Wishes Granted: Bloody Monday, Edo Nekoe Jubei, and Mythical Detective Loki

September 27, 2012

I’ve been making license requests ever since I started blogging. In fact, one of my first posts was a plea to see City Hunter back in print. I’ve made wishes since then when titles by a creator I know about catch my eye, or certain subjects or other media tie-ins build my interest. Just recently I’ve notices that a few of my wishes have been granted!

Kodansha started things off when they announced Bloody Monday as one of their new licenses at NYCC in 2010. I wished for it a year earlier in October 2009. But I didn’t learn of the manga first. It was through the J-drama that I discovered this title and it’s manga roots. I really enjoyed the J-drama with the plus that is seems to have been faithful to the manga (so far). Another plus about this title is that it written by the same writer as Kindaichi Case Files and Drops of God, two other titles I really enjoyed. I was absolutely surprised and thrilled that this title was picked up. It’s a little over the top sometimes with the drama and suspense, but that’s part of the fun!

Jmanga is becoming a genie with the wish granting. One of their first new licenses was Edo Nekoe Jubei Otogizoshi, a title I learned about from Deb Aoki of manga.about.com after she returned from a trip to Japan. I knew next to nothing about except what she described, but I still wanted it! It was about cats! And Yokai! And Cat Yokai! I really couldn’t ask for anything more. Except to be able to read it. Which Jmanga obliged me with. And it has been just as fun to read as I had hoped it would be.

Then just recently, Jmanga granted another of my wishes. It’s a wish I’ve had for a while, but didn’t get around to writing about it until last July. Mythical Detective Loki has two things going for it that makes a must have for me; detectives and norse mythology. The anime for this series came out several years ago, and ADV manga made an abortive attempt to bring out the second series (only released two volumes that didn’t make much sense since it picked up where the first series left off). So, I’ve been wanting to read this series for about 7 years now. And then Jmanga, waving their magic license wand granted me that chance, making me not only a happy fangirl, but a loyal Jmanga reader for life!

These are three great ticks off my list, but there are still more to come, as well as license rescues, which Jmanga is proving to be a great source of. I will finally get to read more of tactics, from the artist of Mythical Detective Loki, and they promise more from Kodansha later. So I’ll keep wishing and hoping they’ll keep granting.

4 Comments

  • insaneben September 27, 2012 at 10:00 am

    Lucky you.
    I’ve got a handful of titles that I’d like to see license-rescued, but no one (not even JManga) has given them a shot.
    (Man, what I wouldn’t give to see ARIA given a third chance in print. Or Mamoru The Shadow Protector, Tsukihime, 2 x 2 = Shinobuden, and so forth…)

    • Lori Henderson September 30, 2012 at 3:41 pm

      I know I’ve been lucky, and that’s why I’m so grateful.

      I am so with you on Aria. I’d love for Aria to be released by Jmanga. I wouldn’t give up on them completely yet. Wait and see what their Jmanga7 site offers. I’d also love to see more Tsukihime as well as its sequel Melty Blood. I still have quite a long list of wishes, but I’ll give credit where it’s due.

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