Manga and Comics Reviews
In the world of manga, Satoshi Mizukami is a favorite creator of mine. I found their previous works, Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer and Spirit Circle, to be enormously entertaining, thanks to their quirky humor and pulpy action storylines. These series were also surprisingly poignant when they decided to tug at your heart strings, making... Continue Reading →
Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke's Mansion is a korean webtoon with art by Whale and original story by Milcha. It follows the struggles of a young woman who's been reborn into the world of a novel as an unfortunate side-character fated to die. Using her wits and knowledge of the original novel, she's... Continue Reading →
Hello again, everyone! I wound up taking a bit of an unscheduled break during July, so it's been a while since I've posted a new review. However, I was doing a lot of reading during my blogging vacation, so hopefully August will be a more productive month for the blog. For my grand return, I'm... Continue Reading →
Hinase Momoyama's The Holy Grail of Eris is a fantasy manga with plenty of drama, mystery and a supernatural twist. Based on the novels by Kujira Tokiwa, this manga adaptation stars a good-hearted noble woman who is unsuited for navigating treacherous high society, but who finds an unlikely ally in a supposedly wicked woman. Synopsis:... Continue Reading →
Tomohi's Nightfall Travelers: Leave Only Footprints follows a pair of high school girls as they do some urban exploring after school as part of an assignment. Together they experience the beauty of their town, handle a few brief scares and start to become friends. But is there more than meets the eye when it comes... Continue Reading →
Here we are at the 18th volume of Paru Itagaki's Beastars manga, and the plot seems to finally be getting back to the unresolved problem of who will be the next Beastar! As with my other reviews of this manga, this review will contain some spoilers for both this volume and earlier volumes in the... Continue Reading →
Mizuno and Chayama, by Yuhta Nishio, is a yuri manga that explores the lives of two high school girls who are isolated and suffering due to the ways they are viewed by their community. Can they finally find accpetance in each other? Or will they be torn apart by their roles in society? Synopsis: Mizuno... Continue Reading →
A Galaxy Next Door is a cute new romance manga from Gido Amagakure, the creator of Sweetness and Lightening. This love story between an artist and his assistant is a lot stranger than it first appears, so get ready for some sci-fi shenanigan's and mishaps involving alien physiology! Synopsis: Ichiro Kuga has been doing his... Continue Reading →
Yagi the Bookshop Goat, by Fumi Furukawa, is a boys love manga staring anthropomorphized animals trying to sort out their feelings for each other while running a bookstore. More than a few books are harmed during the process! Synopsis: Yagi loves books and his dream since he was a kid has been to work in... Continue Reading →
The Music of Marie is a science fiction manga that explores a utopian world with a mysterious clockwork goddess whose blessings might disguise hidden truths. This manga was written and drawn by Usamaru Furuya, the creator of Genkaku Picasso and Lychee Light Club. As a fan of Genkaku Picasso's surreal visuals and dramatic storytelling, I... Continue Reading →
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