My Doujinshi Wishlist ~ As of June 28, 2003
Well, today is June 28, 2003, and here is my current wishlist of doujinshi. If you have one of these and would like to sell or trade, please let me know! I'll update my wishlist later either once I've acquired some of these, or don't want them anymore, or want something new, or whatever.

Ok, here goes (Warning: There's a lot of stuff that I want! I am a GREEDY GREEDY GIRL!)


DRAGONBALL DOUJINSHI:

ANYTHING by Kuri that I don't already have, ESPECIALLY:
~Prince and Showgirls 1 & 2 (and 3 if it exists)
~King & Queen
~Fever
~Anything 'Erotic' or 'Erotica'
~Any of her A4 oversized dj's (Happy Mania, etc)
~And don't forget her Hentai works!

BVD series by Seizi Akimura:
~BVD 1~3
~BVD Last Fiction

Ryujin-Kai
~Hige to Boin
~Any other Ryujin-Kai dj's that I don't have

Anything that says 'Vanilla' on it (^_~)

Anything by the circle Onix (other than DB books 2, 7, 9, and 10)

Basically, anything featuring Bulma and Vegeta that has decent art that I can stand.



FINAL FANTASY 4 DOUJINSHI:

ANYTHING ERF!! Even if it's only co-authored by ERF, I still want it! Hentai, non-hentai, I DONT CARE!! I am in love with ERF!!

Other than that, anything featuring Rydia or Rydia/Edge that I don't already own.



ANGELIQUE DOUJINSHI:

Non-yaoi doujinshi by the circle Arioscar.

Anything featuring Arios x Angelique Collet (as long as it has GOOD ART!!)

Anything featuring Oscar x Angelique Limoges (again, must have GOOD ART!!)

Anything featuring Randy, either by himself or in a non-yaoi situation.




TOKIMEKI MEMORIAL DOUJINSHI:

ANYTHING FEATURING MIRA!! I don't care what circle, how good or bad the art is, whether it's hentai or yuri or whatever! I desperately need ANYTHING that is Mira-centric! Please!!




OTHER SERIES DOUJINSHI:

Yu Yu Hakusho ~ Anything involving Yusuke x Keiko (probably the hardest canon pairing of any series to find!)

Yu-Gi-Oh ~ I need some more Yugi x Anzu and/or Yami Yugi x Anzu

Fushigi Yuugi ~ Something featuring Miaka x Tamahome (hentai or non)

Final Fantasy 2 ~ Maria x Firion

Rurouni Kenshin ~ Eventually I'd like to collect some more of the Yamaguchirow doujinshi featuring Kenshin x Kaoru, but I'm in no hurry

Ayashi no Ceres ~ Aya x Tooya

Hana Yori Dango ~ Tsukasa x Tsukushi (not that you can even *find* HYD dj's ANYWHERE! *grumble*)

Love Hina ~ Keitaro x Naru

Revolutionary Girl Utena ~ Utena x Anthy

Sex and the City ~ Well, I don't even know if one exists, but I know there's a 'Full House' dj out there, so I still have some hope! ^_^



Well, I think that's all for now. As you can see, I'm mostly interested in romantically oriented doujinshi featuring couples. I tend to like canon pairings (i.e. Bulma and Vegeta, my favorite couple ever!), but I do also like some non-canon pairings (i.e. Angelique Collet x Arios) so ... whatever.

Also, my main goal here is that I'd like to eventually own at least one doujinshi featuring a couple I like from every series that I like, although my focus is definitely more on Dragonball and FF4 than any of the others. Currently, I am attempting to broaden my anime/manga horizons by renting anime dvd's and reading translated manga for series that I've heard of but never experienced myself. By doing this, I discovered several new favorites! If you'd like to experience new manga then I recommend going to ebay and looking up manga cd's. Usually you can get an entire series (translated) on cd, for less than you'd pay for one graphic novel. I'm not saying you shouldn't buy the official translations; by all means, if you like the series, then buy the official translation and see how it compares to the fan's translation! But honestly, buying manga on cd is a cheap way to experience new series and learn what you like. I don't want to throw down a whole bunch of money on a manga for a series that I don't even know if I'll like!

Anywho, enough of my little rant! ^_~ This has been my wishlist for today. I'll keep you up to date on the doujinshi I win and whatnot, and then later I'll put out another wishlist, and we can see how it changes over the course of time! Because I know that now, my wishlist is MUCH different than it was when I first started out collecting! I've grown more focused in my collection, and I know what I want and what I don't want, and I don't throw money away anymore on useless doujinshi that I don't even want in the first place. I'm on a budget now! ^^;; (yeah, right, let's see how long this one lasts! ^_~)

Ok, this is way too long already ... I'm out! ^_^

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Obviously, I am a doujinshi addict ... I mean, well, DUH! I am SOOO addicted to doujinshi, it's not even funny. I have over 100 dj's, and I lust after so many more! I've spent thousands of dollars on this stuff, which sucks since I don't even have a job!! ^^;

Anywho, the point of this blog is ... well ... I don't really know! I just want to post stuff about doujinshi and manga and anime and online auctions and stuff, and I guess my comments or whatever on it. *shrug*

Anywho, tonight I'm bidding on a Kuri doujinshi entitled "Hanky Panky" on ebay ... my technique is that I almost always sniper bid, because, guess what--that's how you win!! At least, that's how you win with a reasonable price. Unfortunately, I have a crappy dial-up connection at the moment (my mom won't get broadband until she gets a new computer, which she NEEDS to do since hers is just kinda dying), so it's pretty hard to snipe! A few times because of my slow connection I've waited too long and missed the end of the auction. That's REALLY not fun, ESPECIALLY if no one else even bid on it!!!

Why would you snipe on something if no one else bid? You ask. Well, because a lot of times, there might be OTHER people out there watching the item who are planning to snipe! So of course, I want to do it before they do, right? RIGHT! So if I just go out bumbling and lay my bid an hour beforehand, that'll give them a heads up and let them rethink their plan of attack. But if I do it at 30 seconds, they don't have enough time to totally redo it.

So basically, online auctions are all about STRATEGY. Sure, sometimes the price goes up too high and you say "Whoa, I'm not paying that much!" but then again, that's good. Earlier today, for example, I wanted to bid on a lot of 3 fushigi yuugi english manga (the official ones, since now that it's licensed, you can't find translations anywhere, and it costs $16 per volume if you buy it straight from Viz!) But anywho, I was prepared to bid a total of $24 (including shipping), which would make it $8 per volume, or half the original price, which I figure is reasonable. But then the price alone went up to $31!! With shipping, the cost was over $11 per volume! you hardly save anything that way--it would have been cheaper to bid on individual volumes! So now I just have to wait for more FY manga to come along. In the meantime, though, I'm lying in wait for Hanky Panky!

Unfortunately, I just acted rash, as I always do, and went ahead and placed a bid for $9.99, the minimum bid price. I figured, "what if my computer messes up, and I can't snipe or miss it or something?" Then, if no one else bids on it, I'll be able to get it very cheap! Although I'm sure, for a dj by Kuri (who is very popular and collectible!), there will be plenty of snipers! I'm just surprised that no one placed a bid on it already - usually there's a bidding war early on for popular doujinshi, although the last day and even the last hour or minute the prices tend to shoot up. My max bid is only $30, since it's only a 20-something page dj.

Yes, this is the life of a doujinshi addict. Lying in wait at the computer for 20-30 minutes before the auction's closed, just waiting to snipe. And usually about 4-5 minutes before the auction ends, I close out everything else and stop whatever else I'm doing, refreshing the page until it gets below a minute (I used to do below 30 seconds, but after several recent fiascos due to my dial-up program, I decided to stop that), and then placing the bid.

The key to sniper bidding is to have two windows open. One that you keep refreshing until the time comes to place the bid, and the other already prepared with your bid amount in place, so that all you have to do is press "submit," and your bid is submitted. I didn't use to know about this trick, and lost several auctions due to my lack of sniping prowess. I soon discovered this cool double-window advantage, and have been using it to my own advantage ever since! As you can see, I know a whole lot about the strategy of auction bidding and sniping, althogh by no means do I *always* win - unlike some other bidders, I have a budget.

But when you're addicted to doujinshi, and will do almost anything to get it ... well, that's another story. I have only about 5 minutes left, so I'd better go watch my auction now. It feels really good to see my name there as the high bidder, but I know very well that my lofty position could change at any moment, and probably will in fact! So I'll go for now, and come back after the auction's over to let you know what happened.

I WON IT!!!!!!!!!!!! ^_^

Oh wow ... I SO did not see that coming! NO ONE ELSE bid on it! At all!! No other snipers or anything! Honestly, I was shocked ... although it *IS* Friday night, so maybe all those people have something else they'd rather be doing. *grin*

Yes, that is the life of a doujinshi addict! Staying home on Friday and Saturday nights (not that I have anywhere else to go ~_~) in order to nab that dream doujinshi at the last second. But I can't believe it! I got Kuri's Hanky Panky for only $9.99 + $5 shipping! That's AMAZING!! Even on Yahoo Japan, Kuri DJ's usually go for crazily large amounts of money (although I've seen some go as crazily cheap deals, too! ... not to me unfortunately! >_<)

But anywho, I am so happy right now! My collection of Kuri doujinshi will be increasing very shortly! That's just so awesome!

I'll talk more about my 'doujinshi journey' later (LOL, it's pretty sad, I just LOVE talking about dj's, they're all I ever want to talk about! ^_^) ... you know, the various things along the route of my journey as a doujinshi collector that stand out in my mind and had an impact not only on my collection, but also on me as a person.

Well, that's all for now!