Manga in the Mail: 23

Miwa Ueda, her work on Papillon (Hana to Chou = Flower and Butterfly) is just amazing. It was the first shoujo manga that I've ever fallen in love with. Now, I'm on the hunt for her work Peach Girl, both the original release by Tokyopop and the re-release by the same publisher (the only difference is that the first one was flipped [meaning that they were mirrored and read from left to right instead of right to left.])

 

Review: Lament of the Lamb Volume 1

A vampire story with a love story at the side. You've got it wrong if you think this is about twilight. If vampires were real, Kei Toume's version would be the ones. Her art and story telling just give me the chills without it being a true horror manga. It's like one of those tragedy stories of the medieval times where suicide and murder are a means to convey extreme feelings. I present you, Lament of the Lamb.

"Mingled among the sheep, there is a wolf. And by his own lonely fangs, he is bent..."

The expressions of the characters on the front cover is what you will have after you read this. The sadness you get from reading something emotional, something dreary. You'll have to read it to understand what I'm talking about.

Manga in the Mail: 22

This is a record breaking package. Yep. I thought 17 was the biggest, until this hulking package came this morning. 28 volumes of random manga. Yeah! I know! 28 volumes! Awesome isn't it? I'm so happy to see this package!

I'm hoping I can go beyond this number of volumes in one package. That would probably be far into the future. List of all volumes are inside, so come on down!

Review: pink

It's not the color, it's the manga. It's really awful and bittersweet. It's like drinking coffee, it's really bitter but over time, cup after cup, you get really used to it but then you realize, your tastes have changed.

Warning! This title contains nudity, sex scenes and adult themes. 

Vertical Inc. said it perfectly, "Published at the zenith of the Bubble era, women's comics legend Kyoko Okazaki's representative work captures... the spirit of the times." It is the spirit of the times where people were spending lavishly and didn't care about the future. This is like seeing Japan back in the late 1980s.

Weekly! UQ Holder 20

Hey! It's this week's UQ Holder fix! I'm not sure about it being this week's UQ Holder or last week. Feels like this was the chapter for last week. Whatever. Get on with it, right?

Viz Media

More fan-service for those who didn't have enough of Karin-san's bathroom scene with that uhh.. Chinese guy. Yay for more fan-service (BTW, without areola and nipples, girls look like mannequins. Seriously.

Spoiler Alert! If you are gonna read this post, please read the actual manga first!

Haul 2: January 21, 2014

Since I really like this series, I bought duplicates. No! They're not used! They are still in their shrink wrap with labels and stuff! Awesome deal if you do say so myself.

Black Lagoon Volumes 1, 2 & 4

Review: Toradora! Volume 1

Long awaited review? Really?! I can't believe you guys! Sorry for the wait though! Yeah, it's the manga adaptation of the light novels. Surprisingly, it's nearly the same as the anime adaptation!

Fun fact: The author thought about the title and tried putting the characters' personalities. Tiger and Dragon, the "tora" part is Japanese for tiger, the "dora" part is the shorthand for dragon in romaji (I know little about the Japanese language but I know that they have a "western" style syllabic system for "western" words.)

Review: MPD-Psycho Volume 2

Disappointed. I feel down. I was hyped up and let down.

I was so hyped up because volume 1 just left me wanting for epic gore fest but this one lack that. They got me hooked on this addictive substance and now I'm having withdrawals because this "new version" of this substance was lacking that extra high.

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Story so far: Yosuke Kobayashi, a detective has developed Dissociative Identity Disorder. He houses different personalities, from a psychopath to a stuttering idiot. He's currently hired by a private investigation firm and is now solving grotesque crimes.