Manga and Comic Reviews
Mob is about to graduate middle school, but he hasn’t decided on the direction he’d like to take in high school. That’s nothing compared to the issues facing Tome Kurata, head of the Telepathy Club. Not only has she made it through middle school without encountering any aliens, but her fellow club members have treated […]
Okay, so the bit about the zombie horse is a letdown, but as for everything else… That there are random mummified body parts strewn throughout the desert course of this leg of the Steel Ball Run is perhaps the least surprising thing about this volume. Yet it turns out that there are some very powerful […]
If you’re thinking that I’ll be writing up my thoughts on the second (and concluding) volume of James Harren’s gonzo kaiju-fighting series, you’d be right. If you’re also thinking that the reason I’m writing it up as the latest part of this type of article is because I didn’t like it all that much, you’re […]
Anyone who listened to my podcast regarding “Innocent” last year will know that I wasn’t entirely satisfied with the third omnibus volume. Rather than being a conclusion to the story of pre-revolutionary-era France executioner Charles-Henri Sanson, it was actually a transitional volume for mangaka Shin’ichi Sakamoto to refocus the story on the character he was […]
The Winter Holiday continues and things are as normal as they get around Elias and Chise’s place. Which means that the former’s ostensible landlord has shown up to ask for the former’s traditional help in dealing with the curse that has plagued his family for generations. That’s small potatoes compared to what the head of […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Omnibus vol. 6 *sigh* Delayed again. Which, I suppose, is better than the release date coming and not having it arrive. I mean, that could still happen, but they’ll actually have to nail down a proper release date first. Which is April 14, 2026, according to this latest […]
I won’t lie: It’s kind of hard to remember what was going on in this series when I reviewed its last volume just over a year ago. Fortunately, this has never been a very plot-heavy series, so when the focus winds up being on a fight between an empowered version of Celine, the Perfumer, and […]
The Nanyang Alliance is about to get everything they’ve ever wanted following the death of their leader, Sojo Levan Fu. At least, that’s what the majority of them think as they continue to charge the Solar Ray under Karla’s orders, unaware that she’s the one who murdered him. What they don’t realize is that she […]
While Kentaro Miura’s masterwork “Berserk” is the series that he’s best known for, it’s not the only manga he was responsible for in his lifetime. He previously collaborated with writer Buronson on “King of Wolves” and “Japan” while also delivering the one-volume “Giganto Maxia” late in his career. The man had ideas for many more […]
Last time, the series took a volume-length detour to follow (really) young Jonathan Harker’s trip through the Transylvanian countryside to meet with Count Dracula on behalf of the Whitby School. What he found there was the cutest and fluffiest version of the Count yet put to page. Vol. 5 picks up from the end of […]