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Summary: Arakure (Wild Ones), Vol 2, Chp 7

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This chapter begins with Sachie in bed. She is having a dream of her mother. Her mother tells Sachie that she has to go. Sachie begs her not to go. “Don’t go, don’t go, mother …” Sachie pleads and then wakes up in the middle of her dream, obviously talking in her sleep. She gets out of bed and heads to the kitchen, thinking about how she hasn’t dreamt of her mother in a while. On her way to the kitchen, she sees blood drops splattered on the floor and upon entering the kitchen a huge bald maniacal looking yakuza … Continue reading Summary: Arakure (Wild Ones), Vol 2, Chp 7

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Summary: Arakure (Wild Ones), Vol 2, Chp 6

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This chapter begins with Raizo visiting his friend Ume, the innkeeper from the previous chapter. Raizo asks Ume how his health is and Ume tells him that his health is poor. He then asks Raizo to take care of his grandson, Azuma, because he will hospitalized and Azuma’s parents are dead. Raizo agrees. Meanwhile back at the house, Sachie is preparing to go out. Her yakuza protectors give her stuff to take with her like tea, a fan, and a diaper (for lengthy stays outside). Igarashi catches her before she can go out and asks if she’s done her summer … Continue reading Summary: Arakure (Wild Ones), Vol 2, Chp 6

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Summary: Arakure (Wild Ones), Vol 2, Chp 5

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It’s the umi (beach) chapter and it comes so early in story (6 volumes and counting from what I’ve been able to gather). In chapter 5, Sachie’s grandfather gathers the household to go to an inn on the beach that is run by an old friend of his. Sachie worries about the nature of this friendship, suspecting that it has something to do with yakuza. But her fears are put to rest as it seems that Ume is really an old friend. Sachie is, of course, is looking forward to spending time at the beach, but when they get there … Continue reading Summary: Arakure (Wild Ones), Vol 2, Chp 5

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Hana-Kimi: Volume 21 (FINALLY!!!)

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Volume 21 of “Hana-Kimi” (“Hanazakaria no Kimitachi he”) has finally come out in the US. This is the pivotal volume in the Hana-Kimi series. So far, “Hana-Kimi” is my favorite manga series and this volume is the best in the series. Gosh, it took so long to get there, which makes this volume all the more sweeter. (I have to admit that I have already read Hana-Kimi. I read it before it got the US at least a couple of years ago. If you can’t wait to finish the last two volumes, they are out there in the ether. Also, … Continue reading Hana-Kimi: Volume 21 (FINALLY!!!)

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Wild Ones (Arakure), Volume 1

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This is a delightful manga series about a girl, Sachie Wakamura, orphaned at the age of 15 who finds out she’s a yukuza princess when her grandfather comes to retrieve her at her mother’s funeral. She is assigned a personal body guard, Rakuto Igarashi, who also happens to be the student council president of the high school she starts to attend. Rakuto is a “princely” type guy who never really lets anybody get to know him — so, of course, he’s very popular with the girls at school. Rakuto is a orphan, too, who Sachie’s grandfather has taken in and … Continue reading Wild Ones (Arakure), Volume 1

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Hanazakarino Kimitachi e — Taiwanese Live Action Version

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I have watched the first 5 episodes of this 15 episode long version of Hana-Kimi and I find it quite good. At first I didn’t like that the actress that plays the Mizuki character (Mizuki is called Rei Xi in the version) because she actually looks like a chubby unattactractive boy — well more like a “Pat” type from SNL — but I think I’ve gotten used to her (and her overacting). The other characters are well played and well cast, especially the Sano character (Jian or Quan depending on the fansubber group) and the Nakatsu character (Shu Yi). This … Continue reading Hanazakarino Kimitachi e — Taiwanese Live Action Version

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Hanazakari no Kimitachi e — Japanese Live Action Version Continued

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I found a fansubbed version of the new Hana-Kimi series on Crunchy Roll. Basically, this live action version is, indeed, very loosely based on the manga. The basic scenario is the same — girl disguises herself to enter an all boy’s school to be with the boy she admires. The characters are present, but they are not like the manga. There are elements of the scenarios in the manga, but they had been chopped into small bits and rearranged. Mizuki’s reason being at Ousaka is changed too. In this version, she comes there knowing that Sano no longer does the … Continue reading Hanazakari no Kimitachi e — Japanese Live Action Version Continued

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Hanazakari no Kimitachi e — Japanese Live Action Version

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There’s a live action version of “Hanazakari no kimitachi e” (For you in Full Blossom) this season. I watched the raw of the first episode and it is VERY loosely based on the manga. There is no coherence in the activities and the show appears, so far, to be a bunch of fan service for teenage girls (male and female — ’nuff said). I’ll give the second episode a chance to see if they attempt to do something more than fan service. If the second episode is equally as crappy or crappier than the first, then I will not following … Continue reading Hanazakari no Kimitachi e — Japanese Live Action Version