Keroberus1977

Ages ago I drew a pair of doujin based on my #NaruSaku obsession.  I remembered I had posted them ages ago. and at the time the #NaruSaku, #Sasusaku debate was raging.  I haven't checked on them in ages, but they've gotten some impressive traffic on YouTube.

I'm not obsessed over it anymore, and I didn't bother finishing Naruto after the Pein story arc, but I understand why #NaruSaku fans are still licking their wounds and in complete denial of the last chapter.  Some are even raising Sakura and Naruto's child online with the power of their love and devotion.

Now that we're approaching the 1 year anniversary of Naruto's ending I'm reflecting on what values I've learned.  What has 15 years of Naruto taught us?




First conclusion: Kishimoto is a horrible romance writer and romance has no business in Shonen Manga.  But he must have hated Sakura's character, or gave in to people who did, because her ending was pathetic.

Second conclusion: Kishimoto had this message for girls -- If you're a shy girl with big boobies you'll be able to get the man you want even though you've barely spoken to him your entire life because all boys love boobies -- forget about what's in-between your ears; and if you're a loud girl who is strong and smart but has a blind fangirl obsession to the point of being unhealthy you will never EVER grow out of it or grow as a person and you will end up with a neglectful husband.

I've had a year to reflect on the ending of the manga.  My overall conclusion: You STILL suck, Kishimoto.  #NaruSaku4ever

Who is up for more cosplay!  Me Me!!!  This year kicks off with Anime Expo 2012 at the Los Angeles Convention Cetner.  It will be the mecca of cosplaying geek-ing out everywhere, hope I can meet up with all my favorite DeviantArt artists again!  Loved meeting you last year!

Haha, so this year, I will be going in kimono and hakama, as a karuta player.  In fact, I will be going as Chihaya from Chihayafuru!  :-D  More pics to come later!!

This was my precious...I was addicted to it like ppl are addicted to crack.  I drew my doujin on it (Blood+, Naruto, Antique Gift Shop).  I downloaded all sorts of crazy stuff on it (music, pics).  I wrote all my short stories for the past 5 years on it (beginning with Spirited Away and ending with Chihayafuru). I connected with all my favorite people on it (from Argentina, Spain, Portugal, UK, Philippines, Vietnam, Canada and through the US.  I read all my favorite manga on it and watched my favorite streaming anime on it.  This Mac held a lot of sentimental value. ::sniff, sniff:  MY PRECIOUS!!!!

Who new that Macbooks and juice don't mix?  I've dropped that thing, broken it's cord, peeled off some of it's plastic frame and still it lived on.  I spill a little bit of juice on it and it dies a horrible death.  Crap.

I still have stuff I need from there too.  I guess I can have them retrieve it from the hard drive.

::SIGH::

Yes, many of you are like, WTF is that?  Well, lemme tell you.  It's a mass e-mailing day we've set up for the Juuni Kokki/12k/Twelve Kingdoms fans out there.  Especially the English reading ones.

So if you don't have anything to do on 8/19, or just before you leave the house to do what you need to do on Fridays, drop Kodansha an e-mail and tell them you want your TWELVE KINGDOMS back!

publicity@kodansha-usa.com

-Kero

I'm pissed.  I want to start something...a fire...a game...a revolution....  How many can say they've really felt passionate about something and chased after it, burning the proverbial candle at both ends?  Is that passion or lunacy?  

Can one feel passionate about not being bored?  Boredom is brain decay! Is everything we do here just a way for us to pass the time?  To gain recognition?  To find a deviation or diversion from the regular, mind-numbingly boring life we have on the outside?

I feed my boredom by drawing, writing and reading.  Reading light novels has been a pastime for a while now.  But with Stu wandering Japan like Rurouni Kenshin and Tokyopop sunk like the Titanic, my appetite for light novels can no longer be satisfied.

I, like many, am Japanese impaired.  A few of us thought to ask Kodansha if they would be interested in publishing novels (b/c they pretty much f*ing own everything that can be put in print) like 12Kingdoms in English.  God knows I'd love to own those and the Full Metal Panic novels to complete my collections.  You know what those punks said?

"Our focus is exclusively on manga at this time; we have no plan to publish novels for the foreseeable future" - Kodansha USA

Quote:
"I'm Tatsuya Morimoto, licensing manager at Kodansha International Rights Dept.
Thank you for your interest in "Twelve Kingdoms" and we really appreciate fun's (sic.) great expectations
toward the series.
Right now we have no plan to publish the rest of series in English unfortunately.

But we are still seeking opportunities to make it happen near future ( I cannot guarantee though)

Thank you very much again for your love to the series.

Sincerely

-Tatsuya"


Essentially: we can't make any money off you; we don't have a business plan for that; we don't care that you can't read Japanese; go f* yourselves.

It's like they think the only things Americans have the attention span for is manga/comics.  Degrading? Yeah, a little.  Considering a lot of their fan base is working class, and we are the ones who have the $$ to spend on this stuff, I'd feel more comfortable bringing a book to the lunchroom rather than manga.  It's not the little kids who love Pokemon and Naruto who sit all over the floor in the bookstore and read but don't buy who is their market.  It's us.  We have the $$.  And $$ talks.  

I have to find like minded people because I can't do it alone.  The One Girl Revolution doesn't go very far, no matter what Superchick says.

So the plan is this:  MASS E-MAIL KODANSHA TO GET THEM TO TAKE NOTICE THAT THE FANDOM IS ALIVE AND WELL AND ENGLISH READERS CANNOT BE ABANDONED LIKE THIS.

Join us.  juuni-kokki.livejournal.com/
tweet me if you want in: #flashmobnewhere

-Kero