My present arrived!
Hurrah!! A reader kindly got me Candy Candy Final Story from Japan! It was a present from her, and I’m more than thrilled to finally own the copies myself!! どうもありがとうございます! (Thank you very much!) 😀...
Category: My Thoughts
A magic spell?
It’s been a while since I last colored a favorite scene in the manga version of Candy Candy, and this time I selected the episode in which Candy had just successfully escaped Neil’s trap...
The man of her dreams
Many thanks to those of you for sending me positive feedback regarding my interpretation of Candy’s poem about Albert. In particular, Antlay pointed out that butterfly had many meanings to Japanese. Since then I have...
My gift in return
As mentioned in an earlier post Happy Valentine’s Day!, some of you have created very nice posters for me. I’ve been thinking of giving you something in return, but regretfully I couldn’t find the time...
Candy’s poem of Albert
My friends, the administrators of the Facebook page, William Albert Andrew (el príncipe de la colina), have kindly let me share this poem with you. Written by Kyoko Mizuki and illustrated by Yumiko Igarashi, the poem is from...
Argh, he’s driving me crazy …
Today, I’m going to discuss in detail a small paragraph in Candy Candy Final Story (CCFS), and many of you might have read this from the spoilers already: Brother and sister. Albert and I had been living...
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Thank you all so much for your encouraging words and compliments regarding my latest drawing of Albert and Candy, inspired by the manga version. Those who have only watched the anime version might be surprised to see...
He let her go…
Do you remember I said in an earlier post, My plan for early 2015, that my friend Antlay had kindly translated the first chapter of “It must have been love” to French for me?...
Red String of Fate
The St. Valentine’s Day is coming up, so I take this opportunity to explain to you a myth originated from a Chinese legend and also widely understood in Japan. I have talked about this before, but...
Engulfed in his warmth
First of all, I really enjoy reading your comments regarding my previous post. Thank you CKati, QuevivaCandy, Reeka, Antlay, and Agnès, for your interesting thoughts and insights. QuevivaCandy helped by providing more spoilers to us,...
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