My usual Wednesday shopping had to be postponed until Thursday as I did an emergency replacement of my computer (warning to the masses: backing up your computer files is the best thing you can do for your technological-sanity) but a fan can never be kept from the bookstore for long!
Today specifically I first picked up Viz Media’s newest shoujo series, Dengeki Daisy. The plot doesn’t exactly wow me, and I haven’t read the artist’s previous work, Beast Master, but I’ve already hard lots of good things about this new story so I’m giving it a go! Thanks to a snazzy buy-one-get-one deal at Strange Adventures I was also able to snap up a copy of the third volume of Gankutsuou. While I haven’t read it through yet, just flipping through shows me this is going to be an entirely different, and considerably more disturbing, angle than the anime – yikes! And of course, I had to pick up a copy of the final volume of Scott Pilgrim.
While I never got a chance to visit the vendors for shopping purposes at last week’s Animinitime, I did stop by at the local Chapters to spend a convenient gift card I’d acquired. While there I also checked out the selection of French language manga. Such pretty design work! All with slipcovers and nice mini trim sizes. Also the selection was snazzy – over fifty volumes of Case Closed?! Very cool.
Chapters purchases included Calling, a boys’ love one-shot from BLU which sports an uke with very fluttering eyelashes; Cirque du Freak (Vol. 05) because my roommate adores the manga version (hasn’t read the books though) and I must admit it’s pretty darn fun to read; Flower in a Storm (Vol. 02) because despite thinking the first was sort of lame was interested when learning volume two was the end; Mad Love Chase (Vol. 04) because it’s Kazusa Takashima; and lastly, the fourth volume of my super guilty pleasure Zone-00 because it’s ‘awesome’. Ahhhhh the eye-candy in Zone 00!
As before, I encourage sharing of shiny manga purchases! What books made your swag bag this week?
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Somehow after the giant swag-fest of Animinitime [….should I attempt listing it?] , I still found time to pick up some X-men comics, Rinne Vol.2, and Vol.1 of Cirque du Freak [you guys are right- it's good stuff!]. Also nabbed a free copy of Kaze Hikaru Vol.13
I found Rin-Ne volume two to be a bumpy read – I almost gave up on the series there because volume one was quirky but didn't wow me. Volume three really made a come-back, much more entertaining all around I thought. Glad you liked Cirque du Freak, it was definitely a series that grew on me and I look forward to buying every new volume as it comes now. Everybody needs to enjoy something vampire related now, right?
And you lucky duck with Kaze Hikaru! I've only bought/read the first four volumes but I really love it. It's a series I need to remind myself to keep a better eye out for.
The first four volumes of Angelic Layer I saved four dollars on Volume One when I ordered through Barnes and Noble dot-com (I have no idea why though.) Also volume three of Suki : A like Story both Clamp titles. I am well on my way to buying up most of Clamp's titles I am not looking forward to slogging through online used retailers to buy volumes X/1999. Also volume two of Man of Many Faces is just cost prohibitive ($78.00 dolars used $93.00 New!)
Fun stuff! I love CLAMP and their older works in particular have a special place on my shelf. Angelic Layer sports some terrific artwork and fun characters, I hope you enjoy reading it. That's sad to hear about Man of Many Faces though! Really goes to show what happens when titles go out-of-print and how the demand is still there (there are some manga in English out there going for over $400 each!). I hope you're able to find that book and the volumes of X/1999 at a good price! We can also cross our fingers they get re-released in omnibus format by Dark Horse like previous CLAMP series Tokyopop put out.
We can dream I all ready preordered the Magic Knight Rayearth Omnibus from Darkhorse and plan on preordering the Cardcaptor Sakura Omnibus. I think I can swing most of the copies of X if i'm willing to settle for less then mint conditon used copies wich I'm not pickey so that probablly wont be a problem.
Hey, if you're looking for X/1999, try United Bookstore on Barrington. We've got a bit of a manga section, including some old, flipped volumes of X.