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Feb. 16th, 2006 10:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
insanenekoI've been meaning to do a lot of things, but none of it got done tonight. In fact, I didn't even bother to eat dinner. I think reading manga more than makes up for that. Right?
I've been seeing mention of the upcoming Princess Princess anime here and there, so I figured I'd take a look at the manga again. I could only find volumes 2 and 3 so I skimmed through them. I didn't read them because a lot of it had Tohru and Yuujiroh by themselves...and frankly they bore me. I guess that's why this manga isn't one of my favorites by Tsuda Mikio. I like Sakamoto because I like how everyone revers him and I loved Family Complex. I like Makoto because he was so cute in Kakumei no Hi. I even like the student council president because he's devious and manipulative and gorgeous (he needs to be in kimono all the time). But the two main characters? *yawns* Please, either give me guys I can care about, or some hot boy-boy sex. I'll still give the anime a try, though.
I also quickly read through volumes 1 thru 4 of Bokura no Oukoku by Koujima Nazuki. I thought I owned volume 5 (where real sex happens...I think?), but I couldn't find it. I'm starting to think maybe I just read it in a bookstore in Japan and didn't bother buying it or something. In any case, even being the manga packrat that I am, I seriously don't know if I want to keep it. It just doesn't quite do it for me, and the art isn't my favorite. I really hate it that the side characters are a thousand times more interesting than the main pair. I am very much a main and/or first pairing in a BL manga type of person. The fact that the secondary pairings overshadow the main one is very disappointing to me.
I also read Sore wa yappari ai kamone by Yamakami Riyu (Currently being scanlated). I have to admit that I love Yamakami Riyu. I buy everything she ever puts out, even though I know sometimes her comics are total duds. There's just something about her art and the way her characters act that really appeals to me. This one I hadn't read in a while, and it made me laugh. I love the strict, extremely uptight uke. And I couldn't help but compare him to Tezuka...I guess because the uke was raised in a very formal, strict home and I can only imagine Tezuka's family being fairly formal and strict. Maybe that's why he's so damn stoic? I mean, obviously he's on the stoic side by nature, but his upbringing just...polished that part of him? In any case, back to the manga. I like the opposites pairing, and that the uke is all for sex...as long as it's not in some inappropriate place. XD
I've been seeing mention of the upcoming Princess Princess anime here and there, so I figured I'd take a look at the manga again. I could only find volumes 2 and 3 so I skimmed through them. I didn't read them because a lot of it had Tohru and Yuujiroh by themselves...and frankly they bore me. I guess that's why this manga isn't one of my favorites by Tsuda Mikio. I like Sakamoto because I like how everyone revers him and I loved Family Complex. I like Makoto because he was so cute in Kakumei no Hi. I even like the student council president because he's devious and manipulative and gorgeous (he needs to be in kimono all the time). But the two main characters? *yawns* Please, either give me guys I can care about, or some hot boy-boy sex. I'll still give the anime a try, though.
I also quickly read through volumes 1 thru 4 of Bokura no Oukoku by Koujima Nazuki. I thought I owned volume 5 (where real sex happens...I think?), but I couldn't find it. I'm starting to think maybe I just read it in a bookstore in Japan and didn't bother buying it or something. In any case, even being the manga packrat that I am, I seriously don't know if I want to keep it. It just doesn't quite do it for me, and the art isn't my favorite. I really hate it that the side characters are a thousand times more interesting than the main pair. I am very much a main and/or first pairing in a BL manga type of person. The fact that the secondary pairings overshadow the main one is very disappointing to me.
I also read Sore wa yappari ai kamone by Yamakami Riyu (Currently being scanlated). I have to admit that I love Yamakami Riyu. I buy everything she ever puts out, even though I know sometimes her comics are total duds. There's just something about her art and the way her characters act that really appeals to me. This one I hadn't read in a while, and it made me laugh. I love the strict, extremely uptight uke. And I couldn't help but compare him to Tezuka...I guess because the uke was raised in a very formal, strict home and I can only imagine Tezuka's family being fairly formal and strict. Maybe that's why he's so damn stoic? I mean, obviously he's on the stoic side by nature, but his upbringing just...polished that part of him? In any case, back to the manga. I like the opposites pairing, and that the uke is all for sex...as long as it's not in some inappropriate place. XD