Title: ドラゴンエイジ (Dragon Age) August '04
Issue Date: 8/10/2004
Publisher: Kadokawa (Fujimi Shobo)
Pages: 690

[8/11/04]
I really thought I was going to be able to finish this today, but there's a reason why this is a monthly. I'm only about half way done with the manga in here, I'll put this up for now and continue filling it in later. I've got a schedule to keep after all...

As expected, there's a ton of stories in here that I'm interested in. Since I'm starting in the middle of some stories, I'm going to wait until I read the tanks until I can write a good summary of it.

Bonuses for this month include a card, and more importantly, a sample of the Karin drama CD (this is the reason why I needed to start this subscription this month). The included CD contains two tracks similar to the tracks on the extra disc included with the LE version of the real drama CD. The first track has Karin making lunch for Kenta. What took her 2+ hours to make takes him 5 minutes to finish. The second track has Karin's parents taking her and Kenta on a picnic at midnight in the woods. Karin says that this isn't what a humans call a normal picnic.

While I like many of the stories, there are some that I'm going to refrain from. Right now, the list includes: New Tenchi Muyo! (don't really care, this series has been milked to death), Slayers (CPM's R1 DVD release still leaves a bad aftertaste), and the manga featured on the cover, Variante (too dark for me).

Karin: 恥の１６「かりんの後悔と健太のユウウツ〜Uneasy〜」 (Karin's Regret and Kenta's Gloom): Karin finds herself almost sinking her teeth into Kenta but stops herself at the last moment. Since she wasn't able to, she has a mass nosebleed. The next day, she calls in sick to work, but sneaks near the restuarant to speak to Kenta and to apologize for her actions. Soon after, she realizes that she's forgotten about Fumio, who has just been accosted by Ren.

Tsubame Syndrome: ACT8「守るべき”価値”あるもの」 (The Valuable I Ought to Protect): I'll wait until I get the first volume of the tank to start reading this series, but it seems interesting. From the brief summary, it's about a boy named 倉敷敦河 (Taiga Kurashiki) who several years ago lost his memory and now possess a mysterious item, the Origin Heart. Current chapter has him fighting some monster and getting help from a few girls who I guess are on the journal with him.

Full Metal Panic: Mission 50 居場所のない世界 (Unknown World): By the time I get the next issue, I will have finished all 7 volumes of FMP.

Supa Supa: SPAS-PA 21「託される想い」(Entrusted Feelings): This looks like a cute 1 boy, many girls type manga. Currently has two volumes out with 3rd coming out in September.

Kannagi: 柱之二　神宿る玉の契 (2, The Pledge of the Pendant Housed By The Gods): I guess I can start from chapter 2. 神崎深緑 (Shinryoku Kanzaki) looks in the mirror in the school's bathroom at his green glass eye. He doesn't remember much about yesterday, but has a feeling that it has something to do with it. In the hallway, a female friend (?), 七海 (Nanami) tells him that he's wanted in the student lounge. There, he meets 天野功一 (Koichi Amano), 西條寛 (Hiroshi Saijo), and 深沢静香 (Shizuka Fukazawa), and another student, all of who have a glass eye. With the eyes and a pendant they all have, Koichi tells Shinryoku that it's his duty to protect humans from some sort of bugs that feast upon normal people. He refuses and later in the day, he is attacked by some mean looking guy and his pendant turns into a sword. After the battle, he starts crying wishing that people would just leave him alone.

Taisetu na Koto: Step 7 駆ける少年 (Running Boy): Nami and friends are on Watashigo island to watch 光明 (Mitsuaki) compete in the triathalon. It is their last summer in high school and as he's doing the cycling leg of the competition, he remembers back to when he was a freshman. His goal was to be an olympic triathlete and Nami was the only person who supported him. Meanwhile, Nami is preparing to take pictures of him when he suddenly cycles up to her and swerves just in time to miss her. He falls, gets all scuffed up, and the handles on his bike break, but he's fine otherwise. Rieko, Nami's classmate who's also there, implores that Nami use magic to get Mitsukaki back on his feet. Mitsukaki says he'll finish the race and does so, but dead last. That night, Mitsuaki tells Nami that he likes her and Rieko overhears this.

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