Manga and Comic Reviews
The manga was better. It’s a common refrain that’s usually used to talk about any adaptation of such into other media. Usually used when talking about the anime version of a popular series in my case. That’s not always the case as there are times when the passion of the people adapting the material shines […]
When Russia is breathing down your neck, what’s the best way to shore up ties between disparate peoples? In the case of this series its forging bonds between the people of the towns and the people of the steppes, except that the latter clans need to get their own affairs in order first. How are […]
Alita and Yunie were kidnapped by the monstrosity known as Gyapollo near the end of the previous volume. They’re now captives of Jakoleva and the kids she’s kept around for her own experiments are thinking about using them for target practice. But who is this battle-happy cyborg who has a mad-on for Keun the Kaufman? […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Helen of Wyndhorn #1 (of 6) When a big-name creator shows up at Dark Horse these days, it’s usually for one of three reasons: They’ve been given their own imprint within the company (Kevin Smith, Stan Sakai, Eric Powell, Matt Kindt). They’re being published because of a deal with another publisher (Scott Snyder). […]
Have you ever wondered just how the superhero class system employed by the Hero Society came into being for this series? Vol. 26 has you covered in that regard as we learn that there were originally only Class C, B, and A-level heroes at the start of the Society’s founding. S-rank was established after it […]
Breast-Milk Homeless Man fights the Foreign Schlong-Slicer. The high school student who tried to steal a bra with his drone has to confront his crime. Kawado goes into the vulgar particulars of her job while also revealing she’s connected to one of the most significant ninja incidents in recent history. An abused little girl gets […]
Miyuki has the money. He’s got the plan. He’s got the friends needed to carry it out. Now all he needs to do is execute it… ON HIS BIKE! Or maybe not since his friends tell him at the start that he should just take a cab to the first stop on his plan to […]
It’s been a few years, but Dark Horse has delivered the follow-up, and possibly concluding chapter, to mangaka Kenji Tsuruta’s adaptation of writer Shinji Kajio’s stories. After a brief interlude in 1980, the first arc in the volume picks up in 1988 with the title character, who has the knowledge of all of her past […]
In this volume, Anya’s actions indirectly cause the deaths of two people. They were both thugs who were trying to kill the family that Yor has been trying to protect during this arc. Which makes it all okay, right? Extremely dubious involvement of an elementary schooler in a battle of assassins aside this volume is […]
Who is Hajime “Hellmaster” Damemaru? That’s the question Shimada Death wants to answer in this volume. So she pursues the only rational course of action to find out: Hooking up his shadow-ified body to the brain of an ancient decaying organism in Darknest in the hopes of getting a look inside. Shimada and Zaha do […]