Manga and Comic Reviews
This is me clearing off a significant portion of the manga on my “to review” list before the next batch arrives later this week. Most, but not all, of the titles here were also read by me during my time at this year’s Fanime *sigh*. After the break, prepare yourself for my thoughts on the […]
It’s not usually an issue to determine what the flaws are in the comics that I read. Some suffer from characters who lack depth or act in dumb, logic-defying ways to serve the story. Others have stories whose twists weren’t clearly thought out beyond the idea of trying to surprise the reader. There are also […]
I’ve always wondered what “Murcielago” would look like when it finally shed its constant desire to shock, titillate, or disturb the reader. With vol. 10, I finally have my answer. More than that since it also sheds any attempts at (ridiculous) over-the-top action like we saw in the previous volume. It all starts when Kuroko, […]
The first volume of mangaka Shuzo Oshimi’s latest look at how the life of a milquetoast male is upended by an unconventional female didn’t get off to the best of starts in my opinion. There was some drama to be had in seeing how shut-in Isao Komori wound up in the body of high school […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: I Am A Hero Omnibus vol. 11 They made it. Well, not yet as something could go wrong between now and this final volume’s scheduled release in October. You know, like an actual zombie apocalypse as depicted in this series. Assuming that doesn’t happen then we’ll all be able to read the final […]
It was Fanime’s 25th Anniversary this year and the overall experience was… still really great. Aside from a nice art gallery showcasing memorabilia for years past and the “Silver Anniversary” tag plastered on banners and various memorabilia, there wasn’t a big emphasis on celebrating the occasion itself. Fanime 2019 was another awesome experience that was […]
If nothing else, I have to give “Gantz: G” this: It has managed to crawl its way up from the creative bankruptcy of vol. 1 to display something resembling competence in its third and final volume. We lose no time picking up from vol. 2 and the death of Fujimoto at the hands of the […]
Shigeo “Mob” Kageyama’s boss, Reigen, may be an unscrupulous exorcist with no real psychic powers to speak of, but he’s got one real redeeming feature. Which would be the fact that he does good by his sole employee and tries to instill in him a sense of morality about how he uses his powers. Not […]
This is a volume of two halves, one of which is considerably more problematic than the other. The first half introduces us to another group of survivors living out of an office building and led by the implausibly charismatic Asada. He’s set up his own cult of personality called Asada-ism which he wants to spread […]
We’ve known for quite some time that the tendrils of the Nanyang Alliance under Sojo Levan Fu have infiltrated the Federation and Zeon forces. What this volume makes abundantly clear is just how for that infiltration extends. Things start off in a lighthearted fashion with the Federation forces headed towards some down time after successfully […]