Shame on you proofreaders for making Ichi waiting after she tireless cleaned, scrubbed, and redrew this entire chapter!  The poor girl had to look at this juicy chapter and see things she couldn’t unsee without knowing what the hell these shocking events actually were! Hahaha!  Thanks proofreaders for finally pitching in :).  I know you all had St. Patrick’s Day parties to go to and you’re all bleary-eyed from too many shamrock shakes. AUGH!!! This chapter!!!  Naked Ape you are killing me with goodness!!!  Many thanks for this wonderful series!  Unfortunately, I can’t say much about this chapter without spoiling … Continue reading "Magnolia" Chapter 20

Nagi’s taking off the gloves…hee!  I think “Lost Lamb” describes Nagi’s situation in this chapter more than “beast”.  Hahaha!  This chapter is such a tease!  Still it’s fun to see Nagi suffer sweetly.  He makes a great martyr.This chapter ends the Tea Party arc.  I suppose in  the next chapter we’ll get to see what happens the night after the tea party or the next day after the tea party.  Personally, I think it’s time for some Ayato x Nagi time.  Ayato needs to have a heart-to-heart with somebody.  In the end, I’d say that outside of family, Nagi is … Continue reading "Magnolia" Chapter 19

First if of all, I must say Naked Ape does some of the loveliest cover and title page art out there.  I’m always excited when they have color pages.  I really wish they would release a Magnolia calendar.  I really like the colors on this illustration.  The composition really brings out the green of Ayato’s eyes.We continue with the tea party in this chapter.  A warning to Hugo haters:  you are going to want to put your fist through your monitor before the end of this chapter.  Hugo is especially dog-like…well, more like a male slut.  He’s a terrible guy … Continue reading "Magnolia" Chp 18

First a little shameless plug to encourage you all to give the mangaka money for this manga series by purchasing the books.  Volume 3 (Chapters 10 – 16) has just been released and it has a beautiful drawing of Nagi on the cover and the full drawing of Nagi on the first inside page.  There’s also a drama CD available. Here are some links to purchase! Amazon Japan via Naked Ape’s Amazon Storefront:(Volume 3 only) (Volume 3 + Drama CD) Yes Asia:(Volume 3) (Volume 3 + Drama CD) Since I didn’t know Volume 3 came with the Drama CD, I … Continue reading "Magnolia" Chapter 17

“Magnolia” chapters continue to get shorter.  Part of me wishes Naked Ape would go on hiatus with “Magnolia” so they can concentrate on finishing “Dolls”.  The way things are now really isn’t fair to “Magnolia”.   I don’t like the trickling pace and I don’t like seeing and sometimes having to fix the many little errors in the artwork that I imagine are due to being rushed. That said, this chapter is pretty entertaining and I like Ayato’s casual outfit.  In the background, though, I think events are starting to get repetitive with respect to Hugo popping up wherever Ayato … Continue reading Magnolia Chapter 16

 *Runs forward* What a nice title page!  This page makes me want to have a Magnolia calendar for 2012.  That would be soooooo nice.Anyhow…and now this announcement.  Magnolia volume 3 will come out on December 7th and there will be two versions.  One version is the book alone and the other version will include a drama CD along with the book.  I don’t know whether I will be getting the drama CD.  To be honest, don’t really understand the point of drama CDs.  I’d rather have a calendar. CALENDAR!!!  Hear my pleas Naked Ape.  CALENDAR!!! All righty!  Now onto the … Continue reading "Magnolia" Chapter 15