Tsubasa: Those With Wings Manga Volume 2 (Volumes 3 & 4 originally) 翼を持つ者 –> Not available for purchase from RAKUTEN.COM (formerly BUY.COM) –> PURCHASE FROM BARNES & NOBLE –> PURCHASE FROM RIGHTSTUF! It is strange to see the very different approaches in storytelling that Takaya-sensei has between Tsubasa and Phantom Dream, which were partially done
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Negima! Manga Vol 29 Ch 265 Review


魔法先生 ネギま!Volume 29 Chapter 265 (manga) Mahou Sensei Negima! Manga Chapter 265 Negima! Manga Vol 29 Ch 265 Review SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Negi goes off and attacks Gödel as the imagery of the attack on Negi’s village continues to play all around him, Nodoka, Asakura, Chisame, and Sayo (in doll form). Nodoka, who’s been monitoring Negi’s

Thanks For an Incredible Month!


Hey gang! It has been an incredible month for the blog. Despite the main counter application being down for a few days due to a server move, the stats from it show a huge explosion of traffic last month like I’ve never seen before. ^_^ So I wanted to thank you all for your continued

xxxHOLiC Manga Chapter 187 Review


xxxHOLiC Manga Chapter 187 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Doumeki, Watanuki, and Mokona are eating and talking when Maru and Moro announce that Kohane-chan has arrived. She brings a present of beef shigureni from the old fortune teller for them to eat. With Doumeki and Mokona wanting sake and snacks, Watanuki has Maru and Moro clean up the

Phantom Dream Manga Volume 3 Review


Phantom Dream Manga Volume 3 Review Genei Musou/幻影夢想 –> Not available for purchase from RAKUTEN.COM (formerly BUY.COM) –> PURCHASE FROM BARNES & NOBLE –> PURCHASE FROM RIGHTSTUF! I read this volume of Takaya-sensei’s first manga and when I was done, I sat flabbergasted. I struggled on how I would blog this volume of the manga

I Want This Logo On an Official T-Shirt!


My friend GC recently had to take a couple of business trips to Japan. He brought back a bottle of Pocari Sweat to give to me (which I’ve got to get still). My plan is to bring this to work and share the love with my co-workers, all of whom have heard me spoken about

Ibaraki Prefecture’s Satoyama Life


The amazing thing about the Internet is that while researching something, one can stumble onto something else and get lost for a while exploring this new place on the web one has discovered. In this case, I was looking into engawa (the veranda/porch areas of Japanese homes that are sometimes enclosed) when I came across

Hata-sensei (Hayate no Gotoku) and Akamatsu-sensei (Negima!)


In volume 12 of Hayate the Combat Butler manga, Hata-sensei made a reference to a character from Negima! (specifically, Nagi Springfield). Considering that Negima! is my favorite manga followed closely in 2nd place by Hayate the Combat Butler, the reference was much appreciated by me. Several weeks ago, I was notified by someone (or some