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lyschan August 23 2011, 19:47:44 UTC
Oh, I soooooooooooo want Kyou mo Ashita mo in English. (I may have expressed this before... (several times??)) I have about half the series in Japanese... may just get the rest, because it's ridiculously cute. I wonder what Emura-sensei will draw next!

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badtzphoto August 23 2011, 20:09:02 UTC
"I may have expressed this before... (several times??)"
I think you have since you're big fan of W-Juliet :) I think W-Juliet II is still on going, though, right?
Whenever you have free time, would you mind gushing about "Kyou mo Ashita mo" :) I think I may have liked this series better :D

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lyschan August 23 2011, 21:22:33 UTC
Kyou mo is made up entirely of things I love, like the the cute-boy shoujo mangaka and tiny-adorable-girl who wants to be a shoujo mangaka, and character crossovers from other Emura series... If/when I catch up on the series I'll have a squee-fest for your entertainment :D

Right, W Juliet II is up to 3 volumes now. She's been writing new chapters every so now and then; I haven't read closely enough to know if there's an ongoing plot or if it's just, "Hey, read more stuff about your favourite characters!" Hmm... The sequel to PSME started out as a one-shot and turned into a full-fledged series with a plot, though, so maybe! (speaking of things I really want to read in English...)

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badtzphoto August 23 2011, 22:05:14 UTC
Next time I go to Kino, I'll get volume 1 and 2 of Kyou mo, if I can find them. The problem is, I can't read Japanese, so I'd bug you for details :) Doesn't the boy wear glasses, too?
"speaking of things I really want to read in English..."
Ooh, I want to see your list :)
"The sequel to PSME started out as a one-shot and turned into a full-fledged series with a plot ..."
I didn't know that, it was available in French, but I think there are a couple of volumes are oop, so I'm hoping that it'd be in English or Jmanga.

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lyschan August 24 2011, 21:09:30 UTC
You can bug me for details any time :D It's good practice for me! Glasses... he wears them occasionally, while working. Not often, but a nice bonus now and then :D

Haha, someday I should actually write out a list of all the things I'd like to have in English (a long, long list). There would be a ton of obscure shoujo manga from the 80s and early 90s on it...

I read some scans of the PSME sequel at one point. Now I just check out the previews on Betsuhana's website; I haven't bought in in Japanese. If you check out the French edition, let me know how you like it!!

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badtzphoto August 26 2011, 00:53:12 UTC
I went to kino to pick up Tenshi 1/2 Houteishiki #1 and Hana no Kishi #4 hence I also got Kyou mo 1-7 (I kicked myself for not finding #8 and 9!) Consider yourself warned :P (I found scans for #1 and laughed so hard while reading. The series is very funny. I like it much better than W-Juliet.)
I tried to think why W-Juliet didn't click with me. I also find out the author has a short series Grand Sun only 3 volumes, I may check that out eventually.

"If you check out the French edition, let me know how you like it!!"
Will do.

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lyschan August 26 2011, 18:11:29 UTC
Sounds like you should have plenty to look at with all those books :D You can pick up 8-9 next time! (also: aaaaah no fair no fair I still haven't got Tenshi 1/2 Houteishiki! I waaaaaaaant iiiiiit!!!!) I'm not sure what it is that makes W Juliet not quite click. I like it, but don't have particularly strong feelings either (my strongest memories are the Banri Hidaka reference in v1, and some crazy chase scene with Ito(?) in a duck/bird costume). But I reread the last volume the other night and browsed through my two volumes of W Juliet II, and found it enjoyable and cute... so what's the problem? Maybe because her earlier art was a little more plain? Or because the main characters pair up pretty early in the series, so it lacks the suspense of "when will they get together?" (but I do think that's a nice change from most other shoujo manga.)

I have a lot of love for Grand Sun, though. In W Juli II, Mako and Ito play the main characters (of Grand Sun) for a movie filming :D

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