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Girls ブラボー (Girls Bravo) Vol. 2
I had thought that the series ended with 8 books as bk1.co.jp, where I ordered the books from, sold the whole "set" with 8 books. But it looks like volume 9 is coming out soon. I was looking at the cast of the anime from the obi, and Mamiko Noto is doing the voice of Yukinari. I don't know how well that's going to turn out as she has a really soft voice, but I'll just have to see when I get the first DVD box. The first few pages are colored and there's a bonus chapter in the book. 7. Yukinari feels like he's been treating Miharu terribly recently, so he tries to apologize to her. Lisa looks to break up their relationship, so using some voodoo, she creates a clone of Miharu who tells Yukinari that she hates him. However, her plans get foiled when the real Miharu shows up and Yukinari gets to give his apology. 8. It's experiment day at school, and despite Yukinari's warnings, Miharu drinks down the concoction they make in lab, which is pure alcohol. She gets herself drunk and as such, he produces multiples of herself that appear and disappear. Things settle down after she sobers up. 9. It's a hot day and Fukuyama decides to take Miharu to his pool at his house. He had thought that the two of them would be alone, but Kirie and Yukinari show up. There's some power struggle between Fukuyama and Yukinari, but Miharu ends up choosing Yukinari because he gets ignored by everyone else. 10. They're supposed to be finishing up their summer homework, but Lisa comes over and says she's going to help Yukinari get over his allergic reactions to girls. Chaos ensues, and Miharu gets jealous. Yukinari and Miharu end up being wrapped together in bandage with their hands joined. 11. A new character, Koyomi, appears out of the fountain in the park and faints. Miharu brings her home. She has apparently lost her memory, likes to hide in holes, and is terribly afraid of men. Fukuyama comes over, sees Koyomi, and falls in love with her too. Later, her memory comes back when she sees her own reflection in the bath tub. 12. Koyomi's job is to bring back Miharu to Selen, but after seeing how close she is with Yukinari, Koyomi can't get herself to do it. Miharu tells her that she's willing to go and despite a last minute plea from Yukinari, Miharu returns to her homeland through the bath. Three days later she comes back. |
Title: Girls ブラボー (Girls Bravo) Vol. 2 |
美少女戦士セーラームーン (Sailormoon) Vol. 10
I love the cover on this volume. Hotaru has always been my favorite. Besides that, I never really did like this arc, and after reading the manga, it's still hovers at the same level as it did before. The stickers this time are the same as the covers with Moon, Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter. 45. 夢７ ミラー・ドリーム (Dream 7, Mirror Dream): The final showdown with the Amazoness Quartet. The 4 other Sailor Scout battle and are soon joined by the three outer scouts. Chibiusa sense that the scouts are in action and runs out to help. Usagi and Mamoru, still weak, run out also. As the Dead Moon approaches, Sailormoon and Tuxedo Mask get caught in it's powers and so Eriol transforms them into children to warp them out of there. Sailor Saturn tries to tell the Amazoness Quartet that they're being manipulated. They hesitate for a bit, showing that the spell is weakening, but Zirconia doesn't let them finish their though when she captures the four of them back. Hotaru and Chibiusa get trapped inside glass. 46. 夢８ エリュシオン・ドリーム (Dream 8, Illusion Dream): Usagi and Mamoru are taken to the world Illusion. This place seems very familiar to Mamoru and Eriol tells him that this used to be his kingdom, Golden Kingdom and that the Golden Crystal is inside of Mamoru. Usagi sees the cage that holds Eriol and runs to it, but it's a trap to inform Neherenia about their presence. Using his last ounce of strength, Eriol transports Mamoru and Usagi back to Earth. Back on land, Zirconia attacks the two of them. 47. 夢９ デッド・ムーン・ドリーム (Dream 9, Dead Moon Dream): Using their joint attack, the Scouts make Zirconia retreat back into his mirror. Sailormoon follows her in, but the others can't pass through the glass. Inside, Sailormoon manages to free Hotaru and Chibiusa, and the four balls that contain the Amazoness Quartet and escapes after destorying the mirror. The circus creatures disappear. After the victory, Tuxedo Mask tells them to go to Illusion. There, Chibiusa finds Eriol in his cage and soon after, the Circus ship comes flying with the real Neherenia. 48. 夢１０ プリンセス・ドリーム (Dream 10, Princess Dream): Sailormoon attacks the mirror on the ship that has Neherenia, but her attack gets reflected and she's sent back to her mother's chambers where she finds out about the Neherenia's banishment from the kingdom. Back in current day, Neherenia thinks she's gotten Sailormoon's crystal and it's power, but Sailormoon shows her, after kissing Tuxedo Mask, that power is not something she can take. During her transformation, she has the other scouts see their Sailor Scout Fairies before transforming, and she herself becomes Eternal Sailormoon. 49. 夢１１ アース アンド ムーン ドリーム (Dream 11, Earth and Moon Dream): Neherenia gets defeated and Eriols gets revivied. The Amazoness Quartet come back to life and show that they were all originally Sailor Scouts. Things are back to normal and Eriol departs. |
Title: 美少女戦士セーラームーン (Pretty Guardian Sailormoon) Vol. 10 |
フルーツバスケット (Fruits Basket) Vol. 8
I think Ri-chan and her mother are hilarious and her chapters were fun to read. But besides those, I though the other chapers were just ho-hum. No extras this volume either. 43. Momiji tells Kyo, Yuki, and Tohru that Hatsuharu has caused trouble in the classroom and indeed, he's torn up the place. Hatsuharu tells Yuki that he's been dumped and hence the destruction. On her way home, Tohru meets Ritsu (Ri-chan), who shares the same eccentricity and self-blame as her mother, Okami. 44. Ri-chan tells Tohru and Shigure that she's come to introduce herself as all the others in the family have already. After some fumbling around, she accidentally drops some plates and freaks out. Tohru embraces and finds out that she's the monkey. At that time, Tohru finds out that she has a cut on her hand. Yuki helps bandage the minor wound up, but Ri-chan is already on the roof about to commit suicide for injuring Tohru. She falls off, but quickly catches the roof and springs back up because twisted her ankle. 45. In the morning, Ri-chan accidentally finishes all the milk, leaving none for Kyo. After school, Tohru finds Ri-chan struggling with a cat who has taken a bite out of her grocery bag. On the way home, Tohru talks to Ri-chan about self-confidence and self-worth. At home, they meet Shigure's publisher and apparently, Ri-chan and her "click." 46. The topic of what they're future plans has come up. Tohru says she'll get a job and Alyssa interjects that Tohru probably also wants to be a wife. Momiji says she knows, and will tell Tohru someday. Yuki doesn't know. At a late night mean, Tohru and Kyo talk and Kyo would like to be the successor of his dojo, but knows he can't and expresses that he's still a bit loss. This gets Tohru thinking and brings her to tears. As they get a little closer, Shigure suddenly appears, breaking up the mood, and interjects some uplifting words to Tohru. 47. Ayano has come over for a visit and while walking and talking with Yuki, he finds out that Yuki is concerned over the parent-teacher meeting at school as he doesn't like his parents. Ayano offers to go in lieu of the parents. 48. After several long minutes, summer vacation starts. After class, Momiji invites the group to go to a haunted house. Despite being afraid, Tohru makes herself go in. After a few scares, Hatsuharu destroys some of the props and gets them in trouble. |
Title: フルーツバスケット (Fruits Basket) Vol. 8 |
電撃大王 (Dengeki Daioh) October '04
Gunslinger Girl starts again this month, but I have to wait until volume 4 of the tank to start following it in the monthly. I'll also be starting Hoi Hoi-san once the first volume arrives tomorrow (with bonus DVD). This month's bonus comes with an inflatable ball (that yellow character on the front cover) as well as a pull out illustration and some card. Uta-Kata: 1: It's right before summer vacation and 橘一夏 (Ichika Tachibana), 14 and second year middle school student is on her way to school. Her dad is 理人 (Masahito), mom is 泉水 (Izumi), and she also has twins for tutors, Sei and Kai. Before class, she cleans the hallways of her school with her friends 皐月 (Satsuki) and 蛍子 (Keiko). She has a third friend, 未知留 (Michiru), the occult-like girl, who tells them that the last place they have left to clean is the room with the scary big mirror. As Ichika's cleaning it, her reflection winks at her and startles her. She has to go back to that room after class as she dropped her cell phone there earlier in the morning and meets a strange girl in front of the mirror. The girl uses some magical stones which allows Ichika to float above buildings and gaze at the world below. Afterwards, the mirror girl, 舞夏 (Manatsu), asks Ichika to write up her experiences as it's Manatsu's homework. Outside, there's another girl, 沙耶 (Saya), on top of a tower making an ominous warning. Yotsuba to: ２０よつばと花火大会？ (Yotsuba and the Fireworks Show?): Jumbo tells Yotsuba about the fireworks show tomorrow and has her go to the neighbor's house to also invite the girls. He hopes that Yotsuba will get Asagi to come and she does. Ichigo Marshmallow: ??: It's a hot day and so on the way to school, the girls play rock-paper-scissors to see who carries the bags and Matsuri gets the privilege to carry all of them. At school, all the girls except Matsuri are out of it, either sleeping in class, not paying attention, or just coming up with random things as responses to their teacher's questions. Muv-Luv: 2: Yuuko explains the history of her parallel universe to Takeru. Takeru, under the watchful eye of Sakaki, practices rifle assembly, but always finishes too late. As they break, Takeru sees another person that he recognizes from his previous world, 尊人 (Mikoto). This gets him reminiscing about where he came from. That night, he practices rifle assembly some more and seems to be able to do it in time. He slows comes to realize that this is the current world that he's has to live in. Kashimashi: ??: Hazumu's childhood friend, Tomari, has always been the person protecting him, despite being a girl. Now that Hazumu's gender has changed, she's a little confused about her feelings towards him. She gets annoyed when Hazumu's with other girls, but when the media comes looking for Hazumu, Tomari still protects him/her just the same. KuraKURA: 2: Runa still bummed about her botched confession from last time. However, as co-class leader, they still have to prepare for the cultural festival this weekend. Another monster appears requiring Runa to transform again, but this time, Hayakawa sees the monster too and after Runa comes back, Hayakawa presses her into talking about what she just saw and wonders if Runa has been hiding things from her. Siren: 3: Meruna is stuck under the rubbles and Dr. Soichiro has already dismissed her. Meanwhile, Hokuto (I think) is fighting against a tiger-like cyborg and gets herself into some trouble. Meruna manages to transform and help defeat the machine, but then goes looking again for Soichiro. Having transformed back into her plain clothes, she finds Soichiro walking around and is grateful that he's still alive. |
Title: 電撃大王 (Dengeki Daioh) October '04 |
少年マガジン (Shonen Magazine), '04 Vol 46
Yuuko-rin! Suzuka has a color page this time and the featured author in the Kondansha comic is the author of Suzuka. According to Ken Akamatsu's blog, there's supposed to be a big announcement in next week's issue. It's probably that Negima is to be animated in January, but most people already knew that. Suzuka: ＃３４口唇 (Lips): The track team goes to Hiroshima to compete in the Inter High School competition. On their way to the hotel, Yamato sees Arima but gets a cold-shoulder response. After dinner, Yamato practices by himself and is frustrated that he can't improve his time. Honoka shows up and talks with him a bit. She Honoka sees Suzuka come to the trackside, Honoka suddenly kisses Yamato. Full Swing: ４絶対つかんでやる (I'll Get It): Tama practices by himself trying to figure out how to play tennis with a baseball swing. He keeps on hitting it outside the fence though. Koto meets Douchi again who gives her a video tape to pass along to Tama. Douchi says there's a hint inside. It's footage of Jim Courier, who used to be a baseball player before becoming a tennis player. After watching him, Tama and Koto rally and he's able to do a two handed swing just like Courier. Hamanaka Ai: ０５５男の選択 (Man's Choice): Rinko mentions that they're going to have a chorus concert next week. Masahiko tell her not to say that out loud as the tutors will hear it and get distracted. Too late. The tutors take the kids out to a karaoke bar and after the girls sing, they urge Masahiko to sing. He's afraid to do it alone, so the girls offer to do a duet with him and now he's stuck with who to pick. King's Sword: ７劉備戦う (Ryubi Fights): Ryubi, with Kanu and Ahi, try to catch up to the bandits who have made it across. Kanu asks if Ryubi has killed anyone before, and he tells him that he's killed more than he can count with his fingers. They come up to their last bandit and Ryubi kills him with an arrow. The next person gets his throat slashed. The boys come to understand the meaning of "battle." Tsubasa: ５９王の招き (Royalty's Invitation): The moons risen, so the battle comes to temporary stop. After everything calms down, Ashura invites Sakura and Shaoran to her castle and they party a bit. Mokona tells Shaoran that the Sakura's feather's presence feels strongest in the castle that floats in the sky. Changing Now: ＃２４重要！！ビッグプロジェクト (Important, Big Project): Fujioka (Dog Fighter) and Rika (Crimson Bunny) were supposed to go on an overseas business trip, but Fujioka informs Rika that she'll be staying behind. Rika goes home and weeps over her situation as Crimson Bunny and how she's been replaced. The next day, Fujioka finds out that he's the one not going from his supervisor. |
Title: 少年マガジン (Shonen Magazine) Vol. 46
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