New Purchases March 9 - April 20

Here's a list of manga I've purchased in the 5 or 6 weeks (I will add mini-reviews as I read the volumes):

• "Black Butler" Volume 5
• "Shinobi Life"Volume 7
• "Natsume's Book of Friends" Volume 6 -- Lovely as usual (5/5)
• "Stepping on Roses" Volume 5-- More crazy smut-lite stoopidity.  It's fast paced and childish, but I can't help but like this series. (3/5)
• "Skip Beat" Volume 23 -- Kyoko brilliantly mind-***s Chiori.  It's a must read volume (5/5)
• "Inukami!" Omnibus 1 (Vol. 1 - 3)
• "Gakuen Alice" Volume 16 -- Soul swapping madness, Mikan heals Naru, plus touching moments with Mr. Bear.  This is one of my favorite volumes :).  (5/5)
• "VB Rose" Volume 12 -- Mitsuya disrupts Tsuyu's omiai.  It has some very cute flashbacks to Mitsuya and Tsuyu in Jr. High, (4/5)
• "Dragon Girl" Omnibus 1 and Omnibus 2
• "Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan" Volume 2, Volume 1
• "Dengeki Daisy" Volume 4 -- another riveting volume :) (5/5)
• "Aion" Volume 2
• "Ouran High School Host Club" Volume 18 (Japanese)
• "Sakura Hime" Volume 1 -- "Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne" + "Gentlemen's Alliance" set in the Heian period.  I was disappointed by the retread of previous well worn Arina Tanemura story elements.  It feels very unoriginal.  As usual, the drawings are beautiful though.  I will give this series another volume to see if Tanemura-sensei breaks any new ground and stretches her story telling abilities. (2/5)
• "Blue Exorcist" Volume 1 -- Hubby and both liked the first volume a lot.  It's more fast paced than the anime.  I highly recommend it.  The first volume is also available on the Viz iOS app. (5/5)
• "Otomen" Volume 8 and Volume 9 -- Gender confusion with Asuka's cousin Kasuga (pretty funny) and Ryo's grandfather's closeted secret *snicker, snicker*.  (3.5/5)
• "La Corda d'Oro" Volume 13 -- Chivalrous Tsukimori *happy sigh* :3 (3.5/5)

If you are interested in owning any of these volume, please consider ordering them through the Omari's Sister Amazon Store.  Also, if you start at the Omari's Sister Amazon Store for any of your Amazon purchases, we'll get small commission.  I'd appreciate it a bunch to help pay for the magazines and tankoubons I purchase for this blog.