Hunger Games (whole series, so if you have not read all 3, well that's ur prob.) *SPOILERS*

[Arienna]

Ummm, the pic didn't work. It just had a square with a little blue box with a ? in it, and "description" in the corner. Try again?

[Honey Hawthorne]

Is this fruit basket? Kly u told me to read that like a year ago... i still haven't but i want to!

[anilee, "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion."]

Yes, it's Furuba (that's another name for Fruits Basket), and you should totally read it.

[Arienna]

Whats it about? If you can say without giving anything away...(OH. That rhymed. Score!)

[Ingrid]

Fruits Basket is the one we were talking about either. I don't want to say much, but I guess I'll tell you that it's about a sixteen year old, orphan girl who moves into the house of three Sohma's and that they have a big, big secret.

[anilee, "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion."]

And the concept is weird, but the story and characters are fantastic.

[Arienna]

Whats a Sohma?

[anilee, "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion."]

It's a family. Like, it's Yuki Sohma. (Well, Sohma Yuki, but...)

[Ingrid]

<3 Yuki
That will take some getting used to for you, Yenna. You see, in Japan you go by your last name until someone is reasonable close to you and THEN you go by your first name, but with suffix. Like, at first I would be Sxxxxx- san, but as you got closer I'd be Way-chan.
So when you introduce yourself it's Sxxxx Way
Not Way Sxxxxx

[Arienna]

THAT is CONFUSING. So what do you call someone older than you that you know really well?

[Ingrid]

Hmm... It would depend on the relationship and how well you knew them. If you were dating or family or really, really close, you'd just call them by their name. Otherwise it might be San.

[anilee, "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion."]

But, Way, we all know your family name is Sohma....

And when you're really close, you just use the given name, no suffix necessary.

(Hate Yuki.)

Re Yenna-chan's question: Or senpai, possibly. Or maybe onee-san or onii-san?

[Ingrid]

Lies. I'm not married to Yuki/Hiro/Shigure/ or Haru yet. Still got my maiden name and no one knows that other than you. I'll keep it to myself

(Stupid Cat)

[anilee, "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion."]

You're really not picky, are you?

I wouldn't marry any of the Furuba guys, I don't think, as much as I love some of them.

(Stupid rat.)

[Arienna]

What if the older person was married, but not your parent? (and there is obviously not a dating relationship going on)

[anilee, "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion."]

Maybe oji-san for a man and oba-san for a woman? Depending on the age. ("Uncle" and "Aunt", technically.)

[Arienna]

Cool! Um, whats with the stupid cat/rat?

[anilee, "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion."]

It's a Furuba thing. Depending on how much you're okay with spoilers that are barely even spoilers...that's really all I can say.

Suffice it to say that I'm on Kyo's side and Way's on Yuki's.

[Arienna]

Ooookaaaay, then.

Once again, isn't there a HGs topic supposedly going on here? I'll start one:

Who died the most interesting (not necessarily bloody or gory) death?

[Ingrid]

Hmm, not really. Nope, not picky at all.
Though, I'll always love Yuki the best. Except I also love Yuki and Machi together so... Actually, I love all the couplings, so I think I'll leave things as they are.

(D*** Cat)

[Katerina, Mother Gothel's Cake]

Wait. People's last names come first in most asian cultures because that's just the way it happened. Culture made it happen like that. Besides, it's easier to identify people that way. Anyways, people generally get identified by their families anyways.

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs24/f/200...

Momiji doesn't even have his backpack!!

[Honey Hawthorne]

i'm gonna buy from bn soon.. really want to read....

[Ingrid]

Bad news, Honey. TOKYO POP NO LONGER SELLS TO NORTH AMERICAN STORES. Yes, so that means if you want it, you have to order it from Amazon or find it at a second hand bookstore or library.

[Arienna]

Buy what? Fruit Basket or whatever its called?

[anilee, "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion."]

Tokyopop went defunct at the end of May.

And yes, to buy Furuba. Since Tokyopop published the American editions.

You can read it online, though.

Keep in mind that buying it could get pricey...

Buying it new...probably cost me about two hundred dollars, all said and done. Completely worth it, but...Used, it won't be that bad, probably, but still....

[Ingrid]

And all the use you get out of those volumes? You've surely payed for it many times over. Though I couldn't support my reading habits like you do. Poor people like me have to depend on the internet or the library. And, occasionally, the second hand store. I found the first volume of TRC there the other day! So happy!

[anilee, "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion."]

At first, I was like "TRC"? Which is bad, considering I'm listening to the menu music now...

And yeah. I read Furuba a lot. I plan to reread it over break.

This year, my Christmas present to myself will probably be the rest of FMA, but I'm not sure.

[Honey Hawthorne]

UGHH BUT NO FEAR!!! I WILL FIND THAT BOOK!!!! going on amazon now...

[Honey Hawthorne]

i found all 21 volumes like 10 - 15 bucks each i think..... is there only 21 or more?

[anilee, "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion."]

There are actually twenty-three volumes.

[Ingrid]

Enjoy volumes 15, 16, and 17, Honey. I remember loving those. I remember rereading them fifty times and getting the same rush of feeling each time. Even thinking about fills me with joy.

[Honey Hawthorne]

Thx I added all 23 to my cart on Amazon.... It is like 200 dollars... Now I just need to convince my mom to buy them......

[Ingrid]

Good luck!

[anilee, "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion."]

Sixteen is the one about her parents, right?

I don't even know what my favorite volume is. Any with Kagura.

And yeah, manga's expensive. Each volume is like eight to eleven dollars, and there can be a lot of volumes. But I don't like reading online, so...

[Katerina, Mother Gothel's Cake]

Oy! Honey, get the megavolumes. the ones with 3 books in them. IDK if their cheaper, but they are definitely more convenient. Half-price books is a good place

[Honey Hawthorne]

U TELL ME NOW???? I ALREADY BOUGHT THE SINGLE ONES!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!


jk it's okay.... I like the single volumes.... they are in the mail now.....

[Katerina, Mother Gothel's Cake]

OMG, how'd you convince your mom to get them for you?

[Honey Hawthorne]

begged...... it's my xmas gift!

[Ingrid]

Wow. I'm impressed, Honey. My mom would never have bought me all of Furuba. Even for a gift.

[Katerina, Mother Gothel's Cake]

Ditto. In fact, she would have insulted my reading level. *sigh*

[Ingrid]

Yup. Mine would have been all like, "comics, Way? Really? What are you, an overgrown child with a reading level of grade four?"

[Katerina, Mother Gothel's Cake]

Your mom sounds way funnier than mine.

[Rebekah Faith]

Hahaha, see I love having grown up with the family I have- even though they annoy the crap out of me sometimes. They're so open minded about stuff and the only time I was questioned on a book I wanted was Wicked : The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire because I was in 7th grade and my mom knew that it had some adult themes in it- that's the only time I can remember and I was allowed to get the book anyways because I was using my own money (well, gift card from Christmas).

[anilee, "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion."]

Reading comics requires a different kind of reading skill, and I actually have a better emotional connection to manga because I don't otherwise form pictures in my mind. (I think very much in words, not images.)

Granted, my parents were very disappointed the time that I bought Death Note in their presence. Which is a shame because Death Note is amazing. They also really can't pass judgement on what I read anymore.

But I will defend manga to the pain.

But there's a reason that I ask for money; this way, I can just buy the manga or anime and no one needs to know.

[Emily]

to the pain? that's pretty far if you're using the Princess Bride definition.

tell me The Hunger Games doesn't come out on March 23! that's my sister's birthday! i won't be able to go!

[Hannah, Don't TOUCH my Title Klymy.]

You are that into Manga? That's a bit disturbing, but then I don't like manga.

do it for her b-day

[anilee, "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion."]

I'm not *that* into manga; I adore it, but I don't read it all that much, actually.

It's more that...I'll defend just about anything book-related to the pain. I don't like when people judge another's taste in books because they just don't like a certain genre. Um...yeah, there are horrible mangas and everything, but seriously? Death Note is one of the most amazingly plotted things I've ever read.

[Hannah, Don't TOUCH my Title Klymy.]

but you'd defend it to the pain? mixed signals.

mmmmkay....

[Ingrid]

In other words, you're one of those people who judges books and people who are into them. You call people who are ready to debate the goodness of a different style of book 'disturbing.' Sorry, Hannah, but that seems really narrow-minded.

Wouldn't you defend why you like something to someone who can't stand it? I certainly would (and do...) Is that disturbing?


Sorry, but you really hit a nerve and I get annoyed with people who get all judgmental about other genres of books and things. That is one of my big pet peeves.

[anilee, "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion."]

No, not really. You don't have to love something with your whole heart to defend it with your whole heart.

Although I do love Death Note with my whole heart. And Fruits Basket. And Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE.

But..."I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." (It's a quote attributed to Voltaire.)

It's kind of like that.

It's about not being judged for liking something that someone else hates without really knowing why. I know that there are people who don't like manga because they don't like the medium, but I think there are a lot of people who judge it simply based on the fact that it's comics, even though they've never read any manga. And that annoys me, and yes, I will therefore defend manga to the pain.

Just like I will defend trashy paranormal teen romances to the pain. (Okay...maybe that's just to the death....)

WAY, YOU ARE TOTALLY GETTING VIRTUAL HUGS RIGHT NOW.

Also, no one is saying that you need to like manga. Do I think that you should? Um...okay, yes, I think that everyone should like at least one manga a little because there are so many different ones out there. It would kind of be like not liking any fantasy book at least a little bit or something. But if you really hate the medium, then that's fair too.