About the English release of Volumes 4 and 5...

[sindragosa.livejournal.com]

Has anyone found a preorder page on Rightstuf for Volumes 4 and 5 yet? I've been checking every few days, and now with it being two months away from the supposed release date, I want to make sure I didn't miss out, since I really want to get the color pages to match the rest of the volumes I already have.

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[piasharn.livejournal.com]

I can't seem to find anything either. Hmmm. I'll do some digging through their forums when I get a chance and see if I can find any news.

I can think of two reasons why it might be delayed, though:

A) TokyoPop is finally going under for good. I haven't kept up with any news on them, but I don't trust a word Stu Levy says anymore as it is. If this is true, either RightStuf will need to hire translators and whatnot themselves, or another manga company will need to pick up the series.

B) It has something to do with Himaruya leaving Gentosha. If Hetalia is going to be handled by another manga company in Japan, then RightStuf (and/or TokyoPop) will have to get a contract with the new company.

This is pure speculation on my part, however, so keep that in mind.