Interesting when magazines come out a group of 5-6 girls decend on SF Kinokuniya and we snatch up copies of things we see. ^^;;; (Scary when we have like 3-4 telephone books.)
Anyways here's another installment of Not on the Shelf:
Preetia - this manga is cool, its part the story is this facinating combination of part magical girl, part Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and part Cinderella. Oh and 4 of the dwarves are quite tall bishounens. ^^ But also its very distinct in its characters and the art. Himeko the main character is a very genki girl that tries to do her best in the face of adversity. Very typical "main girl character with heart" kind of girl. ^^;;
Gan Gan Wing 1 - this is the first telephone book I ever got of this publisher. They run Kagerou Nostalgia and Mahoujin Guru Guru (and some other things I haven't gotten sucked into ^^;;) I mostly picked it up for the chapter of Kagerou Nostalgia.
Mikan no Tsuki 1-3 - I'm rereading this series for chapter/manga summaries. ^^ I'll prolly have a summary of vol 1 up by the end of January. But the legend behind the story is interesting (I don't know if its made up or if its real but its cool anyways). The story revolves around a princess and a demon. When they were children in the princess's home, the princess made a false promise to the demon that they would always be together and marry one day. Years later the princess forgot about the promise, she only remembered it as a dream (I think that's how it went ^^;;) And she met the emperor and married him instead. The Demon remembered the promise and was angry and sent out various hordes of demons. In the end the demon was killed and the princess stayed married to the emperor.
This is interesting because in the story, Mitsuru (the Tengu Oni) wants to kill the reincarnation of the princess who happens to be Mahiru. Mahiru comes from the legendary princess's bloodline. I think this is why Mitsuru inherently wants to kill Mahiru. Ironically the Tengu is one of the oldest mythical beasts of Japan. I think Mitsuru and Mahiru are the reincarnatios of the Princess and the Demon in the legend. Its sort of alluded to in the story. ^^;; Katie a friend of mine thinks the story itself is in for a change soon (I think so too looking at the recent Asuka chapters. ^^;;)
Ruri's Wish List:
Kagerou Nostalgia 3 - Its coming out soon!
Kanata Kara 2-11 - This manga series is so cool. Check out Paperthin Pleasures for a summary about the series.
I originally had a page called not on the Shelf but I think a blog would do better ne? ^_~ So anyways here is not on the shelf. =D
Asuka 1 - I love Asuka and the stories get more and more intersting (even X is getting interesting these days.) I mostly got it for Mikan no Tsuki but DNAngel is another good story that runs in this mag.
LaLa 12 - I recently picked up LaLa 11 because I wanted to read KareKano, but its got more intersting storie than Asuka! Some notable stories: KareKano (now in the Tsubasa*Kazuma arc **^^**), Mekakushi no Kuni, and Haruka Naru Toki no Naka de (this story is doki-doki worthy!) I'll probably get a subscription for this if the holidays let me. ^^;;;
Hana to Yume 24 - I picked up Hana to Yume for Hana Kimi, however I got more excited when I found out that Kanata Kara ran in this magazine as well as Yami no Matsui.
KamiKaze vol 3 - Kino finally got my order in ~_~ but the art is stellar, its just great story with even better manga art. *_* Check Paperthin Pleasures for more info on KamiKaze.
Hanazakari no Kimetachi E (HanaKimi) vol 13 - Not as exciting as vol 12 but still just as good. It covers Mizuki's spring term. See Emi's HanaKimi page for more info.
Kagerou Nostalgia vol 1 & 2 - I picked this up on a whim its published by GanGan Comics, it reminds me of a cross between Ruroni Kenshin and Gundam Wing (but that's not even close to what the story is) it revolves around 5 boys as they come together to form a group and fight supernatural evil in this weird alternate reality Japanese world.
Mekakushi no kuni vol 1 & 2 - I love this manga, its a cute sweet story about a girl named Kanade and her friend Arou as they go through high school. The art is simple but still just as beautiful. ^^
Ruri's Wish List:
Supersonic Angel Engine - Super trippy art to match the super trippy story. Runs in Asuka Fantasy DX.
Haruka Naru Toki no Naka de - Completely opposite from Supersonic Angel Engine, HNTnND is a beautiful alternate world story with 7 bishonen runnning around. An RPG was also created from the story. *_*
Cross Oneself 5 - This volume is *finally* out I've been waiting for this volume forever! ~_~