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Fruits Basket – Collector’s Edition

Plot Synopsis: “The Sohmas are a family cursed; a curse which has led to their isolation for generations. When a member of the family is embraced by a person of the opposite gender, they transform into an animal from the Chinese Zodiac! The Sohmas have managed to keep this embarrassing little secret hidden for many, many years… until young Tohru Honda stumbles into their life. Inspiring some and infuriating others, Tohru manages to turn life in this most unusual household upside down as Zodiac rivals clash. Above all, she must promise to keep their secret as one of her own – or face the consequences!”

Since Funimation decided to release a decent collection of Fruits Basket with new extras and a nice chipboard box, I figured I might as well buy it. All I had before was the cheap flimsy Viridian Collection, so this is a vast improvement. It includes a neat little booklet with a relationship chart, character bios, information about the Zodiac, and a whole bunch of behind the scenes stuff about the series. I actually ordered this back in June just before it came out. But then the postal strike happened and I just got it this week.

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Fruits Basket Vol. 23

I also finally got the last volume of the manga, despite Stu Levy’s best attempt to prevent me from doing so by shutting down his company. I’ve actually started reading the series now as well, though I’m only on volume 6 so I’m not even beyond the parts that the anime covered. The best part is that every chapter includes a short bit written by the author, which usually ends up as her rambling about video games. So that’s fun.

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Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 25

Plot Synopsis: “As Greed and King Bradley continue their battle, the mysterious homunculus “father” makes his move under Central City. In order to achieve his objectives, he will need to force Mustang to make an unthinkable choice. Meanwhile, Alphonse has the chance to regain his own body, but the sacrifice to do so may be too much.”

Viz has been incredibly slow with their Fullmetal Alchemist releases recently. The series finished serialization in Japan over a year ago, and the last volume was released over their in November. But the last couple volumes from Viz have come once every six months, despite them having a pretty good schedule before. The last two volumes will actually be coming out this fall, meaning they’ll manage to finish the series before 2012. Funimation will still finish releasing Brotherhood before Viz finishes the manga though. Anyway, I like Fullmetal Alchemist.

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Inuyasha VIZBIG Edition Vol. 5

Plot Synopsis: “Kagome and Inuyasha have an angry argument that won’t be settled until someone apologizes, but each of them is just as stubborn as the other! While Kagome and Inuyasha work things out, Naraku sends forth one of his own most enigmatic minions, a woman with the power to control the dead. As Naraku’s plans unfold, Sesshomaru finds an unexpected reason to question his demonic nature. Between covetous wolf demons and Naraku’s powerful illusions, Kagome and Inuyasha face even more difficult challenges!”

Don’t tell anyone, but I kinda like Inuyasha. Used to watch it when I was like 12 because it was on TV and I would watch pretty much anything on TV. Decided to read the manga earlier this year since Viz is releasing it in bigger volumes. There will still end up being way too many volumes, since it will take about 18 VIZBIGs altogether. There are a lot more nipples in this than I remember from the TV series.

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