[Sunred]

Read some of the good ol' backlogged Dragon Ball Super manga. It feels a bit rushed but I do not mind it knowing that it is serialized monthly so I know what I'm getting.

[Guyver Spawn]

I finished reading Captain Harlock: Dimensional Voyage Volume 1 and I think it's great so far. This manga is a modern re-telling of the original manga with brand new art. The art is amazing and the story is great too. The story keeps you on your feet on what is going to happen next.

There is a lot of great action and drama similar to the original Captain Harlock anime and manga. If you never read or seen the original Captain Harlock, give this one a try. I also recommended reading it if you are fan of the series as well.

You can currently buy the manga from Seven Seas Entertainment on Amazon and any local retail store near by you. The original Captain Harlock manga will be release next year as well.

[GuardianAngel87]

I finally finished Star Wars: Aftermath: Empire's End just now and I can officially say, "Thank God that I'm finally done with this trilogy!" since the final book completely sucked. I apologize in advance for basically taking forever for getting through this one so I can then get my thoughts on the book posted and I'm not sure that setting up my own Halloween marathon throughout last month and the last two weeks of September in between reading it is completely at fault. To me, a lot of the novel is just so boring. The story and character writing is completely lackluster. The dialogue is very cringe-worthy to the point that I might be losing my IQ points as the book was going on and the writing style is still so bad, it gets to the point that it could hurt your eyes if you stare at it for too long. The only thing in it that comes even remotely interesting is the subplot with Rae Sloane and Brentin Wexley and even that didn't really amount to anything. I'm seriously glad that I read Inferno Squad before this since I don't think I'm strong enough to read two Chuck Wendig-penned Star Wars novels back-to-back and there's no way no hell I'm reading those nor the first book again if (and that's a very big if) I were to one day go back and reread the Disney canon SW novels all over again. You're honestly better off just reading their entries on Wookiepedia. All in all, I really don't recommend these books like at all and not just in Star Wars literature overall but also in the Disney canon that they are in. If you really want to read a trilogy of SW books that take place after the events of Return of the Jedi, I highly recommend The Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn. Sure, it's not considered canon according to Disney/Lucasfilm but that shouldn't be a be-all end-all factor for good stories within the Star Wars universe. Not to mention that those books actually involve the main cast of the original trilogy which are the characters we actually care about. Next, it's onward to yet another Disney canon post-ROTJ novel with Phasma and it seems that I won't be closing off my reading marathon of current canon SW novels after all since after that, I will be reading the 40th anniversary anthology novel, From A Certain Point Of View.

[GuardianAngel87]

I just finished Star Wars: Phasma not too long ago myself and it was okay. It is certainly better than the Aftermath trilogy but at the same time, it took me a while to really get going in my progress of reading the book. While the Scyre culture seemed a bit interesting, at least a good chunk of Parnassos from which the novel spent two-thirds of the time through didn't seem like it could be an actual story within the Star Wars universe and the dialogue is rather off to me half the time. I kind of wished that the overall story is in Phasma's perspective including on how she rose up in the ranks within the First Order. I can easily imagine the character's voice as portrayed by Gwendoline Christie in her lines of dialogue though especially towards near the end where Cardinal confronts her. Speaking of Cardinal, he's the only character that's exclusive to the book that's actually rather interesting and to me, once the novel was finished with the story on Parnassos is where the novel does more or less pick up. In my opinion, he's basically what Finn in TFA should've been. Not to say that some of the characters in the book are bad but still. All in all, outside of various details regarding Captain Phasma's backstory if you really must know what she's like before the events of The Force Awakens and its upcoming sequels, Phasma is really nothing special. And now that I'm finally free from reading post-ROTJ story materials from the Disney canon, the next SW novel I will be reading now is From A Certain Point of View. After that, it's Claudia Gray's third foray in Star Wars novel writing with Leia, Princess of Alderaan.

[GuardianAngel87]

I finished Star Wars: Leia, Princess of Alderaan a week or so ago and Claudia Gray is now indeed 3 for 3 for writing good Star Wars novels for the current canon. I know I should be posting my thoughts on From A Certain Point View rather than Leia, Princess of Alderaan but as an interlibrary loan, I was only given a limited/certain amount of time on reading this book and that I still haven't finished on reading the former. I was rather busy getting ready for Christmas which includes watching various Christmas movies/specials. Anyway, this is probably the best of the Claudia Gray-penned SW novels so far. The writing for the character of Princess Leia is pretty well done as well as other characters like Bail Organa for the most part. Though, I honestly feel that the character of Amilyn Holdo feels rather out of place within the Star Wars universe as much as I wanted to like her and this is coming from somebody who loves the character of Luna Lovegood from the Harry Potter franchise since that character is the inspiration for the creation of this particular character according to Claudia Gray herself. The political intrigue is still just as solid as ever and while the book is a bit slow at the start of it, it does pick up once Leia finds out about her adoptive father's operations in setting up the Alliance at the planet of Not Hoth, I mean Crait. Sorry. Another thing I really appreciate from the book is Leia's relationship with her adoptive mother, Breha, and the surprising amount of focus we get from the latter. Despite of the (a bit unnecessary) tie-ins to the upcoming film, TLJ, they, thankfully, really don't hinder my enjoyment of the novel all that much. All in all, I would indeed recommend this book to any and all Princess Leia fans regardless of the canon you prefer. And since I also read a very well-done short story involving Qui-Gon Jinn written by the same author before jumping into this novel, I'm honestly looking forward to Claudia Gray expanding her horizons as a Star Wars writer and even keeping my fingers crossed if she will eventually tackle a novel, whether it's YA or adult really doesn't matter to me, that has both Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi as the main characters provided that rumor about this is true and that is saying a lot. Now, since I just got this as an interlibrary loan today, it's onward to one of the last Disney canon SW novels I'll be reading for awhile and it's The Legends of Luke Skywalker. We are now at the home stretch, ladies and gentlemen.

[Guyver Spawn]

I'm currently reading Kaiji Part 3 because there is no Season 3 of the anime. So far, I do like it a lot despite me not being the biggest fan of Mahjong. I do think the series still has me on the edge of my seat by reading. I will probably read Akagi soon as well.

[Sunred]

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Originally Posted by Guyver Spawn

I'm currently reading Kaiji Part 3 because there is no Season 3 of the anime. So far, I do like it a lot despite me not being the biggest fan of Mahjong. I do think the series still has me on the edge of my seat by reading. I will probably read Akagi soon as well.

There was another mahjong manga which also had an anime adaptation called Legendary Gambler Tetsuya and is set during the late 1940s if you are interested.

[Ragnarok]

Im surrently reading the TPBs for Justice League The Darkseid War parts 1&2.

i love theart and the "darkseid's daughter" plot is pretty interesting.

also i took the plunge and Ordered Volume 1 and 2 of the Boom! Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers comic.

[GuardianAngel87]

As of now, I'm reading Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil which is a prequel tie-in to Revenge of the Sith. It's so good getting back to the old EU novels again.

[Guyver Spawn]

I have been reading the book "Naked Lunch". Just as good as I remember it.