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Black Butler 8

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:40:14 +0000

Is out too.

Yana Toboso/Cocoa Fujiwara Collab Illustration

Administrator — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:08:40 +0000

Animate was doing a fair where if you bought a book each by Toboso-sensei and Fujiwara-sensei, you got a collab illustration sheet. You could choose from the “Sebastian/Miketsukami” or “Ciel/Ririchiyo” versions, so I got the latter:

The bubble says “Thank you for buying the comics”.

And because I got Kuroshitsuji 13 at Animate, it came with an illustration sheet drawn just for Animate:

The illustration has the Undertaker dressed up as Animate’s “Anime Shop Manager” character.

The text says “Thank you for buying volume 13 of Kuroshitsuji. The first time there’s a girl on the cover. Yay! Various characters star in many ways in the luxury passenger liner arc. A creepy shop manager seems to be making a visit at Animate…hee hee”

Black Butler 7

Administrator — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:47:38 +0000

Is out too.

Volume 13 should be coming out here in December.

Black Butler Alternate Cover

Administrator — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:24:07 +0000

This month’s GFantasy magazine came with an alternate cover for Vol. 12, out last month:

The back cover has fake ISBN numbers, bar codes, and the back cover blurb to make it look like a regular tankobon cover.

The blurb says:

Even so, I am still a butler for death.
The beautiful “grim reaper”, Grelle Sutcliff.
On the luxurious passenger liner she headed on a mission, she manages to make a fated reunion with a man who makes his living as a butler.
To kill each other…to love each other…her white porcelain body melts, melts in the sea called war.
She offers the reddest butler manga in the world to Sebastian darling…

Black Butler Zenin Service

Administrator — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:05:13 +0000

The zenin service to celebrate the 18th year of GFantasy arrived:

Note that it says “18″ on Ciel’s ribbon decoration and teacup as well.

Black Butler 6

Administrator — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:29:30 +0000

Is out as well.

Vol. 12 will be out here at the end of this month.

A quick note about Kansai-ben. Kobe, Kyoto, and Osaka all get lumped together as “Kansai”, but the Kansai-ben most often used in manga and anime is the Osaka dialect. Kobe-ben has a more western dialect mixed in with it. Because Kyoto was the capital of Japan for about 1000 years, Kyoto dialect has the language spoken in the imperial court and the language spoken in town mixed in it, and thus Kyo-kotoba has more honorific expressions, for example, making it softer than either Osaka-ben or Kobe-ben.

Black Butler 5

Administrator — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:12:34 +0000

Is out as well.

The curry bun Sebastian makes is the typical deep-fried version which can be pretty oily, but now there are “baked” curry buns which is easier on your stomach.

Black Butler Alternate Cover

Administrator — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:31:43 +0000

The March issue of GFantasy magazine came with an alternate cover for Vol. 11, which came out last month:

This is the first time a BB alternate cover came with the magazine since I started buying the monthly issues.

Black Butler Zenin Service

Administrator — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 07:59:38 +0000

The second zenin service finally arrived. It’s a set of keitai strap & charms.

I love the Tanaka-san charm (^^)

Black Butler 4

Administrator — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:20:33 +0000

Is out.

Volume 11 will be out next month here.