What I bought on rightstufanime: Skip Beat

There was a sale on rightstufanime for Viz for their 30 year anniversary. And for the second week the sale was for Shojo manga, I got Skip Beat. I got my order yesterday(I preorder Skip Beat volume 37) since my order was on hold for about a week. But rightstuf got Volume 37 earlier than the release date(in September) and were able to finally send it. I also got an exclusive viz 30 year anniversary coin. Can't wait to read volume 37.

The coin that I got with my order since I spend over 30.

 

I'll be ordering again, there is another sale for back to school with promo code school16. I'll be ordering My Hero Academia, Twin Star Exorcists, and Hana-kimi(To finally complete the series, but I'll be missing volume 18. I don't want to buy the 3 in 1 edition since I started with the single volume. But I might have to buy it and already check half.ebay). I will be getting another coin for that order as well. I will try to write a review for all of them but it will take me some time since I'm writing the review for Evil Cinderella(I might have the title wrong). It will be posted on my reading blog and website. 

Uzumaki

I read the manga a while back and I read in a day. I didn't like it very much but it kinda pulls you in until you finished and I was curious what was going to happen to the town.

The main characters are Shuichi Saito and Kirie Goshima. According to Saito the town is cursed by a pattern, uzamuki. People were dying in a ways that involve a spiral, like Saito's father got obsessed by spirals. So everything he owns was a spiral. Once the father died, the events started unraveling to the point Saito wanted to get out of town and go to the city with Goshima, who decline. She should've left when she had the chance.  The rest would be a spoiler so I won't say more. 

I give the series a 5 out of 10

The end was not what I expected at all and kinda disappointing.  

Edited: 2/22/2016

I forgot to mention, I read in 1 day because it was awkward, but for some reason I was absorbed and wanted to finish it right away. So I have a love/hate relationship with the series.

Hana-Kimi: Chapter 4

       Mizuki got a package from her parents, her two friends and neighbors, Sekime and Noe(their names are finally reveal in this chapter) noticed right away; they follow her to her room where Mizuki noticed Nakatsu in front of her drom walking around in circles. Once inside her dorm, she open the package from her parent while she hope there wasn't nothing that gave her away. As she read the letter inside the package, a picture of a blond girl fell out(that's Julia) and Nakatsu asked if she his girlfriend to which she answered no. Her older brother, Shizuki, gave her a dress and almost gave her away when her friends saw the dress but manage to fool them saying it was a joke. Sano came in and ignored Mizuki when she started talking to him she was losing hope until she read the note that Julia left her on the back of the picture. She started following Sano even if he ignored all those time, until he got mad and yelled at her to stop and walks out the dorm room. Nakatsu finds Mizuki crying as he went inside her dorm room and comforts her, Sano overhears them talking and left.

    The following day, Nakatsu confronts Sano because he made Mizuki cried, as they were fighting(more one sided)and Sano saw Mizuki with Nanba. As he runs downstairs closely followed by Nakatsu, he is stopped by Nihonbashi, who said that he knew where Nanba went but he wasn't going to tell him. In the end, he told Sano where Mizuki and Nanba went, he then tells Nakatsu that Nihonbashi was taking weird pictures of Mizuki. Once he reached the meeting room(where Nanba and Mizuki are), he just sees them drinking tea and talking. After that Mizuki leaves with Sano, he explains why he quit the high jump and also told Mizuki that he didn't hate her.

End of chapter 4

Hana-Kimi:Chapter 3

    Mizuki talks to Rika for a moment. At the dorm, she is with Sano eating lunch and didn't know how to tell him that Rika left a message for him. The message was that she'll be waiting in the park after school. While Sano left to get more tea, Mizuki called Nakatsu over to have lunch with her. Soon after their two other friends came over to invite Mizuki to their room to have drinks. She declines the offer and told them to invite Sano instead, but found out that when Sano becomes drunk he turns to a kissing fiend. Sano returns and hit his two friends for talking about him behind his back. Finally, she tells Sano about the message that Rika left him, to which he answer that he wasn't going. But Mizuki convinced him to go meet her.

    The next day after school, she goes see Dr. Umeda to talk about her problem about Sano seeing (I wonder why she told Sano to go if she didn't want him to see Rika) Once she done talking to Dr. Umeda, she heads out and sees Sano walking Yujiro(the dog) as he watches the High Jumpers practice. They walked home together without Mizuki asking what happened, even though, she was dying to know. At school the next day, Mizuki is putting an act of high jumping in class to make Sano realize that he likes the high jump. Dr. Umeda finds out that Nakatsu is in love with Mizuki. At the dormitory, Nakatsu goes to Sano's and Mizuki's room and sees Mizuki sleeping on the floor and was about to carry her to her bed(That's weird, why would a guy carry another guy to bed. O_o)It seemed that he was about to kiss her when Sano comes out of the shower and asked Nakatsu what he needed. Sano was about to give Nakatsu his English notes and to his surprise was gone. As Mizuki was taking a shower, Sano forgot his watch in the shower(he even forgot that Mizuki is a girl)and saw her naked(her back facing him). He is blushing because he saw everything and reminds himself that she a girl, but Mizuki thought he only saw her back.

    The following day, all three(Sano, Mizuki, and Nakatsu) didn't sleep well so they fell asleep in their class; and got send to the Principal's office. During their lunch, Mizuki was heading to Dr. Umeda's office but saw Rika waiting. Rika asked Mizuki to stay away from Sano and start talking (Rika yelling at Mizuki towards the end)  When Mizuki told her that she didn't know Sano well, Rika was about to slap her but was saved by Sano. Who told Rika to stop hanging around him and drags Mizuki away. And once again Mizuki and Sano got into a fight.

End of chapter 3

Hana-Kimi: Chapter 2

Chapter 2

    Sano came back into the nurse's office with Mizuki's book-bag saving her from answering Dr. Umeda. As she was leaving he told her that he was looking forward to the next time they meet.  As Sano and Mizuki headed back to the dorm, he told her that Nakatsu left with Yujiro when she asked about the dog. Sano was about to asked her if she was a girl, but change his mind leaving Mizuki confused.  Once they got to the dorm, a tearful Nakatsu apologized to Mizuki who already forgave him. The next day, as she was walking to school with Nakatsu and thinking what to do about the school doctor as they passed a board that has a picture of Sano on top of Mizuki(that happen on chapter 1 because of Yujiro jumping on Sano who fell on top of Mizuki). Sano passed by ripping the picture and tossing it in the trashcan. He headed to a second year classroom with Mizuki following close behind.  He went up to Nihonbashi's desk and told him not to do anything like that again and left. Nihonbashi stopped Mizuki saying something about what it is like in America with all the gay guys. She got mad and punched him hurting her hand in the process.

    After school, Mizuki tried to go home with Sano but he walked away from her. In the end, she walked home with Nakatsu and talked about Sano not wanted to talk to her. As Nakatsu was looking at Mizuki,(a flowery background surrounds Mizuki) his heart thumped and he blushed when Mizuki grabs his arm to leave when she saw Sano with a girl. Afterwords, she came back with Yujiro and hid behind a bush as she tried to eavesdrop. Sano and girl were talking about why he quit the high jump and that he should return. The girl, Rika, blamed herself about the accident, because Sano protected her from a car resulting him to quit the high jump. Mizuki ran away when Yujiro reveals her hiding spot to Sano and Rika.  After Sano talked to his friend, he and Mizuki walked together to the dorm. She asked why he was avoiding her, he was about to say because she's a girl he doesn't know how to treat them. Lucky, she didn't hear anything.

    The following day, Mizuki tells Dr. Umeda the truth and she didn't care if he threaten her to quit the school. At the end he didn't care if she stayed in the school. She asked how he knew she was a girl, he told her bluntly that he was gay. After her talk with Dr. Umeda, she sees Sano's friend, Rika.

End of chapter 2

Hana-Kimi: Chapter 1

    Since I almost complete the series, Hana-Kimi a.k.a. For You in Full Blossom by Hisaya Nakajo, I decided to write a post on chapter 1. I have volume 1-14, 20-23(end) and I already finished reading the series online so I know how it ends. I also read the last four chapters after the main series. I'll try not to include things that still haven't happen in volume 1. Volume 1 has the first four chapters, the Osaka Private High School dorms, and The Cage of Summer(a one shot)

CHARACTERS

Mizuki Ashiya - A Japanese-American who is in track-and-field and a fan of Izumi Sano, a high jumper. Since she wants to be closer to Sano, she transfer to an all-boys school in Japan.

Julia -  Mizuki's best friend who knows that she's going to an all-boys school and keeps the secret from her(Mizuki) parents. She only appears on one page, but she will be showing up in the end of volume 6 and volume 7.(She is mention on chapter 4)

Izumi Sano - High jumper and Mizuki's idol. He is her classmate, roommate, and the first person to find out that Mizuki is a girl but keep her secret from the school.

Shoichi Nakatsu a.k.a. Fiery Lion - He plays soccer and one of the first of Mizuki's classmate to befriend her. He is from Dorm 2, the same as Mizuki and Izumi. He's developing a crush on Mizuki, but thinks that she's a guy since she's cross-dressing as a boy. His hair is bleached, there is a reason for that and is reveal in a later volume.

Yujiro- The dorm mascot, a dog that pounces on girls and only like girls. Izumi takes care of him.

Minami Nanba - Dorm 2 R.A.

Doctor Umeda - The gay doctor and the second person that knows Mizuki is a girl. He is the first person that Mizuki told that she was  a girl due to a certain circumstance. Mizuki goes to him with her problems and for his help as well. He is also Minami Nanba's uncle.

//****Summary****//

Chapter 1

    A Japanese-American girl named, Mizuki Ashiya, decided to go to the same High School that her idol, high jumper, Izumi Sano attends.  The only problem is that Izumi attends an all-boys high school, Osaka Private High School, located in Japan. In order for her to attend the all-boys school was to cross-dress as a boy and hide her gender. Not only was she going to attend the school, she was also going to live in the dorms. She ends up in the same class as Sano and makes him think that she's gay when she said that she likes him and wants to be friends. Another classmate, Shoichi Nakatsu, told her not to worry about Sano that he just misunderstood her. He was also the one to show her to dorm 2 and to see what room she was in. Dorm 2 has a mascot, a dog named Yujiro that jumped on her and likes girls only. So I guess he is the first to know that she's a girl.  She ended up being the roommate of Sano and found out that he had quit the long jump. Then she meet dorm 2 R.A., Minami Nanba, who explain the rules of the dorm as he lead her to the cafeteria.  The following day, during the timed running, Mizuki got the lowest time and beat Nakatsu's time; and because of the person that timed her, she ended up running away from the clubs that were chasing her to make her join.

    In the evening, Nakatsu challenge her to a soccer match and whoever made the first goal wins. She accepts because she's a man(that is what she thinks) and she ends up getting knock out by Nakatsu who accidentally hit her. Sano was walking Yujiro and saw what happened. He tells Nakatsu to run ahead and talk to the doctor and he will carry Mizuki to the nurse's office, because of that he found out Mizuki is a girl.

Sano finds out Mizuki is a girl

  Nakatsu found Doctor Umeda on time, Mizuki started coming around when Dr. Umeda made Nakatsu and Sano leave.  Once they were gone, he asked what a girl was doing in a all-boys school.

end of chapter 1

One Piece Chapter 723: Change of Plans

    Zoro, Kinemon, and Wicca were the ones that ended up staying while Sanji went to help their crew-mates, because he claimed that Nami wanted to see him and not Zoro.  Before he left, he gave Kinemon a map of the Toy House where Kinemon's comrade is; and told Zoro to call the Sunny once he meet up with Luffy.

    At the Colosseum Zoro, Kinemon, and Wicca(She is hiding inside of Zoro's shirt) are standing in front of the entrance, but can't get in because the gate is closed. Kinemon said that they shouldn't behave suspiciously and Zoro was about to do the opposite by cut an opening in the gate. But was stopped before he did it.  Bartolomeo saw Zoro and once again started to acting like a fan-boy while crying.

    Meanwhile at the Dressrosa palace, Baby 5 and Gladius are drinking tea(I think that's what it is), he is mad that Violet betrayed them and that she shouldn't be allowed to live. Violet also ruin the plan that he was going to use to take one strawhat at a time.

   During that time, Violet and Sanji are riding a toy horse towards Green Bit. Sanji is acting like a fool in love as he asked why she didn't wait at the harbor like they promised. Violet answered that the Marines where at the harbor. Sanji was surprise that she gather the information in a short time. She explain that her Senrigan borrows the visions of birds within a 4000 mile radius. As she was talking she saw a lighting hit the Sunny.

    On the Sunny, Nami asked if they should dump Jora into the sea, Chopper comment that she is an ability user. Brook gives a comment that doesn't relate to what Nami and Chopper are talking about. That's when they found out that Doflamingo didn't step down as a member of the Shickibukai. Another thing that they found out about was the plan about Violet having one of their crew-mates spill the beans.

   With Law, Doflamingo, and Admiral Fujitora. Doflamingo thought that he had won against Law and that he didn't have time to chat since he was going to go after the strawhats. He did not want to commit the same mistake others did by underestimating them in a fight. Somehow Admiral Fujitora heard thunder, Doflamingo dismisses it and Law didn't since he knew it was Nami's attack; and that the Sunny was near. Caeser tells Doflamingo to give him his heart that he was able to steal from Law. Law mentions that he never said it was Caeser's heart, it ended up being a marine soldier's heart. When Admiral Fujitora heard his man cry out, for that slight second he got distracted and Law took the change to use his ability to get away from the Admiral Fujitora's gravity, Once again, Law got Caeser and headed to the bridge with Doflamingo not far behind.  Law does that to keep Doflamingo away from the Sunny, so that Nami and the rest had time to escape with Caeser once he was on board. But the plan didn't work since Doflamingo saw the Sunny and headed to the ship to the horror of Nami, Brook, Chopper, and Momo. Sanji arrive just in time to save his crew-mates who were relieve to see him. This is where the chapter ends.

//****Note: Admiral Fujitora is blind****//