Manga and Comic Reviews
I really liked the first volume of this series, especially at the price it was being offered at on Amazon. In the months since I wrote that first review, my affection for it has actually grown. Mangaka Izumi Tsubaki really nailed the essence of character-driven comedy with that first volume of this series about a […]
I think if I wanted to be a hipster, this is the volume where I would declare that this series is “Over.” That’s right “One-Punch Man” is no longer cool because our hero no longer embodies the title of his series. When an alien spacecraft lands on Earth and proceeds to lay waste to the […]
It wasn’t all panels, screenings, and checking out places to eat at the con. …Actually on second thought, it really was with my phone and 3DS picking up the slack otherwise. But for the plane trips there and back I had to rely on the comics in my backpack. They were generally quite good and […]
I’m doing my best to shake off the annual bout of post-con depression here. This year’s Fanime didn’t have the depressing lows or thrilling high of the previous one, but it was an awesome experience overall. That’s because there was enough going on between panels, screenings, and visits to the dealer’s hall and artist’s alley […]
I’ve been writing these “Previews Picks” ahead of my trip to Fanime and I’ve been saving this one for last. Mainly because I thought that after nothing came out of Sakura-Con, we’d get some juicy news from Dark Horse Manga at Anime Central this past weekend. As it turned out, they didn’t even have a […]
Well, vol. 7 really left me feeling that this series had gone off the rails with its focus on Madarame’s Harem. Like all good(?) harem stories, it had several of the series’ female characters positioned as romantic interests for the man but precious little explanation as to why they felt that way. This is even […]
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the most important Dark Horse manga release of the year. Why is that? Well, let me ask you something: When was the last time you saw Dark Horse release a new manga that wasn’t a) from an established creator, b) a spinoff from a popular anime or videogame, or c) […]
The relationship at the core of this series gets bit deeper with this volume as we find out about Elias’ history. It’s related to Chise by the mage Lindel who talks about the fearsome entity he encountered one evening that collapsed out of hunger in front of him. Elias’ exact origins are mostly shrouded in […]
Well… This took its time in arriving. It’s still a worthwhile read, even though this volume represents what they call in the sports world a “rebuilding year.” After a well-done epilogue/victory lap for “Scorpion” Shiratori’s story, the focus shifts back to our three protagonists. Kiyohara is working better with his team with the hope that, […]
Tsukimi Kurashita is an 18-year-old jellyfish fanatic living in Tokyo with a gaggle of other fangirls with their own obsessions. Residing in a communal apartment and going by the nickname “Amars,” they live by their own camaraderie (and off of the goodwill of their parents) while maintaining a healthy distrust of those scary people known […]