Baby Steps, Dark Rising 1, Harry Potter 6, Voice Over, and My Love Story

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• Anime: All watching on CrunchyRoll
  
  1. Baby Steps - epi 12-25 - the end of season 1
     - Ei-chan's road to pro tennis, determination and hellish training, mistakes and triumphs.
     - I had thought he would turn around and won that match, but it was decided unfairly.
     - I hope that Crunchyroll will stream season 2.
     - Chibi characters are cute.
• Chapter Book:
  
  1. The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
     - borrowed from BPL.
     - Read by Steven Crossley
     - Switch back and forth between present days experiences of a 100-year-old man and his past - spanning world history from WWW I to present day.
     - other people's lives.
     - Fun and interesting listen/read
  2. Under Sea, Over Stone by Susan Cooper
     - downloaded from APL, oneClick.
     - Read by Alex Jennings
     - very good adventure, twists and turns.
  3. Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince by K.J. Rowling
     - Borrowed from APL, Overdrive.
     - Read by Jim Dale.
     - Harry as a teenager is a bit annoying!
     - I hope that the scene he had seen from Snape's memory is elaborated in the next book on why Snape and James were enemies.
     - Romance is sorted out at the end. At some points, the story has become a soap opera. UGH!
• Manga:
  
  1. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy 7 by Maki Minami - viz app
     - I couldn't wait for sale nor borrowing from lib!
     - Hime/Shiro continues struggling on her path on being a voice actor.
     - Hime and the girls are cute in Yukata.
     - There are funny parts. Poor Kudo, not much screen times!
     - Mizuki!
     - I reread 1-7 again 2 times!
  2. My Love Story 2 story by Kazune Kawahara and art by Aruko - viz app
     - see above!
     - I really like Takeo's and Suna's friendship. They are supporting each other. And Yamato is so cute and very supportive of their friendship.
     - Messages on Takeo's white t-shirt on Yamato's birthday are so awesome. I'm ashamed to say that I didn't notice it until the last one when he talked to the doctor, so I went back and checked/found all the messages. So cool.
     - I reread a couple of times, too.

• NYCC manga announcements that I'm interested in:
  • via ANN, Viz licensed So Cute It Hurts!! (Kobayashi ga Kawai Sugite Tsurai!!) by Gō Ikeyamada, currently 7 volumes ongoing, twins, cross-dressing, the art is cute. I'm there.
  • via ANN, Yen licenses Chaika: The Coffin Princess story by Ichiro Sakaki, the author of Scrapped Princess, and art by Shinta Sakayama, Crunchyroll streams the anime season 1 and 2, I'll check it out. It also rereleases Emma in hardcover omnibus, I wonder if it's new translation or the Japanese collector's version. I'm hoping Yen will license Shirley as well, I saw #2 is out in Japan
  • via ANN, Kodansha USA licensed L♥DK by WATANABE Ayu, 15 volumes ongoing, I'm on the fence on this one, maybe borrow from library first, and Tsubasa: WoRLD CHRoNiCLE by CLAMP, I'm looking forward reading this one.
  • For detailed write-ups/summaries on NYCC may be of interests, from A Case Suitable for Treatment: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, and Day 4
• I picked up Koi Dano Ai Dano 8 when I went to Kino yesterday, unfortunately Yona 15 is out of stock. I was surprised.