Things start off with the christening of Brno’s new ship and while he’s making a grand speech about peace between man and dragon, the crew of the Quin Zaza is gorging themselves on the buffet that’s been provided.  It’s basically what you’d expect from the series, even if it is nice to see that Mika […]

This latest arc of “Jojo” got off to a slow yet solid start as new protagonist (and son of Dio) Giorno Giovanna took his first steps to achieving his lifelong dream of being a mafioso.  He takes a few more steps here after settling things with Polpo and formally joining Bruno’s gang.  Its members, Abbachio, […]

I was looking forward to this volume in a way that I haven’t for previous volumes in this series for a while now.  Though “Arslan” continues to be quite readable, its storytelling has fallen into a predictable groove where it’s easy to see how the major conflicts and character arcs are going to play out.  […]

If anyone was expecting something significant to follow on from Makie and Nakahara’s late-night encounter at the end of the previous volume, then you’re going to be disappointed.  In fact, much of Makie’s storyline gets put on the back burner as Minare and Mizuho gear up for the former’s latest gig for her radio show.  […]

The monster finally made another appearance at the end of the previous volume, and it capsizes a ship at the beginning of this one.  It’s on its way to Tokyo and that means it’s time for Asa, Kasuga, Keiichi and their shady government friends to spring into action, right?  Well, it would be if everyday […]

Any longtime reader of Inio Asano isn’t likely to ask if things are going to get better after the events of vol. 9.  No, they’re likely to ask “How much worse are things going to get?” while also holding out hope that things don’t become terminally depressing by the end.  At the risk of minor […]

OH NO!  Chiaki has wound up having dinner with both his fiancee Mariko and his sex-obsessed stalker Mihono!  As this is happening at his apartment in front of his younger brothers, you have to wonder how things could get worse.  At least, until the end of the chapter when Mihono puts him in a sleeper […]

Vol. 23 of “One-Punch Man” is mostly run-of-the-mill by the title’s standards.  Which is to say that it delivers some quality fight scenes without advancing the overall Hero Society vs. Monster Society story all that much.  In fact, it’s getting to the point where it feels like writer ONE is determined to use every single […]

There are some series where I grumble about how long it takes them to produce a new volume.  Then there are the series like “Yotsuba&!” where the wait is irrelevant to the fact that a new volume exists at all.  This is to say that vol. 15 is much like the previous fourteen in that […]