I'm calling it a day. I dropped my (work) laptop from about 10 inches high today. Everything still functions correctly, except now there's a big dent in the lower right corner of the laptop. Even though it's not technically mine, I still feel really bad for doing it and so I'm going to sleep on it and hopefully feel better in the morning.

Title: 少年マガジン (Shonen Magazine) Vol. 38
Issue Date: 9/1/2004
Publisher: Kodansha
Pages: 564

Yuuko-rin! There's a tear-out photo booklet of Yuuko, much like what's usually included in Young. Damn...<drool>

I received this week's issue really early. Since there wasn't an issue last week, they probably had this week's on the printing press ready. Even the Japanese bookstores (or at least the ones that keep street dates) won't have this issue until tomorrow (= Wednesday Japan Time).

In addition to Yuuko, this week's features another olympic-inspired manga in wrestling. Tsubasa's cover page features Kotono and Sumomo. This week has the last chapter of "Aji no Tasuke" so hopefully something new is in the works.

Suzuka: ＃２５挑発 (Provocation): Yamato is skipping his meet and drags Yasunobu around town. Meanwhile at the meet, a rival from the other school, エメルソン有馬 (Arima Emelson) shows up at the meet. Suzuka's coach reminds her that in middle school, Arima always came in second to Kazuki. Suzuka blurts out that if Kazuki were alive, he'd win this competition too. Arima overhears her boast. Yasunobu leads the unsuspecting Yamato to the stadium where they see Arima confronting Suzuka and reminds her that Kazuki's dead. Yamato, seeing her abused this way, steps in saying that he's the fastest runner.

Negima: ６４時間目　魔法先生を追いかける (Chase the Magic Teacher): Natsumi and Chizuru discover a naked wolf-like boy (Kotaro, although they don't know that) appear in their room. As they're trying to get some help, Kotaro jumps up and has Natsumi by the throat. Chizuru, through her experience dealing with kids at school, calms him down and he passes out again. Meanwhile at Eva's place, Negi tries to some of the students simple magic. After everyone's asleep, Asuna walks out to see Negi training. Negi talks with her and beings to explain to her why he's training and hints at something that happened 6 years ago when he met his dad. Back at the school, some blob appears from the ground looking for Negi.

Hamanaka Ai: ０４７少女的自由研究 (Girlish Self-Study) (Girlish Self-Study): The students are almost done with their summer homework except for their self-study/research. Namamura disapproves of Masahiko's idea of downloading something off the Internet. Meanwhile, Rin is already done, but Nakamura thinks her diary with a dog is pretty bland and asks her to re-do it. The revision isn't that much more interesting.

Tsubasa: ５４二人の神 (Two Person's God): Kuro and Fye meet the leader of the gang they're currently fighting, 倉石 (Souseki). She had set up a barrier around the shrine and so the guards (I guess) were surprised that Kuro and Fye appeared. She tells them that the shrine was built to protect people. She leads them into a room and starts to tell them about Yasha (RG Veda). Shaoran and Sakura witness Karen do a flame dance. Suzuran tells them that they can't get burned by the fire it's given by their god, Ashura (RG Veda).

Changing Now: ＃１５出現！！　クワガタ男 (Appearance!! Stag Man): As Dog Fighter is fighting, another character, Bigban Sigma appears claiming to be the hero and fighting Dog Fighter. As their argument prolongs, the real villain asks to go home.

Title: ヤングマガジン (Young Magazine) Vol. 37/38
Issue Date: 8/30/2004
Publisher: Kodansha
Pages: 482

So I lied. The receipt from last week's issue said "1" and I assume that meant "last one" rather than "1 more remaining." It now says "0" so I'm sure this is the last one. Front page girl is Yoko Kumada, back page girl is Haruka Tanabe.

Redlight: 17: Satoshi and Chiko need more money now that they're living alone. Chiko tries to find a job driving, but most require her to have her license for more than a year. She finally finds a job being a hostess at a sketchy restaurant for just tonight. At first Satoshi isn't worried, but later goes to visit her. He gets dragged into another similar restuarant, so while Chiko is entertaining a customer, Satoshi himself is being entertained.

Love Lucky: 12: Kirari invites Fuuta to the amusement park for a date. Of course, she wears a ski mask to conceal her real identity as she accompanies him. Problem is, she looks awfully conspicuous and gets the attention of a Paparazzi-like photographer who she recognize and runs away from, adding to the photographer's suspicions. They eventually escape to the ferris wheel and half a kiss alone. The photographer has a photograph of the couple and says he'll find out who that girl in the ski mask is.

Minamike: 15: The three girls realize that they've outgrown their one-piece swim suits so they go out to buy new ones. To anticipate the embarrassment of not being able to fit into the new swimsuits due to fatness, they buy Haruka something that's wearable even if the person grows taller or wider, in other words, a two piece string bikini.