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Megatokyo by Fred Gallagher Read: Continuously, reread May 2009 Rating: Brills Get sucked in: http://www.megatokyo.com/ If you’ve been reading webcomics for any period of time and haven’t come across Megatokyo you’re not surfing the right comics. Ever seen the Sad Girl In Snow trope? This is where it was born. Megatokyo is a lot of things, [...] Full Story	Red String By Gina Biggs Read: Continuously, reread April ’09 Rating: Squee Read at http://redstring.strawberrycomics.com/ I’ve been reading Red String for quite a while. The concept piqued my interest right away. Old Japanese myth/folktale says that true lovers are connected by a red string. Miharu wants to believe in true love, but her parents have arranged a [...] Full Story	Princess Tutu By Ikuko Itoh Rating: Meh Read: March/April 2006 Maybe it’s just meant for younger kids, but I found it boring and predictable. I guess most shoujo romance/magical whatnot is predictable, but this was lamentably so. Ahiru (whose names means duck) goes to an arts high school where the focus is ballet. She loves it but [...] Full Story
Amazing Agent Luna Story by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir & Art by Shiei Read a sample online: Amazing Agent Luna Rating: Fun. Read: Tonight! NOTE: Amazing Agent Luna is manga- a graphic novel, rather than prose. This has all the makings of a really enjoyeable shoujo series. The characters are well-defined, the art is fantastic, and the [...] Full Story

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