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petroniaFlight to Singapore tomorrow morning. Will have to be up early. XD
Went to the aquarium today, followed by Book City. The comics/graphic novel selection is... screened according to rather picturesque criteria? You can't get most manga (longish shounen classics like Conan or Kindaichi yes, shoujo no), but you can get all of Persepolis in translation. Though IIRC the Marxists are the good guys there. XD A point can certainly be made that Japanese shoujo manga are a noxious influence on public mores but a glance through the Korean/Taiwanese/homegrown romance/fantasy/wuxia novel shelves (most of which are trade paperbacks with gorgeous sparkly manga-style covers and/or were re-published from the web with emoticon usage intact and/or are actually Snape/Mary Sue fanfiction with a side of Malfoy angst) makes one feel rather as if the stable door's been closed after the entire herd's run off. No, I'm not getting it as a souvenir, I draw the line at paying money for Potterfic even if it's RMB.
Can't buy books in any case, makes luggage too heavy.
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moderntime FYI - there is something very much like that military-style jacket you liked at Metersbonwe for 199RMB. Part of their Jay Chou Presents: The Russians Are Coming collection. XD)
Went to the aquarium today, followed by Book City. The comics/graphic novel selection is... screened according to rather picturesque criteria? You can't get most manga (longish shounen classics like Conan or Kindaichi yes, shoujo no), but you can get all of Persepolis in translation. Though IIRC the Marxists are the good guys there. XD A point can certainly be made that Japanese shoujo manga are a noxious influence on public mores but a glance through the Korean/Taiwanese/homegrown romance/fantasy/wuxia novel shelves (most of which are trade paperbacks with gorgeous sparkly manga-style covers and/or were re-published from the web with emoticon usage intact and/or are actually Snape/Mary Sue fanfiction with a side of Malfoy angst) makes one feel rather as if the stable door's been closed after the entire herd's run off. No, I'm not getting it as a souvenir, I draw the line at paying money for Potterfic even if it's RMB.
Can't buy books in any case, makes luggage too heavy.
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moderntime FYI - there is something very much like that military-style jacket you liked at Metersbonwe for 199RMB. Part of their Jay Chou Presents: The Russians Are Coming collection. XD)
