Manga and Comics Reviews
Neko Yotsuba's Her Royal Highness Seems to be Angry is an action/fantasy manga about a former princess who's been reborn many years into the future, where she's dismayed to discovered that certain things have gone decidedly down hill! Adapted from a novel series by Kou Yatsuhashi, this tale of reincarnation features a heroine who's more... Continue Reading →
It's finally here! Kageki Shojo!! The Curtain Rises was one of my favourite new manga series from last year, and I've been greatly anticipating the arrival of Kumiko Saiki's sequel series: Kageki Shojo!! It's time for more drama, more dazzling theatre and more adorable moments of friendship! Synopsis: Watanabe Sarasa has managed to make it... Continue Reading →
Yakuza Lover, by Nozomi Mino, is a shojo manga that feels like it should be a josei series. This steamy romance stars a college student who gets caught up in a relationship with a member the yakuza, and it’s much more sexually charged than what you’d typically find in your average shojo manga. I can’t... Continue Reading →
I'm, apparently, continuing to just eat-up the increasingly prolific sub-genre of isekai stories where someone is reincarnated as the villainess in a game or novel. I don’t know why I enjoy this type of story so much; maybe it’s the appeal of a heroine with insider knowledge of the world, or the tension surrounding whether... Continue Reading →
Okura’s I Think Our Son is Gay is an LGBTQ+ manga that I’ve been greatly looking forward to reading. I’d enjoyed That Blue Sky Feeling, another manga written by Okura, quite a lot and was excited to see their take on a more comedic series, especially since this one looked really cute. I’m happy to... Continue Reading →
Allow me to introduce you to my new obsession! Adapted from the light-novel series of the same name, by Yuka Tachibana, The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent is a delightful isekai manga by Fujiazuki, which tells the story of an office worker who is unexpectedly summoned to another world, where she finds herself gifted with... Continue Reading →
Fe’s Love of Kill began life as an online comic, before eventually being published as a print manga, and it’s one of the series that I’ve been most looking forward to reading in 2021. There aren’t a ton of action-focused shojo series being published in English, so I was excited to give this one a... Continue Reading →
Magical Angel Creamy Mami is a famous magical-girl franchise from the 80’s which follows the adventures of Yū, a young girl who’s granted the use of a magic wand for one year by some aliens she winds up helping. Yū uses her powers to transform herself into a teenager and become a hugely successful idol... Continue Reading →
Golden Japanesque: A Splendid Yokohama Romance, by Kaho Miyasaka, is a shojo romance that takes place during the Meiji era, a period in Japan’s history characterized by great change and rapid modernization. With its long period of isolation over, Japan begins to embrace many Western ideas and technologies, but amidst this massive cultural shift, can... Continue Reading →
Rei Toma is a mangaka whose works I’ve all loved and I've been really looking forward to her newest series, The King’s Beast, which is set in the same world as Dawn of the Arcana - though on a different continent, so you don’t need to have read that series to jump into this one.... Continue Reading →
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