Extra! Extra! Read Gravitation EX!
I fell in love with the characters in the first series, Gravitation, and was devistated when I found out that it had ended. But now that Maki-san had made EX, I am more giddy than ever!
They're Back!!!
Well they're back, Murakami's best boys, the wild-over-reacting-pink-haired-rock-star Shuichi and his brooding but oh so handsome lover Eiri Yuki. And straight away, things are going wrong for them.
First shonen ai Manga I bought?
And I have been a Yaoi fangirl for over 4 years..XD. and yes, Gravitation series 1 & 2 is still high up there!
In order to heal the wounds in his heart, Eiri Yuki and his vocalist lover, Shuichi, travel to New York to visit the grave of Yuki's first love and tormentor, Yuki Kitagawa. But once there, they make a startling discovering that will change their lives...forever! The eagerly awaited sequel to the shonen-ai smash hit begins right here!
Shuichi Shindou
A high school senior, Shuichi only wants one thing in life 27 to be a rock star. His satiny voice and talent for lyrics have helped him get his foot in the door, but this sensitive boy will need thicker skin to make it in the dirty world of professional music. Helping him on the road (or perhaps distracting him?) is the handsome and cynical writer Yuki, who Shuichi is mysteriously drawn to ... as if by gravity.
Eiri Yuki
A romance novelist by trade and music critic by circumstance, Yuki's throw-away criticism of Shuichi's lyrics sets in motion a relationship that will forever tie the two men together. Cold and aloof, Yuki isn't always eager to have the passionate young musician in his life, but the forces that draw them together are too strong to hold back.
Gravitation...the inexorable force of attraction that pulls two very different people together. The 12-volume romance of Yuki and Shuichi is a rollercoaster ride of broken hearts, betrayal and giant robot pandas, but it leaves off with our lovers fairly happy and settled. But, as to be expected, the course of true love never does run smooth. Between doe-eyed orphans, loony rock stars in bunny costumes, trans-sexual siblings and the general trauma of being an international singing sensation, Shuichi is in for another round of troubles, picking up right from where the first series leaves off. And I, for one, can’t wait to find out what happens next!
Maki Murakami’s art goes from sexy to hilarious in 0.001 seconds flat, which never fails to impress me. Yuki is hotness incarnate and Shuichi is pretty cute himself, but the two of them together mix funny and romantic incredibly well, and Yuki’s literal run-in with a vending machine towards the end of the book had me in stitches every time. It was super exciting to get to work on the English release of Gravitation EX before it was even out on shelves in Japan (I was getting revised pages from the Japanese publisher pretty much as Murakami-sensei was turning them in!), and I’m thrilled that audiences all over the world will get to enjoy this fantastic sequel series.
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So does anyone one know if they will ever release the second copy or is it going on permanent hiatus and know ones ever going to see them?
MIKAJURGEN
11.10.2009 12:00 AM
T-T It took more forever to realize this even existed. I started reading it in the bookstore like some madperson.. It's been out for this long already?! >_
XXXSHURIK3N
10.25.2009 12:00 AM
the book is really good i started to read the tranlations of exvol 2 and im sad she didnt follow thru in drawing shuichi's P**** xD 8xxxxD~~~
ANGELICA93NY
10.22.2009 12:00 AM
the book is really good i started to read the tranlations of exvol 2 and im sad she didnt follow thru in drawing shuichi's P**** xD 8xxxxD~~~
ANGELICA93NY
10.22.2009 12:00 AM
\the second volume IS NOT in Japan, I've already asked a Japanese fan, she's waiting too, but no further tracks a coming out for now.
ZOSIA
10.09.2009 12:00 AM
woot
PSP654
10.06.2009 12:00 AM
Holy crap where is VOL 2 of this!!! I know it is out in JP and now it NEEDS to come out in the US!!! GOSH, I freakin hate the US! Its SUX!!!!!
BSIENK90
10.04.2009 12:00 AM
OMG!!! when the hell is gravitation EX other volumes comin out in english? i've been waiting for AGES!!! i can't wait to see what happens!!! i can't look at the scans cos i can't read japanese and i don't want to spoil the plot =*[ is it true that Eiri gets blinded or somethin?!?! PLEASE DON'T BE TRUE!!! Eiri and Shu FOREVER!! GRAVITATION ROCKS!! xox
SARAH83654123
08.26.2009 12:00 AM
LOLLILOVER, you are wrong. Maki Murakami hasn't released even volume 2. TJust as we can see at sailorspazz's journal, the most recent Gravitation chapter is the 77 one and it was drawn in February. February, for godness sake! And all the chapters released until February are too short to gather them all into a book! Because you said things like that I've just finished searching through Japanese pages and all I have found was just volume one. If there was a 2, 3 and until 5, Tsutaya, I'm 100% sure, would have it.
ZOSIA
08.09.2009 12:00 AM
You might never see volume two at this rate! Maki Murakami put Gravitation EX on hiatus after volume five, and to my knowledge has not yet started writing it again. Tokyopop, in their wisdom, decided not to release any more volumes so long as it was on hiatus. Personally, I would rather have had five volumes than one...
LOLLILOVER
08.07.2009 12:00 AM
Thank you Murakami Maki... I've been waiting something like 2 years for the next volume. So, when should we be expecting it?
RISINGPHOENIX13
06.12.2009 12:00 AM
(apparently TP signs you out if you write comments questioning their marketing tactics...) So it seems that Sailorspazz is the goddess of Gravi scans, who knew? You can get the different 'mixes here http://gallery.yuki-eiri.com/ most of them are translated. And Sailorspazz has an update of track77 on her LJ, woot! So how is it that tokyopop finds it to be a good idea to rerelease the original Gravi in a 2-for-1 volume but they can't be bothered to translate volume 2 of EX?
ARUKAS
05.11.2009 12:00 AM
does anyone know where i can find english versions of the gravitation remixes (there is one where shuichi is a woman ! ) ? "call me a pervert if you like, i'm still eating your cake"-death note quotage
XZYRAROSE
04.28.2009 12:00 AM
AMAZING!!!!!!!! LOVE IT!
ELIANI
04.10.2009 12:00 AM
Gravitation rulez, but when the hell is the next volume comin out T~T I've been waiting forever
ROGUEJONIN
04.04.2009 12:00 AM
i like its songs especially when shuichi is the one singing. but it kinda disappointing bec. shuichi is NOT a girl but its uniqueness came from there so its fine but i wish there will be some twist in his past life.
SAKUARAELY
03.29.2009 12:00 AM
gravitation rox XD
MIMI1011
03.16.2009 12:00 AM
Yes! i does go on for those who are worried. I have goten a glimpse of it, though it isn't yet translated into english, it is still fun to look at ^_^
YUKI564
02.25.2009 12:00 AM
i love everything about Gravitation and i hope it goes on.
BABYBLUEYES20061
02.10.2009 12:00 AM
I can't wait for the second one! All the characters look so much more adorable than before if that's even possible! xD
ANIMEEMO713
02.01.2009 12:00 AM
i have this one and love it. it so good. i can't wait to see what happens. i wish the second one came out already.
ZOMBIEMONKEYRULER59
01.14.2009 12:00 AM
omg!!!! i have been waiting like 300000000 years for this...yay shuichi/yuki!!!!
YUKIMA
12.23.2008 12:00 AM
I can't wait for the second one to come out. I wish it wouldn't take so long...
ANGC07
12.20.2008 12:00 AM
I just got this manga last week and I must say I love it!! Was wondering if anyone knows if it will be continued? I so want the second one!!
INUGIRL33
11.07.2008 12:00 AM
I've only seen Japanese version of volume 2... But it sucks because I have no idea (well I have some idea) what they're saying...
ANIMELUVER1998
09.29.2008 12:00 AM
dude there are like FIVE out ....>.> in japan!!!! i am dying for them ;_; also the continueing of loveless anime!!!
VEGGIEMUNKY
09.17.2008 12:00 AM
lallalalla i love GRAVITATION!! eri yuki XDDD and shuichi belong to gether!! 4 eva T^T
DANIELLA
09.16.2008 12:00 AM
when is Gravitation Ex 2 coming out? I've been wanting it forever!!!!
USA2KANGEL
08.25.2008 12:00 AM
Thanks I'll try that site, I hope they get it in the US soon :(
DREAMERP
08.25.2008 12:00 AM
I Saw the first ep on comcast on demand and LOVED IT!!!!!!!
ASHCARNJ
08.25.2008 12:00 AM
I loved this! I bought it on my birthday at Barnes and Noble! I really want to know when the next volume comes out. It's taking too long. I hope that she doesn't just stop it here...that would suck. She can't just make Yuki blind and leave it at that! And I want to know if Ryuichi is really interested in Shuichi!
XANIMEADDICTEDX
08.24.2008 12:00 AM
I cant wait till i finish Gravitation. I want to read this so bad!
EMILYYANIME
08.23.2008 12:00 AM
I can't wait to start on Gravitation Ex. I've only seen a few pages but it seems really good.
SINDIA
08.21.2008 12:00 AM
Shuyukijm sad.......when is Gravitation Ex 2 coming out?
SHUYUKIJM
08.11.2008 12:00 AM
Um Dreamerp Go on google.com and type in gravitation ex and the first site is the one you will click to get the tracks but 71-75 is in japanese
HAKAFUSANSAKU
08.07.2008 12:00 AM
OOOH, so somebody has written that Gravitation 2 is already out. I wish it were true, because, come to think of it, I read Gravitation Ex 1 SO many times that I know i by heart and I couldn't read it anymore even if I wanted toXD It's really the time for the second volume to be released.
ZOSIA
07.28.2008 12:00 AM
*emo* WHEN THE HELL IS VOLUME 2 COMING OUT! Whenever I go to click the 'Contact' button it doesn't let me contact them for some reason! I neeeeeeeeed to know when the hell volume 2 will be out!
ANIMELUVER1998
07.28.2008 12:00 AM
Hey, um, if it's any consalation i saw gravatation ex 2. in a store the other day, i had no money to buy it(i'm dirt poor at the mo), but i'm 100% sure of what it was! (i live in New Zealand though so...) And the store is called Heroes for sale.
QUILYRULZ
07.25.2008 12:00 AM
Is there a site to read English Scanlations of the Tracks 71-75 which still haven't been released in the US?
DREAMERP
07.25.2008 12:00 AM
Hey, I was wondering, does anyone know who to obtain a hard copy of the Gravitation Remixes or do you just have to look them up on the net?
ANGELOFDUSK
07.22.2008 12:00 AM
I know! I read that somewhere. >.< I heard she's going through depression or was it stress...? I really which I could send a letter! But I don't think she knows how to read English. DDDDDDD:
HELLOHELLBYEHEAVEN
07.21.2008 12:00 AM
There is a reason as to why the second volume hasn't been published yet. It isn't done. Maki murakami hasnt been drawing. She had left this project in hiatus for a while. She stopped around last year. Now recently i think Genzo comics are putting gravitation ex 2 scans in their site. I'm not too sure. I think Sailor spazz put a new chapter recently in her site. check out the link that "EIRIYUKICOOLNESS" put.
XMARJORIEX
07.02.2008 12:00 AM
OMG I WANT VOLUME 2~!!!!! Hurry up and publish it TOKYOPOP!!!!!!!!! >3
HELLOHELLBYEHEAVEN
06.26.2008 12:00 AM
NO NEED TO WORRY FOLKS I FOUND A SITE THAT HAS PARTS OF VOLUME 2 IN IT BUT ITS IN JAPANESE BUT THERE IS A DISCRIPTION AT THE TOP SO YOU KNOW WHATS GOING ON IN EACH TRACK. HERE IS THE LINK TO THE REST OF GRAVITATION EX.. http://www.geocities.com/sailorspazz/gravi/track71.html
EIRIYUKICOOLNESS
06.21.2008 12:00 AM
http://www.geocities.com/sailorspazz/gravi/track71.html go here for the rest of the tracks of gravitation ex but they are in japanses so but there are discriptions at the top so you'll know wats going on in each one. i think up to track 75 or 74 are up and ex left of at 69 or 70 i think.
EIRIYUKICOOLNESS
06.21.2008 12:00 AM
According to Wikipedia, Maki Murakami went on hiatus (stopped publishing monthly chapters in the magazine she is contracted too) in January 2008 and there is no clear date set for when she will start publishing again. There's probably not enough chapters published to warrant a whole other graphic novel yet...?
SHADOWRYOU
06.20.2008 12:00 AM
Does anyone know when the next vol. comes out? I NEED TO KNOW!! *Ahem* Please.
TERRON
06.20.2008 12:00 AM
grrr the next vol. needs to come out soon iam going insane!!!
SESSHOMARUSMATE
06.19.2008 12:00 AM
I agree...Volume 2 is taking too long to come out.....I'll go mad with curiousity O_O
JUTRASKI
06.19.2008 12:00 AM
Wow i would love to know when the next vol. of this will be out too cause i have been waiting for a year and there is still no news to when i will be out!! Its so sad cause i love Gravitation so much and i want to know what happens next!!! :)
KAGOME89
06.15.2008 12:00 AM