What do the students of a magical university in lockdown do to keep themselves occupied?  There’s hand-to-hand combat training for one, something that Chise (or at least her left arm) has some experience in.  They’ve also got plenty of studying to do, as the curriculum does not stop while everyone’s locked in.  Oh, and there’s […]

Denji has survived his encounter with the Bomb Devil and is still dealing with the heartbreak from it when this volume opens.  So it’s a good thing that Makima is on hand to offer to take a trip with him, Aki, and Power to Enoshima.  At least, that was the plan until news of the […]

After “Part 4” took us on a long and winding road through the quiet streets of Morioh to eventually catch a serial killer, one has to wonder what mangaka Hirohiko Araki has in store for us in this next part of “Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure.”  The answer, after this first volume appears to be something very […]

Your enjoyment of this volume will likely depend on how you feel towards Darryl Lorenz. Do you feel that the ex-Zeon pilot who, along with his comrades, has allied with the Nanyang Alliance is a tragic figure?  That he sacrificed so much of himself for so little only to find a true family with a […]

The dragon the Quin Zaza was facing off against at the end of vol. 8 was special in a couple of ways.  We find out here that not only is it one of the four legendary dragons that roam the skies, but it’s also the one that took down the Quin Zaza and its original […]

If you thought that Asa meeting up with Keiichi at the end of the previous volume was going to be the start of this series moving on to bigger things, then you were right.  …From a certain point of view.  That’s because we’re still in 1964 and the Tokyo Olympics are about to kick off!  […]

I’m not sure I could ever describe a volume of this series as “coasting,” but things come awfully close here.  The opening chapters, which involve detailing a certain character’s backstory, Miyuki and Kaguya reaffirming their love for each other, and setup for the Valentine’s Day chapters, are all fine.  It’s also nice to see Ishigami […]

Shino Oshima is about to start high school and will have to introduce herself in front of her other classmates.  This is something that most students wouldn’t give a second thought to, but is a terrifying proposition to our protagonist.  That’s because Shino has struggled with a case of stuttering up until now.  It’s something […]

While I liked the past four volumes that told the story of Baron Muster and his influence on Erica, they still felt like a diversion from why I’m reading this series.  Which would be to find out Alita’s backstory from when she was known as Yoko on Mars.  Mangaka Yukito Kishiro does take some steps […]