So… Now that the Tenjo Tenge anime has been released (and fansubbed), I’ll chitter on about something else entirely for a while. While in Japan earlier this year, I was suprised to see that One Piece is still on the shelves there. Amazed by its staying power in the fickle Consumer Market of the Rising Sun, I resolved to finally check it out when I got home. And check it out I did… I’ve read 23 volumes of it now, and I’m quite thoroughly hooked. It entails the journey of Luffy D Monkey, a young man determined to become the King of Pirates…. No mere verbal description can do this series justice. Just check out the anime or the manga and see for yourself. If you don’t instantly drop your pants in excitement, give it a couple chapters. It grows on you like a fungus.