@Gigglepuffy:
Rurouni Kenshin contained one of the most human, flawed, and sadly touching characters I've seen in a shonen manga.
I am speaking of course about Watsuki himself in his letters/notes to the reader, which, luckily, the tankobons of Kenshin include!
Good god did that man need somebody to give him a hug. He had absolutely no confidence in his own series, never seemed to be able to develop it the way he wanted to, and forever seemed to be forced to appeal to his editor. But I'll be damned if he didn't seem to be a guy who just loved what he did regardless. Luckily, he will always have Buso Renkin to his name, which I think is honestly so much better than anything else he has ever done. And due to its reception, he may never even try something like that again, which is a true tragedy.
I had the first volumes and he was such a sweetheart. And it's a shame what happened to Buso Renkin. I liked it :(
@dirt:
fucking damn it, and here I was tempted to read it again
I've mostly switched to josei if I feel like reading something romantic.
Also, I feel like I need to defend at least ONE of Rumiko Takahashi's works. And that would be Ikkoku Maison. The rinse/repeat stuff actually WORKS in a slice of life story like that. Soon as you start going into fantasy is when that kind of formula really falls apart.
Damn, I can't remember any bad manga I've run into recently … SWOT is the first that comes to mind. Though I thought the oneshot and first chapter were at least decent. It should have just stayed as a oneshot, however.
Most people are not bothered about it because it's "subtle" but it sickened me :/ It didn't help that I didn't like the main characters very much…