I went on anime news network, because I saw an article on a yahoo search for Yatterman and Sho... and just on the  news' feed home page of ANN, I found two things related to my fandoms:

Inoue Mao and  Hey!Say!Jump

I was so proud.

Check it: (from anime news network at: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-02/boku-no-hatsukoi-o-kimi-ni-sasagu-manga-gets-2009-film)

So proud. Although I did sort of laugh at the HSJ, thing! XD in a nice way (I think).

Can't wait for more of it to come out in Shojo Beat, demo the scanlations are cut off so... T_T

Demo... the parts that made me squeal *spoilers alert -- chapter 4*:

KYYYA!!!

and EEEHH????

No youre not

Also, I just "finished" (minus skipping the boring parts :P ) Jane Eyre on audio cassette. Yes, it's as romantic as the reputation gives it. then I hurried on out and got the DVD from the library of the latest verion of JE.

The girl was really ugly - and so was Rochester, but he grew on me.

DUUUDE, the similarities between Jane Eyre and Twilight. Must analyze some time. and it doesn't end with the heroes both being named "Edward" (aHA!! didn't see that one coming, did ja?).

EDIT: more!!

Guess what I see next?

OMG

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Or so says an article from Business Weekly - and reported in Anime News Network. $12 million US dollars more, that is ($212.6 million USD manga sales). They're the second largest consumers of Japanese manga - after Japan.

That's not to say the U.S. is FAR behind. We (the United States-ians) love them too - with $200 million USD worth.

Even so, I feel a bit miffed to be trounced by the darn Old Worlders (and I say that because I love you all).

I was reading Skip-Beat manga scanlations all through the night just now (and all day, pretty much, meh... go ahead! Say it! I'm not afraid of what you'll say! XP ), and seriously, there is A LACK OF FLUFF which I think needs to be addressed - okay, correction: ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF FLUFF.

Like, why hasn't he thrown her down and started making out with her the next blasted second he sees her??? WHY??? (okay, *cough* that may just be me, and my unhealthy diet of too many romance novels this month) I mean, for a guy who "can seem to barely control his emotions", he's doing JUST FINE by me. In fact he's just a little TOO FINE.

For the love of God, MAN!!! I want to see some bodice-ripping action (well, if there were bodices - and they're not - so metaphorically speaking), even a simple... harmless KISSING SCENE!!!

OH THE HUMANITY!!! OH THE FRUSTRATION!!!

PS - is it sad that I live vicariously through romance novel - and manga characters? I'm pathetic! But it's okay, so long as they freakin MAKE OUT. And SOON.

Or else I'll pop a blood vessel in my temple!! GRAGHA!!!

(Plus manga commentary at the end)

Okay, so I've finally caught up and read some of the more recent chapters of Vampire Knight (manga), and all I can say is:

EEK!!!

GASP!!

OMG!!!

*HYPERVENTILATION*

YOU BASTARD!!

my God how things get so twisted, so complicated so fast!!

Okay, if you haven't read the LATEST chapters of Vampire Knight (and I'm talking about Chapter 33), then please.
STOP. READING. RIGHT. NOW.
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okay, good, just checking!

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2 major things:

1. Kiyru drinking Kaname's blood. *gasp* Eeek! ahhh!!! OMG, shonen-ai, or what? Although I'm not into shonen-ai, my heart was like.... *bbzzzzzzrrrtbbzzrrrt* as if unsure of whether or not to respond by beating erratically, or just be passive and bleh. OMG, though. OMGOMGOMG!!! *bangs forehead on keyboard*
*erases extra letters*

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2. Kaname - "be my lover" (asking Yuuki - blackmailing her, basically, if she wants to know what happened to her, and what memories were erased, before she was six years old). IN FRONT OF ZERO!!! EVIL, EVIL!! YOU BASTARD!! Not only that, but he's just EVIL!!! He admitted to it. YOU BASTARD!! *uses Bloody Rose gun on Kaname*

*blows Kaname's brains out*

HE'S TWISTED --- EEEEVVILLL!! I HATETH HIM!!!
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So yeah, besides that, I've been catching up on my much neglected doses of Manga-reading goodness.

Skip-Beat is getting good - especially, the last two chapters or so... OMG!! Ren and Kyoto MUST be together!! Eternally! Even though Shou... well, things were getting interesting, but no, Ren! OMG, he looked so HILARIOUS, I was busting up laughing, when he's like... well, I should spoil this one. :)

Anyway, I also read Fall in Love Like a Comic - so romantic in cute, I loved it!!! Main guy (also named Ren. Huh.) was so handsome and Bishonen-y (well, hot is more like it, hehe, but still, same difference, imho) and sweet. Lots of Kissing, which I love to see (in books ore in shojou manga! teehee. Call me a romance junkie but there you go).

And also caught up on NANA (whose uh, main guy is also named... Ren. Huh. Curiouser) - so apparently , Ai Yazawa (the manga-ka) was ill and the manga had to be put on a tempo hiatus, which I didn't know about. Aww. Well, I'm glad Yazawa-san is feeling much better, and can continue on with a beloved story of mine! *insert smiley face here*

That's all the manga news for now, this is Liz-ay, talk to y'all later!
*kisses*

So, I don't know if you're like me, but I grew up reading the Baby-Sitter Club books. None of that "Sweet Valley High" stuff (which I tried later on, but whatev. It couldn't compare! Psh!). So you can imagine my delightful surprise and the nostaliga I felt when, while at another local library (the other one, as oppose to the one I frequent. And I can tell you, I frequent it a lot - I'm on a first name basis with almost all the librarians there. Yeah.), while I looked through their manga selection (I read Avalon High: Volume 1 the Coronation) when lo and behold: I saw it:

The Baby-Sitters Club: Kristy's Great Idea

Ann Martin

Kristy's Great Idea!! Book one!! The one that started them all!! I flipped through it, and waves of warm, lovely nostalgia crept over me: Claudia, Stacy, Kristy, and Marianne (before she cut her hair short and started dating Logan. *sigh*) their first phone call... omg! At first I was put off by the art, because it was so simplistic and kiddy. But after a while, I got lost in the words - right from the book! It was so amazing! I remembered it all!! It was told with humor and warmth.

So I totally recommend if you're at a bookstore or at the library, and if you ever, ever were a BSC fan, look through it!

And this just goes to show: manga (comic books) will take over the world! muhahahaha... (wait, was that an evil laugh? *cough*). I just mean that it's a new and very exciting medium of literature which I've never experienced before, before getting into manga, and I think it's great how times are changing, and a new medium (which isn't so new, really) is becoming increasingly popular.

Yay, graphic novels! (and not that kind of graphic. Ew.).

So we've had characters in fiction/anime/TV shows/movies that we've all fallen in love with (No? Okay, well then I guess I'm freaky like that! ;) ). So here's a compilation of each guy and his stats:

The (kind of fictional) Loves of my Life (part 1)

1. Mr. Darcy:
   (Pride and Prejudice)

The first, and the most famous.
Three words: "Dearest, loveliest Elizabeth!"
*swoon*

THE GOODS:
-Rich
-Tall, dark, and handsome
-Mother and father dead (no future in-laws)
-Sibilings: Sister, but quiet and kind
-Witty

THE NOT-SO GOODS:
-Too much pride
-A harpy, shrilly aunt

2. Kyo Sohma:
    (Fruits Basket)

How can you not love a guy who's the underdog (er... cat)? Who's so broken that only you can put him back together with your kindness and understanding?

THE GOODS:
-Good with Karate
-No mother (died)
-Sweet, when he doesn't have a temper
-Gentle, only around you

THE NOT-SO GOODS:
-Cannot defeat his long-time rival, Yuuki.
-Temper
-Lots of scars, but you can help heal them
-Turns into a cat when you hug him!

3. Tamaki  Suoh
    (Ouran High School Host Club)

I believe the term idiot covers Tamaki on many levels, but he's so handsome and kind - and amazingly perceptive - you forget that at times.
Until he say something stupid the next second.

THE GOODS:
-Handsome
-Wealthy (dad runs the school)
-Great dad (just like him!)
-Sweet and compassionate
-Childlike and innocent
-Freakishly perceptive - sadly, once in a while

THE NOT-SO GOODS:
-Freakishly dim-witted - sadly, most of the time
-An idiot
-Egocentric - mostly about his looks
-Evil grandma
-Mother is missing in France!

4. Sousuke Sagura
(Full Metal Panic!)

Strong and handsome Sargent of the imaginary military organization, Mithril - and all at the age of 17! Great at the military stuff - not so good with people.

THE GOODS:
-Buff
-Handsome
-Sweet
-Fair
-Will protect you to the ends of the world
-Military pro
-Funny because he's so stupid

THE NOT-SO GOODS:
-Thick, and I mean REALLY obtuse
-Not good with "real world" dynamics (thus occasionally an idiot)
-Sometimes will follow a superior's orders (even if he doesn't agree) - a "habit" he's learning to break, though
-Usually away on dangerous missions
-Mysterious and dark past

(To be continued...)