morning after shenaniganery

[glass_icarus]

-- so yesterday was rather full of win; I did bo ssam (OH DELICIOUS FOODGASM) with the usual suspects +4, followed by a liiiittle bit of Max Brenner and Pinkberry and lazing about in Central Park (foodies ftw, fuck yes &hearts) and then I spent a lovely three hours in the Columbus Circle Borders reading:

1. N.K. Jemisin's The Broken Kingdoms, which I promptly bought because HOLY SHIT SO FULL OF WIN I CANNOT EVEN!!!! ASD:LFKSJDGL:KHSDFJLS:LDK *\o/* *\o/*

2. the first volume of a delicious new manga discovery, The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service/黒鷺死体宅配便! Which is about five Buddhist students who start a business settling accounts for the dead, and it is HOMG SO SO AMAZING but uh, possibly not for the faint of heart/weak of stomach. Which, okay, usually includes me, but apparently not in manga format? 0.o ANYWAY. If you like horror (*eyes inkstone & sarashina*) there's a good chance you will enjoy it! Of course the caveat is that I've only finished the first volume, but I totally plan on returning to binge the other 14 or so that I saw, so if you would like to wait for a more complete verdict, I will get there... eventually? *g*

3. Nabari no Ou, volume 1! &hearts I didn't get to finish watching the anime, so I was delighted to see it on the shelf & reacquaint myself with the beginning of things. Miharu: STILL MY FAVORITE. So delightfully deadpan! I love his indifferent little faaaaace, zomg, the sneaky manipulative little bastard. :3

AND THEN. I WENT TO THIS. AND IT WAS GLORIOUS HILARIOUS PORNY FUN, THE END. &hearts Hello to all the awesome people I saw/met there, I am sorry I had to run out so early, I hope y'all managed to properly traumatize the frat-boy-looking crowd by the end of the night! >:D

Comments

[bookshop]

BUYING BROKEN KINGDOMS TODAY HOLY CRAP <333333

[glass_icarus]

A:LKDSJF:SLDGH \o/

[themadpoker]

EEEE, is The Broken Kingdoms out already? HEADING TO THE BOOKSTORE WITH ALL HASTE.

Also Nabari no Ou. ♥ It kicked off my renewed interest in anime this year, I loved all the characters. Miharu and his face are the best.

[glass_icarus]

:D :D :D!

Oh Miharu. I so adore sly manipulators masked by tiny-"helpless"-adorable. &hearts

[lady_ganesh]

Everyone tells me about Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, I really must read!

[glass_icarus]

The first volume felt REALLY PROMISING to me! :D

[fulselden]

Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service is made of win! Though, uh, I too have only read the first volume so far. But the sockpuppet guy! And that Dendara fields story...

[glass_icarus]

THE DENDARA FIELDS STORY OMG. &hearts I so need to read more. :>

[yeloson]

If you like The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, you should also check out Mail by the same author. Mail is about a detective who hunts down urban-myth style ghosts.

It's the creepiest manga I have EVER read and I feel, pacing wise, blows Kurosagi out the water.

Chris

[glass_icarus]

OOH, will definitely go hunting for that, thanks! *___*

[inkstone]

I keep meaning to check out Kurosagi because it's been recced to me before. I'll put it on the list. ;P

[glass_icarus]

Hee! No pressure, obvs, I just read it and went... I KNOW WHO MIGHT LIKE THIS. xD

[starlady]

OMG Broken Kingdoms is OUT!? …Why is it pouring rain today, why?

Also, I thought Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service was kind of…boring. I guess I don't get the appeal? I've liked some of Ôtsuka's other manga a lot, though.

[glass_icarus]

YESSSSSSSSSS OMG. I FEEL THE INTERNET HAS FALLEN DOWN ON NEWS OF ITS ARRIVAL IN BOOKSTORES. ;;

Hmm, I liked the first volume, but I'll see how I feel about the others when I get the chance to pick them up! (Admittedly, I'm not particularly picky about things like pacing when there are pretty visuals to ogle. >.>)

[starlady]

My local bookstore is enforcing the lay-down date! WHAT IS THIS.

Pacing is important for me, particularly since I read the first couple volumes in Japanese several years ago, when my comprehension was lesser and thus my ease of boredom greater. ^^

[vi]

Bo ssam sounds COMPLETELY AWESOME. And I keep hearing about Momofuku and looking at the menus it just sounds awesome! Though expensive?!

(Um, this item of news really stood out to me, clearly, though the other items were cool too!)

[glass_icarus]

Hahaha, no worries! (FOOD IS LIFE, RIGHT??) It was REALLY DAMN AWESOME :3 Divided by 9 people, the price was pretty reasonable by NYC standards, at least? I've never been to the other Momofuku locations, so I can't say anything about the wallet-breakery for those.

[crossedwires]

Oh, Max Brenner. I've been to one of their stores in Makati. Mmm, chocolate. ♥

I don't have the stomach for horror either, but that manga sounds interesting! *bookmarks to try out* I'd love to try bo ssam too!

[glass_icarus]

I am not exactly a chocoholic, but &hearts &hearts!

It is definitely... graphic, but not constantly so? Not too much explicit violence, though there is plenty of, er, aftermath.

[glockgal]

OMG BROKEN KINGDOMS WWWAAAANNNNNTS, PRECIOUS. Thank you for informing me it's out, I was blissfully unaware! *hugs knowledgeable LJ/DW peeps*

[glass_icarus]

:D :D :D!