Oof! I ended up getting a lot of manga this time. This is pretty much March and April combined. This time I tried ordering manga online from Honto. They are a Japanese online bookstore formerly known as BK1. I used to order from them a lot when I lived in Texas and had no other access to manga. It has been years, so I was curious to see how they compared to ordering from Kinokuniya or Amazon Japan. The nice hing about Honto is that they charge in Yen (with the current dollar-yen exchange rate, that’s a win for me) AND they offer SAL shipping. While SAL is very slow, it’s also a lot cheaper. I priced out the same order on Honto and Amazon JP, and the Honto order was $50 cheaper! Of course, the Amazon order would only take, like, 3 days to arrive, while this Honto order took 17 days, but still, $50 is $50! I considered the wait worth it this time. Interestingly, I think books got to me faster when I lived in Texas, compared to California. Hmm. Anyway, here is the big pile I got this time. It would be nice if I could get around to summarizing some of these…
| Ame Nochi Hare (8), byBikke (Last Volume! ;_;) | Ice Prince, by NAGAE Tomomi |
| Sagashimono wa Ouji-sama, by NAGAE Tomomi | CEO to Koi no Tehodoki, by SAKAI Miwa |
| Youko + Love x Kiss! (1), by AKABANE Chika | Heroine Kamo Shirenai., by YUNO Kotori and MITSUKI Shiki |
| Ore no Hitsuji-chan, by FUKAWA Miki | Manbou-chan to Lion-kun, by SAKURA Shiro |
| Aoyama Tsukiko desu! (1), by NOJIN Yuji | Katayoku no Labyrinth (4), by KUMAGAI Kyoko |
| Devil Rock! (3), by NAKI Ringo | Fushidara na Oji-sama (Anthology) |
| Amakute Zurui Wana no Naka, by ANDO Mai | Couple Cherry, by HARADA Taeko |
| Love x Joint, by NAKAMURA Yukichi | Kataomoi Fever (1), by KUWAYOSHI Asa |
| Love Rerun (1), by AMASAWA Aki | Ningyo Desu ga Daite Kudasai!, by RIKA Chimaki |
| Negattari Kanattari, by WAKUHARA Niko | Moto-Kare Ima-Fre, by HANAYA En |
| (Yuu) Heaven Keibi <- Black, by HIDO Ryoji | Koisuri Koto no Ha, by TAMURA Kotoyu |
| Hollywood Star no Koibito, by SAKAI Miwa | Taro-kun wa Kou Miete Igai to xxx Desu. by ICHIKAWA Show |