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Monthly haul for March! Another big one this month since March also happens to have my birthday, so I get somewhat spoiled by my family and friends. :)
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Left pile top to bottom:

After the Rain volumes 2-5
My Next Life as a Villainess Side Story: On the Verge of Doom volume 2
Flying Witch volume 10
The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest volume 7
Minami Nanami Wants to Shine volume 1
Toilet-bound Hanako-kun volume 0
The Case Study of Vanitas volume 1
Kaguya-sama Love is War volume 6
Takane & Hana volume 8
Natsume's Book of Friends volume 6
Frieren volume 1
Call of the Night volume 5
How Do We Relationship? volume 5
Ima Koi: Now I'm in Love volume 1

Right pile top to bottom:
Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle volume 1 (LN)
Josee, The Tiger and the Fish (Novel)
The Splendid Work of a Monster Maid volume 2
The Way of the Househusband volume 7
I Am a Cat Barista volume 2
Durarara!! SH volume 3 (LN)
Chasing After Aoi Koshiba volume 3
My Summer of You
The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt volume 7-8 (LN)
Log Horizon volume 7
I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level volumes 9-10 (LN)
Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World volume 8 (LN)
Bond and Book: The Long, Long Good-Bye of "The Last Bookstore" volume 2 (LN)
Monologue Woven For You volume 1

One of the things my lovely partner bought me for my birthday was two volumes of After the Rain, so I decided to finally complete the series before it starts going OOP (since its both getting old and with Vertical folding into Kodansha I'm not sure if it even will get reprinted). I was delighted to get a hold of The Case Study of Vanitas volume 1 and Frieren, both of which have alluded me due to their popularity. Now just to get my hands on future volumes. 😅

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Left to right, top to bottom:
Hiraeth: The End of the Journey volume 1
In/Spectre volume 15
Kimi wa Haru ni Me wo Samasu volumes 7-8
Uchi no Futeki na Gangster volume 1
Kimi wa Haru ni Me wo Samasu volume 9
My Love Mix-Up volume 8
I'll Be With Them Again Today volume 1
That's My Atypical Girl volume 4
Hello, I Am a Witch and My Crush Wants Me to Make a Love Potion! volume 2 (LN)
Koi ni Mudaguchi volume 7
Kikenai Yoru wa Nai volume 2
Sex Ed 120% volume 3
You're My Cutie volume 3
Girlfriend, Girlfriend volume 4
Sensei's Pious Lie volume 1
Girlfriend, Girlfriend volumes 1-3
The Case Files of Jeweler Richard volume 1
A Couple of Cuckoos volume 6
Having an Idol-Loving Boyfriend is the Best! volume 1
Twilight Out of Focus

This month I bought a bunch of Girlfriend, Girlfriend since it has been a while since the anime and I wanted to finally jump into it while it was on sale. Quite a few Japanese purchases too as new volumes of some of my favourites popped up. Kimi wa Haru was on sale and I decided I may as well get myself caught up to the latest volume since although I've yet to read vol 6, I know I will want to finish it (and may as well pay less for it now). My biggest disappointment was with Uchi no Futeki na Gangster which had a super unsatisfactory ending. :/
 
I think all I got in March was the Kodansha Comics Award Winning Manga 2022 and Leading Ladies Image Comics Humble Bundles, plus one physical book - the first Hardcover volume of the webtoon Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe :)
 
My March haul!

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After the Rain 4 (Complete)
Monster 1
Alice in Bishounen-Land 1
Skip and Loafer 3 (I'm having so much trouble getting my hands on volume 2... )
The Case Files of Jeweler Richard 1
I Hear The Sunspot
Yakuza Lover 3
Hot Gimmick 8, 9
Eniale & Dewiela 1-3 (Complete)
Bloom Into You 2, 3
A Tropical Fish Yearns For Snow 4-6
Rose of Versailles 2 (Complete)
Takane & Hana 18 (Regular edition, complete)
Angel Beats Heavens Door 1
Girls & Panzer Little Army 1
The Dragon Knight's Beloved 1
Don't Toy With Me Miss Nagatoro 4
Ran and The Grey World 4
Darker Than Black (I bought it from someone here, thank you!)
Alice & Zoroku 6
Berserk Official Guidebook
My Happy Marriage (Light novel)
 
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Do I spot Eniale and Dewiela in your impressive haul? I love this mischievous side of Kamome Shirahama's creative talents - and the incredible details of the artwork! :cool:
 
Do I spot Eniale and Dewiela in your impressive haul? I love this mischievous side of Kamome Shirahama's creative talents - and the incredible details of the artwork! :cool:
Yes! The artwork is gorgeous for sure, the covers remind me of Ran and the Grey World though it's a different mangaka.
 
Monthly manga haul time again~

First up the physical goodies:
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Left pile top to bottom:

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End volume 2
The Savior's Book Café Story in Another World volume 2
Lovesick Ellie volume 1
Blackguard Volume 1
Snow White with the Red Hair volume 18
Konosuba volume 16 (LN)
Rent-A-Girlfriend Volumes 10-12
Cherry Magic volume 4
Hitorijime My Hero volume 12
5 Seconds Before a Witch Falls in Love
My Brain is Different
The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated volume 2
Sweat and Soap volume 11 (complete)
Rent-a-(Really Shy!)-Girlfriend volume 2
Chasing After Aoi Koshiba volume 2
Little Miss P volume 4 (complete)

Right pile top to bottom:
Love of Kill volumes 2-6
I Belong to the Baddest Girl at School volume 3
Vampire Dormitory volume 2
Queen's Quality volume 14
Toilet-bound Hanako-kun volume 13
Links
Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! volume 1
Slum Online (novel)
My Wandering Warrior Existence
Cross-Dressing Villainess Cecilia Sylvie volume 2 (LN)
The Holy Grail of Eris volume 1 (LN)
The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess volume 1 (LN)
Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki volume 8 (LN)
The Detective is Already Dead volume 3 (LN)
The Otherworlder, Exploring the Dungeon volume 2 (LN)
The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady volume 1 (LN)
Fullmetal Alchemist Full Metal Edition volume 16
I Am Blue, In Pain and Fragile (novel)

Mostly this month I focused on getting myself caught up with Love of Kill, which I returned to after watching the anime over the Winter season. Sadly these volumes have yet to get me beyond the content of the anime, but I'm at least ready for when the time comes. Also finally got the final volume of Sweat and Soap, which I am sad to see conclude but glad it was a strong ending.

Meanwhile on the digital side of things:
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Left to right top to bottom:

Horimiya volume 3
Sasaki and Miyano Official Comic Anthology (JP)
Sasaki and Miyano volume 5
Days on Fes volume 5 (complete)
The Dungeon of Black Company volume 7
86 Operation High School volumes 1-2 (JP, complete)
Magic Artisan Dahlia Wilts No More volume 1
Skip and Loafer volume 4
I'll Be With Them Again Today volume 2
Tesla Note volume 4
Mr. Bride volume 5
Piano Duo for the Left Hand volume 2
Sasaki and Miyano volumes 2-4
A Side Character's Love Story volume 9
Those Not-So-Sweet Boys volume 6
Super HxEro volume 6
Even Though We're Adults volume 4
Kimi wa Haru ni Me wo Samasu volume 10 (JP, complete)

Like with Love of Kill, I spent this month catching up with Sasaki and Miyano after watching and enjoying the anime. Picked up the 86 spin-off since I figured at two volumes it's an easy enough read where there's no harm in having it in Japanese. Kinda wish I'd bought Dahlia as a paperback because I really enjoyed it more than I expected (I normally have a low expectation for manga based on LNs). Tesla Note also continues to impress with some fantastic artwork volume to volume.
 
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Hard to read volumes, 1st image:
BAKEMONOGATARI 14 (mid right)

3rd image:
Please Put Them On, Takamine-san 3 (top left)
Tetragrammaton Labyrinth 4 & 5 (mid left & mid)
The Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm 1 & 2 (mid right & bottom left)
 
Monthly manga haul time again~
We got quite a few of the same pickups this month! Especially happy to see Savior's Book Cafe and Lovesick Ellie getting some love. Those are two current releases I'm really hyped about.

Hard to read volumes, 1st image:
BAKEMONOGATARI 14 (mid right)

3rd image:
Please Put Them On, Takamine-san 3 (top left)
Tetragrammaton Labyrinth 4 & 5 (mid left & mid)
The Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm 1 & 2 (mid right & bottom left)
How is Today's Cerberus? I've been interested in it but not certain enough to pull the trigger and buy it. Those are some nice covers though.
 
How is Today's Cerberus?
I haven't started reading it yet, but from the preview it seems like a fun harem with a supernatural twist.
Preview can be found here:
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My April manga haul!
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The Dangers In My Heart 1
The Savior's Book Cafe In Another World 2
Rosen Blood 1
A Man & His Cat 3-4
My Wandering Warrior Existence
Everyone's Getting Married 2-7
Skip and Loafer 2 (finally!! It was my 3rd attempt to buy this)
Who Wants to Marry a Billionaire? 2
Lovesick Ellie 3
The Dragon Knight's Beloved 2
SP Baby 1-2 (Complete)
Girls & Panzer 2-3
The Golden Sheep 1
Darling in the Franxx Omnibus 1
Escape Journey 1
2.5 Dimensional Seduction 2
Hot Gimmick 10-12 (Complete)
Cardfight Vanguard 5
Negiho
 
My April manga haul!
What a wonderfully varied selection - that must make for some great reading! 😊And I couldn't help spotting the Tanaka Ogeretsu title (the first of three fluorescent covers!) and wondering if you're liking it? (We haven't reviewed any of her titles as until relatively recently, there hasn't been much available in English - although I'm pleased to see Kuma have picked up her latest title for the autumn.)
 
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I started manga collecting last month, so here's my haul for April 2022!
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Picked up from various places, below is a list of titles and price paid.
  • Berserk - Volume 1 - £33
  • Chainsaw Man - Volume 1 - £9
  • Fullmetal Alchemist - Volume 1 - £13
  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Battle Tendency - Volume 1 - £11
  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Battle Tendency - Volume 2 - £11
  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Phantom Blood - Volume 1 - £15
Total spent in April: £92
Volumes picked up: 6
Volumes total to date: 6
That's a very nice start to collecting!


What a wonderfully varied selection - that must make for some great reading! 😊And I couldn't help spotting the Tanaka Ogeretsu title (the first of three fluorescent covers!) and wondering if you're liking it? (We haven't reviewed any of her titles as until relatively recently, there hasn't been much available in English - although I'm pleased to see Kuma have picked up her latest title for the autumn.)
Yes, I've been enjoying it so far! :D I haven't actually read that one yet, it was one of the latest ones I got in that pile, but I've flicked through it and the art looks amazing (and sometimes very spicy) so I'll definitely be reading that one soon! It's been on my wishlist for a while so I was glad to finally pick it up. I can get back to you with my thoughts when I have read it, if you'd like! It's my first read of hers.
 
I'd love to read your thoughts! (And I agree; her art is really good.) :)
I read it now and I loved it! I only planned to read half for the night since it's a fairly thick volume but I ended up reading it all... it was just that addictive!
I liked it a lot more than I was expecting, the characters and drama felt very lifelike and I really like the two main guys as characters and as a couple. The art was amazing too which added a lot to it. Definitely one of the best BL I've read and has potential to become my favourite! Now I just need to get ahold of the rest :D
 
I read it now and I loved it! I only planned to read half for the night since it's a fairly thick volume but I ended up reading it all... it was just that addictive!
I liked it a lot more than I was expecting, the characters and drama felt very lifelike and I really like the two main guys as characters and as a couple. The art was amazing too which added a lot to it. Definitely one of the best BL I've read and has potential to become my favourite! Now I just need to get ahold of the rest :D
I'm so glad you liked it! (I think she's one of the best BL mangaka out there at the moment, esp. as she creates such convincing characters). Hopefully, the second and third volumes will be easy to find (and I recommend in advance her latest, Happy of the End, which is coming from Kuma at the end of the year and has the most beautiful cover.) :)
 
Well, this discussion has certainly gotten me interested in reading Escape Journey too so I'll have to keep an eye out for that!

I'm surprised none of the author's work has made it onto Futekiya yet, given they seem popular and have quite a catalogue of titles. Must be with the wrong publisher I suppose. 🤔
 
Not a haul but finally got my manga collection out of storage since moving back home from Uni and put on some shelves.

Really would like to get some more manga and light novels as I rarely do as anime and video games are usually higher priority but I've managed to keep up with a few series though I am a few volumes behind with the likes of DBS and OPM currently.

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EDIT: The Japanese volumes between Blue Exorcist and Cowa! is all of Carole & Tuesday and the second copy of Dragon Ball Super Vol. 1 is a variant cover.

I also own the Yamcha Isekai spin-off in both Japanese and English as I wasn't sure it would get an English release when it first released.
 
Second month of collecting, received a lot of volumes compared to April!
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Picked up from a local store, Amazon and some secondhand pickups.
  • Chainsaw Man - Volume 2 - £7
  • Chainsaw Man - Volume 3 - £8
  • Chainsaw Man - Volume 4 - £6
  • Chainsaw Man - Volume 5 - £7
  • Chainsaw Man - Volume 6 - £9
  • Chainsaw Man - Volume 7 - £8
  • Chainsaw Man - Volume 8 - £8
  • Chainsaw Man - Volume 9 - £7
  • Do You Like Big Girls? - Volume 1 - £11
  • Do You Like Big Girls? - Volume 2 - £11
  • Gal Gohan - Volume 1 - £11
  • Gal Gohan - Volume 2 - £10
  • Gal Gohan - Volume 3 - £10
  • Gal Gohan - Volume 4 - £10
  • Gal Gohan - Volume 8 - £10
  • My Dress Up Darling - Volume 1 - £12
  • My Dress Up Darling - Volume 2 - £11
  • My Dress Up Darling - Volume 4 - £11
  • My Dress Up Darling - Volume 5 - £11
  • One Piece - Volume 1 - £10
  • Please Put Them On, Takamine-san - Volume 1 - £11
  • Please Put Them On, Takamine-san - Volume 2 - £11
  • The Quintessential Quintuplets - Volume 1 - £9
  • The Quintessential Quintuplets - Volume 2 - £6
  • The Quintessential Quintuplets - Volume 3 - £6
  • The Quintessential Quintuplets - Volume 4 - £6
  • The Quintessential Quintuplets - Volume 5 - £6
  • The Quintessential Quintuplets - Volume 6 - £6
  • The Quintessential Quintuplets - Volume 13 - £6
  • The Quintessential Quintuplets - Volume 14 - £6
  • Today's Menu for the Emiya Family - Volume 1 - £8
  • Today's Menu for the Emiya Family - Volume 2 - £8
  • Today's Menu for the Emiya Family - Volume 3 - £8
  • The Witches of Adamas - Volume 1 - £10
Total spent in May: £295
Volumes picked up: 34
Volumes total to date: 40
Really enjoying Chainsaw Man, Gal Gohan and The Quintessential Quintuplets so far!
So nice, your collection is really coming along! May I ask where you bought Quintissential Quintuplets from? I only have volume 1 and hoping to collect the rest, £6 is a pretty great price for them.
 
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