Dreamreader teaser: Bad Dreams

TL;DR: Dreamreader teaser. Also, I'm reading again! 

I'm reading again! Just this month I've read Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis), Steelheart (Brandon Sanderson), Persona (Genevieve Valentine). I'll be starting The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis) soon :) I'll maybe post comments on the fiction in a future post.

In terms of writing--Hey look it's an actual writing post! xForsakenx hosted a boot camp these last few weeks to get me to write consistently. Week 2 I worked on a project that's been under construction for a few months and finally has a title: Dream-reader. Hopefully I'll be finished with this project soon! So here's a little teaser :D


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In the latest news of bad dreams, I’m fighting with Cyril. We’re sitting at our favorite ice cream parlor, across from the street from my office. We’re talking, although I can’t hear the words. Then he reaches forward to touch my hand. I flinch at his touch. I say something, and instantly, his face hardens. I startle, reach forward, fervently retracting what I just said. 

Then Cyril stands up, looking so mad he could tear a demon apart with his eyes alone. He turns to leave. I cry out, pleading forgiveness. He turns towards me again, but there’s a gun in his hand. It’s pointed at me now. I cry, my arms hanging limply at my sides. 

He pulls the trigger. In slow motion, the bullet approaches and the world goes dark. 

Before I have time to think anything about my death—or even understood that I had died in the dream— I’m back at the parlor. We’re sitting across from each other. Some distant part of me wonders if at least the ice cream flavor has changed. We talk. I say something. I probably shouldn’t. I try saying it differently. Cyril gets mad. He kills me. 

At least he’s original. Sometimes he shoots me. Sometimes he breaks my neck. Sometimes he slices me to shreds with a sword or lance that materializes from nowhere. Once, he just breaks up with me and I collapse. 

That time I wake up from the shock. 

Otome: Top Ten

So like I do with manga, my top ten (in terms of stories I liked) of all the otome games I've read thus far are: 

1. Hideki Ishigami (Her Love on the Force)
2. Yuta Kajima (My Forged Wedding)
3. Takuto Hirukawa (Thief X)
4. Issei Sezaki (Kiss of Revenge)
5. Ayumu Shinonome (Her Love on the Force)
6. Homore Midorikawa (Class Trip Crush)
7. Elias Goldstein (Wizardess Heart)
8. Ivan Chernenkov (Be My Princess 2)
9. Takashi Ninagawa (Scandal in the Spotlight)
10. Byron Wagner (Midnight Princess)

I say top ten but really these are just the handful that I really liked.

So.... generally: quiet/ aloof, smart/ genius-type. Which usually comes with a bit of arrogance and teasing that I've gotten used and can tolerate.

Things I've learned from otome games (this is a jest; don't take me seriously here):

1. Every guy has a sweet tooth (at least in otome games). It's sugar for the brain.
2. Liking the same kind of food is a sign of destiny. 
3. Everyone has a super-fit body no matter what they do for a living or what they eat/ don't eat.
4. Pretty people can be trusted. AKA Villains always look evil. 
5. Geniuses are jerks. Arrogant jerks. But they will reform.
6. Persistence is endearing. So is cluelessness. And clumsiness.
7. The more rude someone is, the more it means they secretly care about you. Aka everyone is tsundere.
8. Flirts and playboys will still fall for you because of [generic reason] that they could find in everyone. #protagonistpowers
9. Your niceness will definitely get to people. People will become better people when you let them push you around.

Otome games: MC names I use

TL;DR: The name I used for an otome game was based off the last otome guy I really liked. 

This is a post about the names I use in otome games:

Aura Ellis  |  Kitari Hirukawa  |  Ayane Sezaki  |  Hikari Ishinome  |  Iyue Kajima

I used to use "Adda Ellis" (my pen name) as my name in these stories. In Thief X though, I thought it looked weird or something and changed it to "Aura Ellis". Takuto Hirukawa was the first of the otome boys below that I really really liked, and thus for the next character I used Hirukawa as the surname. "Kitari" is an original name that comes from "kitsune" (japanese for fox) and "Ahri" (nine tailed fox character in League), inspired by the Black Foxes thief group that the boys of Thief X make up.

The name I used for most of these was thus, Kitari Hirukawa. Next I really liked Issei Sezaki in Kiss of Revenge. However, the name I came up with this was not quite as original or exciting. "Ayane Sezaki" is thus only used in the Her Love in the Force stories (and My Sweet Bodyguard because Ishigami's also in that one). "Ayane" came from Ayame, a female doctor and good friend of the main character (MC) in Kiss of Revenge.

I used the name Hikari Ishinome for a few of them. The surname comes from Ishigami + Shinonome, my two favorite characters from Her Love in the Force. The first name is because Hideki and Hikari look similar and I thought that would be cute. (Hikari is also the name of the protagonist in Special A!)

I’ve also thought of the name Iyue Kajima based in part on Yuta Kajima. Actually it was supposed to be Iymuine, from “Ayumu” which means a dream or vision, and “Imogene” from latin for innocent maiden. I liked how both Ayumu and Yuta's stories were a little more innocent and cheerful than some of the others I’ve encountered (they still have their drama lol). Also, Yuta says (sometime around the wedding story) that he wanted to make a family that was just as supportive and cheerful as the character’s. So Iymuine was kinda like that dream for innocence. But when I went to type it I felt like it was too long. So just Iyue.

Actually, this pattern of using the surname of the last character I really liked created a sense of continuity at first. I really thought of Kitari as Aura and Takuto's daughter (or as much as possible). It didn't really work out with Kiss of Revenge because of the details on the MC's background. But for most characters it worked. Mostly I use Kitari now, or Iyue for more royal-type games or Aura if it's a more european vibe where a japanese name would sound weird. 

Otome games: Non-voltage games.

TL;DR: Moar otome games! These are not by Voltage. 

EDIT: sorry, I had scheduled this to be posted on August 7th; obviously it didn't work -_-"

So although most otome games I read were pay-by-story (let's not talk about how much money it added up to.... -_-") some of these are free. However, I was usually not patient enough to wait for reading tickets every day and hated the event trials and anything that relied on grinding other stats (charm or elegance or whatever) or in-game currency. The only two exceptions to this was Destiny Ninja, which was before I discovered the satisfaction of pay-by-story; and Wizardess Heart, which I just liked enough to push through (with a walkthrough ><")

MORE SPOILERS. MORE OPINIONS!

• Angel or Devil (Shall We Date?)
• Ruvel--the Reaper choice. It had its tender moments. I finished most of it before just looking up the ending online. 
• Destiny Ninja (Shall We Date?)
•  Hattori Hanzo Kazamasa--The first otome game I read! I don't remember too much of it, but I know it was good enough to keep me patiently reading until I finished. I liked how quiet he was actually.
• Forbidden Love: It's Our Secret (Accela Inc)
• I got really mad at this one. Really mad. The idea is that MC's stepfather has ordered her to marry her stepbrother for anyone to get their inheritance. Both Edward (intended main route) and Kevin (alternate route) are abusive towards MC-san, who is just trying her best in her job as a designer. Kevin steals her designs and creates a scandal with her professional life and Edward alternatively pushes her away and comes onto her too strong. If I had to choose I'd go with Kevin though, because in the end he at least apologizes and respects MC's designing talent enough to help her go to Italy, whereas Edward threatens her with his father's will condition . I'm going to stop there before I can remember more examples that will upset me.
• Forbidden Love: The Unforgivable Couple (Accela Inc)
• Like with the one above, I just remember liking Johannes (the alternate/ actual boyfriend) more than Mike (stepbrother and intended main route). This was less severe and I actually liked Johannes a little.
• Midnight Princess (Ikeman Royal Romances)
• *Byron Wagner--This one was really sweet. I don't really get how MC falls in love so quickly and why Byron is so fixated on her specifically, but I like their interactions. Although I'd like it if he took off the eyepatch when they're alone together especially since it's more for the people not to get intimidated by his looking like his dictator father.
• My Sweet Proposal (Okko)
• Keita Mitsui--I actually just watched a play-through of this on youtube or something. Keita and MC are high school sweethearts that broke up due to a misunderstanding. I facepalmed so many times because MC and Keita couldn't recognize that they both still loved each other and that the other girl was messing with them.
• Seduce Me (Seraphim Entertainment) is basically what I want to do with my year off: make an otome game by myself.
• I kinda went for Damien's story at first but ended up getting one where I GOT MAGIC >:D It was awesome! Until Diana showed up. I played a few versions with her, Andrew and Damien and have decided that Diana is the best lover and that having magic beats having a boyfriend. 
• Roommates (Winterwolves) more in this post.
• Max--The first otome game I paid for (before all the Voltage ones). I liked how sweet his and Anne's teasing was. 
• Dominic--at first glance this guy should be more my "type", but....yea the guy's just as pretentious as Max teases him to be.
• Wizardess Heart (Shall We Date?)
• *Elias Goldstein--Another one where I stuck through to the end. I really liked the portrayal of the Gendonlune Royal Magic Academy, which might have been a good part of what entranced me. The story was well paced as well. Some of the questions for the love meter were based on paying attention to other aspects of the story (like answering a question in class); I don't get how that would work, but I'm not complaining haha. What I liked about Elias's story was that he and the MC are on no friendly terms in the beginning and he calls her an idiot almost excessively, and we get to see, step-by-step, how both of them start to have feelings for each other. 

Otome Games: Voltage

TL;DR: I read a lot of otome games by Voltage. 

So to jump off of last week's last last month's manga update I'm also making a list of the otome games (mainly Japanese dating sims) I've played through and the characters with which I played. I've given my opinions on all the characters that I've read at least the main story for. For some most of them I liked them enough to buy the epilogue/ sequel/ sequel epilogue/ various sidestories for, but these are all the people I've read at least the main story for.

WARNING: Mostly my personal preferences. SPOILERS AWAIT. Mostly whited out. XD

* are stories for people that I particularly liked and would read more on.
MC refers to the female protagonist (main character)

• Be My Princess 1--prince and commoner story. 
• Yakov Chernenkov--short, but I thought it was cute. I actually played Be My Princess 2 first, so Yakov was a very intentional choice after Ivan.
• Glenn Casaragi--oh man the love triangle in this one, including the prince, the butler, and even the prince's cute little brother (who is literally the only one I like at the end of everything -_-) is dramatic. Satisfied my desire for some epically dramatic scenes.

• Be My Princess 2--50 years later, some of the same families 
• * Ivan Chernenkov-- I really disliked how sexist his country is....and he was rather cold in the beginning, but I like how they open up to each other. His awkward honesty is makes some dramatic scenes a little less sappy and cliche. Not because there isn't drama because there is a LOT (like when he falls off a cliff and everyone thinks he's dead!) but because I think there could have been cuter/ sappier scenes such as when MC breaks off the engagement and when he realizes his mistake and chases after her.  I'm still debating on whether that's a good thing or not, but with every story Ivan's kinda growing on me. There's a lot of inherent sexism that goes on with this character, but I found myself liking him as he starts to recognizes that MC-san as a strong person; he not only acknowledges her pastry chef profession but encourages her. :D
• Class Trip Crush--Meeting and developing feelings on a co-ed class trip. 
• *Homare Midorikawa-- After reading the other two stories, I realized that Homare's story is a little distorted because of how lone-sheep this guy was. The 3 years later and everything are very mellow but still very cute. I like rereading bits of this story (especially the entire arc with the playboy tutor) but the more I do (and the more substories I read with him) the more I realize Homare's kinda a jerk. 
• Nagisa Ichinose-- I appreciated this guy's role as a friend than a love interest; I liked him more I read Taketo's story. Nice, sweet guy. 
• Taketo Kanzaki-- Oh man the drama with his twin brother also crushing on the MC was great. It was sweet and cute while it lasted, but wasn't enough to entrance into buying any sequels.
• Enchanted in the Moonlight-- Ayakashi (demons) offer to protect the MC in exchange for her power. 
• Yukinojo-- He's pretty and I like the snow/ice element. I also liked the purple flower they plant together but think that MC gets a little too obsessed about it. He also almost rapes MC in the beginning, which was a definite negative point. I don't really get how they fall for each other--especially MC-san-- while they're avoiding each other, and don't really see why the lover from a hundred years ago element was necessary. Disappointing. Probably more so because I was really looking forward to the magic (the smoke animations were neat though!)
• First Love Diaries--High school couple going through all the firsts together.
•  Actually I didn't really like either of these stories. They were cute, but both of them moved way to fast for me. With Nao I thought maybe it was because I chose the jock for the first time, but that wasn't the case...at all....
• Nao Fujimori--I would like to note though, that there is a very serious (and well-appreciated) message here about protection. The characters actually spend almost a full episode hunting for a condom and making sure there's mutual consent. *clap clap clap* 
• Mitsuru Sanada--When I think of this story, I always jump to this first, irritatingly enough: They have sex for the first time in a toolshed on a rainy day. Literally, "There's bad weather and we're trapped here so why not."  Unromantic-ness aside, that sounds like a unclean place. Point taken though, MC-chan spends almost the following two episodes panicking if she's pregnant.
• Her Love in the Force--Police academy student and teacher. 
• This is my favorite overall series right now. All three paths that I've bought thus far have not disappointed and the interactions with the other characters are enough to get a good glimpse at them while providing some amusement. I love how MC-san get some great character development in each of these. 
• Seiji Goto--I played Goto's route at first just because I wanted to try out the story and the other stories hadn't been released. I remember being very touched by the development of their relationship. I like how they depend on each other.
• *Hideki Ishigami-- This was one of those stories that I ranted to xForsakenx about so much as I read through it--for good reasons. I loved how the MC develops in this story--she starts off as someone who's almost looked down upon but through her own effort and some grudging help from Ishigami becomes a force to be reckoned with. At the end of the second season she still needs a little saving, but that's only after she's kicked some major ass. 
• *Ayumu Shinonome--I played Shinonome's route because 1) I usually go for the genius hacker type, 2) I was looking forward to his route from when I first got the app and 3) I was pretty sure I wouldn't like another route more than Ishigami's. I'm not sure about that third point anymore though. I love the drama with Sachi, Shinonome's childhood friend and first love. It was really quite refreshing (at least for me) for the love interest to be in love with someone else for a a good half of the main story. 
• In Your Arms Tonight--MC's husband is a cheating on her and she meets someone she actually loves.
• Kippei Ebihara-- Ebihara is MC's boss. I was really skeptical I would like this one, but I remember choosing him because his was the only one whose first chapter really stood out. I really liked one of the last scenes where Ebihara, who has been calmly referring to MC as "just an employee" walks up to MC's dirtbag husband and is just like "Please divorce your wife. I can make her happy, more than you have." 
• Genji Higashiyama-- For an arrogant jock-type, I really liked how sweet Genji was and how the action played out. I feel like the MC and him have a really good and believable rapport, even if they need to communicate more. 
• Kiss of Revenge--MC is after revenge on the hospital that killed her mother.
• *Issei Sezaki-- This story was ON POINT with the drama. There's a beautiful tension as MC works hard to get close to Issei, the son of the hospital director, for her revenge. And of course there's a beautiful internal conflict when she realizes she loves him but that he was the actual surgeon responsible for her mother's death.
  
  Like in some of my other favorites, I liked that MC is a strong character and a respected doctor in her own right. She has her flaws, such as showing too much of her feelings on her face, but she works hard to cover for those and demonstrates her competency as a doctor and humility as a person. Also, because of her focus on her revenge, there's actually some time for a relationship to develop before she and Issei get romantically involved. The first few times Issei shows affection are a little sudden, but in no way detrimental to the story.
  
  I could probably play another character, but I'm a little hesitant. None of the other love interests jumped out to me personally. That, and I like the relationships everyone has in Issei's route too much >,<
• Kiss Me on Clover Hill-- Art school student living with male roommates. 
• Soichi Kiyota-- I remember really liking the route as a story, even if I didn't quite like the characters. That is, I liked the drama with Soichi's father and how everyone tried to help (or avoid) conflict. I liked how they built the relationship and how passionate Soichi was about his dream to be an architect. I even liked the backstory with Soichi's grandfather building the house. But I guess the romance just didn't completely pull at my heartstrings and make me want to read more. I should probably try some of the other characters later. 
• Kissed by the Baddest Bidder-- Hotel employee is sold in an underground auction to her boss's group of friends.  
• Eisuke Ichinomiya--nah, this just pissed me off. To the very end of the main story I can't tell if I'm his convenient coffee-making gofer or his girlfriend.
• Thief X 
• *Takuto Hirukawa-- Takkun was the first otome guy that I really liked....
• Tatsuro Togoshi--Forsaken thought I would like the childhood friend. He's really nice, and I really like him... platonically. (Even though it's cute that they both had/ have crushes on each other as kids)
• Riki Yanase--The drama was well received in Riki's route. Ironically, I ended up liking Takuto a little more because of the crush he develops on MC in Riki's route.
• Hiro Sarashina--I was actually really disappointed by Hiro's route because I really enjoyed the childish playfulness of his character from the other routes. But his actual route felt like just a lot of Hiro dragging MC-san around. I don't quite remember how they fall in love....
• My Forged Wedding-- Pretend to be with (and actually live with) someone you just met. 
• *Yuta Kajima-- I took a long time deciding which character to read in My Forged Wedding. All of the guys all seemed to have their pros and cons and I was just really indecisive. I decided on Yuta after seeing snippets of their interactions from his view in one of the side stories.
  
   Yuta is just a bundle of fun and even if some of the Fukumini jokes aren't actually that funny, I had a lot of fun with this route and with him. As a couple, MC and Yuta just fall into the couple mentality of living together without thinking about it too much, and how encouraging he is. I was really moved by this one, especially when Mashiro, Yuta's comedy partner, tells them to stop the fake wife act. When the same conflict comes up with MC's dad, I was just as sad for them.
  
  The only complaint I have for this route is that Yuta basically proposes to MC 3 times: once in the beginning for the fake-wife deal, then again when he asks her to be his girlfriend officially, then again when they actually get married. It was definitely thrilling, but a little confusing. And....ok I thought the play in Paris being redone for the MC was kinda unbelievable. But they can have otome game luck simply because it makes for some great sappy scenes. Definitely one of my favorites. I may try some of the other routes too. 
• My Sweet Bodyguard--bodyguard and defended.
• *Hideki Ishigami--I got this route because I really liked Ishigami in Her Love in the Force. MC is an actress in this one and actually puts her skills to good use in helping Ishigami with some of the cases. At some points it seemed a little forced, but compared to how the MC reacts in other otome games, this one was definitely able to seem more composed. Ishigami's workaholic nature is almost endearing--if only it didn't take away so much time from their cute interactions.
• My Wedding and 7 Rings-- grandfather and boss wills that MC marry one of the 7 executives of the company.
• Asahi Kakyouin--Maybe I just don't like rich jerks as much as I thought I would. I was really ok with him until I played Junta and Yamato's route's and found their conversations much kinder. There are some really cute scenes with Asahi though, such as when they run into the lost kid in France or when they work together to make a company proposal.  Also, this was the only route in which the guy resigning from the company makes even a little sense.
• Junta Nikaido-- Of the three, I think Junta's route was my favorite romantically. They have some cute moments together and I like the drama that unfolds with Junta's honey-trapping partner. 
• Yamato Kougami--I think I liked the banter that went with Yamato the most of these three. Maybe it comes from them being old friends, but I liked these guys as friends more than a couple. 
• Our Two Bedroom Story--coworkers living together
• Minato Okouchi--There was awesome drama and some unnecessary alpha-male behavior. It was a good story, but nothing that enticed me to want to know any more.
• Seduced in the Sleepless City-- journalist covering a celebrity.
• *Noel Aijima-- This was just....a really cute route. There is definitely a little drama, but MC-san is really emotionally just there for Noel and doesn't take shit from anyone. Her persistence is actually kind of incredible, second only to her luck. He was cute.
• Scandal in the Spotlight--ghostwriter and band member
• *Takashi Ninagawa-- Man, do not confess to me, let me tell you I love you as well, and then tell me we can't be together because you can't concentrate!! I waited to get this guy's route from all the others and am glad I did. Quiet but sweet, Takashi doesn't really believe in the MC until she proves herself; while I was a little miffed that he seemed to get closer to her just for that, at least the MC gets acknowledgement that way. Once past that though, I was quite charmed by how they work together and care for each other. 
• True Love, Sweet Lies--freelance photographer working with a detective agency.
• Sakuya Nanahoshi--Due to some kind of happy error, I actually got this story for free and it was the first of Voltage stories that I read. After this I also got Takuto from Thief X's main story for free and that was what really got me into otome games. >< From what I remember, Sakuya's route had me constantly thinking "Rely on me more! Rely on your friends more! Stop being so proud...and then possessive...and then sitting there glued to your work without telling people what you're doing!"

HIIIIII + Changes

HELLO EVERYONE!!

Blog address will be changing to www.addaellis.blogspot.com next week! Thanks for continuing to read! <3

Sorry I've been gone for so long without notice! No excuses, only hopes (as usual) that I'll get better at this ><"

I just finished the otome game post--a comprehensive list of the otome games I've played through and some of my thoughts on them. I'm thinking of breaking them into 3-4 posts though, since the entire thing is over 3500 words long O_O

On that note, I'm hoping to divide up posts so that they're shorter. I'll separate my rants about life and reading from actual writing and those from any art that I do. There'll probably be a change to the blog tag structure that will go with it.

I am also going to change the blog address to www.addaellis.blogspot.com from aurasinewindrose.blogspot because my pen name seems more relevant to the blog than a character than hasn't even been written about very much XD. This change should happen sometime around next week. I am unsure if blogger will keep redirecting the old address over, but just in case!

Ok! Hopefully the first part of that otome update will be up over the weekend!

Manga Update

Hello! Yet another update on what I've been reading XD As always, semi-spoilers await. My list of all-time favorites at the bottom!
I'm really brief with some of them because there's a lot and I didn't have much to say about some of them.

My favorites are marked with stars (*).

ARISA (complete)-- I breezed through this a while ago. A dramatic read, but I liked it. The characters made me mad, but I think that was why I enjoyed them so much.

Cage of Eden (complete)--I was inspired to read it because it's a survival, Lord of the Flies-esque premise where a plane crashes on a strange island in the middle of nowhere. It's pretty good as a plot but I can't get over the absolute sexism. Almost every girl exists almost solely as eye candy for the boys, and the few who can stand their own are still inferior to the boys. Absolutely aggravating. Also I didn't really like the flashback ending, even if it answered some questions.

**Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun (ongoing)--I had started this one earlier, didn't really understand it at first and came back and thought it was absolutely hilarious. There's also an anime :D

Good Morning Call (complete)--Cute! I feel like the end is rushed a little, and that made me very disappointed, but otherwise I remember enjoying this one.

High School DxD (ongoing)--I actually caught up on this a while ago but I apparently didn't write about it. Action-packed shounen with magic and school life. The protagonist is strong, and there's a harem thing going on that I found a little awkward because the protagonist's intentions towards half of those girls are pretty platonic. Notwithstanding, great read and I miss reading this one. I heard the anime has gotten further.

*Kimi ni Todoke (ongoing)--I loved the beginning and the development of the main couple! Recently it seems little slowed down but I would definitely still recommend.

Midnight Secretary (complete)-- Forsaken kept talking about vampires so I was like "oh ok, I'll look at this!" It's quite a bit of smut, but still an nice story, and the protagonist is a great secretary X). Vampires and Secretary. No but seriously I respect this protagonist. If only her love interest weren't such an asshole.

**Noragami (ongoing)--shounen, and probably one of my favorite so far. Gods have the ability to take dead spirits as vassals and tools and the god Yato is trying to be a god of fortune despite his destructive nature. There are a lot of puns that are hilarious or insightful once you get the wordplay. (The hardcopy version has pages explaining all the puns and cultural references and I think scans have parts of these or translator comments explaining them.)

Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji (ongoing)--Another one I've been following for a while but didn't write about. I've really liked a few key scenes, but overall the recent mini-situation every chapter isn't captivating me. There might be a scantalating problem too because a few situations seem to build up, and then get randomly immediately resolved.

Real Fake Princess (complete)--Chinese manhua about a princess being reinstated into her birthrank while dealing with the ridiculous requests of her brother the Emperor. I appreciated the ridiculousness of the Emperor actually. While I didn't find the romance particularly reasonable and didn't like the protagonist very much, I do like the story and the art.

Zetsuen no Tempest (ongoing)--Really mind-blowing trains of thought.

UPDATES on manga previously mentioned:

Hirunaka no Ryuusei (Daytime Shooting Star) is COMPLETE! Personally I enjoyed the ending and my ship sailed XD.

TOP FAVORITES FOR MANGA, including ongoing:
I include everything except CardCaptor Sakura and Bakuman because those would dominate every list ever, in manga or anime. (Side note, :D) I have also left the Ability Shop out of this list because it is a oneshot; it would however, make this top list somewhere.

1. Skip Beat
2. Noragami
3. Fairy Tail
4. Last Game
5. Watashi wa xx Shinasai 
6. Witch Hunter
7. Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu
8. Daytime Shooting Star
9. Kare Kano

And while I'm talking about stuff to read/ watch, AVENGERS!!!!!!! Age of Ultron was amazing and the action was incredible and the feels and synergy was spectacular. My only complaint is now I have to wait until they make Avengers 3 to see what happens next >:(