I-it's Adekan 4!!

Remember this post. Yes, Adekan 4 is coming out... today!!! (in Japan of course.)

Even though, I still haven't gotten my eyes on an Adekan 3, I can still look forward to this right? XD

As always, Nao Tsukiji-sensei's drawings are as fancy as the characters are flexible. And I don't even need to read to know that the content may as well be rated 18+ :D

allby kuro

It's been a really long time since I sewn anything and I think my needle-working soul is sort of making a come back XD

Duration: roughly 3-4 hours? and all hand-sewn because I am both too poor and too technically challenged for a sewing machine XDD

Still, it came out surprisingly better (and cuter) than I expected :DD

Personally I did not think the blue on the inside would look this good! :D Hence, I am planning to make more, still I don't know what they can be used for... D: Pencil cases? random baggie? But there is always a need for little bags to pack random junk, right?

PS: The zipper decor is not rainbow for no reason. XDD

Usa Usa Doroppu!

Title: Bunny Drop/Usagi Drop (うさぎ ドロップ)

Release: August 20 2011 based on Unita Yumi's josei manga with the same name.

Summary: Daikichi is a 30 year old man going back home for his grandfather's funeral when he meets a little girl by the name of Rin. Turns out, she is the illegitimate child of his grandfather (and by relationship chart, this 6 years old girl is his aunt, technically.)

While the rest of his family gets caught up in the shock and embarrassment after learning about Rin's existence, Daikichi decides to take Rin in and care for her, despite the fact that he is a single man with no experience in raising a child before.

Commentary: It's adorable, super heart-warming and just simply sweet. (or maybe I am just growing older and things like these just gets me.)

But maybe I was just roped into this because there is an uncle-type figure in here despite how lame he is!! (Kya...?) XDD But when we get to volume 5, a time skip occurs and we see them as adolescences and man do they look good! : D

The josei manga aside, I really look forward to the film that is going to be released in the summer! Matsuyama Kenichi (L from Death Note) and the little girl both look very cute. I really like L's short boy cut, a lot!~ I just don't think I can stress on that enough -thumbs up- *u*

While I can't wait for August to come, anyone interested or mildly interested should just go watch their trailers! :D

Submit my Future

So it's decided (by all and reluctantly me after MUCH convincing) that I will be going to the Uni of W in the fall.

A school a bit more than an hour and a half from where I live. Thus, meaning I shall be moving out of my home starting from September!

Is this what I really want?

I don't know because course wise, I never have much of an interest in anything (beside BL of course but unfortunately there is probably no school in the world that offers me a chance to become the first professor of BL.) It is all a little exciting and rather nerve-wrecking though and when the school comes banging on my door for me to pay up, there will be a major pain in wallets at my household. OTL

Why are our futures so damn expensive? And last but not least, I hope I don't regret on my decision! ><


Gah and may I add (even more important and exciting) news.

DOGS: Bullets & Carnage 6 is out in Japan!! (See amazon)

It's Heine-kun and Lily-chan and Gio-baby!! V V

When will they release it in Chinese?? QuQ

Mosquito Sting!

Title: MO' SOME STING

By: Yamashita Tomoko (ヤマシタ トモコ)

Release: One Volume (five chapters) in 2009.

Summary:
A masochistic lawyer, two gay yakuzas, a young girl running for her life and an insurance agent who wants nothing to do with the mess. Five people, five separate circumstances and a situation that ties them all together. Somehow, none of them just can't seem to escape one another no matter how hard they try.

Commentary:
Sensei always had a godly ability to draw amazingly awkward men in equally awkward situation. But this book steps away from all that and focuses on action (no, not the let's roll around in the bed sheets type but more like action-adventure type!) And I find it really refreshing~

To me the story was quite fast-paced but it wasn't in a rush at all. A lot of punches were thrown but no one dies even though most of them do get hurt quite badly... DD:

The characters were adorable. Like the too many gay yakuzas (I mean where do you find these men??) and the cute but totally masochistic lawyer, everyone just has a fun and all around personality, you honestly can't hate any of them. No, not even the bad guy because you will come to like him at the end, no doubt!

And just like all the other female characters sensei has in her BL works, they are great, not a bitch, not an annoying bumbling mess of tears, rather they are strong independent girls who can actually survive in the real world unlike all these strange gay men XD

A must read of Tamashita Tomoko sensei's works because it totally convinced me that love might actually make the world turn on its axis.

Danger & pain are like a pair of twins

Just a month and a week or so into my workplace and I get an unexpected day off... while I was working up front, my boss fell off a ladder and dislocated his shoulder QuQ

(Do I need to call WHIMIS like now??!) DD: -panics-

Even though he got his shoulder relocated, he was still in so much pain. Everything was just yikes... still, hope he gets better soon!!

The Sick & The Beautiful

Gah, I am working the longest hours during the weekends nowadays so Saturday and Sunday are really just crappy days right now OTL

However, I just finished my Jap Exam~~ (and it was surprisingly easy... I so did something wrong didn't I??! -panics-) Now I just need to finish editing my CM project and why is Windows Movie Maker such a pain in the ass with it's superior power to crash every other time I click on something?

PS: Anohana Ep. 04, you sick cross dressing bishounen! Why are all my creepy sick fantasy predictions coming true??!!!

Out with the Zone 00.8

I don't think I have written a rec-post for this manga but I am way too excited for the new tankouban release to go do it right now.

But OMG!! Zone-00 8 is out in Japan!!~~ (See Amazon.)

And the cover looks gorgeous, featuring loli!shota Benio (up) and shota!shota Tsukihiko (down), though both of them are equally creepy and equally NON-dick-free under those tight tight shorts.

I can't wait to get my hands on the Chinese version as soon as it is released! GAHHHH, Kujou Kyo is God sometimes!!~

Love @ Chance!

Title: Chance!

By: Kawai Hideki (河井英槻)

Summary:
It was love at first sight for swimmer Kujou when he met Mizumura, a mysterious senpai at his school. Even though Mizumura does reciprocate the feelings and the two of them do get together. But for Mizumura, things at home begin to go downhill fast and he is forced to leave.

Commentary:
I think this might be the first time I am doing a rec for a legit BL manga (and not just a proper hot-blooded shounen JUMP series that my brain had twisted into BL materials...) *u*

So in reality, I don't think the fancy glitter-glitter cover do much justice to the story inside. Even though I do have to admit I was roped into reading it because of all that fancy sparkles around them and I was expecting nothing but pretty art and flat if not no plot at all. D:

BUT, the story was like 100 times better than my expectation. It was bittersweet, a little tragic and a whole lot of love. Art wise, it is simple with a rough almost messy sort of style for the characters but the background also have such gorgeous details. Both characters are not blatantly created to fit inside a seme/uke category, rather they are both so real in terms of personality and that really gives a realistic edge to the story, especially the hopelessly in love Kujou-kun. -thumbs up-

Sometimes, it is just hard to find quality BL that steps away from all that mindless excuses to screw... everywhere and I think this manga really steps up to the plate. So even though it may be way too clean (a few kiss scenes and a little bit of subtle touching) I still thought it was WELL worth the read.