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Archive for September, 2008

Review: Delivery Cupid


Manga-ka: Saki Okuse
Publisher: Boysenberry
Rating: Mature (18+)
Released: July 2008

Synopsis: “Tsubasa is half human, half angel. Determined to become a full angel, he needs to earn love points match-making as a cupid and his big chance’s arrived: he is given a mission that should be easy to complete. But problems arise when he goes to see his target, an evil manga named Norimasa who uses women for money. Although Tsubasa is able to shoot an arrow at Norisama, he accidently pokes himself with the other arrow!”

Delivery Cupid is a collection of boys’ love short stories, many of which following a fantasy vein of cupids and love arrows. The title story is about a young half-angel named Tsubasa, who seeks to earn full angel status by bringing love to humans through a little cupid magic. Things take a twist however when he’s accidentally given a top-ranking assignment, finding himself face to face with a womanizing sex-fiend out for a good time and profit. But when an accident with an arrow leaves them both love-struck, it doesn’t look like Tsubasa is going to get his angel wings after all!

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Release List: October 2008

Since the September release list has become such a popular post, looks like it’ll be a continued site addition. Glad so many of you have found it useful! So below the cut you can see the release list for October 2008. As before the list is in alphabetical order, and includes publisher’s logo, volumes and creator(s).

Note: Not all books listed here are guaranteed to be released in this month. Inparticular, certain Tokyopop and affiliated BLU titles may have been postponed. 

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Review: Fairy Cube (Vol. 02)


Manga-ka: Kaori Yuki
Publisher: Viz
Rating: Older Teen (16+)
Released: August 2008

Synopsis: “Ian and Rin used to just see spirits. Now Ian is one. Using the Fairy Cubes, Ian must figure out how to stop the lizard-spirit Tokage from taking over his life and destroying any chance he has of resurrection. Tokage has troubles of his own when he gets involved with the Gotoh Group, conspiratorial fairies aiming at world domination.”

As if contending with Tokage for his body, and Rin’s safety, wasn’t enough, now a global organization called the Gotoh Group aims to take over the world and return it to a state suitable for fairies, and fairies alone. Tokage continues to ruin what’s left of Ian’s life, taking his evil nature out on Rin and Ian’s father, and while Ian’s determination is strong as ever, his new body seems a little less than up to the task.

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Review: Oh My God! (Vol. 01)


Manga-ka: Natsuho Shino
Publisher: Deux
Rating: Older Teen (16+)
Released: July 2008

Synopsis: “Yuto is a typical high school student who family just so happens to have had a long line of sorcerers as members. While in the family storage shed, he accidentally awakens a god who was sealed in a sword hundreds of years ago. Now, if only his mysterious god could remember who he is! Yuto names this extremely good-lucking spirit, Jade. Stuck with an amnesic god who’s strangely attached to him, Yuto begins a clamorous life of high school, adventure and attraction.”

Yuto comes from a family with a past history of powerful sorcerers within the bloodline. Unfortunately, these days no one in his family possesses any such powers and they make money scamming people into thinking they do, by performing consultations and handing out charms. One day, during cleaning, Yuto finds an old sword in the storage shed and accidentally releases from it a god with no name and no memory.

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