And also, manga post!

Chrono Crusade (vol 6), Daisuke Moriyama
Very rushed. There are so many parts that could have greater emotional impact, if only they hadn’t all been crowded together. Daisuke Moriyama doesn’t work by surprise, he works by taking every available opportunity (+ creating opportunities) to unambiguously push across the same themes he’s been going on about since the very beginning. ( Read More... )

Earthian (vol 2, vol 3), Yun Kouga
I really liked volume two, but volume three didn’t live up to the hype. (Wait, that’s it?! Where is my stunning conclusion?!!) Detailed comments on volumes 2 and 3 behind the cut: ( Read More... )

Originally published at SD Alternative. You can comment here or there.

Last time Regeneration this time I swear.

(Can't some Veronica Mars fan or Hana Yori Dango fan or Ouran High School Host Club fan or, I don't know, someone who is in a fandom centered around the lives of ridiculously rich people take the c_o_f prompt Hey, doesn't _____'s family own a yacht? (I had to look up the spelling on yacht. I fail.))

Thing is, out of all the books I've read this month, for-class and not-for-class, Regeneration is the one most likely to appeal to the people reading this journal. (Or was it His Majesty's Dragon? It's a toss-up.) It's short, it's gay, it's full of witty repartee, it's Deep but not in an annoying way, and it flows. It's not an easy book -- protopathic? epicritically? false teeth? -- but it is an easy book to be carried along by.

Since I am going ahead with that paper about how avoidance of discussion is a major theme, not dissimilar to the greater "conspiracy of silence" surrounding the War, here are some quotes of characters not directly talking about homosexuality:

( Quick, while I have that Word document open )

Annnnd some homoerotic or suggestive parts. None of them are blatant, but when there are so many you know it isn't accidental:

( Heigh-Ho )

These quotes are actually about different things, but it is not a coincidence that they could equally well be about homosexuality:

( Once more into the breach )

And here are some quotes I like, just because:

( And again )