"She's called FIREWOMAN and she fights against the evil!"
    This week, Amami Bunny costume plays as Virginia as Firewoman from the eighth chapter of the excellent illustrated tale, O Diário de Virgínia, by Cátia Ana da Silva.
   


    This wonderful Portuguese series from Brazil is about a girl named Virginia, who scribbles her thoughts in words and drawings into her diary which burst to life as you, the reader, goes through it.  It is as heartwarming as it is heart-wrenching, as Virginia goes through the often painful process of rediscovering herself and her passions.
    I first encountered O Diário de Virgínia in early 2010 when Cátia Ana started following me on Twitter.  I do have the habit of looking at the links from the profiles of those who follow me, and I went through her site (it only had the first two chapters at the time).  I didn't know a word of Portuguese so I had no idea on what was going on but I absolutely loved her art, particularly her linework.  I had toyed with the dream of her drawing Callous Comics, but I felt that there was no way I could get such an amazing artist to draw my comic.  Besides, we spoke different languages.
    In mid-2010 I had to go on a month-long break from comics and I put out a call for guest work to keep the site alive.  I was extremely honored to receive a good number of wonderful guest art.  Then, out of the blue, I received this guest comic strip from Cátia Ana!
    I went through her site again and typed each and every word from her comic into Google Translate.  The story was just as enchanting as her art and I was hooked.  I edited the translation of the first chapter and e-mailed it to her and I'm currently co-credited in its English translation.  Fortunately, she has translated the first 10 chapters into English on her own, though she does not plan to do the same for further parts.
    As a webcomic, O Diário de Virgínia is quite innovative.  That's all I'll say about that for I do not wish to spoil the surprise, for this aspect of the series blew me away the first time I came across it.  And with each succeeding chapter new delights await.
    Thanks for the wonderful series and your friendship, Cátia Ana!  It is my honor to have Amami Bunny do this homage!

Update: I got a wonderful response from Cátia Ana, as Virginia, Sabrina, and Mike cosplay as Dr. Rianne Nicah, Cal Duck, and Mallard Duck!

O Diário de Virgínia can be found at http://www.odiariodevirginia.com
Follow Cátia Ana on Twitter as @virginiaemike