{"id":155,"date":"2009-01-08T10:44:11","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T02:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.punkednoodle.com\/champloo\/?p=155"},"modified":"2010-01-15T08:18:10","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T00:18:10","slug":"2008-was-all-about-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.punkednoodle.com\/champloo\/2009\/01\/08\/2008-was-all-about-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"2008 was all about Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kami<\/p>\n

Hrmm… a little late, but it’s better late than never! \\o\/<\/p>\n

This year, rather than talking about the animes I’ve seen and loved this year, I’d share to you one of the best things I’ve had for a year.<\/p>\n

I’ve always been hesitant to buy manga magazines. I think for the longest time, I’ve been pondering over subscribing to Shounen Sunday or Shounen Jump. For a while, I even pondered about subscribing to Kiss. Somehow, I never really had the chance to subscribe even if I was actually interested in it. Until last year, when a little trip to the grocery store got me wondering if I could actually get a subscription locally.<\/p>\n

When 2008 started, I realized that a local Japanese Grocery store ((For Metro Manila residents, this is Yamazaki, the Japanese Grocery store near Makati Cinema Square)) carried the magazine, Morning<\/a>. Now, I’ve been eternally curious about Morning since Ed from Mangacast spoke highly of it. More so, a couple of titles I’ve been interested in were running there, such as Kami no Shizuku and Kinou Nani Tabeta. It wasn’t my usual cup of tea (really, I was more interested in Shounen Jump), but I thought I’d give it a shot. So I bought a copy. The next thing I know, I was already asking the manager if I can get a subscription.<\/p>\n

Sure, Morning doesn’t have the most popular titles among kids but it does have a great array of reads that I did not expect. It ranges from the unexpectedly cute with Chi’s Sweet Home<\/em> to the intense Zipang<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 As I flip through the pages, I fell in love more and more with the magazine, unexpectedly drawn to read stories that I’d probably wouldn’t give a second look if I was browsing a shelf. And for this I’m grateful for the magazine. Morning has nice stories to tell and if I hadn’t read the magazine, I wouldn’t know how wonderful these stories are.<\/p>\n

In a year, I found myself enjoying a couple of titles. Here’s a rundown of my favorites currently running in the magazine.<\/p>\n