It appears that I should’ve waited until the release of this volume before posting my thoughts on this series so far.  That’s because it contains the last bit of the manga adapted for the anime as Ruby, former genius child actor Kana, and Youtuber Mem-cho – who is hot off the success of “Let’s Fall […]

For an orphan ward of the church living in 15th-Century Europe, Rafal looks like he has it made.  He’s the brightest of his Father’s students and will be going away to university to study theology in the near future.  So the fact that a former heretic named Hubert will be staying at his place, because […]

We got our first look at Seiichi’s post-juvenile incarceration/adult life in the previous volume and it was every bit the feel-bad experience you’d expect it to be.  Not content with saddling his protagonist with depression and a suicidal mindset, mangaka Shuzo Oshimi also had him reunite with his mother there as well.  Only, she’s not […]

Frieren, Fern, and Stark continue their journey through the Northern Territories in this volume.  The monsters may get tougher, but they’re still nothing that our protagonists can’t handle as they take one out that’s menacing a village, and find time to engage in some light comedy as they get involved in the search for a […]

While the Four Little Shits think they’ve brought the fight to the Photosfere Corporation by heading to their headquarters on the planet Kenzarn, things quickly take a turn.  After Zaha Sanko and Shimada Death split off from Avakian and Damemaru, they wind up in an enclosed space that’s actually a ship.  Not only is this […]

This series has been switching its focus back and forth between Io and the Federation and Darryl and the Nanyang Alliance for a while now.  Each side has been preparing itself for the forthcoming conflict, with the latter coming out ahead more often than not.  The previous volume did an excellent job illustrating what’s at […]

The saga of Kaguya’s freedom wrapped up in the previous volume, and there’s only one volume left to go before the series wraps up entirely with vol. 28.  Though the lack of a central plot to drive the action would seem like a major problem for these final volumes, it’s actually a blessing in disguise.  […]

What we have here is something that is still rarer than I’d like to see from Dark Horse.  That would be a new manga with no prior connection to other media.  It’s not based on an anime or live-action series, nor is it spun off from a videogame or light novel.  “Innocent’s” only basis is […]

Much like “Bocchi the Rock,” this is another series that I decided to start reading after I watched the anime adaptation earlier this year.  The adaptation was much-hyped as it was based on the manga written by “Kaguya-sama’s” Aka Akasaka and was going to feature a 90-minute premiere.  While I was spoiled for the premiere’s […]

The back half of this volume is more or less what you’d expect from this series.  There’s a one-off where Loid’s spymaster boss has to foil an attack on a VIP while imparting a lesson about the subjective nature of truth to one of her subordinates.  Anya also gets to spend some time with the […]