Loveless - TokyoPop style

I really hope this is just my volume because the American release of the Loveless manga is horrible. I haven't read enough to commment on translation or the like since that usually doesn't bother me unless it's so bad, it jeopardizes character/story. But for such a pretty series, the art budget of TokyoPop is subpar, especially when you compare it to their boys love production line, Blu. Blu charges $5 more and you get gorgeous paper, thick covers and well-rendered images. TokyoPop charges $10 and gives me a sloppy cover with hideous typography. For the love of...they write the title in English on the Japanese version. It's not that hard to mimick that. It really isn't. Also, the quality of the art inside the manga is greatly diminished by cheap paper that bleeds, making some of the splash title pages, particularly the one with Soubi, almost impossible to see. They also make the mistake of using dark font on dark backgrounds, which probably wouldn't be as dark if their paper wasn't as cheap. I wish Viz had licensed Loveless. I pay $8 for Viz' Death Note and get almost the same manga/image quality I get from Blu. I even get typography that doesn't look like it was done by a grade schooler. I am not amused, TokyoPop. Not amused at all. You need to clean up your act or I'm going to stop buying and just read your shit in the stores.

Someone please tell me this was just my copy and that I'm overreacting.

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me...unless you're in Loveless

Survived the trip home from the snow. Sad because I really wanted to be snowed in for longer. Now it looks like the little, snot-nosed brats will be getting off school for nothing. I wonder if I don't tell my brother, if he'll still show up at the bus stop. That would be funny. Also saw Goodnight and Good Luck. Awesome movie about an awesome battle of good vs. EVIL. And Nausicaa. Nausiccaa = fluffy squirrel-fox and giant pill bug love. I still have no idea why William and I kept referring to the prince as a Gundam pilot.

Calmed down enough over Loveless production to read the actual manga. I've read the scanlations a while back but they were iffy so I didn't get as much out of it as this time. Love it so much more than the anime, especially that bit at the end where someone finally explained what's up with the power of words and the fighting. It gave a whole new insight to the story that I enjoyed, even bringing Yuiko into the mix. The whole idea of the spell the characters cast with their various encantations be they "I love you, Ritsuka," "You're not Ritsuka!", "Yuiko is Yuiko" and of course "I don't want to see him" was exciting to learn about. I also think the manga is better paced than the anime and Soubi seems so much more f-ed up. I love Soubi.

Earthian Volume 2 was also much better than Volume 1, even if Chihaya still needs to be beaten with a stick. Michael and Raphael are such hypocritcal love. I plan on at least creating my new journal I've spoken about over the past few days tomorrow after work, barring I don't get sent off on a crazy mission.

Going to read HikaGo 6 and Death Note 3 now and contemplate how to better spend my evening.

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...I belittle boys' love? *blinks* Dang, I better go tell my Guardian boys that I care nothing about their relationship, which I've spent years/50+ chapters building. While I'm at it, I'll go back to the Uni and tell all my old professors to take back my A+s in LGBT literature. Because I obviously find it trivial and insulting. Guess that goes for you two, Sasuke and Naruto. Might as well tell Graham I've returned my slash fangirl membership card and am ready to learn all about the wonders of NaruSaku.

Screw that, I'm going to go read some Love Mode and then write some V-Day Guardian boi pron. Need slashy assurance stat.

/end lamer sarcasm

Why yes, being snarky is what I do best. Must you ask. XD

In all seriousness, making fangirls think fight tops all.

ETA: They actually managed to wank themselves. No, quebelly, I wasn't in the middle of the arguement just the vessel. Unless you count the part where I played in F_W and made a total ass out of myself by forgetting about the sockpuppet style. But you didn't read that. Still, damn. I got nothing.

ETA4: I'm calm now. I think.