Hetalia 3- Right Stuff edition review

[sakurita.livejournal.com]

Hi! I got Right Stuff´s volume 3 and I want to share this little review with you. :)







The three volumes. The design is the same.



Cover



Back cover



Color pages




In the previous volumes, the paper was glossy, like a magazine´s. In the 3rd  it´s normal paper.













Inside the manga. The pages are printed on a nicer paper than the one used on the other volumes.









At the end of the manga there are three pages dedicated to fan made bentos.







And it finishes with historical notes.




I quite liked Right Stuff´s edition. It´s pretty nice. Hope they print the rest of the manga. ^^

Comments

[osoroshia.livejournal.com]

More immediately noticeable, this time around the cover's glossy, while the last two weren't. They can't maaatch xD

But. Yeah. Apart from that, it's a step up from the stuff that was only TokyoPop /o/

[sakurita.livejournal.com]

Yes, I forgot to mention that the cover is glossy. =P

I liked this edition better.

[osoroshia.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's definitely better-- xD It just throws me off a bit since it's the only Hetalia book I own with a fully glossy cover. Even volumes 4 and 5 are still normal paper down the spine, despite the glossy fronts.

Now, if volumes 1 and 2 could be reprinted like volume 3 but with colour pages. That would make everything perfect. Sadface that they've pretty much guaranteed all print-on-demand will be black and white.

[mizu-takishima.livejournal.com]

Whoever provided the historical notes must have been an MLP fan; the part when talking about Poland's soldiers wearing wings into battle, I believe it said it made them look "20% cooler"!

But yeah, I was a little disappointed that the colored images were just printed on normal paper, but other than that this is definitely a step up from the previous two volumes. I probably wouldn't mind buying a 4th or 5th volume. Maybe.

Thanks for posting this review! :D

[sakurita.livejournal.com]

Hehe, yes, I noticed the 20% cooler reference. =P

Thank you for your comment! <3

[sasuheat.livejournal.com]

I'm still a little sad that the cover doesn't have a pretty pink background like the Japanese edition but oh well c':

They did a pretty good job on this one, I even got J. Micheal Tatum to sign mine c:

[sakurita.livejournal.com]

I don´t miss the pink cover, it´s too bright. =P

Yeah, this edition is quite nice. :)

[starrdust411.livejournal.com]

I didn't buy the volume because I wanted to hear about the quality before purchasing. It's good to hear that this version is better than the TokyoPop ones. Does this mean that the volume doesn't have any of the problems the earlier releases did? (IE the awkward page layouts and characters using Japanese honorifics?)

[sakurita.livejournal.com]

It´s definitely better. I highly recommend it. :)

The page layouts look fine to me, I don´t have the Japanese edition to compare though.

I only noticed one honorific: Hungary calls Polonia, Po-chan once.

[osoroshia.livejournal.com]

Th-there weren't any awkward layouts in the first two...?
I know a ton of people complained about the pixelated strips, but they were pixelated in the Japanese version, too-- The blame can only be put on the fact that Himaruya didn't save those strips with the intention of putting them on A5 paper.

Paper quality is a big step up from TokyoPop's versions of 1 and 2. Content-wise, the layout is still exactly the same as the Japanese version, while translation and thus printed text is still 100% TokyoPop.

[reyechan.livejournal.com]

I liked the strip quality of the Right Stuff third volume, but I wasn't too crazy about the flimsier, glossy cover. The paper inside was nicer though, so I can't complain too much. Was a bit sad the colour pages weren't all glossy though. All in all, I was on the fence with the technical stuff, but didn't really mind because, hey, third Hetalia volume in english~

[sakurita.livejournal.com]

All in all, I was on the fence with the technical stuff, but didn't really mind because, hey, third Hetalia volume in english~

My thoughts exactly.

Since I can´t read Japanese, as long as the translation is good and the edition is nice, I don´t care it´s not super high quality.

[tampopo-chan00.livejournal.com]

Um...um...um...is this in English?
Will they ever bring them out in England...?

I found volume one on Amazon, but it was in German. :/

[sakurita.livejournal.com]

Yes, it´s in English.

It´s for sale only at Right Stuff´s page. (http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/MlOG=v6PN7GikEoEXN/browse/item/95024/4/0/0)

[tampopo-chan00.livejournal.com]

:o Thank you!