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					<my_comments><![CDATA[Typical Nihei: gorgeous if extremely repetitive black-and-white art (in contrast, the few color illustrations come off as childishly garish and ugly) typically showing explosions and combat (rarely varied or exhibiting any imagination - if I had a nickel for every time Zouichi busts into a room and instantaneously shoots everyone in the head, I could probably afford to buy the entire printed manga), Nihei's obsessions like improbably powerful guns, borrowing of fantasy tropes that are wildly inappropriate (eg swordsmen and duels), a story that verges on gibberish (can anyone explain how the bear's wish could possibly lead to transforming the Earth into a megastructure?).

It's difficult to see why _Biomega_ exists when _Blame!_ does almost everything it does. Literally: the zombies are effectively the same, the biotech/body-horror pushes all the same buttons like the skull-mask-faces, the art is the same, most characters could be swapped with their counterparts with no loss, the fetishization of young women and the protagonist's inexplicable attachment to them is present in full force, some elements like "Toha Heavy Industries" are identical, and in particular, the protagonist and setting and AI companion are so exactly identical that all the way up to the ending I assumed the big twist was going to be that _Biomega_ is actually the prequel for _Blame!_ explaining where Killey and The City come from (there are some differences like the gun's phlebotinum being 'brainwaves' rather than 'gravitational beams' but nothing that a good writer couldn't retcon or handwave away).

To some extent, _Blame!_ is better: at least, the conception of The City megastructure is, like Niven's Ring, a resonant idea, and the greater obscurity of _Blame!_'s story means you can at least fool yourself that it is deeper than it looks. But on the other hand, this leavens the ridiculous bodycount and numbness that a reading of _Blame!_ produces and - _Biomega_ has a bear.]]></my_comments>
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					<manga_title><![CDATA[Darenimo Ienai!]]></manga_title>
					<manga_volumes>0</manga_volumes>
					<manga_chapters>1</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>18402257</my_id>
					<my_read_volumes>1</my_read_volumes>
					<my_read_chapters>1</my_read_chapters>
					<my_start_date>2012-11-25</my_start_date>
					<my_finish_date>0000-00-00</my_finish_date>
					<my_scanalation_group><![CDATA[]]></my_scanalation_group>
					<my_score>6</my_score>
					<my_storage></my_storage>
					<my_retail_volumes>0</my_retail_volumes>
					<my_status>Completed</my_status>
					<my_comments><![CDATA[That was ridiculously lame and melodramatic.]]></my_comments>
					<my_times_read>0</my_times_read>
					<my_tags><![CDATA[]]></my_tags>
					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
					<my_reread_value></my_reread_value>
					<my_rereading>0</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>1</my_discuss>
					<my_sns>default</my_sns>
					<update_on_import>0</update_on_import>
				</manga>
			
				<manga>
					<manga_mangadb_id>21</manga_mangadb_id>
					<manga_title><![CDATA[Death Note]]></manga_title>
					<manga_volumes>12</manga_volumes>
					<manga_chapters>108</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>11682305</my_id>
					<my_read_volumes>12</my_read_volumes>
					<my_read_chapters>108</my_read_chapters>
					<my_start_date>0000-00-00</my_start_date>
					<my_finish_date>0000-00-00</my_finish_date>
					<my_scanalation_group><![CDATA[]]></my_scanalation_group>
					<my_score>9</my_score>
					<my_storage></my_storage>
					<my_retail_volumes>0</my_retail_volumes>
					<my_status>Completed</my_status>
					<my_comments><![CDATA[]]></my_comments>
					<my_times_read>0</my_times_read>
					<my_tags><![CDATA[]]></my_tags>
					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
					<my_reread_value>Medium</my_reread_value>
					<my_rereading>NO</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>YES</my_discuss>
					<my_sns>default</my_sns>
					<update_on_import>0</update_on_import>
				</manga>
			
				<manga>
					<manga_mangadb_id>5958</manga_mangadb_id>
					<manga_title><![CDATA[Desert Storm]]></manga_title>
					<manga_volumes>1</manga_volumes>
					<manga_chapters>3</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>18422933</my_id>
					<my_read_volumes>0</my_read_volumes>
					<my_read_chapters>1</my_read_chapters>
					<my_start_date>0000-00-00</my_start_date>
					<my_finish_date>0000-00-00</my_finish_date>
					<my_scanalation_group><![CDATA[]]></my_scanalation_group>
					<my_score>7</my_score>
					<my_storage></my_storage>
					<my_retail_volumes>0</my_retail_volumes>
					<my_status>Dropped</my_status>
					<my_comments><![CDATA[]]></my_comments>
					<my_times_read>0</my_times_read>
					<my_tags><![CDATA[]]></my_tags>
					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
					<my_reread_value></my_reread_value>
					<my_rereading>NO</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>YES</my_discuss>
					<my_sns>default</my_sns>
					<update_on_import>0</update_on_import>
				</manga>
			
				<manga>
					<manga_mangadb_id>1708</manga_mangadb_id>
					<manga_title><![CDATA[Diamond Head]]></manga_title>
					<manga_volumes>5</manga_volumes>
					<manga_chapters>16</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>18433323</my_id>
					<my_read_volumes>5</my_read_volumes>
					<my_read_chapters>16</my_read_chapters>
					<my_start_date>0000-00-00</my_start_date>
					<my_finish_date>0000-00-00</my_finish_date>
					<my_scanalation_group><![CDATA[]]></my_scanalation_group>
					<my_score>8</my_score>
					<my_storage></my_storage>
					<my_retail_volumes>0</my_retail_volumes>
					<my_status>Completed</my_status>
					<my_comments><![CDATA[_Diamond Head_ was a curious read. I started it for <a href="http://www.gwern.net/hafu#list" target="_blank">http://www.gwern.net/hafu#list</a> but the hafu aspect of Leica was completely downplayed so I can't even assign tentative nationalities to his parentage. But I didn't mind too much because I liked the basic storyline and the judicial proceedings, and I also liked it for not going the obvious cliched route of finishing with Nanao/Leica but rather the regular guy. I'd say it's better than the manga I rated 7s, but looking at the other 8s, I see ones I'd rate higher...]]></my_comments>
					<my_times_read>0</my_times_read>
					<my_tags><![CDATA[]]></my_tags>
					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
					<my_reread_value>Medium</my_reread_value>
					<my_rereading>0</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>YES</my_discuss>
					<my_sns>default</my_sns>
					<update_on_import>0</update_on_import>
				</manga>
			
				<manga>
					<manga_mangadb_id>646</manga_mangadb_id>
					<manga_title><![CDATA[FLCL]]></manga_title>
					<manga_volumes>2</manga_volumes>
					<manga_chapters>15</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>6812812</my_id>
					<my_read_volumes>2</my_read_volumes>
					<my_read_chapters>15</my_read_chapters>
					<my_start_date>0000-00-00</my_start_date>
					<my_finish_date>2013-08-04</my_finish_date>
					<my_scanalation_group><![CDATA[]]></my_scanalation_group>
					<my_score>6</my_score>
					<my_storage></my_storage>
					<my_retail_volumes>0</my_retail_volumes>
					<my_status>Completed</my_status>
					<my_comments><![CDATA[The obvious question is, how does this compare with the anime?

The anime is much better. The manga tries to cover the same material, but in basically a sort of cracked-out heavily-stylized surrealistic way which makes it hard to read without, I felt, really adding anything.]]></my_comments>
					<my_times_read>1</my_times_read>
					<my_tags><![CDATA[]]></my_tags>
					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
					<my_reread_value>Medium</my_reread_value>
					<my_rereading>0</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>YES</my_discuss>
					<my_sns>default</my_sns>
					<update_on_import>0</update_on_import>
				</manga>
			
				<manga>
					<manga_mangadb_id>5806</manga_mangadb_id>
					<manga_title><![CDATA[Franken Fran]]></manga_title>
					<manga_volumes>8</manga_volumes>
					<manga_chapters>71</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>6838113</my_id>
					<my_read_volumes>4</my_read_volumes>
					<my_read_chapters>0</my_read_chapters>
					<my_start_date>0000-00-00</my_start_date>
					<my_finish_date>0000-00-00</my_finish_date>
					<my_scanalation_group><![CDATA[]]></my_scanalation_group>
					<my_score>8</my_score>
					<my_storage></my_storage>
					<my_retail_volumes>0</my_retail_volumes>
					<my_status>Dropped</my_status>
					<my_comments><![CDATA[]]></my_comments>
					<my_times_read>0</my_times_read>
					<my_tags><![CDATA[]]></my_tags>
					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
					<my_reread_value></my_reread_value>
					<my_rereading>NO</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>YES</my_discuss>
					<my_sns>default</my_sns>
					<update_on_import>0</update_on_import>
				</manga>
			
				<manga>
					<manga_mangadb_id>4001</manga_mangadb_id>
					<manga_title><![CDATA[From A Different Dimension]]></manga_title>
					<manga_volumes>1</manga_volumes>
					<manga_chapters>3</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>18452985</my_id>
					<my_read_volumes>0</my_read_volumes>
					<my_read_chapters>2</my_read_chapters>
					<my_start_date>0000-00-00</my_start_date>
					<my_finish_date>0000-00-00</my_finish_date>
					<my_scanalation_group><![CDATA[]]></my_scanalation_group>
					<my_score>7</my_score>
					<my_storage></my_storage>
					<my_retail_volumes>0</my_retail_volumes>
					<my_status>Dropped</my_status>
					<my_comments><![CDATA[]]></my_comments>
					<my_times_read>0</my_times_read>
					<my_tags><![CDATA[]]></my_tags>
					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
					<my_reread_value></my_reread_value>
					<my_rereading>NO</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>YES</my_discuss>
					<my_sns>default</my_sns>
					<update_on_import>0</update_on_import>
				</manga>
			
				<manga>
					<manga_mangadb_id>102</manga_mangadb_id>
					<manga_title><![CDATA[Fruits Basket]]></manga_title>
					<manga_volumes>23</manga_volumes>
					<manga_chapters>136</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>13430727</my_id>
					<my_read_volumes>0</my_read_volumes>
					<my_read_chapters>0</my_read_chapters>
					<my_start_date>2012-04-09</my_start_date>
					<my_finish_date>0000-00-00</my_finish_date>
					<my_scanalation_group><![CDATA[]]></my_scanalation_group>
					<my_score>0</my_score>
					<my_storage></my_storage>
					<my_retail_volumes>0</my_retail_volumes>
					<my_status>Plan to Read</my_status>
					<my_comments><![CDATA[]]></my_comments>
					<my_times_read>0</my_times_read>
					<my_tags><![CDATA[]]></my_tags>
					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
					<my_reread_value></my_reread_value>
					<my_rereading>0</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>1</my_discuss>
					<my_sns>default</my_sns>
					<update_on_import>0</update_on_import>
				</manga>
			
				<manga>
					<manga_mangadb_id>768</manga_mangadb_id>
					<manga_title><![CDATA[Gunnm]]></manga_title>
					<manga_volumes>9</manga_volumes>
					<manga_chapters>53</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>78717817</my_id>
					<my_read_volumes>9</my_read_volumes>
					<my_read_chapters>53</my_read_chapters>
					<my_start_date>0000-00-00</my_start_date>
					<my_finish_date>0000-00-00</my_finish_date>
					<my_scanalation_group><![CDATA[]]></my_scanalation_group>
					<my_score>8</my_score>
					<my_storage></my_storage>
					<my_retail_volumes>0</my_retail_volumes>
					<my_status>Completed</my_status>
					<my_comments><![CDATA[]]></my_comments>
					<my_times_read>0</my_times_read>
					<my_tags><![CDATA[]]></my_tags>
					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
					<my_reread_value></my_reread_value>
					<my_rereading>NO</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>YES</my_discuss>
					<my_sns>default</my_sns>
					<update_on_import>0</update_on_import>
				</manga>
			
				<manga>
					<manga_mangadb_id>649</manga_mangadb_id>
					<manga_title><![CDATA[Gunslinger Girl]]></manga_title>
					<manga_volumes>15</manga_volumes>
					<manga_chapters>100</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>6812844</my_id>
					<my_read_volumes>0</my_read_volumes>
					<my_read_chapters>56</my_read_chapters>
					<my_start_date>0000-00-00</my_start_date>
					<my_finish_date>0000-00-00</my_finish_date>
					<my_scanalation_group><![CDATA[]]></my_scanalation_group>
					<my_score>8</my_score>
					<my_storage></my_storage>
					<my_retail_volumes>0</my_retail_volumes>
					<my_status>Completed</my_status>
					<my_comments><![CDATA[]]></my_comments>
					<my_times_read>0</my_times_read>
					<my_tags><![CDATA[]]></my_tags>
					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
					<my_reread_value>Medium</my_reread_value>
					<my_rereading>NO</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>YES</my_discuss>
					<my_sns>default</my_sns>
					<update_on_import>0</update_on_import>
				</manga>
			
				<manga>
					<manga_mangadb_id>267</manga_mangadb_id>
					<manga_title><![CDATA[Hellsing]]></manga_title>
					<manga_volumes>10</manga_volumes>
					<manga_chapters>92</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>8366524</my_id>
					<my_read_volumes>10</my_read_volumes>
					<my_read_chapters>92</my_read_chapters>
					<my_start_date>2011-07-05</my_start_date>
					<my_finish_date>0000-00-00</my_finish_date>
					<my_scanalation_group><![CDATA[]]></my_scanalation_group>
					<my_score>8</my_score>
					<my_storage></my_storage>
					<my_retail_volumes>0</my_retail_volumes>
					<my_status>Completed</my_status>
					<my_comments><![CDATA[]]></my_comments>
					<my_times_read>0</my_times_read>
					<my_tags><![CDATA[]]></my_tags>
					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
					<my_reread_value></my_reread_value>
					<my_rereading>0</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>1</my_discuss>
					<my_sns>default</my_sns>
					<update_on_import>0</update_on_import>
				</manga>
			
				<manga>
					<manga_mangadb_id>751</manga_mangadb_id>
					<manga_title><![CDATA[Hellsing: The Dawn]]></manga_title>
					<manga_volumes>0</manga_volumes>
					<manga_chapters>6</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>8366527</my_id>
					<my_read_volumes>0</my_read_volumes>
					<my_read_chapters>0</my_read_chapters>
					<my_start_date>2011-07-05</my_start_date>
					<my_finish_date>0000-00-00</my_finish_date>
					<my_scanalation_group><![CDATA[]]></my_scanalation_group>
					<my_score>7</my_score>
					<my_storage></my_storage>
					<my_retail_volumes>0</my_retail_volumes>
					<my_status>Completed</my_status>
					<my_comments><![CDATA[]]></my_comments>
					<my_times_read>0</my_times_read>
					<my_tags><![CDATA[]]></my_tags>
					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
					<my_reread_value></my_reread_value>
					<my_rereading>0</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>1</my_discuss>
					<my_sns>default</my_sns>
					<update_on_import>0</update_on_import>
				</manga>
			
				<manga>
					<manga_mangadb_id>39531</manga_mangadb_id>
					<manga_title><![CDATA[Himitsu no Bara Juujidan]]></manga_title>
					<manga_volumes>2</manga_volumes>
					<manga_chapters>8</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>20408939</my_id>
					<my_read_volumes>0</my_read_volumes>
					<my_read_chapters>3</my_read_chapters>
					<my_start_date>0000-00-00</my_start_date>
					<my_finish_date>0000-00-00</my_finish_date>
					<my_scanalation_group><![CDATA[]]></my_scanalation_group>
					<my_score>7</my_score>
					<my_storage></my_storage>
					<my_retail_volumes>0</my_retail_volumes>
					<my_status>Dropped</my_status>
					<my_comments><![CDATA[]]></my_comments>
					<my_times_read>0</my_times_read>
					<my_tags><![CDATA[]]></my_tags>
					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
					<my_reread_value></my_reread_value>
					<my_rereading>NO</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>YES</my_discuss>
					<my_sns>default</my_sns>
					<update_on_import>0</update_on_import>
				</manga>
			
				<manga>
					<manga_mangadb_id>34263</manga_mangadb_id>
					<manga_title><![CDATA[Hinekure Shisho no Mikaiketsu Jikenroku]]></manga_title>
					<manga_volumes>2</manga_volumes>
					<manga_chapters>11</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>20409857</my_id>
					<my_read_volumes>0</my_read_volumes>
					<my_read_chapters>6</my_read_chapters>
					<my_start_date>0000-00-00</my_start_date>
					<my_finish_date>0000-00-00</my_finish_date>
					<my_scanalation_group><![CDATA[]]></my_scanalation_group>
					<my_score>6</my_score>
					<my_storage></my_storage>
					<my_retail_volumes>0</my_retail_volumes>
					<my_status>Dropped</my_status>
					<my_comments><![CDATA[]]></my_comments>
					<my_times_read>0</my_times_read>
					<my_tags><![CDATA[]]></my_tags>
					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
					<my_reread_value></my_reread_value>
					<my_rereading>NO</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>YES</my_discuss>
					<my_sns>default</my_sns>
					<update_on_import>0</update_on_import>
				</manga>
			
				<manga>
					<manga_mangadb_id>2436</manga_mangadb_id>
					<manga_title><![CDATA[Hotel]]></manga_title>
					<manga_volumes>1</manga_volumes>
					<manga_chapters>5</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>20904044</my_id>
					<my_read_volumes>1</my_read_volumes>
					<my_read_chapters>5</my_read_chapters>
					<my_start_date>0000-00-00</my_start_date>
					<my_finish_date>0000-00-00</my_finish_date>
					<my_scanalation_group><![CDATA[]]></my_scanalation_group>
					<my_score>8</my_score>
					<my_storage></my_storage>
					<my_retail_volumes>0</my_retail_volumes>
					<my_status>Completed</my_status>
					<my_comments><![CDATA[SF manga anthology, principally apocalyptic. In descending order of how I much I liked them: 'Hotel: Since 2079', 'It Was All For The Tuna', 'Present', 'Diadem', 'Stephanos'. (The latter two were just bad, the first three great to good.)]]></my_comments>
					<my_times_read>0</my_times_read>
					<my_tags><![CDATA[]]></my_tags>
					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
					<my_reread_value>Low</my_reread_value>
					<my_rereading>0</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>YES</my_discuss>
					<my_sns>default</my_sns>
					<update_on_import>0</update_on_import>
				</manga>
			
				<manga>
					<manga_mangadb_id>8446</manga_mangadb_id>
					<manga_title><![CDATA[Ikigami]]></manga_title>
					<manga_volumes>10</manga_volumes>
					<manga_chapters>60</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>7932166</my_id>
					<my_read_volumes>10</my_read_volumes>
					<my_read_chapters>60</my_read_chapters>
					<my_start_date>0000-00-00</my_start_date>
					<my_finish_date>0000-00-00</my_finish_date>
					<my_scanalation_group><![CDATA[]]></my_scanalation_group>
					<my_score>8</my_score>
					<my_storage></my_storage>
					<my_retail_volumes>0</my_retail_volumes>
					<my_status>Completed</my_status>
					<my_comments><![CDATA[]]></my_comments>
					<my_times_read>0</my_times_read>
					<my_tags><![CDATA[]]></my_tags>
					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
					<my_reread_value></my_reread_value>
					<my_rereading>NO</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>YES</my_discuss>
					<my_sns>default</my_sns>
					<update_on_import>0</update_on_import>
				</manga>
			
				<manga>
					<manga_mangadb_id>17192</manga_mangadb_id>
					<manga_title><![CDATA[Itou Junji no Neko Nikki: Yon & Muu]]></manga_title>
					<manga_volumes>1</manga_volumes>
					<manga_chapters>10</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>88353385</my_id>
					<my_read_volumes>0</my_read_volumes>
					<my_read_chapters>0</my_read_chapters>
					<my_start_date>0000-00-00</my_start_date>
					<my_finish_date>0000-00-00</my_finish_date>
					<my_scanalation_group><![CDATA[]]></my_scanalation_group>
					<my_score>0</my_score>
					<my_storage></my_storage>
					<my_retail_volumes>0</my_retail_volumes>
					<my_status>Plan to Read</my_status>
					<my_comments><![CDATA[]]></my_comments>
					<my_times_read>0</my_times_read>
					<my_tags><![CDATA[]]></my_tags>
					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
					<my_reread_value></my_reread_value>
					<my_rereading>NO</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>YES</my_discuss>
					<my_sns>default</my_sns>
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				<manga>
					<manga_mangadb_id>1690</manga_mangadb_id>
					<manga_title><![CDATA[Kamichu!]]></manga_title>
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					<manga_chapters>19</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>8160677</my_id>
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					<my_comments><![CDATA[]]></my_comments>
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					<my_tags><![CDATA[Impressions: good art, solid adaptation of anime which respects the spirit of it, but oddly short and missing some of the better stories. Perhaps it was not popular enough to fully cover all that the anime did? Unfortunately, overall there's not really an]]></my_tags>
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				<manga>
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					<manga_chapters>108</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>6812838</my_id>
					<my_read_volumes>21</my_read_volumes>
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					<my_rereading>NO</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>YES</my_discuss>
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				<manga>
					<manga_mangadb_id>651</manga_mangadb_id>
					<manga_title><![CDATA[Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä]]></manga_title>
					<manga_volumes>7</manga_volumes>
					<manga_chapters>59</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>6817865</my_id>
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					<my_tags><![CDATA[]]></my_tags>
					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
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					<my_rereading>NO</my_rereading>
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				<manga>
					<manga_mangadb_id>26036</manga_mangadb_id>
					<manga_title><![CDATA[Kiniro Mosaic]]></manga_title>
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					<manga_chapters>148</manga_chapters>
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					<my_tags><![CDATA[]]></my_tags>
					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
					<my_reread_value></my_reread_value>
					<my_rereading>NO</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>YES</my_discuss>
					<my_sns>default</my_sns>
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				<manga>
					<manga_mangadb_id>40301</manga_mangadb_id>
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					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
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					<my_rereading>NO</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>YES</my_discuss>
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				<manga>
					<manga_mangadb_id>15101</manga_mangadb_id>
					<manga_title><![CDATA[Konbini S]]></manga_title>
					<manga_volumes>1</manga_volumes>
					<manga_chapters>3</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>20318905</my_id>
					<my_read_volumes>1</my_read_volumes>
					<my_read_chapters>3</my_read_chapters>
					<my_start_date>2013-02-03</my_start_date>
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					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
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					<my_rereading>0</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>1</my_discuss>
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				<manga>
					<manga_mangadb_id>904</manga_mangadb_id>
					<manga_title><![CDATA[Kozure Ookami]]></manga_title>
					<manga_volumes>28</manga_volumes>
					<manga_chapters>142</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>6817851</my_id>
					<my_read_volumes>5</my_read_volumes>
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					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
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					<my_rereading>NO</my_rereading>
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				<manga>
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					<manga_chapters>203</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>6813292</my_id>
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					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
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				<manga>
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					<my_status>Dropped</my_status>
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					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
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					<my_rereading>NO</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>YES</my_discuss>
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				<manga>
					<manga_mangadb_id>8109</manga_mangadb_id>
					<manga_title><![CDATA[Manga CVN73 USS George Washington]]></manga_title>
					<manga_volumes>1</manga_volumes>
					<manga_chapters>1</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>39952655</my_id>
					<my_read_volumes>1</my_read_volumes>
					<my_read_chapters>1</my_read_chapters>
					<my_start_date>2014-12-04</my_start_date>
					<my_finish_date>2014-12-14</my_finish_date>
					<my_scanalation_group><![CDATA[]]></my_scanalation_group>
					<my_score>7</my_score>
					<my_storage>Hard Drive</my_storage>
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					<my_status>Completed</my_status>
					<my_comments><![CDATA[19MB manga, ~200pg; free official English version on .mil is dead and not in the IA so I got a torrent off of BakaBT.

This is notable as one of few manga released by the US government; in this case, released in 2008 as a goodwill/PR exercise for the titular aircraft carrier. I was more interested in the biracial main character, Jack O'Hara, and how the authors would deal with the sexual & national politics. The plot is simple: a young Japanese-American navy sailor shows up for his first cruise on an aircraft carrier to Japan, where he encounters some of the idiosyncrasies of carriers (narrow corridors, stairs everywhere, hotbunking) as he learns to handle damage control, puts out a fire during a drill, saves a crewmate from walking into a propeller on the flight deck, enjoys a big party on the flight deck, makes a few friends, and eventually meets his grandparents in Japan who, naturally, welcome him wholeheartedly. It's sort of a didactic primer on life on an aircraft carrier with a bit of slice-of-life flavor to it, done in a very '80s manga style. The controversies over nuclear power, American military actions, and the fallout from big military bases (such as crime or intermarriage) in Japan are all essentially elided (unsurprisingly). What's left is not bad, but harmless and fairly boring. Middle-schoolers might like it, but I think most people or kids interested in aircraft carriers would learn much more from one of those big fold-out schematic books. There's not much reason for anyone to read this.
Downloaded Chapters: 1]]></my_comments>
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				<manga>
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					<manga_title><![CDATA[Milkman]]></manga_title>
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					<manga_chapters>0</manga_chapters>
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					<my_start_date>0000-00-00</my_start_date>
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					<my_comments><![CDATA[Weird and sometimes hilarious.]]></my_comments>
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					<my_tags><![CDATA[]]></my_tags>
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					<my_rereading>NO</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>YES</my_discuss>
					<my_sns>default</my_sns>
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				<manga>
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					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
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					<my_rereading>NO</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>YES</my_discuss>
					<my_sns>default</my_sns>
					<update_on_import>0</update_on_import>
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				<manga>
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					<my_rereading>NO</my_rereading>
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				<manga>
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				<manga>
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					<manga_title><![CDATA[Narutaru: Mukuro Naru Hoshi Tama Taru Ko]]></manga_title>
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					<manga_chapters>68</manga_chapters>
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					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
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					<my_rereading>NO</my_rereading>
					<my_discuss>YES</my_discuss>
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				<manga>
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					<manga_title><![CDATA[Naruto]]></manga_title>
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					<manga_chapters>700</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>6812853</my_id>
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					<my_start_date>2009-00-00</my_start_date>
					<my_finish_date>0000-00-00</my_finish_date>
					<my_scanalation_group><![CDATA[]]></my_scanalation_group>
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					<my_status>Dropped</my_status>
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					<my_priority>Low</my_priority>
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				<manga>
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					<manga_chapters>13</manga_chapters>
					<my_id>20429093</my_id>
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					<my_comments><![CDATA[_Shigurui_ is about power. Seizing power, developing power, sabotaging power. We see power exercised in casual assassinations, marauding groups of murderers, offhand executions of random ronin, the social power of giving bad etiquette advice, the confinement of a demon warrior within a rigid hierarchy, the seductive power of beautiful women... It's not so much that _Shigurui_ is an extended demonstration of the amorality of power, but it demonstrates the corrupting effects of power, the *immorality* of power. Power once had will be abused, and we will see it done so for every reason: bloodlust, sexual lust, entertainment, pride, advertising, money, "reasons of state", and so on.

There is almost no male character we can describe as good: as much as we identify with the "heroic" protagonist, we have to remember he is a blood-daubed murderer who repeatedly murders for trivial reasons such as anger or being ordered by his master and our nose is rubbed in this by the time we reach the end. We might identify with Seigen due to his egalitarianism and how we spend most of the time watching him be persecuted and take his revenge - except he is introduced with cruelty, is ultimately undone by his own hubris, manipulates and lies beatifically, and kills his first master. (I say male characters, because the women are disempowered chess pieces who are subjected rather than subjects.) The beauty of the martial arts displayed is outweighed by the horror of what they are *for*, and it is all wrapped in a trenchant critique of the politics which allow and encourage all of this to happen. This is not a romantic depiction of bushido or what unswerving loyalty means; it is a depiction of the intrinsic failure modes, and the inevitable lord who is unworthy of loyalty of any kind but cannot be quietly executed or tortured to death as he deserves. 

The sustained effect is depressing. There are no meaningful ideals. Attempts to teach martial arts merely produce living weapons. Everyone uses each other. All men die, and if they defeat their foes, they are defeated by old age and descend into their dotage. Men themselves are a fragile conglomeration of muscles and guts, which when spilled all look alike. The strongest warrior can be undone by an accidental trip or one stroke of a blade, and all their achievements negated. I read it over 3 days and felt unusually nihilistic and materialistic by the end.

The art is uniformly excellent, almost lavish, with commendable shading and detail: towards the end, I found myself just pausing and admiring the depiction of wood grain and the castle.

Some narrative tricks work well in a manga setting, like showing (without any comment or visual distinction) possible scenarios or outcomes and abruptly snapping back to the present - one sees characters die a dozen deaths before they actually die ("The Way of the Samurai is found in death. Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily.")

Manga abruptly ends, with zero resolution of the toad-man and futanari arc, and the pacifist _Rurouni Kenshin_-style swordsman character unexplored despite repeatedly showing up in minor roles. It ends within a few pages: Seigen is killed, he stumbles back to his corner victorious and rewarded with a position, and finds the maiden Mei dead. Then we flip to a scene of them walking together in civvies. The End. I'm still not sure what this is supposed to mean: logically, he'd then commit suicide since he has nothing left to live for and has carried out the vengeance order on Seigen, but nothing we're shown confirms this theory and I'm not sure the first volume's foreshadowing established that either. Oh well.
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				<manga>
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				<manga>
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				<manga>
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				<manga>
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				<manga>
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				<manga>
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				<manga>
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				<manga>
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				<manga>
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				<manga>
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				<manga>
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				<manga>
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