Yeah, my manga buying got a little out of hand these last couple of months. Granted, there were major sales and gift certificates involved, but still. I’ll be making a particular effort to avoid impulse buys for at least the rest of the year (and hopefully beyond). Ebay in particular was my downfall in October. That, and I made a point to pick up a bunch of vampire manga for October’s Manga Moveable Feast. I was also able to track down a reasonably priced copy of Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 27, the last out-of-print Lone Wolf and Cub volume that I needed to find. Of course, I found it right before Dark Horse announced that they would be republishing the series in a larger, omnibus format. Now I’m torn. Do I finishing collecting the smaller volumes (which I’m not that fond of), or double-dip and start collecting the new editions? (Right now, I’m leaning towards donating what Lone Wolf and Cub I have to my library and picking up the omnibuses for myself.) As for pre-orders I was probably most excited for the next volume of Kentaro Miura’s Berserk. Even though the last few volumes have felt a lot like filler, I still love the series as a whole. I was also very happy to see another novel by Keigo Higashino published in English—Salvation for a Saint. (Review to come!) The next chapter of Jo Chen’s boys’ love circle Guilt|Pleasure’s very dark series In These Words has also been released.
Manga!
Awkward Silence, Volume 2 by Hinako Takanaga
Beautiful People by Mitsukazu Mihara
Berserk, Volume 36 by Kentaro Miura
Blood Sucker, Volumes 1-4 written by Saki Okuse and illustrated by Aki Shimizu
Blue by Kiriko Nananan
Broken Blade, Volumes 1-3 by Yunosuke Yoshinaga
Dengeki Daisy, Volumes 9-10 by Kyousuke Motomi
Devil by Torajiro Kishi
Devil’s Infirmary by Aco Oumi
Dorohedoro, Volumes 4-7 by Q Hayashida
Eagle: The Making of an Asian-American President, Book 1 by Kaiji Kawaguchi
Endless Rain by Yuuya
The Flowers of Evil, Volume 3 by Shuzo Oshimi
Girl Friends, Omnibus 1 by Milk Morinaga
His Arrogance by Takashi Kanzaki
I’ll Be Your Slave by Miki Araya
Kiss of Fire by Youka Nitta
Limit, Volume 1 by Keiko Suenobu
Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 27 written by Kazuo Koike, illustrated by Goseki Kojima
Loveless, Omnibus 1 by Yun Kouga
Madara, Volumes 1-4 written by Eiji Otsuka, illustrated by Shou Tajima
Mr. Flower Bride by Lily Hoshino
Please Save My Earth, Volumes 2-21 by Saki Hiwatari
Real, Volumes 1-2 by Takehiko Inoue
Vampire Hunter D, Volumes 2-5 by Saiko Takaki
Comics!
The Immortal: Demon in the Blood script by Ian Edginton
In These Words, Chapter 7 by Guilt|Pleasure
Secret Prison, No. 7 published by Retrofit Comics
Novels!
Salvation for a Saint by Keigo Higashino
Vampire Hunter D, Volume 1 by Hideyuki Kikuchi
Nonfiction!
Asian Martial Arts edited by Michael A. DeMarco
Tokyo Bois! photography by Miwa Tozaki
Yokai Attack!: The Japanese Monster Survival Guide by Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt
Anime!
Ristorante Paradiso directed by Mitsuko Kase
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