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Hay guys, I'm making a post on 9/11 without talking about 9/11 because everybody ELSE is talking about 9/11, although all I remember is that I was in Pottery class when it happened (on my way to underwater basket weaving, laaaawl) and saying, "LOL THAT IS SO SHOOPED."
But it wasn't, and then I felt bad. But only a little.
WAIT A MINUTE, I JUST TALKED ABOUT 9/11 ON 9/11 WHAAAAAT IS THIS BULLSHIT.
In other news, I just did a MASSIVE amazon order, woop woop, WOOP. Here, have some summaries and tell me what you guys think!
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Title: Vampir
The story of a guy who is killed when a suicidal girl jumps off the side of a building and onto his head. He wakes up later in a hospital after being seemingly revived, but with blond hair and red eyes - oh, and he can talk to ghosts. He later runs into a girl named Hokuto who tells him he's now a half-dead resident of both the world of the living, and of the dead...
I haven't read the entire first volume yet, but from what I gather it's very much a psychological thriller, exploring the darker side of people. (Spoiler! The girl who commits suicide at the beginning of the story does so because her dad's a bit of a pedophile and... Well, mommy promised it would all stop once she turned 18 - Mommy LIED.) It's pretty interesting, and the art's nice enough, but it feels a bit more shoujo-y in execution than a seinin as it's labeled.
Title: Rakia
After a little girl, Luna, and her family move from Japan to be with her father working in America at Area 51 (UH OH, WARNING BELLS), they take a trip to Las Vegas on vacation when they find a ragged old man staggering along the side of the road with wings carved into his arms. Feeling sorry for the ol' hobo, they offer to give him a ride when he refuses, saying he doesn't have the right to live. They call an ambulance regardless and are back on the road shortly (after Luna gives him her HERO SAMMICH WHICH IS ABOUT AS BIG AS SHE IS TALL) when they pull over because Luna has to go potty. Awww. After an altercation with her brother, Luna screams from the side of the road, telling him to "Go die, you filthy pervert!" when AN 18-WHEEL LUMBER TRUCK IMMEDIATELY SMASHES INTO THEIR CAR VAPORIZING EVERYONE INSIDE before it finally flips over, with one log of wood still attached, forming the shape of a cross of holy carnage in the middle of the road, pointing straight up at the sky and protecting Luna from harm. And THEN it gets weird.
Saying anything from there would be a strange, strange spoiler in and of itself, but I will say the art is absolutely gorgeous, in a hyper realistic kind of way. The story has a strange fanatical Christian-turned-Occult flavor to it, and Luna finds herself thrown into all sorts of odd situations because, well, she has the power of God. Or something like that. It's creepy as hell, and personally, I'm not a big fan of saintly characters like her, but the carnage and BRUTAL usage of irony kind of makes up for it. Yeah, I'm a sick bastard. Gotta problem with that!?
Title: Mebius Gear
SEX, GORE, SEX, GORE, SEX SEX SEX, GORE GORE GORE.
From the creative mind of Toshiki Inoue and penned by Koshi Rikudo (OH BOY, MORE WARNING BELLS) comes... Well, geeze, I'm not even sure how to describe this one, so I won't even try. All I know is that there's a bunch of robots running around masquerading as humans and taking huge ass bites out of other peoples faces - by which I mean shoving cookie cutters into their heads and basically punching out their FACES (link not for the faint of heart, lawl). There are some wacky concepts involved - a lady with an army of killer robots who sleeps with a guy and then kills 'em, a schoolgirl with a killer robot who kills OTHER robots, creepy boy bands with even creepier stalkers... Basically, take the most perverted scenarios you can think of, and this title will surpass them all. Examples include one of said creepy boy band's creepy fangirls... Uh, pulling a towel out of an unmentionable orifice and offering it to one of them for use after a concert. (Said member is understandably HORRIFIED.) Well, she subsequently cuts off part of his head and stores it in formaldehyde, if that says anything.
Title: 70 Billion Needles
Takabe Hikaru would appreciate it if you'd stopped talking to her and left her alone, please and thank you. That's why she wears those absurdly huge headphones all the time - she's drowning you out, man, just accept it and walk away. ... At least, she'd prefer it that way, but all that kind of changes when an extraterrestrial visitor (made of PLASMA!) crashes into the sea right in front of her on a school trip and, uh, kind of vaporizes her. Oops. In order to revive our heroine, the intrepid alien is forced to join itself with (er) her remains, permanently entering Hikaru's subconscious, and she'll be the first to tell you that this guy does. not. shut. UP. So much for cranking up the volume... The reason he's here? To kill OTHER aliens invading Earth before they wipe out the human race - and to do that, they have to join with a human host, too. Who needs friends when you've got an ethereal voice speaking directly into your head 24/7?
So far, this is my favorite of all the new titles. The main character is cranky as hell (but not to the point of being a bitch), and she even begins to warm up to new people as the story progresses. If you're familiar with it, the premise is kind of like Parasyte, only if the alien leaves the hosts body, the HOST will die, not the other way around. Now we just have to see if he decides to annihilate the human race himself...
Title: Lost Universe
EHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEH.
And, well, that's about it. How sad is it that I wanted to post this before midnight so I didn't have to re-write my tag line? Ahhh, the things I'll do for... Well, nothing, really. I need to start doing more TsuBun summaries/translations, aaaaaaah.
But it wasn't, and then I felt bad. But only a little.
WAIT A MINUTE, I JUST TALKED ABOUT 9/11 ON 9/11 WHAAAAAT IS THIS BULLSHIT.
In other news, I just did a MASSIVE amazon order, woop woop, WOOP. Here, have some summaries and tell me what you guys think!
Title: Vampir
The story of a guy who is killed when a suicidal girl jumps off the side of a building and onto his head. He wakes up later in a hospital after being seemingly revived, but with blond hair and red eyes - oh, and he can talk to ghosts. He later runs into a girl named Hokuto who tells him he's now a half-dead resident of both the world of the living, and of the dead...
I haven't read the entire first volume yet, but from what I gather it's very much a psychological thriller, exploring the darker side of people. (Spoiler! The girl who commits suicide at the beginning of the story does so because her dad's a bit of a pedophile and... Well, mommy promised it would all stop once she turned 18 - Mommy LIED.) It's pretty interesting, and the art's nice enough, but it feels a bit more shoujo-y in execution than a seinin as it's labeled.
Title: Rakia
After a little girl, Luna, and her family move from Japan to be with her father working in America at Area 51 (UH OH, WARNING BELLS), they take a trip to Las Vegas on vacation when they find a ragged old man staggering along the side of the road with wings carved into his arms. Feeling sorry for the ol' hobo, they offer to give him a ride when he refuses, saying he doesn't have the right to live. They call an ambulance regardless and are back on the road shortly (after Luna gives him her HERO SAMMICH WHICH IS ABOUT AS BIG AS SHE IS TALL) when they pull over because Luna has to go potty. Awww. After an altercation with her brother, Luna screams from the side of the road, telling him to "Go die, you filthy pervert!" when AN 18-WHEEL LUMBER TRUCK IMMEDIATELY SMASHES INTO THEIR CAR VAPORIZING EVERYONE INSIDE before it finally flips over, with one log of wood still attached, forming the shape of a cross of holy carnage in the middle of the road, pointing straight up at the sky and protecting Luna from harm. And THEN it gets weird.
Saying anything from there would be a strange, strange spoiler in and of itself, but I will say the art is absolutely gorgeous, in a hyper realistic kind of way. The story has a strange fanatical Christian-turned-Occult flavor to it, and Luna finds herself thrown into all sorts of odd situations because, well, she has the power of God. Or something like that. It's creepy as hell, and personally, I'm not a big fan of saintly characters like her, but the carnage and BRUTAL usage of irony kind of makes up for it. Yeah, I'm a sick bastard. Gotta problem with that!?
Title: Mebius Gear
SEX, GORE, SEX, GORE, SEX SEX SEX, GORE GORE GORE.
From the creative mind of Toshiki Inoue and penned by Koshi Rikudo (OH BOY, MORE WARNING BELLS) comes... Well, geeze, I'm not even sure how to describe this one, so I won't even try. All I know is that there's a bunch of robots running around masquerading as humans and taking huge ass bites out of other peoples faces - by which I mean shoving cookie cutters into their heads and basically punching out their FACES (link not for the faint of heart, lawl). There are some wacky concepts involved - a lady with an army of killer robots who sleeps with a guy and then kills 'em, a schoolgirl with a killer robot who kills OTHER robots, creepy boy bands with even creepier stalkers... Basically, take the most perverted scenarios you can think of, and this title will surpass them all. Examples include one of said creepy boy band's creepy fangirls... Uh, pulling a towel out of an unmentionable orifice and offering it to one of them for use after a concert. (Said member is understandably HORRIFIED.) Well, she subsequently cuts off part of his head and stores it in formaldehyde, if that says anything.
Title: 70 Billion Needles
Takabe Hikaru would appreciate it if you'd stopped talking to her and left her alone, please and thank you. That's why she wears those absurdly huge headphones all the time - she's drowning you out, man, just accept it and walk away. ... At least, she'd prefer it that way, but all that kind of changes when an extraterrestrial visitor (made of PLASMA!) crashes into the sea right in front of her on a school trip and, uh, kind of vaporizes her. Oops. In order to revive our heroine, the intrepid alien is forced to join itself with (er) her remains, permanently entering Hikaru's subconscious, and she'll be the first to tell you that this guy does. not. shut. UP. So much for cranking up the volume... The reason he's here? To kill OTHER aliens invading Earth before they wipe out the human race - and to do that, they have to join with a human host, too. Who needs friends when you've got an ethereal voice speaking directly into your head 24/7?
So far, this is my favorite of all the new titles. The main character is cranky as hell (but not to the point of being a bitch), and she even begins to warm up to new people as the story progresses. If you're familiar with it, the premise is kind of like Parasyte, only if the alien leaves the hosts body, the HOST will die, not the other way around. Now we just have to see if he decides to annihilate the human race himself...
Title: Lost Universe
EHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEH.
And, well, that's about it. How sad is it that I wanted to post this before midnight so I didn't have to re-write my tag line? Ahhh, the things I'll do for... Well, nothing, really. I need to start doing more TsuBun summaries/translations, aaaaaaah.