> Well, the manga ended early in 1996, nominally with the March 6,1996
> issue of Shonen Sunday. (Actual street dates vary from the date
> printed on the issue, I forget how much. A friend who went out to
> the Japanese bookstore regularly picked up the issue.)
>
> But, it was becoming evident that the end was near, sometime before
> that, so you might describe late 1995 as "the manga was ending", too.
> Do you recall the month, or should we search the archives...
>
> The ML was rather more active, with a couple of people posting summaries
> and comments on the chapters as Shonen Sunday came out.
>
> I hadn't been on very long myself, I think I started late summer,
> early fall 1995. I have my post starting the OCS from October 1995.
>

A quick check of the archives says my first post was Feb 23, 1995. I've
always been an on again, off again lurker, so I'm not sure that counts. :)

Kahm