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MMM 07-17-2008 04:32 AM

Maid Machinegun
 
I was wondering if anyone else had read this new fiction. I am only about 40 pages in, and it seems to be a love-it or hate-it story written like an online diary of an up-and-coming maid cafe maid.

Aota 08-01-2008 07:30 PM

Ah, no. But, why the title Maid Machinegun?

MMM 08-01-2008 08:21 PM

Thanks, WhySoSerious for bringing a little attention to this book.

It's about a girl working at a Maid Cafe in Akihabara. The machine guns don't come in until much later, but if you are interested in Akihabara or otaku culture you should give it a spin.

Aota 08-01-2008 08:33 PM

Is it translated at all? And if it is, do you by any chance have a link that you could post?

Oh.. It has nothing to do with a maid, or anything, but have you read Confessions of a Yakuza? I found it very enlightening to how a real crime boss of Japan really lived, and grew up. Chronicles talk about him dealing with hardships like syphillis, the cold hardships serving in Korea, the night boats, gambling, crooked cops, working in the coal mines, and such. He even discussed how he went through the Kobe Earthquake, I believe.

It was a very good read.

MMM 08-01-2008 09:32 PM

I'll have to check that one out...it sounds good.

Del Rey Online | Maid Machinegun by Aaliyah


Translated into English

Aota 08-03-2008 03:41 AM

It really was. I think I was able to purchase it from Barnes & Noble for only 7.98 USD? I'm not exactly sure about the exchange rate over in Japan though. But, once I started the book, I wasn't able to put it down.

Ah, some Maid Machinegun is a light novel, or manga? And I'm not sure if you know, but is that an Uzi submachinegun?

MMM 08-03-2008 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Aota (Post 554111)
It really was. I think I was able to purchase it from Barnes & Noble for only 7.98 USD? I'm not exactly sure about the exchange rate over in Japan though. But, once I started the book, I wasn't able to put it down.

Ah, some Maid Machinegun is a light novel, or manga? And I'm not sure if you know, but is that an Uzi submachinegun?

Light novel...there are a couple pages of manga, but it's a novel, basically.

I think an Uzi is a machinegun....?

Aota 08-03-2008 04:10 AM

Mm, alright.

An Uzi is a machinegun. I was just inquiring as to whether the maid is holding an Uzi or some other machinegun. x]

acidblue75 08-03-2008 04:34 AM

wow i just checked out maid machinegun an it seems like a really good read as does confessions of a yakuza. ill see if i can find both at the local barens & noble. If you get the chance check out speed tribes its a slightly older book but very good.

Aota 08-03-2008 04:47 AM

Ohhhhh! How I've wanted to read that book ever since I first starting reading about bosozuka! >.<

*cough*

Anyway. Yes, Confessions of a Yakuza is a very enlightening book. Certainly changed how I thought about the yakuza.

Sadly, I've yet to even start Maid Machinegun. :[


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