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[link] It’s Emi time
The last time I went to Ikebukuro I saw Rankai’s anthologies, but as usual, I didn’t have enough money, cos when I find what I finally want I never do. So I was planning to do something simple, like buy Rankai’s recent anthology at the event so I would have many stories at a cheaper price than when buying them separately (for which I’d have to search far and wide) at Mandarake or some K-books store. When I saw it wasn’t there, I snatched whatever else was including Trade 2 (that I’ve even seen the raw of). Now that I have only around 2000¥ I want to kill myself (cos I obviously blew my budget at the event, and will only have the nerve to ask money from my dad again only towards the end of October). And Four told me to control myself, geez…
Yūdachi sanka (jōkan/1st book) - 10-Rankai/emi
http://www.omomuki.net/10rankai/ The title seems to mean ‘Hymn of a evening squall’.
From what I understood it’s a really sad doujinshi, so no comment… Ah, it seems it will have a following - good, cos the cliff-hanger was too ouch.
Rankai. Slim and fairly tall (or maybe it was the effect of her slimness, idk), her hair is straight, not too long, and a bit reddish perhaps (certainly not pitch-black). She has a wide smile, showing spent teeth, on a fairly good looking face. Incredibly vital, even if probably not at her youngest, she seems pretty ‘worn’, but…I don’t know. In attempt to describe my impression I’d say she seems like a person bursting with energy, but at a psychological distance. I was brought to her by a staff member that was selling the doujinshi at her table (so when I went to buy stuff before, I hadn’t seen her - nor Twinge, I think). Somehow, I had managed the courage to try to approach her table, in attempt of accomplishing something. It was like my last chance to do anything so… to my surprise, I took it. One of the staff members caught sight of Emi, and like when one sees a cute kid put in front of them, that’s how she reacted to me. I was so…’lost’, I guess, so I’m not really sure what order this went in: I proceeded to give her a copy of one of my drawings (this
one) and she held it up as if it were a prize and unable to process anything I said in broken Japanese it was nothing and made my speech really short, basically: I’m a big *insert hand-gesture* fan, Italian and American (I wanted to ask her if she remembered
nayama, but pfft like I could explain something so far back), there are many other big fans - then I got to the part where I tried to thank her for her doujinshi, you know, and was embarrassingly at the verge of tears (yeah in reality I’m the biggest wuss) and in some way I concluded what I was trying to say, made my salutations and immediately left the building, trying not to cry and have my eyeshadow smear everywhere. The end. /6:21 Monday (I wrote this section [i.e. everything that comes after dinner last night] in parts which I will still be adding to…derp)
Kuchi to kuchi ga fureta dake. - twinge./mushiba
http://twingeworld.web.fc2.com[pixiv sample] What comes after Rankai in importance? Nowadays, probably Twinge. She has done a lot of fanarts, most of which are pretty faptastic, even if Sasuke can be less manry than I like.
This is a simple short story that Twinge probably came up with in 5 minutes. Title: ‘I just touched your mouth with my mouth’. Sounds like it corresponds to the story. /referring to my dubious translating
Yuuforia sayonara (Goodbye Euphoria) - spica/moriko
http://spica.k-sxm.com[pixiv sample] Well, I have to say I expect more from this artist stylistically...considering her work seems well-distributed. This book is pretty thick and I liked the cover (and surprise, it’s Adults Only) so hopefully…
Well Sasuke’s eyes look weird on the cover for a reason actually. It seems pretty interesting in the beginning…the inserted intervals of smut were affective if not always what you were expecting to see the next page…but something about this artist always rubs me the wrong way. It’s the…sappiness. And right when I thought her story was going to finish with a genuinely bittersweet tone, I turned the page and got the happy ending, lol. Hopeless case of utopic and cheesy NaruSasu that I still buy anyway.
[pixiv sample]Sharing tables, their line was the longest of all! I can’t really remember the exact details of Star Platinum's face (there were probably too many people at the table to try to distinguish anyway), but I guess they all looked ‘kawaii’ to me, even if some were not as attractive of course.
Omoeba tōku he kita mon da - Star Platinum/Satou Yuri
http://spw.mods.jp/No idea what the title means. (edit: With the help of Japanese friend, I've gotten something like "I think you and I have gone a long way").
I believe this story goes on the premise of Naruto being unhappy about how Sasuke never ‘gets there’ cos he always finishes before him…
[pixiv sample]Himitsu himitsu
‘Secret Secret’? A short AU story about Naruto taking home a piss-drunk Sasuke.
Escape - Zedia
[pixiv sample] The drawings aren’t bad, despite the cover definitely not being of my taste. The funny thing is that the style ‘looks’ like SasuNaru but the smut is NaruSasu. It’s not that long but the characters seem well-balanced if we were in a world where Shippūden Sasuke is no longer a frigid bastard.
Dramatic Time! - 075/ASAKURA
http://075.oops.jp/ FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFU
Naruto and Sasuke have turns at being small like when they were 12. Nothing pervy or anything, but it’s done really well to my taste, even if the inking is a bit sketchy.
Miseijuku na, koi. - LOVESECTION/sakura hikaru
http://koinokonohasakusenbutai.web.fc2.com ‘Not yet matured, love.’ /took forever to read the Chinese-style kanji
A little story of a minor author (I can’t help wanting to cuddle them). Not too bad. I just noticed that their hair sorta fuses together in the watercolor of the cover.
Nanokakan kyōso ukyoku (Seven days capriccio) - majoram/shiho
A cat that transforms into Sasuke is very docile with Naruto, and Sasuke acts like an angry wife.
Yama no anata no sora tooku - 3110445/織田かなん+ハーリー吉野 (Oda Kanan+Harlly Yoshino)
http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~s3110445/[pixiv sample] 'Farther than the sky beyond the mountain'.
A dreamy sort of doujin.
Tōmei naru rintaku sen - Engawaken/曽我部 蓮
http://engawaken.web.fc2.com/[pixiv sample] Engawaken’s line was quite long when I lined up, I was pleased. I can’t remember any other details unfortunately.
…and wow. Naruto’s really forward in this. The positions…
The title translates as ‘A transparent outline’. Engawaken really likes kanji *goes crazy trying to read them* for the first time I see someone write even Sasuke and Naruto’s names with them!
Naruto (whirlpool) 鳴門
Sasuke (ninja) 佐助
Ashita kimi ni aenai (Tomorrow, I can’t meet you.) - GolGori
http://gol.sub.jp/ I knew its reality inside was very different from the outside, but minor artists… This artist can’t draw very consistently, but it booklet is so…carefully done... the story is okay. Like I said, the style is inconsistent and the level of simplicity in everything from anatomy to backgrounds is hard to appreciate. I suppose reading the text can make up for some of this.
At a totally random note, I feel a bit depressed now, cos one of the staff members who meets up with me for Japanese-English conversation said that she thinks I’m not interested in Japanese, but just its culture and things, because I find it difficult to speak while my knowledge of those is fine. Well duh, memorizing intelligible concepts in my own language is totally different pizza. This was the last thing I wanted to hear at a time like this.
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I believe I saw Mutsumix (she matches
nayama's description to the tee if so) if she was this bubbly chick giggling between two other ones. As much as I approve her attendence, I can’t say I care much for her NS doujinshi… style is too kawaii, particularly with Naruto, and I can’t let it go like I do with MomoClub…just saying!
Flirt of Summer - Seven Rise/saki
http://sevenrise.web.fc2.com The artist seems to reach high points in style and silliness aside it really…served…the goods so yeah, I’m giving this a thumbs…up…
NARUSASU BORN - BHB/Buttsuke ...*laughs out loud*
http://honban.web.fc2.com/ Naruto’s face says it all, BHB trying to pull off a NaruSasu is not…working… Her Naruto looks far more handsome and Sasuke is still doing it right (the best of the NS seem to favor NSN where Sasuke is attacking, at least in most of things I’ve got from this event), but yeah mostly parody…
Shinzō no kodō no yō ni kizamu, sono ichibyō, ichibyō wo, kiku n’da. - chouchou/mika
http://chocho.ehoh.net[pixiv sample] ‘Hear that one second, one second, tick away like beats of the heart.’
I love this artist very much, but I’m not sure what I exactly did at her table (speaking of tables, this doujinshi puts one to some good use). She was one of the first I passed maybe so I probably just tried to seem as thankful as possible.
SO, I managed not finishing this list/recollection/etc. of the event so I guess till tomorrow then. I add a lot of stuff here and there but I’m keeping track of the time to give a better idea of how I’m experiencing all this. /23:52
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