User blog comment:Zaffie/Worst News For A Long Time (or, Everyone Feel Sad Please)/@comment-930988-20110401192237

I haven't had the time to read Diana Wynne Jones's work, but I've wanted to for quite some time. I learned about her from the film version of Howl's Moving Castle, which I...ahem...did not dislike, I guess I could say, to prevent explosion. *snickers* I guess it's because I haven't read the book.

Also, while I'm not going to force you to like manga or anime or graphic novels, I don't think it's fair to say that you hate EVERY manga comic or anime. It's a style, not a genre, and there are many different genres and subgenres that appeal to a wide arrange of people. Saying you hate manga in general isn't any different from saying you hate novels in general--it just doesn't make any sense. I love certain mangas and animes, such as Wolf's Rain and Spirited Away, but I also absolutely hate others, such as Naruto and Boogiepop Phantom. And like Forestpaw said, reading manga and graphic novels does mean you're smarter.

One more thing: I myself am not offended by this, but I'm noticing how you keep referring to mangas as "backwards books." You should know that that is how the Japanese read, right to left. Several other languages such as Hebrew do the same. To them, it's normal, not backwards. So in a way, you are insulting their culture, even if you're not doing it intentionally and only a little bit. Just a warning.