Kitchen Princess Volume 5

Najika is in a cooking contest and she's upset because Daichi kissed her. Daichi decides to be an ass and says it was meaningless. Meanwhile it turns out the boys' father is using Najika to promote his new cooking school and Sora was in on it. Najika is upset by this and Sora redeems himself and then *BIG SPOILER don't look! Gets hit by a truck. * End of volume.

This series is so cute and with the turn of events, I wonder what will happen next.

Manga Summary: Penguin Revolution Volume 5

First off, let me say, for those of you out there who like "Penguin Revolution", Tsukuba Sakura has another great manga series called, "Land of the Blindfolded". Check it out, if you haven't already. Okay, back to "Penguin Revolution." In this volume we find out the secret behind "Yoko Oka", "Ryo, and, Ayaori and the connection they share. Ayaori and Yakari sorta go on a date and Yasuoka, a competing talent agency, drugs and then tries to blackmail poor Ryo. The chapter ends with all of peacock's talent in an exciting new movie, closing with the potential rising stardom of Ryo. As usual this is a pleasant read. There are hints, now of a possible love triangle between Ayaori, Yakari, and Ryo. Perhaps Ayaori is cluing in on Yakari being girl, although, I thought he already knew and was just playing along. But the events in this volume, suggest maybe not. He might be totally clueless. Hopefully, it won't take too long for the next volume to come out.

Manga: The Good Witch of the West -- Volume 5

"The Good Witch of the West" manga series and the anime track pretty closely. There is more detail in the manga, for instance the "yuriness" is more straight forward with respect to Igraine, who becomes Firiel's knight, and there are more hints about lost technology in the world of the story.

Volume 5 starts just after Rune has left Firiel to travel South. Adele is given her queenly task and Eusis must go fight some dragons (dinosaurs, apparently) for the honor of Adele. Firiel follows Eusis south in search of Rune. Along the way, Firiel gets a baby unicorn sidekick -- oh, so cute!

And on to volume 6, which will come out who knows when ...