Postby Mangafanatic » Sat Aug 20, 2005 7:54 am
So, it's finally happened. I've convert them all. That's right. Them all.
Finally, after so many years of fandom, all my siblings are manga buying FIENDS! While this is a very good thing, it also has the unfortunate downside of me having to be the manga nazi-- dictating what can and cannot be read by each of the younger sibs.
Well, the manga nazi needs your help!:
My brother read the first four volumes of Prince of Tennis. They're rated "all" so I wasn't really worried about it. Now that his birthday has rolled around, he'd like the family to get him volume 5-9. This gift will be presented to him at a birthday party with several very anti-manga family members present, and this makes me nervous. Would you guys mind telling me if there's anything I should be worried about the Aunt and Uncle flipping through and seeing? (Even language. I was once petitioned to burn furuba on account of language. *quivers*)
Thanks a million, guys! It seemed shounen manga, my arch-nemesis, pursues me still! Curses! *shakes fist*
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