Manga and Comic Reviews
If you’ll recall, I put “Golden Kamuy” on my “Best of 2020” list. I generally try to avoid putting ongoing series on there, or else each year would be dominated by continuing series like “Blade of the Immortal,” “The Walking Dead,” or “Delicious in Dungeon” until they ended… if they ended well. In the case […]
Hey everyone! Remember that thing we did around eight months ago? Well, we’re doing it again because I still need to learn how to manage my backlog better! Early on in this volume, we learn a few important things: That Sugimoto doesn’t want Asirpa to wind up becoming a murderer. That the Ainu practice live […]
If you’re wondering where the reviews of vols. 1 & 2 are, Steve and I talked about them on the podcast a few months back. Since that podcast, it’s been announced that MAPPA will be handling the anime adaptation of this series. Given their predilection towards works that thrive on over-the-top violence — “Attack on […]
While we’re finally getting COVID-19 under control, its ongoing presence is still preventing a return to normal for a lot of conventions. This includes my enduring favorite, Fanime in the San Jose area. The pandemic has now prevented the convention from being held in-person twice. Fortunately, people want to attend Fanime and it’s how we […]
Vol. 3 kicks off with the arrival of Yuri Briar to the Forger family household for dinner. Not only is he Yor’s brother, but he’s also a member of Ostania’s secret police, and he loves his sister dearly. To the point of comedic awkwardness as he’s roughly as many social graces as his sister. This […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: She Could Fly vol. 3 Vol. 1 boasted a compelling illustration of mental illness, along with a lot of quirk to go along with it. Vol. 2 had me getting better acclimated to this title’s quirkiness while also giving us a quasi-ending that wrapped up the story as best it could. It also […]
As far as cliffhangers go, the one for vol. 9 of this series was top-notch. It implied something awful and I was bracing for the worst when I opened up vol. 10. What I got… was a big ol’ flashback to when Teacher was still human. While his days as a human had long been […]
I, like many other people, was greeted with some truly awful news when I went to check the online news this morning. Kentaro Miura, the creator of “Berserk,” passed away due to aortic dissection on May 6th. He created a number of shorter works such as “King of Wolves,” “Japan,” and “Giganto Maxia” over the […]
Am I going to keep talking about each volume in this series as it comes out? Yes. Yes I am. At least until the inevitable anime adaptation arrives. Most likely after the end of this series. Which, if you squint after reading this volume, may just be barely in sight. This is another volume where […]
When we left off, Minare was preparing to accompany Mizuho and Katsumi on the latter’s research trip for his next novel. Minare is mainly going along for moral/tech support, though she’s rooting for her roommate to make some progress in getting recognized by the novelist. The plan is for the three of them to head […]