You should read Watase's "Imadoki" XD I don't think it's a sad one if I remember correctly, but Absolute Boyfriend was a total bummer in the end. Fushigi Yuugi though wasn't a HUGE bummer in the end, but so many of my favorite people died in the meantime that I didn't even care about the ending anymore XD (Who cares about Miaka, really? "TAMAHOME~~~~>__<")faith wrote:I read zettai kareshi, forgetting that Watase Yuu's stuff always makes me wanna cry for a few days after reading it.
Now I'm sad.
Currently reading:
Fixing the Game: Bubbles, Crashes, and What Capitalism can Learn from the NFL by Roger L. Martin
http://www.amazon.com/Fixing-Game-Bubbl ... 422171647/
It's really good and easy to read and, on top of all my other readings, it's making me think differently about the purpose of companies, in a good way. He also puts things in simple terms so, as someone who's not THAT great at the lingo yet, it's really good. He also ties in the NFL very well, and as someone who doesn't know much about football, it's been eye-opening. He too goes against the prevailing theory/motto of shareholder value being the #1 important thing for a company, a theory that only came around in the 1980s. Richard asked what book I had in my hand and when he looked at the cover he did a double take and then flipped it over and asked, "What class is this for? *__*"
It's for my "Doing Well by Doing Good" entrepreneurship class!
Coming Up:
Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business
http://www.amazon.com/Conscious-Capital ... 625271751/
Finished:
The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge.
http://www.amazon.com/Company-History-R ... 004SOVAL2/
It's a great short book about the history of the company, going back to the ancient Sumerian days, to the Romans, to the Chinese, to the British companies, to the American industrialists (my favorites), etc. It was written in 2003 so it's interesting to see how the authors predicted what the next few years would look like. It also goes over how the thinking about the corporate purpose changed and ways companies were managed (like Sloanism.)
It's a good book if you want to know about the history! But if you want more in depth reasons as to why things happened this won't really give you that. So it's a good starting point to see what you're interested in!
The Shareholder Value Myth: How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public by Lynn Stout
http://www.amazon.com/Shareholder-Value ... 605098132/
I really like this one and it's also short and easy to read and overall I agree with what she says!