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Before we get started: happy birthday, miss_arel! Roommate-thingit is now officially 21, so when she gets home, we're going to do the Responsible Friends Thing, and take her to a pub and buy her alcohol. *g*

So for a variety of reasons (some legitimate, some not-so), I have been ... vaguely blah and meh and grumpy. On the other hand, I am also on the upward swing of my hormonal cycle, which means that my mood has a 99% chance of improving within the next week. TO ENCOURAGE THIS, I am going to talk about fun things! Fandom things! Because I haven't in a while. \O

Like, for example, I got an email from Kinokuniya saying that my order had come in! ... but it didn't say what my order was, so I was confused. The only thing I'd ordered recently was Pandora Hearts v5 -- last Sunday, in fact. But Kinokuniya is never that fast; it's been less than a week! Maybe it was something else I'd forgotten! So today after work, I decided to take a brief detour and check it out.

Turns out, it WAS Pandora Hearts 5! \O/ THE ONLY COPY IN THE STORE BUT HEY. I've already read the chapters themselves, but I have an easier time reading with a solid hard copy, so I picked up a few things that I'd missed with the scans. There was also:

- The gag cover is basically a mock-tabloid, including Gil's recipie corner, Break's shameful~ affair~ with Cheshire, and Sharon using Emily as a voodoo doll.
- Vincent is incredibly pretty in-color. The color splash just emphasizes this.
- So is Alice, for that matter. And Cheshire is adorable. :(
- The omake for this volume are all connected in a series about Gil growing up~ including Vincent being a better shot than he is, Gil making fun of Break's face, and Break teaching Gil to use "ore" instead of "boku." ("Boku wa! Kyou kara 'ore' ni narimasu!!!") It includes a training montage of them running on a beach.
- The Special Thanks page has the cutest picture of Alice ever. Ever. :(

They also, for the first time since I started looking, had Amatsuki in stock! I DIDN'T HAVE TO SPECIAL-ORDER AFTER ALL. /O/ I think v7 is still a little too new for them to have, but hey, now I have 1-6! I can read it without the translations that honestly at times confused me. |D (Not to disparage on the translators, but once again, it's a whole "I read things so much better if I have the actual book.)

I also broke down and bought the first four volumes of Monochrome Factor. THE ANIME MADE ME GIGGLE SO MANY TIMES I HAD TO ACTUALLY PAUSE TO RECOVER. For the record, the manga is a lot better in sheer terms of making sense without the senseless fanservice, but hey. Sometimes, I'm a shallow fangirl, and I like the senseless fanservice. :(b

- I like Kengo. Why is he so stupid and cute. :( He's never going to win, but socute.
- I like Shirogane. When did I start liking politely-speaking vaguely rapist-types? Th-this is very strange and unusual for me. Does this mean I have to start liking Akabane more, now?
- So I like Shirogane/Akira a lot more after the [SPOILER] about Akira. Sigh, what is this new trend.
- The lack of noses in a lot of panels, however, is strange to me. It's a matter of getting used to the artstyle, but. I keep noticing the lack of noses unless people are in profile.
- Sorano is cute, making the tiny clay figures of his characters.

SO HOW 'BOUT THEM TSUBASA SPOILERS. I LAUGHED. DID YOU?

Someday, someday, I will have fic again. orz