Manga and Comics Reviews
I'd had that old profile pic for a couple years now and it felt like time for a change. A friend of mine kindly offered to design me a new one and the result is this beauty! I'm over the moon with this design - it's so cute! My friend is currently looking for freelance... Continue Reading →
Sakamoto Days is a manga series that I've been really looking forward to checking out. The premise sounded funny and I was anticipating a lot of action and laughs. And, Yuto Suzuki's action/comedy series pretty much delivered on my expectations. Synopsis: Taro Sakamoto was a legendary hitman, unrivaled in his field and feared by everyone... Continue Reading →
Our favourite wolf boy just keeps getting more redesigns and thus we have a white Legoshi on this volume's cover. We'll get into the reason for his fur colour change in this review. As with my other reviews of Paru Itagaki's Beastars manga, this review may contain some spoilers for events in both this and... Continue Reading →
Can I just gush a bit over how gorgeous this cover is? Not only is the illustration lovely, but the rose detailing on the corners is printed in this sparkly, metallic ink that gives the cover this iridescent look that's simply beautiful! I appreciate it when publishers put a little extra effort into a book's... Continue Reading →
Ever wonder what would happen if your favourite hero decided not to bother answering the call to action and went and had a nap instead? Well, this tag post explores exactly that. Thank you to Never Argue With a Fish for tagging me in my first tag post of the year! Coming up with these... Continue Reading →
Eita Miyazawa's Otherside Picnic manga is an adaptation of a series of sci-fi/adventure novels that were written by Iori Miyazawa. I haven't read these books, or seen the anime adaptation based on them, so this will be a review of strictly the manga version of this story. Synopsis: Surly college student, Sorawo, isn't very good... Continue Reading →
Pinkie has come up with a sparkly new blog-tag-award thingy, and was kind enough to tag me in it. The You Are a Magical Girl Tag is all about imagining your very own Magical Girl identity! A story pitch, if you will, for a wonderful adventure with you as the star! Apparently, Pinkie thought to... Continue Reading →
It's been a while since I've done one of these tag posts, so a hearty thank you to y0uc4n7kn0w for tagging me! The pressures we experience as bloggers is an interesting topic and I'm looking forward to seeing the kinds of responses that people will give as this tag makes it's way through the blogosphere.... Continue Reading →
Hidekichi Matsumoto lives with her dog, Inu, and her cat, Neko, and began drawing this simple, gag-manga chronicling her daily experiences with her quirky and loveable pets and posting it on Twitter. It became so popular online that it was eventually published in physical books and I'm glad that it has been licensed in English,... Continue Reading →
It's been a little while since I was last nominated for the Blogger Recognition Award and I found that, this time around, I had to think for a bit in order to come up with some new blogging advice. I guess I haven't learned that much since last time! Thank you to Railgunfan75 and Neverarguewithafish... Continue Reading →
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