Just like the BLEACH ones... wonder what flavour the gum is for Geass?
Came out other day in Japan. 15 regs, 5 "VC" cards and 5 special (flip between 2 pics) cards in the set.

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I ordered 2 boxes.

There's also a new (past week) D.Gray-man card set: sticker on top layer of the card, underneath is part of a puzzle picture (10 cards = 1 image, 6 cards make a second image), and there's 6 special cards. Images of can see in this auction (ends in a day). Also have 2 boxes of this ordered. Think there's only 1 card in a pack and only 12 packs in a box... no gum.

Ran in Hana to Yume. Started back in 2005. I happened to get HtY issue that had Chapter 2 in it and at the time thought it was interesting and had a definite s-ai leaning ^^;; Forgot about it for awhile... found the chapter again and went in search of manga volumes in ~fall 2006. 3 volumes were out by then. Quickly ordered ^^ Been enjoying the series a great deal since then (although plenty of details I have no idea due to lack of Japanese skills). Was surprised to learn Vol8 would be it as there seemed to be plenty of story left to tell by end of Vol7... Vol8 came out in March but well, I didn't get it in until Apr 29.

Got V8 (final volume) in Monday 29th... looked at it very briefly then. Went through on Friday night bit more, lots more on Saturday. Sunday was looking for JP fans reviews, blogs, etc. Found a few but still, as best as Excite JP translated, didn't really find a detailed talk about the Volume. *sigh* Finding English fans to talk about it with even harder *head desk* Found one person on LJ, inga_b (2 others mentioned in a journal entry but from 1-2 years ago) who has all the volumes and knows about as much JP as I so one person to fangirl with once she catches up. Series deserves more fans though!

An all too brief description of it here. Ivy Scans did chapters 1-4 more than a year ago. No updates since and her/group page is down/defunct now too.

Mitsuya's grandfather, Yoshimitsu, has always regretted not being able to save (from what he didn't say) his best friend (known since very young) when he was a teen. Mitsuya is hearing this after seeing a picture of his grandfather with Jin as teens. Mitsuya looks exactly like his grandfather. Yoshimitsu prays to god that time would stop, to be able to correct what he couldn't then. An earthquake happens then... Mitsuya who was holding onto his grandfather's violin at the top of a flight of stairs at the hospital starts to fall. His mother, who is bit mentally unbalanced - she never recovered from Mitsuya being kidnapped as a young child and is utterly obessive in trying to keep him safe - tries to keep him from falling but fails. Mitsuya catches her and takes the brunt of the fall. He also thought he heard his grandfather's voice, his wish. He wakes up... in the past. Shortly thereafter he's found by Jin who had been looking for Yoshimitsu who had run away from home. He lives with Jin with his older sister. Their parents were killed when they were young kids. Jin's parents (very well off) took them in as they were good friends with his parents. Jin's mother is Italian. Jin has a younger sister, Aiko. Mitsuya thinks he's dreaming at first and Jin just thinks his best friend is acting strange... and that's the start of a whole lot to come. ^^

Mangaka was also a tease... did fab J&M or solo images of them for the inside and/or back covers and for the chapter front pages but most of those images do not translate to events told in the story!! Argh.

Cover of Vol4, 7, 8

( Musings, grumblings, ponderings of Vol8... Spoilers most assuredly )