God knows why I shell out almost 20 dollars each month buying Newtype magazine. Each month, it's the same routine. I would walk down to Chinatown, first visit Kikiwai, and ask if the volumns of "Rough" that I ordered arrived from Japan yet. Nope? Ok then. I would then walk to ChenXiaoJi book store, and ask them if new volumns of "Katsu" arrived from HongKong yet. Nope? Ok then. Finally, after the disappointments, I would walk up north again. Go to AnimeXtreme, and pick up a new issue of Newtype. I don't know why I read it, it has little useful information about anything, it seems to be just a big advertisement catalogue, like those Eatons or Sears used to make. Except you can't place order on most of the items listed in it, and they are always madly expensive. I think I'm buying the magazine simply for Johnathan Clement's The FarWest column. It's simply hilarious, poking fun at the North American anime sub-culture. It's great to indulge in self irony. I don't think I can call myself a "collector" of anime magazines or what not, if I am, I would go hardcore and buy the Japanese Newtypes. But that serves no real purpose, I have enough trouble as it is reading sushi vinegar labels. Ok, my monthly trips does pay off of course. I got 7 volumns of Katsu already, and um, 1 volumn of Rough. The owner of Kikiwai claims that my order will arrive on aug 20th ( maybe ). I sure hope so, I've been hoping since January.