This will mostly hold reviews/reactions of manga, real books and scanlations, that I have read. 75% of which are yummy, yummy yaoi.
There will also be rants and raves about anime and life in general...

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Thursday, new manga day!

So.... yeah.... I didn't do my review.... I had a... um... visitor and wasn't feeling well >>
I doubt that I will be able to this weekend because I shall be repairing my pc... one of my 500 gb hard disks died... all the stuff I downloaded ;.;
I need to fix my other 500 gb hard disk coz it's starting to act the same way the other one did right before it died. It's funny since this other one was actually the first one to act screwy, but it's still alive now, barely.

Anyway, on to the manga!
I got 3 BL and 2 slashy/bishieful ^.^

The BL....
In the Walnut vol 2, I know I have volume 1... somewhere.... yup, I do. I marked that I owned it on amazon.
In The Walnut vol 2

The first volume of Seven Days!!!!
Seven Days: Monday - Thursday
Need, need, neeeeeeeeeed volume 2!!!!

This wasn't on the upcoming list, but it was slated to come out Sept 28, and it did. Which is a bit of a surprise since when Blu's releases aren't on the upcoming list, they aren't released.
Baseball Heaven
This is a side story of Gokuraku Cafe, which I have the scanlation of and liked. Just a bit sad coz I Gokuraku didn't have smutt... so I assume this one won't either *sniffle*

The slashable...

Pet Shop of Horrors vol 7

I looooooooooooooooove Count D. I have the all of the volumes of the first series, and of course I plan on collecting the all of the Tokyo series (Shin series in the Japanese version)
I know I should have waited for this to come out at the other bookstore, but it's just hard to resist Count D.
I really really love the manga, the anime was pretty... so-so... 


Mad Love Chase vol 4

I started reading this as a scan, didn't really finish it. I'm not even sure if the scanlation was completed o.o
This was released a whole month ago, and I finally got it at the more expensive shop because I couldn't find it in any of the branches of the other shop I go to... but hey, they were on sale (still more expensive than the other shop...)

Upcoming books:
  • the Chobits omnibus 2 was moved to next week, published by Dark Horse
  • the re-release of Kizuna, but June says it's already available at akadotretail.com... though I doubt it... I wish they'd fix the release dates of their manga. I do have the first 6 released by BeBeautiful, so I'm thinking whether I'll buy these or not since they're kinda expensive US$19.95. I hope they don't stop it from being sold here like they did Viewfinder and Tyrant (STILL WANT THIS!!!)
  • Stay Close to Me (Japanese title Soba ni Oitene), this one I want... it's about a guy who wants to be the perfect wife/princess for his prince. They do feel the same way for each other, and they kinda know it. The stories are about the people around them that mess up their relationship a bit... it's really cute, but there's no smutt!!! This was done by the same mangaka that did Tea for Two, which I also loved.






I have been watching a new series.... it's called Hoarders or Hoarding: Buried Alive, I'm not really sure if it's the same. It's about people who just... hoard stuff. 
I have this thing that I "collect" things that interest me. I used to collect VCDs, I had almost 1000 at it's peak, but now there are only about 600 left as I have sold some of them. And I plan on selling all of them... eventually. 
After the VCDs, I collected hamster stuff, coz I took care of 2 teddy bear hamsters, which grew to 8 and they all needed houses of their own or they'd kill each other. I have the scars on my fingers from the time I had to separate 2 of the boys... They're all dead now, and I'm trying to stop myself from buying new hamsters again 'cause taking care of them was expensive since I always go all out when I buy stuff for them. Toys, food, vitamins, houses and their extensions. And... I was really depressed when they died...
Now, I collect my nummy nummy man smutt. There's nothing wrong with that, right? But... I also have this tendency to buy a series, any series, with 2 to 5 volumes that I know is complete, even if I know that I won't be reading it anytime soon. At least, the stories are something that I am interested in. I almost bought the omnibus of Venus Versus Virus, cause I thought it was complete, but I found out it wasn't, so I put it back.
The only thing that separates me from those on the show is that I can throw away trash, and I do clean up once in a while. It's just that I need more than a weekend to do something about my manga and other books.
They did say that we are all hoarders, we just have different degrees of it. 

Okay, this is it for now. See you next post :)

Thursday, September 23, 2010

New manga day!

I have been a naughty, naughty closet keeper... I shall submit myself into the hands of my closet bishies later ;)

Anyway....
Today I got
Love Potion
Released later than scheduled. And had no scanlations.... but I did like the other stories the mangaka wrote, so I hope I will enjoy this one as well... 
And...
Cool/Uncool
Released earlier than scheduled... YAAAAAAAAAAY!
This was scanlated and was so cute! The seme had a real shallow hangup, but they got over that in the end ^.^

I also got this...
Bunny Drop vol 2
just coz I got the first one... it sounds interesting, but it's still ongoing, so I doubt that I will continue to collect the series. Even if it is highly rated on manga updates

I also got this..
Spy vs. Spy mini kit
I used to love reading their adventures in MAD magazine, but I can't seem to find it any more... I got it for a more expensive price!!! nu fair >.<

Hopefully this weekend will give me more time to review something again... I've half of what I bought the last time, which is a miracle in itself... Among those that I've read was Cafe Latte Rhapsody, which I really wanted ever since I got the scans. I was pleasantly surprised that the scans weren't complete! There were 2 after stories, which was more like just 1 chapter, of the cute couple!
This might be the next one I review...

Supposedly coming next week:


so.... this is it for now. It's almost midnight and I still have work tomorrow... 

Thursday, September 16, 2010

New manga day!


I got all the manga listed in the previous post plus one more!
Tale of a White Night

Description from amazon
Living spirits called "oni," and demons, death, and reincarnation are some of the themes in these creepy tales.
...mmmmmmmmm.... that's all I needed to sell this title to me.... I love horror/suspense manga, it's perfect for the coming Halloween.... ^_^

I will post more about the manga I've bought this week as well as those that I got last week...
Next week, there is only one, so far, that is supposed to be released that I'm really looking forward to...
Seven Days vol 1

... again, I've read the scans, and I want to know what happens next!
I really REALLY neeeeeeeeeed the next volume, and it's NOT listed in June's website!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! >.<


Ok... as much as I want to write all about the manga that I've bought and all the manga that I want, I can't 'cause I'm running a checkdisk on one of my hard disks, and it's making my pc hang... hang... hang... *kicks*. I've had it running for 4 days straight now... hopefully it'll be done tomorrow and I can post properly...

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Coming this week...

Of the manga that I listed as upcoming, most were in the list of which manga were going to be arriving at the store this week... of course, no Viewfinder... bleh... even if it is in the list of the actual manga that are going to be released this week... double bleh...

I was really looking forward to Desire Sensibility, since it was in the list of manga to be released this week, but my store didn't have it. Instead it had the second volume of Maiden Rose, which is also good and I also have the first volume...

Manga I reserved for this week are:
  • Cafe Latte Rhapsody - I'm happy that this really was among those released. I've loved the scans, and now I will finally have it in my grasp!
  • Hey Class President vol 3, - there was someone attempting to scanlate this, but I didn't like the way it was done, so I'm glad that the actual volume finally came out!
  • I want to bite - vampire... nummy...
  • Maiden Rose vol 2 - the next volume of the 'adventures' of Klaus and Taki.... this has so much drama...
  • Mysterious Love - Zaou Taishi!!!!
  • Your Love Sickness - come to me my cute little fox demons... >D
I guess I'll have to keep an eye on amazon if Desire was released this week or not... and they finally have Tyrant on stock, but I STILL NEED VOL 2 OF ZE!!!!!

oh... there were 2 books that were not yaoi that I reserved... Dogs vol 4 and Vampire Hunter D Reader's Guide... 

this'll have to do for now, I'm really tired... so tired that I've been ignoring the non capitalization of the first letters of some of my sentences... and usually I am anal about that... just usually

night all

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

New manga

An officemate had to go and buy tickets for the 3D showing of Despicable Me during our lunch break. I went with him coz.... there was a bookstore near the movie theater!!!!

I got 5 manga.
1 yaoi
The third book released in the Gakuen Heaven series

2 bishie-licious
Bishie-ful Alice in Wonderland
I'm still in search of vol 2 of Alice....

Imagine the trouble you can get into in an ALL BOYS SCHOOL!
He just kept.... looking at me from the shelf! I couldn't help but buy it! I might get the whole series of 8 volumes.

1 Horror...
O.o

and 1.... uh.... just because it was released by Doki Doki (related to June and DMP manga)
love his eyes... and his abs
Tomorrow is manga day. There are no new yaoi this week... the one's scheduled this week were moved to next week. I am SOOOOOOOOOO looking forward to some of the manga that I hope will finally be released

  • Cafe Latte Rhapsody - I was fortunate enough to get the scanlation for this... it is just so cute!!! Funny that amazon says it's going to be released December... I hope not, I want this now! It's not that smutty, but I still want it...
  • Cool/Uncool - got the scans, liked it, even though it was another high school love thing... the story was still cute. I'll still get it. Must support the yaoi love!
  • Desire Sensibility - call center yaoi ^_^ . I got the scans, and it was nice and funny. 
  • Garden Sky - I dunno about this one coz no one scanned it... I already bought a manga that wasn't scanned and really really regretted it... OOOOOOOOOOOH! Same mangaka as Alcohol, Shirt and Kiss! I liked that manga! even if I don't remember the story right now...
  • Hey Class President vol 3, Kokusai finally realized he's in love with Kaga!!!
  • I want to bite - novel about a vampire! Art by Kawai Chigusa, she drew La Esperanca and Alice the 101st, I THINK I have this Alice manga too because it was released by Doki Doki, not sure though...
  • Love Potion - no scan, but I do have a few scans by the mangaka, Fujii Sakuya, and I liked them 
  • Mysterious Love - Zaou Taishi... no brainer... I'm getting it. I did get the scans and it's funny!
  • Your Love Sickness - I got the scans, but it wasn't complete! I'll FINALLY know how it'll end.
  • Finder - no link cause there was no picture, not just because I'm pissed that we're not getting it here in my country.......  *sulks* 
Those are all June... oh... cept for Hey Class Pres, it's released by 801.

I just saw Tyrant's amazon page... it says it hasn't been released yet... strange o.o

and finally.... a scanlation group just announced that they were served with a cease and desist by Libre... not a good sign :(

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Scarlet by Madarame Hiro

I might as well do this while I'm still up, no?



Title: Scarlet
Mangaka: Madarame Hiro
Genre: Yaoi, Drama
Status: Licensed by BLU (again... their site isn't up to date, but you can view their previous releases), here it  is on TokyoPop 

Story: There are 3 couples in this manga. 
The first couple, the first 2 chapters and the ones on the cover are Akio and Ryou(the blonde guy). Their story is a bit... strange, to say the least. It starts with Akio feeling sorry for Ryou, because he was always alone, since the other students were kinda intimidated by his looks. Then eventually they get into a sexual relationship. But Ryou still kept saying yes to every girl that approached him (stupid Ryou...), until one girl finally tried to get them to part ways. This is where the rape comes in. Things do eventually work out... kinda... They even live together at the end. But like I said, they have a weird relationship.
Akio and Ryou
The second couple, and my favorite, Harumi and Toki. Their story takes up the next 2 chapters of the manga. 
They are both office workers in the same company. Harumi, the smaller guy, has always been looking at Toki during the mornings in the elevator. Since Harumi was gay, and he thought himself to be plain and dull, he looked really different during the day than he was at night. One day (or night), Toki gets taken to a gay bar by his friends, and it happens that Harumi was there. As Toki was leaving, Harumi gathered up all his courage to chase Toki and ask him to have sex with him, to which Toki actually says yes!
For Harumi, what happened was a one night stand, but Toki seemed to have developed feelings for Harumi, and finally noticed that someone was looking at him in the elevator during the morning... So now, it's Toki's turn to try to convince the shy Harumi to be his lover... 

Harumi and Toki
The third couple, in the last chapter, are Naoki and Keito. Naoki is a gloomy stalker who confessed his feelings to the ever so popular Keito. Keito being a pretty free-spirited guy, accepts. They eventually live together, but Keito often wonders why he's been staying with an emo guy for so long (1 year) and decides to break up with him. This leads him to think back to the things that have happened between them and finds that he has fallen madly in love with Naoki.
Naoki and Keito

Art: The art is beautiful, but it took me some time to actually appreciate it. I kinda find their necks too long
The chibis are pretty cute
The three chibi couples. Scarlet extra.
but the deformed characters are... uh... you decide
Akio and Ryou. Read the manga to see what's actually going on in the pic >D
Review: Akio and Ryou's story is very dramatic. I really hated the girl that tried to tear them apart... and I hated it that Ryou was so weak... I wish some background was given as to why he was like that. He was not just clingy, but extremely stalkerish. He's lucky Akio seems not to mind, and even thinks that he's blessed that he's loved that much.
Harumi and Toki. I really liked them for some reason. Their story is so sweet. Harumi did annoy me for a while, but it's all good in the end.
Keito and Naoki. Their story is cute. Keito complains a lot how Naoki is unable to do things himself and acts like he doesn't care most of the time. But he enjoys taking care of Naoki and really dotes on him.
I would like to know more about all three couples and I was kinda hoping that Yamamoto, Akio's friend, had a story of his own... I liked him.
Yamamoto


I don't think there was any real censorship here, mainly because you couldn't see their d*cks. The sex scenes were really erotic and sensual which made me not mind that THAT part of their anatomy was missing.

Overall: If you don't mind the rape, which really didn't go on that long, this manga is really good and is a must have for any yaoi collector. The storylines aren't that typical for this genre and the art is nice. So... GO BUY IT NOW!

Thanks to the scanlation, I really really really wanted this manga, like I said the story isn't that common, and the characters aren't that bad to look at.

I tried to tell more of the story without giving too much. Hope I succeeded... I need more practice and I need to do this at a more decent hour (it's 4:31 am now)

Sale fail

So... I wasn't able to get any manga at the sale, but I did get a book of real ghost stories, The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies graphic novel.

...okay... I just saw the preview of the pride and prejudice and zombies gn... it looks... interesting o.o
I've seem to be reading too much japanese styled manga... I was reading the gn the wrong way and I was wondering why it didn't make sense :/

Neil Gaiman's Sandman series is going to made into a TV series... I wonder if I'm going to be able to read the graphic novels before the TV series comes out.... hmmmmmmmmm...
I know this isn't yaoi... but I'm attracted to Sandman for some reason, it was intensfied when I saw the bookends, with Death, and the sandman collector figure... He looks scary o.o;;
Sandman and Death bookends

I've been thinking about buying Absolute Death. I think she's beautiful, but when I think about the manga I still need to buy, she just loses out :(

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Welcome my cute uke >D

I'd also like to welcome my co-author/contributor Bishounen Prince...
now there's someone ALMOST as perverted as me.... ^_^

Thursday, new manga day!

So far so good... no 'removal' has happened again...

Today is Thursday, it is the most wonderful day of the week(usually).
Why? you ask? Well, it's because that's the day when all the new manga are released! ~weeeeeeeeeeee~
There was a lot! But I only got 2.... Kurashina Sensei's Passion vol 3(June manga) and Vampire Hunter D novel vol 15(Dark Horse) ...
I ordered Tyrant Who Falls in Love, released this week, but.... FOR SOME STUPID REASON IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE IN THE US!!!! How is that fair!? and I was told Viewfinder (to be released next week) was also ONLY AVAILABLE IN THE US!!! WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?????
by the by, both re-released by June manga... I do have the first 2 volumes of the viewfinder series released by BeBeautiful, but I'm kinda anal and want to have all the books of the series from the same publisher.

uh.... anyways... there were also titles released by BLU and TokyoPop, but I have to wait for them to come out at another bookstore where it's US$2.00 cheaper per manga, but 2 to 3 weeks late... I know it may not be much, but 2 times 10 manga is US$20.00, almost enough for 2 more TokyoPop manga, or 1 BLU with US$5 left over...
The titles are:
Gakuen Heaven Endou Calling You
Junjo Romantica vol 12 (almost 1 year between this and the last volume o.o)
Kyo Kara Maoh vol 7
Mad Love Chase vol 4
Silver Diamond Vol 7

.... must be patient!

The second bookstore I go to has a branch near my office that will be selling it's books at 20% off tomorrow and the weekend... I hope to find some of the other books(non-yaoi) that I'm collecting during the sale and maybe even the ones that came out this week *crosses fingers*
.... storm or no.....

If this gets 'removed' again... I'm going to guess it's because of the amazon links... or the word anal o.o