Prisoner's Dilemma, From Up on Poppy Hill, Crunchy roll anime, Viz and DMP manga, French Manga

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• Chapter Book:
  
  1. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma - by Trenton Lee Stewart.
     - Borrowed from BPL.
     - Read by Del Roy.
     - This is the last journey for the Society. Constance grew a great deal, so are other kids.
• Anime:
  
  1. From Up on Poppy Hill
     - Watched in theater the last weekend of March. I contributed to the ticket sales number that weekend. I'll get the dvd/blue-ray when it comes out, though. I really like the sound track of old 60's music.
     - There are some differences between the manga and the anime.
     - The reason to unite the students at school. I suppose the manga reason against wearing uniform is too frivolous, so they had to save their club house instead.
     - Umi's mother was less scatterbrained and selfish in the anime.
     - The reason for her father's missing was spelled out. Died in Korean War.
  2. Amnesia Episodes 11-12 - The end
     - Crunchy roll.
     - That's that.
     - She doesn't really end up with anyone. I think!
  3. MAOYU (Maoyū Maō Yūsha - まおゆう魔王勇者, Archenemy and Hero) episodes 10-12 - The end
     - Crunchy Roll.
     - I guess the first arc of the story ended and somewhat a happy ending conflict-wise.
  4. Chihaya 2 epi 11-13
     - Crunchy Roll.
     - matches continue.
     - Arata had consequences for his kind actions. No good deeds go unpunished.
     - epi 12 and 13, Chihiya played against the Queen contender and was currently losing!
• Manga:
  
  1. Oresama Teacher 13 by Izumi Tsubaki - ebook.
     - repeating of what I had written on volume 11
     - Another bad guy sent by the student council president! I don't understand the prez's motives. Did he actually send these guys to destroy the club and try to win the bet for the chairman, or he wanted these guys to meet other kids that were as eccentric as they and therefore would be able to deal with them and they would find out that school/interaction with other students were actually fun? .
     - I like the 4-panel and omake :)
  2. Dawn of the Arcana 9 by Rei Toma - ebook.
     - Nakaba learned more about Loki. Now it's her turn to decide if she wanted to go back with Caesar to his country.
     - Bandit arc is resolved.
     - Nakaba's cousin seems to have feelings for her because the way he treated/teased her badly.
  3. A Devil and her Love Song 8 by Miyoshi Tomori - ebook.
     - The characters are in 2nd year. 1st years cause trouble and a new contender showed up.
     - Yusuke seems to be happy if Maria is happy so he's back to supporting role for her relationship with Shin. The marathon story is cute!
     - Shin's dad showed up and we see Shin's inferiority toward his father.
  4. Library Wars: Love & War 9 by Kiiro Yumi - ebook.
     - End of perverts in the library arc.
     - Aftermath of Iku's find out her prince's identity.
     - Exams time. Iku's trouble with written exam but not the practical one.
     - 2 side stories are great and very funny.
     - word censoring story.
  5. Kimi ni Todoke 16 by Karuho Shiina.
     - Xmas and new year again.
     - Sawako and Kazehaya are awkward around each other and Sawako figured out why.
     - Ken stepped up his game and confused Aya.
     - Chizusu and Ryu are also awkward!
     - Next volume: xmas party.
     - The tributes are so fun to read.
  6. Real 9 by Takehiko Inoue
     - Borrowed from ILL.
     - The story continues, characters make friends and struggle through their hardship. Even though Viz releases up to Vol 11, only up to 9 are available in public library system I get access to. I'm thinking of buying the rest. Volume 12 is out this October. Maybe I'll wait until then and get them all.
  7. Saturn Apartments 6 by Hisae Iwaoka.
     - borrowed from ILL
     - The discrepancies between levels.
     - Crisis arrived.
  8. Story of Saiunkoku 9 - The end. Story by Yukino Sai and Art by Yura Kairi - ebook.
     - Short stories about Ryuren and his friendship with Shurei and Eigetsu.
     - The Hong brothers and why they have taken different places.
     - Reishin's a weirdo :)
  9. Strobe Edge 2 by Io Sakisaka.
     - borrowed from ILL
     - Aftermath of confession/rejection.
     - Ando is going to be the third wheel.
     - Back story of how Ren and his girlfriend met 2 years ago.
  10. Invisible Boy 1-2 - The end. by Hotaru Odagiri.
      - borrowed from OPL
      - Stories about friendship and hints of crushes between pretty boys. I think this is more like shonen-ai or BL and not really yaoi. I like the gentle stories of boys looking out for each other.
      - Fangirls can be scary :)
      - I wonder why title is Invisible Boy since the main character is really prominent figure.
  11. Rin! 1 story by Satoru Kannagi and art by Yukine Honami.
      - borrowed from BPL
      - I remember reading a possibly good (?) review about this series and curious about it, or the title just stuck in my mind.
      - The characters are in archery club. The art is not as pretty as the above series. The story is standard angst of new found feelings and not sure what to do for the main character anyway, for others they are surer of themselves.
  12. Hotaru 13-15 - The End by Satoru Hiura. In French.
      - The chef's ex showed up not at all what I had expected.
      - This series ended. Hotaru grew a great deal the last 3 volumes. She's become independent, confident, and mature. I'm glad that her father supported her decision to refuse marrying the chef under circumstances. The chef does love her but his decision was to protect her and not because of love. And Hotaru needed to be more mature and confident in herself, otherwise she'd always feel inferior to the chef and therefore they are not equal footing in their marriage. The author explained why she had decided for Hotaru to take that difficult decision.
      - Feudal Lord's side story.
  13. Laissée pour comte 6 - The End Story by Mimori Seike and adapted by Isuzu Shibata. In French.
      - I'm sad that series has ended with 6 volumes. The light novel series is 19 volumes long as of December 2012.
      - I guessed right :) Richard and Cecilia are siblings and royal.
      - Richard's grandfather showed up :)
      - Richard stepped his game in this volume, too, even though Mireille was still oblivious - poor Richard. Richard showed some jealousy which resorted to violence against the opponent! It looks like Mireille's mother approves of Richard.
  14. Le Chemin des fleurs 5 by Ako Shimaki. In French.
      - Ichiya struggled with his decision.
      - Kyônosuke tried to keep Ichiya in the Kabuki business despite he was his love rival for Ayame. Looks like his father is not well.
      - Yuna was in trouble.She was blackmailed by Ichiya's rival who, it seems, is in love with her.
      - Ayame explained BL to Kyônosuke and his best friend is funny.
  15. La Fleur millénaire (女王の花 - Joou no Hana) 1 by Kaneyoshi Izumi. In French.
      - By the author of Doubt!! and Seiho Boys' High School! both are licensed by Viz.
      - This is a period story about a princess whose mother was from a smaller country. The other queen was from a larger and more powerful country, she also gave birth to a prince for the king.
      - It's her adventure with a yellow-haired and blue-eyed servant whom she had rescued when she was young.

Rambling:

• I went to Kino yesterday and got:
  
  • Paradise Pirates 2 by Miyuki Yamaguchi
  • Daytime Shooting Star - ひるなかの流星 (Hirunaka no Ryuusei) (volumes 3 and 5, I already have 1 and 2, and 4 wasn't available in the store) by Mika Yamamori
  • Principal - プリンシパル 6 by Ryo Ikuemi, her Kiyoku Yawaku 潔く柔く - Puzzle 13 volumes are available in French, I'm thinking about it.
  • Saitou Ken's new one-shots: ねじまき真野さん, the last volume of Present wa Shinju wasn't available in the store,I guess I'll go back ;)
• Stalking Amazon.jp showed that Honey Bitter 8 by Miho Obana is coming out next monday 4/15, author of Kodomo no Omocha