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Pearl Pink Vol 4
May. 20th, 2008 08:04 pmAlas, the short tale of sweet, badass, cracktastic, occasionally crossdressing monkey love is already over. (But short is better than dragging it out forever, I suppose…)
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Pearl Pink Vol 4
May. 20th, 2008 08:04 pmAlas, the short tale of sweet, badass, cracktastic, occasionally crossdressing monkey love is already over. (But short is better than dragging it out forever, I suppose…)
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Pearl Pink Vol 3
May. 19th, 2008 08:59 pmThis volume mostly focused on Tamako’s trying to break into showbiz. Mostly it made me think of Skip-Beat, especially once Serika showed up, because I swear Tamako and Serika are just like Kyoko and Kanae, only, you know, a little younger. Except Serika has oh-so-perfect manners and Tamako’s a human monkey, so maybe I should say they’re the crack version of Kyoko and Kanae?
I think I need switch gears to non-brain eating manga soon. Pearl Pink + Clamp bender may not be a good thing. *is having way too much fun, though*
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I think I need switch gears to non-brain eating manga soon. Pearl Pink + Clamp bender may not be a good thing. *is having way too much fun, though*
Pearl Pink Vol 3
May. 19th, 2008 08:59 pmThis volume mostly focused on Tamako’s trying to break into showbiz. Mostly it made me think of Skip-Beat, especially once Serika showed up, because I swear Tamako and Serika are just like Kyoko and Kanae, only, you know, a little younger. Except Serika has oh-so-perfect manners and Tamako’s a human monkey, so maybe I should say they’re the crack version of Kyoko and Kanae?
I think I need switch gears to non-brain eating manga soon. Pearl Pink + Clamp bender may not be a good thing. *is having way too much fun, though*
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I think I need switch gears to non-brain eating manga soon. Pearl Pink + Clamp bender may not be a good thing. *is having way too much fun, though*
Pearl Pink Vol 2
May. 17th, 2008 02:36 pmOh Meca Tanaka, I’m so very happy that you seem to be making this one of those shoujos that covers a few years. Because as soon as I calm down from "cracktastic badass monkey love!" I slip into "but she’s only 13!" mode. This volume featured the highly manipulative shoujo tropes of Our Heroine being left home alone on Christmas and everyone rushing home to make her happy and of Our Heroine working up the courage to give her crush chocolate on Valentines Day, but in an amazing way that probably only this series could do. Like having Our Heroine dress in a monkey suit and sing karaoke when she’s left alone on Christmas and then take out supposed burglars with impromptu shuriken maracas, or by having Our Very Fashion Sensistive Hero declare her tomboyish attempt at giving him chocolate to be a failure, dress her up and coach her to be a "real girl," and then fall for his own "creation."
On day, I will speak intelligently about manga again. That day, I fear, is not today.
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On day, I will speak intelligently about manga again. That day, I fear, is not today.
Pearl Pink Vol 2
May. 17th, 2008 02:36 pmOh Meca Tanaka, I’m so very happy that you seem to be making this one of those shoujos that covers a few years. Because as soon as I calm down from "cracktastic badass monkey love!" I slip into "but she’s only 13!" mode. This volume featured the highly manipulative shoujo tropes of Our Heroine being left home alone on Christmas and everyone rushing home to make her happy and of Our Heroine working up the courage to give her crush chocolate on Valentines Day, but in an amazing way that probably only this series could do. Like having Our Heroine dress in a monkey suit and sing karaoke when she’s left alone on Christmas and then take out supposed burglars with impromptu shuriken maracas, or by having Our Very Fashion Sensistive Hero declare her tomboyish attempt at giving him chocolate to be a failure, dress her up and coach her to be a "real girl," and then fall for his own "creation."
On day, I will speak intelligently about manga again. That day, I fear, is not today.
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On day, I will speak intelligently about manga again. That day, I fear, is not today.
Pearl Pink Vol 1
May. 15th, 2008 09:00 pmWhen they were 7 and 4, now-16-year-old Kanji told Tamako that he would marry her if she grew up strong and learned to stop crying. At least, that’s what Tamako’s memories tell her. Kanji’s are a bit…different. Thanks to that, though, Tamako has grown up into a complete tomboy, and a somewhat badass one at that. One who views the extra serious and stoic Kanji as a climbing pole, has announced herself to be his future wife, scales walls…oh forget it. She’s a little human monkey who has staked her territory and there will be no escape. Ever. Just to cement the fact that Kanji will never escape, Tamako’s mother is the hottest idol in the talent agency Kanji’s father runs, and her public image is built around the idea that she’s pure and youthful and pristine. Tanslation: no one can know she was a teenaged mother. Result? Tamako is living with Kanji’s family.
This manga is like…it’s like somebody went on a 3 week bender of fluffy shoujo romances about girls growing up to fall in love with the boy who was nice to them that one time when they were trying and said "what this genre needs is for the heroine to be a badass tom boy who crawls all over the hero like a monkey and the hero to be the perfect Japanese housewife with great fashion sense who randomly turns badass if you annoy him and aren’t the heroine and for his father to make him buy his porn and for the parents to fully endorse any tactics she wants to use to win him over as long as she doesn’t get pregnant." Somewhere mixed in with the giddy crack are more serious things, like Tamako’s being a little insecure because she was raised by her grandmother and only just started living with her mother, and Kanji’s inspiring his friend, Raizo, to have the confidence to become an idol and Tamako’s eventually realizing(though not fully, I’m sure as there are 3 volumes left…) that forcing her affections on Kanji won’t get her anywhere, but I’m afraid I missed all the, you know, serious and important stuff because of all the giddy fluffy wacky sometimes badass monkey love.
Pearl Pink Vol 1
May. 15th, 2008 09:00 pmWhen they were 7 and 4, now-16-year-old Kanji told Tamako that he would marry her if she grew up strong and learned to stop crying. At least, that’s what Tamako’s memories tell her. Kanji’s are a bit…different. Thanks to that, though, Tamako has grown up into a complete tomboy, and a somewhat badass one at that. One who views the extra serious and stoic Kanji as a climbing pole, has announced herself to be his future wife, scales walls…oh forget it. She’s a little human monkey who has staked her territory and there will be no escape. Ever. Just to cement the fact that Kanji will never escape, Tamako’s mother is the hottest idol in the talent agency Kanji’s father runs, and her public image is built around the idea that she’s pure and youthful and pristine. Tanslation: no one can know she was a teenaged mother. Result? Tamako is living with Kanji’s family.
This manga is like…it’s like somebody went on a 3 week bender of fluffy shoujo romances about girls growing up to fall in love with the boy who was nice to them that one time when they were trying and said "what this genre needs is for the heroine to be a badass tom boy who crawls all over the hero like a monkey and the hero to be the perfect Japanese housewife with great fashion sense who randomly turns badass if you annoy him and aren’t the heroine and for his father to make him buy his porn and for the parents to fully endorse any tactics she wants to use to win him over as long as she doesn’t get pregnant." Somewhere mixed in with the giddy crack are more serious things, like Tamako’s being a little insecure because she was raised by her grandmother and only just started living with her mother, and Kanji’s inspiring his friend, Raizo, to have the confidence to become an idol and Tamako’s eventually realizing(though not fully, I’m sure as there are 3 volumes left…) that forcing her affections on Kanji won’t get her anywhere, but I’m afraid I missed all the, you know, serious and important stuff because of all the giddy fluffy wacky sometimes badass monkey love.
week 8 and some of 9 reading
Feb. 28th, 2007 08:21 pm(36) Something Sinful by Suzanne Enoch-This one reminded me of why I like this author's historical romances. Intelligent heroine, nice(and intelligent) hero and lots of wit. As always with Enoch, the history is far from perfect(but much better than many other authors) but not so off that it jars me, and my requirement is nothing that makes me go "wait...that's not right" as I'm reading, as opposed to when I think about it. Now if we could just do something about
37) Hana Kimi Vol 16 by Hisaya Nakajo-The near-ultimate comfy cuddly read. I seem to be becoming rather fond of Shin, he's kind of what you get when you toss Sano and Nakatsu in a pot and set it to stew. This volume was pitifully lacking in Nanba, but they tried to compensate with Kagurazaka. There wasn't much Umeda, either, but his scolding Nakatsu for freaking out of Mizuki getting a scrape and then fussing over it himself is worth a lot of mileage.
38) The Serpent of the Crown by Elizabeth Peters-Quite possibly my favorite novel series ever. The only reason it took me so long to get to this book is because the PB edition is in that horribly "new and easier to read" format they tried out last year. Which really sucks because it was hard to read more than 15-20 pages of this at a time. Anyway, this book was as awesome as always, and I almost literally squealed when Sethos showed up. That Margaret really needs to wise up and say yes the next time he proposes. And I love that, as always, Ramses really is more like a younger and far more moral Sethos than he is like Emerson. That said, I'm a little worried about Amelia. Yeah, a large part of the appeal to Amelia is that she sees herself as extremely grounded and practical, and while that's true, she's also a hopeless romantic. But now...I don't know, I'm worry she may be starting to lose it or something.
39) Buso Renkin Vol 4 by Nobuhiro Watsuki-I maintain that this book came to be when Watsuki sat down with his editor and was told to make something like Bleach. Which it's not as good as, much less Rurouni Kenshin. Still, it is rather good and worth getting. This volume mostly focused on the Hayasaka twins, and I'm glad things turned out well with them. That said...what IS it with me and liking characters who like to disappear for multiple volumes? You'd think I'd be used to it after Magatsu...first manga, first manga crush, favorite in Blade of the Immortal...sigh...
40) Pearl Pink Vol 1 by Meca Tanaka-This is a rather cute series. I got it on a whim because my Basara wasn't in yet, and I'm glad I did. For dorama fans, it reminds me a lot of It Started With A Kiss--if Xiang Qin were a tomboy and Zhi Shu were nicer to her and got stuck picking up hisd dad's porn from the bookstore all the time. It's a very fun, light shojo and rather sweet.
(41) Basara Vol 22 by Yumi Tamura-"eyes long post from yesterday and spares flist*
week 8 and some of 9 reading
Feb. 28th, 2007 08:21 pm(36) Something Sinful by Suzanne Enoch-This one reminded me of why I like this author's historical romances. Intelligent heroine, nice(and intelligent) hero and lots of wit. As always with Enoch, the history is far from perfect(but much better than many other authors) but not so off that it jars me, and my requirement is nothing that makes me go "wait...that's not right" as I'm reading, as opposed to when I think about it. Now if we could just do something about
37) Hana Kimi Vol 16 by Hisaya Nakajo-The near-ultimate comfy cuddly read. I seem to be becoming rather fond of Shin, he's kind of what you get when you toss Sano and Nakatsu in a pot and set it to stew. This volume was pitifully lacking in Nanba, but they tried to compensate with Kagurazaka. There wasn't much Umeda, either, but his scolding Nakatsu for freaking out of Mizuki getting a scrape and then fussing over it himself is worth a lot of mileage.
38) The Serpent of the Crown by Elizabeth Peters-Quite possibly my favorite novel series ever. The only reason it took me so long to get to this book is because the PB edition is in that horribly "new and easier to read" format they tried out last year. Which really sucks because it was hard to read more than 15-20 pages of this at a time. Anyway, this book was as awesome as always, and I almost literally squealed when Sethos showed up. That Margaret really needs to wise up and say yes the next time he proposes. And I love that, as always, Ramses really is more like a younger and far more moral Sethos than he is like Emerson. That said, I'm a little worried about Amelia. Yeah, a large part of the appeal to Amelia is that she sees herself as extremely grounded and practical, and while that's true, she's also a hopeless romantic. But now...I don't know, I'm worry she may be starting to lose it or something.
39) Buso Renkin Vol 4 by Nobuhiro Watsuki-I maintain that this book came to be when Watsuki sat down with his editor and was told to make something like Bleach. Which it's not as good as, much less Rurouni Kenshin. Still, it is rather good and worth getting. This volume mostly focused on the Hayasaka twins, and I'm glad things turned out well with them. That said...what IS it with me and liking characters who like to disappear for multiple volumes? You'd think I'd be used to it after Magatsu...first manga, first manga crush, favorite in Blade of the Immortal...sigh...
40) Pearl Pink Vol 1 by Meca Tanaka-This is a rather cute series. I got it on a whim because my Basara wasn't in yet, and I'm glad I did. For dorama fans, it reminds me a lot of It Started With A Kiss--if Xiang Qin were a tomboy and Zhi Shu were nicer to her and got stuck picking up hisd dad's porn from the bookstore all the time. It's a very fun, light shojo and rather sweet.
(41) Basara Vol 22 by Yumi Tamura-"eyes long post from yesterday and spares flist*
