2) Wah! Both the Borders I usually go to don't even have Oyayubihime Infinity 4 out yet. Sigh. And I have a love-hate relationship with my local comic store, as they did not seem to care when manga came or, nor did they bother looking anything up the last time I asked. Grrr.

1) I've only read one Ibbotson romance, and while I didn't notice any horrific anti-Semitism, I read it back when I wasn't very aware of such things. So ... YMMV. I did get a little bugged by some gender stuff, but not as flagrantly as most romances bug me.