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|    Bobbie Sellers to Bobbie Sellers    |
|    Re: Plinius a new manga seen onlline    |
|    22 Sep 19 20:40:37    |
      From: bliss@mouse-potato.com              On 9/14/19 12:08 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:       >       > Plinius Ongoing 0.0       >       > Author: YAMAZAKI Mari       >       > Genres: Drama Historical       >       > It portrays the famous naturalist Plinius. From volcanic explosions and       > tidal waves to the ecology of plants and animals, the work reproduces       > the world of Natural History, the Plinius encyclopedia describing the       > universe. This is a definitive historical Roman romance depicting the       > world 2,000 years ago through astounding composition and realistic       > draftsmanship.       >       > Only one chapter out so far. A servant or slave of Plinus aka Pliny       > to westeners is tasked with taking down his every word. A volcano is       > erupting and Pliny is taking his ease while his servants       > and his ship's captain frets that the falling stone will sink his ship.       > This is the eruption that took out the famous Roman city of Pompeii       > and his villa is on the opposite shore. Good art and famous story.       >       > bliss - who has been sick but still reading manga       >               Well we are up to chapter 5 and we know about the Earthquakes,       the volcanoes, Nero's propensity for Lyre recitals and his demand for       Plinius to attend a recital, meanwhile in Roma Nero is having nightmares       and Pliniux wants to stop and bathe in a Hot Spring but is about to       learn about Tsunami.               bliss              --       bliss dash SF 4 ever at dslextreme dot com              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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