The second volume starts off from the action that ended the first volume. Adventura has some of the most impressive level of detail. Medieval fantasy settings with forests, libraries of magic, skeletons, and swords. It’s a good thing that it’s manga or it would have had a lot of brown. Each volume begins with a dramatic dialogue from one of the characters and ends with extras. Volume two has character profiles, translation notes, and a short extra comic with the characters.

The background of the story is of Lewin wishing to be a wizard. His grandmother helped him get into a magic school, however he was placed in swordsmanship. Lewin is a bit of an outcast, as he’s a red head and the first student in the school to not have magical powers. He gets into trouble, finds his way into areas of the school in where he’s not allowed, and seen as very weak. One day finds several students of a different area of the school. Much drama occurs, but there’s several moments where Lewin doesn’t seem so weak afterall. A sign of things that may come, there is this amazing scene where Lewin somehow lights up a smoke for the teacher as he decides to rush off elsewhere.

Volume two continues outside the school where Lewin comes to help two other studnents that are attacked by monsters. From this you’ll see Lewin’s sword and ability. He could be a threat or a hero of the school. Adventura is a loving adveture that may go in any direction as it unfolds, with Lewin being getting his wish. This volume is out now.

Fansub groups have it the worst. Companies send out letters and emails about how they should stop and small sites uploading the episodes they subbed as their own. Okay true, it’s not as though the anime they subbed is actually theirs to begin with useally, but having people pay for direct downloads of your torrented content and DDoS attacks isn’t nice. Must be even worst to have parent companies of GONZO and others make news about your dirty hobby. Anime has gotten so big to where the whole Western companies look at torrent trends to know what series to pick up saying is now useless. The just trying it out to see if I like it and I buy it if I like it is dead. Yes, fansub groups are a big global threat. Your torrent client likely shows Japanese also downloading the stuff you are. I support fansub groups though, as they give subs to anime that likely would have never be released in my country. Surely people in areas where they have a very tiny anime industry, they love to be able to watch anime as well.

Rumors of Super Mario RPG by SquareEnix for the Nintendo DS are brewing.

Adventura by Del Ray is to be released on the 30th of this month. So stop going to the same bookstore waiting for it. That far in the month, anime news sites and magazines should include reviews for it next month.

Fansub and scanlation group Eval Powar is active again. Mysterious Girlfriend X is their current project. There’s something similar between the manga they pick. Rise R, Beyond the Beyond, Shakugan no Shana, Elemental Gelade, and now MGX. It must be the boy with powerful girl thing.