Back with my translations for the rest of the Sketchbook character notes at the end of Hikago's Perfect Edition manga. This covers volumes 10-20 (but note that vol. 15, 16, and 20 lack the Sketchbook and notes features).

For Sketchbook character notes to vol. 1-9, click here.

( Saeki, Ashiwara, Kurata, Touya Kouyou, Hikaru, Chinese players, Yashiro, Yeongha, Sai )

Book Reviews
Now that I'm done with classes, I have a short period between finals and graduation in which to read, or at least flip through all the books I borrowed from the library but never actually got around to reading.  This week I read two books for the purposes of research for my historical-fantasy novel-thingy.

Japan's Name Culture: The ( Read more... )

Being in grad school now and having to read a book or two per week for my Japanese history seminar this semester, I figured I could start writing about those readings instead of relegating them to the recesses of my mind because, really, some of them are quite good. And some, not so good. These aren't meant to be critical academic reviews, just a ( Read more... )

Life
Back home in Ohio, as of two weeks ago.  Exciting things include the following:  drinking water directly from the faucet, super-absorbent toilet paper, clean air, trees, grass, birds, no traffic, having a drying machine for the laundry, watching Bleach on Crunchyroll without having to tunnel through a VPN, my dog, my parents, the wideness and ( Read more... )

In the midst of stressing from grad school applications and last week of classes, I came across this delightful article: Obamu: Obama gets his own (imaginary?) verb. Obamitai! Bushu shitakunai! XD

Blind Go 008

Oops.  I was away from the Internet most of last week and missed guessing for Blind Go.  Phooey.  :P

Anyways, my entry for Blind Go Round 008:   Five Times Hikaru Found Sai Again.

Mixed feelings on this one.   I was really tempted to fail out of the round this time.  The files I kept pulling up to work on didn't involve any of the ( Read more... )

Hikago Kanzenban Scans

Some Kanzenban scans of the chibi characters at the front of each volume, from Vol. 1-9. The descriptions are cute, as are some of the objects associated with them (Akari's object is a Hikaru!!).  Click on images to enlarge.( Image heavy cut )

So I splurged and got my hands on the nine volumes of the Hikago manga Perfect Edition that have been released so far.  Of course, the new cover art is gorgeous.  Also, the pages are larger and glossy, all the color pages are included, and there are some extra bonus tidbits.  One of these extras is the Sketchbook feature at the end of each volume, ( Read more... )

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Anime
I caught up with Naruto Shippuden yesterday.  It's back to manga canon, thank goodness.  There was one tiny, inane detail that didn't quite sit right with me though.  It's in episode 118, when Juugo throws a big rock at a puppy and the terrified dog runs away.  It ran away barking. ( Read more... )

Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle
I didn't expect to get into this series, but somehow, I ended up reading the whole thing last week (along with xxxHolic). And that led to a healthy dose of ficcing. XD

Title: Look Away
Characters: Fai, Ashura
Word Count: 278
Summary: Fai-drabble. He should have known.
( He'd seen the blood dripping... )