The HaruToki manga

[katikat]

I just finished reading the 5th volume of the "HaruToki" manga by Tohko Mizuno. The Germans are much further in this series than the Americans and I also very much prefer the title they gave it - "In a Distant Time". The English title - "Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time" - is kinda, well, ridiculous, really. They obviously wanted to keep at least a part of the Japanese title to let people know that it's a manga to the famous anime Harukanaru Toki no Naka de... but the end result? Ugh.

But! Why am I talking about it. You know, when I was watching the anime, my favorite character was Takamichi - I mean, a cute guy with glasses? *swoons* But in the manga, I would have to go with General Tomomasa as my favorite character. He's the only one who isn't head over heals for Akane, who sees every man fall for her and who knows that it's ridiculous. Sure, even he considers Akane cute but she being half his age, he just amuses himself with watching the others fall pathetically for her. And in vol. 5, we finally get a more Tomomasa centric story that ends with a cliffhanger too!

And the chibi kindergarten story where Akane is the teacher of a kindergarten class with the Hachiyou as cute, pudgy children XD That was so funny!

Comments

[kwycksylver.livejournal.com]

Dang! I totally forgot it was out as a manga now, even though I bought the first volume. I'm going to have to remember to look for the other volumes and actually sit down and read them.

[katikat.livejournal.com]

I think that there are 3? 4? volumes out now in English. The Germans are at book 8 or 9, I think :P