There's an embarrassment hierarchy going on there, 'cause I can only assume that if I didn't read own BL, I would have found the romance too embarrassing to recycle in bulk.
This is funny because it's true. I no longer find romance novels embarrassing (OK, unless they have really bodice-rippery covers) because of BL.
Did Libre re-release Fake?
It wasn't Libre, it was someone else...*checks* "Mediation"? (I don't understand katakana...) Under the "hug bunko" imprint. This (http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4870317796) is the first volume, but they all appear to be out of print. I don't know if it's "better," but it does have a new story (which the publisher cleverly spread out between volumes so fans would have to buy all of them). I'm sure you could find it used if you feel like you need to own it.
Hurray for your almost-empty shelf! I'm jealous, especially since I haven't done any converting this week.
On the other hand, I think I'm going to end up getting rid of a lot of my fansubs without converting them. I guess I hung on to a lot of stuff I don't care about that much (or if I did care, I got on DVD already). My one problem is my old dubbed Sailor Moon tapes recorded from TV. These are in EP, so if I rip the whole thing into one file, it will be massive, but I don't know if I care enough to rip each episode into its own file. But I don't want to get rid of the tapes without ripping them, because I'm certainly never going to buy the Sailor Moon dub on DVD, but I want to keep it in case I want to watch it again someday in 20 years or so out of some random nostalgic urge.
ETA: forgot to say, please do post your video conversion nostalgia thoughts. (Amusingly, one of the tapes I set in the "to think about" pile was Cathexis. [I didn't find Zetsuai, strangely. Or maybe it's on the same tape and just not labeled?]
I don't own Fake on DVD.
I think I have the same problem, though I did find it on VHS. Like, the commercial version, not the fansub. (I think I grabbed it when the anime shop in East Lansing was going out of business and selling off their old rental tapes, because I hardly bought any anime on VHS.) And now that I've realized this, of course, I want it, even though I haven't thought about the OAV in forever. Oh look, it's still available! (http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/-=5zuEBZqtiQXScmpQ/browse/item/42106/4/0/0)
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This is funny because it's true. I no longer find romance novels embarrassing (OK, unless they have really bodice-rippery covers) because of BL.
Did Libre re-release Fake?
It wasn't Libre, it was someone else...*checks* "Mediation"? (I don't understand katakana...) Under the "hug bunko" imprint. This (http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4870317796) is the first volume, but they all appear to be out of print. I don't know if it's "better," but it does have a new story (which the publisher cleverly spread out between volumes so fans would have to buy all of them). I'm sure you could find it used if you feel like you need to own it.
Hurray for your almost-empty shelf! I'm jealous, especially since I haven't done any converting this week.
On the other hand, I think I'm going to end up getting rid of a lot of my fansubs without converting them. I guess I hung on to a lot of stuff I don't care about that much (or if I did care, I got on DVD already). My one problem is my old dubbed Sailor Moon tapes recorded from TV. These are in EP, so if I rip the whole thing into one file, it will be massive, but I don't know if I care enough to rip each episode into its own file. But I don't want to get rid of the tapes without ripping them, because I'm certainly never going to buy the Sailor Moon dub on DVD, but I want to keep it in case I want to watch it again someday in 20 years or so out of some random nostalgic urge.
ETA: forgot to say, please do post your video conversion nostalgia thoughts. (Amusingly, one of the tapes I set in the "to think about" pile was Cathexis. [I didn't find Zetsuai, strangely. Or maybe it's on the same tape and just not labeled?]
I don't own Fake on DVD.
I think I have the same problem, though I did find it on VHS. Like, the commercial version, not the fansub. (I think I grabbed it when the anime shop in East Lansing was going out of business and selling off their old rental tapes, because I hardly bought any anime on VHS.) And now that I've realized this, of course, I want it, even though I haven't thought about the OAV in forever. Oh look, it's still available! (http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/-=5zuEBZqtiQXScmpQ/browse/item/42106/4/0/0)