It’s a new volume of “Bocchi” and the first one released in the U.S. to feature material that wasn’t adapted for the anime.  Which means this series finally has the chance to stand on its own without comparison to the adaptation that gave it a sizable fanbase outside of Japan.  This should be a good […]

In order to know if this latest manga that Dark Horse has published from Kenji Tsuruta is for you, ask yourself three things: If you answered “Yes” to all three of these questions like I did, then you’re going to enjoy vol. 1 of “Captain Momo’s Secret Base.”  While Dark Horse has been trying to […]

Phobos was saved in the previous volume.  Freed of Labrys’ reprogramming by way of the Bydo virus, she’s herself again as well as Nene’s friend.  Now that she’s back, the first thing on the agenda is getting Clarion back to her old self.  Which is going to be hard because she’s whatever the AI equivalent […]

This volume picks up with Macht, one of the Seven Sages of Destruction, still trying to understand humans.  He’s still turning them into gold via the Diagoldze curse, but then he meets Solitar, another demon who struggles to understand humans.  Then Schlacht, a demon who says that he’s been ordered to defeat the hero of […]

This volume starts off with a couple brief bits of nonsense involving a vengeful superior at the hospital Loid Forger works at and Yuri Briar’s latest series of failed efforts to show that the man his sister married is just no good.  The rest of vol. 10 picks up considerably as Anya, Becky, Damien, and […]

These volumes serve as a bridge between arcs and the hope is that the Japan Anti-Kaiju Defense Force will be able to turn the setback they suffered at the start of vol. 7 into a win with the conflict that starts in vol. 8.  So what do we have to look forward to in between?  […]

Shin’ichi Sakamoto gave the impression that he was preparing to stage the most handsomely mounted period version of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” with the first volume of this series.  It had style to burn, all in the service of what looked to be a retelling of “Dracula” with most of the cast transplanted and transposed […]

We learned a lot about Seiko’s history last time in a way that actually went a good deal towards humanizing her, fifteen volumes in.  Even if mangaka Shuzo Oshimi doesn’t seem to want to explore the obvious role that mental illness has had on this character’s life, her character feels more understandable here, which isn’t […]

I hope everyone enjoyed reading lots of words about a manga from Shin’ichi Sakamoto last week, because I’ve got more to say about another series of his that also launched last year.  “#DRCL” is arguably the more successful, as it managed to snag an Eisner Award nomination for “Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material – […]