Language: English
Direction: Right to Left
by: Kairi Yura (Art) Sai Yukino (Story)
Publisher: Viz Media, Shojo Beat Imprint
Type: Series
Genre: Shojo, Romance, ComedySynopsis:
Shurei Hong, destitute but of noble birth, has always dreamed of working as a civil servant in the imperial court of Saiunkoku, but women are barred from holding office. The emperor Ryuki, however, refuses to take command, leaving everything to his advisors. Shurei is asked to become a consort to the emperor to persuade the ne’er-do-well ruler to govern.
Jan
25
25
Ryu’s Musings – The Story of Saiunkoku vol1&2
Posted on January 25th, 2012 by Ryu Sheng | No Comments »
Jan
24
24
Ryu’s Musings – Climb On To My Shoulders
Posted on January 24th, 2012 by Ryu Sheng | No Comments »
ISBN-13: 9781613130643
Language: English
Direction: Right to Left
Pages: 163
by: Yuhki Takada
Publisher: Digital Manga Guild
Type: One-Shot
Genre: Romance, YaoiSynopsis:
Trey and Paul are up-and-coming programmers with their minds set on fame and fortune! However, they need to actually finish writing a program first. The two decide to make a program that can play tic-tac-toe, but all their hard work is destroyed by the clueless yet smooth-talking MJ. In spite of their rough first meeting, MJ turns out to actually be useful to Trey and Paul. He even manages to land them the intimidating job of making class-scheduling software! Misadventures and romantic tension abound in this adorable comedy that’s set in the 1960s.
Dec
13
13
Ryu’s Musings – Breathe Deeply Vol 01
Posted on December 13th, 2011 by Ryu Sheng | 1 Comment »
ISBN-13: 9781935548072
Language: English
Direction: Right to Left
Pages: 472
by: Doton Yamaaki (Husband & Wife team)
Publisher: One Peace Books
Type: One-Shot
Genre: Slice-of-Life, Seinen, RomanceSynopsis:
A battle ensues over life and death, machines or clones, create synthetic hearts or grow them? Two boys, Sei and Oishi, fall madly in love for Yuko. Her loss wreaks havoc in their young lives as relentless memories cease to fade. As a result their tender hearts are dedicated to a dream that no one will ever suffer their excruciating pain again. But, is what they had thought been a lie? Is there still a chance that their suffering may end? Will mercy and love prevail?
Nov
14
14
Ryu’s Musings – 4 Harlequin eManga mini’s
Posted on November 14th, 2011 by Ryu Sheng | Comments Off
Notice: All Harlequin titles are only available on the eManga website. There are to date no printed page versions, and no plans for printed versions either. Clicking the cover images will take you to the relevant eManga page.
Language: English
Direction: Right to Left
Pages: 128
by: Takako Hashimoto (Art), Rebecca Winters (Original Story)
Publisher: Harlequin K.K
Type: One-Shot
Genre: Josei, Drama, RomanceSynopsis:
Cesar de Falcon is the star of the F1 racing world. With an unparalleled skill behind the wheel, he captivated his fans and was the object of women’s desires around the world. This was how Sarah remembered her ex-lover. But now, after a horrific accident, it appears he will not recover from his injuries and he sinks into a pit of despair. When Sarah visits Cesar in the hospital, he is less than happy to see her. He is still angry that she left him with no explanation. But Sarah has come to explain things to him, because what she has to say might give Cesar a reason to live again…
Oct
29
29
Ryu’s Musings – Crying Freeman Vol01-05
Posted on October 29th, 2011 by Ryu Sheng | Comments Off
Firstly I want to apologise for the lack of postings over the past two months. Meg, my wife has been having a hard time with her pregnancy and my workload skyrocketed after we were given a new contract. Thankfully things are calming down so I’m once again looking to pick up my reviewing again.
Language: English
Direction: Right to Left
by: (Script) Kazuo Koike (Art) Ryoichi Ikegami
Publisher: Dark Horse Manga
Type: Series
Genre: Seinen, Action
Synopsis:
He is Yo Himomura, deadly assassin for the 108 Dragons, the Chinese Mafia. But to the criminal underworld who fear him, he is known as Crying Freeman, the killer who sheds tears at the fate of his victims. Young, handsome, sensitive, an artist, Yo has been hypnotically programmed by his Dragon masters to kill on command: he cannot resist his masters’ commands to kill, his masters cannot stop his tears of remorse.
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Digital Manga Publishing goes Print on Demand….sorta
I have to admit I never saw this coming. Digital Manga are offering to reprint one of the most sought after manga of the past decade, Swallowing the Earth by Osamu Tezuka, but only if the fans pre-order the book to a certain number so as to help fund the project. As a reward, depending on the level of support the fan gives, there’s several levels of rewards.