Monday 22 October 2012

Hakamori Majo Bianca and some other Halloween One-Shots

Thanks to the incoming assignments and group presentations, I have officially lost my "valuable" free time to watch my movies, dramas and spazzing about Shinhwa. It's been weeks and there had been plenty of time to actually do my assignments yet the ideas are not coming out. Naturally, writer's block is anyone's worst enemy. Procrastination as well... as usual. So, I finally fully succumbed to procrastination yesterday and took some quality time to catch up on some one-shot manga from one of my favourite manga scanlation sites, Omari's Sister. Suffice to say, there has been quite a bunch of new release just in time for Halloween. And since it's related to Halloween, the one-shots that had been recently released are, naturally, somewhat gory and creepy. Especially this one one-shot: The Memoirs of a Sadist by Ogura Akane. I never really read true S & M in manga. In fact, I tend to avoid those mangas. And... I tend to be quite picky when it comes to manga. Yesterday just happens to be my one of my few supremely open-minded days.

May I warn you that The Memoirs of a Sadist is not for the faint-hearted or to those people who are extremely squimish.  This one-shot took S & M onto a whole and extreme level. I don't even think those two characters' relationship will last for long. It will come to a matter of time where the guy, Natsukawa, ended up accidentally killing the girl. Furthermore, I do pity Natsukawa a lot. He ended up being driven to this path by Sakurai, up to the point where he is unable to turn back anymore.


On to a lighter note, there is this cute and funny Halloween one-shot called Hakamori Majo Bianca by Yamazaki Aroe. The heroine is not those typical cutesy innocent girl nor those tsundere type of female leads. Bianca is this awkward, gloomy witch who is entrusted the task of a grave keeper for a prestigious grave which lies some of the most powerful sages of the Underworld, which also include Bianca's Uncle, the Great Lord Girrick. Bianca does look gloomy but I find her cute. ^^

This one-shot consists of three chapters so far, with Chapter 2 being scanlated already. I do hope this series would go on for at least few more chapters. I want to see more interaction between Girrick and Bianca. I'm totally in love with Girrick. Heh. I guess I'm just too drawn towards charismatic and confident characters. Plus, he's quite hot... for someone who is dead. Sigh, if only he really isn't her true uncle, I would totally ship Girrick and Bianca. Actually, I'm already rooting for the uncle now. Guess I never really have a liking towards beasts. *stares at Zela and Jacob from Twilight* Except the Beast in Beauty & the Beast. But then again, he does have a huge library. *swoons at the thought of the library*

Ahem. Yeah. So, I absolutely recommend you guys to read Hakamori Majo Bianca for some cute fluff in our otherwise stressful reality of life. Cheers~