Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE © CLAMP/Kodansha It's Syaoran and Sakura VS. Fai and Kurogane! Facing Fai and Kurogane on the opposing side of a battlefield, Syaoran and Sakura struggle to survive a savage, ancient war between two gods in the Country of Shura in Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle volume 9, which finally streets on the 12th. Meanwhile, in Fairy Tail volume 5, we learn why ice mage Gray
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Q.E.D. Shomei Shuryo © Katou Motohiro/Kodansha In drafting this post, I had a choice of leading with a cover from one of these 3 June manga: Dear Boys Act II 30, Kitchen Princess 10, Q.E.D. 31, Shirley, Shugo Chara! 4, or Yakitate!! Japan 10. This being "Touma Sou's" blog, not to mention that 6/3 is someone's birthday (mine!), it was a no-brainer that I would opt for — you know what birthday
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Hayate! Maria! :O!!!!!!! Hayate is so daring! Oh lol, the plant makes an appearance! GJ, J.C. Staff! Seriously, Hayate has no sense of timing or reading the situation. Yes, I quite agree that Ayumu can be pretty darn cute sometimes. I’ve never really mentioned this so far, but I’m quite glad the production team this season is a [...]
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Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE © CLAMP/Kodansha Plus Elex releases these two series conclusions: Dan Doh Next Generation 4 and Love Chop 2. Since I'm pressed for time, lemme just add that the new Nakayoshi has a special on Shugo Chara! but is missing a chapter of the Pangeran Kacamata or Megane Ouji manga by Mizukami Wataru-sensei. I has summaries for MÄR 10, Tsubasa 8, Yakitate!! Japan 9, Godhand
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These three volumes of Yakitate!! Japan bring us to the Monaco Cup arc. Azuma and his teammates meet the other competitors and test their baking mettle. What I did enjoy about finally getting to the Monaco Cup arc is Pierrot’s arrival in the series, and boy, does he manage to steal the show. I actually think [...]
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Yakitate!! Japan © Hashiguchi Takashi/ShogakukanDelivery schedules ungrudging, their penultimate volumes will reach stores two days from today, and their conclusions, a week after. I'm talking about Midori's Days and Dragon Brothers—volume 8 and 5 of which are streeting 14 January 2009.If you're collecting these two shounen titles, I suggest you stop by this and next week at your favorite
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Either Elex has overstocked or it wants to cash in quick on its most bankable manga (or both), but it IS releasing Naruto—from volume 1 to 40—in box sets before October's end. It makes me wonder: how much did it cost to renew the license? Anyway, for those who want to start (or restart) collections of Kishimoto Masashi-sensei's shōnen phenomenon, here's your chance. Perhaps it's because of that
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They obviously hadn't fallen off the face of the not-flat! earth. B'T X, Kurumada Masami-sensei's shōnen manga shucks off its MIA guise and reappears as its volume 11 self in this Elex release list. Meanwhile, Charming Junkie 9 finally makes it as a scheduled, ending my speculations as to when exactly this volume was going to be released (it was supposed to go on sale in May and then July; I'd
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"Do you think this show is educational?" "Yes, it’ll drive people to read books." "Hooohohohohohohoh!" Impressions: You know how I said that there’s a misogynist point to be made somewhere in Strike Witches? There’s a 1,000 pound homophobic hammer to be made here. If Antique Bakery is to believed, gays are aggressive and slutty, forcing themselves onto other people [...]
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Ok I lied, but this is just as good, if not better. ©2008 Sea Slugs! Anime Blog. All Rights Reserved..
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Azuma Kazuma is a young man with a dream- he wants to create “Japan”, a bread that can stand alongside the likes of French bread, German bread and English loaves as a national icon. To that end, he enrols as an employee of the famous bakery chain Pantasia, but will his creativity, imagination and sheer [...]
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Amazon.com Widgets Title:  Yakitate!! Japan Vol 9 Author:  Takashi Hashiguchi Publisher: VIZ ISBN:  9781421514574 May Contain Spoilers While Azuma and his teammates struggle to bake a loaf of bread in less than 60 minutes, naughty Yukino is plotting to utterly destroy the Japanese team.  Bribing the Monaco Cup Committee Chairman, [...]
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This two-part episode rose Yakitate Japan to my all-time favourite anime series list.
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Like how Kuroyanagi has melodramatic reactions to bread, we too have reactions to anime. Kuroyanagi’s level however, is far out of a regular anime fan’s reach,so we can only settle for the basics.
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Remember our friends struggling for anime freedom in Singapore? Now for some special rations! From ANN - Animax Pitches Yakitate!! Japan in Singapore with Bread  …part of the promotion for Animax’s Southeast Asian English television premiere of the Yakitate!! Japan breadmaking anime series on November 28, Singapore’s BreadTalk store chain is offering Yakitate!! Japan buns during November… Ray’s take:..and [...]
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At around 7pm, when I was in school rushing to meet deadlines, my brother informed me that I have a Breadtalk delivery sent to me. I was surprised, because I never expected my simple Breadtalk post to have caused them to send me a lifetime supply of bread. I was pretty damn sure I didn’t [...]
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Some delivery guy just visited my house to bring me a mysterious package. I was not expecting any parcels since none of my preorders are due for release yet, so it was quite a surprise. What I found inside was bread. Nine pieces of bread… It’s not everyday that I receive home deliveries full of nothing [...]
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A few days back when I was at Citylink’s Breadtalk, I discovered their special Yakitate! Japan promotion going on. For the uninitiated, Breadtalk is the first local bakery to revolutionizing the bakery scene with its creative store designs and emphasis on consumer marketing. They have awesome names for their otherwise simple bread, and their bread [...]
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