Hooray for Holic

When I got home today after a long day, 14 hours to be precise, I was greeted by the sight of some presents left by "Santa". Three shiny new manga (well two were mate finish, details details :-) on my desk. Thanks Santa!

Much to my delight, xxxHOLiC vol 8 topped the stack. Clamp has always been one of my favorite artist teams. I'm still trying to track down original copies of Clover. Other than Clover, Clamp School Detectives, and Man of Many Faces, I think I Have all their works. In this latest installment Kimihiro continues to work off his debt to Yuko. She tops the list right above Haruka from Love Hina as one of the worst slave drivers of all time. One of the highlights of this series are the beautiful and ever changing outfits that Yuko has a seemingly endless supply of. Clamp really goes all out on costume design and it shows.

After I regained my composure and gave my sweetheart a big kiss of thanks, I flipped through the stack to find Yubisaki Milk Tea vol 3. A cute little love triangle story full of all the angst of youth. (begin rant)I'm not sure the series deserves the 18+ rating and that very very annoying parental advisory right over the front of the cover. For goodness sake, put it on a sticker so it can be removed after sale. Ya might as well have Laughing Man logos right over their faces. It really takes away from the cover. (end rant:-)

And last but certainly not least was the 3rd volume of TenshiJa Nai!! "I'm No Angel! Hikaru has had to put up with a lot after meeting Izumi. At first she despised her role in trying to keep up the elaborate farce created by Izumi. But as she came to learn the reasons behind Izumi's actions, Hikaru has started helping out of her own free will. Will Izumi pay off her... sorry HIS debt or will his freaky fan boys find him out. Not if Hikaru and Yasukuni have anything to do with it.