honey & clover – Ramblings of DarkMirage http://2pwn.tk/websites/www.darkmirage.com Anime, Games, J-Pop and Whatever Else Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:38:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.2 You know you spend too much on manga when… http://2pwn.tk/websites/www.darkmirage.com/2006/09/14/you-know-you-spend-too-much-on-manga-when/ http://2pwn.tk/websites/www.darkmirage.com/2006/09/14/you-know-you-spend-too-much-on-manga-when/#comments Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:01:21 +0000 http://2pwn.tk/websites/www.darkmirage.com/2006/09/14/you-know-you-spend-too-much-on-manga-when/ Continue reading →]]> I dropped by Kinokuniya to place an order for Zero no Tsukaima vol.2 and 3 today and pick up the October Issue of Newtype. As usual, I ended up with unexpected expenditures.

Money!

Let me tell you a story.

/me walks past the new releases.
Me: “ZOMG Honey & Clover final volume!”
*Honey & Clover Vol.10 get*
/me walks past the magazine shelf.
*Newtype October get*
/me walks to Japanese counter to place order.
Staff member A is busy attending to another customer (who, coincidentally, is from my school).
/me waits.
Staff member B: “Excuse me, are you Mr. (my name)?”
/me goes wtf?
Me: “Ermmm… yeah.”
Staff member B: “The book you ordered has arrived. Do you wish to collect it today?”
/me looks at the book. It’s Genshiken Vol.8.
Me: “Okay, sure.”
/me takes a few minutes to fish out the correct order slip from my wallet.
*Genshiken Vol.8 get*
Staff member A is done and I finally get to place my order.

You know you spend too much on manga when you have six Kinokuniya order slips in your wallet and the counter person knows you by name.

Anyway, I’m somewhat disappointed with Honey & Clover‘s ending. Somehow it lacked the impact that I expected. The ending is… unfulfilling-ly realstic. That’s how I would put it. The unrelated short story 「星のオペラ」 (The Stars’ Opera) that was included as the last chapter is quite good, though.

]]> http://2pwn.tk/websites/www.darkmirage.com/2006/09/14/you-know-you-spend-too-much-on-manga-when/feed/ 11 Seiyuu of H&C’s Takemoto hurt in traffic accident http://2pwn.tk/websites/www.darkmirage.com/2006/08/15/seiyuu-of-hcs-takemoto-hurt-in-traffic-accident/ http://2pwn.tk/websites/www.darkmirage.com/2006/08/15/seiyuu-of-hcs-takemoto-hurt-in-traffic-accident/#comments Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:07:59 +0000 http://2pwn.tk/websites/www.darkmirage.com/2006/08/15/seiyuu-of-hcs-takemoto-hurt-in-traffic-accident/ Continue reading →]]> Taken from the official Hachikuro site:

竹本役 神谷浩史さんの交通事故に関しまして
竹本役神谷浩史氏が8月7日(月)交通事故に遭われ、現在治療のため入院されております。番組としては第11話（9月7日放送）までは収録が終わっており、最終話１２話（９月１４日放送）のみ代役をたてて放送する予定です。関係者ならびにファンの皆様方には、ご心配おかけ致しまして申し訳御座いません。

Moonspeak to english:

Regarding Takemoto’s seiyuu Hiroshi Kamiya’s traffic accident
The seiyuu of Takemoto, Mr. Hiroshi Kamiya, was met with a traffic accident on 7 August (Monday) and is currently hospitalized for treatment. Recording [for Honey & Clover II] has been completed up to episode 11 (to be aired on 7 September) and the final episode 12 (to be aired on 14 September) will have a replacement seiyuu. To those concerned and to the fans of the show, we sincerely apologize for any worries caused.

I guess the last line seems a little out of place in English, but that’s what it says. It’s just how the Japanese say things, whether or not there’s anything worth apologizing for.

Must… resist… urge to… crack jokes about the dangers of cycling around Japan on the highway…

So, uhmmm, yeah, hope he’ll be alright. Although I heard that it’s not really serious so there’s probably nothing to worry about.

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