The serialization of Satsuki Igarashi’s column Chipmunk Cheeks has ended in the current issue of Newtype magazine. The information comes from the column itself, which announces its final installment:
Satsuki’s monthly essays were being published in the magazine since March/2002 and no explanation has been given for the cancellation.
The good news is that a book compiling all essays is planned to be released soon.
I’m really going to miss it, I really liked all the random illustrations and it’s always a pleasure to be able to actually read the essays (that is, when translations were available). It was also a guarantee that there would be at least one CLAMP feature in every Newtype issue.
I always wondered whether these essays would become a book one day, but I didn’t think it would have to end serialization for that to happen (I expected volumes, LOL, I’m so optimistic!)
Looking forward to the book! =)
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ugh no i doubt that book will ever be translated
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Sadly I have to agree =/
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i hope it get’s translated soon.
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Or some american publisher releases it =/
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I know, I didn’t think they would either. Well, maybe she ran out of subjects after all those years? ^^”
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Awww, I wonder why they decided to cancel the column all of a sudden? 😦 Maybe it has something to do with their busy schedule…if they are planning climaxes for two series, managing Kobato, and thinking about restarting X/1999 and Gouhou Drug that IS a lot of have on their plate.
I am happy they are going to be compiled into a book as well, but part of me hopes if her schedule frees up, she’ll return to a column at some point.
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I noticed that several columns in Newtype had their final installment in this issue. It wasn’t just Satsuki’s. So I would say it was Newtype’s decision, not hers. I guess they must be renewing that corner.
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Ahhhh, I see. Yes, if there were a bunch of columns drawing to a close, it definitely sounds like they were making space for something else.
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