After an ill-spent evening in the bookstore drooling my way through the manga section I had to pause and take a hard look at the Twilight graphic novel nestled amidst the other various T titles.
First of all, I want to make clear that while I love Twilight, I’m not one of those rabid fans who will get into long arguments screaming “Team Jacob” in the face of whatever “Team Edward” fanatic I can find (though I’ll admit to being a Jacob fan…) But I was interested to see how the book would adapt over to the visual printed media.
The artwork I like, and think that Young C. Kim did an excellent job. Bella isn’t quite what I expected but I like her anyway.
No, the question I’m posing is, does this book in fact belong on the manga shelf of Barnes and Noble, or does it truly belong solely in the world of Young Adult, or at worst alongside the graphic novels over in Science Fiction and Fantasy?
I suppose I’m a purist, and will freely acknowledge that indeed I will watch only subtitled anime, the only exception to the no dub rule being Gatekeepers 21 (don’t ask me why). But Twilight to me isn’t manga and even the insistance that it’s manhwa is a bit iffy in my mind.
Perhaps this is a question best answered by you. When you go to the manga section in the bookstore, just what are you looking for? Or would you indeed the world be a better and happier place if all graphic novels were nestled together, one big international family?
And do we even need to discuss Twilight as an anime?
(Though it's an excellent fan vid...)
What do YOU think?
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When I go into the manga section of any bookstore I expect to see, manga. But I do think it would be interesting to see both graphic novels and manga together in the same place.
それは漫画ではありません。 それは Twilight が金をかせぐためのもう１つの方法です
<3 leslie
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