Rapid Reviews - More Manga

Paradise Kiss Vol 2 by Ai Yazawa. Yukari finally realizes that she doesn't want to live the way her family expects her to live... with a bit of goading from George. This continued the odd style of the first volume, and the frenetic pace. Yukari is caught up in forces beyond her control, but she chooses to ride out the storm. I admit, I'm intrigued. This is a bit of a naughty sort of book, but it's fun to read. I particularly enjoy the way the characters tend to break the fourth wall whenever they feel like it.

Mai the Psychic Girl (Perfect Collection 2) by Kazuya Kudo and Ryoichi Ikegami. This is one of the few manga books I've been checking out that has been reversed to read left-to-right. It's strange, but once you get into the knack of reading right-to-left, going back takes an effort. Maybe it'll get easier if I continue reading manga. Anyway, in this volume Mai finally takes the situation into her own hands, and even though it appears that she isn't in control, I think she is gaining it. She also gets introduced to a second psychic who isn't afraid of her abilities. The story is getting a bit more intense, and I'm still interested to see what happens next.

Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind (Perfect Collection 2) by Hayao Miyazaki. I find myself wondering how long this series is. I also discovered that I didn't really feel like reading it until I picked it up and started to read, then I quickly got back into the action. I've put the movie on hold at the library, I hope the remaining volumes get to me first. This one is good, but so very crowded. It's hard to keep everything that's happening straight.