I didn’t quite get the attendance that I was looking for at Arlington’s Anime/Manga Club last Friday, but I was fortunate to get a few hardcore otaku dropping buy to take a look at Law of Ueki and review some of the new Manga titles that the BPL has recently bought – Kekaishi, Case Closed, Skip*Beat, and my two new favorites, Love Roma and Yakitate Japan!.Some folks have suggested that we try having Arlington’s Anime/Manga Club at a later time (4:30pm, for example), multiple times a month, or on a Saturday – all good ideas worth considering.
What else is new? Aside from furiously reading Yakitate Japan! and Love Roma, I just took a look at Michiko Ocha’s Train Man: A Shojo Manga. The title is fitting, because this is a very “shojo” version of the Train Man story we’ve all come to know and love. Far less slapsticky than Wantanabe’s/Nakano’s version but not as realistic as Hoti’s version (see 12/13/07’s review of these 2 titles), it focuses more on the romantic interaction between “Train Man” and “Hermes-san". It’s a good bet for shojo fan or folks that just can’t get enough of the “Train Man” story.
I’ve been busy so time to sit down and write reviews is in short supply, but I’m hoping to get reviews of Yakitate Japan!, Love Roma, and the anime series Dears out before too long.
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