It's all coming together...

Since I was only six pages away from finally finishing Clay v9 after I met today's quota, I decided to keep working. Not to mention I was two pages short yesterday, for reasons I'll explain in a bit. I blew through two extra pages, then opened the next one and found a lovely surprise. I had originally labeled page 166 as yellow, which is downright easy for Claymore. You see, this page is yet another one of the perpetual radial lines/tones action scenes, which I have babbled about before. 19 out of 20 of these pages are not too bad to patch. Tedious yes, but now that I have a system down, I can handle it without too much effort. Alas, page 166 is that 20th page which proves to be a challenge. Three hours later, I've upgraded it to a definite orange. I'm not finished with it yet, either. I'll complete it tomorrow (or later today, rather), when I decide if this page needs upgrading again to Pink status. X_x Way to leave a nice surprise for yourself, s2m!!! *laughs*

( still more fanfic babblings )

But it does appear that I will finish Clay v9 tomorrow. *has huge smile* When it's done, I can get rolling on the first actual volume I'm doing of Temp!!  And it appears that my fanfic will be ready for beta-ing in a few days, as well!!! It's all coming together!! Banzai!!

( ye olde manga report )

Oh, I finally upgraded my lj account. ^^ Now I can finish some new icons when I have time and upload them. Oh, and I chose these cute little fox mood icons to use. Heeheehee! I like my new journal colors, too....

Kaze Hikaru review!

I wrote this for the Shojo Beat lj comm, but I decided to post it in my own journal. Maybe I'll start a little manga review library for myself. Wheee!

Kaze Hikaru left Shojo Beat magazine last year with a killer cliffhanger. And after waiting months for the new volume to come out, it finally arrived in February! XD With much enjoyment, I reread the series from the beginning, and I thought I'd do a bit of a review here. It's written under the assumption that everyone has read vols 1-3, since they were published in the mag. But anything spoilery from volume 4 will need to be highlighted to be read!

Uber-short version: Overall, my respect for Kaze Hikaru keeps increasing. Definitely worth a read for those who want more than "Eeeek!!1! Which guy do I love?!!111!!!" types of stories.

( Click for the uber-long version! )

I am enjoying KH very much, and I am quite pleased to see the series is so long! And it's even still going in Japan. Sweet!! I certainly hope Viz continues to publish the manga. Not only because it's a welcome chance for everyone to learn about Japanese history and culture, but because I strongly suspect my Japanese isn't quite up to reading KH's period dialogue. *sheepish grin*

Okay, Viz! I'm ready for Volume 5!!!!!!