Yesterday I got a few novels that I’ve been waiting for a while: Slayers (the last two volumes published by Tokyopop, as they’re not very good with publishing policies) and Shakugan no Shana 2. I bought the latter as a “final warning” because I’m not very sure I’ll ever continue: the first Shana was written poorly and with a plot that didn’t make much sense (but again, I don’t think the animated version was shining in that respect).
Slayers of course is a different story. I hope someone else steps up and continues the novels, because they’re worth it. Also, according to rumors the upcoming Slayers Revolution will feature an original storyline, but based loosely on the second arc of the novels (which was never seen in animation).
Time to read and report.

A rather large number of days ago I got the first DVD of Ookami to koshinryo, better known as Spice and Wolf, which I talked about previously when the first episode was released. I got the limited edition, which came in with a number of extra features (which still don’t justify its ~ ¥6800 price tag, though). The main one is the inclusion of a 300 piece puzzle, illustrated by the artist who works on the original novels.
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Interested by some promotional art and by a resemblance of the main female character to my brother’s own Yumiko, I took a look at the first episode of Ookami to Koshinryo, better known as Spice and Wolf. I’m being told it is inspired by a series of novels and that there is also a manga version.
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For a change, my brother has found a place (DLsite.com) that sells dojinshi even to non-Japanese people, and also found three non-hentai Final Fantasy XI dojins, which I’m going to cover in this post. For reference, they are available with these prices:
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