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telophase ([personal profile] telophase) wrote2005-04-28 11:57 am

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Via Irresponsible Pictures, Tokyopop will be releasing Fruits Basket, Saiyuki/Saiyuki Reload, Get Backers, and Samurai Deepr Kyo monthly over the summer, to get them kids' dollars out of their pockets as fast as possible.

I approve.

[identity profile] mistressrenet.livejournal.com 2005-04-28 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay!

Woe for my budget though.

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2005-04-28 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
No kidding. I only follow FB and Saiyuki, but that's still $20/month right there.

I ahve to remember to put my 30% off one item only coupon good only this week!! from Borders into my wallet so I can go on my monthly I've Just Gotten Paid I Must Stock Up On Manga spree at Borders - I've got a 30% off one item only online coupon as well, and hopefully I can apply it to another item during the same trip.

Last week they were running a Buy 2 Get 1 Free manga sale, which I took advantage of.
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[identity profile] coffeeandink.livejournal.com 2005-04-28 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Just over the summer? Damn. When I noticed it, I thought it was going to be a permanent change. More frequent hits of crack!

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2005-04-28 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Yup, just June-October, from what I understand. Ah well, we'll at least get seriously into Reload that way, and hopefully beyond the Furuba anime, although I'm not sure at which point in the manga the anime diverged and ended.
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[identity profile] coffeeandink.livejournal.com 2005-04-28 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
The anime doesn't really diverge much from the manga plot--there are some changes to the confrontation about Kyo and a bunch of character introductions were moved up. Half of v.8 was in the anime but half wasn't, and I think v.9 is all past the anime.

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2005-04-28 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Spiffy! I was resigned to maybe getting familiar material for the next couple or so, but the more new stuff, the better. :)
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[identity profile] coffeeandink.livejournal.com 2005-04-29 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
... Except it looks like the price for getting FB and Saiyuki once a month from June through August is then not getting any more until December. I am going to hope this is just a case of Tokyopop not updating the release calendars on their site, but this is distressing.

[identity profile] chibi-nasu.livejournal.com 2005-04-28 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I reckon its time for me to get a job. Being broke sucks

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2005-04-28 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I hear ya there. :)

Luckily I got paid today, so buying my lunch today will not force me to use my credit card instead of my debit card. Buying the car since my old one was falling apart kinda messed up my mental accounting, because of the payments and since my insurance went up a little bit, and now I'm always on the edge the few days before payday. I need to get a copy of Quicken - my bank downloads directly into it, and I think I'll be able to get a visual approximation of my spending patterns[1] and fix them easier that way.


[1] Too much manga, for one thing. Although there can never BE too much manga!

[identity profile] the-z.livejournal.com 2005-04-28 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Bless their hearts ♥

This is where the sale at my work of buy 4 get the 5th free really comes in handy.

Also, my 25% discount is luuuuuuuuuuuuuuv, baby!

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2005-04-28 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Niiice. :) There's a reason I don't go into comics stores anymore, for the most part. It's because I can't enter one without dropping $80.

Dunno why it's always $80, but it is.

[identity profile] the-z.livejournal.com 2005-04-28 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
$80 must be regulated increments of the full price of YOUR SOUL! ♥

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2005-04-28 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
There's any of my soul left?