C77 – Hinayuki Usa, Kairo

A bit late to the party, but during C77 I managed to get my first doujinshi by Hinayuki Usa ( Fururi ). It’s a 120 pages B5 doujinshi, featuring 32 pages of original color illustrations and the rest is monochrome. Of course I’m more interested in the color pages rather than the monochrome. There was another doujinshi, but my overdose of Touhou of course meant I didn’t get it, but you can still check Nattoli’s review.

Un peu en retard, mais pendant le C77 j’ai réussi à avoir mon premier doujinshi de Hinayuki Usa( Fururi ). Ce doujinshi contient 120 pages B5, dont 32 en couleur. Bien sûr je suis plus intéressé par les pages en couleur. Il y avait un autre doujinshi pendant le C77, mais j’ai une overdose de Touhou donc je ne l’ai pas pris. Néanmoins, vous pouvez toujours consulter la review (en anglais ) de Nattoli

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The end of Sakinobashi

Some people might have find this blog thanks to the scanlation done on Tinkle’s series, Tsukiyo no Fromage, or Nusunde Lilith. Other might have encountered us for some doujinshi. I’m Kachou Fuugetsu, just another nick I used for this team. Sakinobashi was really just made of fan.

Just for the history, we started when I once told Ippiki Ookami “I wonder what is happening in Gothic Lolita Dagguereotype”. As it was quite, disturbing, she translated it, and then latter I wanted to take part in the workflow hence the creation of the team. However we didn’t want the burden of having people requesting us to work on some project; we wanted our own pace, thus the name Sakinobashi, Japanese for “procrastination” ( or something like that xD ).

But now Ippiki Ookami is leaving the scene, so it’s the end of our team. I know, I could search for a new translator, but as we are both founder I don’t want to use this name again without her. It’s the end of Sakinobashi, but I will remain.

Shiitake’s Eternal Wings

Next month I will finally have a home, till then, I just got my goodies from the Japan Expo. This year again, Shiitake was present and she signed my doujinshi! She is really a beautiful artist, and she was wearing a yukata.

Sadly no, I don’t have another photo of her booth. Anyway, she had 2 doujinshi which she had released in April, Hanaotome and Eternal Wings, 32 pages each. Hanaotome is themed around traditional clothing, meaning yukata. Eternal Wings features, well, wings. This time I took photo of the book, but not with my usual point and shot; I borrowed a Nikon D300S.

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Kanon Wakeshima 2nd Album – Shōjo Jikake no Libretto: Lolitawork Libretto

Kanon Wakeshima Lolitawork Libretto cardboard cover

Here is the first loot of the Japan Expo; at the Wasabi Record booth, Kanon Wakeshima’s new album collector version. It will be released tomorrow in Europe, and on the 27th for the rest of the world ( not only Japan ). Since it has yet to be officially released, I will just provide some sample and a bit of history. Anyway, it’s certainly already available in download somewhere on the intraweb.

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Strange hiatus and coming months

People should have noticed a certain lack of update since February. Well it’s a strange one.I had a peak of activity around the end of last year, and in January; did I have free time? Not at all. It was the end of the semester and I was really busy finishing projects. Now in February, it’s simple, it was a very lazy month. So what happened?

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