I will say, I agree with Faust too. If two titles have equally intriguing sounding stories, but the characters from one look better than the other, I’ll more likely pick that one up first. For example, I will say, I really like Shikagi Nagi’s style of bishoujo drawing. (At least I hope that’s how it’s spelled.) Her “girl-next-door” is just on the mark. So, I picked up Snow Drop because of the story, and also gained a new artist that I like too. So, one of the big factors for me pre-ordering Little My Maid was that I found out that Shikagi Nagi did the artwork for it.
For a 2nd example, I thought both Mahoromantic and Ai Yori Aoshi had very enjoyable sounding storylines. But… Aoi just looked so much prettier on the cover than Mahoro did. So I ended up getting Ai Yori Aoshi first.
[This message has been edited by Mike Thomas (edited 05-05-2003).]