Manga and Comic Reviews
This volume of “Jack of Fables” finds the series in a position remarkably similar to what “Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic” was at the same point in its run (believe it or not). Both series had/have concluded the story they began telling in the first volume and used/are now using the time they […]
The podcast is in the entry below, but 24 hours after recording it I’ve had some second thoughts about how I wrapped it up. While my overall opinion still stands, I feel that I came down too hard on the series at the end. The thing is that I read through 15-odd volumes of the […]
We’re entering the home stretch here as the series is set to conclude with vol. 6 in May. In exploring this strange new world, Zoichi is taken to the village of the “people” he met at the end of the previous volume. They’re such a peaceful and friendly people that it should surprise no one […]
What I like most about this series is the way it deviates from your expectations. Vol. 1 introduced us to our nameless “Killer” and set him up as someone who was highly competent at his job, but starting to crack under the strain of it all. You’d think that vol. 2 would continue to show […]
With the series’ focus narrowed to showing what makes great Shonen Jump manga, it narrows the focus further still as aspiring creators Mashiro and Takagi now have to determine what kind of manga will work well in Jump. Smartly, they realize that pirates, ninja, and shinigami have already been taken, so they have to come […]