bad.
SFX: Some are only in English and other were preserved in japanese with the English besides.
Status: Released.
ISBN: 1-56970-925-4
Price: $12,95 US
Comments: Really loved this one. Simple and super cute story without too much crap and neverending drama like so many. It was a very good read.
Title: Hands off! v1-5 (Original Title: Sono Te Wo Dokero)
Mangaka: Kasane Katsumoto
US co: Tokoypop
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size
Censored/Edited: No that I noticed. (There isn't really anything to edit, really soft sh-ai/shoujo)
Cover: well its a whole lot of purple. Unless you got the first edition of v1 :x
Translation: omg :x I got no idea what's up with TPop but just when you think they actually got better they pull this kinda shit. It's not that it's bad but holy with the name-calling, swearing/cursing, slang. They added one of the above in almost every line. And when I say "added" I mean they pulled it out of their asses cuz it obviously wasn't in the original in japanese, not this much.
Editing/Lettering: Good. At least they didn't reverted there.
Font: The cover font is kinda neat and I guess the one in the book isnt offensive either.
SFX: Japanese (English in bubbles)
Status: v1-6 Released, 7-8 TBA
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1595321535, Volume 2 - 1595321543, Volume 3 - 1595321551, Volume 4 - 159532156X, Volume 5 - 1595321578, Volume 6 - 1595321586, Volume 7 - 1595321594, Volume 8 - 1595321608
Price: $9,99 US
Also there's2 1 series so far I do not have and will not be getting for personal reasons; Kizuna Finder Series. If anyone who bought these in english would like to give them reviews, it'd be cool for the people interested in those.
Title: FAKE v1-6
Mangaka: Sanami Matoh
US co: TokyoPop
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size
Censored/Edited: Not that I know
Cover: Original Japanese Front Picture with Pale Baby Blue Background and Profile Report Design Side Strip. Pretty Neat.
Translation: Unfortunatly this manga was too "Americanized". While I have no problem seeing Dee say "dude" it looks wrong him calling Ryo that or worse, Ryo calling Dee "dude". They need to adapt their translation style to the different characters more in a mutli-ethnic manga like this. It's not because it's happening in NYC that they're all New Yorkers. The different nationalities are very important in this manga and also refered to
in several volumes.
Editing/Lettering: Okay, not bad but certainly not perfect either. Some cramped bubbles, especially the doubles. Improves in later volumes of the series.
Font: Good enough, very easy on the eye and also a very good size.
SFX: Left in Japanese.
Status: All released in English.
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1591823269, Volume 2 - 1591823277, Volume 3 - 1591823285, Volume 4 - 1591823293, Volume 5 - 1591823307, Volume 6 - 1591823315, Volume 7 - 1591823323
Price: $9,99 US
Title: Selfish Love v1-2 (Original Title: Kunshu sama no Koi wa Katte)
Mangaka: Kojima Naduki
US co: Be Beautiful
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size
Censored/Edited: Yes. They Edited the sex scenes and they changed the high school for university.
Cover: Same as Original, Whiteish Side Strip with "Original Yaoi" stamp.
Translation: Good.
Editing/Lettering: Very Bad. Empty Bubbles, Text stuck on one side of the bubble, Half in, Half out text.
Font: Good. Clear and good size. Easy to read.
SFX: Left in Japanese with English translation beside it. Looks a bit too cramped on some
occasions.
Status: All released in English.
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1586649590, Volume 2 - 1586649604
Price: $15,99 US, Excruciating for the poor quality.
Title: Petshop of Horrors v1-10
Mangaka: Akino Matsuri
US co: TokyPop
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size
Censored/Edited: Not that I know.
Cover: Some pictures are the same others, slightly different. Purple side strip that absolutely matches the cover images. Nice choice of Font for the title on the front.
Translation: Over all good for such a confusing manga.
Editing/Lettering: Same as FAKE. Some cramped bubbles, especially the doubles. Improves in later volumes of the series.
Font: Nice and easy to read. Good size. They change fonts for particular events for effects.
SFX: Left in Japanese.
Status: All released in English.
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1-59182-363-3, Volume 2 - 1-59182-364-1, Volume 3 - 1-59182-365-X, Volume 4 - 1-59182-501-6, Volume 5 - 1-59182-502-4, Volume 6 - 1-59182-503-2, Volume 7 - 1-59182-504-0, Volume 8 - 1-59182-505-9, Volume 9 - 1-59182-506-7, Volume 10 - 1-59532-185-3
Price: $9,99 US
Title: Desire (Original Title: Yabai Kimochi)
Mangaka: Maki Kazumi & Yukine Honami
US co: DMP (Digital Manga Publishing)
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); 8½ x 6 inches
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Original Japanese Cover. Japanese Title under English one. Removable cover, Purple toned hardcover under. Typical DMP purple bottom strip that says "DMP Yaoi Series". Also "Parental Advisory: Explicit Content" stamp on front cover.
Translation: Very Good.
Editing/Lettering: Also very Good. They use the proper effects when they should, like bold and italic.
Font: Nice, clean, easy to read with very good sizing.
SFX: Half in English, others in Japanese with English beside it.
Status: Released.
ISBN: 1569709793
Price: $12,95 US
Title: Yellow v1-4
Mangaka: Makoto Tateno
US co: DMP (Digital Manga Publishing)
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); 8½ x 6 inches
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Original Japanese Cover. Removable cover, Yellow toned hardcover under. Typical DMP purple bottom strip that switched to "DMP Yaoi Manga". Also "Parental Advisory: Explicit Content" stamp on front cover.
Translation: Very Good.
Editing/Lettering: Also very Good. They use the proper effects when they should, like bold and italic.
Font: Nice, clean, easy to read with very good sizing.
SFX: Half in English, others in Japanese with English beside it.
Status: All Released.
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1569709521, Volume 2 - 1569709513, Volume 3 - 1569709157, Volume 4 - 1569708959, Volume 4 w/ Box Set - 1569708797
Price: $12,95 US, and worth every penny.
Comments: Very Good Series, Recommend it.
Title: Only the Ring Finger Knows (Original Title: Sono Yubi Dake ga Shitteiru)
Mangaka: Satoru Kannagi & Hotaru Odagiri
US co: DMP (Digital Manga Publishing)
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); 8½ x 6 inches
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Original Japanese Cover. Japanese Title under English one. Removable cover, Blue toned hardcover under. Typical DMP purple bottom strip that says "DMP Yaoi Manga".
Translation: Very Good.
Editing/Lettering: Also very Good. They use the proper effects when they should, like bold and italic.
Font: Nice, clean, easy to read with very good sizing.
SFX: Half in English, others in Japanese with English beside it.
Status: Released.
ISBN: 1569709807
Price: $12,95 US
Title: Love Mode v1-3
Mangaka: Shimizu Yuki
US co: BLU
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size.
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Exact Same as Original Japanese except with English title.
Translation: Very Good.
Editing/Lettering: Overall good.
Font: Too italic. Same font for absolutely everything. Gets a bit hard to read.
SFX: Left in Japanese.
Status: v2 released in March 2006, v3 in July 2006, v4-11 TBA
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1598160109, Volume 2 - 1598160117, Volume 3 - 1598160125
Price: $9,99 US
Title: Boy Princess v1 (Original Title: Kiss Me Princess)
Mangaka: Seyoung Kim
US co: Netcomics
Format: American (Left to Right, Front to Back); Standard Size.
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Very cute Pinkish cover, well done.
Translation: Okay. Some parts were a bit confusing but overall fine.
Editing/Lettering: Okay.
Font: Bad. They used some kind of generic capital letter font, kinda ugly.
SFX: English
Status: v2 released in April 2006
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1600090303, Volume 2 - 1600090311
Price: $9,99 US
Title: Boy Princess v2 (Original Title: Kiss Me Princess)
Mangaka: Seyoung Kim
US co: NetComics
Format: American (Left to Right, Front to Back); Standard Size.
Censored/Edited: No. (Nothing to censor if you ask me :x)
Cover: Very cute. Loved the colors. They changed the Title font and style, its even more cute~
Translation: Very bad? I didnt get anything at all :x And I seriously doubt this manga should be hard to follow.
Editing/Lettering: Better than the first volume
Font: Yay for the thought font change~ it's for the best trust me. :/
SFX: English, tho there's very not many at all.
Status: v1-3 of 9 volumes released, v4 in October
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1600090303, Volume 2 - 1600090311, Volume 3 - 160009032X, Volume 4 - 1600090338
Price: $9,99 US
Comments: Not much in this volume. I have a strong feeling its gonna run in circles the whole 9 vols.
Title: Legal Drug v1-3
Mangaka: CLAMP
US co: TokyoPop
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size.
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Same as Original with English Title. Weird ass red fish logo on wheels on side strip.
Translation: Good.
Editing/Lettering: Good.
Font: a bit too big but otherwise nice.
SFX: Left in Japanese.
Status: Up to Date with Japanese
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1591824850, Volume 2 - 1595324216, Volume 3 - 1595324224
Price: $9,99 US
Title: Embracing Love v1 (Original Title: Haru wo Daite Ita)
Mangaka: Nitta Youka
US co: Be Beautiful
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size.
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Pale seasick green (it makes me sick just looking at it.) background with original picture. English title in dark violet with Japanese title shadowed underneath. Pink "Explicit Content: Parental Advisory" stamp on front. They mixed too many colors that don't match, very ugly.
Translation: Good.
Editing/Lettering: Too small, lacks good effects.
Font: Very generic font for thoughts and again too small. Otherwise okay.
SFX: Half in English, others in Japanese with English beside it.
Status: v1-3 Released.
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1-933440-02-3, Volume 2 - 1-933440-03-1, Volume 3 - 1-933440-04-X
Price: $15,99 US, still too expensive for the quality offered.
Title: Skyscrapers of OZ (Original Title: OZ no Matenrou)
Mangaka: Takakura Row & Yoshino Somei
US co: Media Blasters under "Kitty Media"
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size.
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: They did an awesome job with the cramped original cover image. Absulotely gorgeous. English title in a cool design at the top under the mangaka's names.
"Explicit Content, Parental Advisory" in the bottom right.
Translation: Good.
Editing/Lettering: Good.
Font: Thought font a bit hard to read otherwise good.
SFX: Half in English, others in Japanese with English beside it.
Status: Released.
ISBN: 1586559990
Price: $9,99 US
Comments: I have to say this is the only decent work they have done so far.
Title: Dost Thou Know? (Original Title: Kimi Shiruya)
Mangaka: Satoru Ishihara
US co: DMP (Digital Manga Publishing)
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); 8½ x 6 inches
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Original Japanese Image. Japanese Title under English one. Removable cover, Green toned hardcover under. Typical DMP purple bottom strip that says "DMP Yaoi Manga".
Translation: Good.
Editing/Lettering: Very Good.
Font: Nice size and easy to read.
SFX: Half in English, others in Japanese with English beside it.
Status: Released.
ISBN: 1569709343
Price: $12,95 US
Comments: I really love this mangaka but her story are usually pretty deep and confusing (*cough* Boring.), same applies for this one sadly :x Gimme Afuresouna Pool :3~~
Title: La Esperança v1-3
Mangaka: Chigusa Kawai
US co: DMP (Digital Manga Publishing)
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); 8½ x 6 inches
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Original Japanese Image. English Title Only. Removable cover, Weird dark blue toned manga frames montage hardcover under. Typical DMP purple bottom strip that says "DMP Yaoi Manga".
Translation: Good.
Editing/Lettering: Good. Stroke too thick on some occasions.
Font: Nice size and easy to read.
SFX: Half in English, others in Japanese with English beside it.
Status: v2-4 TBA
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1569709335, Volume 2 - 1569709327, Volume 3 - 1569709319, Volume 4 - 1569709300
Price: $12,95 US
Comments: Got mixed feelings about this series :x Between okay and boring. Maybe I was just in a weird mood when I read it...
Title: Let Dai v1
Mangaka: Sooyeon Won
US co: Netcomics
Format: American (Left to Right, Front to Back); Standard Size.
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Blue with a toned picture of Dai in front.
Translation: Okay. Some parts hard to get the meaning but that might be due to the complicated plot line of this manga too.
Editing/Lettering: Not too bad, but it doesn't look like they really like the
centering fonction. Stroke too thin on thoughts in dark backgrounds.
Font: Thoughts font sucks a lot. Hard to Read.
SFX: English
Status: v2 released in april 2006, v3-15 TBA
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1600090052, Volume 2 - 1600090060
Price: $9,99 US
Comments: Didnt like this manwha much. Very deep and dark story with violence and rape and stuff...Not my thing.
Title: Jazz v1-2
Mangaka: Takamure Tamotsu
US co: DMP
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); 8½ x 6 inches
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Removable cover, Dark Red toned hardcover under. Typical DMP purple bottom strip that says "DMP Yaoi Series". Also "Parental Advisory: Explicit Content" stamp on front cover.
Translation: Very Good.
Editing/Lettering: Very Good.
Font: Very Good. Nice and Easy to read~
SFX: Japanese with English besides it.
Status: v2 TBA
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1569709351, Volume 2 - 1569708940, Volume 3 - 1569708886
Price: $12,95 US; Really worth it, loved this one.
Comments: This story is a bit rough and lots of forcing the uke by the evil younger seme, really loved it though~ Plenty of angst.
Title: Demon Diary v1-7 (Original Title: Diary of a Demon King)
Mangaka: Jee-Hyung Lee & Kara Lim
US co: TokyoPop
Format: American (Left to Right, Front to Back); Standard Size
Censored/Edited: I heard some stuff was cut off from the original version a long time ago. Can't find my originals to verify it.
Translation: Good.
Editing/Lettering: Pretty good. Font might be just a bit too big but its not bad at all.
Font: Good.
SFX: Left in Korean.
Status: All released.
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1591821541, Volume 2 - 159182155X, Volume 3 - 1591821568, Volume 4 - 1591821576, Volume 5 - 1591824303, Volume 6 - 1591824311, Volume 7 - 159182432X
Price: $9,99 US
Title: Golden Cain (Original Title: Kin No Cain)
Mangaka: Asagiri Yuu
US co: Be Beautiful
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size
Censored/Edited: Yes, Side Story at the end was taken off for incestuous content.
Cover: Same Cover picture but with English title at the top.
Translation: Good.
Editing/Lettering: One of the only few I found good from be beautiful.
Font: Good, nice and easy to read.
SFX: Japanese with English besides.
Status: Released.
ISBN: 1-58664-955-8
Price: $15,99 US
Comments: I dont usually like this mangaka, she's either too kinky for me with the BDSM or the rapes but this one was, okay. Definetly not awesome but okay.
Title: Wild Rock
Mangaka: Takashima Kazusa
US co: BLU
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Original Japanese Cover.
Translation: Very Good.
Editing/Lettering: Some bubbles weren't really centered but it's pretty minor.
Font: Again the same font for everything. Gets a bit tiresome to read.
SFX: Some are in English but most are left in Japanese.
Status: Released.
ISBN: 1598161016
Price: $9,99 US
Comments: I loved this story the first time I read it and I still do after the 12th time :3~ I wanna be a caveman too!
Come back Takashima-sensei!! T_T we looove you!!
Title: Eerie Queerie! v1-4 (Original Title: Ghost)
Mangaka: Shiozu Shuri
US co: TokyoPop
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size
Censored/Edited: Not that I know?
Cover: The "Eerie Queerie!" on the cover looks really queer? Also New cover pictures.
Translation: Good. It was pretty easy to keep up.
Editing/Lettering: Okay. Some stuff isn't exactly centered but I've seen so much worse. Font size is a big too big in some bubbles.
Font: Okay. It's not too hard on the eyes.
SFX: Left in Japanese.
Status: All released
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1591827191, Volume 2 - 1591827205, Volume 3 - 1591827213, Volume 4 - 1591828619
Price: $9,99 US
Title: Lies & Kisses (Original Title: Uso To Kiss)
Mangaka: Misara Minase
US co: One Drama Queen (DQ)
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Pretty Removable Color cover with simple hardcover with English title underneath. Also Color Insert!!
Translation: Very very good. It was very nice to read, didn't have to think about what they meant even once.
Editing/Lettering: The Best!! Everything perfectly centered and split. Not a single thing out of place!
Font: The font used for the bubble texts is absolutely perfect. The thought font could have been better but they _made_ it work ^_^
SFX: All in English with font that fits them.
Status: All Released.
ISBN: 0976604574
Price: $12,50 US; Definetly worth it!
Note: I'm kind of a hard-ass with Licensed Manga if you didn't notice already but this one really shocked me! It was beyond my expectations. Perfect Rating~ A must buy!*Incest Warning*
Nice Twist at the very end~
Title: Kizuna v1-3
Mangaka: Kodaka Kazuma
US co: Be Beautiful
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size
Censored/Edited: YES! 2 FULL PAGES were taken off v1 extra story of Kai as a child when he kisses Masa on the mouth.
Translation: Okay I guess.
Editing/Lettering: Very BAD. It's shaky, not centered as usual and EMPTY BUBBLES are back~
Font: Okay.
SFX: Not much in the manga in general so.
Status: v1-5 released, v6 soon
ISBN: If you still wanna buy it after reading all this, then you can find it yourself.
Price: $15,99 US, It's Extortion and I'm very appalled to what they did to one of my favorite manga.
My advice; Support the _mangaka_ and BUY THE ORIGINAL IN JAPANESE!
Title: Level C 1-4
Mangaka: Aoi Futaba
US co: Media Blasters Under Kitty Media
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); A bit Smaller than the Standard Size
Censored/Edited: No
Cover: A lot softer (color wise) than the original one. It looks much better this way. They used paler tones. Altho the Kitty Media female bondage half naked fairy on the side strip is really ugly. Esp. on a yaoi manga. It looks like I bought hentai when I see that on my shelf ¬_¬
Translation: So-so. You'd think they wouldnt have trouble with such a plotless manga, and yet they managed to confuse the hell out of me quite a few times.
Editing/Lettering: v1-2 were the worst editing job I have ever seen, it beats everything so far. Improved in v3-4 but they still have major issues with double bubbles. Stroke way too thick a couple of times too. And thoughts in v1-2 were way too small. Also a few empty bubbles.
Font: v1 font was simply horrid, they changed it in v2 but it was still only so-so at best. They seem to have gotten better for v3+ but even then it's average.
SFX: Japanese with English close around. Somewhere.
Status: v6 TBA
ISBN: Volume 1 = 1586555804, Volume 2 = 1586556355, Volume 3 = 158655686X, Volume 4 = 1586557262, Volume 5 = 1586557734
Price: $9,99 US
Comments: Plot What Plot?
Sex Sex Sex Sex, what did I forget? Ah yeah! Sex :x oh, and ugly art too :xTitle: My Only King (Original Title: Bokudake no Ousama)
Mangaka: Hoshino Lily
US co: DMP
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); 8½ x 6 inches
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Removable Cover with same image in pink tone under. Color Insert and also pg 1-2 and Ch1 Title pg in Color.
Translation: Good if you forget they transed "sama" to "Sir" which looks really weird in this manga because of the relationship the 2 main chara share. Seme is the uke's Master and it felt somewhat left out with the uke calling him "Sir" for sama.
Editing/Lettering: Good, didn't really see anything out of place.
Font: Good as usual.
SFX: Left in Japanese with English close by.
Status: Released
ISBN: 1569709114
Price: $12,95 US
Comments: Thought it'd be good, looked good but was pretty ordinary if not boring. It's just a grouping of silly oneshots.
Title: Empty Heart
Mangaka: Minara Minase
US co: Drama Queen
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Slip cover with original color piture, simple design with Empty Heart written uunderneath. Color Insert.
Translation: It's pretty good. For those of you who read the scanlation, DQ chose "Kajihara" instead of Kajiwara for Takumi. They also attempted to trans Tomoharu's hiroshima dialect, which resulted more in a drunken cowboy slurr then anything else but it's still funny. Might be a bit hard to understand for some. (Examples; "th' boyfriend of th' chick I was fooling 'round with looked like he waz gonna hand me one of these", "we weren't juss freens", "rela-shunship")
Editing/Lettering: Very good, like all the other DQ work.
Font: Pretty much all of them fit.
SFX: All in English.
Status: Released.
ISBN: 0976604582
Price: $12,50 US
Comments: Very cute Teacher x Student story with a healthy dose of angst.
Title: Our Kingdom v1-3 (Original Title: Bokura no Oukoku)
Mangaka: Naduki Koujima
US co: DMP
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); 8½ x 6 inches
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Slip Covers. v1 is Purple, v2 is a cute pink~
Translation: Good if you can ignore all the "Sir" everywhere that DMP always uses for "san" in all their manga.
Editing/Lettering: I kinda like the way they always edit their manga, but maybe it's just me. I think it's smooth. No real problem overall.
Font: Pleasant and easy to read as usual.
SFX: Japanese with English besides.
Status: v1-2 released, see Release Dates Post for upcoming volumes. v6+ Pending with Biblos Bankruptcy.
ISBN: Volume 1 - 156970936X , Volume 2 - 1569709149, Volume 3 - 1569709130, Volume 4 - 1569709122
Price: $12,95 US
Title: Shout out Loud! v1 (Original Title: Sakende Yaruze!)
Mangaka: Satosumi Takaguchi
US co: BLU
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size
Censored/Edited: No.
Cover: Original Cover? with English Title in big and Japanese title in romanji in small underneath.
Translation: Good; Reads pretty well all the way through.
Editing/Lettering: Okay, I still think it looks kind of shaky at parts but that also may be due to the font they use.
Font: The same annoying one they still use for everything in all their other mangas.
SFX: Japanese with English.
Status: v1 released, see Release Dates Post for upcoming volumes.
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1598163167, Volume 2 - 1598163175
Price: $9,99 US
Title: You & Harujion (Original Title: Kimi to Harujion)
Mangaka: Keiko Kinoshita
US co: DMP; Juné
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); 8½ x 6 inches
Censored/Edited: Nope.
Cover: Very cute cover, love the green tones. Greyish-Green Hardcover. English Title only.
Translation: Very Good.
Editing/Lettering: Good. Nothing out of place. The text size was much smaller than on their previous manga but I think it was for the best, it looks good this way, a lot less amateurish (like a fan scanlation) and much more pro like it should be.
Font: They changed they comment fonts with this one but its not bad.
SFX: Some are only in English and other were preserved in japanese with the English besides.
Status: Released.
ISBN: 1-56970-925-4
Price: $12,95 US
Comments: Really loved this one. Simple and super cute story without too much crap and neverending drama like so many. It was a very good read.
Title: Hands off! v1-5 (Original Title: Sono Te Wo Dokero)
Mangaka: Kasane Katsumoto
US co: Tokoypop
Format: Japanese Original (Right to Left, Back to Front); Standard Size
Censored/Edited: No that I noticed. (There isn't really anything to edit, really soft sh-ai/shoujo)
Cover: well its a whole lot of purple. Unless you got the first edition of v1 :x
Translation: omg :x I got no idea what's up with TPop but just when you think they actually got better they pull this kinda shit. It's not that it's bad but holy with the name-calling, swearing/cursing, slang. They added one of the above in almost every line. And when I say "added" I mean they pulled it out of their asses cuz it obviously wasn't in the original in japanese, not this much.
Editing/Lettering: Good. At least they didn't reverted there.
Font: The cover font is kinda neat and I guess the one in the book isnt offensive either.
SFX: Japanese (English in bubbles)
Status: v1-6 Released, 7-8 TBA
ISBN: Volume 1 - 1595321535, Volume 2 - 1595321543, Volume 3 - 1595321551, Volume 4 - 159532156X, Volume 5 - 1595321578, Volume 6 - 1595321586, Volume 7 - 1595321594, Volume 8 - 1595321608
Price: $9,99 US
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