Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~ Manga Discussion

[Kagome_chan]

and what happens to those people that aren't from the U.S??? i'm no of the U.s and i want to keep reanding kashimashi, and tobuy the mangas by internet will cost me a lot i'm from europe... the shipping it's so expensive! xD

[xris]

Originally Posted by Kagome_chan

and what happens to those people that aren't from the U.S??? i'm no of the U.s and i want to keep reanding kashimashi, and tobuy the mangas by internet will cost me a lot i'm from europe... the shipping it's so expensive! xD

And this gives you the right to steal it? Anyway, please don't go down that route by answering, our forum rules state that links to licensed manga are not allowed here.

As for the manga, I live in Europe (in the U.K.) and I order most of my manga from Amazon UK. I find it's actually cheaper to purchase it in the U.K. than it is in the States, and Amazom UK do free postage if the order is over £15.

A typical $10 manga costs around £5. Check out your regional Amazon.

[Kagome_chan]

ok, thanks for your information... i didn't meant to steal any thing... i was just asking how to continue the reading, anyway, thanks!

[Kaoru Chujo]

Licensed? Who'd have thought it? I wondered why Dynasty had dropped it. They did a nice job. It will be interesting to see if there really is a market. The original manga is continuing: now up to chapter 28.

Spoiler for chapters 27-28:

In 27, the whole gang is out in the woods (or a park) "playing." This interests Sora-sensei, who sees how much it helps their mood. In 28, Yasuna gets an invitation to study music in New York, but refuses in order to be with her parents, and Hazumu, as long as H lasts. Chapter ends with Hazumu embracing and kissing her. Two weeks to go for Hazumu....

[Vexx]

blargh... I spoiled myself by hitting tags but it is very interesting to me just how different the anime storyline is from the manga. Gah... just noticed that Seven Seas has a 3 month release schedule for their volumes.... another year slips by...

[Sian]

Originally Posted by xris

The release date for Volume 1 has been announced by Seven Seas, 15th December 2006.

Seven Seas, Kashimashi

there is a new date for first volume ... 1st December ... not much faster but it is faster nonetheless

[froinlaven]

I got an advance review copy of Kashimashi from Seven Seas Entertainment. Here's the review.

I hadn't read the scanslations, so I was really pleasantly surprised to see how nice the art and everything was. This is definitely one of the best manga I've read.

[Vexx]

good... one of the tragedies of US licensing is often the artwork gets smeared out by the cheap quality of the paper and transfer. Since kashimashi is somewhat art dependent, I'm glad to see the print is so clean. Looking forward to it.

As far as shipping, I buy stuff from the UK and Japan fairly often... sometimes shipping doubles the price if you order one thing at a time, so ordering a lot of stuff at once keeps the shipping costs reasonable.

[Vexx]

The seven seas release of volume 1 has been delayed a week or two according to Amazon... so it looks like the release will be a "happy new year" rather than a "yuletide wonderment".

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by Vexx

The seven seas release of volume 1 has been delayed a week or two according to Amazon... so it looks like the release will be a "happy new year" rather than a "yuletide wonderment".

Ehh, i picked up a copy last thursday..

[Sian]

well ... i pick up my copies of manga (generaly) at a local store that import the stuff from US ... and it doesn't a lot more than those translated to danish ... at least not the stuff that also is out on danish (which aren't that great) ... and the interresting costs what about 15€ where the others cost between 9-12€

[Blackstream]

Just read volume 1 of the Seven Seas translation (I even bought it!).

Spoilers involve comparisons between the anime (all of it) and the manga volume 1.

Spoiler:

I was surprised how different some parts were from the anime.

Minor Differences:
Yasuna mentions on the bed that she wishes Hazuma was a girl before even the transformation, whereas in the anime you don't find out that is what she wanted for awhile. IIRC it was when you find out she can't see guys that it happened.

Hazuma definately has a wider range of expressions in the manga. There's several annoyed expressions and stuff (I don't recall Hazuma ever being annoyed).

Hazuma actually seems to have a little trouble with the idea of girl-girl romances at first.

Yasuna's secret is a bit more drawn out in the anime. In the manga the alien guy just tells Hazuma straight, whereas in the anime he makes Hazuma figure it out. I prefer the anime's version in this case.

Hazuma isn't caught by both Tomari and Yasuna in the manga. Rather, he's beamed to his family which also has Tomari. Yasuna is off somewhere else miles away blushing about the whole girl thing.

Yasuna busts in on the bra-buying scene and helps Hazuma pick out some cute bras. It was pretty cute actually (and just a tiny bit more ecchi).

Major Differences:
Mostly Yasuna. In the anime Hazuma has to chase down Yasuna and befriend her with a gift and stuff because she wants to salvage the relationship. Then they do friend like things. Later Yasuna's secret is revealed and you find out she actually likes Hazuma and they kiss.

In the manga, right from the get go, Yasuna confesses to Hazuma like the day after he turns into a girl, and it's Yasuna who has to chase Hazuma. It was rather odd seeing the reverse. Eventually Yasuna's secret is revealed and Hazuma realizes why she was rejected in the first place and she stops being stubborn.

Thinking back on it, I'm really not sure which version I liked better. Both were fairly realistic I think, but I think in the end I enjoyed the manga version slightly better.

Related to this, there's a kiss that Yasuna and Hazuma almost have before the classroom scene. In the anime, Tomari screams out, stopping it. In the manga, Hazuma panicks and runs away.

On a related subnote, Tomari is way more aggressive in the anime when it involves stepping in between Yasuna and Hazuma. In the class drawing scene, there's an actual fight, which doesn't happen in the manga, and I already mentioned the attempted kiss above. In the manga, Tomari is annoyed with Yasuna, but doesn't seem to be actually actively getting involved. Yet. Maybe that'll change in Volume 2.

I can kind of understand maybe why they did that in the anime though, because they didn't have many episodes and needed to hurry things along a bit.

Anyways, don't get me wrong, I like both the anime and the manga, I just like talking about the differences. None of them really affect the story, except for

Spoiler:

the whole Yasuna being aggressive thing (but non-emo Yasuna is a good thing).

Anyways, as each volume comes out in the US, I'll buy it and post my thoughts. I'm especially looking forward to seeing the differences up to where the anime and manga diverge... after that I'll just talk about the manga in general.

[Asrialys]

Volume 2 is out. I'll read it later. I think I need to rewatch the anime. It's been a while and I hardly remember what order things went in. lol

[Vexx]

I'm a bit disappointed in the quality of the ink/paper (the ink seems grayed out a bit). The story is interesting .... and as I thought, the stupid anime gags of teacher and dad are really very small minor parts of the manga. Which means that some of that lovely depth and introspection got dropped in the anime so they could emphasize a pair of stupid repeating not-funny after the third time gags. (idiot script writers)

I do like the quandaries and the subtle differences in the characterizations so far.

[Blackstream]

Originally Posted by Asrialys

Volume 2 is out. I'll read it later. I think I need to rewatch the anime. It's been a while and I hardly remember what order things went in. lol

Unfortunately for me, Amazon.com doesn't make it available until April 25th, so I've gotta wait a bit as that's the only way I can get it here in Europe (that I know of).

[kevin13]

Woo!
Borders released volume about a month ago, but two and three were pre-order

I've just recently got volume 2 now, and three is preorder.

Dunno about volume 4 and beyond though.

Hopfully they'll get them all

[risingstar3110]

Got my hand an copy of untranslated volume 5 (final volume), read it and feel that the manga completely worth reading. (even after finished watching the anime)

I won't spoil anymore, but the plot is pretty dramatic, for me at least

[Keahi19]

So it did finish. I just finished #3. I still feel sorry for Hazuma's male friend. -_-