Manga and Comic Reviews
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 […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: The Witcher: The Bear and the Butterfly Billed as vol. 10 in Dark Horse’s series of comics based on “The Witcher” games – vol. 3 of the omnibus collecting the previous ones is also solicited here – it’s also the first one I’m planning to buy. Not because these have a bad reputation […]
The severed hand of high school student Mako Igarashi is discovered when it is mailed to her home. Before the rest of her body can be found, one of her classmates, Mizuki Aikawa, confesses to her murder. She tells the police where to find Mako’s body, and severed head, as well as where another person […]
It came down to the wire, but Gyoro Zeppelli pulled off a win for the first stage of the Steel Ball Run race. Or did he?! The race’s organizers are stumped by this man’s mysterious past and unpleasantly surprised by how his entry has upset the expectations for the event. Even if they’re going to […]