Manga and Comic Reviews
Dozle’s arc in the previous volume will likely go down as the emotional high point of this series for me. But I’ll be damned if mangaka Yoshikazu Yasuhiko doesn’t serve up a chaotically epic final battle between the Federation and Zeon forces here. While the Federation forces were able to fry Solomon Base in the […]
It would appear that mangaka Satsuki Yoshino has found a formula that works for her with “Barakamon.” While I expressed hope that she’d find a way to mix things up, it seems that the series is going to revolve around “Sensei” Honda slowly growing more acquainted with the quirks of the rural coastal village he’s […]
This “Second Season” of “Genshiken” is going to end up not being as enjoyable as the first. I don’t know how many more volumes of it mangaka Shimoku Kio has in store for us now, but no amount of effort is likely to reverse that fact. I’m saying this now because I’ve come to the […]
Things kick off with a two-parter about how one of Class E’s star students, “Magnificent” Meg Kataoka, deals with a vindictive co-dependent who can’t swim. With some help from Koro-sensei and co. It’s a predictable story with an on-the-nose message, but the absurd touches, like having the cast dress up as fish-people to convince the […]
The most significant news for Dark Horse coming out of the New York City Comic-Con is that we can expect a lot more of what has been the company’s bread and butter since its founding: licensed titles. This is by no means a bad thing, as the company has done a lot to raise the […]
At long last! You all bought your copies too, right? If you haven’t, then know that this volume continues the title’s ongoing standard of excellence. Even if there’s a good deal of setup going on for the inevitable conflict. You see, Canute continues to grow into his role as king, taking even more underhanded measures […]
No, this isn’t getting a podcast. I considered it, but doing a retrospective for a series where I covered the first 17 volumes in one edition and then summarized the final 10 seemed kind of pointless. Also, the series doesn’t deserve it. I’ve written here about the series has had its good parts, particularly in […]
Before this year started, Seven Seas wasn’t on my radar as a manga publisher. Even though they’ve been around for years, nothing they had published ever really caught my eye. I’ve picked up four of their titles so far this year. The quality has ranged from god-awful (“Freezing”), harmless (“Pandora of the Crimson Shell”), “jury’s […]
My procrastination pays off once again! For the past year you could only read this series through the digital copies for sale on Viz’s website. Then they announced a few months back that this excellent superhero manga would be receiving a print release. No doubt to cash in on the upcoming anime adaptation. That has […]
This final volume is a collection of side stories and an epilogue that sends the series out on a high note. The most substantial (in terms of page count) is the opening three-part story about Viv and her arrival in France and the first time she saw Maria in action. While I can see what […]