Reading Wednesday

[chomiji]

Hey, long time no post, and this one will be short, but I've got to start getting back to posting somehow.

So I just started what looks like a delightful new-to-me manga series. It comes with an impeccable pedigree for being delightful: it's by Ouran High School Host Club's Bisco Hatori.

Behind the Scenes!! stars awkward, terribly introverted Ranmaru Kurisu, who was the odd one out in his family of hearty, hardy fisherfolk. Now at university, he's been creeping around trying not to draw attention to himself. One day, he encounters an apparent Zombie Apocalypse and is so shocked that he passes out. When he wakes from his faint, he discovers that it was a movie scene and that he has been rescued by the eccentric, creative members of the Art Squad, who provide costumes, makeup, sets, and special effects for the university's three film-making clubs.

Can Ranmaru find himself with this bunch? The answer is, of course, yes, and it's as much fun for us as it is for him.

There are two more volumes so far (I only have vol. 1 currently), and I will be picking them up ASAP. It's a good (if temporary) antidote to the current sociopolitical horror show.

Comments

[theskywasblue]

Sounds like fun! I've never heard of it before, but now I might have to check it out.

[chomiji]

It came up in one of those Big South American River recommendation things when I was looking at something else.

The charismatic leader of the Art Squad remind me vaguely of Tohdou, the laid-back law student in Ichigenme ... the First Class is Civil Law by Fumi Yoshinaga, which was my favorite of her explicit yaoi stuff, so that helps too! But I imagine that like Ouran, there won't be anything more explicit if-you-squint UST in this series. (Although the twin brothers in Ouran used to play at twincest for their fangirls.)

[kis]

Welcome back. I just came back too.

[chomiji]

Welcome back!

I haven't been completely away, but my posting has been really irregular and infrequent. I'm hoping to make myself do some more structured things, like a regular Wednesday book post, to get myself back in the swing, as it were.