Title: ドラゴンエイジ (Dragon Age) September '04
Issue Date: 9/10/2004
Publisher: Kadokawa (Fujimi Shobo)
Pages: 758

Still overwhelmed by the variety of stories in here that I'm interested in as well as the number of books I'm going to have to read to catch up to the current chapters. I've started on Full Metal Panic (which fortunately has this month off), and Supasu-pa. I'm already up to speed with Karin and Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto. Have to wait until Maburaho (which started again this month) Vol. 2 gets released and Yaeka's Carte and Zero-In (cover) will be coming shortly. I wrote up a bit from Tsubasa Syndrome last time, but that's going on the back burners. I'm gonna wait until I have the previous chapters. However, I'm following Nodoka Nobody, which is only on chapter 3. Nodoka Nobody is about Nodoka who is a hot-springs designer. It has the same feel good atmosphere as Someday's Dreamers.

There are three one-shot manga in here. The first is Yaeka's Carte, which is a completed series with 3 volumes, but they're releasing the drama CD so I guess they included it here just to promote it. The second is ツイてるカノジョ (Girl Following). The last is titled オルフィーナ (Orphena, ?).

There are articles talking about: Girl Following, Maburaho #2 LE, Yaeka's Carte CD description and cast, Zero-in's #3 + CD bundle, and info about a new season of Full Metal Panic anime.

Bonus this month is a sample of Yaeka's Carte drama CD. I haven't listened to it yet as I don't know who the characters are and what they're doing. Maybe after I read the books... There's also a Supasu-pa card. Next month will be a sample from the new upcoming Supasu-pa drama CD.

Karin: 恥の１７「かりんの気持ちと煉の憤慨〜Indignation〜」 (Karin's Feelings and Ren's Indignation): Ren has met up with Kenta's mom. Karin is out looking for the both of them to prevent him from sucking her blood. Karin's parents also worry and her dad also goes and looks for them. Karin arrives just in time to stop Ren and their dad drags him back home. At home, they have a family discussion with Ren about how he made his sister cry and that he shouldn't target people Karin treasures. Afterwards, Karin is afraid to pick up a cell phone call from Kenta.

Girl Following: Story follows a guy 矢薙詠太郎 (Eitaro Yanagi) and his two female friends, 風間 (Kazama), an occult girl, and 七弦 (Nanatsuru). Kazama tells Eitaro that bad luck will come. Afterwards, he notices that when he passes cats and dogs on the street, they bark and attack him. Kazama tells him that there's a ghost of a puppy recently killed in an accident and volunteers her body to the spirit of the dog to find out what its clinging to in this world. She becomes the puppy and tells Nanatsuru and Kazama that it wants to see its master again. They find out that the master has moved, so they go to his new house to find him. They see that the master has a new pet and the puppy peacefully departs.

Maburaho: 第１２話「りん、けっこんかもしれない」の巻 (Rin, It Might Be a Wedding): Rin overhears Yuuna, Kuriko and Chihaya (I think) talking about how Kazuki has forgotten and how gullible he might be. Rin uses this opportunity to "remind" Kazuki that he promised to marry her but he just forgot and she's come to make good on the promise. She goes as far as making invitations, but finally can't stand his naievety in believing her and asking how she feels about it. She admits that she wouldn't mind if it wasn't a lie.

Taisetsu na Koto: Step 8 心の熱帯夜 (Warm Night in the Heart): The love triangle continues. Mitsuaki tries to inquire about Nami's response but when she hesitates he quickly changes the subject and asks if she's going to the upcoming festival, and then speeds off. Nami wonders why she's attracted to Ryutaro. Nami and her mother visit her father's grave, and later prepare for the festival. The kimono that Nami wears looks exactly like the one Mitsuake's mother wore and at the festival, Mitsuake comes up to her thinking Nami is his mother.

Nodoka Nobody: 参の湯「”街”との対話」 (3, Dialogue with the "Street"): At the cafe before meeting with their new client, Nodoka and Kemi see a boy, Michio, smoking and ditching school. After the meeting, they go to their company's accountant, Taro's, house (who was also at the meeting) and celebrate. His son comes home and it's none other than Michio. The mother scolds him, but that just makes him run away again. The next day, Nodoka and Kemi go back to say farewell to Taro and wife. Michio shows up again and after some talk, Nodoka takes him to the cafe and invites him to the hot springs when they're done constructing. Because of him, she changes the design. Months later, he comes as promised and seems to be less of a trouble maker. The second time they come back even more months later, he's a normal school kid.

Kannagi: 神崎聖 (Hijiri Kanzaki, got his name wrong last time, I think) is still wonder who and what he is. 七海衣理 (Eri Nanami) has a little talk with him saying that she believes his story and that he'll find the answer within himself. Eri's friend from cram school comes, 仙道友恵 (Tomoe Sendo) shows up for a bit, does introductions and then rushes off. She later gets in a car accident. Eri and Hijiri visit her and after they leave, A strange man (same punk from last chapter) comes. Next thing that happens is that a couple gets attacked by some beast in the park.