Godai is still doing the student teacher thing, and Yagami's fascination with her wishy-washy teacher escalates to new heights. She goes to Maison Ikkoku and refuses to leave, wanting to sleep in Godai's room. Of Course the ever jealous Kyoko will have none of this and has Yagami sleep in the manager's room. Yagami who is much more frank with her feelings than Kyoko confronts the lovely woman about how she feels about Godai. Of course, Kyyoko can't come clean with her feelings, and remains silent. Yagami takes this to mean that Kyoko has no interest in Godai, so this further causes things to go haywire. Yagami later corners Godai in the gym equipment storAge room wearing only her underwear, and later moves into Maison Ikkoku when she has a fight with her father over her feelings for Godai, chaos insues of course. Then we have Godai turned down for job after job poor guy. read this, enjoy this, suffer along with Godai.

Our lovesick, long-suffering hero, Godai winds up teaching at an all-girl high school where the object of his yearning desire once attended (and attached her first husband in the very first place). This heart-rending irony continues when a lovestruck young student decides to chase the handsome Godai all the way to the ends of the world. In fact, this stinking rotten little girl even denies her own self-respect and the respect from others when she cornered her victim wearing only a bra, forced her way into his room, manuipulated and abused her dear old father into giving him a job at his company, and plain just drove poor young Koyoko (and Godai as well) up the wall. The kid's dad seems like a gruffy, heavy-breathing orge who looks ready to eat up any male who would dare to go near his only daughter, - but actually, he turns out to be such a docile piece of putty in the dainty hands of that mean little creature. A real nice touch of Lolita-complex twist in the endless mating ritual between the ever-hopeful young Godai and the lovely dark-eyed Koyoko.

Has Takahahashi ever written anything that wasn't phenomonal? The latest episode in Takahashi's manga series focuses on Godais turmoil as he is Pursued by the un-dauntable (That means she don't ever give up. EVER!) Ibuki Yagami. A student of his during his Student Teaching assignment. As well as Godai's Attempts to find a job before Graduation. And one of the companys he applys to is owned by Yagamis Father (Do you need me to tell you that Yagami find's a way to "help" Mr. G?). Eventually Yagami winds up moving INTO Maison Ikkoku in order to win the love of "Mr. G". This has to be one of the finest series ever written. Manga, or otherwise. It's so cool to watch Godai and Kyoko grow over the course of the series. Though they're good people, they are neither perfect, nor living charmed lives. They grow and mature and come to love each other by eventually overcoming lifes wrinkles together. This is a series that, though the Japanese flava is definately there, will appeal to anyone that will give it a chance.

The arrival of the Oni princess Lum has allowed us to meet a variety of interesting characters, from biker girl Benten to elegant Neptune Princess Oyuki to Kurama, the leader of the Crow Demons. Now, we have the schizophrenic Ran.

Ran was a childhood friend of Lum, but now they are enemies. All of these accidents kept befalling Ran, and since it was Lum's bad luck to be present at all of these incidents, Ran blames her. So, she comes up with these plans to make Lum unhappy and steal the oni man Rei for herself.

Ataru loves Ran at first sight (like he does with every woman), and refuses to listen to Lum's warnings. Most of the other characters take to Ran immediately as well.

Ran is an interesting study in character and behavior. The face she normally presents to the world is sweet, innocent, and timid. But when she gets angry (which is often) she goes into her 'demon' mode. So far, Lum is the only one to have seen this side of her, so no one believes her stories of Ran.

A good book, and a worthy addition to the Urusei Yatsura line.

After a couple of volumes absence from Urusei Yatsura, Ran-chan returns with a vengence. This is another brilliant book from Takahashi-sensei, and it looks more at Ran and Lum's relationship. The stories are as solid as ever, and the only flaw in its otherwise perfect visage is that it's the last one Viz have put out. There's still a huge volume of unpublished Urusei Yatsura manga out there, let's see more!

'Ran Attacks' was my introduction to the Lum books. I've read two others since then, but 'Ran Attacks' remains my favorite. It is definitely one of, if not the funniest book in the series! When Lum's childhood friend/rival decides to be mean to her, anything can happen! Unfortunately, all Ran's mischief seems to center on poor Ataru! From Ataru being cloned, to Lum's ex fiance, Rei showing up, to the gods arriving to liven up a school party, absolutely anything can happen! I would definitely reccomend this book to anyone, but I would suggest reading 'The Perfect Collection' and 'The Return of Lum - Uresei Yatsura' first, to introduce you to the characters.

What a wonderful bedtime story! The lovely, rhyming verse and supporting illustrations provide a comforting, evocative,and beautiful prelude to sleep.

I loved this book! Especially the beautiful illustrations. The colors and the unusual perspectives are so interesting. I recommend it highly!

This book is wonderful. It uses words my daughter is now beginning to learn and understand, and reinforces it with pictures. I highly recommend it!

When the author's son, Sean, was about four, he got a new yellow shirt and thought that he was a banana. In this picture book, the author thinks of that incident and tells the story of a boy and his friend, Sam. The birthday boy gets a new yellow shirt from his Aunt Betty. He puts it on and he is a splashing duck, a roaring golden lion, a zooming taxi, a daffodil, a fish, and a lazy bug. He is many other things set in a variety of scenes, even a trumpet in a parade, and a thumping banana in a kitchen. As night falls, the shirt must be taken off, but it becomes something else that will illuminate the night.

Kagome is on her way home to complete a very important test, when a new adventure comes across the groups path. This is the night that Inu-Yasha is to turn human, and he plans to take care of this new foe before that happens. But, to Inu-Yasha's dismay, some terrible things happen to the group, all because of the "peach man". Terrible things such as, Inu-Yasha turns human and is almost killed by some blood-sucking thorns, and terribly injured by an encounter with the Peach Man's obesity. Miroku, Shippo, and Kagome are shrunk, but eventually free themselves, until the Peach Man steals Kagome and is about to eat her. With comedic encounters, and romantic progressions...

Then, the group comes across Sango. A Demon Exterminator, who's family and village has just been destroyed. However, she falls into Naraku's web of Deceit, and he makes her think that the culprit who has ruined her life is Inu-Yasha. Of course, Sango intends on killing him now...

I better stop now, or I'll give away the whole book. No fun reading if you can't have some surprises! This is another great "Inu-Yasha" manga number, from who else, but the unstoppable Rumiko Takahashi, author of other great titles such as, the popular Ranma 1/2.

An excellant addition to the Inu-Yasha story, and as always...
wonderfully told, and drawn. A must-have for Inu-Yasha fans.

Even though the Viz translations to the Inuyasha manga isn't as good as the japanese version, I found this book Wonderfully created! The series is action, and drama, with surprising twists, new characters, Comedy, and romance! This book is contiued from the series, which I absolutly love! The love triangle between the characters, all these surprising twists and is dug deeper and deeper as you explore the character's traits. I do admit that there is a tad bit of minor swearing, it is truly sweet, the only problem I see is that there are cliff-hangers in all the odd numbered books, and the even numbers are the end of each cliff-hanger. But it is written and drawn so well that a Person just has to continue reading! I find Humor, drama/action, romance! It is fantasy and epic. About a 15year old girl named Kagome who is dragged into a well by a demon and goes back in time to the warring ages of japan. She mets Inu-yasha (spelled Inuyasha w/o hyphen in japanese subtitles) a half demon who reconized her as the women who "killed" him 50 years ago. she carried the Shikon no Tama (Jewel of four souls/ shikon jewel) within her, without her knowing. She shatters the jewel, and this book is about her journey with Inuyasha to retive the shattered jewel before demons and humans with evil in their hearts obtains the jewel and creates destruction upon the world. I LOVE THIS BOOK And strongly recommend it to be read!

I also recommend Inuyasha vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 and all of the ones that are going to be published. Also recommended, Harry Potter Series, Ella Enchanted.

This manga tale of Princess Lum, Ataru, and Shinobu is chock full of irony and just plain fun. Lum, who is about as cute an space alien as could be conceived, is besmitten by Aratu. Unfortunately, Ataru is not terribly bright but is hormonally gifted. And Ataru loves Shinobu. What emerges is a series of episodes involving a new twist of the eternal triangle. Each episode is pure outrageous comedy. I won't give examples, as I don't want to detract from the sheer joy of amazement as you experience Lum's misadventures among humans.

On another level, Lum may be read as a quirky philosophical commentary on humanity. Whether you are 15 or 57 or 75, Lum is FUN!

Lum is a wild, crazy, fun, silly manga (comic) from Japan. It's entertaining and hilarious. I recommend it to everyone!

When Kuno loses his memory and is found unconsious on a beach where Ranma and co. are visiting and Happosai tries to improve his and Ranma's "master/disciple" relationship and they end up being stuck together anything can happen!

Ranma 1/2 est un des mangas cultes de ma génération. Rumiko Takahashi a crée un super manga qui est accessible à tous les âges et qui est basé sur des histoires quelques fois farfelues et sur une bonne dose d'humour.
En bref, c'est pour tout le monde.

This volume of Ranma 1/2 was well worth the wait. Although a little less comedy-based than some of the other, wackier novels, Volume 22 still produced a lot of laughs. Inside, three newcomers named Herb, Mint, and Lime (weird names, I know) take on Ranma, Mousse, and Ryoga (respectively). The only problem is that Herb, Mint, and Lime have some strange powers...nothing that even Ranma has seen before! And when Ranma gets splashed with some water that threatens to steal away his manhood forever, he, Ryoga, and Mousse have to follow the three intruders to Treasure Mountain, leading to a battle unmatched by anything we've seen before. Will Ranma win back his manhood? Or will he, for the first time, have to admit defeat?

In this volume, Ranma and Akane finally seem to let their guards down and stop fighting, and some very touching material (though not quite enough) comes out here. If you love Ranma 1/2, definitely get this volume!

Ranma 1/2 vol. 22 is one of my favorites in the series! Although it has some material that "may be unsuitable for children"the story is touching and wonderful. When some of the last survivors from the Musk Dynasty arrive at the Neko Hanten and their leader, Herb gets in a fight with Ranma, Ranma gets splashed with some water which locks him in female form. Ryouga and Mousse want the water to keep them in their human form and the treesome go off to find the water, but Ranma thinks they are helping him find another pot of water which will allow him to be a guy again. Herb's henchmen Mint and Lime fight Mousse and Ryouga and Ryouga dies! What will happen in this action-packed and heartwarming edition!

This Book, (Ranma 1/2 Volume 11) Was the most hilarious thing i ever read! Ryouga is my faveorite character, and he is the main character in this book! I laughed so hard, i fell off my chair! (no kidding!) So, if you havent already, READ THIS BOOK! Ruyouga wants to go out with Akane, but can't find the words for it! *Tee hee!* I won't spoil it! ^_^* For your own good, READ IT!

This one's got it all baby! It starts out with the normal wild and zany antics of Ranma Saotome, Akane Tendo and the rest of the gang, and ends up being one of the funniest Ranma 1/2 graphic novels yet! Viz Communications really has come through on this one, and will make you want to get Volume 11 just to see how the story turns out! Enjoy!

Lum and co are back, and this time her bratty little cousin Jariten (Japanese for... Bratty Ten) has posted himself to Earth so he can stay with Lum and her Darling. Ten adds a whole new dynamic to Urusei Yatsura, yes he's a skirt-chasing lech just like Ataru and Mendo, but he's only one year old which means that he can get away with it AND that he's not really very good at it. Once again the art and stories are everything we expect from the always wonderful Rumiko Takahashi, and this is another book you must add to the collection.

All of the stories are so funny. The Return of Lum Urusel Yatsura series are so funny. I got hooked on them when I was reading Inu-Yasha. Lum the princess who wears skimpy tiger cloths...bikini more like it, is family fun to read. But "Darlings" crave for girls does get annoying. The book is great, but I will let you read it so I don't spoil it for you.