all I want for Christmas is a subscription to Shoujo Beat

[cerusee]

Saturday has me standing in the manga section, after work, mulling over whether to buy Rurouni Kenshin v. 1 now that we finally have it back in stock, flipping through the translator's notes and suddenly realizing that the bad guys in this are the Shinsengumi, and Kaze Hikaru is about the Shinsengumi, and they were on the wrong side of history, and oh, oh, this is going to hurt.

jk.hbweruhwef

I did not buy Rurouni Kenshin.

O Kaze Hikaru, my not-so fluffy shoujo love. Plz dun break my heart.



In other news, I did not write two poems when I went for a walk up in Rockland Woods, but I was eaten alive by mosquitos.

Comments

[greenapple2004.livejournal.com]

I take it you've never read Peacemaker/Peacemaker Kurogane? Ups the ante on the Shinsengumi angst in a *big way.* And it's gorgeous. (and gruesome, as all good manga about revolution should be)

[cerusee.livejournal.com]

Nope! Although that's reason enough to me to check it out.

Although I'm not sure I'm ready for more gruesome manga, after reading the latest volume of Eden! It's an Endless World. There is a limit to how much pain and horror I am willing to take on in fiction, no matter how artfully depicted.

[octopedingenue]

.....ahaha never read Uzumaki

[cerusee.livejournal.com]

That's the spiral-themed horror manga, right?

Icon love!

[greenapple2004.livejournal.com]

I'm fairly easily squicked, in spite of X/1999 being my first real manga gateway drug, and I can handle Peacemaker. It's borderline, but the violence is appropriate to the setting and the subject matter.

ADV did the first few volumes of Kurogane, but not the prequel series, but perhaps *someone* will release it in English some day... ;-)

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

I'd read it, for sure! I've been holding off on Kurogane because I heard it was incomprehensible unless you read the first part, which was unavailable.

[greenapple2004.livejournal.com]

What ADV did that was stupid was release the first volume of Kurogane along with the first volume of the anime. Kurogane pretty much picks up where the anime (and the first series) leaves off, but no one apparently thought to plan them in sequence.

This will someday be remedied. :-)