Manga: Dawn of the Arcana/Reimei no Arcana

Hello Again, everybody!
I wish you’re fine, now that I’m sure everyone has come back to classes again, so we have to wait until Easter or Spring break, and then until summer vacations, yeah!

Anyway, today I’m going to present you another manga, Reimei no Arcana, which have the description below. And I’m going to say thanks to Anonymous(I don’t think that any of them would be reading my blog, and I hope none of the world governmental organization would read this)because of what they did by hacking the FBI webpage and some business official webpages too; though I know this might have some economic impact in short or long term, but I’m still thankful because the FBI closed our beloved webpage MegaUpload(including the other MegaPages, in Mexico we called it MegaTodo, xD), and if you know someone who works for this organization say thanks from my part(I’m nicknamed Hanabi No Shoujo or Hada389). The past weekend I wanted to go to the city center walking through Monterrey Streets with a poster saying’ “Anonymous, Thank You, Muchas Gracias” XD. I’m really crazy, also if you know any of them say also thanks from part of the club El Divino Culto de la Sagrada NUEZ (The Divine Worship of the Sacred NUT) from which most of its members (Shushus, Onya, and Nattos) agreed with me on doing that but none of us could do so.

This past weeks I’ve been living without computer, and I discovered that I’m more addicted to mangas than I thought, I just recently discovered it is for me like a drug, TT_TT this is sad. And if I managed to survive without reading mangas in computer is because a friend of mine lent me some mangas like Pandora Hearts, and my mother finally allowed me to buy a Shounen Jump Magazine(which I didn’t wanted to read until I knew I needed to do so, but on Monday I finished reading the magazine :S). Yesterday I read a whole manga volume number 5 of Pandora Hearts in the bus on my way home (Peripheral route 206).
However, leaving that aside, let’s begin with Reimei no Arcana.

DAWN OF THE ARCANA Manga
Original name: 黎明のアルカナ (Reimei no Arcana)

Pronunciation: reimei no arukana
Story created by Toma Rei
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Harem, Historical, Romance, Shoujo
Released in 2009
Magazine: Cheese!
Publishing company: Shogakukan

Summary:

(From Baka-Updates) Sharing a single island, the countries of Senan and Belquat have been enemies forever. At times their bouts of war are briefly stilled by a royal marriage between princes and princesses of each land. But such unions usually end in blood and the battles begin anew. Our story takes place during the most recent time of potential peace with a marriage between Prince Caesar of Belquat and Princess Nakaba of Senan. The two are nothing alike and Caesar's possessive ways seem likely to damn the relationship. But Nakaba is no delicate flower and the people of Belquat may have bitten off more than they can chew.

 

(From manga scans pages) "On that day, I became the enemy's possession," Nakaba thought as she stood there, knowing her destiny was to be married for convenience to keep the peace between her country Senan and Prince Caesar's country, Belquat.

Between the two countries there has been a constant war for 200 years and Nakaba has become a sacrificial goat for her country despite the discrimination to her red hair and to the 'sub-person' (half-human, half-animal) Loki, who is her only friend and attendant at Caesar's estranged palace.
But what will Nakaba do when she foresees an event pertaining to Prince Caesar's demise? Will she save him? Or let him die in return to all the hate directed towards her by the people of Belquat?

By today, January 25, 2012 it is still ongoing and has released 9 or 10 manga volumes.

This Manga have a beautiful story that caught you since you start reading until you finish the last released chapter that you will want to read more chapters and maybe wouldn’t be able to sleep well because of thinking what would happen next inside the story (at least that happened to me). And is interesting how its character evolution in personality as the story passes, and also how the story environment change a lot when war was going to begin. I don’t want to say much, because then I think I’ll be spoiling the story.

Thanks for reading, have a nice week and weekend. GBU, goos luck!

PS: the summaries were taken from MangaFox, MangaHere and from Baka-Updates (BU staff. "Reimei no Arcana ". Baka-Updates Manga. Baka-Updates, 2002-2012. Web. 20 Jan. 2012. <http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=40067>.) I don’t own any of the pictures or other media information in this entry; all the rights go to their respective owners. Sorry for any grammar or spelling mistake, I’m still learning English.
Eat Healthy, consume more fruits and vegetables, and buy pockys (they are delicious).
This has nothing to do with mangas, but I think it is interesting, so I’m posting ‘bout it: In some country of Latin America, someone was found dead in their house. According to the autopsy, the person died on Christmas and nobody notices the absence of the person until someone missed that person which was on January 13. I think this is really sad, to die alone and not having anyone to remember you, also someone commented “FOREVER ALONE: being one, how far can it get?” (Something like that, but obviously in Spanish). 

telling something.....

Hello everybody!

How are you,

As ever I wish you’re doing well, and wishing you are not sick (because that’s really tiring).

Anyway the past weeks, as you may know I didn’t have computer, I still haven’t one. It is still in the US u_u .

But as I didn’t had a computer, I’m sure I told you I was getting insane, really, really insane! However I had a lot of time to think, reflexing, meditate, read books, etc. And I also noticed that I’m more manga-otaku, addicted to Japanese comics, than I thought -_- .

Another thing I want to comment is that as I have many computer I’ve been using as I don’t own one right now, my pictures are all scattered in many computers(my brother’s, the school’s, and my dad’s). Another thing that I want to say is that I think I told you once or twice that this blog originally was a blog that my third semester English teacher told us to do, and it was graded(one of my partial projects was the one of the Shounen Jump)(The blog wasn’t supposed to be of Asian Comics, but everyone was free to choose the subject of their blog, at least if it wasn’t something really common in Mexican Culture).So I’m posting here some pictures of the final major assignment in 3rd semester that some classmates made.(mine and Karla’s was one that represented the suffering of those who study the IB xD ).

I can´t post any manga, manhua, or manhwa information or recommendation here as I don’t have any pictures here, but I’ve been planning on posting something of Love In the Mask, Love Allergen, ½ Prince and Reimei no Arcana(from which I think I have some pictures here :S). Asian comics which are still ongoing, and have less than 60 chapters(except for Love in the Mask, which has already ended and have more than 200 chapters or at least 40 pages each).

If I posted is because I wanted to do something else different from homework T_T and because I’d finally managed to use the computed without my parent’s supervision :D .

 
Thanks for reading, thanks for visiting, I know I’ve been receiving at least 300 visits per day , more or less(a friend told me). So thanks. Have a nice week, good luck, and GBU a lot!



PS: I finally bought my first Lolita dress :3 ,it is sailor Lolita. El tiempo libre es una ilusión! ~_~ Also I finally got to bought a Shounen Jump Magazine without having to hide it from my family and withour recieving any punishment or reprimand.


Hey people, i decided to edit this entry because I wanted to know what do you think 'bout SOPA and PIPA, also to know what do you think 'bout what's Anonymous doing. Thanks.
Decicí reeditar el post por que quería saber que es lo que vos piensas de PIPA y SOPA, además para saber que es lo que piensas sobre lo que Anonymous ha estado haciendo.

In my personal belief and view I support Anonymous(thought the government may be reading this). En Mi creencia personal y punto de vista, apoyo Anonymous(aunque el gobierno pueda leer esto).
En mi

Manga: Iris Zero

Hello everyone,
Sorry for not posting on the past two weeks (I think it was two weeks), but my stupid mac doesn’t work anymore and I’ve been living without internet or computer for long time T-T. I've just been living by reading novels and sending text messages with the cellphone, without mangas, manhwas or Facebook games. For me it was maddening because there were lots of social protests and other social issues here in Nuevo León México, and i didn’t have mean of communication except cellphone! Yesterday I said “I’m getting insane” while laughing in front of the bathroom mirror, I was really driving insane!!!!!
Anyway..., leaving that aside...

From today onwards I’m going to post the summary and recommendation of Asian Comics in another way, ‘cuz I’m finally in vacations and the blog doesn’t matter for my school grade anymore, yeah!!!!! So the English teacher won’t check it anymore and I can also make entries in Spanish. If you want to read the comic just click the name of the manga. Here it is:

       IRIS ZERO Manga
Original name: アイリスZERO(アイリス・ゼロ)
Pronunciation: airisu zero
Story created by Shiki Piro and drawn by Takana Hotaru
Genres: Mystery, Psychological, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Seinen, Supernatural
Released in 2009
Magazine: Comic Alive
Publishing company: Media Factory


Summary: In a world where every boy and girl has a special power called Iris, Toru who, as a result of not having any kind of special power, was bullied from a young age, lives by his motto: "low exposure”, “to live without standing out." But his peaceful school life changes when he receives a certain "Confession" from the schools most popular girl, Koyuki. His motto begins to shake!!
The school fantasy story that shakes the heart begins with their meeting.


By today, 15/December/2011 it is still ongoing and have released 5 manga volumes.


      Well, as you’d read, this manga is about people with powers called Iris(it is futurist, and according to the story kids were born with iris since 21 years ago, but when it started the chance of having Iris was .1%), and this comic genre is classified in fantasy, mystery and supernatural, most of the people would think it could be something really extraordinary, but no, it is just based in a normal high school, and it is completely about high school(teachers, students, grades, school groups, etc.). Thou it is based and all the stories are developed in or are about high school issues, it is really interesting because sometimes reading comics from amazing things or people doesn’t let you appreciate what is around you in your normal life, sometimes you could wish to have an amazing life or something really extraordinary in your life too. But, by reading this manga, you can change your way of thinking and perception about the world as it is about high students life (I’m think most of the people that read this blog is still student).
The main character, Toru, does also have an interesting way of thinking, which is another factor that can make you like this manga. His motto of “low exposure” have maintained him keeping him out of meeting people or befriend them, but as Koyuki started talking to him, a lot of problem arises and he met other people with whom he became good friend later.
Sorry if i'm being redundant.
      I liked this manga because this semester was really crazy, and in International Baccalaureate, the classes weren’t boring as they were in Bicultural, also there were lots of problems another issues with my classmates as they weren’t before, Iris Zero made me think more about it, and about life as it is right now. I really liked this manga. I’m really grateful that a friend recommended me this manga. So I also recommend you to read it, and I’m sure that you will also like this Japanese Comic.
Thanks for reading,
GBU,
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Have a nice weekend!



PS: I don't know who wrote that summary but I found it in different manga webpages.

More Japanese Terminology (found on FB)

Hello everyone,

How are you?

I'm sure you are somehow happy because it’s already December. 

That means that Christmas is coming! yeah!!!!(obviously if you're going to attend to parties, or you are going to travel, or receive gifts)

          Anyway, leaving that aside. Yesterday I found in a Facebook group called OCGM,NL(Otakus, Cosplayers y Gamers de Monterrey, Nuevo León/Otakus, Cosplayers, and Gamers of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon) an interesting picture explaining more terms people who doesn't know about Japanese culture critic or misjudge sometimes(at least here in Mexico). the picture is in Spanish, but I'm going to explain in English what it says below.

Ok, here I go...

"This is not just comic, is 'Manga' Ò_Ó

This is not a cartoon, is 'Anime' Ò_Ó

This is not a costume, is 'Cosplay' Ò_Ó

This is not fetishism, is 'Moe' Ò_Ó

This is not lesbianism, is 'Yuri' Ò_Ó

This is not perverted, is 'Hentai' Ò_Ó

This is not erotic, is 'Ecchi' Ò_Ó

This is not pedophile, is 'Lolicon' Ò_Ó

This is not incest, is 'Kinshinsoukan' Ò_Ó

This is not gay, is 'Yaoi' Ò_Ó

This is not bloody, is 'Gore' Ò_Ó

This is not a bipolar girl, is 'Tsundere' Ò_Ó

This is not robot, is 'Mecha' Ò_Ó

This is not drawing, is 'Doujinshi' Ò_Ó

This is not schizophrenic girl, is 'Yandere' Ò_Ó

This is not sexual aberration, is 'Eroguro' Ò_Ó

This is not a sexual videogame, is 'Eroge' Ò_Ó

This is not Chinese, is 'Japanese' Ò_Ó

And the most important: I'm not a freak; I'm an 'Otaku'.

If you're proud of being an otaku click 'Like'. "

         Well, as you had seen, the term bloody and gore in English is really related, if not, the same. The only diffenrence would be the pronunciation. But in Spanish those are really different things, so it was written like that, XD

         Another thing,  the terms tsundere and yandere, which are very common in mangas, i didn't explained them in my first post. as it is mentioned at the picture, Tsundere is a term for mention a bipolar girl, and Yandere is used for call 'schizophrenic girl'. Tsundere is just used in that way, but Yandere is more refered to milti-facetious girls instead of schizophrenic girls.
        The term Moe is used to refer to girl, to 'the ideal type of girl', kawaii girls. It is usually used on cute and a little bit weak, clumsy girls; with a hot body, and a nice voice.(At least this is my perception.) That's why it is somehow a fetichism.(check this to know more about this word).
         Kinshisoukan is another common terms, specielly for those who like ecchi and hentai, but as I don't like incest I usually don't use it. :P
         Lolicon is used as we use the term Lolita Complex in the western world, to refer to ecchi/hentai of young girls and pedophile of those who like those genres.

         The rest os the terms that can be read upward, had been explicated in my first post of all, so if you have any question you can read it clicking here or you may ask leaving a comment.

Thanks for reading, Arigatougozaimashita!

GBU, have a nice week.

Sayounara Minna!

PS: right now in this computer I'm not able to write in Japanese. -_-

How did I got to know Asian comics...

Hello bloggers!

And everyone, how are you?,

as every single time before I wish you are well and healthy, XD

right now I'm somehow happy because yesterday was the last day of classes, but that doesn't mean that is my last day of the semester, which is really sad T_T

I do also watch anime when I should be doing something else

Anyway! Today I'm not really going to introduce another Asian comic, because all the pictures and information I've been collecting is on the stupid mac, right now I'm using my brother's and father's computer ¬,¬

and on Saturday I was checking how many words my computer could write in one minute, and oh! surprise! it wrote approximately from 5 to 8 words per minute, I checked that while trying to leave a message in Facebook at a FB group wall(to do so, it took me 26 minutes :S).

I need to change my computer, and the guarantee is from the US, but it could also be possible to change it here in Mexico as a Best Buy was opened on the past weekend :D

      In this post I'm going to still talk about Asian comics, but not like in the past in which I make a recommendation, xD

instead today I'll talk about myself and how I got fascinated by Asian comics, obviously of how much I like them and how did i got to know they existed :P.

      First of all(before talk about myself), the way most of the people in the Western world get to know the Asian comics is by Anime and Manga(Japanese cartoons and comics). Japanese culture is really advertised by American and European TV channels. Here in Latin America the Japanese stuff come from the US(and maybe from Canada), if in the US something results being popular, it does come to Mexico or Colombia(countries in which TV stations make the translations/dubbed) and then to the rest of Latin America. (I don't know the situation in Europe.)

Shugo Kyara!(guardian character). Amu and Ikuto

      Obviously that's the way I got to know Asian comics. In my life, when I was younger(12 years), I usually spent time in the internet chatting on MSN or watching videos on YouTube. Once I was watching a video of Winx Club there(I was a huge fan on winx), and in the video it have scenes of Sailor Moon, Tokyo Mew Mew(Mew Mew Power), Mermaid Melody(PichiPichiPitch), Winx Club, and Shugo Chara! *o*

I had already known of all those animes and I didn't care for anything except Winx Club, but Shugo Chara! caught my attention and I started to search for more videos of shugo chara on YouTube and tried to watch the anime. When I found the first episode subtitled, I watched it, and I loved it. From there I started to watch anime, knowing it was Japanese Cartoon and not a "Chinese cartoon" as everybody would call it in Mexico(here anybody or anything that have Asiatic features or characteristics is called "Chinese"). :B

Death Note manga

      A year passed until I started to watch another anime, which is really popular, but I actually think it sucks, NARUTO. I started to watch it on summer when I was 13 when my brother was watching TV, I was passing by and found it interesting. Some months passed until I started to watch more anime, it was when I was finishing my first year of middle or secondary school and I discovered I had a cousin which was otaku, but with whom I never talked with. She introduced me to this world by recommending me more animes to watch: CLANNAD, Rosario+Vampire, Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles(which two years later she told me to never read :/ ), and many others.

As time passed I watched those animes she recommended me, and obviously I started to watch more by my own way. I got somehow caught and becoming more interested in those, as Japanese anime stories weren't as repetitive as Mexican stories, not even in love, and those didn't always have a happy ending(some were more realist). ^_^

      I didn't started to read manga until the next year, in which by May(I think so), I was watching NARUTO Shippuden, and I found most of the anime was a filler, so I started for search for the original story in the manga, and that's how I just started to read to know more about NARUTO, and also because the manga had more episodes than the anime.

The Sexy Simpleton Manhwa

Sometime later I found some manga webpages(which some are listed at the very bottom of this blog) and started to read some mangas of the animes I watched first, as Rosario+Vampire(I usually call it by its original name, Rosario to Banpaia). From there I started to read more and more mangas, until it came the moment in which I didn't like to watch animes anymore, in the same way I preferred to read many books instead of watching movies or TV. :D

It was when I was 15 I found the existence of Korean comics, in which I did also got fascinated, the first story I read was Love in the Mask, it was in the HOT section of most manga webpages and the picture and summary make it looks interesting. As in manga, I started to read manhwas in that way until I discovered more and more. Some mangas and manhwas were recommended to me by school friends whom I didn't knew they liked to read Asian comics, and watch anime. :X

      The first time I read a manhua was briefly described in Knight Princess post, because it was the first time I read a manhua because I thought it was from a Japanese mangaka whose stories I liked, and I discovered it was really Chinese until I read the name of the author. This happened when I was in second semester of High School.

      Right now, I'd read many stories, still reading some ongoing series, and have in waiting list many others. All this began four years ago, and I wonder why I feel like it happens way much time. I started with Shugo Chara! when it was October in my first Middle School year, now I'm almost 17 and finishing my 3rd High School semester. :)

3:00 am Danger Zone Manga

      But anyway, that's how life is. I wish you had liked to read my story. Maybe other time I'll publish some social conflicts most of the fanatics to Asian culture face with society, the most problematic is Parents and Friends(in which you discover who really is and who really is not your friend, and who does easily accept it, and who not).

Thanks for reading. have a nice weekend, I wish you had liked the post, GBU, goodbye.

(Sorry if something that's written in the post doesn't make sense in English, I'm still learning, xD).

PS: People, don't stop eating or making your chores for reading. It is not good for your health. I'm saying this because I'd done this while reading some really interesting mangas and manhwas. .-.