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More novels

  

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.

Publishing idiocy

  

When Tokyopop announced Slayers, Kino no Tabi and Scrapped Princess my interest was piqued: even more when I read about Seikai no Monsho. After getting what was available (three volumes of Scrapped Princess, the whole Seikai no Monsho trilogy and the single volume of Kino no Tabi) I waited for the rest. Read More »