Manga and Comic Reviews
Tanuki treasure? That’s what Asakusa and Mizusaki are chasing at the start of this volume when they go for a trip in the countryside during school break. Their quest takes them through a village with an interesting history and a lot of tanuki wandering around its rural parts. Yet even if the treasure isn’t found, […]
Before we get started, can I recommend some mood music? This is probably more appropriate, but I’m also quite partial to this version as well. Kentaro Miura passed away in May of 2021 leaving his magnum opus unfinished. It’s since been announced that the series will be continued by Koji Mori, the mangaka behind “Holy […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Empowered vol. 12 Seeing this in these solicitations came as a pleasant surprise rather than a “GODDAMN, FINALLY!” given the *goes to bookshelf to check* more than three years that have passed since the previous volume came out. That’s mainly down to the fact that vol. 11 didn’t leave off on a cliffhanger […]
The college is still in lockdown when the volume opens, but Chise and the other students are still finding ways to make the best of their lot. Whether it’s finishing off the tour of haunted places from the previous volume, sampling the horticultural offerings of the grounds, making charms for others, or just being tormented… […]
It looks like the adventures of Andragoras and Tahemany have been consigned to the backburner as far as the narrative for this series is concerned. What does mangaka Hiromu Arakawa offer up her as their replacement? Pirates! This threat comes upon the coastal city of Gilan after Arslan and company arrive there hoping to hit […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Oh My Goddess! Omnibus vol. 7 This series had the distinction of being Dark Horse’s longest-published manga series up until October 2017 when the sixth omnibus came out. When no subsequent omnibus was solicited in the months afterward, I had assumed that the fanbase for Kosuke Fujishima’s “Oh My Goddess!” had well and […]
The previousvolumes have been ping-ponging back and forth between Darryl and Io’s perspectives along with their respective factions. Mangaka Yasuo Ohtagaki has also made it clear that you’re supposed to be sympathizing with whoever’s in the protagonist role for those volumes, regardless if one of them is doing the work of a terrorist organization. The […]
Tokiyuki Hojo’s main antagonist may be charismatic (and possibly demonically possessed) warrior Takauji Ashikaga, but he gets an acceptably devious stand-in with Sadamune Ogasawara. He’s the governor of Shugo Province and has a major beef with Tokiyuki’s benefactor Yorishige Suwa. So Sadamune decides to crash a dog-shooting competition (it’s not as bad as it sounds…) […]
Hayao Miyazaki is internationally famous because many, if not all, of the anime films he has directed are certifiable classics. In addition to these films, the man also found time to create the greatest work of comics ever made, “Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind,” over a twelve-year period. While I’ve recommended a lot of […]
It’s the second round of testing for First-Class Mages, and it’s being devised by a… pacifist? Sense, the proctor of the exam, is also someone who has never had anyone pass one of her tests before. Which sounds strange when you consider that this one has the relatively straightforward goal of just having to make […]