#shinji kaijo

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shinji kaijo & kenji tsuruta’s memories of emanon ||梶尾真治と鶴田謙二の『おもいでエマノン』

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FLASHBACK FRIDAY!

Kuroko’s Basketball Base Cards

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12/15/22 sasurai emanon by shinji kaijo completed

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"Eu acredito que a minha existência é uma manifestação da história. E a história deve ser uma manifestação da vida por si só."

- Omoide Emanon, Shinji Kaijo e Kenji Tsuruta.

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I love shinji kaijo’s twitter. Like the guy is in his 70′s now, and all of his posts are just pictures of flowers and rting peoples’ posts about the emanon manga. A lot of creators become very understandably jaded after many decades of being known for mostly one work, but the idea of emanon still seems to make him happy

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Wow! January flew by so fast. Where did it go? I hope everyone had a wonderful start to the new year. There are a lot of manga that I’m looking forward to reading this year & some of them are out now, but for now here’s everything I got last month.

@kodanshacomics​​ is known for releasing a lot of digital manga. Last year they started to print some of their series & I couldn’t be happier. Drifting Dragons by: Taku Kuwabara, I had a big smile on my face from start to finish. I’m so excited for the anime adaption of this series coming out this April. Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight by: Rin Mikimoto, this is a lovey shōjo manga that sadly ends at 12 vols. I was hoping for more adventures with our main characters Hinana & Ayase, but here we are **sniffs** the end.

The Poe Clan by: Moto Hagio, this hardcover edition is a masterpiece. I’m in love with it, the art style is breathtaking. I’m currently still reading it & I hope we get a vol.2 release date soon. Deep Scar by: Rossella Sergi, written by an upcoming Italian artist Sergi captures the essence of shōjo manga. I love how the art is simple & clean with no distractions in the background. Super excited for vol.2 & can I just say that I’m overjoyed that @tokyopop​ has been releasing more titles & I’m here for it!

Snow White with the Red Hair vol.5 by: Sorata Akizuki

Requiem of the Rose King vols.7~9 by: Aya Kanno

Takane & Hana vols.2~3 by:Yuki Shiwasu

Seraoh of the End vol.2 by: Takaya Kagami

Deep Scar vol.1 by: Rossella Sergi

Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight vols.9~10 by: Rin Mikimoto

Daytime Shooting Star vols.3~4 by: Mika Yamamori

Yona of the Dawn vol.22 by: Mizuho Kusanagi

Emanon vol.3 by: Shinji Kaijo

Go With the Clouds, North by Northwest vol.3 by: Aki Irie

Drifting Dragons vols.1~2 by: Taku Kuwabara

The Poe Clan vol.1 by: Moto Hagio

Find Me: Insta @luziiannne

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Kuroko no Basuke - ULTIMATE BLAZE Stage Play Full Cast Revealed

Main visual 

Teaser Visual

RAKUZAN HIGH

SEIRIN HIGH

Kensho Ono as Tetsuya Kuroko

Yūya Asato as Taiga Kagami

Tetsuya Makita as Junpei Hyuga

Jun Ishida as Shun Izuki

Ryūnosuke Kawai as Teppei Kiyoshi

Takurō Konno as Shinji Koganei

Asami Tano as Riko Aida

KAIJO HIGH

Mario Kuroba as Ryota Kise

Ryūnosuke Matsumura as Yukio Kasamatsu

Shinichi Wagō as Yoshitaka Moriyama

Takikawa Kōdai as Mitsuhiro Hayakawa

SHUTOKU HIGH

Ryō Hatakeyama as Shintaro Midorima

Takeshi James Yamada as Kazunari Takao

spi as Taisuke Ōtsubo

Uehara Ichika as Kiyoshi Miyaji

TŌŌ ACADEMY

Uehara Ichika as Kiyoshi Miyaji

Shōta Onuma as Daiki Aomine

Arisa Sugi and Airi Kido (double cast) as Satsuki Momoi

YOSEN HIGH

Taiyō Ayukawa as Atsushi Murasakibara

FUKUDA SOGO ACADEMY 

Zenitsu Hashimoto as Shōgo Haizaki

RAKUZAN HIGH

Yōjirō Itokawa as Seijūrō Akashi

Ryōsei Tanaka as Reo Mibuchi

Soramu Aoki as Kotarō Hayama

Shin Koyanagi as Eikichi Nebuya

Gaku Takamoto as Chihiro Mayuzumi

Hiroki Tanaka as Shigehiro Agiwara

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Bookshelf Briefs 8/21/19

Accomplishments of the Duke’s Daughter, Vol. 4 | By Reai and Suki Umemiya | Seven Seas – Aside from praising Iris’s innovations, this volume focuses more on the political end of things than the commerce end. Iris ends up attending the ball, and it goes better than she expected, mostly as the Queen Dowager is in her corner. In fact, honestly, things may go a little TOO well—the entire ball seems engineered to show off how the guy who dumped and exiled Iris is a hothead idiot, and Yuri seems to be doing an excellent job of manipulating the country into… running itself into the ground. But how invested should Iris be in all this, especially as she has to look out for her own nation, because there’s war on the horizon. Still an excellent political drama. – Sean Gaffney

Behind the Scenes!!, Vol. 7 | By Bisco Hatori | Viz Media – I enjoy Bisco Hatori’s humor, but her plotting is not a thing to behold. That said, as predicted, things resolved with the Ruka plotline, followed by a quick epilogue showing the film Goda made (honestly, the plot of the film sounds like a manga I’d love to see Hatori write), and then another epilogue several years later showing the two pairings (mostly) resolved and the two stars at ease with themselves and successful. There’s fun to be had here, but I can’t deny that I think this started a lot stronger than it ended, and I’m glad it did not end up as long as Ouran. I’d still recommend it to Hatori fans, though. Oh yes, and the amnesia arc proves to be as inconsequential as I suspected it would be. – Sean Gaffney

Cocoon Entwined, Vol. 1 | By Yuriko Hara | Yen Press – Hoshimiya Girls’ Academy has a unique tradition. The students have exceedingly long hair, and as the middle school third-year students are being measured for their high school uniforms, the high school third-years are finally having their hair cut, which will be used to make said uniforms. Cocoon Entwined so far is light on plot, heavy on atmosphere. We meet Yokozawa, a girl who seems to be able to sense breathing and/or heartbeats from the uniforms, and Saeki, the princely girl whom Yokozawa has feelings for. We don’t meet, except in flashback, the elusive Hoshimiya, granddaughter of the headmistress, who has locked herself in her room and for whom Saeki seemingly pines, much to Yokozawa’s dismay. I really liked this volume, even though there’s not a lot happening so far. I look forward to more, whenever it comes. – Michelle Smith

Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction, Vol. 6 | By Inio Asano | Viz Media – Thankfully, and despite Kadode assuring her friends that something happened, it’s suggested nothing did, and the teacher is leaving the city due to the ongoing chaos. Honestly, the world may not have all that long to go—even if the aliens don’t bring things to an end, can Japan really hold off America and everyone else? This still has a bit of a post-apocalyptic feel to it. Still, Futaba does end up getting lucky, so to speak, though the implication is that her politics and his desire for a non-serious relationship will make that a very short relationship. The best part of the story was Oran’s surprise birthday party, which was sweet as pie. I hope there’s more sweet moments ahead. – Sean Gaffney

Emanon, Vol. 1: Memories of Emanon | By Shinji Kaijo and Kenji Tsuruta | Dark Horse – I initially picked up Emanon due to Tsuruta’s involvement since I’ve been enjoying Wandering Island; I only later realized that Kaijo is an award-winning author. The Emanon manga is an adaptation of a series of stories written by Kaijo (also illustrated by Tsuruta) featuring a young woman who calls herself Emanon. Kaijo’s somewhat melancholic but engaging narratives lend themselves well to Tsuruta’s atmospheric artwork. There’s very little action in the first volume of the manga. For the most part, Tsuruta is capturing a reminiscence of a conversation between two people, a young man who enjoys speculative fiction and Emanon. She intrigues him, not only because of the air of mystery surrounding her but because she tells him that she holds memories reaching back to the beginning of life on Earth. Memories of Emanon, adapting Kaijo’s original story, is self-contained, but I’m greatly looking forward to the continuation of the series. – Ash Brown

Idol Dreams, Vol. 6 | By Arina Tanemura | VIZ Media – It’s been almost two years since I read a volume of Idol Dreams. I’d stop short of saying it has gotten good in the intervening time—there’s a lot of melodrama here, from the death of Hibiki’s little sister and him carrying on despite his grief (leading to the spectacularly cheesy line, “Sayaka, can you hear Hibiki singing?”) to the plotline revolving around Hanami’s pregnancy and the fact that it isn’t Tokita’s—but it’s certainly somewhat better, and I think that’s because this volume puts much more emphasis on Deguchi as an adult interacting with adults rather than her masquerading as a teen interacting with teens. It was even a little gratifying to see this mousey character haul off and smack Hanami for leaving Tokita at the altar. Do I care enough to keep reading? Maybe, especially if the next volume is the final one. – Michelle Smith

Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Vol. 37 | By Shinobu Ohtaka | VIZ Media – And so, Magi comes to an end. There were some things I really liked about it, like how Ohtaka-sensei showed how Alibaba’s unfailing determination to fight the spell reminded various brainwashed people of other heroes they had known who had sacrificed everything for goals and countries that would no longer exist if everyone and everything returned to rukh. I liked how Kogyoku was desperately trying to get him to surrender to her before the arrival of the massive army in an attempt to save his life. The rest, though, is not completely clear. I get most of what Sinbad did, but I don’t really get how Aladdin emerged victorious. There was a big flash of light and then… happy epilogue? Which I guess is fine. The happy epilogue was what I really wanted, anyway. Overall, I enjoyed this series and its themes of self-determination. – Michelle Smith

My Hero Academia, Vol. 20 | By Kohei Horikoshi | Viz Media – This is an excellent volume, but it’s definitely a “wrap up one plot and start another” sort of book. Midoriya stops the “villains” and we see the small series of tragedies behind their backstory. He makes it back for the festival—just—and it’s a blast, with Jiro at her best (the redrawn art helps) and Eri dazzled. Then we see the new hero rankings post-All Might, and Endeavor is finally top of the charts, but being #1 also means that people are after you as well, and there’s a pretty nasty fight towards the end. Will Endeavor win the day? And will Todoroki care? Great volume, but I think it’s all about Jiro and Eri’s big grins in the end. Those are wonderful smiles. – Sean Gaffney

Shortcake Cake, Vol. 5 | By suu Morishita | VIZ Media – Ten has realized she likes Riku after all and returns early after summer vacation because he’s alone in the boardinghouse. Meanwhile, Chiaki is getting bolder about expressing his feelings. The great part is that not only does he get this pertain to Ten—including a smooch at the end and a “What can I do so that you consider me?”—but to Riku, as well. Chiaki’s oddball personality is starting to come through, and the best chapter here is a cute interlude where he lies about the origins of a cup Riku broke so that they can go out shopping for a replacement together. It involves Riku winning an enormous bag of potato chips for Chiaki from a crane game. I’m not super invested in the romance angle of this story, but I do like the main trio of characters! – Michelle Smith

Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization, Vol. 4 | By Tomo Hirokawa, based on the story by Reki Kawahara | Yen Press – There’s an attempt to ramp up the danger here, given that we’re dealing with the death of NPCs, who technically aren’t real people (though honestly, most of SAO has been built around proving that false lately) and the fact that this time you really can log out and go back to your life. But the threat of the game being hacked, as well as users using drugs to “enhance” their experience, means that this time the Japanese government may finally shut down all these VR games for good—something that Kirito and Asuna in particular are determined to stop. Can they help save Premiere from her fate? And what about Anti-Premiere? – Sean Gaffney

Takane & Hana, Vol. 10 | By Yuki Shiwasu | Viz Media – As expected, Okamon is shot down (very nicely) by Hana. Of course, Takane misunderstands. Indeed, the entire volume is about misunderstandings and poor communication, which is always a good fallback in romantic comedies like this one. We also get the backstory on how Takane met Nicola, and how, like Hana, he was at first completely annoyed by him till he saw his hidden nice side. There are not quite as many amusing faces as previous volumes (though the omake helps make up a lot of the difference). But in return we do get a bit more on the romance front, as a drunken Takane (they had a birthday party for him) ends up kissing Hana… on the nose. That said, the effect is devastating. Fun times. – Sean Gaffney

Yuri Life | By Kurukuruhime | Yen Press – We’ve seen quite a few yuri anthologies about adults lately and this one is a 4-koma one-shot, with each chapter focusing on a different couple, until we come around to the first one at the end. There are couples I found interesting. (One involves the Grim Reaper waiting for a woman to die, falling in love with her, and then having her romance be what enables the woman to keep living… so they have to part.) I will say they are “mostly” adult romances… one is teacher-student, with the student being sixteen, and it didn’t work for me. Nor did the one about the “yandere.” Still, there were more hits than misses, and if you’re looking for cute, sweet yuri that won’t stick in the head, this is decent enough. – Sean Gaffney

By: Ash Brown

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Bleach E121-125 Notes

Gentei Kaijo kinda felt like an asspull. And why did we have to hear each of them say the same damn thing?

Grimmjow's voice actor is having a fucking blast.

Ichigo's angst over not protecting people is really annoying.

Man, fuck Tosen. Nothing but a self-righteous hypocrite looking for a way to satisfy his own bloodlust.

Oh look, it actually hurts to lose an arm. What a nice change of pace from Naruto.

Nevermind, apparently he's just fine now.

Aren't the Espada or whatever supposed to be stronger than the captains?

Oh, Snakeface is back.

Orihime's voice is ridiculous.

I really haven't liked Rukia this arc. She's just seemed really emotionally insensitive and aggressive. Though, I don't dislike her yet either.

I do hate Keigo's sister though.

Doesn't seem like Ikkaku likes her either.

I very much prefer Rangiku when she's in combat than in literally any other situation.

I'd like to hope that Chad is gonna get more powerful because I really do like him but I already know Kubo is probably gonna forget about him.

Another point this series has on Naruto, the fashion isn't shit. In fact, it's pretty nice.

If your just gonna use them, why would you tell them? Like, just let them think you've joined them, use them to teach you and then screw them over so hard that they won't be able to go after you once you've ditched them.

Please tell me the Vizoreds are about to crush Ichigo.

As much as I dislike Shinji, his voice actor is doing a really good job of making him menacing.

Holy fuck, good animation and choreography! How shocking!

God, I hope Ichigo eventually learns that he can't solve every problem by attacking it.

Some of these Vizoreds are dressed like idiots.

Kensei's voice seems way too old for his design.

I didn't really like Hiyori and the Vizoreds kinda feel like a bunch of posturing fools, but damn she's being one hell of a badass right now.

Hiyori's voice when she's masked is fucking hilarious.

The hollow effect in Ichigo's eyes remind me of the Curse Mark from Naruto.

I think it's bullshit how half of Ichigo's mask is so much stronger than the entirety of all the other Vizored's masks.

What the hell is up with Hiyori's teeth?

Lisa's gay as hell.

Hichigo is annoying.

So instead of actually seeing Ichigo train with the Vizoreds, we get some bullshit with Byakuya who literally has no reason to be there and we see Ichigo fucking fight himself.

Kensei's voice is ridiculous.

Who the hell is this Kariya guy?

Didn't we already go through this exact training regimen already?

Hichigo, shut the fuck up. Ichigo does not win through logic and he never will, unfortunately.

Ugh, now we have to deal with Zaraki too.

This bullshit about not needing a reason to fight and endless battle is just dumb. It's just here to take attention away from Ichigo's lack of personality.

How the hell is a king an equal being with a horse? Like... they're not? One is a person, the other is a horse. There's a very large difference in ability there.

Does Shinji just not have any lips?

Ayy, Momo's back.

Well, that was exhausting. I'm gonna go watch HxH and read JoJo now.

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shinji kaijo & kenji tsuruta’s memories of emanon || 梶尾真治と鶴田謙二の『おもいでエマノン』

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Shin Godzilla (2016)

This Japanese sci-fi kaijo (monster) “Gojira” movie was directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi. Starring ensemble cast. The film flaunts spectacular viewing of Godzilla coming ashore to wreak havoc on Tokyo and beyond. Moderate script with fast moving story. Go and enjoy it...!

B- (70%)

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shinji kaijo & kenji tsuruta’s memories of emanon || 梶尾真治と鶴田謙二の『おもいでエマノン』

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shinji kaijo & kenji tsuruta’s wandering emanon || 梶尾真治と鶴田謙二の『さすらいエマノン』

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shinji kaijo & kenji tsuruta’s wandering emanon || 梶尾真治と鶴田謙二の『さすらいエマノン』

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shinji kaijo & kenji tsuruta’s memories of emanon || 梶尾真治と鶴田謙二の『おもいでエマノン』