End of January 2015 Purchases

I bought these from Amazon US and Amazon JP. It takes a while for new books to come to Kinokuniya USA, so I paid the extra buck per volume to get these books now.
Read moreI bought these from Amazon US and Amazon JP. It takes a while for new books to come to Kinokuniya USA, so I paid the extra buck per volume to get these books now.
Read morePetite Princess is a bi-monthly publication that contains both series and oneshots. The content generally straddles the line between shoujo and josei, with a couple of very young skewing shoujos and usually 2 or 3 smutty selections. The stories are generally high school, college, and young office lady romances with no fantasy elements, except for the occasional talking animal. Petite
Read moreI went to Bookoff and Kinokuniya in Costa Mesa California today. This Bookoff also sells a lot of stuff you’d find at a garage sale, but there is more manga than at the San Diego store. The Kinokuniya was in the Mitsuwa Marketplace. This Mitsuwa has a really nice food court and full sized grocery store. The Kinokuniya is small,
Read moreKanako Sakurakouji’s new series “Seirou Opera” (“Brothel Opera”) is on the cover of the February 2015 issue of Betsucomi. The furoku is the “Bitter and Sweet Emotion” collection of oneshots. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, there are 5 oneshots that involve chocolate candy. There are also some short gag mangas too. Here is the index page for this issue:
Read moreHere are the manga I purchased the first half of January. I bought mostly shoujo titles with a sprinkling of josei and seinen. Going to the Kinokuniya MLK sale on Monday. I wonder what I’ll find…
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