cherri; wrote:
aaah hello!! i used to be kuri,!
i completely forgot to announce one of my favorite christmas presents- i received the
recent manga mikubon from my cousin (nice avatar Bisylizzie)!! it's a nice mix of
comedy and cute art. something i admire about the vocaloid fandom is that fans are
left to interpret the characters' personalities for themselves, thus making way for
thousands of different songs and manga.
Haha, thanks~ I picked Mikubon up a little while after it released, but wasn't actually a huge fan of it... Not sure whether it was just the translation Dark Horse did, or Ontama's writing... I found a few scenes just bizarre (like the one that became my avatar... xD) But I guess that's part and parcel of the whole "everyone interprets their personalities different" aspect?
On the other hand, by picking up whatever Voca-related manga/light novels get English releases means more will be brought over (I'm hoping for Utata-P's series!) - I think there's a decent handful on the horizon at the moment (Rin-Chan Now!, ACUTE, Disappearance, the Night ∞ series, and Ontama's other series)
In other news, I'm pretty excited as I've just ordered myself an IA plushie~ Should hopefully arrive next week, depending when it gets dispatched (and if the shipping estimate is correct...)