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...
Showing posts with label new books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new books. Show all posts

Thursday, December 15, 2011

The package is finally here!

YES! They finally delivered the package!


Manga and Sebby notebook


Artbooks

There were also DVDs for my friend and 3 big cans of Old Bay seasoning. But they weren't bishie related.... unless I sprinkled the Old Bay on the bishies o.o

There are a lot of old titles there, some of which didn't get to my country, others I didn't feel like buying at the time and couldn't find it anywhere when I wanted it. 
One manga however I bought, but had to re-purchase because I gave my copy away to a friend. I was so devastated when I couldn't even buy it online for a reasonable price... until I found Amazon Marketplace. Some books are still uber expensive, but there are some selling manga for decent prices... you just have to be fast! I just lost out on Embracing Love vol 3... the cheapest it's at is now at $49.99 plus shipping.... and that's used! The new ones are at $79.99!

Anywhoo... the most expensive book in that package was the one with the green cover. It's in Japanese and it's about drawing kissing scenes for BL manga. And it has a CD.

Kiss Scene rough sketches - Drawing for Boys Love (Yaoi)

It cost $51.10. I have no idea what was going on in my head when I ordered it o.o

I received 2 novels from Yaoi Club(Akadot) because I ordered 2 Japanese manga. I'm not sure up to when their promo is, but I kinda harassed them, with one email, about it coz it wasn't in the list of things they were shipping to me. I just asked if I was qualified for their promo even if I was ordering through YC instead of Akadot. They didn't answer ._.
I was pleasantly surprised to get them... even though I already had them...

Okay, that's enough for now. I will post more about the manga in the package during the weekend or maybe during my Christmas break. Only 2 working days left!!!!! *dances*

I will finally get to read the end of Seven Days!!!!

Saturday, November 12, 2011

This week in new and new old manga :D

I finally got the manga I ordered from Right Stuf today!
I got the post office notification last week, Friday, but I could only get it today. The package actually got here Oct 28th. It was sent out Oct 11th... It got here FAST! Well, I did tell them I wanted to avoid the Christmas rush...
These are the books I ordered when Media Blasters(Kitty Media) was on sale... well I thought they were on sale, but I just checked now and the prices are still as low as when I ordered them o.o
They're old titles that never got here. So I'm happy now ^_^

I ordered one that wasn't yaoi... and apparently not from Kitty
The first volume of Nightmares for Sale
It's about a pawnshop, whose owners have a different view on what things are valuable... The stories are nice and creepy. I bought volume 2 here looooooong ago and on sale... and I have no idea where it is now o.o

And now for the yaoi from Kitty!

I was always curious about the Taste of Boy Boy DVD, so I ordered it. You have a choice of what manga to pair it up with, I chose Crimson Spell vol 1. Other choices are A King's Lesson, Dog Style vol 1, Scandalous Seiryo University vol 1 and Skyscrapers of Oz. I'd have gotten Dog Style, but vol 2 is so hard to find at a reasonable price! Amazon sellers have it at US$49. I guess it's still better than Love Like a Hurricane vol 1 which is selling at US$149, USED! 
Oh, the DVD itself was inserted in the manga so it had no case of it's own. And I'm sorry to say that it's not really worth it coz all it had were sneak peeks of the yaoi DVDs and the manga they had.


Family 

I've always wanted this, Amazon itself didn't have it. But RightStuf did! 

Incubus 2

and 3

I've had volume 1 for the longest time, didn't really enjoy it, but when I saw it on the Kitty DVD preview, it seemed interesting... That DVD is evil o.o

Poison Cherry Drive

This one is really old, released in english in 2006, but like a lot of manga, it didn't get here to my neck of the woods. I think I have the scans.... somewhere...

Rose of the Rhine
Another old one, 2007, that never got here.

Sense and Sexuality
I've been on the fence about getting this.... But when I saw that it was only for US$6, I thought that I might as well get it

o.o
Another one that's not Kitty. This is from Yaoi Press
Cain Trilogy set
The customs checker gave me a weird look after he saw the cover on this >>;;

And that's it for the Right Stuf package.
Now for the releases this week.

The manga that I bought...
Border vol 2


Bad Teacher's Equation vol 2
Strange that Right Stuf has this as coming soon... o.o

Yakuza Cafe
I read this as I was waiting for my order for dinner on the day I bought it. 
The main story is nice, needs more smutt. I wish they had more on the story of Zaouji, I like him.

Other manga that came out here but I didn't get are:
  • Mr. Tiger and Mr. Wolf
  • Seven Days - Friday to Sunday (I've been waiting for the longest time for this! They stopped scanlating it when it was licensed)
I didn't get them because I ordered them from Yaoi Club(Akadot) because I was afraid they wouldn't get here... Like these manga:
  • Great Place High School - Student Council vol 3
  • Only Serious About You vol 1 - I love this! The story is so so cute!
  • Private Teacher vol 1
Not so disappointed that they didn't get released here because I ordered them too :3
Though.... I will be getting them next month. Must..... be.... patient ._.

Monday, October 17, 2011

New old manga

I ordered a few stuff from Amazon and Yaoi Club a few months ago, and I finally got them!
Yaoi club screwed up a bit, but after a day or 2 fixed it. It really wasn't much of a screw up... if it was being sent directly to me, but since it's being sent to a forwarding company, what happened delayed my order a few weeks.

Anyhoo...

The package contained a total of 34 items, 31 were mine. I ordered some manga that were released but never got to this side of the world, some that I was too slow to buy and are now hard to find and DVDs.

DVDs first coz there are only 2. Both I ordered from Amazon.
Black Butler part 2 of season 1. I'm so excited that they're actually releasing season 2!
and
Mushishi! This was a last minute purchase coz it was on sale :D got it for $16.99, original price was $39.98.

I got the Kiss of Fire artbook for $4.00 at yaoiclub! or was is $5.00... yup! it was 4... original price $24.95!
I know I already have one, but I don't know where it's at ;.;

And.... I'm tired x.x

It's already 2:30 am, and I have work later.

Here's a pic of my stuff... will post more about them when I have the time.

TEAHOUSE!!!!
Love that webcomic... aside from the story being really interesting and the bishies absolutely yummy... the art is extremely beautiful.
Go! Go to www.teahousecomic.com/comic/ and prepare to drooooooooooool. It is just exquisite.

And with that, good night *bows*

Thursday, March 10, 2011

New manga, old order

So... the order I placed with amazon on January 10 finally arrived. 2 months.... All my excitement has waned...

I finally got my hands on Desire Sensibility. I am hoping that there are extras that weren't included in the scanlation
Yokubou Sensibility 

Black Winged Love, I've had this in my shopping cart for a while now, but it was out of stock for the longest time and now I finally have it. Those who love angsty stories will love this
Koi no Kokoro ni Kuroi Hane  

Finder series volumes 1 and 2. This series has a lot of yaoi fans abuzz, but I don't particularly like the story... I do like Fei Long though... volume 3 is supposed to come out next week


I wonder if the Undergrand Hotel vol 2 is the last of the series. One way to find out right?

Tyrant Who Falls in Love vol 1 is mine now. Volume 2 was available here, but vol 1 wasn't... Annoying, isn't it?
Koisuru Boukun  
Love is Like a Hurricane vol 3. Set almost complete... only volume 1 left to buy... I think o.o
Koi wa Itsumo Arashi no Youni  
There are 3 series that are finally complete.
Breath vol 5 - I can finally read the whole series!

S novel vol 4. This never made it to this country.... and was also unavailable in amazon for the looooooongest time... And now, it's here... and it's MINE!

and finally Yaoi Hentai vol 4. I was so looking forward to their final volume, but instead of going out with a bang, it was barely a squeak! The first story was ok, but the rest were too meh for me... Even Trach the Tentacle Monster didn't hold my interest much.

I should have bought Yaoi: Anthology vol 2 instead. I've had it in my shopping cart for a while too.

I wonder whatever happened to Zesty and Prince... it's annoying that Yaoi Press is kaput. THEY NEVER EVEN WENT ALL THE WAY!!!

The last item that I got from my order was the Limited Edition box of Kuroshitsuji season 1 part 1.
KuroShitsuji 
part 2 is already available! I will get it of course!

And that's it for now... *sneezes*

Thursday, November 4, 2010

New manga day!

Very common title isn't it? hehehehe

Yes, after buying all those books during the weekend, I still went out and bought more this week! There were yaoi titles released this week, OF COURSE I'm going to buy them!

Let's begin with the non-yaoi... non manga in fact...Superman: Earth One
the emo superman...

I don't know what I was thinking when I got this... and at a more expensive price too!
If I don't like it, I can probably give it to my friend who's into this. But.... I might hold on to it for a while to see if it becomes a collectible...
I'm scared coz it's supposed to attract the twilight people *shudder*... Hopefully I don't have the urge to burn this like I did the twilight manga (this also made me laugh my head off at the lame-ness of the story)

....

Uh-oh... The Superman GN got 2 1 star ratings on amazon! But, there were 14 5 star ratings... I guess I'll have to read it to be able to see...
Amazon has sample pages, but it's not enough to tell if I will like it or not (I loved the last page though). It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be when I read that it was supposed to attract... them... *cough*

and that's it, the others are manga or manga related...
like...
uh... Naruto o.o
I had a peek of the insides before I got the Naruto Illustration Book. If the pictures had all been of him, I wouldn't have bought it.The illustration that sold me the book was of Naruto and Sasuke facing each other. And the way I held the book made it look like they were about to kiss! Hahahahaha... yeah... it freaked the sales people at the store when I said it out loud... >>;;
The back cover had Naruto's back...

Otomen... I will read you someday!
Otomen vol. 8 .... Ok.... 8 volumes purchased.... None read... x.x
11 volumes out in Japan and still ongoing... *sigh*
He acts more girly than a lot of girly girls I know o.o

And now... the YAOI!
Yup, this is yaoi and that's a guy
Love Water... I took a look inside just now, only one smutty pic! Hopefully the story will make up for it. But from the description, I might have to wait for a day when I'm feeling like reading a uber romantic story

Vampires!!! and not the sparkly kind!!
A Bloody Kiss Tonight by Makoto Tateno... Writer of yaoi yumminess... and shoujo? o.o
Oh yeah... I have one shoujo by her... Red Angel... complete in 2 volumes, and it's about vampires :D
I have the scans of Bloody Kiss and I said I was going to read it(the scans) before I went to bed, but I ended up reading the scans before I even made this entry ^_^;;
I normally don't like rape, but it wasn't quite that... I think... Rape with consent? At least it wasn't like the rape in Scarlet(still love this!) The stories were more romantic than I thought they would be, but not sickly sweet romantic. And it has smutt!!! Hehehehe
Makoto Tateno is among the mangaka whose work I look for. Loved Yellow... still waiting for the next volume of Yellow 2 to come out. Warui Yume is one of the oneshots I keep reading over and over again. Ka Shin Fu was one of the titles that didn't sit well with me for some reason... maybe I was in an off mood the day I read it...

Oh! Oh! I loooooooooooooooved How to Capture a Martini!

and it's sequel/spin-off How to Control a Sidecar

Martini has a sad story, with a nice romantic (and smutty) ending
Uh... Sidecar does have rape, but it has something to do with the story... and it's gooooooood...
I had the scans of Martini and only the first few of Sidecar, so I was so looking forward to it. Hated the fact that it took a while before they were finally released and I found out how Sidecar ended! But it was worth it, to me *sighs happily*

I need to stop now... it's long enough as it is...
Good night yaoi lovin', smutty people ;)