Via mirageofblaze: Hotaka Ran, the illustrator of the prequels did a series of short manga strips for Naoe's birthday on her blog. Very hilarious and very cute. I linked to each post and provided a very quick and dirty translation under the cut. (I did a crap job on the SFX as usual, sorry.) :P In any case, her website is worth checking out as she does fanart ( Read more... )

I picked out a couple of Hikago doujinshi from the top of the top box (I have four boxes of Hikago doujinshi stacked on top of each other). Turned out that the random (and lazy) choice does not yield the best results. First one was not bad. It was pure romantic melodrama that recast the Sai-Hikaru relationship very differently, resulting in a ( Read more... )

A blog post I read today mentioned the TV show Seaquest in passing and a wave of nostalgia hit me. Oh, what a bad show it was! I knew it was bad when I was watching it, and yet I enjoyed it (up to the third season, or whichever season it was that turned the show more militaristic). I remember reading (bad) fanfic for it, too. Not slash, mostly ( Read more... )

ETA3: Added TRC figurines and Square Enix The World of Mana (what is this anyhow?) plushies ( Read more... )

Photos and descriptions under the cuts. $50 + shipping & handling for each.

( Hikaru no Go Igo Starter Box )

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...Saying that, my post has nothing to do with the holiday. Hope everyone in the U.S. is enjoying the odd mid-week day off!!

First some fandom stuff:

Moment by kishmet is a wonderful TezuRyo AU in which Tezuka is a photographer and Ryoma is a model. Ryoma's attitude is in full force here, with Tezuka the resolute guiding force. They clash and slide ( Read more... )

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Andante Grazioso (Portrait of a Pianist #1) by petronia is a lovely little Ouran fic. I'm not even sure how to describe it (besides "lovely" and "little"), but it did make me want an outstanding recording of the Sonata in A Major...

Damn Cool Pics is a blog that features pictures around some theme. Pimped Japanese Trucks was particularly...interesting ( Read more... )