osaraba: (dn L figure)
I have continued to read manga lately at an insane pace. I finally finished all of the GTO manga that [livejournal.com profile] bondagepenguin lent me. It was sooo good! Onizuka is so great, lol. I started reading the Initial D manga again. I'm up to volume 9 right now. I know everything that happens already, and probably will up to around volume 17, since I heard that's where 4th Stage starts. I also started reading the Nana manga, which is really dragging out. I finished volume 11, and sometimes I wonder how I even got that far. It's not so much that it's stupid (which is the only thing that's keeping me going), but it's pretty darn boring. Nothing is happening. *yawns* I've also started reading the Bleach manga (also lent by [livejournal.com profile] bondagepenguin), since I can carry those around with me. Only up to volume 3 right now though. Oh! And I read the latest volume (22) of Samurai Deeper Kyo, which is just so great -- I now understand the Hotaru-love completely! ♥ This was actually one of the volumes that I "read" in the original Japanese; really read every word and tried to understand what was going on, so it was really interesting to read and actually understand everything. Also, now having read all the previous volumes and being up-to-date makes a difference. I ♥ Kyo SO VERY MUCH!

After the much-needed break, I started reading Death Note again last night. I am now finished with volume 9, so only 3 volumes left. The writer really keeps you on edge; it's just impossible to guess where he'll go next. Raito is such a despicable character! Anyway, did you know that the artist is the same one who drew the art for Hikaru no Go? Which makes sense once you think about it ~ the style is the same in many ways. But ooh, if she can draw bishounen like Raito, I wish we could have seen Hikaru in his early 20s. <3

[livejournal.com profile] louiex sent me this link to someone's post about OMGFUCKINGAWESOME Raito and L figures. They're scheduled to be released in September 2007 and cost 15000yen each. Which is SO not fair because I really, really, really would love to get L, but I just cannot justify spending $150 on a figure. Really. I just can't.

Although I keep trying to convince myself.

I have another 7 months to try.
osaraba: (BT atsu tongue)
Read the Hikaru no Go manga over the weekend.

It is absolute love.

The end of the anime goes up to volume 17, I believe. From what I remember of the anime, I'd say that surprisingly the end of the anime felt kind of rushed in comparison to the end of that part of the manga. Volume 18 is mostly side-stories. But volumes 19 through 23 depict a new chapter in Hikaru's life of Go. It's really quite good and I can now see the Hikaru/Akira and Isumi/Waya much more clearly. ^^ Hikaru/Akira still wouldn't be my favorite (I just don't like Akira all that much, although definitely more than before), but I do very much enjoy being able to now see the friendship past the rivalry.

Hotta-sensei is just as blunt with us as she was throughout the rest of the story, and I love her more for it even while I want her to wrap the story up with a pretty bow. Obata-sensei's art is awesome all throughout, but we finally get to see Hikaru (and others) looking more mature, and let's face it, HOT. He loses the chubby-cheeked look and keeps the awesome hairstyle that was too cool for the kid he was, but now makes him bishounen. <3

I want more, dammit! I want to follow his trials as he moves up in the rankings! Why does it have to end here?!

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