Last year David Welsh of The Manga Curmudgeon started the Great Manga Gift Guide, where manga bloggers and reviewers made their own lists for the best manga to buy for Christmas. The gift guide has been started up again this year by Daniella Orihuela-Grueber on her website, All About Manga. I've been writing about manga for quite a few months now, so obviously I feel qualified enough to present my own list.
For a list of guides that are likely way better than mine, see Daniella's post. Otherwise, here's my list, starting off with something cute.
For Animal Lovers of All Ages: Chi's Sweet Home by Kanata KonamiChi's Sweet Home is about the life of a kitten - that was honestly enough to pique my interest. Chi's loses her mom and siblings, but is picked up by a human family and brought into their home, the big problem being their apartment doesn't allow pets. A story about the antics of a cute cat sounds pretty one-note, but Konami consistently delivers cute, funny, and heartfelt stories about the kitten's life. Publisher Vertical, Inc. decided to release Chi's Sweet Home flipped, an act that generally enrages manga fans, but this makes it easy to give Chi as a gift as a gift to kids or adults. And even though this makes the books pretty expensive ($14.99 U.S.) the North American edition of Chi's Sweet Home has been enhanced with soft, bright colors that give this manga the potential to be a great book to read aloud with your little one.
More Chirstmas shopping picks after the jump.
More Chirstmas shopping picks after the jump.
