Oh sweet brotherly love! I really enjoyed this chapter. Saiga and Arthur are an adorable big brother little brother pair and my heart is preparing to break when Arthur finds out that Saiga has already claimed Lily. Arthur is so … Continue reading "Lily" Chp 3
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
At long last, we get started on this series. Again, this is another casualty of “Kuro Lala” and “Shiro Lala”. Hopefully, though, now that we are started, we can put out a chapter every month or two. This is another series with CRAZY redraws, so I can’t guarantee monthly releases, but we’ll do our best. We are doing this series in conjunction with Heart Crusade. Heart Crusade will be helping out with some of horrendous redraws.And now onto the series: This first chapter was very compelling to me and I want to see more of this couple as soon as … Continue reading New Series: "Ojousama no Untenshu" ("The Young Lady’s Chauffeur") Chapter 1
Since we’ve been burn before on Sakura Tsukuba one-shots, we decided to be quiet about this one and wait a little while to see if another group was going to do it first. After waiting a couple of weeks, we decided to go ahead and take the chance to translate it. I really don’t like keeping things a secret, but I think in this case it may have been worth it. Anyhow, this is a very easygoing and pleasant one-shot. It’s perfect for a mid-winter read. As expected, the artwork is also very nice.Without further ado, here are the links: … Continue reading Surprise One-Shot: "Wait until it’s Dark" by Sakura Tsukuba
First of all, and this has nothing to do with “Fushigi no Maria-kun”, there’s a great Taiwanese live action version of “Skip Beat” in the middle of its run. It’s up to episode 4. If you aren’t watching it, go watch it! It can be found in “the usual places” (don’t ask, because I’m not telling). And now onto “Fushigi no Maria-kun”! It’s been a while since we’ve had a chapter! As I’ve written before, this series is a challenge in every way. I’ll like to thank Noir and Ichi for doing a wonderful cleaning and redrawing this chapter. They … Continue reading "Fushigi no Maria-kun" Chapter 4
Strangely enough, this chapter is very appropriate for Christmas because Amane’s backstory is eerily similar to the story of another spirit that descended to Earth whose birth we celebrate this time of year. Hmmm…It’s an interesting twist on that story. Hahaha! I wonder if there will be any further parallels. In this chapter we get a big dose of Amane’s back story and the link between what happened to Shiina as a child when she died. A lot of this links back the extra story that came out between chapters 5 and 6. In case you haven’t read it, here’s … Continue reading "Seirei Produce" Chapter 8
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
This is a really sweet one-shot. As of now this is tied with “Dinner in my Coffin” as my favorite Shiro Lala one-shot. This one-shot had tough redraws on nearly every page, so I would like to thank Ichigo Stars and Kumiko for all the work they put in to make the release of this one-shot possible. It’s beautiful, you guys! I really appreciate it. This one-shot plays with fairytale troupes. It feels very familiar, but I think this one-shot was well done, so I enjoyed the “remix”. If you haven’t read Toyota Yuu’s other one-shot “The Honeybee Earl and … Continue reading Shiro Lala One-shot: "The Wizard and the Love Potion"
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