Manga and Comic Reviews
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Usagi Yojimbo vol. 33: The Hidden Though this is numbered as a proper volume of the series, it was originally released as a seven-issue miniseries. While the official reason for this was never mentioned, my gut feeling is that age is finally catching up with creator Stan Sakai and future “Usagi” releases will […]
Much of the focus of this volume’s first half is on Karluk as he goes off to live with Amir’s brother Azel and his friends on the plains for a while. Why’s he doing this? Well, any twelve-year-old boy with a twenty-year-old wife is bound to feel some insecurity about his masculinity. Now he’s learning […]
When we left off with the main characters of this series, things had become really weird even by its standards. Having Hideo partially swallowed by a mutant ZDQ creature and not be digested was strange. Finding out that his current situation not only allowed him to exert some mental control over the creature, but to […]
Seeing the Spartan arrive at the Rig in the final pages of the previous volume was a clear indication that things were going to hit the fan in vol. 9. That’s exactly what happens here with some pretty spectacular and morally ambiguous action. We see things mainly through the eyes of the civilians caught in […]
This volume starts off in a way that suggests, for the first time in a very long while, we’re going to get a dose of “Ooku” that doesn’t have any depressing drama. We’re introduced to a man from the land of Satsuma who is given the name of Taneatsu and sent to the capital to […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Elfen Lied Omnibus vol. 1 When it was announced that Dark Horse would be releasing this manga, my initial thought was “Why the hell is this being released now?” The anime that was made from this manga was kind of a cult success back when it was released in the mid-aughts, mainly because […]
I’ve got some bad news for fans of this series. While Yen Press has done a great job of putting out these volumes on a regular schedule, they’ve finally caught up to the Japanese release. What’s more is that because “Delicious in Dungeon” is serialized in a magazine that only comes out ten times a […]
One perspective on the events of Silver Spoon vol. 5 is that it’s a portrait of a boy slowly being crushed by the weight of his obligations. With the annual Ezo Ag school festival approaching, Hachiken finds himself increasingly overcommitted to making it a success. In addition to his obligations to the equestrian club, which […]
Yes, you read that right. TWO volumes of “Meguru” have been released since the last one I reviewed. Outside of four months between them too. It’s worth noting that there’s one arc which joins these two with additional stuff making up the first half of vol. 7 and the back half of vol. 8. Most […]
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Dark Horse’s manga launch of the year! Not only does it hail from the creator/writer of “One-Punch Man,” but it has also spawned an anime series successful enough to get a second season (the first episode of which will be premiering in American theaters). With that kind of pedigree it’s […]