Squee and begging and Reload 1

[louiselux]

Squee of the day: karose made art: here, for my Kougaiji/Sanzo ficlet here

ETA: Squee of the day 2, return of the squee: daegaer, thank you so much. I got a very manly book in the post today-- Strangers: homosexual love in the nineteenth century. I particularly like the illustration called 'Merry Robin stops a Stranger in Scarlet', from the Merry Adventues of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle (1883) Sounds like a fine read.

Okay, I also forgot- I have Saiyuki Reload 1 manga and I like it very much. Yay once more for Tokyopop lying about their release dates.

And, and-- would anyone in Japan on my flist like to send me a copy of the Saiyuki Saiyuubito book? I'll pay all costs obviously.

Comments

[cygny.livejournal.com]

Merry Robin stops a Stranger in Scarlet

His wooden staff (pun non intended) sort of seems as if he's trying to compensate something, doesn't it?

I also received the book (yay!) and already read the first part and it's brilliant. I do have to concentrate more than when I read, say, Pratchett or so, but it's highly interesting. Makes me want to go out and look for this author's other books, the biographies.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Hee! You got it too - how cool:D He certainly has a very big staff.

I've only looked at the picture so far, but they're fascinating-- epecially all those people who were outlandish and pretty much outside society.

[cygny.livejournal.com]

I thought they were fascinating as well. But you'll see, the author seems to have stayed very much objective, but I've already had quite a few laughs with some of the theories people displayed when they found out he was writing a book on this subject. Can't wait to be able to discuss it further with you and daegaer

[new-kate.livejournal.com]

*kicks her local super slow manga peddler* May I ask where do you buy your manga from?

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Are you in the UK at all? Because I go to Nostalgia & Comics comic shop in Birmingham (which is an associate store of Forbidden Planet). That shop in particular is *very* reliable about ordering and having new stuff stocked. Forbidden Planet itself doesn't seem quite so on the ball.

[karose.livejournal.com]

Time to go bother the Waldens again...

And oi! That art's still in rough draft shape! *flail*

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Er... does that mean you want me to take the link down? Sorry if I did a bad thing...

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

And I wanted to squee because you doing art for my fic made me all glowy and warm!

[karose.livejournal.com]

Aww, I'm glad you liked it so much! Linking the rough version wasn't bad or anything, so no worries. There's a fixed version up there now, though-- with sweat. Wheeee.

[doire]

And, and-- would anyone in Japan on my flist like to send me a copy of the Saiyuki Saiyuubito book? I'll pay all costs obviously.

I don't know if anyone has offered yet, but if you're still looking I was planning to order from Nippon-Export Their price is only a little higher than list. Shipping is 1730Y for 1, 2500Y for 2 and 3490Y for 3, for airmail. I'm happy to send off a multiple order if others in the UK want to be part of it.

Alternatively Otaku has it for £15 and £2 shipping. I know nothing about them or how long they take to ship. I do, though, feel smug that I worked out why they have it listed as Saiyuujin.

Doire

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the offer and for those links-- that's great! I think I'll have a go at ordering it from otaku.co.uk. I'll report back on them too. I don't know anyone who's used them either.

So... forgive my ignorance, why do they list it as Saiyuujin?

[doire]

I find my self in the position of someone who post a grammar nitpick; quite likely to have got it wrong. I'm trying to learn to read kanji and I'm still at the stage where I, usually mentally, jump up and down going "I know what that means".

I'd reckon 最遊人 means the people of the great journey just as 最遊記 is the story of the great journey. 人 is hito, which can slur to bito, in the independent Japanese reading. The Chinese reading jin is more often used in compounds. If I'd tried to say 最遊人 I'd have come up with saiyujin.

But the book cover says サァユゥビト so Saiyuubito it is.