Sunday, December 13, 2009

Cannot Get Enough Of Yoshinaga Fumi

So I just finished reading all of the Antique Bakery doujinshi and Yoshinaga Fumi is a goddess in the manga world to me. Yes, I know some people go nuts over Yamane Ayano, Minase Masara, Takanaga Hinako, and such, but for me Yoshinaga Fumi tops as my favorite all-around mangaka. She has the most excellent stories ever created and I just cannot get enough of her. I love her works *__*!!! Love Mode by Shimizu Yuki is still my favorite boys love series out of all series out there, but when it comes to mangaka, Yoshinaga-sense is #1 to me *___*

Anyway, I just finished reading all fourteen Antique Bakery dj and they are all so good. It's almost like a string of extras that run in sequence after a manga or something.

01 - かなり人でなし (Kanari Hitodenashi) "You're Not Even Human"
02 - 初恋 (Hatsukoi) "First Love"
03 - 小野は厨房で夢を見る (Ono ha Chuubou de Yume wo Miru) "Ono's Kitchen Dream"
04 - 猫とおじさん (Neko to Oji-san) "The Cat and the Old Man"
05 - 好事家の絵本 (Kouzuka no Ehon) "The Gossips' Picture Book"
06 - 永遠はありますか? (Eien ha Arimasuka?) "Does Eternity Exist?"
07 - 悪魔のような男 (Akuma no Youna Otoko) "A Man Like The Devil"
08 - 青い鳥 (Aoi Tori) "Blue Bird"
09 - ため息をつきながら (Tameiki wo Tsukinagara) "He Gently Sighs"
10 - 僕の大切なひと (Boku no Taisetsu na Hito) "My Most Important Person"
11 - 七夕の夜 (Tanabata no Yoru) "Tanabata Evening"
12 - そしてかくも平穏な日々 (Soshite Kakumo Heion na Hibi) "And So The Peaceful Days"
13 - 橘という男 (Tachibana to Iu Otoko) "The Man Called Tachibana"
14 - そっとしておいて (Sotto Shiteoite) "Softly, Let It Be"

The third & fifth are scanlated by Biblos Eros while the sixth one is done by Dangerous Pleasure. I own either three or four of the fourteen doujinshi and I bought them many years ago =_= Can't remember how long ago, but I have them in a nice little box on the highest shelf in my closet back at home so they'd be safe and won't get hurt. The doujinshi cost so much @_@. I remember buying one from JPQueen and probably three from eBay. They were like $30 for one almost back in the day @_@. Yes, I had Yoshinaga fever even then. I'm willing to buy everything of hers in both Japanese and English, all doujinshi available too.

I really love the doujinshi series *__* It's so good~ Chikage x Ono is absolutely fantastic *__* The doujinshi gives more in-depth analysis on the characters compared to the actual manga and we learn more about Ono in this series ^__^. For all Antique Bakery fans, read the doujinshi, you'll melt~ And yes, the Japanese is all in Yoshinaga-sensei' handwriting so there may be times when one has to squint ^_^;

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