In Volume 3 as Sumi, Ushio and their friends all start thinking about graduation, Ushio's grandmother is injured and asks for Ushio to come and take care of her, potentially splitting her and Sumi apart just as they are starting to have something to stay together for. Ushio's brother reunites with an old flame and their grandmother puts pressure on them to marry.
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http://okazu.yuricon.com/2015/03/10/yuri-manga-whispered-words-volume-3-english/
The concluding three books of Takashi Ikeda's high school lesbian romance drama Whispered Words come together in One Peace Books' hefty 480-page third omnibus volume. Just as the series' first third and second third both had small, consistent weaknesses, the final third of the story likewise has some weaknesses. But the appeal of the characterizations and the attractive art design amply compensate for the storytelling's slight flaws. Similarly, One Peace Books' publication of Whispered Words volume 3 isn't perfect but is the closest to ideal of the three omnibus volumes.
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http://www.animenation.net/blog/2015/03/10/last-kind-whispered-words/
Matthue Roth recently paid a visit to the SF Cartoon Art Museum where he did some signings for a fan. Thanks, Matthue!
Herbie's parents are mechanics on a space station. He is the only child among a busy crew. Herbie makes his own robots from scraps to keep him company. Only he sees the gobblings, space parasites that feed on metal.
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http://nwbooklovers.org/2015/02/09/gobblings-by-matthue-roth/
The series started as a mostly-comedic ¡Èbest friend with a crush¡É plot, expanding out to almost all the possible Yuri tropes that we were familiar with. For that alone, this was a pretty terrific series. But then the veil of comedy became thinner and thinner and we started to see a serious drama beginning to unfold¡Äand more importantly, the abyss of possible tragedy. In a fascinating sort of reverse meta, the characters are painfully aware of the impending calamity.
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http://okazu.yuricon.com/2015/02/08/yuri-manga-whispered-words-volume-2-english/
Shlomo Carlebach said that gentiles tell stories to put themselves to sleep; Jews tell stories to wake themselves up.
I wrote a picture book called The Gobblings that comes out this week. it's about a boy named Herbie whose parents force him to move to a space station far away from his friends. A bunch of aliens are destroying the station, and only Herbie can save them.
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http://hevria.com/matthue/stole-story-baal-shem-tov/
Masao Yajima & Boichi's cataclysmic manga tale of clashing religious beliefs upon the advent of a teen girl's manifestation of godlike powers comes to a compelling and satisfying, although not entirely expected, conclusion in volume 5. The ending that readers get is gigantic in scope and awesome in spectacle, and also entirely predicated on story developments that have occurred earlier in the narrative; however, the climax still manages to sidestep a predictable and expected denouement, for better or worse.
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http://www.animenation.net/blog/2014/12/22/wrapping-up-raqiya/
The Gobblings is a fascinating new children's book written by Matthue Roth, and its story is filled with surprises. ¡ÈHerbie didn't like his new house very much at all,¡É the book begins, but its second page reveals that their house ¡Èwas far off in space¡Ä¡É So yes, the nights really are very long and very cold, and all Herbie can see out his window is a gorgeous expanse of stars. Roth's book is overflowing with exciting surprises, and it's fun to see them all illustrated by Rohan Daniel Eason.
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http://www.review-land.com/the-gobblings-by-matthue-roth/
The penultimate volume of Masao Yajima & Boichi's epic anarchic fantasy Raqiya: The New Book of Revelation revolves around violent conflict on both interpersonal and global scales. The divisions are distinct, intense, and harsh, and the book spends little time allowing the reader any respite.
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http://www.animenation.net/blog/2014/12/20/exploring-raqiya-volume-4/
The Gobblings is a very powerful book. The first message is that there is value in stopping and noticing what is going on around you. The second is that you may be the only one who can avert certain disaster. Then it shows, in no uncertain terms, that when this happens and you know what to do — do it! Don't stop and ask for permission. Don't waver or whine or run away trembling. Do it! Be brave! Finally, it reminds you that in order to do the right thing, there may be a sacrifice. It tells you all of this indirectly, by way of a little boy named Herbie on a space station, but the message is loud and clear — and beautifully illustrated.
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http://thepicturebookreview.com/2015/01/07/the-gobblings-by-matthue-roth-and-illustrated-by-rohan-daniel-eason/