midnightreverie

Fall anime
Kuchu Buranko - Yeah, you knew, but this was something I never expected... PAKU ROMI as the doctor!!! Also, I really want to hear Sakurai in that role. He's playing a certain poor character from the first novel and I was like.... whut. XD
The Sacred Blacksmith - For the character designs (ahem Tokyo Majin) and the trailer looks great. I want Cecily's boots and Patty looks so cute. Oh yeah, Luke, and Siegfried even more so = fangirl bait!! FANGIRL BAIT I TELL YOU!!

Manga recs
Shiki - it's getting really good! We're starting to get to know the people other than the Sotoba locals. Read up to vol 5 chapter 14 and ahhhh Tohru!! D: Natsuno's really something too.
Akagami Shirayuki Hime - Been keeping up with this and it hasn't let me down. It's a fantasy and slice of life shoujo manga, but it's good stuff! Both female and male protagonists are interesting and completely adorable. Shirayuki somehow managed up my list of favorite female characters.

Now for something entirely else...
I may participate in nano this year. Anybody else doing it? I've got an idea and figuring it out atm, but it's probably not enough to pass the 50,000 limit, unless I veer off the plot based road. Though I did decide on doing it in Dutch so I can be more ~elaborate~ and sound pretentiously smart for once (to be perfectly honest, I miss doing such a thing). I absolutely need this story typed out and not to have it stuck in my head any longer, because I want to spend it on the SG story instead.

[the post contains several non-spoilery manga pages and some illustrations :o I tried hard not to sound fangirly aga;faf]

The manga which is commonly mistaken for a shoujo manga due to its title, basically contains most of my guilty pleasures including swordsmen, detectives, tech stuff, geeks, kickass (motherly) ladies, impending war, great art, etc. I like it a lot.

If you want the FULL text-only review, click either of the following links to read it.

http://iroha.nu/2009/04/20/until-death-do-us-part-review/

or

http://myanimelist.net/reviews.php?id=14311 (give me a rating while you're at it?)

( She dragged the blind guy into an alleyway and said... )

In short: This is a manga well worth looking into, the concept of a blind swordsman isn't exactly the most original thing ever (Zatoichi, ahem), but the story was well enough to try following it raw. The art is great and very detailed. In other words it's begging for an anime adaption, although I think it's a little early for one...

Read at OneManga

OR if you prefer it the other way, download the scanlated volumes here:

Scanlations
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
Volume 4

Volume 5
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
more links at mangahelpers.com!

It's a fast read, so at least try the first two volumes, which equals 16 chapters. :D (....there is a reason for this... read and you'll understand)

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