SEAN: The second week of the month is always the oddest, in my opinion. Not drenched in Shonen Jump, Shojo Beat or Yen titles, it tends towards Viz’s Shonen Sunday, Seven Seas, and a few oddities. Let’s see what’s out next week.
xxxHOLIC gets its 7th and final omnibus, as the series grinds to a halt, crushing the reader within its mandibles and slowly killing them over the course of a hundred years time. I think MJfeels differently.
ASH: This will be my first time reading the ending, so I’m not sure exactly how I’ll feel about it yet.
MJ: MJfeels differently, indeed.
SEAN: Seven Seas gives us a 6th volume of comedy and not-quite-harem series D-Frag!, which will continue to make fun of bald heads, large breasts, and its supposed hero.
There’s also an omnibus of the series Dictatorial Grimoire, containing all three volumes. I remember enjoying it more than it possibly merited, mostly due to a side character I really liked.
ASH: Dictatorial Grimoire was a mess, albeit an entertaining one.
SEAN: A third volume of Love Stage!! tells us that in the future, sunglasses will be edible.
MICHELLE: *snerk*
SEAN: Viz has a 23rd volume of Arata the Legend, which is turning into Shogakukan’s answer to Hunter x Hunter in Japan, as it’s on another hiatus.
Yay, it’s time for the twice-a-year release of Hayate the Combat Butler! Vol. 26 is back to all comedy all the time, but it also deals with the fallout from the End of the World arc, namely Nagi not being able to live in the mansion anymore.
The 10th Ranma 1/2 omnibus does not advance the plot (nothing does, really), but it has Ryouga’s depression and Ranma’s confidence finally meet head on and become legitimate attacks, which should not surprise anyone.
Lastly, we get a 2nd volume of Aya Kanno’s Requiem of the Rose King, where Richard III and Henry VI meet and are both really pretty at each other. (It’s much better than that sounds, I’m sorry, I just can’t help it.) The 3rd volume should involve less of a wait than this one did.
ASH: Kanno does pretty so well. And oh, the drama! Really looking forward to more of this series.
MICHELLE: Volume one was really interesting and I’ve been looking forward to continuing!
ANNA: I enjoyed the first volume greatly, and this is by far what I’m most looking forward too this week.
MJ: i really need to get into this!
So what’s appealing to you this week?
JRB says
September 5, 2015 at 3:49 pm“There’s also an omnibus of the series Dictatorial Grimoire, containing all three volumes.”
Wow. I wasn’t under the impression it actually sold all that well. Maybe a contractual obligation?
There’s a third volume of Love Stage already? Somehow I missed volume 2. Must go shop more. :)