Sweet Dreams

Yes, I did end up splurging again on manga, just like I predicted. *laughs* But it was a guilt free splurge. My parents' tax refund came in, so Mom gave me and my sister fifty dollars to spend today at the mall. That meant I didn't have to dip into my savings after all. Yay!

The loot:  

Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden Vol. 6
NANA Vol. 9
Suppli Vol. 2
xxxHolic Vol. 11
Yurara Vol. 4

That was pretty much everything on my list, except for the one volume I really wanted: the last Someday's Dreamers: Spellbound. :( Oh, well, I'll get it eventually.

I am extremely proud of myself right now.

My mom had the day off today, so we decided to go see License to Wed (which is absolutely hilarious, by the way). While we were waiting for the movie to start, we went to Waldenbooks so I could buy the missing volume 5 of NANA I needed to get up-to-date. Well, it just so happened that the store was having an awesome sale where if you bought three Viz titles, you could get a fourth one free. NANA was one of the included titles, but I'm up-to-date on all of the other Viz (mostly Shojo Beat) titles I'm currently collecting, so if I wanted to take advantage of the sale, it meant I would have to buy three volumes of a new series.

I was tempted. Boy, was I ever tempted. I must have spent at least twenty or thirty minutes browsing the manga section, going, "Oh, Skip-Beat looks kinda interesting... Ooo, La Corda D'oro! I've been wanting to read that... What about Full Moon? All seven volumes are out and in stock, so if I bought all of them, plus the NANA volume, I could buy six and get two free!"...etc., etc. You get the picture. *laughs* However, in the end, I decided I really did not need to start collecting another series right now (and buying all of Full Moon would have meant breaking into my savings wallet), so I just bought the NANA volume I needed and Vol. 7 of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles.

*pats self on the back*

In somewhat related news, for the life of me, I cannot understand why Vol. 5 and 6 of NANA were shrink-wrapped and slapped with a mature content label when those two volumes are actually tamer than some of the earlier volumes. There was sex, sure, but nothing detailed. I've seen more explicit stuff in the earlier volumes and in Watase Yuu manga. The only reason I can think of to justify it is the fact that one of the characters makes references to the fact that he has sex for money. Is prostitution really considered "mature content" now? *scratches head* I can think of plenty of other things I've seen in manga that I would consider more "mature" than that, yet they didn't get the label. It's strange. Oh, well.

(And I hate, hate, hate getting that shrink-wrap off!)

EDIT: I just checked out AnimeOnDVD and found out that the second season boxset of Kaleido Star is coming out September 4! *dances around happily* YES, YES, YES, YES, YES! Finally, I'll be able to buy it! This is great! Unfortunately, the suggested retail price is a bit higher than I would like to pay ($60), but I'm sure I can probably find it cheaper at Right Stuf or Best Buy. Even sixty would be worth it, though, to be able to watch all of my favorite anime again.

*resolves to save money until then*

Rereading last night's entry, it occured to me that I don't think I've ever really posted an official list of who is in my hallowed Harem of Bishies. May have done so in my MJ once, but it certainly isn't current.

Sooo...

I present to you, Yumeko's Harem of Bishies!

• Helios (from Sailor Moon)
• Nephrite (from Sailor Moon)
• Hawkseye (from Sailor Moon)
• Tigerseye (from Sailor Moon)
• Fisheye (from Sailor Moon) - Honorary Member (He does prefer guys after all; I just keep him around for the prettiness ^_^)
• Kinomoto Touya (from Card Captor Sakura)
• Tooya (from Ayashi no Ceres)
• Sohma Shigure (from Fruits Basket)
• Sohma Hatori (from Fruits Basket)
• Sohma Ayame (from Fruits Basket)
• Sohma Kyo (from Fruits Basket
• Sohma Hatsuharu (from Fruits Basket)
• Hotohori (from Fushigi Yugi)
• Yuuki Keisuke (from Fushigi Yugi)
• Oyamada Masami (from Someday's Dreamers)
• Sasame (from Pretear)
• Allen (from Vision of Escaflowne)
• Coach Kido (from Princess Nine)
• Natsume Seishiro (from Princess Nine)
• Hanabishi Kaoru (from Ai Yori Aoshi)
• Amawa Hibiki (from I My Me! Strawberry Eggs)
• Kamina Ayato (from RahXephon)
• Kisaragi Itsuki (from RahXephon)
• Yagumo Souichi (from RahXephon)
• Fuuma Yousuke (from Wedding Peach)
• Night (from Absolute Boyfriend)
• Asou Yuya (from Super GALS)
• Kotobuki Yamato (from Super GALS)
• Yuri Killian (from Kaleido Star)
• Leon Oswald (from Kaleido Star)
• Lantis (from Magic Knight Rayearth)
• George (from Paradise Kiss)
• Katakura Kippei (from Aishiteruze Baby)
• Mr. Shirakawa (from Piano)
• Vash the Stampede (from Trigun)
• Nicholas D. Wolfwood (from Trigun)
• Tsujiai Hiroki (from Ultramaniac)
• Roy Mustang (from Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Maes Hughes (from Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Russell Tringum (from Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Arisugawa Sorata (from X)
• Aoki Seiichirô(from X)
• Kigai Yuto (from X)
• Kuzuki Kakyo (from X)
• Saiki Daisuke (from X)
• Dr. Wakaoji (from Full Moon wo Sagashite)
• Harima Kenji (from School Rumble)
• Ichinose Takumi (from NANA)
• Takagi Yasushi (from NANA)
• D'eon du Beaumont (from Le Chevalier D'eon)
• Durand (from Le Chevalier D'eon)
• William Jones(from Emma)
• Prince Hakim (from Emma)
• Chiba (from Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad)
• Minami Ryousuke (from Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad)
• Mido Seiji (from Moonphase)
• Sagara Sousuke (from Full Metal Panic)
• Kurz Weber (from Full Metal Panic)
• Raimon (from Tsubasa: Those With Wings)
• Yagami Light (from Death Note)
• Matsuda Touta (from Death Note)
• Suoh Tamaki (from Ouran High School Host Club)
• Otori Kyoya (from Ouran High School Host Club)
• Pete Pumps (from Ginban Kaleidoscope)
• Yuichi Aizawa (from Kanon)

Almost twenty guys... I'm such a slut. ^_^

Maybe that quiz that claimed I was into polyamory was right... >.<