Honest to goodness, cross my heart, I was struck down with a flu that left me incapacitated for nearly two weeks, only enough to miss work but not enough that I couldn’t pop in a few dvds to watch and plump up my own pillows.
It was on one of those bad cold days, during my late night BBC marathon, and in the middle of Mr. Rochester [Toby Stephens] pinning Jane [Ruth Wilson] on her bed and kissing her passionately in an attempt to seduce her into staying at Thornfield, that my pedobear Cantonese boyfriend who [in his own words] slightly resembles Sammul Chan but with the rich velvety baritone of Ron Ng, strides into my room, VCR under one arm and brown paper bag under another, filled to the top with video tapes, one which fell out with a clatter onto my wood floors. I glanced warily at the yellowed, moldy, peeling masking tape labeled “Aqua Heroes.”
He told me to “quit watching that porn”, nudged my mewling tabbies out of the way, shut off my DVD player, and – ignoring my nasally objections – started to plug the VCR into my 19-inch TV.
Apparently he had just been digging in his garage and found another “TVB” [Hong Kong television] series for me to thumb my nose at. I heard only the words love triangle and speedos, before groaning in despair.
Never mind that I’ve been traumatized in childhood by the sight of one overweight man in a speedo, or the fact that he had already frightened away my ailing mother with No Regrets, a series filled with seething anti-Japanese sentiments, but there aren’t any English subtitles, and I can’t even speak Cantonese!
Shimpai shinaide kudasai, he says, patting my head. No matter, for he will narrate all twenty episodes for me.
900 minutes later, after surviving past that difficult and treacherous battlefield filled with martial arts swimming, fake tears and bad acting, I was determined to rise once again. Unfortunately I lost my Portable HD and a few intended releases will be delayed for a few more days while they go under the knife at our quality-check table, but we hope to appease you temporarily with a few releases on this special day.
Please read with caution, for they are so hot, I fear they may set your clothes on fire. π
A Small Sheep Dreams: Spring Rain Diary Part B [end]
Bitou Lollipop Volume 2, Ch. 5
Futago Volume 2, Ch.8 – Ch.9
Our next release line-up for February is as follows:
3 am Dangerous Zone Ch. 1 + Ch. 2, Heartbroken Chocolatier Ch. 1, Kiyoku Yawaku Volume 1, Ch. 3 [Joint w/ Perfect Illusions], Mani Mani Story 3 [Joint w/ Hotcakes], Sekine’s Love Ch. 2, Vanilla Oneshot.
an apology to your boyfriend….but I happened to have watched that particular drama and i’m sorry to say…..that it kinda sucks (no offense, cuz I’m Cantonese myself and I watch lots of these dramas too)
I know this is like, super late, but THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATES!!! ESP. BITOU LOLLIPOP!!!! I can’t wait for the next chapters! I hope you never drop this manga! Until it ever gets licensed. ):
The artwork is from Ikuemi Ryo’s latest manga running in COOKIE. We plan to work on it unless someone snatches it up…as usual. Just waiting on the tanko’s release.
Just curious but what manga is the Valentine’s Day picture from?
Thanks again! π
Now I’m especially looking forward to 3 am Dangerous Zone Ch. 1 + Ch. 2, Mani Mani Story 3 [Joint w/ Hotcakes], and Sekineβs Love Ch. 2! π
Thank you so much for Futago, I love this manga. π
God.. I missed this place and your amusing rants, Hatsumimi! Well, I grew up watching tons and tons of HK dramas… =__= like, at least 3 hours everyday. And I mean it, every effin day… But I must admit that I love cop dramas, or even fire fighter’s. Lol. When I was very young, I thought I had a crush on Leon Lai before I saw Louis Koo. XD At that time, if I ever missed an episode, I’d feel miserable!!
Anyway, thank you so very much for the fabulous releases! Love you guys lots!!!!
The end of A small sheep dreams was amazing! Thank you! I still haven’t had the time to read Futago but I will get to it someday. Otherwise, I hope you’re feeling better. Being sick and stuck to bed for two weeks must be awful.
I love futago its the best thanks so much good to hear your feeling better
yeahh! Thank you so much for your work, I love these three Iketani’s works and I can’t wait for 3 am dangerous zone realese.
Lol! I LOVE your posts! They’re always so entertaining! I’m glad to hear that you’re feeling better. I agree with Rexy’s comment. Chinese/Canto dramas are just plain bad and this is coming from another Chinese too. However, if we’re talking movies, they’re some pretty decent Hong Kong movies. Anyways, thanks for another great release and hilarious post!
Futago is an awesome series, and Iketani Rikako is an awesome mangaka. Thank you so much for bringing her manga to us!
LOOOL nice post. Glad to see that you’ve recovered from your flu. When I had it myself, I wished every day that I was dead. Hope you didn’t feel the same way! As for the Canto-dramas… I’m Chinese and even I thumb my nose at them. *shudder* give me a nice ole K-drama anyday. Hope you had a Happy V-Day, if you celebrate.
yaaaay!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! love your projects :))))
Your story was just as good as the stories. I like your bf’s way of either keeping you entertained and/or getting you out of bed. Thanks for the updates! Bitou Lollipop is a favorite and I really enjoyed reading A Small Sheep Dreams — funny, quirky and wonderful!
…okay that’s just hilarious. ^^ Thanks for the releases!!!!
(ha, speedo =p)
I think more exposure might do us both harm, veloci. π Though I admit that Rosy Business (predecessor to No Regrets), which landed such seasoned actors as Wayne Lai and Sheren Tang, was pretty damn addictive. But that show was, like, one in a million. The last time I felt that way with a Hong Kong drama was in 1999 when I was introduced to shows like Plain Love 2 and Old Time Buddy.
Thank you for the releases and I hope the Cantonese swiming drama didn’t scar you for life..:). I always ran out of the room when my house mate was watching Hong Kong dramas… but maybe if I was exposed to more of it I’d get used to it.
<3 <3 <3
big thanks to the staffers for the releases! love all 3 of them!!
(and wow i'm super looking forward to the upcoming releases, new series and oneshots too.. hooray for stilettoheels picking lovely, well written and well drawn manga…) (ooh i see sekine's love.. hur hur hur)
Thank you, and I’m looking forward to the upcoming lineup too (3 am Dangerous Zone! Mani Mani!, Sekineβs Love!)!
Yay! Thank you so much for the releases!!!
Thank you so much for these awesome releases and Happy Valentine’s day^^
iketani rikako heaven!! i bow down to you XD
thank you so much for the triple release.
and you’re going to release 3am dangerous zone next?? i love love love you guys
Thank you so much for futago!! I LOVE this serie! <3
Thank you for bitou lollipop too!
Yeah !! I love you guys !! Thanks so much for those releases π
I love so much Iketani’s works !
Hurrahh! Thank you so much for the releases! I love your series and you do great work. Happy Valentine’s day!
perfect valentines day gift! I love all these series.
WOA, thank a lot <3333
I love Bitou lollipop and Futago xD
Kyaaah!~ Thank you so much for Bitou Lollipop! I’m totally lovin’ this series~ xD
Thank you so much for these releases! Happy Valentine’s! π