From last time, we learn what exactly happened during the baseball game between Tsubasa’s and Ryou’s team. Maybe we will find out why Ryou seems cold towards Tsubasa.
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Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine – Episode 4 – Ryou Confronts Her Frustrations
Archives for April 2019
Hitoribocchi no Marumaruseikatsu – Episode 4 – Sotoka’s Quest To Become a Ninja
Now that Bocchi became closer with Aru and Nako, it’s time to befriend another girl. This time, it’s a foreign girl.
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Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru (OVA) – Indoor Hot Spring Fun and Misha Tries Becoming a Maid
At last, Misha and her friends finally gets to go to an indoor hot spring. Of course, Tsubame and Midori tags along, even if Misha doesn’t want them there.
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Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine – Episode 3 – More Members and Tsubasa’s Former Rival
Now that Tsubasa finally have enough members to form a club, she is still short on members. Surprisingly, she found three more members that she was looking for.
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Hitoribocchi no Marumaruseikatsu – Episode 3 – Bocchi Invites Her Friends For the First Time
At last, Bocchi finally made another friend from last time. With that, she finally takes the next step. Yes, inviting Aru and Nako to her house.
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Manga Review – Comic Girls – Volume 2 – More Koyume and Tsubasa Shipping Moments?
Now that Kaoruko settled in at the all-girls mangaka dorm, what happens next in the daily life of Kaoruko, Koyume, Tsubasa and Ruki as Kaoruko aims for serialization of her first series?
Author: Hanzawa Kaori (はんざわかおり)
Publisher: Manga Time KR Comics (Serialized in Manga Time Kirara Max)
Original Release Date: May 12, 2016
Where to Buy
- Physical: CDJapan
- Digital: CDJapan eBooks
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Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine – Episode 2 – Don’t Give Up Suzuki, Just Do It!
From last time, Tsubasa finds out that she couldn’t host her baseball practice at the school. This is after she got into a clash with the student council. However, all hope is not lost since Momoko found them a place where they can practice at.
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Hitoribocchi no Marumaruseikatsu – Episode 2 – The Unfortunate Girl and Misunderstandings
Last time, Bocchi finally made friends with Nako despite having some trouble. However, Nako became angry for some reason and Bocchi wonders why.
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State of the Blog – Part II – Frustrations and Possibility of Burnout
In recent months, things have been very frustrating in regards to the state of my blog. The past few episodic and editorial posts received no comments at all, which adds to the frustration. If you have been following me on Twitter, the lack of comments has been my torn in my back for the past few months. Rather than keep my frustrations in, I want to share them. Also, I want to ask for your suggestions on how to motivate readers to comment on my posts.
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Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine – Episode 1 – Time to Play Ball?
Tsubasa wants to form a girl’s baseball team. The tricky part is trying to finding some members to recruit.
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Hitoribocchi no Marumaruseikatsu – Episode 1 – Bocchi’s First Friend
Believe it or not, there is someone shyer than Miyako. It doesn’t come at a surprise given the main character’s name.
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More Thoughts on Manga: Physical vs Digital and the Problem of Manga Piracy
It has been a year since I started reading manga of series I enjoyed. This mostly consists of Manga Time Kirara series in Japanese. To me, it’s a good way to practice my Japanese language skills without the time commitment compared to other mediums such as video games.
Of course, there is more I want to touch upon the manga reading experience besides what I covered already. It includes the debate over buying physical or digital formats and of course the whole piracy debate with manga.
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Manaria Friends – Final Review
Sometimes, main franchises receive spinoffs that are light hearted. We have seen this with Hidan no Aria AA and Hina Logi with the cast mostly female with the yuri turned up to eleven.
Mysteria Friends is one of those spin offs from Cygames’s Rage of Bahamut. Cygames originally planned to make this spinoff in 2015, but they shelved it until 2018. Yes, it’s that same Cygames that created Granblue Fantasy, which is far more popular gachamobile game than Rage of Bahamut. They also make Uma Musume as well, which received its own anime in April 2018..
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