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Wanted: Eiichiro Oda Before One Piece (Pixtagram Repost)

Wanted is a collection of single stories written by Eiichiro Oda before he developed One Piece. These include Wanted!, Kami kara Mirai no Present, Ikki Yakou, Monsters, and Romance Dawn. Monsters is the one I had already read before, including the anime adaptation from Netflix. The others, I had no familiarity with.

Overall, it was fun. From gunslingers to a traveling monk to one of the early precursors to One Piece itself, these stories were a lot of fun and had that Oda flair to them.

Photograph of a white person's hand holding up "Wanted! Eiichiro Oda Before One Piece." The single volume book has a pink background with some faux bullet holes drawn around the title at the top. There are 9 panels with faces of various characters from these short stories including a couple old west gunmen, a samurai, a traditional monk, and at the center is a man whose face looks just like Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece.

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Fist of the North Star, Volume 15 (Repost from Pixtagram)

Wow. Again. I feel I say that after reading EVERY volume of Fist of the North Star. Still valid.

This volume continues with Kaioh manipulating everyone. However, as Hyo and Kenshiro battle, secrets are revealed. Histories of Kenshiro, Hyo, Raoh, and Kaioh are revealed. It's a lot and so good.

Love is, once again, at the center.

The volume ends with a battle beginning between Kenshiro and Kaioh, Rin sent off with her memories erased. It's a lot.

Photograph of Fist of the North Star, Volume 15, held by a white person's hand against a light colored wall. The cover shows three teenagers of various heights posing as they are preparing to fight. There is a dark, short haired boy in the front; a longer dark haired boy in the middle; and a light colored haired boy in the back. They appear to be from back to front Kaioh, Hyo, and Kenshiro as children.

A photograph of the interior of Fist of the North Star, Volume 15. The picture shows black and white panels. The largest panel shows a zoom in on Hyo's face, battered with a scar in an X shape across his forehead. He is saying, "It is that love...that utterly foolish love that I lived for and I do not regret it."

A photograph of the interior of Fist of the North Star, Volume 15. The picture shows one large black and white panel. The image shows Kenshiro (right) putting his arm against Hyo, who is beaten and falling downward toward the ground, fatally injured.

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New Read - Wanted: Eiichiro Oda Before One Piece

Wanted is a collection of single stories written by Eiichiro Oda before he developed One Piece. These include Wanted!, Kami kara Mirai no Present, Ikki Yakou, Monsters, and Romance Dawn. Monsters is the one I had already read before, including the anime adaptation from Netflix. The others, I had no familiarity with.

Overall, it was fun. From gunslingers to a traveling monk to one of the early precursors to One Piece itself, these stories were a lot of fun and had that Oda flair to them.

What was also fun was between stories was short commentary from Oda about each one. I enjoyed his thoughts on these older one shots he developed.

Overall, enjoyed this collection. Glad I picked it up.

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Photograph of a white person's hand holding up "Wanted! Eiichiro Oda Before One Piece." The single volume book has a pink background with some faux bullet holes drawn around the title at the top. There are 9 panels with faces of various characters from these short stories including a couple old west gunmen, a samurai, a traditional monk, and at the center is a man whose face looks just like Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece.

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New Read - Fist of the North Star, Volume 15

Wow. Again. I feel I say that after reading EVERY volume of Fist of the North Star. However, it's still valid and true.

This volume continues with Kaioh manipulating everyone. However, as Hyo and Kenshiro have an epic battle, secrets are revealed. Histories of Kenshiro, Hyo, Raoh, and Kaioh are revealed. It's a lot of things all at once. And it's so good.

Love is, once again, at the center. Kaioh's love of children leading to her death. Kenshiro, Hyo, and Shachi's love both familial and romantic that has strengthened them.

The volume ends with a battle beginning between Kenshiro and Kaioh, Rin sent off with her memories erased. It's a lot.

Can't wait for Volume 16.

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Photograph of Fist of the North Star, Volume 15, held by a white person's hand against a light colored wall. The cover shows three teenagers of various heights posing as they are preparing to fight. There is a dark, short haired boy in the front; a longer dark haired boy in the middle; and a light colored haired boy in the back. They appear to be from back to front Kaioh, Hyo, and Kenshiro as children.

A photograph of the interior of Fist of the North Star, Volume 5. The picture shows black and white panels. The largest panel shows a zoom in on Hyo's face, battered with a scar in an X shape across his forehead. He is saying, "It is that love...that utterly foolish love that I lived for and I do not regret it."

A photograph of the interior of Fist of the North Star, Volume 5. The picture shows one large black and white panel. The image shows Kenshiro (right) putting his arm against Hyo, who is beaten and falling downward toward the ground, fatally injured.

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New Read - Cthulhu Cat

Cthulhu Cat is a full color manga from Pandania, whose art specialty is cute manga cats. If you are looking for eldritch terrors disguised as fluffy kitties, this is for you.

For the record: I totally am.

The series follows the tail of a Japanese high school student who just took home this abandoned, green cat with wings and tentacles where it's mouth should be. Totally just a normal cat, right?

Well, it's Cthulhu and this gag manga follows Cthulhu as a cat, other Eldritch horrors in cat form, and how the madness encircles various characters who interact with these terrors.

It's goofy, it's full color, and if you find the general concept interesting, it's worth reading. I am glad it was a single volume as I don't think this concept could actually maintain a full, long term series, but in a single, easy to digest volume, it absolutely works and is so goofy.

Would recommend if you like cute, eldritch horror cats.

Swipe for my favorite scene in the series.

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Photograph of a white person's hand holding a book entitled, "Cthulhu Cat." The cover has a black background with various occult sigils scattered around. The central portion has a blue circle with assorted cats of various shapes / colors designed to look like Eldritch beings from the Lovecraft pantheon. Central is a green cat with tentacles where it's mouth should be. That's Cthulhu the cat.

Photograph of a panel from the interior of Cthulhu Cat. The image shows a green cat with tentacles where it's mouth should be knocking over a brain in a jar off a counter.

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New Read - Cats of the Louvre

I saw "Cats of the Louvre" mentioned on Mangagram a few times and the concept of cats living in the museum, the Louvre. I pretty much immediately ordered a copy of the manga upon reading the premise.

For the uninitiated - the premise is that the Louvre itself is part of a historic palace and cats had lived there during its days as a palace. The ancestors of those cats remained in the building and the grounds crew have kept them safe since. The story follows some folks who work on the grounds crew as well as the cats, who are occasionally anthropomorphized as they interact with each other.

A key fact you learn early on is that the main cat shown on the cover, has a power to interact with the paintings and can even leap into paintings themselves. This cat, who appears like a kitty despite its age, can "hear" the paintings.

As the story progresses, we learn that one of the grounds crew members' sisters could also claim to hear the paintings and one day, disappeared.

The cats are afraid of being caught by unsafe folks, a new tour guide is trying to help the grounds crewmember figure out if / where his sister may be hiding within the paintings. It's a well crafted, unexpected story with the art of the Louvre on display throughout.

I definitely would recommend it if the concept above sounds remotely interesting to you.

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Photograph of a white person's hand holding up a hardcover book entitled, "Cats of the Louvre." The title is on the top in black lettering over a white background. Below that is an image showing a white cat sitting on an ornate chair against a reddish wall with partially viewable paintings above the cat's head. The cat has two different colored eyes, one reddish-orange, the other blue.

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New Read - Fist of the North Star, Volume 14

Wow did this volume go in hard.

Things that happened: We met Kenshiro's biological brother; we found out that Kenshiro, Raoh, and Toki were born on the nation of Asura; we discover that back on Asura, there was a prophecy about the return of Raoh to save them.

It's a lot and it's amazing.

Buronson's story and Tetsuo Hara's art together just come together in such an amazing way that I could not stop until I finished the volume last night. I started and finished in one straight sitting...and I am so ready for Volume 15 to find out what happens next.

The volume ends with a bloodied Kenshiro being helped by Shachi and Kenshiro's biological brother, still not remembering who his brother is, and the love of his brother.

Kenshiro is the key to a power greater than Hokuto Shinken. However, the secret is locked in the mind of Kenshiro's brother. Only he can unlock it in Kenshiro.

Also, once again, love and emotion are discussed as a key to strength.

Anyway, I took one screenshot - and it's the reason Kenshiro shouldn't go visit Maryland. Swipe to understand my bad joke.

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Photograph of Fist of the North Star, Volume 13, held by a white person's hand against a light colored wall. The cover shows two men - one in the back shown from behind with a cap, and short light hair; the other is a man in armor and a cape and long hair with an X on his forehead. The volume number is in the upper left hand corner, the title of the series is in red text in the lower left hand corner with stars embossed into the cover.

Photograph of a manga panel from Fist of the North Star, Volume 14. The image shows Kenshiro in black and white pointing out from the panel saying, "I don't like crab dishes..."

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New Read - Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (Naoko Takeuchi Collection), Volume 10 (Final Volume)

This was the end of Sailor Moon. The final volume, frankly, gave me all I wanted and more. A confrontation with Sailor Galaxia, the truth behind the source of the Sailor Scout's power, a twist about the nature of the Sailor Scouts and the origin of their power / enemies, and entirely unnecessary time traveling characters.

I did not know what to expect, but it exceeded it. And Usagi's Christ-like willingness to offer herself up not only for her friends, but for her enemies had me tearing up as I'm reading it.

I included an early panel from the volume where Sailor Moon is confronted by two enemies who clearly are only doing the bidding of Sailor Galaxia to end the eternal conflict in the universe. So, Sailor Moon offers her own life it it will end the conflict.

No one expects a person to willingly sacrifice themselves for someone they love, let alone someone they hate. It was jarring for everyone. And yea, it was an emotional moment.

Now that I've read it all, I need to re-read it again. This time, though, I think I'll do a thorough re-read starting with Codename Sailor V first, followed by all of Sailor Moon. But, that's for another day.

This finale is worth experiencing yourself, so I definitely recommend checking out this older series.

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Photograph of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (Naoko Takeuchi Collection), Volume 10 atop Volumes 1-2, and 8-9. The cover of volume 10 has a yellowish border with Sailor Moon and the core cast of Sailor Scouts shown in an collage of each of from the shoulders up. Sailor Moon as Princess Queen Serenity with white hair is shown on top with her wand in hand.

A photograph of a black and white page from the interior Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (Naoko Takeuchi Collection), Volume 10. The upper panel shows Sailor Moon with wings holding her hand to her chest saying, "...Then kill me." Beneath that is a series of zoom ins on various character's faces looking shocked at her pronouncement.

A photograph of a black and white page from the interior Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (Naoko Takeuchi Collection), Volume 10. The page has Usagi (Sailor Moon) on the right in her final form from the manga with her wand extended to a staff attacking Sailor Galaxia, who is wearing an elaborate headpiece with a skirt outfit that has flowing, individual pieces off it.

Photograph of a bookshelf with Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (Naoko Takeuchi Collection) volumes 1 through 10 in a line with Codename: Sailor V, Eternal Editions, sitting next to them on the right. The Codename Sailor V volumes are significantly taller than the Sailor Moon volumes.

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New Read - Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Volume 9 (Naoko Takeuchi Collection)

Holy cow did it get real in Volume 9.

After the defeat of the Dead Moon Circus by the end of Volume 8, there was relative peace. Mamoru was going off to college in the US. But then something happens. Usagi keeps mentally blocking the horror so she pretends it isn't happening. But she has to face it as the volume continues.

Sailor Galaxia has arrived. Another Sailor Scout who is bent on becoming the most powerful Sailor Scout in the universe by stealing the power of others. In the process, she is decimating other Sailor Scouts across the Milky Way Galaxy.

Sailor Moon mentally blocking things which had upset her to avoid thinking about them...sadly, mood.

New Sailor Scouts as both enemies and allies are introduced in this wild volume. The ending is a huge setup for an amazing battle to come with Sailor Moon going after Sailor Galaxia!

I have Volume 10, which is the final volume of Sailor Moon for this edition.

I can't wait to see how the series ends. I also am definitely planning a reread in the future now that I have them all. Maybe even checking out some of the anime. When I am done.

Either way, this is great and I look forward to more.

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Photograph of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (Naoko Takeuchi Collection), Volume 9 atop Volumes 5-8. The cover of volume 9 has a lavender border with Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask in what almost appears to be wedding garbs dancing. Sailor Moon's hair and dress are the same lavender as the border.

Photograph of a white person's hand holding open Volume 9 of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, the Naoko Takeuchi Collection. The page has Usagi (Sailor Moon) on the left in her school uniform and on the right is Sailor Galaxia, who is wearing an elaborate headpiece with a skirt outfit that has flowing, individual pieces off it.

Photograph of two manga panels stacked vertically from Pretty Guardian Sailor Mon, the Naoko Takeuchi Collection, Volume 9. The upper one has a young girl's head with sparkly eyes cocked to the left saying, "I'm Me." The lower panel has a shocked Usagi (Sailor Moon) thinking to herself "I'm...Me?"

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New Read - Animal Crossing: New Horizons Deserted Island Diary, Volume 7

Another new, silly volume of the Animal Crossing manga. The new volume dropped last week and I finished reading it over the weekend.

The new volume picks up where Volume 6 left off with a lot of custom homes being made via Happy Home Paradise. A lot of silly moments with individual villagers getting custom designed homes that matched their personalities.

Also, the author self inserted herself into one random chapter where she dressed like an Oni, which was fun.

If you are a gag manga fan that also likes Animal Crossing or are an Animal Crossing fan who likes gag manga (or any manga), definitely check it out.

A Venn diagram showing folks who like gag manga and folks who like Animal Crossing would have me sitting in the center, so I am down for more of this. Looking forward to the next volume of this family friendly, silly series.

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Photograph of a white person's hand holding a book against a light colored wall. The book is Animal Crossing: New Horizons Deserted Island Diary, Volume 7. The cover shows an assortment of human villagers sitting around in a room with panel walls and a kotatsu in the middle. In the foreground is a squirrel character wearing a red shirt holding a pen in the air. A drawing pad is in front of them on the kotatsu table.

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New Read - Disney Stitch! (Complete Series)

So, I had previously read "Stitch! Best Friends Forever" which is a collection of manga stories about Stitch. This is the original series that the previous post was based on.

Short version is that Stitch crash lands accidentally in Japan on island in Okinawa. Stitch befriends a local girl named Yuna and goofiness ensues. The entire series is just one goofy event after another of Stitch trying to do good deeds.

At any point, Stitch could go home to Lilo in Hawaii, but chooses not to to continue to have silly slice of life adventures with Yuna instead. Pleakey and Jumba even show up to even sillier effect.

This was what confused me about the original manga I had read. It was set surrounding the stories of the original manga, so it was side stories that would supplement this one and, reiterate some of the origin tales and closing chapters for new readers. But, for me, a person going in blind, that one was confusing. This one was less so.

The TokyoPop compilation of the two volumes of Stitch also includes some Lilo and Stitch comics in the middle. These ones are just little slice of life day to day adventures of Lilo and Stitch in Hawaii.

The high point of the entire series, for me, was a single chapter where Stitch and a rooster who hates everyone end up competing and fighting. Screenshot included of them boxing.

TL;DR If you want goofy, slice of life with Stitch from Lilo and Stitch where he's crash landing as a fish out of water in Japan, check it out. If that doesn't appeal to you, then ignore it.

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Photograph of a white person's hand holding a book labeled "Disney Stitch The Manga Collection" at the top. The overall image shows Stitch from Lilo and Stitch waving a paint brush with red paint on it while jumping. A yellow streak is at the top with the title of the series inside it.

Black and white manga photograph from inside the Disney Stitch manga. The top shows Stitch from Lilo and Stitch in an action sequence wearing boxing gloves and fighting a rooster. The image beneath it has the same rooster and Stitch facing off in a sumo ring.

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New Read - My Lovesick Life as a '90s Otaku, Volume 4 (Final Volume)

I have reached the final volume of My Lovesick Life as a '90s Otaku and let me tell you, it was a fabulous ending to the series.

This volume picks up right where Volume 3 left off, showing Megumi going to and then walking away from the birthday party. As that was one of the last times she really had time speaking with Masamune.

It speeds through the rest of her childhood, into adulthood to flash to the present. Between childhood and adulthood she rejected the nerd she was, trying to pretend that part of her no longer existed.

She hated feeling like a social outcast and hiding her fandoms, so she just outright pretended they didn't exist. As she looks back on her life, she also realized how she felt she failed in many regards. But, she's better now and more aware now than ever. As she looks at her daughter and realizes who she is raising, an outgoing kid who doesn't judge anyone, she feels a sense that she's doing better. That Her friend explains, "This amazing kid over there - you helped shape her into this loving person who doesn't judge. You did that!" It's such a moment that, as a parent, hit hard.

I never know if I'm doing the right thing as a parent of 4 kids. But when I see how my kids are not accepting, how they are open to tell me stuff, how they help others, I get the same sense as Meggers realizing, "I'm doing okay."

The rest of the volume is important, but I'm running out of space!

Megumi's daughter befriends Masamune's son. Both of them are otaku / nerds. This brings Masamune back into her life. Oh, and did I mention he's single? Oh, and that ending!

I loved it from beginning to end and am so glad I read it. Thanks Mangagram for showing me this series!

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Photograph of a white person's hand holding Volume 3 of My Lovesick Life as a '90s Otaku against a light colored wall. The cover has, in the center, an adult woman in a hoodie girl with dark hair and dark blue eyes sitting with her knees up and a volume of some comics in her hand and a bag next to her. To her left is an adult man with dark hair laying on the grass next to her.

Photograph of open pages of Volume 4 of My Lovesick Life as a '90s Otaku. The largest panel shows a woman from behind on her knees packing a box with assorted otaku / nerdy items around her. It has a dark overtone in the image as she is thinking to herself. Her thought bubbles read, "But when I look at this stuff today...I don't feel like any of it can make me happy in the real world." A small panel beneath it shows a zoom in on the woman's head with an all black background. Her thoughts read, "Now...I have nothing."

Photograph of open pages of Volume 4 of My Lovesick Life as a '90s Otaku. The upper panel shows a woman with a hat on talking to a dark haired woman who looks shocked in a crowd of faceless people. She says, "And who raised her that way to love instead of prejudice?" The next panel zooms in on the dark haired woman's face who is in thought and blushing. The dialogue from her friend in the previous panel continues saying, "You're fine the way you are, too, Meggers." A dark, square panel of Megger's thoughts on the left toward the bottom of the page reads, "The struggle to be who I am is something I feel deep inside me..."

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New Read - Kirby Manga Mania, Volume 7

The Kirby manga is so incredibly goofy! Volume 7 is no different.

The Kirby manga is a gag, slice of life manga set in the Dreamlands with Kirby, King Dedede, and other assorted characters from the games getting into silly situations.

Volume 7 has a mix of summer related topics and just assorted silliness. One chapter involves King Dedede doing elaborate pranks on Kirby, including a moment where he dresses up like Kirby's long lost brother. Another is all about what everyone's summer break plans are - with Kirby wanting to just nap the summer away. Another chapter has King Dedede looking for love and, seeing Kirby in a wig performing in a play, suddenly has a crush on Kirby. It's all very goofy.

One of the goofier chapters is an entire retelling of The Little Mermaid with Kirby and friends in the roles of the entire cast, including Kirby as the main mermaid herself! Kirby singing off-key that they are a pretty mermaid, is just fabulous.

It's a lot of fun, it's approachable for all ages, and it's very silly. I read this in my living room around my kids. They all kept on asking me why I was snickering / chuckling while reading it, to which I'd show them random pages and gags. I definitely think at least a few of them are going to jump into more of the Kirby manga after seeing the gags from this volume.

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Photograph of a white person's hand holding Kirby Manga Mania, Volume 7. The cover shows Kirby pink and shiny at the center with eyes wide open and making an angry face. The cover is a light grey with the title at the top of the page and various pink outlined images of Kirby characters surrounding the centralized, large angry Kirby.

Photograph from the interior of Kirby Manga Mania, Volume 7. The photograph is centered on a large, single black and white manga panel. Central to the panel is Kirby dressed as a mermaid with starfish on the chest like a bra and a flower on the top of Kirby's head. Kirby is saying, "I'm a pretty mermaid..." with musical notes indicating that this is being sung offkey. Text in the upper right hand corner reads, "Once upon a time a pudgy mermaid princess lived at the bottom of the sea."

Photograph from the interior of Kirby Manga Mania, Volume 7. The photograph is centered on a large, single black and white manga panel. Central to the panel is Kirby laying down lazily with shocked characters in the background. Kirby says, "...To do absolutely nothing! I'm going to laze around at home all summer long!"

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Happy Shelfie Sunday!

I don't normally share these, but we recently cleaned off the shelves of my kid's books, donating a ton of early elementary books they had outgrown. Which means my books are finally on some shelves!

Here are two of the shelves, I may share more of them later as I get them set up. I am so glad to have them out and not holed up on my nightstand anymore.

Have a great Sunday!

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Collage of two photographs stacker vertically. Both are pictures of bookshelves with manga on them. The upper shelf has mostly video game themed manga with One Piece Ace's Story and Azumanga Daioh near the right edge. The lower shelf has all Your Lie in April near the middle with FLCL, Otaku Elf, Stitch and the Samurai, The Red Hood, and Goodbye Eri also on the shelf.

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New Read - Codename Sailor V, Volume 2 (Eternal Edition)

Volume 2 continues the tale of Minako Aino, AKA Sailor Venus or Sailor V, before the other Sailor Scouts unlock their potential.

The first few chapters are very monster of the week, which is fun, albeit a bit fat-shamey in the very first chapter. But, the story ramps up a bit more as you get closer to the end of the volume.

Minako begins to remember her previous lives as Sailor Venus. She begins to remember that she is just one of many Sailor Scouts who are tasked with protecting the kingdom and the Queen. These moments are great as she slowly uncovers the truth in the back of her mind about who she really is and who she had been in the past.

That said, much like Volume 1, there's also a lot of campy fun with Sailor Venus stopping villains of the week from the Dark Agency as well as her romantic interest in Saijyo Ace. However, her romantic interest takes a dark turn as she discovers Ace's true nature and how he too is reincarnated from another previous life.

It all ties back together and ends on a more serious note which brings us into the beginning of the mainline Sailor Moon franchise.

It's a great ending to a fun series.

All that said, the pages I decided to take pictures of are just ridiculous and I'd apologize, but I ain't sorry.

Can't wait to get back to reading more of the mainline Sailor Moon manga.

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Photograph of a white person's hand holding Codename Sailor V, Volume 2 against a light colored door. The cover shows Sailor V (AKA Sailor Venus) posing in front of a starry field behind her. The title of the series, author's name, and volume number are shown in golden lettering around her. At the bottom it reads, "Eternal Edition."

Photograph of a black and white manga panel from Codename Sailor V, Volume 2. In the panel, Sailor V (long light haired teenage girl in a "sailor" outfit wearing a dark colored mask with bow in her hair) is posing with one hand under her chin while saying, "I see you've learned your lesson! Venus, the mother planet of the goddess of love and beauty can even change the smell of farts into beautiful justice." The word "farts" is edited with a * replacing the r.

Photograph of a black and white manga panel from Codename Sailor V, Volume 2. In the panel, Sailor V (long light haired teenage girl in a "sailor" outfit wearing a dark colored mask with bow in her hair) hanging her head down and frowning with the word "Dejected" above her head.

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New Read - Fist of the North Star, Volume 13

The end of Volume 12 saw a villain kidnap Lin and run to the dreaded nation of Asura. Asura is a Sparta inspired nation of men who are not given names until they defeat, and murder, 100 other men in combat. In this world, women have no autonomy and are merely traded as property for breeding to other men.

The Shuras, or the warrior class of men, dominate everything in this nation. First, Falco goes to try to save Lin and, ultimately ends up failing and dying in Asura. Before he goes, Kenshiro provides him with a Hokuto based power boost where he is able to kill a Shura in the process before passing.

The rest of the volume follows Rin, who is kidnapped from some Shuras; Kenshiro, on his mission to find and save Rin; and Shachi, a man who has hidden among the Shuras in order to take them all down as he awaits some savior who is supposed to arrive in Asura. The savior he was told would come had the name of...Raoh.

We also learn that there are more forms of the Hokuto style of combat that Kenshiro will, most likely, learn while he is here destroying men who treat others like property.

I am certain this series will continue to bring violence and social commentary on what manhood means. Kenshiro is manly, but always allows himself to feel. Shachi rejected emotion altogether to stop the Shuras. However, he is now watching as Kenshiro is taking down multiple Shuras in his path to try to save Lin. We'll see if Shachi learns from this.

Also, we met Shachi's pirate Dad at the beginning who asked Kenshiro to find his son, if he could, because his son was lost after his Dad's previous crew was murdered by a Shura.

What a story.

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Photograph of Fist of the North Star, Volume 13, sitting against a concrete block wall on some small, copper pipes. The cover shows two men - one in the back with long, light colored hair and no shirt holding his fists together, the other is a man in armor and a cape that only covers his bust / shoulders with a dark, mustache. The volume number is in the upper left hand corner, the title of the series is in red text in the lower left hand corner with stars embossed into the cover.

Photograph of a black and white manga panel from Fist of the North Star, Volume 13. The image primarily shows a single panel with a man in a jacket pointing to another, beaten and bruised man with light colored hair while saying, "So, you chose to meet death with honor on your terms instead of waiting for it to claim you!"

Photograph of a black and white manga panel from Fist of the North Star, Volume 13. The image shows a single man (Kenshiro) looking stoic in post-apocalyptic garbs and sunglasses with a large sailing ship in the background. He looks very badass.

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Manga Monday from the beach!

Not sure how this happened, but "Donald Duck Visits Japan" has become one of my go to books to bring on vacation and read from the beach.

It is silly, it is self contained, it is fun, and it is easy fluff about Donald and friends being bad employees and forced to become good workers at an inn in Japan.

Anyway, happy Monday from vacation!

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Selfie of a white man wearing a black hat and sunglasses while holding "Donald Duck Visits Japan" under his nose.

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New Read - I Think Our Son Is Gay, Volume 5 (Final Volume)

What an ending to this short series.

Hiroki is involved in the plot, kind of, but much of this volume is about his Mom, Tomo, and his brother.

First on Yuri. Yuri finally finds the words to understand that he's asexual. After hearing another kid at school who is, he started up a conversation and struck up a friendship. Yuri is finally embracing and understanding who he is better as an asexual person, and it was so sweet to see. It's good to see more asexual representation in media.

Next, the Dad is no longer on long term assignment out of town and as he's around more, he's saying more homophobic things. So, the Mom finally sits him down and tells him, "I'm pretty sure Hiroki is gay, you're being hurtful." The Dad finally has a "Holy crap" moment as he rolls through in his head all the homophobic things he's said in the past. He still doesn't get it, but from then on you see him actively making a concerted effort to show that he loves his son and that he's open / supportive of gay people. It was a very "Oh my goodness, I said that? Why did I say that?" He needed that metaphorical slap in the face and, frankly, it seems to be making him wake up to realize how wrong he was.

He also met Tomo's gay coworker and as he saw two gay men who were not this caricature he built up in his head. Just a regular, average folks like him. This plus his wife's conversations helped him realize how wrong he was.

We need more conversations like this and we need more Mom's out there like Tomo who are ready to embrace and love their LGBTQ+ kids.

Support LGBTQ+ Kids.

Always.

Anyway, love this series. Would read again.

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Photograph of a white person's hand holding "I Think Our Son is Gay" volume 5. The cover has two teenage boys and a teenage girl in a park doing some kind of dance trend with a third teenage boy filming it on a cell phone. A couple (the main character's Mom and Dad) are walking by looking on at the trio dancing.

Photograph of the interior of I Think Our Son is Gay, Volume 53. The image shows an open copy of the book with black and white manga panels. The image shows two lower panels of the page. On the right is a boy in a school uniform looking mildly confused. In the second panel, the boy is shown from the side talking to a girl in a school uniform

Photograph of the interior of I Think Our Son is Gay, Volume 53. The image shows an open copy of the book with black and white manga panels. The image shows a woman looking determined from the bust up as she's speaking. She says, "Even if Hiroki is gay I'll love him just the way he is. And if he tells me he's gay, that'll be fine with me. He'll still be the son I love."

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New Read - I Think Our Son Is Gay, Volume 4

Okay there, Volume 4. Coming in hard. Let's review quickly.

It's becoming clearer that Hiroki's brother Yuri is likely asexual. They handle it gently and have done so throughout. He wants to have friends. He likes having friends of various genders. However, he never is interested in dating / romance. This volume ramps up more of Yuri's story and the Mom (Tomoko), once again, being incredibly accepting.

Further, we get more with Hiroki and Daigo, including an entire chapter from Daigo's perspective - which was fun. Daigo gets a girlfriend in Volume 4 and Hiroki's way of dealing with it is to just stop spending as much time with Daigo. But Daigo doesn't want that. He thinks Hiroki is incredible and wants to spend time with him. Which is adorable.

Tomoko continues noticing things about how the world treats LGBTQ+ people. First, she notices TV shows that use gay people as the butt of a joke. Second, she notices how some of her coworkers have been treating Mr. Tano differently now that they know he's gay. She internally frustrated by the whole thing and, at times, outwardly chastises folks about it.

Which I appreciate.

She's trying to be an ally in her own way as a protective Mom who is seeing things she never noticed before in the world and about how LGBTQ+ people are treated. It's an awakening and I know exactly how that feels. As a straight person, I went through this same process of being "Wait, this is wrong and bad" about the treatment of LGBTQ+ folks in our culture and just not even noticing problematic things before.

I included here a set of panels that I think captures that moment well in the manga.

Only one more volume to go.

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Photograph of a white person's hand holding "I Think Our Son is Gay" volume 4. The cover has an teenage boy in a yellow shirt singing in a living room setup with another teenage boy sitting next to him playing on a keyboard. On the far left along the edge of the cover are two people (a Mom and brother) peeking into the room.

Photograph of the interior of I Think Our Son is Gay, Volume 3. The image shows an open copy of the book with black and white manga panels. The image shows two larger panels. The upper panel has two teenage boys sitting and watching TV with their mother looking at them with a smile. The lower panel zooms in on one of the boys on the couch smiling with a thumbs up. Text boxes throughout show what is in the Mom's head. She is thinking, "Different people find different things funny. So I think everyone should just figure out what works for them and enjoy it on their own terms. But I can't help thinking...if a queer or gay person can become the object of ridicule just for being who they are...I would hate for our son to be in that position someday."

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New Read - I Think Our Son Is Gay, Volume 3

I finished up Volume 3 of "I Think Our Son is Gay" yesterday and still cute.

First, let's hit the Mom's arc. She's speaks to her gay coworker (see few shots here) asking the question any straight parent of an LGBTQ+ kid would ask, "How can I best help my child?" Her coworker then asks if she'd change Hiroki, to which she says, "No." He then says, "Then you're off to a good start." As he said, just be supportive and if she wants to talk about what he lived through, he's there. It's a sweet, deeper moment amidst all the moments of cute moments with her son.

There is a growing issue of the neighbor girl who CLEARLY has a crush on Hiroki who CLEARLY doesn't know. He's super nice to her because, frankly, he is to everyone. Which is sweet. But he is clueless that this girl has a crush on him. And she's a little clueless that he has a crush on his best friend Daigo.

Also, the Mom chastises the Dad a few times when he hurts Hiroki's feelings. No, she understands that Hiroki doesn't have any girls he's into. That doesn't make him weird. That doesn't make him strange. That makes him Hiroki. And the Dad implying that he's less than because he isn't into girls at the moment (ever) is hurtful. The Mom, I can tell, is going to keep stepping into protect her gay son and I just am very proud of her for doing so. Which seems weird...but I am.

I am very much enjoying this series. Especially being that I'm a parent myself who has to grapple with all the things parents grapple with as they are raising teenagers (and two nearly 10 year olds). I am striving to be as supportive, if not more, as the Mom here.

Anyway, two more volumes to go.

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Photograph of a white person's hand holding "I Think Our Son is Gay" volume 3. The cover has an older woman in a long blue skirt walking out of a grocery store with a bag in hand. Two teenage boys and a teenage girl in school uniforms are walking away from her on the sidewalk and chatting.

Photograph of the interior of I Think Our Son is Gay, Volume 3. The image shows an open copy of the book with black and white manga panels. The lower panel that is the focal point of the photo shows a man in a yukata from behind with a woman smiling with her hand near her mouth on the right saying, "Men look so good in a yukata. All dapper and elegant, but somehow casual at the same time!" On the left is a teenage boy pumping his fists while blushing / sweating and saying, "Yea, I feel that! It's like, respectable and wild all at once! And super sexy..." The immediate panel to the left shows that same boy blushing to the extreme after calling boys in yukatas sexy.

Photograph of the interior of I Think Our Son is Gay, Volume 3. The image shows an open copy of the book with black and white manga panels. The primary focus is a picture of a teenage boy with slicked back dark hair and glasses in a grey shirt while holding chopsticks. He is saying, "That's why it's up to me to notice what makes you amazing and point it out to you."

Photograph of the interior of I Think Our Son is Gay, Volume 3. The image shows an open copy of the book with black and white manga panels. The right side is a series of panels showing a conversation between an middle aged woman with lightish hair and a dark haired man with a grey t-shirt on. They are discussing the fact that she is confident her son is gay and basically asking what she could do, to this man, to support and help her son. It ends with him asking, "If your son does turn out to be gay, would you want to try to change him?" She responds on the first panel of the next page with a "No. I think it's best for my son to be himself."

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