Not exactly reading, author's notes, poking at fic, etc.

[umadoshi]

I have my copy of Fruits Basket 23! But here's the problem: my habit is to tell myself sternly that I can't sit down properly with a new volume if I don't get enough work done (or whatever). And this week has been utterly insane, so while I've been working every day (and am way ahead of my deadline), I haven't been getting as much done as I want to

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[shiroiko]

Did your copy of FB23 come with the bonus manga sampler? Mine did, and I was happy Tokyopop realized that the readers of FB have a manga void to fill now, but stunned at the choices for manga in the sampler, They couldn't have been more off-base with what the FB fans I know would enjoy reading. I really felt it was a wasted opportunity to get readers of FB hooked on other, thematically similar, titles.

[umadoshi]

Yeah, mine did too. I haven't looked too closely at it, although I know a lot of people who really like V.B. Rose. I...guess they're aiming at a different demographic of Furuba fandom than we're part of? Marketing choices almost always baffle me, unfortunately. :/

[EDIT: I know I'd like to see Shinobi Life promoted more, and not just because I work on it. It's not the same kind of story as Furuba, but it's a really fun shoujo title and I don't think it's gotten a lot of publicity other than the review copies that went out.]

[double_dear]

Despite its warm, fuzzy, shoujo flufflike premise, V.B. Rose does have similar elements to Fruits Basket in the exploring-people's-issues kind of way. You don't have to transform into a cute fluffy animal to have angst, after all *grin*

[umadoshi]

This is true. ^^ I keep meaning to read some more of it, actually; I read vol. 1 once ages ago, but IIRC that was at the manga library at AN and I was half asleep. Not really the best way to get an impression of something.