Clearly I just wasn’t paying attention when I was looking at the list of this week’s releases, because I thought this was going to be a slow (and relatively inexpensive) Wednesday. Then David Taylor sifted through the list for the manga, and I realize that I shouldn’t have splurged on that mocha frappuccino this morning.
A new volume of Fruits Basket (Tokyopop) is always welcome, because who doesn’t need a little emotionally wrenching manga in their lives?
Shout Out Loud (Blu) has yet to traffic in the yaoi tropes that make me feel dirty and ill-used, so I’m looking forward to the second volume. (I hope this isn’t some kind of variant of Mely’s Law and that the book will now be filled with non-con and other unpleasantness.)
David shows Air Gear as the only Del Rey release, but my local comic shop seems to think we’re due for a new volume of Genshiken as well. Hooray!
I feel completely foolish for not noticing the new Castle Waiting collection (Fantagraphics) when I went through Previews months ago, but I’m going to be in a city with a really excellent comic shop next week, so I’ll keep my fingers crossed that they’ll have a copy.