No3ljm I can relate.
Gave up on Shirow San a long time ago, even though Appleseed was a major factor in my manga , Anime craze (aside from Macross / gundam)
Appleseed was pretty epic for its time..
Macross is pretty much all I read/watch now & my boy is finally getting old enough to watch with me& play with his first 1/65 VF-17 haha
Hkj just shipped no6 ..so I'm stoked!