Bento Bako Lite: September 2010 Previews

Hey guess what?  It's September!  That means it's time for another Diamond Previews catalog.  There's a good offering this month, so here are your manga highlights for September 2010's catalog.…

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Bento Bako Lite: Garden Dreams

Title: Garden Dreams Author: Fumi Yoshinaga (Antique Bakery, Ōoku: The Inner Chambers) Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing Volume: One-shot, $12.95 Vintage: 1999 from Shinshokan in Japan, 2007 from DMP Genre: Shojo…

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Bento Bako Bonus: Antique Bakery vols. 3&4

Title: Antique Bakery Author: Fumi Yoshinaga Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing Volume: Volumes 3 and 4 (final), $12.95 each Vintage: 2001 and 2002 by Shinshokan in Japan; DMP released both of…

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Bento Bako Weekly: Antique Bakery vols. 1&2

Title: Antique Bakery Author: Fumi Yoshinaga ( Ōoku: The Inner Chambers) Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing Volume: Volumes 1 and 2 today (of four), $12.95 each Vintage: 2000 by Shinshokan in…

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Bento Bako Weekly: Ōoku: The Inner Chambers 1-3

Title: Ōoku: The Inner Chambers Author: Fumi Yoshinaga Publisher: Viz Media, on the Viz Signature imprint Volume: Volumes 1-3 (all currently available), $12.99 each Vintage: Began in 2005, from Hakusensha…

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Bento Bako Weekly: Happy Boys

Title: Happy Boys Author: Makoto Tateno (How to Capture a Martini) Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing, on their Doki Doki imprint Volume: There are only two volumes, and I'll be looking…

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