More Mirage Prequel!

I was slogging through the scary weeklong friendslist backlog when I saw a post in mirageofblaze showing this cover of the February 2008 issue of Cobalt magazine. I wondered if Kuwabara-sensei had started up the prequel without my knowledge, so I checked out the website. It's apparently the grand restart of the series! The issue contains an author interview, character and world intros, and map of Echigo as well as a new chapter. There's an excerpt of the new chapter online as well. I kind of want this issue...Which makes me wish I were in Japan so I could easily (and cheaply) pick a copy up. *sighs*

I am very glad that the prequel is starting up again. I love the art. I enjoyed seeing how the characters change from very different people to something more familiar from the original series. I am interested in what else happens between Naoe and Kagetora (I love incidents like Naoe getting very upset that Kagetora is doing laundry since it's so beneath him when he had been contemptuous of Kagetora's privileged background and his supposed to be the self-appointed watchman to make sure Kagetora doesn't try something against Kagekatsu).

I don't quite look forward to seeing more of Nagahide, because he's a total asshole. I know he was an ornery geezer when he died so is still an ornery old geezer in reincarnation, but still. Bah.

(I just realized that If I had just read the cover I would've noticed it was the grand restart. DOH!)