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 →
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 →
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 →
An unconventional manga that's part teen comedy, part quirky supernatural adventure, Sheepily Horned Witch Romi is a manga you won't want to miss! Created by Yoichi Abe, this eccentric manga is weird, goofy and poignant all at once - a unique combination that makes for a hell of a read! Synopsis: Uryuu wakes up at... 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 →
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 →
Have you ever wondered what exactly happens to the heroes after they complete their quest and save the world? Or how those mystical elf characters in fantasy stories feel about how much longer they'll live than all of their friends? Then Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe's manga, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, might just be the... Continue Reading →
With it's unnecessarily lengthy title, The Exo-Drive Reincarnation Games: All-Japan Isekai Battle Tournament is poking fun of isekai manga and light-novel tropes right out of the gate. Written by Keiso and with art by Zunta, The Exo-Drive Reincarnation Games is a playful parody of the isekai genre which reimagines the now ubiquitous plot-device of being... Continue Reading →
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