Manga and Comic Reviews
Vol. 11 of “Wave: Listen to Me!” has been delayed until April 2026. The next volume of “Die Wergelder” won’t be arriving until who knows when. So what’s someone to do if they need their fix of new manga from Hiroaki Samura this year? Fortunately Kodansha has us covered with the release of “Snegurochka of […]
I made it clear that I thought “Stone Ocean” was definitely a step down from previous Parts of “Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure.” Normally that would be a sign that this long-running series was running out of steam and one should be wary of future installments. However, we’re still playing catch-up to the Japanese release after all […]
Ubume has just completed her first job as a bottom-ranked Mujina: Kidnapping the brains behind an idol to make him look like an idiot during a televised information show. However, said brains has a proposition for our rights-less assassin. The husband and wife team who ran the agency that groomed her boy into an idol, […]
Robert Altman is back, baby, and he’s fully embraced his inner weeb in the process (Believe it!). After saving his crew, he’s ready to arrest the head of Poseidon, Labrys. Before he can do that, he’s got to make it through her sales pitch to have him join her secret science organization. It turns out […]
Vol. 13 of this series ended on a triumphant moment of forgiveness, capping off an installment where it looked like Thorfinn’s vision of a land without war was genuinely possible. So if you wanted “Vinland Saga” to have a Mega Happy Ending then you should’ve stopped reading there. While I enjoyed that volume, it was […]
Ruri Aoki was your average junior high school student, until the day she woke up with horns growing out of her head. It turns out that her mother has been keeping a big secret from her: That her dad is actually a dragon. Now Ruri has to go through life knowing that and looking like […]
When we last left the title character she had accidentally traveled back in time to hang out with her old friends Himmel, Heiter, and Eisen and was looking for a way to return. Then she and Himmel got caught up in the effects of the Black Mercy Grausam the Miraculous’ hypnosis abilities and found themselves […]
Above-the-Board Recommendation: Innocent Rouge Omnibus vol. 1 It was a little frustrating to get to the end of Dark Horse’s release of Shin’ichi Sakamoto’s “Innocent” manga and realize that it wasn’t an ending at all. That the story would continue in the follow-up manga “Innocent Rouge,” which hadn’t been confirmed for U.S. release at the […]
It’s the most wonderful time of year again. With all of my work commitments sorted at the last minute, I was VERY ready to enjoy Fanime this year. Which I did on Thursday since I didn’t have spend most of the afternoon wandering around downtown looking for an ethernet cable. Instead I caught a screening […]
You’re Satoru Noda. You’ve just completed your magnum opus “Golden Kamuy” after 31 volumes. It’s been a bestseller, placed on multiple “best of” lists, and been adapted in an anime and live action as well. What do you do in order to follow up on that level of success? If you’re Satoru Noda then you’re […]