By Mat K.
Hello one and all, this is gonna be a slow week, but we do have a
few titles you’re gonna want. First up on the list is my pick of the
week,
Chibi Vampire Volume 14.
Granted, I thought this series was going to end about 4 volumes ago,
but I’m kinda glad it’s still pushing on. If it didn’t, we would not
have gotten to meet her awesome grandmother, and get in on the family
history. Not to mention the secret of why she’s the only vampire who
gushes blood instead of drinks it. I’m not going to give any of it
away, for the sake of any new readers, but I’m just thrilled it became
so much more than a cheesy high school romance story.
Also coming in is a new book by Naduki Koujima (
Our Kingdom,
Great Place High School), called
Spicy But Sweet. Yes it’s another boys love story coming in from June Press, following the first volume called
Naughty But Nice.
I would give a whole description, but it’s safe to say ever since her
first U.S. release Selfish Love, we know what the premise is going to
be. Resistant uke, forceful and/or demanding seme. Not that any of us
mind, hey, if the formula works!
Now in Neon Genesis news, first on the block is the release of
The Shinji Ikari Raising Project Volume 2.
For those who forgot, the SIRP is an alternate reality kind of story
where all our favorite characters have new roles. It’s not as far
removed as Angelic Days (where all the NERV stuff is just a dream of
another world), but more of a combination. There is still a NERV, and
Gendo Ikari is still in charge, but Misato is a homeroom teacher,
Ritsuko is the school nurse, and everyone is hot for Kaworu, even
Shinji…well, I suppose that bit is pretty much the same no matter what
universe it is.
And
the second bit of NGE news is the new chibi figures we got in. The
adorable new series features Rei and Asuka, per usual, but also Mari Makinami.
For anyone who doesn’t know, Mari is the new 5th Child introduced in
the new movies rebooting the NGE series. Each of the chibi figures
features a super-chibi angel for each of the girls. The best part about
these? They’re not blind boxes! So come in and pick the pilot girl you
want.
And my last bit of spiel for the week is a new series coming in called
Karakuri Odette
by Julietta Suzuki. Basically a young scientist makes a super hot,
super human-like android and named her Odette. Odette wants to know
more about the human condition and tries to figure out what really
makes people and androids different. Of course she goes about this by
going to high school. Where else would an outsider get a good objective
sample of human behavior. Anyway, that’s all this time.