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Shelf Life - Venti Drama with Extra Sauce

Ask and I shall ensure you receive! (Well, within reason.)

Art box exterior.

Art box interior. (This takes a while to load on my computer for some reason.)

=/ I really wish Geneon would stop releasing boxes that require you to throw out the DVD case. I guess it saves space or something, but I enjoy the packaging artwork a lot, and having to throw it away kind of stinks.

I would also like to note that my boyfriend is a fan of the series too. Some guys can like the series even with its amazing girliness.

=/ I really wish Geneon would stop releasing boxes that require you to throw out the DVD case. I guess it saves space or something, but I enjoy the packaging artwork a lot, and having to throw it away kind of stinks.

There was no mistaking what it was—a 2”, crinkly, coarse, black pube.

s3r3nity wrote:

I read a review in an anime magazine for Story of Saiunkoku, and although it got a good review, it seemed to me like a rip off of fushigi yuugi. now, considering i've only read the first manga of FY, I don't really have a place to say that, but the whole "reverse harem in china" made me think of that. But since no one else here seems to think that, maybe I'll try it out.

When I first saw the cover, I thought, "I hope this isn't a Fushigi Yuugi ripoff." And then when I saw the opening sequence, I thought, "Man, even the shots look like they were ripped off from Fushigi Yuugi."

But, the series itself is nothing like FY. The story is completely different, and although there are some coincidences, the two are nothing alike.

Richard J. wrote:

Dargonxtc wrote: By the way do studios send you these? If so, do they send you the boxes as well? I heard this box was a little funky, but I can't find any pics of it. Ask and I shall ensure you receive! (Well, within reason.) Art box exterior. Art box interior. (This takes a while to load on my computer for some reason.)

=/ I really wish Geneon would stop releasing boxes that require you to throw out the DVD case. I guess it saves space or something, but I enjoy the packaging artwork a lot, and having to throw it away kind of stinks.

I heard they got Shuurei's name wrong... (used the Chinese reading of her name instead of the Japanese reading? I never expected a big DVD company to make a bootleg-level blunder...... )

Why would one have to throw out the DVD cases for this box? Can anybody explain this to me?

As for your coffee/tea woes....do you search for trouble lol? If it's not airport security it's pubes in the tea....either you must search out trouble or someone really doesn't like you lol. I just wanna know (and I kinda don't at the same time) want to know how it even got into your drink to begin with.

Buster Blader 126 wrote:

Why would one have to throw out the DVD cases for this box? Can anybody explain this to me?

If you look at the picture that Richard J posted, you can see that the inside fans out, leaving space only for each disc. It's similar to some of the CD binders that some stores sell.

psycho 101 wrote:

As for your coffee/tea woes....do you search for trouble lol? If it's not airport security it's pubes in the tea....either you must search out trouble or someone really doesn't like you lol. I just wanna know (and I kinda don't at the same time) want to know how it even got into your drink to begin with.

Okay, here's my theory. We'll call the Starbucks employee Joe, for convenience. Joe goes to the bathroom during his shift, or perhaps rubs one out in the bathroom during his break, and gets a pube attached to his wrist or his shirt sleeve. Unknowingly, he goes back to work, the pube still hanging precariously onto his body. During the course of his work, he goes to the ice trough, and reaches to put ice into a cup. It's at that moment that either the pube falls into the cup-- or it attaches itself onto an ice cube, ready for the next victim.

So I say that Joe did it, in the ice machine, with a pube.

Saiunkoku is indeed an amazing series, but are the quality issues I hear about true?
I heard they got Shuurei's name wrong... (used the Chinese reading of her name instead of the Japanese reading? I never expected a big DVD company to make a bootleg-level blunder...... )

I save the packing myself. Well let me re-phrase that. If I can't get the cover into what ever box the show is sold with I save the dvd cases. I've mentioned I'm a huge art fan so I don't usually just get rid of the dvd cases. I kept all the ROD tv cases, Black Lagoon, and others. That's of course assuming the art is worth keeping. I mean Stellvia wasn't that great, plus they had the same pictures in there anyway, just smaller.

I had seen flyers for Saiunkoku at Otakon I believe. I didn't see crap for information, just a small cardboard flyer that companies toss out at you. So hearing your review was helpful. It piqued both my gf's interests and mine as well. I am man enough like Richard to voluntarily watch a "girly" show and probably half of my top 10 anime would be considered girly. The pink case also doesn't bother me....though I do have my gf's very large and very pink Moonphase wallscroll hanging on my wall right now so I might be a bit desensitized to Pink at the moment.

Saiunkoku is indeed an amazing series, but are the quality issues I hear about true?
I heard they got Shuurei's name wrong... (used the Chinese reading of her name instead of the Japanese reading? I never expected a big DVD company to make a bootleg-level blunder...... )

I'm not a big fan of the DVD box, either. Seems a bit plain for a series that carries the meaning "many colors" in its title, no?