For Christmas, Orphan presents a Christmas shoujo OVA that is neither a Christmas story nor a typical shoujo: the 1991 OVA *Ichigatsu ni wa Christmas* (*A Christmas in January*). College student and part-time shoe salesman Fujioka Junso meets apparent schoolgirl Tatento Mizuki, and the sparks fly, but not romantic ones, more like flint on flint:  These two damaged souls have multiple encounters over the Christmas season, growing stronger if not closer. New laserdisc rip on the Domesday Duplicator. Original OldCastle script has been translation checked, edited, and typeset. See [this blog entry](https://collectr.blogspot.com/2024/12/ichigatsu-ni-wa-christmas.html) for more details. This release, and all Orphan releases, are available for direct download from IRC bot Orphan|Arutha in channels #nibl or #news on irc.rizon.net.