Title: いちご１００％ (Strawberry 100%) Drama CD 2
Original Creator: 河下水希 (Mizuki Kawashita)
Release Date: 7/16/04
Catalog No.: SCD-905664
Rating: 4/4

One of the first things I noticed here is that when they announce the title, "Ichigo 100%," they add a pause between the first word and the number. They didn't do that in the first drama CD. There's no bonus track here like last time where the girls talked in various accents, but the story itself is still well acted as well as the music.

The story included in this CD covers most of volume 2 of the manga. While it only uses three of the titles in the manga, those tracks contain the stories from multiple chapters.

Bonuses include a post card and a hologram card. It changes pictures when you look at it from a different angle and has the girls clothed and then in bikinis.

1. オープニング (Opening): Satsuki and Yui introduce the show as they're noticeably absent from the actual drama tracks since they're late arrivers in the series. They then switch to Tsukasa's room and try to liven the place up with some remodeling. Tsukasa comes in saying that Junpei is outside the door waiting to come in.

2. 第４話　「暴走得意真中号」 (#4 Manaka's Wild Express Line): Covers manga 10-11. Junpei gets invited to Tsukasa's house when her parents aren't around. They go into her room where he starts getting dirty thoughts. She seems fine but he's a bit out of control. One thing leads to another and he finds himself drenched. Outside, he thinks he's using a towel, but is actually underwear and gets caught by Tsukasa's neighbor who's been wary about recent reports with an underwear thief. At school the next day, he has thoughts about Aya. Aya invites him to the roof, but their meeting is broken up when Tsukasa shows up returning Junpei's underwear that she cleaned for him.

3. SS1 「唯 meets 綾」 (Short Story 1, Yui Meets Aya): Yui and a friend has attended a wedding and Yui caught the bride's bouquet. As they're talking, the friend suggests that she's going to be the next to be married. Yui accidentally bumps into Aya.

4. 第５話　「幻の美少女再び！！」 (#5 The Mysterious Girl, Revisited): Covers manga 12-14. Aya reveals that she's wants to go to Izumisaka high. At the entrance exam for high school, Junpei sees the girl with the strawberry patterned underwear again. He doesn't realize it later until she shows up late at the exam room that it's Aya. She sits behind him and during the entire test, he's there dreaming about their future and doesn't realize that the clock is ticking.

5. SS2　「さつき meets　つかさ」 (Short Story 2, Satsuki Meets Tsukasa): Satsuki is worried about being able to pass the entrance exam. Her friend recommends that she cheat. The two of them then see Tsukasa running past them laughing so hard that tears are coming out. [I'm guessing this happened right after Junpei confessed to her].

6. 第６話 「つかさStyle」 (#6 Tsukasa Style): Covers 15-17. Tsukasa invites Junpei on a date. The highlight is when they're trapped in the elevator where she reveals that she knows Junpei likes someone else. He also has a talk with Aya the next day. At the results of the exam, both Aya and Tsukasa have passed. Junpei made it on the backup list. Tsukasa assures them that they'll get in as she's going to attend the private girl's school. As Junpei is going home, he meets Satsuki.

7. エンディング (Ending): The girls are preparing for the photo shoot for the cover of this drama CD. They all gang up on Aya to wear a bikini.

8. クレジット (Credit): Cast introduce themselves.

Title: かりん (Karin) Vol. 3
Artist/Author: 影崎由那 (Yuna Kagezaki)
Book Size/Pages: B-6, 161pp., w/furigana
Original Serialization: Monthly Dragon Age 3/04-7/04
First Printing: 7/1/04
Rating: 3/4

This may be the last tank of Karin I do a review for. I have a subscription to Dragon Age now so I'll do a review from the magazine. I currently do this for Negima, Tsubasa, and Suzuka where I buy the tanks, but don't review them as I've already do it weekly. I didn't realize that vol. 3 had already been published. I was under the impression it would be released 8/10 (today), but that's for the 3rd Karin novel. The comic was released last month.

Nothing terribly exciting happens in this volume, but I realized how much I had forgotten since I read it last. Had to do a little refresher from reading what I wrote up for vol. 2. As I read more of this series, it reminds me a lot of Narue no Sekai, despite the completely different scenario.

Bonus is a couple of 4 panel comics with the author.

7. かりんの進歩と煉の微笑み〜Smile〜 (Karin's Progress and Ren's Smile): Karin and Kenta are studying together for her makeup exam. They're a bit uneasy as Kenta knows her true vampire self and that if he gets too close, her blood might swell up and she may have the urge to fight. As they call it quits, she gives him a bento. After class at work, Karin is surprised that she hasn't had the urge just yet and thinks it might be the box lunch that she gave Kenta which removed his unhappiness and in effect, removed her urgings. Working at the love hotel, Kenta's mom, Fumio, meets Ren, Karin's brother. Karin and Kenta meet Ren and he tells them that he hasn't seen his mom, but has a mysterious smile. Back at the love hotel, Kenta's mom is cleaning out a room she thinks is empty and sees a girl's school uniform. She tries it on and then gets caught by the guest.

8.　かりんの思案と微妙な２人〜Thought〜 (Karin's Thoughts and the Touchy Couple): Karin asks her little sister, Anjyu, whether Ren was lying. They conclude he was and that he's after Fumio, which Karin won't allow. Meanwhile, the girl living in the love hotel is Miharu, the girl who Karin was "filling" when Kenta discovered her. She had run away from home because of her parents divorce. Due to Karin, she's living by herself and according to Fumio, she's working as a call girl living in the love hotel. However, she waits for her dad's phone call.

9. 文緒の選択と晴美の決意〜Resolution〜 (Fumio's Choice and Miharu's Determination): Karin gets picked on by her brother for trying to prevent him going after Fumio. At work, Karin sees Miharu's dad sobbing. Meanwhile, Fumio takes it upon herself to expose the love hotel management providing lodings for these young girls and tells Miharu to go home. Miharu has a heartful reunion with her dad, but Fumio is now tired and Karin's effect has worn off on her.

Special Chapter 1. 杏樹の学校とブギーくんの帰還〜Anjyu's Special〜 (Anjyu's School and Boogie's Return): One of Anjyu's classmates, Teranishi, takes one of Anjyu's dolls, Boogie. Teranishi refuses to return it and takes it home. At home, the evil spirit that inhabits the doll is released and terrorizes the family until Anjyu comes and puts the spirit back inside the doll.

10. 一家のナイショと”のけもの”かりん (A Family's Secret and "Outcast" Karin): Karin comes back home from work reeking of garlic. She can't smell it, but her parents tell her to take a bath. After she's done, she takes out the leftover gyoza but that contains garlic too. Karin decides to give it to Kenta and leaves it on his doorstep. At home, Anjyu helps Ren take some books to the basement and asks whether Ren is going after Fumio. He is. The next day at work, Kenta thanks Karin and suddenly, she has urges again.

Title: まぶらほ (Maburaho) Vol. 6 LE
Volume: 6/12
Catalog No.: BIBA-4206
Release Date: 6/25/04
Rating: 3/4

I really liked how the second episode on this disc ended, but then they had to ruin it by showing more after the credits were run. Everytime I watch this series, I get the urge to start reading the novels that the anime was based off of.

Bonuses include a evil Yuna keyholder, postcards, photo sleeves (wrapped in plastic so they don't all fall out), a mini-tapestry as they call it, and picture labeled disc with a school newsletter (liner notes).

11. あけちゃった (I Opened It): Yuna accidentally opens a vile that she thinks contains something that will increase Kazumi's magic usage, but instead it contains a virus that has resulted in an evil clone of Yuna roaming around. The clone defeats Kazumi's classmates in bets and is starts to fight Kuriko and Rin when Kazumi uses his magic to defeat it. He's now left with two.

12. きえちゃった (He Disappeared): Yuna has started coughing and has a terminal sickness. Everytime she coughs, her magic usage goes down a notch. Kazuki tries to save her one, but fails. He now has only one usage left. Despite promising not to use up all his powers, he does so to save Yuna. Yuna is fine, but Kazuki has disappeared and now appears as a ghost.

Title: 鋼鉄天使くるみ (Steel Angel Kurumi) Vol. 6
Artist/Author: 介錯 (Kaishaku)
Book Size/Pages: B-6, 180pp., w/o furigana
Volume: 6/11
Original Serialization: Monthly Shonen Ace Next 9/00-2/01
First Printing: 3/29/01
Rating: 4/4

Time traveling...always sometime I enjoy if it's done correctly. As of this volume, no serious paradoxes exists that bothers me too much. There are some things though that I don't get, as to why Kirigakure is here in the future too, but I'll attribute that to my stupidity.

Bonus includes a few 4 panel comics and behind the dust jacket is a cutout where you can put different expressions to make Kurumi's face.

29. 旅立ち (Travel): The Devil (for lack of a better name, I guess) decides that this isn't the best place to fight, so she(?) travels back through time, but not before leaving a curse with Nakahito. In order to get cured, he's going to have to follow her into the future and defeat her.

30. 刻の異邦人 (Time Traveler): The three girls, Kaga, and Nakahito go 100 years into the future. One thing Nakahito notices is that there's no trace of his shrine nor his name. They find a descendant of Dr. Amagi and take employment at her shop. Kurumi accidentally spills a drink on a guest who turns out to also be a steel angel herself. Her master looks a lot like Nakahito's brother, but is very abusive towards her. They wonder what has become of the relationship between steel angels and their masters.

31. エンゼル・オブ・エンゼル (Angel of Angels): Kaga has accompanied Kurumi, et al. to protect them in this future. She learns that history is different from the one that she remembered. Kurumi and gang are now supposed to be attending the "Steel" school. There's apparently an "Angel of Angels," none other than Kirigakure who had been trying to chase down Kurumi in the past. Like before, Kurumi arrives and unknowingly bumps her aside.

32. 未来の遺産 (Future's Legacy): The girls at the school become infatuated with Nakahito and kidnap him, causing Kurumi to give chase. After falling for some traps, she manages to save him. Meanwhile, the Academy appears, but Kaga finds out that it's now called "Mahoroba" and realizes that they can't rely on it for help. Meanwhile, the guy who looks like Nakahito's brother decides to challenge Nakahito and Kurumi.

33. 鋼鉄ファイト (Steel Fight): 神威天人 (Amato Kamui) is his name and エクセリア(Excelia) is his steel angel that he's going to pit against Kurumi. Kurumi starts out with the upper hand until Excelia uses the powers of her shadow to fight her.

34. エンゼル・フォース (Angel Force): Nakahito manages to awake the Kurumi's true powers when he tells her that she doesn't need to fight for him. Kaga's theory is that Kurumi's and Nakahito's affection for each other are now more intertwined than ever, allowing her to show her true form.