Comments on: Legal Drug, vols 1-3 http://mangabookshelf.com/blog/2009/02/02/legal-drug-vols-1-3/ Discussion & Reviews by Melinda Beasi Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:49:09 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Melinda Beasi http://mangabookshelf.com/blog/2009/02/02/legal-drug-vols-1-3/comment-page-1/#comment-12481 Melinda Beasi Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:57:03 +0000 http://eyeballman.com/blog/?p=1146#comment-12481 What a lovely comment to get after all this time! Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed this! I hope you like the rest of the xxxHolic anime. I recommend the <a href="http://eyeballman.com/blog/2008/08/20/why-you-should-read-xxxholic/" rel="nofollow">manga</a> very highly! What a lovely comment to get after all this time! Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed this! I hope you like the rest of the xxxHolic anime. I recommend the manga very highly!

]]> By: Mightymaeve http://mangabookshelf.com/blog/2009/02/02/legal-drug-vols-1-3/comment-page-1/#comment-12425 Mightymaeve Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:21:19 +0000 http://eyeballman.com/blog/?p=1146#comment-12425 OH, I really enjoyed your review. When I read manga, I'm always doing that same thing as you mentioned you do: 'analyze human relationships and how they work in a story.' I also enjoyed 'Legal Drug' many moons ago, and am currently about 2/3 done xxxHolic anime. Right away, I could see the parallels. Clamp is clamp! I agree with you that the 'relationships are complex and fraught with meaning yet to be revealed.' This series is one I would truly like to read to completion. I heard originally it was a planned 7 volumes, like 'Tokyo Babylon's' length. Thanks for the substance review. OH, I really enjoyed your review. When I read manga, I’m always doing that same thing as you mentioned you do: ‘analyze human relationships and how they work in a story.’

I also enjoyed ‘Legal Drug’ many moons ago, and am currently about 2/3 done xxxHolic anime. Right away, I could see the parallels.

Clamp is clamp!

I agree with you that the ‘relationships are complex and fraught with meaning yet to be revealed.’ This series is one I would truly like to read to completion. I heard originally it was a planned 7 volumes, like ‘Tokyo Babylon’s’ length.

Thanks for the substance review.

]]> By: Melinda Beasi http://mangabookshelf.com/blog/2009/02/02/legal-drug-vols-1-3/comment-page-1/#comment-3385 Melinda Beasi Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:28:52 +0000 http://eyeballman.com/blog/?p=1146#comment-3385 Hi Oliver, nice to see you! Don't misunderstand me. I don't mean to imply that CLAMP intentionally wrote Legal Drug as a trial-run for xxxHolic. I just think that many of the ideas they played with when writing Legal Drug were further refined in xxxHolic. It's a natural progression that one might see in almost anyone's work. Hi Oliver, nice to see you! Don’t misunderstand me. I don’t mean to imply that CLAMP intentionally wrote Legal Drug as a trial-run for xxxHolic. I just think that many of the ideas they played with when writing Legal Drug were further refined in xxxHolic. It’s a natural progression that one might see in almost anyone’s work.

]]> By: Oliver http://mangabookshelf.com/blog/2009/02/02/legal-drug-vols-1-3/comment-page-1/#comment-3381 Oliver Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:42:00 +0000 http://eyeballman.com/blog/?p=1146#comment-3381 Certainly, it's natch to compare Legal Drug to Tsubasa and xxxHolic as they are the most famous Clampers going on right now, but I would honestly like to forget about those for a minute since I personally was more attracted to Legal Drug's quieter look and feel. I wouldn't say Legal Drug is mini-xxxHolic, but more like an alternative universe to it. It would be interesting if xxxHolic ran alongside Legal Drug, but Mokona has to draw something, too :) Well thought out review as always, but I didn't quite agree with the trial-run bit about it being a the precursor to xxxHolic. I consider it and xxxHolic to be different stories set in different (or perhaps the same) universes. You're right about the mystery aspect since it seems like little was revealed, but what is there is still nice to read. Its story flows well from one scene to the next which I found is different from the flow in Tsubasa RC, but maybe that's due to the different English adaptations. Certainly, it’s natch to compare Legal Drug to Tsubasa and xxxHolic as they are the most famous Clampers going on right now, but I would honestly like to forget about those for a minute since I personally was more attracted to Legal Drug’s quieter look and feel. I wouldn’t say Legal Drug is mini-xxxHolic, but more like an alternative universe to it. It would be interesting if xxxHolic ran alongside Legal Drug, but Mokona has to draw something, too :)

Well thought out review as always, but I didn’t quite agree with the trial-run bit about it being a the precursor to xxxHolic. I consider it and xxxHolic to be different stories set in different (or perhaps the same) universes. You’re right about the mystery aspect since it seems like little was revealed, but what is there is still nice to read. Its story flows well from one scene to the next which I found is different from the flow in Tsubasa RC, but maybe that’s due to the different English adaptations.

]]> By: Melinda Beasi http://mangabookshelf.com/blog/2009/02/02/legal-drug-vols-1-3/comment-page-1/#comment-3365 Melinda Beasi Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:13:00 +0000 http://eyeballman.com/blog/?p=1146#comment-3365 Ah yes, that's probably so. I did feel *really* bad that I hated the first thing I read over there. Ah yes, that’s probably so. I did feel *really* bad that I hated the first thing I read over there.

]]> By: jun http://mangabookshelf.com/blog/2009/02/02/legal-drug-vols-1-3/comment-page-1/#comment-3364 jun Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:11:45 +0000 http://eyeballman.com/blog/?p=1146#comment-3364 I think you felt hindered by the generosity of our NETCOMICS contact. :) I think you felt hindered by the generosity of our NETCOMICS contact. :)

]]> By: Melinda Beasi http://mangabookshelf.com/blog/2009/02/02/legal-drug-vols-1-3/comment-page-1/#comment-3363 Melinda Beasi Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:11:01 +0000 http://eyeballman.com/blog/?p=1146#comment-3363 I think I kind of *did* say it was bad, really, I think, if not in so many words. Hee. Well. I probably could have given it a lower grade. :) I think I kind of *did* say it was bad, really, I think, if not in so many words. Hee. Well. I probably could have given it a lower grade. :)

]]> By: jun http://mangabookshelf.com/blog/2009/02/02/legal-drug-vols-1-3/comment-page-1/#comment-3362 jun Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:09:02 +0000 http://eyeballman.com/blog/?p=1146#comment-3362 I think it's perfectly fine to say it's bad just because you personally think it's bad. :) That's what a review is, and people disagree with reviewers all the time. I think it’s perfectly fine to say it’s bad just because you personally think it’s bad. :) That’s what a review is, and people disagree with reviewers all the time.

]]> By: Melinda Beasi http://mangabookshelf.com/blog/2009/02/02/legal-drug-vols-1-3/comment-page-1/#comment-3349 Melinda Beasi Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:41:19 +0000 http://eyeballman.com/blog/?p=1146#comment-3349 :) :) Thank you again. :) :) Thank you again.

]]> By: Ed Sizemore http://mangabookshelf.com/blog/2009/02/02/legal-drug-vols-1-3/comment-page-1/#comment-3348 Ed Sizemore Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:39:29 +0000 http://eyeballman.com/blog/?p=1146#comment-3348 You're welcome. You have nothing to be insecure about. Still digging the CD. You’re welcome. You have nothing to be insecure about. Still digging the CD.

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