random sunday lounging post

[insaneneko]

Some fics of note:

Doumeki/Watanuki drabble from drabble_trade--Short and tasty.

House of a Hundred Regrets by Shiyo is a Doumeki/Watanuki fic I wanted to like, and do like portions of. Great premise, nice conclusion. The execution...made me pause every so often. Nice use of details to create the setting...except when the detail threw me out of the fic...

May the Best Man Lose by aishuu is Tamaki/Kyouya/Haruhi about what happens when two from a triangle chose each other.

The Earl's Folly by Compass Rose is a Count Cain/Godchild Riff/Cain rather explicit fic that...Frankly, I tend to think of Riff/Cain as one of those not sexual but totally romantic devoted bondings type of relationships. In other words, with no sex at all. So I never had much of a reason to go looking for the smexing...But if they were going to get it on, I can imagine it being something like this.

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Stuff that interested me in an old issue of Pafu:

Seeing an article and interview of Teikoku Kyoudai by Kaji Eiri made me curious about it again. It's a Tosuisha manga that looks like something that I may like, but...I never did bother to actually check it out. Unfortunately, aarianfantasy only has the Chinese scans so I can't preview before committing to buying to even see. Oh well.

Two manga reviews:

Katana 1 by Kamata Kimiko is a shojo title about the heir of a swordsmithing family (his grandfather is a Living National Treasure) who isn't interested in swordsmithing because being a swordsmith is not normal and made it hard for him to make good friends. He is actually good at it, plus he has the ability to see manifestations of the "personalities" of swords. Doesn't it sound interesting?

Renzu-goshi no binetsu (A Slight Fever Through Lenses) by Kaiya Tatsumi is about a hetare megane otaku who's loved his childhood friend (whom he calls "Fumi-chan"!) forever. That alone...makes me very interested. I love hetare megane types who have those kind of hetare unrequited loves...It's only because of an external factor that things start to change...

An advertisement:

Empress of Sirius had an interesting blurb and illustrations by Zaou Taishi, but one of the Amazon reviewers mentioning that the author isn't a very good writer makes me back away from it...

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I was flipping through a magazine not associated with celebrities or media much and laughed at the photo spread on some guy named Matsumoto Jun, whom I swear I've read squeeing over on LJ somewhere...I laughed because the pictures are so...not pornographic per se, but...so oozing the "I am hot young thing wearing lip gloss (it really looks that way!), aka jailbait" thing.




note the artfully exposed collarbone



lip gloass! it's gotta be lip gloss!

Comments

[lazulisong.livejournal.com]

Collarbones = boyboobies!

♥♥♥ I'm glad you liked the holic fic!

[insaneneko.livejournal.com]

Oh, did you write it? I didn't see an attribution. I love the little details like Watanuki's smell (which...wouldn't be considered "nice" by most...).

[lazulisong.livejournal.com]

thanks!

no, the drabble trade ones are all anonymouse so my name isn't on it and I sort of fiddled with the style a little.

[avelia-chan.livejournal.com]

I laughed because the pictures are so...not pornographic per se, but...so oozing the "I am hot young thing wearing lip gloss (it really looks that way!), aka jailbait" thing.

It is called Johnny's (http://wiki.theppn.org/Johnny%27s_Jimusho). >:D

[insaneneko.livejournal.com]

Ah, he's part of Johnny's...That explains so much.

[enelte.livejournal.com]

bwahahaha sure lip gloss! my first reaction when seeing those pics was pppffttt
if only he didnt put so much effort into posing ^^; on the site note I wonder if the plastic chirurgy was involved, I just can't trust jap stars anymore XD

ah Teikoku kyodai was good (and sweet) at the first and second chapters, though the style and panels configuration show that the mangaka is quite a beginner. she is still learning a lot from other mangakas I think, that's why her style is a bit hybrid and doesnt has its own trait (yet). that was my impression, I no nothing about her though ^^; ch3 is a bit naive and steoretypical, I'd expected more after reading the first and second chapies.

I wonder when will I have time to lurk into fanfic and doujin world ^^;;

[insaneneko.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, the posing too. Also, his flippy anime/manga hair makes me laugh everytime I look at it.

Hm, it's hard to tell with a manga from only three chapters, unfortunately. Looks like I should check out at least the first volume of Teikoku Kyoudai...

[modorenai.livejournal.com]

Ah, I think that's Matsumoto Jun from Arashi. I know him because he played Shin in the Gokusen drama, and he's also acted in the Japanese Hana Yori Dango drama (Which I only watched the first episode of). Personally, I can't understand why he's so popular since I think he's kind of ugly. ^_^;; (Those pictures do a very good job of airbrushing and what not to make him look much better, I must say. :p)

As for Teikoku Kyoudai, from the little I've read of it, it seems like a pretty sweet manga that makes for light and sometimes funny reading, but nothing spectacular. I haven't read beyond that, so I don't know whether there are any further interesting developments, but so far my verdict is that although it's a manga I wouldn't mind reading, I don't think it's something that I'd like enough to want to own.