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- 黒子のバスケ ーReplaceー 全６巻
- 黒子のバスケ ーReplace PLUSー 全１０巻
- 舞台に咲け! 第３巻 (The last one! I’m so sad)
- 極主夫道 第１３巻
- SPY×FAMILY 第１１〜１２巻
- アオのハコ 第１０〜１３巻
- 羅生門・鼻・芋粥 (文豪ストレイドッグス cover ed.)
- 武蔵野 (BSD cover ed.)
- 斜陽 (BSD cover ed.)
- 天衣無縫 (BSD cover ed.)
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I don’t usually do sports manga, but アオノハコ looks soooooo cuuuuuuute 
… definitely adding to my list!
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Time for another box~
The rest of the 東京ミュウミュウ オーレ! 1 | L25 series! Although now I’ve got an extra volume 1; it’ll go on the small pile of JP books I’ve been meaning to donate… Anyway, I loved reading volume 1; it was super cute and goofy (review is in link), so I’m very happy to continue with the series.
Finally picked up physical copies of レバダン・希望の花 1 | L30 and co. after reading them all digitally (review in link). I’ve got a small pile of the mangaka’s other works digitally; I need to give them a try. Most seem to be historical fantasy or fiction of some kind, and I really enjoyed what she did with this series.
Non-book items
As always, my book orders are just excuses to pick up more FLESH & BLOOD 1 | L35 (<- review, and future book club book!) merchandise. Here we’ve got a nice assortment: a set of six postcards, going down the left side, a tote bag, a key strap (on said tote bag), two clear files, and the latest edition of Chara Collection Extra, an annual book distributed by Flesh&Blood’s publisher Chara containing bonus stories from their currently-published series. (No F&B in this issue, sadly, though there is a new 美しい彼 manga short. We’ll have a nice feast of content whenever I get around to taking pictures of these, @bibliothecary.)
So this next picture was a bit of a surprise; I didn’t actually order either of these things! They came with the order in the previous picture, and are by far the best “freebies” included with a JP order I’ve ever gotten. The left is a shopping bag distributed at one of the AGF events, and the right is a copy of the F&B artbook with an included clear card of that book’s cover.
(Here’s the reverse of the bag; the characters are from クリムゾン・スペル.)
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What a great haul! My eyes have been blessed.
Magical boys, pre-2k BL, and 美しい彼? Pure gold! 
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I buy only the good stuff. 
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In my defense, I had a coupon. 
I’m also enforcing a no-buy on myself for awhile. Gotta read the books I have!
The books:
日本語で考えたくなる科学の問い〈上〉
こころ・漫画版
ソープランドでボーイをしていました
漢字ミステリ―
妖怪大図鑑
時限病棟
私の夫は冷蔵庫に眠っている
Burn
真夜中乙女戦争
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Just got a new haul of 暁のヨナ volumes… Only 8 left to go!!
My whole collection thus far (except for はなにあらし 1、やがて君になる 1、and ささやくように恋を唄う 1, which I lent to a friend):
There’s some more I wanted to face forward, but it wouldn’t fit properly right now. Will have to wait for the next order!
全ての本やゲーム (full list of books/games):
- 本好きの下剋上 1
- また、同じ夢をみていた
- 君に紡ぐ傍白 1-3
- 五等分の花嫁 1-14
- 五等分の花嫁 君と過ごした五つの思い出 (限定版)
- 五等分の花嫁 彼女と交わす五つの約束 (限定版)
- 暁のヨナ 1-16, 25-42
- 結束バンドLIVE-恒星-(完全生産限定版)・ブルーレイ
- 赤髪の白雪姫 1
- ささやくように恋を唄う 7
- 五等分の花嫁 ∫∫ 夏の思い出も五等分
- ソードアート・オンライン プログレッシブ その次の日
- ソードアート・オンライン ホープフル・チャント
Not pictured:
- はなにあらし 1
- やがて君になる 1
- ささやくように恋を唄う 1
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Man, those covers are so pretty. Question for you: how much romance is in the series?
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Hmmm, it’s a one-true-couple, very slow burn sorta thing. The romance is definitely there, but it’s only one element of the story, and it takes a long time until it becomes prominent (like somewhere btwn vol 24-27 until we finally get a kiss/confession)
Basically it’s a fantasy story that’s also a romance, rather than a romance story that happens to be in a fantasy world; if that makes sense… I think I’ve heard different people complain both “too much” and “not enough”.
Does that help at all?
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Yes, for sure. Thank you!
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Damage from the trip:
I could have gone wilder but I had a dose of reality when I started carrying this around from hotel to hotel
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I like the numbering on those 異世界のびり農家 spines; I bet those look great all on a shelf.
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The book themselves are extremely beautiful even in the front.
I found them in a Book-Off in a rare sight to have all volumes. and I got a super nice deal because I did a bulk buy.
I got 10 volumes for less than 5EUR each.
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It’s awesome when it works out so nicely like that! Congrats!
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It’s funny than when you buy light novels and other more harder books in a book shop in Japan, they drop the “Oh shit, I have to speak English” and are like “Well if he’s good with this book, then he must be perfect at speaking Japanese” 
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yup. first trip to japan. couldn’t carry my suitcase anymore… ended up sending a package home. now I have the 2 bag strategy… big, heavy bag goes via kuroneko and I only carry what I need for a couple of nights. 
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My strategy usually is leave purchases for the last few days in Tokyo.
The problem is I saw these books like my second day?
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But book off prices out in the sticks are usually cheaper than in Tokyo 
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Also, different books available in different places and in different price brackets.
I see book off, I go in.
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I need this on a shirt.
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