This week's supposed releases

It hasn't been such a good start of the year for yaoi...

There was only 3.... I think...
You & Me, etc. by Blu released Feb 8, according to amazon. It didn't reach my country.... meh

Bokurani Matsuwaru

I have the scans, it's full of angst!  Baseball angst! It was nice, but I wouldn't read it if I was already feeling bad...

Close the Last Door v2. I was so excited when I saw that it was going to be released... But of course... it didn't get here! Damn...
And this was the last volume too!

Saigo no Door wo Shimero!  

It's sequel, Open the Door to Your Heart was released last year, and I was able to get it :)

Aiteru Door kara Shitsurei Shimasu yo 

No Touching at All - it's so sweet and cute and angsty! The way they meet for the first time is funny... This one I was able to get ^_^
And there was a part in the end where it wasn't scanlated! And it was so sweet!

Doushitemo Furetakunai  

This coming week looks promising though
Blue Sheep Reverie v3 - here I was thinking I could finally read it completely when I got volume 2... and then I find out there are AT LEAST 2 more volumes...

Blue Sheep Reverie v3

Kizuna deluxe v2 - I wasn't able to get the first volume here, but I will order it either on amazon or rightstuf. I am hoping this going to be released here in my country...

Kizuna Deluxe v2

Love Syndrome - only 1 chapter was scanlated, and I just re-read it... I am soooooooo looking forward to it *drool*. They're basically oneshots, except for the 3rd story which is chapters 3 and 4.

Love Syndrome

And... Then Comes Love. This probably has one of the most clueless semes there is... It was annoying at first, but I've read the scans a few times and I want it. I guess it grew on me. I just wish there was a story about Soeshima sempai.

Then Comes Love

So... that's it for now... Hopefully these titles will come out this week AND be released here in my neck of the woods...

Oh! Oh! I ordered manga and DVDs from amazon more than a month ago and tried a new way of shipping it to me. A friend and I shared the shipping cost of US$30. Not bad for a box with 16 items, but... it's taking so frigging long! It's supposed to arrive by Friday, March 4...
I want to be able to drool on my Black Butler DVDs.... Sebby!!!!

Haru wo Daiteita deux .... and this week's releases

I just re-read all 14 volumes of Haru scanlations. I fell in love with Iwaki-san and Katou-kun all over again.

Look at them! How can you NOT fall in love with them! 

Of course there were other characters that surround them, that support them or cause trouble, or both! 

I really wish that there was more. It's not hard to lose yourself in their lives, to get caught up in whatever emotion they were feeling. Or maybe it's just me....
Their story is so beautiful and has grown so much since... uh... 2003? I wouldn't have minded watching them grow old together... I bet Katou would still be the lovesick puppy he was when he first chased Iwaki and Iwaki would still be trying to train this said (horny) puppy ^_^ And I bet... they'd still be making sweet sweet love without the help of the little blue pill ;)

This was one series I really wouldn't have minded to collect no matter how many volumes they released.

It wasn't just the characters that improved over time, the art also did. Though some characters still looked like other characters from Youka Nitta-sensei's other works. ^//^



As for this week's releases.... I really don't know what to do....
I look online for this week's releases, and I get excited because of some of the titles I see... Then I go to the store.... And see that not all of the titles reached my little country again... It's a little... no... a LOT depressing...
I was happy to see Stray Cat though

" Kaoru is frustrated -- he's just been dumped by his boyfriend again! And it's all because he could never express his true feelings properly. What's wrong with him?! Feeling lonely and miserable, he takes a stroll through a gay park one day and meets a straight guy named Youhei. Although he seems to be an unassuming, gentle soul, something inside Youhei has caused Kaoru's heart to swell. Will Kaoru step out and express his feelings to Youhei? " -Amazon

I do have the scans, not really sure if it's complete.
I highly recommend this manga to cat lovers out there... both the animal and the "neko". If you don't know what I mean and you're really into yaoi... shame on you *wags finger at* (if you buy and read this manga you'll know what it means ^_^)

I reserved In the Walnut vol 2, 'coz it was on the list, but I just confirmed on amazon that I do have it already. So I guess I won't wait for the other bookstore's release of Stray Cat and just get one from the first store.... but that's still more than $2 more expensive! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh! >.<

Oh yeah, the last volume, 6, of the Gravitation Collection is also out this week.

This one... I'll wait for the other bookstore's release... I hope it'll be before the holidays o.o

oh and... Finder vol 2 is supposed to be released, but I'm not really putting my hopes up for this one...

Methinks I shall read Stray Cat before I go to bed... Stay smutty my bishies :)

New manga day!

Yes! It's Thursday again! New manga (new debt) and one I really wanted!!!

First... the one I thought I'd have to get online, or just wait for a long long time for the re-ordered stock to come.

Otomen

Getting this purely for the bishies... really thinking if I will be continuing to collect this series because there are currently 11 volumes out in Japanese, and it's still ongoing!

This Ugly Yet Beautiful World

I got all 3 volumes. That's the complete series. I got this because it was highly recommended... by someone...

Oh... I thought this came before the anime, but after reading the back cover, I found out that the manga was inspired by the anime. I think I have the anime in one of my hard disks that died... ;.;

As you can see by the parental advisory sticker on the cover, it's rated for mature audiences ;)

Gantz

The latest release of this very very weird series... not to mention perverted... This one I do plan to continue... even though it's on it's 29th volume and still ongoing x.x

This has all sorts of weirdness and perversions(?), right up my alley ^_^

and now... the manga I wanted! One of them anyways....

Stay Close to Me

This manga is just so adorable!!!! I love Yaya Sakuragi manga (I absolutely adored the Tea for Two series)... Naono Bohra is still my #1 mangaka though.

This is about a couple, who are already in a fairly good relationship, but the people around them are the ones causing problems... I think I already mentioned this >>

Anyways... I liked this, it's funny and really sweet. My only complaint? NOT ENOUGH SMUTT!

In the upcoming books, aside from Endless and Double, the second (and probably last) volume of Under Grand Hotel is coming!

I'm not feeling well... again... and it seems like my pc is also "not feeling well". Yesterday 2 of my hard drives vanished, today one re-appeared when I turned on my pc. I had to reboot because of something that pissed me off. Then they both came back to life! Though one still keeps giving me errors. As long as I don't use it, it won't make me hang.
I'll be tinkering with my pc again this weekend... *sigh*

Okay... that's it for today... stay smutty people! If there is anyone that actually reads this...

New manga

So.... still no review... maybe next weekend when we have a 3 day weekend :)
I have read the baseball manga, it was cute and was pretty consistent with Gokuraku Cafe's lack of hard smutt, but there were a few yummy scenes in it ^.^

Anyways, this week didn't bring me ANY yaoi, even if there were 2 listed to be released this week... Though they were released, it just didn't get to my lowly country... again.... and I soooooooooooo wanted Stay Close to Me... Kizuna, not so much since I do have the first 6 already...

These are the manga I did get this week...

Naruto v49

I really don't have to say anything about this manga, do I?

Grand Guignol Orchestra

This is a 5 volume manga by the mangaka that did Angel Sanctuary and Cain Saga(though I don't really know much about this one)... It's full of the supernatural and bishies, 2 of the things I am very interested in :)

Natsume Yuujinchou v4

I fell in love with Natsume when I first saw the anime's preview pictures... of course I'm going to collect the manga!

Seiho Boys' HS v2

I was having second thoughts about continuing this series, but when I saw the cover and his smile, I just couldn't help myself. Even now as I look at this pic, I can't stop myself from smiling. I mean... come on... look at him!

I wasn't able to get the second volume of the Chobits omnibus because I stupidly thought that the store that gets it's manga later, had it cheaper... it wasn't and the first store already had both the copies they ordered reserved ;.;
Now I must remember to get DMP(June), Dark Horse and Viz (including Shoujo Beat and Shounen Jump) from the first store. TokyoPop(BLU) and non manga stuff from the second store...

Meh... I had to use flickr because I couldn't seem to get the image thing on this to work...

Anyway, next week's manga releases are:

• Double Cast - I have the scanlation, but I don't remember the story much >.<
• Endless Comfort - I have the scanlation of this one too! Japanese title, Koukyuu no Arika. This one I remember a bit, cause I love dogs :) .... I just don't remember the smutt level :( 

I'm going to revisit the scans of these, though I can tell you now that I will be buying them when they come out.

Oh yeah... I finally watched one episode of Hoarding, and it is different from Hoarders, though the themes are the same. I like Hoarders better...

Oh! Oh! The first ep of the Togainu no Chi anime has been subbed and released! I still have not downloaded it though, still not finished returning the files to my anime hard disk...

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 :)

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 :(