I wasn’t expecting to see Smith back with Talas after the two parted, or rather “were parted,” way back in vol. 3, but it’s nice that it happened nonetheless.  There’s a part of me that wishes it led to some more engaging storytelling here, however. Things start off with a chapter of glorified and glorious […]

It’s a lovely, dense volume of the series we have here.  While the cliffhanger from the previous volume is dispatched quickly enough, it immediately segues into telling us all about Father Simon’s genuinely tragic backstory.  (As well as the various factions which exist in the church, which I’m sure will become relevant later…) Then we […]

It’s a new volume of “Berserk.”  What’s there to say about it besides, “It’s still really good,” and “I wish Kentaro Miura world get these out faster?”  A lot, actually. This is a momentous volume of the series as it makes a fundamental change to its status quo — one that’s been in place for […]

There’s a more interesting series lurking underneath the surface of the one we get here.  A thriller about an obsessed schoolgirl who stalks the new girl in her class. A quiet girl who can only experience happiness if she’s tasting ramen.  Instead, we’ve got a relatively sedate slice-of-life story about Yu, a schoolgirl who is […]

That was a hell of a cliffhanger the previous volume left off on.  You’d think that mangaka Nagabe would pick right back up to show you how it’s going to be resolved, but you’d be wrong.  He wants you to squirm for a while yet. So you’ll have to see Teacher deal with the soldier […]

The Stephen King vibes are still strong with this second volume as more Stand users show up around the small town of Morioh — all of them with (initially) malicious plans in mind for our protagonists.  Take small-time crook Tamami who tries to wrangle Koichi into giving him 500,000 yen after the little squirt runs […]

The first seventy-two pages of this volume have something you don’t normally see a lot of in manga:  COLOR. Artist Kenji Tsuruta painted these pages himself and they look pretty great. It’s a lush vision of a rural mountain area which has an inn and a pond nearby.  It’s by this pond that Atsushi, who […]

The story goes that one night “The Immortal Dragon” broke up ten rival Yakuza factions in one night.  Barehanded. Then he disappeared without explanation the following day. What could cause such a man to walk away from the Yakuza life?  Why, to walk the path of the househusband of course! Tatsu found the right girl […]

No, the title here isn’t as punny as I thought it would be.  It’s still the best way to advertise that things have aligned such that the newest volumes from this particular creator have wound up in my review pile.  So it’s time to take them out at the same time. Mob Psycho 100 vol. […]