If there were two comics that I was looking forward to reading this year, they were the fifth and sixth omnibi of “The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service.”  I couldn’t believe it when Dark Horse announced that they were bringing this series back after it went on hiatus years ago.  The fact that I’d effectively be […]

With this volume, Kodansha has now published as many volumes of “All-Rounder Meguru” as Dark Horse has of “Eden:  It’s an Endless World!”  Which is still something that I highly recommend EVERYONE who visits this blog to check out.  Especially now as comics emerge (slowly) from lockdown. As for the volume itself, it’s another solid […]

While this series has always been a solid read, vol. 6 sees it taking some big strides towards being genuinely compelling.  Not immediately because of how Isao’s rain-soaked, late-night confessional cliffhanger from the previous volume was resolved.  It was handled well, as was Yori’s newfound affection towards Mari.  As the latter believes that the former’s […]

Welcome to another exciting volume of “Garo:  Hero Hunter!”  After our protagonist was left for dead at the hands of the Monster Association, he goes to hunt them on their own turf.  Not just for payback!  But to rescue the one kid who believes in him with all his heart.  That Garo rescues the kid […]

After 14 (really 28) volumes of “Prison School,” it’s safe to say that mangaka Akira Hiramoto has a pretty well-defined style.  It involves utterly ridiculous situations played completely straight, and served up with a near-constant stream of fanservice.  That’s not all he’s capable of (and one day it’ll be time to talk about “Me and […]

After much preparation, it’s time for the Shuchiin Academy Culture Festival!  There are haunted houses and maid cafes galore, and oh so much drama to go around.  That’s mainly because Kaguya and Miyuki have finally made up their minds about how they feel regarding each other.  Now they’re just looking for the right time and […]

Are you ready for a BLOOD FEUD?!  It looks like that’s where the story’s headed not too far into vol. 4 as Mob’s brother Ritsu fully awakens to his own powers (with some questionable help from Dimple).  Unfortunately for him, this has come along at a time when his emotional stability has taken a hit, […]

If there’s one thing that mangaka Hiroya Oku does well, it’s that he’s got a real knack for conveying action on the page.  Even when it felt like “Gantz” was going off the rails, the action scenes were still compelling.  His follow-up series “Inuyashiki” did have some decent moments of android-on-human and android-on-android fighting, but […]