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 →
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 →
I'm getting behind in my reviews. Here I am, finally posting my review of volume sixteen of Beastars, and volume seventeen is already out! It's about time I get caught up, so let's dive into this review! Synopsis: Legoshi wakes up is the hospital having survived a brutal attack at the hands of notorious mixed-species... Continue Reading →
I'm not a big horror person, but the idea behind Haro Aso's manga series, Alice in Borderland, sounded interesting enough that I decided to give it a try - this in spite of the fact that there is a guy with a super creepy-looking horse face on the cover! Let's get into the review and... Continue Reading →
Iwatobineko's science fiction manga series, The Country Without Humans, is an interesting read. The story is both exciting and rather melancholy, as the main characters struggle to discover what happened to all of the humans in a technologically advanced society full of robots that once served them. Synopsis: A girl wakes up in a strange... Continue Reading →
As a Dragon Ball fan, I'm always excited whenever something by Akira Toriyama in licensed in english. For such an influential creator, he doesn't actually have that many series to his name, so it's a treat whenever I get the chance to read anything new by him. Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater is a collection of... Continue Reading →
Our newest villain graces the cover of this volume and makes quite an impression in it's pages, as he runs circles around Legoshi in this installment of Beastars. As with my reviews of the other volumes of the Beastars manga, this review will contain some spoilers for both this and previous volumes in the series.... Continue Reading →
There's a lot to discuss in this volume of Paru Itagaki's Beastars. A dramatic meeting with Yahya! An emotional reunion between Haru and Legoshi! And the reveal of a new antagonist! Let's get into it! As with my reviews of the other volumes of the Beastars manga, this review will contain some spoilers of events... Continue Reading →
Hello World The Manga, by Manatsu Suzuki and Yoshihiro Sono, is a sci-fi adventure story about a withdrawn boy who discovers that he'll need to come out of his shell and fight if he wants to save the love of his life. A shocking revelation, considering he hasn't even fallen in love with the girl... Continue Reading →
Based on the light novels by Kanata Yanagino, The Faraway Paladin manga by Mutsumi Okubashi is an atmospheric fantasy series that takes it's time establishing it's world and protagonist. This omnibus edition collects the first two volumes of the manga, so we've got a good chunk of story to discuss in this review. Synopsis: As... Continue Reading →
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