I’m not sure that anyone else will actually care about these posts, but I personally find them useful. I had another good month for acquisitions—some great finds at library sales, used book stores, and eBay. I managed to locate four of the last five volumes of the out of print Great Teacher Onizuka which means I only need to find Volume 23 to complete my set! I was also thrilled to find the out of print volumes of the yaoi light novel series The Guilty. One of my favorite purchases this month was actually The Blue Hearts’ third compilation album Super Best. The Blue Hearts were an influential Japanese punk rock band from the 80s/90s and I’ve been listening to the CD pretty much nonstop since it arrived.
Manga!
20th Century Boys, Volumes 3-6 by Naoki Urasawa
All Nippon Airline: Paradise at 30,000 Feet by Kei Azumaya
Astral Project, Volumes 1-4 written by Garon Tsuchiya, illustrated by Shyuji Takeya
Café Latte Rhapsody by Toko Kawai
Cat Paradise, Volume 2 by Yuji Iwahara
Cinderalla by Junko Mizuno
Cowboy Bebop: Shooting Star, Volumes 1-2 by Cain Kuga
Deadman Wonderland, Volume 1 by Jinsei Kataoka, illustrated by Kazuma Kondou
A Drunken Dream and Other Stories by Moto Hagio
Fujoshi Rumi, Volume 1 by Natsumi Konjoh
Genshiken, Volumes 1-4 by Shimoku Kio
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka, Volume 21-22, 24-25 by Tohru Fujisawa
Hetalia: Axis Powers, Volume 1 by Hidekaz Himaruya
Iron Wok Jan, Volumes 1-4 by Shinji Saijyo
Legal Drug, Volume 1-3 by Clamp
Library Wars: Love & War, Volume 2 written by Hiro Arikawa, illustrated by Kiiro Yumi
Love Attack, Volume 1 by Shizuru Seino
Love Mode, Volume 2 by Yuki Shimizu
Maiden Rose, Volume 2 by Fusanosuke Inariya
Peepo Choo, Volume 2 by Felipe Smith
Princess Princess, Volume 1 by Mikiyo Tsuda
Qwan, Volumes 1-3 by Aki Shimizu
Read or Dream, Volumes 2-4 written by Hideyuki Kurata, illustrated by Ran Ayanaga
Rurouni Kenshin, Omnibus Volume 1 by Nobuhiro Watsuki
Sand Chronicles, Volume 9 by Hinako Ashihara
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei, Volumes 2-4 by Koji Kumeta
Song of the Hanging Sky, Volumes 1-2 by Toriko Gin
Telepathic Wanderers, Volume 3 by Yasutaka Tsutsui, illustrated by Sayaka Yamazaki
Tenken by Yumiko Shirai
Tokyo Babylon, Volumes 1-5 by Clamp
The Tyrant Falls in Love, Volume 1 by Hinako Takanaga
Ze, Volume 4 by Yuki Shimizu
Manhwa!
Totally Captivated, Volume 6 by Hajin Yoo
Comics!
Winter Demon, Volumes 1-4 by Yamila Abraham
Light Novels!
The Guilty, Volumes 2-4 by Katsura Izumi, illustrated by Hinako Takanaga.
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya by Nagaru Tanigawa
Rocket Girls by Hōsuke Nojiri
The Twelve Kingdoms, Volume 1: Sea of Shadow by Fuyumi Ono
Novels!
The Commoner by John Burnham Schwartz
The Flowers of Edo by Michael Dana Kennedy
Loups-Garous by Natsuhiko Kyōgoku
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit by Nahoko Uehashi
Moribito II: Guardian of the Darkness by Nahoko Uehashi
Obasan by Joy Kogawa
Nonfiction!
Japanese for Busy People, Volume I: Romanized Version by AJLT
Kanji de Manga, Volumes 1-2 by Glenn Kardy
Kana de Manga by Glenn Kardy
Tourism in Japan: An Ethno-Semiotic Analysis by Arthur Asa Berger
The Unfettered Mind: Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master by Takuan Sōhō
Anime!
Hetalia: Axis Powers, Season 1
Samurai 7, Volumes 1-3
Music!
Super Best by The Blue Hearts
after reading these lists I’m rather envious xDD I wish I could buy manga in my country too >.<
I am very fortunate. My local comic shop won an Eisner this year, my favorite used book store has an entire section for manga, and I have a steady job that lets me indulge. Sometimes I get very embarrassed/feel bad about how lucky I am.