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栗林みな実 (Minami Kuribayashi) in BASXI Concert DVD
With this DVD, I now have Minami singing Rumbling Hearts in 4 separate performances. This is on top of the 5 different versions of the song I have on CDs. I think it's fair to say that it's become my favorite song, topping even Yui Horie's song for Naru. The DVD includes many songs from Kiminozo and Muvluv, and even includes the theme song from Age's first game. In addition to two Rumbling Hearts performances, she also sings the ending to Kiminozo! Ota-sasa and Joymax host this concert which occurred in the summer of 2002 in a club in Tokyo. The "secret" part of this concert is that the men who sing some songs in Akane Maniax and Muvluv make a surprise appearance here. The concert is about 2 hours long and has very little edits. The MC job is funny in it's own way and I loved most of the DVD except the very end where Minami starts crying. I hate seeing people cry. One thing I learned is that her guitarist is the guy who writes most of the music for her songs. The Muvluv Supplement game (LE version) will also contain another concert DVD, but only with Muvluv songs. Now if they can only release a DVD for the concert a week ago where Mitsuki's seiyuu made a surprise appearance and sang duets with Minami. |
Title: 栗林みな実 (Minami Kuribayashi) in BASXI: Secret Live "Birthday eve" |
ゼロイン (Zero In) Vol. 1
(Yet another) series I'm catching up on for Dragon Age. The third volume to be released early next year will come with a limited edition drama CD. In addition, the past two Dragon Age magazines all had bonus drama CDs for this series that I haven't been able to listen to until now. The author for this series did the manga for Real Bout Highschool, but he wasn't the one who came up with the story. This time, Zero In is his creation. The story is pretty interesting. It revolves around a high school aged boy, Kou, who gets rescued by a girl he recognizes from school, Mikuru. While she's a regular high school student (a bit on the popular side), she also serves as an agent for Minkei, a private police force. She has her own background story of why she joined and why she can't kill people. The artwork is excellent, especially when Mikuru is up-close and attacking the enemies. Just a color page as bonus along with two side story chapters. 1. 爲妹みくる (Mikuru Nazume) |
Title: ゼロイン (Zero In) Vol. 1 |
ツバメしんどろ〜む (Tubame syndroMe) Vol. 2
There's a new character introduced, a space pirate Ura. She's a young little girl who could have potentially been a brat, but I think she fits in the entire story pretty well. Her side story was touching. As for Tsubame and Tiga's plot, it's keeps the momentum of the previous volume. Bonus includes some color pages where the equipment on Tsubame's suit is introduced. There's also a bonus chapter with Ura's side story about her second family on earth, and a one page author's manga. 5. 腕と秘密と２人のツバメ (Arm, Secret, and Our Tsubame) |
Title: ツバメしんどろ〜む (Tubame syndroMe) Vol. 2 |
ヤングアニマルあいらんど (Young Animal Island) Vol. 2
I wonder if they're going to have one of these every time Ai yori is released so they can include a bonus cover. The cover included this time is very provocative. The other bonus included is a To Heart 2 pencil board. Like the previous volume, this one is filled with many one-shot and side story chapters. There's Ai yori, of course. Tamami Momose of "Doki Doki School Hours" has a side chapter for her new series. Ken Yagami has another one-shot here. And Yutaka Tanaka of "Ai Ren" (I'll get back to that one of these days) has a one-shot here too. The Ai yori story focuses on Natsuki in particular when Chika and Chizuru make a surprise visit to her apartment complex and find out that she has a male childhood friend. The two girls get thoughts that they could be lovers, but Natsuki and Keisuke deny it. However, Keisuke doesn't think it would be a bad idea. Momoiro Sweetie introduces Kado-chan and the people who interacts with as a plug for the first book of the series. It's a 4 panel comic like Doki Doki School Hours. To Heart2 introduces the characters and follows them as they're preparing for the school festival. Art is really good in this one. Ami's Tactics is a story about Takeru, a series Shogo player who meets a young girl who apparently is one of his dad's pupils in the game. At first, he doesn't take her serious as she's too carefree to play Shogo, but he learns that he doesn't always need a poker face to play the game. Motoko's Dearest Lover is a one-shot manga with 5 very very short stories involving a manga author and her editor. |
Title: ヤングアニマルあいらんど (Young Animal Island) Vol. 2 |
少年マガジン (Shonen Magazine), '05 Vol 2/3
The next two volumes will be double issues. Negima is missing this week. A new series, "Toto" is starting. The artwork reminds me a lot of One Piece (haven't read it though). I don't think the two chapters included this week mention the main character's name, so I'll assume it's Toto. Tsubasa is really skimping it this week with only 15 pages, and the cover girl is Aya Ueto. Toto: １少年と犬 (Boy and Dog): Toto has always wanted to get off his small island after receiving his father's diary that told him the world is a vast place. After many failed attempts to fly and sail away, one day a blimp comes and makes an emergency landing in his town. Seeing that this is his only chance, he sneaks into it. He finds another stowaway, a puppy. After they're in the air, he finds out that the blimp has been taken over by terrorists and they've already kicked the normal crew and passengers off. Toto: 2家族なんだ！！ (We're Family): As the hijackers go through the luggage, they find Toto and the dog. When given the choice to live and go back home to the island or to die on the blimp, he doesn't choose either. In a struggle, the puppy gets thrown overboard, but he manages to grab it with one hand while hanging off the blimp with the other. He refuses to let go of the puppy to grab hijacker's hand because he says the puppy is his family. The wood siding he's holding on to loosens and he gets ejected towards the propeller. The dog then transforms into a large beast and saves him. After defying death, the hijackers allow him to stay aboard. Suzuka: ＃４１蛍袋 (Bellflower): Yamato and Suzuka go out in search of Fireflies on this summer night. The place that he takes her too only has a couple. He explains to her his childhood dream of confessing his love with a bellflower lit with a firefly and Suzuka allows him to live out his dream on her. To his surprise, she answers and answers in the affirmative, but soon tells him that they're just playing after all. Student Council: ＃４第二の目覚め (The Second Awakening): As Kaoru sends his birds to attack Musashi, Musashi notices that things slow down. In fact, he realizes that he's able to move lighting fast to dodge the attacks. When he's cornered against a building, he ends up being able to push the building behind him off its foundation. Mami tells him that these are the powers he now has with his second awakening. Hamanaka Ai: ０６３思い出の器 (Container of Memories): While Misaki and Masahiko are going through some old stuff in the closet, a bloom handle jams the door from the outside and they have to wait until Ai comes to let them out. After a while, Masahiko has the urge to urinate and has Misaki get a container for him. At that moment, Ai is outside and all she hears is him yelling that "he's gonna come." Tsubasa: ６５動き始める刻 (When Things Start Moving): Shaoran meets the faux Kuro and battles him, but for some reason he feels like his arm is being controlled by someone else. Ashura stabs Yasha. King's Sword: １６廬植と劉備 (Roshoku and Ryubi): Ryubi brings the two kids to his casle, the Takuken where he meets up with his mentor before leaving for another adventure. Full Swing: １２ここなんだ！！ (Here!!): It becomes 6-5, Shun and he's up 15-40 (double match point) with Tama serving. During the rally, Shun breaks a string and Tama's return hits the tape and flies directly up... Changing Now: ＃３２物件！！ ヒーローの居場所 (Things, A Hero's Home): Takeko and her dad see Daimonji (Dog Fighter's partner in crime) looking for a place to live. As Daimonji is talking to the broker, he explains that he has no guarantor, works as a hero, and gets paid with smiles. |
Title: 少年マガジン (Shonen Magazine) Vol. 2/3 |
フルメタル・パニック！ (Full Metal Panic!) Vol. 8
When I started reading the first page, I thought was going to be another volume with fun, but ultimately disjoint chapters. That was not to be the case though as this whole volume follows a central plot. Sosuke and his colleagues see some more action and there's more development with Tessa and Kaname (which involve Sosuke). Overall a very good volume, and I'm finally caught up! Bonus is the usual color pages, author manga, and Sosuke is on the inside of the dust jacket. 46. 夏への誘い…かなめ運命の予感！？ (Invitation to Summer... Premonition of Kaname's Fate!?) |
Title: フルメタル・パニック！ (Full Metal Panic!) Vol. 8 |
フルーツバスケット (Fruits Basket) Vol. 13
The characters have finished their summer vacation and are back at school. I still have mixed feelings about the direction that Kyo and Yuki are going in. It still doesn't interest met that much. However, I enjoyed the chapters that had Tohru trying to find out if Alyssa's Kureno was the same Kureno of the Souma house. Contains chapters 72~77. |
Title: フルーツバスケット (Fruits Basket) Vol. 13 |
ちびまる子ちゃん (Chibimaruko-chan) Vol. 4
It's been a while since I read the previous volume. Fortunately, Chibimaruko is chapter oriented, so there's no continuing plot, meaning nothing to remember. There are less chapters in this volume than there was in the previous volumes because there's a extremely long chapter in here that wasn't part of the original serialization. I liked the story as it was bit touching with two of Maruko's classmates having to split because one of them was moving away. It was a bit too drawn out though, in my opinion. The final chapter with a peek into the future was interesting. Bonus is a bookmark and postcard, like the previous volumes. |
Title: ちびまる子ちゃん (Chibimaruko-chan) Vol. 4
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