Manga and Comic Reviews
Last time, things started going off the rails again as the end-of-volume drama edged closer to self-parody than compelling. This was only part of the reason why I was hesitant at first to crack this volume open. I’ve talked before about how this series thrives on making the reader uncomfortable via the toxic relationship Seiichi […]
Vol. 7 had Minare and Mizuho heading out to Motomachi to help a shut-in get out of his room in order to get a story that they could use for the former’s radio show. Everything was going (kinda, sorta) to plan until SUDDENLY OUT OF NOWHERE AN EARTHQUAKE HITS JAPAN! Now everyone’s doing their best […]
We left off last time dealing with the story of the incredible shrinking mafioso. Narancia was the shortest member of Bruno’s gang and he started to get a lot shorter after being hit with the Stand known as Tiny Feet. His troubles only increase in this volume as he winds up having to deal with […]
No points for guessing what took a long time to come back into stock for me to order over at The Right Stuf. The upside here is that now I should only have to wait 21 months until vol. 13…? Regardless of how long the wait is, I’m sure it’ll be worth it because “Vinland […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Jinx This is the story of a couple of two-bit hustlers, Goldfish and Columbia, who each wind up with half of the location to where a major cash stash is located, and the title character, a bounty hunter who crosses their paths. It’s also the longest series Brian Michael Bendis did by himself […]
One thing I was disappointed with last year is that the “Dorohedoro” manga never went on sale at ComiXology. I say this because I’ve got nineteen more volumes left to buy and I’d prefer not to pay a premium for them, no matter how much I liked the first three and (especially) the anime. While […]
This volume’s first story involves Nene getting to know a young girl who is about to experience life with a completely different kind of cyberbody. Now, I expect this story to have a humanist sci-fi bent that takes the unusual nature of this cyberbody and spins a surprisingly touching tale that’s another showcase for our […]
This series has been treading the waters of “Not as Good as it Once Was” for a good long while now. I keep waiting for it to either step up its storytelling game or to give us some signs of its old, nasty self that thrived on shock value. What I was not expecting was […]
In the previous volume, Denji and most of the main cast went to Hell. Nobody goes to Hell in this volume. They just go through it. Starting with Power, who has been traumatized by her encounter with the Darkness Devil and can’t calm down as a result of it. Denji does his best to deal […]
You know, if this volume represents the last we see of Tanigaki in this series… I’m cool with that. Meanwhile, Sugimoto, Asirpa, and Shiraishi are on the trail of another tattooed convict, Botaro the Pirate. When they get word that a man with strange tattoos is working as a candy seller in a nearby town, […]