Okay, so it looks like I’m starting to get my manga habit a bit under control. That being said, the rules I came up for myself for purchasing manga in May will be applied to June as well. I’m trying to be less of a hoarder of manga that I intend to read sometime in the future and instead buy the books as I need them. So, what manga was I particularly excited about in May? I finished filling out my Gin Tama collection and many great preorders like the first Kekkaishi omnibus and the first volume of A Bride’s Story arrived. But I was most pleased with myself for finding reasonably priced copies of A, A′ by Moto Hagio and Four Shōjo Stories in good condition. I’ve been looking for both of these ever since reading Hagio’s A Drunken Dream and Other Stories. I also recently read the first light novel in The Twelve Kingdoms series by Fuyumi Ono (review to come soon). I liked it so well I immediately went out and purchased the remaining volumes that were published in English. I would really like to see the rest translated as well.
Manga!
7 Billion Needles, Volumes 2-3 by Nobuaki Tadano
A, A′ by Moto Hagio
Ai Ore!, Volume 1 by Mayu Shinjo
The Beautiful Skies of Houou High, Volume 1 by Aki Arata
Black Butler, Volume 5 by Yana Toboso
A Bride’s Story, Volume 1 by Kaoru Mori
Bónd(z) by Toko Kawai
Chobits, Omnibus 1-2 by Clamp
Four Shōjo Stories translated by Matt Thorn
Gente: The People of Ristorante Paradiso, Volumes 2-3 by Natsume Ono
Gin Tama, Volumes 11-19 by Hideaki Sorachi
Genkaku Picasso, Volumes 1-2 by Usamaru Furuya
Kekkaishi, Omnibus 1 by Yellow Tanabe
Nodame Cantabile, Volumes 1-3, 13-14 by Tomoko Ninomiya
Purgatory Kabuki, Volume 1 by Yasushi Suzuki
Rumic Theater, Volumes 1-2 by Rumiko Takahashi
Rumic World Trilogy, Volumes 1-3 by Rumiko Takahashi
Secret Comics Japan: Underground Comics Now edited by Chikao Shiratori
Comics!
East Coast Rising, Volume 1 by Becky Cloonan
Empowered, Volumes 2-4 by Adam Warren
F*X*T, Issues 1-2 by Various
Steady Beat, Volumes 1-2 by Rivkah
Light Novels!
The Twelve Kingdoms, Volumes 2-4 written by Fuyumi Ono, illustrated by Akihiro Yamada
Novels!
The Moon over the Mountain: Stories by Atsushi Nakajima
Remote Control by Kōtarō Isaka
Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata
The Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe
Nonfiction!
Japanese the Manga Way: An Illustrated Guide to Grammar & Structure by Wayne P. Lammers
The Lone Samurai: The Life of Miyamoto Musashi by William Scott Wilson
Made in Japan by Reed Darmon
Anime!
Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Student Council Saga directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara
Music!
Over and Over by Boom Boom Satellites
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