well, I believe in Google.

I was googling for scanlations of Skip Beat (I had read them before, but it was a while ago, and I wanted to refresh my memory) and via google, I found this incredible manga/comic oriented LJ: shaenon. She profiled Skip Beat! in one of her Overlooked Manga posts and what can I say? I fell in love all over again. I especially loved her write up on Sexy Voice and Robo (and jdrama fans, the live action adaptation was done by the crew who did Nobuta Wo Produce, so if you liked/loved Nobuta, you may love Sexy Voice & Robo. I know I have a verging on religious obsession with Hanazakari no Kimitachi e, but my heart lies in the offbeat and quirky, not necessarily school drama/love romance drama/illness in winter THANKS A LOT, KDRAMA) but Sexy Voice and Robo was a gem in the otherwise meh spring season.

And I also learned a new thing today, that Yamada Taro Monogatari's mangaka is none other than Ai Morinaga. DUDE. How did I miss this? I loved her Your and My Secret (ADV MANGA SUCKS LIKE CPM MEDIA SUCKS. How dare you taunt me with cool manga and then DROP IT. Yeah, yeah, lack of funding, bad budgeting. Bitter.) and even though I never got into Duck Prince, I loved the artwork. Her art style is probably one of my favorites in shoujo manga, and about a month ago, we got in Del Rey's translation of My Heavenly Hockey Club by Ai. I need to make a later post about my favorite artwork in manga-land, but she's definitely in the top 5.

I'm still not going to watch the drama though - I only have room for one wacky hijinks/unintentionally slashy but probably not/high school mad caper romp, and frankly, I'd rather watch all of Arashi on their game shows than just Nino and Sho cosplaying it up.

(But I love you best, Matsujun!)