I am kind of amazed at the relative lack of genderfail in this series so far (relative as compared to some of Yuki Kaori's other series), though given Yuki Kaori's track record, I expect this to change at any second.

( Spoilers (though I feel you can never truly be spoiled for Yuki Kaori) )

(note: all names taken from the Wiki article because figuring out the Chinese transliteration of the Japanese transliteration of names is beyond me)

I am so happy there is a new Yuki Kaori series! Also, much like Cain Saga, this seems to start with individual mysteries of the week (only involving nuns and deadly zombie dolls and court intrigue!) ( Read more... )

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This is embarrassingly late, and my other year-end posts will be even more so. It's so late that it's even late by the Lunar New Year ( Read more... )

Let me just say that I have read volume 2 twice, and I still don't know what happened in it. Unsurprisingly, this made reading volume 3 quite an adventure! Most of it went something like this ( Read more... )

Blood Hound - Kanou Rion's friend has disappeared, and she barges into Krankenhaus, a host club, based off of a business card her friend handed her. There, she runs across Suou and the other vampire hosts, solves the mystery of her friend's disappearance, and then goes on to solve another mystery while trying to find Suou again. There's some ( Read more... )

Saikawa Kanade and his half-Japanese, half-French cousin Anais solve three perfume-related mysteries. I feel this plot seems deceptively simple compared to the tangles in Angel Sanctuary and Cain Saga/Godchild, but given that it's only a one shot, what can you do ( Read more... )

• It's Blogging against disablism day! Lots of good stuff linked there.
• skywardprodigal hosts the 9th POC in SF Carnival, What I Heard about You, And What That Meant For Me
• Mely has a Yuki Kaori theme discussion! Spoilers for Angel Sanctuary and Cain Saga/Godchild.
• I am still trying to keep my head unexploded, so no links to the on-going WOC and feminism debate.
• shewhohashope read ( Read more... )

Huh. I am not sure what to think of this. There have been a spate of killings called "the fairy murders," as each victim has a pattern of bloodspray around their back that looks vaguely like fairy wings ( Read more... )