photos of manga i've been reading #2

the first of these posts was on the 20th march, just as we were going into lockdown (the first time). i read most of my manga from the library so that put an end to that, i had a few books out when the libraries closed and then in august i was lucky enough to be given books for my birthday and since then i've ended up buying quite a lot of second hand manga on ebay so there was a bit of a drought but i am back on my bullshit.

Nausicaa by Hayao Miyazaki / Nana by Ai Yazawa

Nana by Ai Yazawa

Cardcaptor Sakura by CLAMP

Cardcaptor Sakura by CLAMP

Kero chan here is how i felt while i was re-reading this and found out it isn't in print anymore😭

i have volume 1 and 2 of the Dark Horse omnibuses and i did the typical idiot thing of "yeah, i'll buy the other two at some point, they're actually quite cheap" and now Kodansha have the license and are releasing each volume as a collectors hardback.

the second half of the story literally isn't in print at the minute and the second hand copies of the omnibuses i've seen are SO expensive and i'm SO mad at myself. and licensers, i'm mad at them too.

Cardcaptor Sakura by CLAMP

i don't want hard cover fancy versions i just want regular read it in bed versions

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Cardcaptor Sakura by CLAMP / Inuyasha by Rumiko Takahashi

Caterpillar Boy and Bad Texter Boy by Sanzo / Wish by CLAMP

i ended up with Wish by chance, someone Will follows posted on their stories that they were selling some old manga on ebay and i stalked those listings silly and got all of Wish and i think 5 volumes of Chobits. just as i was going to start reading Wish i was catching up on some blog posts and in this post saw this twitter thread about how the translation handled gender (or just didn't) and i'm glad these things lined up so i knew to insert all my own "theys" while i was reading.

Wish by CLAMP

look at how delicate that colouring is! i love it so much!

Wish by CLAMP

my god chibi Kohaku is so damn cute

Azumanga Daioh by Kiyohiko Azuma

i'm pretty sure Azumanga Daioh was the first manga i ever read. it clearly awakened something in me. i got the omnibus on ebay and re-read it for the first time and i still love it and i'm still very in love with Sakaki.

this post has fallen before a lockdown again but a big box of manga arrived from ebay this morning so i should be ok

do you take photos while you read manga? and can i see them please?

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