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What I bought - 18 November 2009

  • by Greg Burgas
  • Thursday, November 19th, 2009 at 3:30 PM EST

Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice
And could of men distinguish her election,
Sh' hath seal'd thee for herself, for thou hast been
As one in suff'ring all that suffers nothing,
A man that Fortune's buffets and rewards
Hast ta'en with equal thanks; and blest are those
Whose blood and judgment are so well co-meddled,
That they are not [...]

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Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary -- Two November Releases

Today I look at 2 very different manga titles released in November -- Crimson Shell (one-shot by Jun Mochizuki) and Jormungand vol 1 (by Keitaro Takahashi).

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What I bought - 11 November 2009

  • by Greg Burgas
  • Thursday, November 12th, 2009 at 4:25 PM EST

"I love my dead gay son!"
The Anchor #2 ("Five Furies Part Two: Bark and Hide, Bone and Root") by Phil Hester (writer), Brian Churilla (artist), Matthew Wilson (colorist), and Johnny Lowe (letterer). $3.99, 22 pgs, FC, Boom! Studios.

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Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary -- Moyasimon vol 1

Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture, by Masayuki Ishikawa, is one of the rare examples in manga of an outlandishly original concept -- boy can see germs with the naked eye -- which is actually executed quite smartly.

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Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary -- Brilliant Blue 2

Today I look at the concluding volume of Saemi Yorita's Brilliant Blue, which cements this title's status as a charming, thoughtful yaoi series.

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What I bought - 4 November 2009

  • by Greg Burgas
  • Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 10:03 PM EST

You know, your menstruating heart just isn't bleeding enough for two.

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Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary -- Hero Tales vol 1

Hero Tales may be of special interest to North American manga readers -- it is drawn by Hiromu Arakawa (of Full Metal Alchemist fame) and written by Huang Jin Zhou (who is perhaps not an actual person but a "unit comprised of Hiromu Arakawa, Genco and Studio Flag" according to bakaupdates.com...whatever that means).   However, the [...]

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Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary -- Beast Master vol 1

Beast Master, by Kyousuke Motomi, is one of the few contemporary shojo manga titles I know of that was created by a male artist.  How does it stack up as a shojo work?

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Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary -- Boys Love

Kaim Tachibana returns to the basics of the yaoi genre in the appropriately entitled Boys Love.  While she doesn't subvert a number of traditional yaoi tropes, she does depict a relationship not bound by some of the usual "rules" of yaoi.

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What I bought - 28 October 2009

  • by Greg Burgas
  • Friday, October 30th, 2009 at 2:10 PM EST

You can just forward my mail to me in Hell, okay?

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Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary -- Halloween Extravangza!

I discuss three manga volumes with appropriately spooky themes -- you've got your ultimate undead!fighter!, your fanservice-y vampires, and your bishonen zombies (a very *special* kind of undead).  So there's a little something for everyone!

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What I bought - 21 October 2009

  • by Greg Burgas
  • Monday, October 26th, 2009 at 9:36 PM EST

Man, was I sick last week.

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Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary -- What a Wonderful World vol 1 and 2

Today I examine Inio Asano's (also the creator of solanin, which was reviewed for this site by the very talented Melinda Beasi here) short story collections, What a Wonderful World. Just released last week by Viz, these works are required reading for those of us who are avidly following the maturing manga market in the [...]

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Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary -- Nightschool vol 2

I continue covering Halloween-y books in my own little unofficial countdown to the best holiday of all.  Today I take a quick look at the second volume Svetlana Chmakova's Nightschool.

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Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary -- Vampire Knight vol 8

The eighth volume of Matsuri Hino's Vampire Knight offers one of those rare moments in shojo / shonen manga, where the original playbook is thrown out entirely, and the title as a whole is entirely the better for it.

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