Welcome to the last Fiction Friday of the year, though hoping for more fun Friday's in the New Year. I'm wrapping up my recent reading of graphic novels with a look at two first books in popular manga series. These are both series that I'd been meaning to check out for a long time, and was glad that I finally got around to it. Hopefully this will be motivation for some of you to check out something you'd been putting off for no reason whatsoever. Enjoy.
(Broccoli Books, 2004)
Dijiko is a ten year old with attitude and the power to
shoot laser beams from her eyes! She also happens to be from another planet and
has cat ears. Along with her two other worldly compainions and best frenemy,
Dijiko sets off an adventure to find a secret treasure that will help save the
store she works at, and just might help her take over the world. If she can just
keep her ego and temper under control, the group has a chance at succeeding…but
given her flair for mischief, it’s highly unlikely she’ll find anything except
trouble!
Oh My Goddess! Wrong Number: by K. Fujishima
(Dark Horse, 2002)
When college student Keiichi accidentally dials a strange
hotline, he is visited by Goddess who comes to grant him one wish. Hastily, he
wishes to have a goddess like Belldandy with him always. Before he can explain
that it was only a joke, the wish has been granted and now he’s stuck with
Belldandy everywhere he goes. Though it sounds ideal, having a Goddess with you
at all times, especially one that doesn’t quite understand the social order of
things, leads Keiichi into many comic predicaments. Will his social life
improve, or is it destined to be a divine failure? And does he really want to
rid of Belldandy, or does he just want to be with her in a more serious way?
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