Manga and Comic Reviews
There’s a city of gold up in the northern regions that has lured many an adventurer seeking their fortune. The Continental Magic Association, however, has sealed this city behind a magical barrier not just to keep adventurers out, but to keep something sealed in. That would be Macht, who is not just one of the […]
“There’s an enemy here, Jolyne! It’s an alligator! Run! Its invisible corpse is running across the floor!” That sentence should give you an inkling as to just how crazy things are going to get in this volume. After the business with Debt Collector Mary Lynn Manson is wrapped up, the series plunges into its next […]
…like, right now. Once the confusion over the showdown in the visitor’s room is over, things become much more focused again. To the point where the real narrative thrust of this “Part” becomes clear as it turns out that it’s not just Jolyne’s future that’s at stake here, but her father’s as well. The stand […]
Yeah, I know this came out back in November. I didn’t plan to have it sit on my “To Review” pile for this long, but… it just happened. Don’t take this as an indictment of this latest series’ quality following the end of “Golden Wind.” While it was good overall, it was the rare title […]
I certainly didn’t plan to review these two volumes together. Aside from sharing the same publisher, they’re almost completely different in tone, style and execution. One (no, not ONE *rimshot*) is translating the “Gundam” aesthetic into manga form via the mangaka’s own sensibilities in a way that at least nods to grounded sci-fi. The other […]
This isn’t a review of vol. 13. That’s because it’s basically the first half of the ending of the series. The volume’s six chapters are all about Laios and company’s climactic battle against the Winged Lion and you’re not going to find out anything about how it ends here. However, you will have to wait […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: H.P. Lovecraft’s The Call of Cthulhu The solicitation text calls this Lovecraft’s most popular novel and given the title character’s prolificacy in pop culture, I’m hard-pressed to disagree. The story itself involves two bands of cultists, one in the Arctic and one in the bayous of Louisiana who share a practice of blood […]
Eizouken’s latest work about the wooden clock tower, produced with the Anime Culture Studies Club, is another success for them. However, while they’ve always moved forward for each new project, their latest one sees them taking a step back. Back to where it all started with the short that got them established as a club […]
The stakes continue to get higher with this volume as we find out what Celine “The Perfumer” Argente has come to Japan to find. Under Hakua’s orders, she’s to track down “Tozakura” which is described as an unnatural flower in a mountain somewhere, but longtime readers will also know it as Hinako’s last name. Surely […]
The saga of the Schlong Slicer comes to a climax here after Junna brings the foreigner back to her apartment, with all hell breaking loose shortly thereafter. What should’ve been an easy takedown by experienced ninjas winds up being a three-way free-for-all involving a drone as the foreigner proves to be more capable than initially […]