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July 30, 2010

Manga Review: Love Round!!

Love Round!! by Hinako Takanaga


Publisher: Deux
Price: $12.95
Genre: Drama, Romance, Yaoi
Themes: High school, Boxing, First Love
Rating: Mature 18+
Volumes: 1
ISBNs: 978-1-93449-655-8



Basic Premise:
Kaoru Komatsuna has an effeminate name and an effeminate face to go with it. He's very touchy about both. When Junya Kubo makes the mistake of making fun of Kaoru's name, Kaoru KO's him in one



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Published on July 30, 2010 05:39

LASR-WC Anniversary Contest!

02 August - 29 August
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Published on July 30, 2010 05:23

July 29, 2010

Vote for ERIS at HEA

Eris is up for Book of the Month over at Happily Ever After Reviews!
 
Come out and vote.



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Published on July 29, 2010 11:44

Manga Review: Time Lag

Time Lag by Shinobu Gothoh and Hotaru Odagiri


Publisher: DMP June
Price: $12.95
Genre: Drama, Romance, Yaoi
Themes: High school
Rating: 16+
Volumes: 1
ISBNs: 1-56970-921-1


Basic Premise:
Satoru Tendou has indulged in a one-sided love with his childhood friend Shirou Sawaguchi for years. Their freshman year of high school Satoru confessed his feelings and was immediately rejected. Satoru isn't



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Published on July 29, 2010 03:59

Manga Review: All Nippon Air Line (ANAL)

All Nippon Air Line (ANAL) by Kei Azumaya


Publisher: DMP June
Price: $12.95
Genre: Drama, Romance
Themes: Airplanes, love at 30,000 ft, stewards
Rating: 16+
Volumes: 1
ISBNs: 978-1-56970-748-7


Basic Premise:
All Nippon Air Line, nicknamed ANAL, is the premiere air line catering to people who want a "different" flying experience. All of the employees of ANAL are men from the baggage handlers



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Published on July 29, 2010 03:21

Manga Review: 9th Sleep

9th Sleep by Makoto Tateno


Publisher: DMP June
Price: $12.95
Genre: Drama, Romance, Fantasy
Themes: Reincarnation, gods
Rating: 16+
Volumes: 1
ISBNs: 978-1-56970-834-7


Basic Premise:
Luke is a product of immaculate conception -- his mother was a virgin when she became pregnant with him. He's 15 when he finds out he has an older brother, Malchus, who wants to see him dead. What Luke thinks is



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Published on July 29, 2010 03:10

Manga Review: Love Master A

Love Master A by Kyoko Hashimoto


Publisher: Go! Comi
Price: $10.99
Genre: Drama, Romance
Themes: High School, Student Council, Unrequited Love
Rating: Teen 13+
Volumes: 2
ISBNs:
- 978-1-933617-60-2
- 978-1-933617-61-9


Basic Premise:
Aria Sakurai has forsaken love. She's confessed to over one hundred boys in her short life and been rejected each time. Such an accomplishment has earned her the



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Published on July 29, 2010 02:55

Manga Review: Croquis

Croquis by Hinako Takanaga


Publisher: Tokyopop BLU
Price: $14.99
Genre: Yaoi, Drama, Romance
Themes: High School, College, First Love, Cross-dressing, Transgender
Rating: Mature 18+
Volumes: 1
ISBNs: 978-1-4278-1799-0


Basic Premise
Three stories in one.

The title story is about Nagi Sasahara, who is a part time model for Shinji Kaji's college art class. Nagi is gay and knows it and has been



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Published on July 29, 2010 02:03

July 26, 2010

LASR-WC Spotlight

The spotlight is on me again. This time I'm at The Long and the Short of It's Whipped Cream site.

http://www.longandshortreviews.com/WC...

Stop by if you would like to enter to win a copy of ERIS. Or just stop by to leave a comment on one of my posts. The spotlight lasts from Monday to Friday with a new post each day. Don't miss out.



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Published on July 26, 2010 12:55

July 25, 2010

Update: Sort of

Lord help me. I have to format my computer. I knew I named this thing Pita for a reason. :P

I knew this day was coming. It's here and there's no help for it. The computer has been acting very strange lately. Not a virus according to Norton but still peculiar. I can't watch stuff (DVDs, streaming video, et al) without it sounding like it's coming through an earthquake to get to me. Rather than "



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Published on July 25, 2010 06:43