And yeah, those volumes of Full House were a real deal from the Right Stuf. It’s only a couple dollars more than buying the chapters on Netcomics, and that’s the cheapest I’ve ever got manga. Of course, that’s only to rent, but still.

I didn’t notice the lack of honorifics in DMC, but I frequently gloss over them anyway. I probably shouldn’t, since they offer a clue as to the relationship between characters, and in the case of DMC, there is probably an amusing switch between the ultra-polite Negishi and the less-so Krauser.

Oh, I did pick up the Clover omnibus, but set it on the shelf and forgot to read it, you’ve just reminded me. It is absolutely gorgeous, one of the best manga presentations I’ve ever seen. One of the only ones that tops it is probably the original Clover, which had really nice vellum jackets with lyric translations and different inks printed on what looked like green parchment. So cool! But I like having it all in one volume. I remember not liking Clover that much when I read it years ago, but I’m very eager to re-read it now to see how my opinions have changed. I ought to try that this week.

It’s on a quarterly schedule, which is kind of a shame because I would buy and read all of them at once without thinking, but kind of good since I don’t think the volumes come out in Japan all that frequently, and I’d hate to catch up too soon.

The Jack storyline totally got to me. What Negishi does with the ‘guitar’ at the end was just too hilarious.

I’m really hoping the second volume comes out soon.