These Yaguchi drawings Are really astoundingly beautyful!I like them lots.re: Tezuka, I love his work and while I haven't read everything he's done I've read lots of it. He's a great Storyteller and the whole "melodrama -> slapstick -> tragedy -> drama -> slapstick" thing is genius and pretty unique. At some point I should do some kinda WIRR, allthough I'm not sure that say Black Jack is at its best when read intensely like that (I prefer to re-read some of the stories randomly) and re-reading say MW, Message to Adolf, Barbara, Ode to Kirihito and Ayako in succession would probably be kinda depressing, I Think I'd have to vary a lot if WIRRing his works...I've Recently gotten into Leiji Matsumoto's works and managed to Get my hands on Viz' 5 first Galaxy Express 999 books, it's really a very unique experience, very different from most stuff and very philosophical and of course there's Maetel who in spite of the very simple and kinda strange style is really really cool/attractive in a way that's hard to describe. And, well....how can you beat that!?I'll definitely do a WIRR thread at some point. Or something. It's a really unique Manga, that I leafed thru a bit 15+ ago and regretted not buying ever since and thus went and did and am happy I did, it really is very weird and very beautyful and a classic.*=well he's a kid but he really looks like a Clint Eastwood HobbitFor something completely different, I went and read the originalManga (well not the original) some months ago and, while not a real classic masterpiece on say Tezuka's level it really hit the right level of exploitation*, Saki is a very cool heroine (really, imho she outshines most Recent similar characters I've seen, maybe because "badass teen girl" wasn't a cliche yet in the late 70s? That she isn't sexualized Helps too (not that the Manga isn't raunchy in places, especially in the teen prison thing in the beginning)), the main villainess is a thing of beauty (no seriously she's a proper monster and really this series did horrible OTT villains very well. Imagine teen Cersei on bad drugs) and well. I can't help loving this Manga. I mean. It ends with a jo-jo vs whip duel. Who can't love that!? Also "this is unforgiveable!!!"*=whereas another 70s Manga,, was...too much. Really. I mean it's not bad but GAWD. Parts were simply too bloody Dark. I mean I likea lot (ho doesn't?) and the style is similar but LW&C has lots of stuff LS doesn't really have imho and doesn't go quite that far allthough LW&C is absolutely Dark too.For something completely different (again!):While not literally old,is a retelling of an anime from the Year when I was born, so I hope it counts.I've really fallen in love with this series Even though iton killing characters I love. I'm most definitely going to do a WIRR, in wich I'm going to ramble on and on pathetically about certain characters that I've developed this weird fandom on.But then it really is extraordinarily beautyfully drawn. I Think the main differences between this Manga and the original anime Are that 1) the silliest/most childish stuff is cut, 2) there's extended background for Char & Sayla (wich also happens to heavily co-star my Fave Manga Couple EVAR), 3) probably some other stuff I didn't notice