Master Keaton and Yukarism

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• Anime:
  
  1. Tonari no Seki-kun: The Master of Killing Time: episodes: 3-10
     - Crunchyroll
     - Very funny. All the reactions are from Yokoi, she makes the story funny.
  2. Samurai Flamenco: episodes: 1-7
     - Crunchyroll
     - I didn't expect to enjoy this one as much as I do.
     - Nice guy characters. Idealistic one and jaded one.
     - Unexpected character - the idol :)
• Chapter Book:
  
  1. Children of the Red King #8: Charlie Bone and the Red Knight by Jenny Nimmo.
     - Borrowed from APL.
     - read by Simon Jones.
     - Last book of the series.
     - Count Harken is still here. Billy's story continues.
     - Very satisfying read. I will reread this series.
• Manga:
  
  1. Degenki Daisy 13 by Kyousuke Motomi.
     - Borrowed from BPL.
     - continue with M's Testament arc.
     - Teru's brother was interesting. She knows him well.
  2. No matter how I look at it, It's you guys' fault I'm not popular 1-2 by Nico Tanigawa - borrowed #2 from ILL. I got 1.
     - The story is poignantly sad even when it makes me laugh. I can't help but sighing about it. The poor girl.
  3. Shirayuki aux cheveux rouges 2-5 by Sorata Akiduki - in French.
     - finally I was able to catch up with this series.
     - Zen's brother is fit for a king and luckily he seems to care for Zen.
     - There is a little understanding. Is it going to be enough to stable their relationship?
     - Lots of events occurred.
     - Zen finally declared to his brother his intention, and the first prince was shocked. I keep wondering where their parents are. Zen's brother seems to rule the country, then shouldn't he be king?
  4. Crimson Empire: Circumstances to Serve a Noble 3 - The End by by QuinRose and Hazuki Fubata.
     - borrowed from ILL
     - Hm, open ending.

• Viz announced 2 new licenses last week that I'm very excited about
  • Master Keaton story by Hokusei KATSUSHIKA and art by Naoki URASAWA via via ANN, I didn't think I would ever able to read it in English, so when the French licensed them, I got the French volumes (1-4 so far which I haven't read yet!), now I'll get the English volumes. Can't wait.
  • Yukarism by Chika Shiomi via Shojo Beat twitter YES!!!!! I'm thinking of getting this in ebook since both Yurara and Rasetsu - other series by the same mangaka - are available there, I'm assuming that this one will, too. Fingers crossed, if not, I'll get print version.
  I feel like I missed another shojo license from Viz but can't find it!
• Hakusensha's April schedule is finally up here some that I follow and/or am kind of interested
  • Yona (暁のヨナ) 14 by Mizuho KUSANAGI
  • Wolf King's bride (狼陛下の花嫁) 10 by Mato KAUTA
  • Gakuen Babysitters (学園ベビーシッターズ) 9 by Hari TOKEINO
  • Love So Life 14 by Kaede KOUCHI
  • Bokura wa Bara no Ko (ぼくらはバラの子) 2 by Yamamori Mika
  • Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii (それでも世界は美しい) 7 by Shiina Dai
  • リップ スモーク by Mai Nishikata
  • 【急募】村長さん 5, last volume by Kiyo FUJIWARA, the author of Wild Ones
• The cover for Skip Beat 34 by Yoshiki NAKAMURA is up and it has the new full page format!
• Since I only had decided to attack my tbr pile last week, the books I had reserved are still coming in. So I'll extend the not-borrowing resolved to end of April. We shall see.