February may be a short month, but that didn’t stop me from obtaining a fair amount of manga and other fun things. Most of the titles are actually from orders made in previous months that just happened to arrive in February, so even though it might not look like it, I still kept to my New Year’s resolution. Granted, random manga lots from eBay auctions or wherever I only count as one purchase. And I don’t count purchases made with giftcards, either. So, what was I particularly excited about in February? As a belated birthday gift to myself, I decided to complete my collection of Hiroaki Samura’s Blade of the Immortal, one of my first and favorite manga series. Thanks to a sale at RightStuf, I also filled out some of the series I’ve been collecting from Vertical, like Dororo and Chi’s Sweet Home. And all the way from Japan, I ordered two music albums that I adore: Plugnet’s debut album Select, which is a ridiculously fun mix of 8-bit, hip-hop, and all sorts of other things; and World’s End Girlfriend’s fantastic new album, Seven Idiots.
Manga!
A.I. Revolution, Volumes 1-4 by Yuu Asami
Andromeda Stories, Volumes 2-3 by Keiko Takemiya
Angel by Erica Sakurazawa
Angel Nest by Erica Sakurazawa
Aqua, Volumes 1-2 by Kozue Amano
Aria, Volumes 1-6 by Kozue Amano
Black Butler, Volume 4 by Yana Toboso
Black Lagoon, Volumes 8-9 by Rei Hiroe
Blade of the Immortal, Volume 9-11, 13, 17-23 by Hiroaki Samura
Chi’s Sweet Home, Volume 4 by Kanata Konami
Close the Last Door, Volume 2 by Yugi Yamada
Cross Game, Volume 1 by Mitsuru Adachi
Deadman Wonderland, Volumes 2, 4 by Jinsei Kataoka, illustrated by Kazuma Kondou
Detroit Metal City, Volumes 1-4 by Kiminori Wakasugi
Dororo, Volumes 2-3 by Osamu Tezuka
The Embalmer, Volumes 3-4 by Mitsukazu Mihara
From Eroica with Love, Volumes 3, 7-8 by Yasuko Aoike
Fujoshi Rumi, Volumes 2-3 by Natsumi Konjoh
Genkaku Picasso, Volumes 1-2 by Usamaru Furuya
Gin Tama, Volumes 6-10 by Hideaki Sorachi
Hanako and the Terror of Allegory, Volume 1 by Sakae Esuno
Hellsing, Volumes 1-8 by Kohta Hirano
Immortal Rain, Volumes 3-8 by Kaori Ozaki
Inuyasha, Omnibus 1 by Rumiko Takahashi
Kiichi and the Magic Books, Volumes 1-5 by Taka Amano
Mermaid Saga, Volumes 1-2, 4 by Rumiko Takahashi
No Touching at All by Kou Yoneda
Nothing but Loving You by Erica Sakurazawa
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, Volume 1 by Hiroshi Shiibashi
Qwan, Volume 4 by Aki Shimizu
Reversible, Volume 1 by Various
Rules of Love by Erica Sakurazawa
Sexy Voice and Robo by Iou Kuroda
Sundome, Volumes 1-6 by Kazuto Okada
Tokyo Babylon, Volumes 6-7 by Clamp
Twin Spica, Volume 5 by Kou Yaginuma
The Tyrant Falls in Love, Volume 2 by Hinako Takanaga
Manhwa!
The Tarot Café, Volumes 2-3 by Sang-sun Park
Let Dai, Volumes 1-12 by Sooyeon Won
Comics!
In These Words, Chapter 3 written by Kichiku Neko, illustrated by Jo Chen
Novels!
Goth by Otsuichi
Mardock Scramble by Tow Ubukata
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
The Stories of Ibis by Hiroshi Yamamoto
Nonfiction!
Adornment in Clay by Laura J. Mueller
Music!
Select by Plugnet
Seven Idiots by World’s End Girlfriend
Jesus. I think you’ve read more manga than I have this month. I am kind of jealous.
Don’t be too jealous. I haven’t actually read all of these yet; it’s just what made it onto my bookshelf (or wherever else I could find to fit in my room) last month. I wish I had time to read that much manga! :)
Most of it doesn’t stay, either, but gets donated, traded, or sold.