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 […]

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 […]