Hmmm…it seems like acquisitions got a little bit out of hand in November. Granted, there were several gift certificates, major sales, and even a few freebies involved. So, it’s not quite as bad as it first appears. I swear. The single item I was most excited about finding this past month was Tatsuhiko Takimoto’s novel Welcome to the N.H.K. I’ve been looking for a reasonably priced copy of the book for well over a year now. I happened to spot the novel mixed in with a lot of random manga on eBay. I managed to win the auction and ended up with a bunch of stuff I probably wouldn’t have otherwise, and all for less than a quarter of the price that the novel alone was going for at the time! I was immensely pleased with myself, to say the least. I also managed to snag some other normally expensive out of print manga like King of Thorn and The Crimson Spell at a good price. And finally, it was totally worth importing the album Seven by The Cherry Cokes, a band I happily discovered while watching the Giant Killing anime.
Manga!
Bad Teacher’s Equation, Volume 1 by Kazuma Kodaka
Blade of the Immortal, Volume 24: Massacre by Hiroaki Samura
The Book of Human Insects by Osamu Tezuka
A Bride’s Story, Volume 2 by Kaoru Mori
Chi’s Sweet Home, Volume 7 by Konami Kanata
The Crimson Spell, Volume 2 by Ayano Yamane
Cromartie High School, Volume 1 by Eiji Nonaka
From Eroica with Love, Volume 6 Yasuko Aoike
Garden Dreams by Fumi Yoshinaga
Hikaru no Go, Volumes 6-11, 20-23 written by Yumi Hotta, illustrated by Takeshi Obata
King of Thorn, Volumes 2-5 by Yuji Iwahara
Maka-Maka, Volume 2 by Kishi Torajiro
Mardock Scramble, Volume 2 by Yoshitoki Oima
Oishinbo, A la Carte: Ramen and Gyoza written by Tetsu Kariya, illustrated by Akira Hanasaki
The Prime Minister’s Secret Diplomacy by Youka Nitta
Nodame Cantabile, Volume 16 by Tomoko Ninomiya
Seven Days: Friday-Sunday written by Venio Tachibana, illustrated by Rihito Takarai
A Strange and Mystifying Story, Volume 2 by Tsuta Suzuki
Tactics, Volume 1 by Sakura Kinoshita and Kazuko Higashiyama
Taimashin: The Red Spider Exorcist, Volume 2 written by Hideyuki Kikuchi, illustrated by Shin Yong-Gwan
Tramps Like Us, Volumes 1-6 by Yayoi Ogawa
The Tyrant Falls in Love, Volume 4 by Hinako Takanaga
V.B. Rose, Volume 1 by Banri Hidaka
Comics!
In These Words, Chapter 5 written by Kichiku Neko, illustrated by Jo Chen
Super Pro K.O.!, Volume 1 by Jarrett Williams
Novels!
The Beautiful and the Grotesque by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
The Book of Heroes by Miyuki Miyabe
Father Figure by written by Kichiku Neko, illustrated by Jo Chen
Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 1: The Land of Sand by Makoto Inoue
Ten Billion Days and One Hundred Billion Nights by Ryū Mitsuse
Welcome to the N.H.K. by Tatsuhiko Takimoto
A Woman Called En by Tomie Ōhara
Yashakiden: The Demon Princess, Volumes 3-4 by Hideyuki Kikuchi
Nonfiction!
Samurai Champloo Roman Album
Anime!
Hetalia: Axis Powers: Paint It White directed by Bob Shirohata
Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise directed by Hiroyuki Yamaga
Saiyuki Reload: The Perfect Collection directed by Tetsuya Endo
Toward the Terra directed by Hideo Onchi
Toward the Terra directed by Osamu Yamazaki
Film!
Goth directed by Gen Takahashi
Music!
Seven by The Cherry Cokes
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