Winter Vacation

I am currently restructuring my bookshelf to fit more manga than it has ever fitted before. It also gives me more "desk" space.

I recently bought the whole Kodocha series from BookOff and reread it. And then... I decided to reread Deep Clear (Honey BitterxKodomo no Omocha spinoff). And so obviously I have re-fallen in love with Sana and Akito, Naozumi breaks my heart, and I wish there was more.

The Reading Wishlist

There are some official American releases of manga that I would like to read (whether it be buying or borrowing) one day.

• Yakitate!! Japan by Takeshi Hashiguchi
• Natsume's Book of Friends by Yuki Midorikawa
• Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi
• W Juliet by Emura

Shiny Shiny Feels~

7 manga in total!! Lots of fun~

Narukou Skiikubu by Emi Fujino
Hirunaka no Ryuusei v6 by Mika Yamamori
Brave 10 S v3 by Kairi Shimotsuki
Toraware no Yajuutachi by Kiyoko Arai

Back covers!! Ohhh, scandalous, some of them~

Ootagawa Junjou Lovers by Akira Ozaki
P to JK by Maki Miyoshi
Saredo Itoshii Hibi by Aya Nakahara

Back covers!! These are super cute~<3 br="">

Should Have Treated You Better

Heh heh. I just love AJ's face in this album cover. So sweet and happy :'D Anyway, I love the song as well. Super catchy. Listen to it if you get the chance.

I also bought a bunch of May 7th Manga Releases!

• Strobe Edge 4 by Sakisaka Io
• Otomen 15 by Aya Kanno
• Bakuman 19 by youknowwho
• Pokemon Adventures 16 by youknowwho

By the way, all of these manga were bought at lower than cover price values online. Go ahead and check 'em out. It's pretty great =] You can also snag 'em on Amazon too if you'd prefer.
Fun!! I need a day to buy all my Japanese manga~

Marching Manga

Here's some recent stuff I bought lately =]

• Oresama Teacher 13
• Strobe Edge 3
• Bakuman 18
• Various Yotsuba&! volumes

Final Manga Binge Purchase Until AX 2013!

So I've decided that today I'm going to do my last manga binge purchase (from Amazon) until July. The only purchases I'll be making after this will be for Hirunaka no Ryuusei and stuff that's on sale in Barnes&Noble because I have gift cards to burn there P:

So I bought a total of 9 tanks...

• Strobe Edge Volume 2
• Oresama Teacher Volume 12
• Otomen Volume 14
• Bakuman Volumes 9-10
• Love * Com Volume 11
• Ballad of a Shinigami Volumes 1-3

Now I need to be patient and wait until Anime Expo and hope to fully update my Bakuman collection ^^ I'll probably buying Pokemon Adventure Boxsets from Barnes&Nobles because it's pretty cheap, but later xD I spent a lot of my birthday money on the above purchase, so... yeah!

This'll be a true test of patience...

What the Games!?

Like woah! Can I totally update my wishlist?? Haha. There are some really awesome sounding games that I totally want to get now. Like uhh... first of all, I totally want a PS Vita now. That way I can get my hands on, let's see, PERSONA 4: THE GOLDEN? Yes sir! And then there's this other game I just looked at that looks really cool... Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward. Plus there's a sort of pre-cursor game called 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors for the DS.

By the way, I also snagged the first 5 volumes of Penguin Revolution from BookOff. Sakura Tsukuba is one of my favorite authors, and I've only now decided that it would be a good idea to start buying her series :| ... Well, the company who published them before is out of business, so it's going to be hard to get a complete set (especially the last few volumes as usual). This means I'm going to start investing in The Land of the Blindfolded soon.

Some Very Pretty Manga

Here are some pictures of manga that I have bought and have arrived this month =]
The first three pictures consist of the same manga shot from three different angles.

Oresama Teacher by Izumi Tsubaki (V.7, 10, 11)
Strobe Edge by Io Sakisaka (V.1)
Soul Eater NOT! by Atsushi Ohkubo (V.2)
Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma (V.11)

In this picture, are the Japanese manga that I bought through Kuroneko's piggy-back service =] What you can see here are:

Love Com TWO by Aya Nakahara
Sukitte Iwaseru Houhou by Masami Nagata (V.2)

I also bought this wonderful tank from Sanseido in Mitsuwa Marketplace.

Hirunaka no Ryuusei by Mika Yamamori (V.4)

I think I also bought High School Debut volume 12, Love Com volume 10 and Chocolat (Manhwa) volume 6 this month as well... but I forgot to take a picture of them. Oh well, whatever~ I'll take a picture when I have the complete set :'D

Double Yen Press!

My copies of Soul Eater Not! 2 and Yotsuba&! 11 came in today, they are thick little buggers. I'm very excited 8D That's my treat for the day.

Have a happy time, guys!

Natsume is Awesome!

I'm reading Natsume's Book of Friends and I'm loving it so much more than I thought I would.
I'm really tempted to buy my own copies (but that's about the same as everything else I buy, so...)

I also have [re]read La Corda d'oro up to volume 15. So I'm just waiting to get ahold of my Library copy of volume 16 and finish off a lovely series =] I must say, I'm not a fan of the new Linden Hall Aria (or something similiar) spin off based on the extra story in the La Corda volumes. That oneshot was really messy for my tastes, too much happening.

And for November, I have without a doubt went on a shopping spree for manga. Especially because the first volume of Strobe Edge is out!! Plus my favorite character in Oresama Teacher makes his debut in the upcoming volumes :'D Hirunaka no Ryuusei also released just recently, so I'm eager to get my hands on that too!! Lots of manga to buy, I can't wait (but then again, I don't have much money either...) So I have to wait.

Anyway, I have a new phone, so I should be able to take pictures and make the blog prettier and more girly~

Checking Out the Library

First of all, "The Mark of Athena" and Bakuman 15 came in the mail today, so I'm very pleased =]

Second of all, I've got a list of manga that I'd like to read, buuuut... not too sure I'm all hyped up to buy just yet. Plus I don't really want to read them online since we've got a licensed version... so why not?? I'm going to be checking them out in the library like I used to (when the library was in walking distance back in the day...)

Here are some series that I'm talking about:

• La Corda d'oro
  Since all the volumes (except for the extra volume 17...) are published!
• Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
  I would like to read this new version... in its manga entirety.
• Arisa
  I buy a lot of Natsumi Ando's U.S. licenses, but not this one. Reading the library editions might inspire me to purchase it later if I really like it. It's 10 volumes long, soo...
• Skip Beat!
  I just like occasionally updating myself on this series and see if anything's happened yet lol
• Kamisama Kiss
  I love Julietta Suzuki as an author, even though I always have mixed feelings about the topics she writes about lol
• The 39 Clues (Not a manga, but...)

Some Beautiful Manga

I'd like to say first of all, I'm discovering some AWESOME new songs that's hard to---STOP GIRL, in the name of loooove~ Uhh... what? Haha, U-Kiss's new single "Stop Girl" is pretty FANtastic. Listen to it. I'm warming up to these boys, although it might be because of Kevin's sweet voice.

Anywho, I'm purchasing up a storm of manga again! What arrived in the mail this month were...

• The Magic Touch Volume 9
• Love * Com Volumes 12-14
• Oresama Teacher Volumes 1-4
• Soul Eater Not! Volume 1
• Otomen Volume 13

They're all VERY good stuff. And I actually should be expecting "The Day of Revolution" in my mailbox within a week ^^

I'm not going to talk about how Amazon trolled me badly (because it was partly due to my carelessness as well), but uhhh... yeah, I also bought some goodies from Omari's Sisters stuff sale :'D

I'm really happy about Oresama, guys...

Plus, there are some GOOD manga coming at me in the beginning of next month (not to mention an anime premiere of one of my treasured manga series!)

Otomen v01 ch01 Summary

Well, I know Otomen is an incredible adorable gem, but scanlators only got to a couple chapters before it got licensed in English. So I'm definitely no translator, but I can at least share some of the love with you other aspiring Otomen fans!

I don't really know what chapters/volumes other people have already summarized, so I'll just start at the beginning until people ask for certain chapters/volumes. I might switch between the beginning and the place where scanlators left off though... tell me what you think! If you like it, feel free to request any particular chapter that you want to know about! I have volumes 1-13 in English =]

Follow along with the Japanese raws! I put the page numbers and some pictures in between to help you keep track of where you are :'D

Otomen by Aya Kanno [summaries]

[summary from VIZ Shojo Beat] Asuka Masamune is a guy who loves girly things--sewing, knitting, making cute stuffed animals and reading shojo comics. But in a world where boys are expected to act manly, Asuka must hide his beloved hobbies and play the part of a masculine jock instead. Ryo Miyakozuka, on the other hand, is a girl who can't sew or bake a cake to save her life. Asuka finds himself drawn to Ryo, but she likes only the manliest of men! Can Asuka ever show his true self to anyone, much less to the girl that he's falling for?

[volume 1] one, two, three, four
[volume 2] five, six, seven, eight
[volume 3] nine, ten, eleven, twelve
[volume 4] thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen
[volume 5] seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty
[volume 6] twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four
[volume 7] twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight
[volume 8] twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two
[volume 9] thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six
[volume 10] thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty
[volume 11] forty-one, forty-two, forty-three, forty-four
[volume 12] forty-five, forty-six, forty-seven, forty-eight
[volume 13] forty-nine, forty-fifty, fifty-one, fifty-two
[volume 14] releases in English on January 1st, 2013
[volume 15] releases in English on May, 2013
[volume 16] releases in English on August, 2013
[volume 17] last volume

Making Plans for Buying Comics!

My plan of attack involves getting most of my Bakuman, Oresama Teacher and Yotsuba&!? volumes from Anime Expo 2013. There are usually some pretty nice discounts for NEW books at Anime Expo to try and get you to buy the manga there. The first time I went there, it was 30% off your entire purchase, so I just snagged the rest of my Spiral collection from there ;D The used books booths usually have 50% off, which is nice, but it's hard to find newer series there. Most of the titles are obscure of have been out for a long time in America (ie. Naruto, Bleach, Skip Beat). I will buy Strobe Edge, Pokemon Adventures DPP, Soul Eater Not! and Otomen as they come out (most likely in Barnes&Nobles where I can get a discount on them). Anything else, I'll probably just find cheap used copies online or at BookOff ^___^

This gets even better. So lots of the series I'm collecting at the moment are coming to an end in America! They include Bakuman, Otomen and also Chocolat (manhwa).

• Bakuman ends in 20 volumes.
  I've got about 6 non-consecutive volumes at the moment.
  VIZ's Shonen Jump is releasing every month until they hit the last two volumes. Then they'll wait a month for those two, I believe. That's fine with me. By the time Anime Expo hits, I think it might actually finish.
  Sooo... that means, if I don't find anymore volumes in the next 10 months (I'm sure I will lol) At 30% off an entire purchase, it'll cost me $90.90, plus potential tax, so that sound round up to about $100 for 13 volumes. Not bad, but I could probably do better lol.
  I should be finished with this series before the end of 2013
• Otomen seems like it's ending with 17 volumes in Japan.
  Volume 13 is on the way for me, that means there's only 4 volumes left to buy if that's true.
  American releases of Otomen are pretty much caught up, the 14th volume is already listed for New Years. That's about a 4 month delay, and I expect it to be the same for the rest of the volumes. Japan is releasing the 16th volume later THIS month.
  This allll means that I should be done with this series by the start of 2014 =]
• Chocolat will be done by the end of 2012, I don't think I need to say much about this LOL

 I hope that next year, I'll hear some nice new licensing agreements! I would love to hear if VIZ is planning to do the HGSS arc after they finish DPP and Platinum, because they're finally caught up in publishing the volumes in Japan. My other hopeful is a RE-license of Gakuen Alice because that's on it's last arc in Japan, and it's one of my favorite and most precious series! Oh yes, and with the coming of Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun's anime in October and success on the Oricon manga charts, I WISH that Kodansha USA would publish it in English! That would seriously be awesome.

If I hear some news about a licensing of new works from Natsuki Takaya, Aya Nakahara, Kawahara Kazune, Izumi Tsubaki and Sakisaka Io... I will be SOOOO excited!

My final hope is that Yen Press will be able to pick up a nice new manhwa title or two next year! It's tough getting a license for Korean comics because their industry isn't as stable as Japan's comic industry. Often, series get cut left and right, plus they're only starting to get a little popular. Manhwa (currently) has a certain taste to it that's a little different than Japanese manga that caters to a whole assortment of people.

So... there are my hopes! =]

M-M-Margaret~!

Someone just got their hands on February's issue of TheMargaret!!
It has TONS of oneshots in it, (over 1000 pages of it) and I LOOOOVE looking at it!!
Yup, LOOKING, since I can't read Japanese. BUUUUTSTILLWHATTHEHEY!? It makes me happy 8D Since it's an old issue, I bought it at BookOff for $4.50! I saw it last time, but I didn't buy it and I regretted it deeply... So since it was still there, I decided to make a home for it ^___^b

My lovely best friend who took me to BookOff, beforehand took me to Mitsuwa Supermarket, which had Sanseido Bookstore! SOOOO OF COURSE, I BOUGHT HIRUNAKA NO RYUUSEI VOLUME 2!! HOOOORAAAAY!! And it's SOOOOOOOOOOO awesome!! I love it (even though I can't read it) 8D<3

I'll take some picture and post them up when I get home-home 8D... One day.

More Borders Purchases!!

Wow... bought some more stuff 70% off, it only gets better, really XD Haha, yeah, so now I'm trying to make some sort of investment off TokyoPop books (so I can use the money to buy other manga @__@ or whatnot.)

It should be interesting if I actually sell anything. A link to my Amazon Seller's account dacatmango. There's not much in the inventory, but there it is.

Some things I bought for myself were Bakuman V.3, High School Debut V.2-3 and Love.com V.15-16. It was really cheap... there was no point in buying it .___. Now I kinda want buy whole series (USED PRICES THOUGH!!) Such a mangaholic :\

Mangaholic Shopping Again

Ehhhh.... buying so much manga as of late. First, Barnes&Noble with their tempting coupons and already discounted prices online (plus I have a membership to utilize). Then, Amazon, since I have that Prime trial... and that buy 3, get the 4th free thing... And finally, Borders going out of business (this is the sixth week, I believe) and it's fantastic discounts on manga @____@

I am OVERWHELMED with my new surge in manga. I'm trying VEERY hard not to read them all at once and forget my school assignments. Here's the stash thus far...

Barnes&Noble

• 13th Boy V.7 - $8.79 w/tax (Original - $11.99)

Amazon

• Otomen V.1 - FREE (Original - $8.99)
• Otomen V.2 - $8.99 (Original Price)
• Otomen V.3 - $6.49 w/S&H (Original - $8.99)
• Otomen V.4 - $9.99 (Original Price)
• Otomen V.5 - $9.99 (Original Price)

Borders

• Otomen V.9 - $4.99 w/out tax added (Original - $9.99) Only volume they had, might as well get it while it's cheap :)
  
• Yotsuba&! V.7 - $1.20 w/out tax added (Original - $10.99) What a steal!!!

You gotta love a book store that's going out of business!! Some great steals there!! I'm waiting even longer hoping for more discounts.

RAGE!

I want a new series to buy, and there are many I'm interested in, but there's always something stopping me T___T

Magical JxR - Udon Entertainment stopped publishing RIGHT before the last volume. RAGEQUIT OTL I'm crying, so hard... in the inside right now. It looks really good... really good...

Pokemon Adventures - VIZ has a crappy version. It just doesn't float my boat editing out parts from the original manga like. LAME-O's D: And there's no way of getting it from Chuang-Yi at a reasonable price, I assure you that much...

On a side note. Finally bought the rest of the volumes for Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning P:

April 2011 Purchases

So recently I bought...

• Gakuen Alice Volume 16
• 13th Boy Volume 4
• 13th Boy Volume 5
• Very! Very! Sweet!! Volume 5
• Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna Volume 9
• Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna Volume 10
• Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna Volume 11
• Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna Volume 12
  

I've only read Very! Very! Sweet!! Volume 5 so far because 13th Boy Volume 4 hasn't arrived yet :\ And Gakuen Alice Volume 15... well, I was being a stupid head and ordered it alongside a book that isn't released until the beginning of MAY. Haha, smart...

On a side note, I am lovin' Persona 3 Portable... :'D<3

[Update 4.29]
My best friend's friend was selling her manga for $5 each and when she mentioned Spiral was on the list, I tackled volumes 9-12. I've received volumes 10-12 so far, and she's still looking for volume 9. I'm glad a waited, this was such a great deal :'D Too bad I didn't like the other series she had (or I already owned)