As most of you probably already know, I'm a huge fan of Vampire Hunter D, enough to own its fanlisting. Earlier this morning, I was trilled to receive an email from  eManga about Vampire Hunter D's 6th manga volume to be on sale at eManga tomorrow, December 28th, 2011.

I was also informed that in line with this launch, they'll be streaming the previous Vampire Hunter D manga volumes for free. Yes, that's right from volumes 1 to 5 and FREE. The free streaming of Vampire Hunter D 1-5 manga volumes started last December 24 and will end at January 8, 2012.

Maybe some of you have already heard of eManga, but for the sake of those who doesn't, I'll give you guys a few information about eManga before you head up here and start reading. eManga is an online manga streaming site run by Digital Manga, Inc. By streaming, it means you can only read them when you're connected to the Internet. And yes, that also meant that the manga are digital copies of the manga. The difference between eManga and the other online streaming sites like Batoto.net or StopTazmo.co m (if you notice, as an ex-scanlator, I do not support manga fox) is that eManga is a legit version, not from scanlated copies, but from the publishers themselves. Although, in eManga, you have to buy points and use these points to read the mangas. It's like buying the manga in cheaper price, without the physical book.

Personally, I prefer the physical book themselves, but in cases like Vampire Hunter D, where acquiring the physical manga is really hard, I would go for online manga streaming sites like this. Although I do wish to be able to download the manga instead of just always streaming them online for a few reasons like: (1) I have this picky thing with the media quality that whenever I read them online, they get pixelated and this irritates me; (2) I wanted to be able to read them from my laptop or my mobile phone even without internet; (3) I would be able to transfer them in different handles like my brother's tab, in case I wanted to read it there, without streaming it again. Although, these are just personal preference. I do, however, understand that they chose it to be streaming and using Adobe Flash player to prevent it from being stolen.

Here are the list of winners from Beyond Eternal's 8th Anniversary Giveaway I held last November 15th:

• Jepoy
• Nix
• Henry
• Hiyono
• Tin Rementilla
• keysi
• Stephen Rey - Forfeited. Prize re-raffled to Xian.
• Lee - Forfeited. Prize re-raffled to Chette.

Actually, I never got the chance to raffle them anymore. There were exactly 8 entries and I'm supposed to giveaway 8 Globe 100 Loads. I feel happy that it made my life easier, but at the same time, I'm sad because I didn't get that much participants in this raffle, but oh well.

Congratulations to the winners! I've sent you emails, please reply to them as soon as possible!

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Update 2011.12.13 18.18:

Globe 100 Load has been sent to the winners who have replied to the previous email I've sent!

To the winners who haven't, you only have until this Thursday, December 15, 2011 12:00 AM to send me your mobile numbers or your prize will be forfeited. I'll re-raffle the load to those who were not able to join the contest on time.

Thank you!

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Update 2011.12.15 14.10:

Stephen Rey and Lee's prizes are forfeited after not replying for a month. New winners are Xian and Chette! Congratulations!

Last ray of the sun,
Please show me which road to take.
The road is fading.

This time around, I actually did not forget to celebrate this blog's anniversary!

So this year's the 8th year since I launched Beyond Eternal. 8 is a symbol of infinity. And because Beyond Eternal is supposed to have the same feelings and ideals as infinity, I thought that I should celebrate it properly this time. So I decided that I'd giveaway something for a change. Since this is my first time giving away something, I've been pondering real hard about what to give for months. In the end, my laziness got into me and decided that I'll give away mobile loads instead, to save me from the effort of having to ship the items I'll be giving away.

I'll be giving away Globe 100 loads to 8 lucky winners via raffle. The contest starts today, November 15, 2011 (Tuesday) and will end 15 days from now, November 30, 2011 (Wednesday) 11:59 PM Philippine Standard Time.

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Countless thoughts, whispered.
Endless tears, drowned in sorrow,
Washed away by rain.