With Basara practically complete, Red River is my current pick for epic shoujo adventure.
Author: Alison L. Roberts
BOYS OVER FLOWERS, Vol. 27 by Yoko Kamio
Boys Over Flowers’ protagonists, Tsukushi and Tsukasa, repeatedly go through the same dance steps: bicker, fight, make up. And it’s still addictive, even after 27 volumes.
MAISON IKKOKU, Vols. 8-15 by Rumiko Takahashi
Before tackling the incoming stack of manga, I finished revisiting an old fave, Rumiko Takahashi’s Maison Ikkoku. The tale of Yusaku Godai and his apartment manager, Kyoko Otonashi, remains one of manga’s great romances.