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Such a heart-warming manga.
I finished it yesterday after a few hours of reading. I thought that I would just try a chapter or two, but at the end I read all 35 chapters. That says it all. :)

The story takes place in the United States, 1991. All the character are American, except of one Japanese guy, who is a minor character. In addition, the manga is a spin-off of the manga "Cipher', but it is not necessary to read "Cipher" first. I haven't read "Cipher", and I enjoyed and understood the plot of "Alexandrite" very much. I would give 8 to the story.

The art was ... beautiful in my opinion. I have read many manga series (I think I have XD), and I have noticed that sometimes manga series from the nineties suffer from horrible art, that later improves (... and sometimes does not). That wasn't the case in "Alexandrite". 8. :)

The character development was great! I could really see a change in their characters, and for such a short manga (35-chapter long) that's quite a suprise. This fact gives 9 for the characters.

For enjoyment I would give this manga a nice 10, and overall 9. I recommend this manga for shoujo lovers, even though I think that people who shoujo is not their cup of tea could enjoy it- That's the magic in this manga.

ENJOY

I just couldn't help but love this manga. It's just too cute.

The story itself is an interesting original one, and also has greek mythology in it which makes it even more interesting. I didn't love the art at the beginning but after I got used to it, I found the art to be a beautiful one.
The characters are one of the best things in the manga. Karin develops so much during those 32 chapters and as well the others.

Overall I enjoyed it very much. Recommended to the people who love cute romance and fantasy manga, and even to the people who love ... different geners.

(EDIT: 4\25\11: I used to love the manga of VK, but even though now I hate it, I hate the anime much more.)

First of all, I'm serious: I think the creators of the anime love Kaname more than Zero. It's quite obvious from the beginning that the love triangle is KanameYuukiZero, then why does Kaname present in YuukiZero scenes? In those scenes in the manga he wasn't even there at all O_o And there are more.

The story of course is great, but the anime ruined it totally. Zero behaves like a wimp, he's not like himself, and Yuuki also. Since when Yuuki has been taking ... Zero's insults seriously? I won't tell spoilers but the anime exposes things very fast. Things that were clear at chapter 34 in the manga were hintend at episode 5 for example and in the opening and ending as well. The animation is so poor, and the art that is absolutely amazing in the manga is ruined in the anime. But I love the seyuus, they are awesome and as well the opening theme and the ending theme (not their clips, only the songs).

I really hoped that the anime of my favorite manga would be awesome, but I guess I was mistaken. Did I have high expectations? I wonder...

PxP is the latest Oneshot of Yoshizumi Wataru.
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Okay, when I started reading it I thought that the story wouldl be more mysterious, but I got is wrong. The story is really nice and sometimes funny.
The art was really really good! Compared to Marmalade Boy (one of her old manga, which I very love) and Ultra Maniac the art is a masterpiece! XD
The characters really suprised me. I thought their personalities would be different, and overall I really enjoyed this Manga. Everyone I think can read it and enjoy. While reading it I really had a good time.

How can I put it right? WATCH JYU OH SEI AND YOU WON'T REGRET IT.
Now I can start. :D
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Story-
Actually I don't like Science-Fiction that much. I think it is boring. But with Jyu Oh Sei? I couldn't stop watching it! If the downloads were more faster, I could finish it in the day I started (I finished it in 2 days). Except of Wolf's Rain, this is one of the most intersting stories I've ever seen in Anime!
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Art and Animation-
The art was really good. The picture of the views and stuff were good, but in some scene it seemed that the characters had two ... noses T___T and the animation was a little annoying. ^^;;; But I lived with that, so you can too. :o
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Sound-
The opening theme was... yuck XD I hated it but I got used to it eventually.The ending theme was... *-* soooooo good! I can't stop listening to it even now. |:
The voices of the character were very good, each character had the perfect voice that matched it.
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Characters-
Good,besides one thing in the last episodes that was.. weird ._. I hate that kind of stuff. Also the romance in the anime was really beautiful between two couples.
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Enjoyment-
10 from 10. *_* I can watch this anime over and ove again, and I'll do it! So go watch! :D

EDIT - 12.29.08

After I had read the manga again, I can say clearly- I was mistaken. Don't get me wrong, I still love the manga but I was too overreacting.

The story is very unique and everything, but when I read the first volumes again I simply got bored. Only the arc in volumes 7-9, with Kazuhito, were awesome (or maybe that's because he's my favourite character in the manga?). The first ones were just school stuff and were... BORING.
The art was amazing as I remembered, but like the first reading, I couldn't stand Haine. She was so stupid, I wanted to hit ... her. Ushio, who is a minor character, developed during the manga but Haine didn't! Why does Arina Tanemura always make her female main characters so annoying? Why?

Overall, it was worth reading but not a masterpiece as I first thought.

"Marmalade Boy" is one of the sweet shoujo anime in the world, maybe even the sweetest. It is one of my favorite anime, and I can watch it over and over again and not get bored. I can even cry in sone scenes every time... T___T

The story was written by Wataru Yushizumi (Ultra Maniac belongs to her too).
The art is very nice, but the animation is actually not that good (an anime from 1995, what do you expect?) but you can live with that.

The OST of the anime is very good. In some ways it is very childish (the opening theme, for an example), but ... mature too (some songs).
Most of the melodies in the series are actually kind of karaoke of the songs. The voice actress of Miki, the main female character, sang many songs in the series.

The love story in the anime is very original and displayed to us, the watchers, by a point of view that makes us cry with the characters, laugh with them and even be angry and more. The events are very realistic, the characters and the relationships between them too.

The only bad thing in the series is that in some episodes the events are... not make sense. I won't say what they are, but I am not the one who thought so...

With the series there is a 25 minutes movie, which is a a point of view of somebody else, that made you understand the things better. [though it is not existed in the manga XD]

Why did I love the anime? Because of the childish atmosphere, the point of view and the plot itself.

Well, I could say 1000 good things about it, but I will shut up. Go watch!